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Taylor & Francis Ltd Timber Design
Book SynopsisTimber Design covers timber fundamentals for students and professional architects and engineers, such as tension elements, flexural elements, shear and torsion, compression elements, connections, and lateral design. As part of the Architect's Guidebooks to Structures series, it provides a comprehensive overview using both imperial and metric units of measurement. Timber Design begins with an intriguing case study and uses a range of examples and visual aids, including more than 200 figures, to illustrate key concepts. As a compact summary of fundamental ideas, it is ideal for anyone needing a quick guide to timber design. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. List of Contributors. 1. Merion Friends Meetinghouse 2. Timber Fundamentals 3. Timber Tension 4. Timber Bending 5. Timber Shear 6. Timber Compression 7. Timber Trusses 8. Timber Lateral Design 9. Timber Connections Appendix 1: Section Properties Appendix 2: Timber Reference Design Values Appendix 3: Connection Reference Design Values Appendix 4: Adjustment Factors Appendix 5: Simple Design Aids Appendix 6: Beam Solutions Appendix 7: List of Units Appendix 8: List of Symbols Appendix 9: Imperial and Metric Conversion Tables Glossary. Image Credits. Bibliography. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Case Study Strategies for Architects and
Book SynopsisCase Study Strategies for Architects and Designers explains methods in evidence-based design, also called practice-based research, to show you the value of research to your designs. Topics covered pertain to data collection and analysis techniques, including surveys, interviews, fieldwork, participatory design, occupancy evaluations, and memory sketching. Integrative data evaluation, theoretical sampling, triangulation, pattern matching logic, and analytical generalization are also discussed. Global research precedents, exercises, further reading, section summaries, sidebars, more than 30 black and white images and tables will help you conduct empirical inquiries in real-life contexts.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1: The Interdisciplinary Realm. Box 1.1: "What is interdisciplinary research?". Box 1.2 "Korean architecture’s first appearance in the West". Box 1.3 "Research-based design of an elementary school". Box 1.4 "A case study". Box 1.5 "ANTi-History". Box 1.6 "Paradigm". Box 1.7 "A literature review". Box 1.8 "A good literature review". Box 1.9 "Research design". Chapter 2: Quantitative vs. qualitative strategies. Box 2.1 "Imagining Islais Creek: integrating ecological and human health in San Francisco, CA". Box 2.2 "Testing Photovoice for heritage-based tourism sites". Box 2.3 "Defining the spirit of place of Bhaktapur, Nepal". Box 2.4 "Memory sketch as a tool for place-making: creating sense of place in school environments". Box 2.5 "Basic principles of questionnaires". Chapter 3: Integrative data evaluation. Box 3.1 "Bay Cove Human Services, Inc. and the Boston Architectural College". Box 3.2 "BIM-based building performance analysis in architectural practice: using data to drive sustainable design strategies". Box 3.3 "Reverse architecting: the Eames house & studio". Box 3.4 "Digital Fabrication as Practice: Tangible Speculation into Ways of Making and Representing Architecture". Recommended further reading. Conclusions. Bibliography. Contributors. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Primer on Theory in Architecture
Book SynopsisA Primer on Theory in Architecture discusses how theory is defined in architecture, how it is identified, its location in larger perspectives or worldviews, its relationships to other areas in architecture, and how it can be constructed. The book explores the definition, elements and characteristics of theory along with subjects associated with theory and how these associations are recognized. In addition, case studies tackle both individual theorists and common approaches to the topic. Aimed at the new student of architectural theory, if you are just beginning to tackle this subject, begin with this book.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Exploring the Subject of Theory in Architecture Why Theory in Architecture Needs Exploration How Theory in Architecture Has Escaped Investigation The Approach for this Work An Overview of the Discussions in the Book 1. Defining Theory Introduction The History of the Term Theorizing and Theorems The Elements of TheorizingCharacteristics of Theorizing 2. The Paradigms that Ground Theorizing Introduction Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology Four Worldviews The Cacophony of Worldviews Worldviews in the Discipline The Importance of Coherency Recognizing a Network of Theory in Architecture 3. The Place of Theory in the Discipline Introduction Theory and History Theory and Design Theory and Criticism Theory and Manifestoes The Relationship of Theorizing to Other Writings 4.Engaging in Theorizing and the Construction of Theorems Introduction A Checklist for Theorizing Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Temporary Gardens
Book SynopsisThe last 30 years have seen a surge in temporary gardens. The flexibility and new challenges invested in non-permanent landscapes has made them a creative and stimulating testing ground for professionals and impromptu designers. Raffaella Sini examines the historical evolution of the genre, exploring theory, narratives, and strategies informing 80 temporary gardens built in France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, and the United States.Key topics include: temporary gardens in 1970s avant-garde art and 1980s public art; temporary gardens as opportunities to work with live processes, practiceinclusion, and explore concepts of social justice and ecology; temporary gardens to redefine the vocabulary of garden design; and temporary gardens in tactical urbanism.The book comprehensively decodifies the full range of ephemeral gardens: uprooted, mobile, itTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 The History of Temporary Gardens 3 Decoding Temporary Gardens 4 The Temporary Garden as Testing Ground for Conceptual Ideas 5 Temporary Gardens in the City 6 Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Urban Squares as Places Links and Displays
Book SynopsisTo attract investment and tourists and to enhance the quality of life of their citizens, municipal authorities are paying considerable attention to the quality of the public domain of their cities including their urban squares. Politicians find them good places for rallies. Children consider squares to be playgrounds, the elderly as places to catch-up with each other, and for many others squares are simply a place to pause for a moment.Urban Squares as Places, Links and Displays: Successes and Failures discusses how people experience squares and the nature of the people who use them. It presents a typology of squares' based on the dimensions of ownership, the square's instrumental functions, and a series of their basic physical attributes including size, degree of enclosure, configuration and organization of the space within them and finally based on their aesthetic attributes their meanings. Twenty case studies illustrate what works and what does not work in differeTrade Review"El libro pasa revista a muchos casos de plazas urbanas significativas en cuanto al diseño y la vida urbana de las ciudades a nivel mundial, como la de San Marcos, en Venecia (2017, pp. 240-244), que puede considerarse para el lector geógrafo, urbanista, arquitecto, ingeniero, etcétera, como una especie de guía para entender el papel de las plazas urbanas hoy e, incluso, para desarrollar posteriores investigaciones en este campo de estudio." —Federico Camerin, Investigaciones Geográficas, April 2019"The book reviews many cases of urban squares in terms of design and life of cities around the world, such as the of San Marcos, in Venice, which can be considered for the geographer reader, urban planner, architect, engineer, etc., as a kind of guide to understand the role of urban spaces today, and even to develop further research in this field of study." —Federico Camerin, Investigaciones Geográficas, April 2019Table of ContentsPrologue: The Concern Part 1: Introduction 1. Experiencing Public Open Spaces2. Squares as Places, Links and Displays3. Sociocultural ConsiderationsPart 2: Types of Urban Squares and their Design 4. Public, Quasi-public and Semi-public Squares5. Types based on Instrumental Functions: 6. Types based on Size7. Types based on Degree of Enclosure 8. Types based on Configurations9. Types based on Internal Designs10. Types based on Symbolic Functions11. Types based on Design ParadigmsPart 3: Learning from Case Studies12. A Score of Case Studies Rittenhouse House Square, Philadelphia Sproul Plaza, University of California at Berkeley Paley Park, New York Cours Honoréd-Estiennne d’Orves, Marseille La Place des Terreaux, Lyon Federation Square, Melbourne Paternoster Square, London Robson Square, Vancouver Olympic Plaza, Calgary Trafalgar Square, London The Capitol Square, Chandigarh Oxford Square, Sydney Pershing Square, Los Angeles Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam The Guggenheim Museum forecourt, Bilbao North and South Shanghai Railway Station Squares, Shanghai Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Plaza, New York Granary Square, London Times Square, New York Piazza San Marco, Venice Part 4: What Works and What Doesn’t Work13. The Qualities of Lively Urban Squares14. The Qualities of Quiet Urban SquaresEpilogue
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Taylor & Francis Learning Spaces in Africa
Book SynopsisWith a key UN Sustainable Development Goal for 2030 being to make basic education available to all the worldâs children, Learning Spaces in Africa explores the architectural, socio-political and economic policy factors that have contributed to school design, the main spaces for education and learning in Africa. It traces the development of school building design, focusing on Western and Southern Africa, from its emergence in the 19th century to the present day. Udukuâs analysis draws attention to the past historic links of schools to development processes, from their early 19th century missionary origins to their re-emergence as development hubs in the 21st century. Learning Spaces in Africa uses this research as a basis to suggest fundamental changes to basic education, which respond to new technological advances, and constituencies in learning. Illustrated case studies describe the use of tablets in refugee community schools, hole-in-the wall learning and shared Table of ContentsForeword 1. School Design and Planning in Africa: An Introduction 2. School Design in Africa: The History 3. Historical School Design case Studies 4. African Schools in the 21st Century 5. Contemporary School Design Case Studies 6. Conclusions: Education Futures for Africa Afterword
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Algarve Building
Book SynopsisForeword by Adrian Forty.The Algarve is not only Portugal's foremost tourism region. Uniquely Mediterranean in an Atlantic country, its building customs have long been markers of historical and cultural specificity, attracting both picturesque driven conservatives and modernists seeking their lineage. Modernism, regionalism and the vernacular' three essential tropes of twentieth-century architecture culture converged in the region's building identity construct and, often the subject of strictly metropolitan elaborations, they are examined here from a peripheral standpoint instead.Drawing on work that won the Royal Institute of British Architects President's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis in 2013, Algarve Building challenges the conventional inclusion of Portuguese modern architecture in Critical Regionalism' narratives. A fine-grain reconstruction of the debates and cultures at play locally exposes the extra-architectural and widely participated antecedents Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1 From the Centre; Chapter 1 Regional Formulae on Vernacular Material; Chapter 2 Architects on the Algarvian Identity; Part 2 From the Region; Chapter 3 Modernism and Vernacular in a Negotiated Identity; Chapter 4 ‘Miracle’ in Faro; Chapter 5 Modernist Regionalism; Chapter 6 The Stock and the Graft;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Advances in Building Energy Research: Volume 2
Book Synopsis'Several high quality scientific journals are published in the area of building energy and indoor/outdoor environment; however, one has been missing. Advances in Building Energy Research fills the gap. I recommend ABER to all technical libraries, research institutes and universities. It should also be used by construction companies and those manufacturing building materials and building products.' Professor Olli Sepp nen, President of REHVA (Federation of Heating and Air-conditioning Associations) 'Advances in Building Energy Research is a unique index. It will be an inexhaustible resource for energy related sciences and a continuous inspiration for architects around the world.' N. Fintikakis, Architect and Director of UIA-ARES WP (Architecture and Renewable Energy Sources) Advances in Building Energy Research (ABER) offers state-of-the-art information on the environmental science and performance of buildings, linking new technologies and methodologies with the latest research on systems, simulations and standards. As stringently reviewed as a journal but with the breadth of a book, this annual volume brings together invited contributions from the foremost international experts on energy efficiency and environmental quality of buildings. Spanning a broad range of technical subjects, this is a 'must have' reference on global developments in the field, suitable for architects and building engineers, environmental engineers, industry professionals, students, teachers and researchers in building science, technical libraries and laboratories.Table of ContentsEvolution of Cool-Roof Standards in the US * A Review of Innovative Daylighting Systems * Physically Based Modelling of the Material and Gaseous Contaminant Interactions in Buildings: Models, Experimental Data and Future Developments * The Application of Urban Climate Research in the Design of Cities * Solar Air Conditioning: A Review of Technological and Market Perspectives * Experimental Methods in Ventilation * A Review of Optical Properties of Shading Devices * Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Lime and Lime Mortars
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1927 by the Building Research Station, this volume provides a classification of lime and a complete review of its various uses in building construction and repair. This facsimile edition should be of interest and of practical value since the methods, terminology and practices detailed by Cowper are still valid today. A brief historical introduction to the subject is followed by a section on the process of lime burning which emphasizes the differences in behaviour of the various classes of limes. The results of research and tests to determine the most reliable and lasting limewashes and lime-based cold water paints are also detailed. In addition, the book provides useful information on the common problems occurring with lime plasters and how these can be solved. The classifications based and suggested applications in the book offer guidelines for the conservation practitioner.Trade Review- warmly recommended as it is as relevant today as it was 60 years ago. Journal of Architectural Conservation Interesting, informative, knowledgeable - If you are in or into conservation it looks like essential reading. Masonry International This new facsimile edition will be of substantial interest and practical value since the methods, terminology and practices detailed by Cowper are still valid today... The suggested specifications in this book offer helpful guidance for the conservation practitioner. Listed HeritageTable of ContentsHistorical The Process of Lime Burning Classification The Uses of Lime in Building Limewashes Lime Plaster Pozzolanas Mortars and Cncrete Specifications
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daylight Performance of Buildings
Book SynopsisAs part of Daylight Europe, the daylighting behaviour of 60 buildings was observed and measured during a three year period. Buildings of many different types, sizes and ages were included - from offices to museums, libraries, churches, houses, airports and factories; from Classical buildings to modern constructions, and from a small single room to an office of over 100,000 square meters. The results of the study of each building are presented, extensively illustrated in colour, with the unusual features and main lessons highlighted. The book also includes details of the monitoring procedures, the results of and comparisons with simulations, the outcome of post-occupancy evaluation, and a summary of the major findings. These show the extraordinary potential of daylighting techniques to improve amenity and energy performance for the benefit of the occupants and building managers. They also demonstrate how often opportunities are missed, and the frequency of problems of overheating or glare. Above all, they demonstrate the beauty, elegance and scope of daylight design.Table of ContentsPreface * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Daylight Performance of Buildings: 60 European Case Studies * Daylight Performance of Buildings: Monitoring Procedure * Daylighting Systems Used * What will you get in this Book? * Map of Europe * Buildings Monitored by Each Organization * Case Studies* Glazed Streets * Transportation Buildings * Churches * Museums * Offices * Educational Buildings * Libraries * Houses * Demonstration Projects * Others * Daylight Performance: Daylight Quality and Control of Energy Consumption * User Evaluation of Visual Comfort Through Post Occupancy Evaluation * List of Measuring Equipment
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Cambridge University Press The Architecture of Conquest
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Cambridge University Press Maps Land and Society
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Cambridge University Press Theo Van Doesburg Painting into Architecture Theory into Practice Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies
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Cambridge University Press The Movement for Housing Reform in Germany and France 18401914
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Cambridge University Press The Architecture of Form 4 Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies Series Number 4
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Cambridge University Press Visible Words
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Cambridge University Press Die Fronica
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Cambridge University Press William Wilkins 1778 1839
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Cambridge University Press Monastic Architecture in France
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Cambridge University Press The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus Precedents Consequences Implications
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Cambridge University Press Architecture of Mughal India
Book SynopsisIn Architecture of Mughal India Catherine Asher presents the first comprehensive study of Mughal architectural achievements. The work is lavishly illustrated and will be widely read by students and specialists of South Asian history and architecture as well as by anyone interested in the magnificent buildings of the Mughal empire.Trade Review'The history of modern India has long needed a series of survey volumes to bring together the fruits of the past twenty-five years' intensive scholarship. This The New Cambridge History of India promises to do.' The Times Literary Supplement' … all works of substantial scholarship, providing not merely a synthesis of existing material but also original research, insight and in some cases thoughtful new interpretations. They are all compelling reading.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'In almost every way they mark a tremendous leap forward. It is a detached, post-colonial enterprise and if the volumes which follow preserve the same quality of scholarship and writing then there is a treat in store for all students of sub-continental history. The literary fluency which makes all the volumes an excellent read for lay persons interested in recent Indian history comes, I think, from a deep and intimate knowledge of the subject.' The GuardianTable of ContentsList of plates; General editor's preface; Preface; List of abbreviations; Glossary; Map of major pre-Mughal and Mughal sites; 1. Precedents for Mughal architecture; 2. The beginnings of Mughal architecture; 3. The age of Akbar; 4. Jahangir: an age of transition; 5. Shah Jahan and the crystallization of Mughal style; 6. Aurangzeb and the Islamization of the Mughal style; 7. Architecture and the struggle for authority under the later Mughals and their successor states; Bibliographical essays; Index.
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Cambridge University Press British Architectural Books and Writers
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Cambridge University Press The Nature and Art of Workmanship
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Cambridge University Press Incidence and Symmetry in Design and Architecture 7 Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies Series Number 7
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Cambridge University Press Chapters of the Agrarian History of England and Wales
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Cambridge University Press Design by Competition
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Cambridge University Press The Language of Images in Roman Art
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Cambridge University Press What Americans Build and Why
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Cambridge University Press Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity
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Cambridge University Press Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity Key Themes in Ancient History
Book SynopsisHousing is shaped by culturally-specific expectations about the kinds of architecture and furnishings that are appropriate; about how and where different activities should be carried out; and by and with whom. It is those expectations, and the wider social and cultural systems of which they are a part, that are explored in this volume. At the same time, the book as a whole argues two larger points: first, that while houses, households and families have in recent years become increasingly important as objects of inquiry in Greek and Roman contexts, their potential as sources of information about broader social-historical issues has yet to be fully realised; and second, that greater weight and independence should be given to material culture as a source for studying ancient history. The book will be invaluable for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students and scholars.Trade Review"This is a welcome interpretation of the chiefly material (archaeological) evidence for households from eighth century BCE Greece through fourth century CE Roman times. The author provides an insightful view of the ordinary activities of daily life in the classical world through its material evidence and clearly shows how much detail is learned from this cultural, sociological, and historical approach." --ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Domestic space and social organisation; 2. House form and social complexity: the transformation of early Iron Age Greece; 3. A space for 'hurling the furniture'?: the andron and the development of Greek domestic symposia; 4. Housing and cultural identity: Delos, between Greece and Rome; 5. Seeing the domus behind the dominus in Roman Pompeii: artefact distributions as evidence for the whole household; 6. Housing as symbol: elite self-presentation in North Africa under Roman rule; Epilogue. Domestic space and social organisation in classical antiquity; Glossary; Period names and dates referred to in this book.
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Cambridge University Press Roman Imperialism and Provincial Art
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Cambridge University Press A Theology of the Built Environment
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Cambridge University Press Space In Science Art and Society 15 Darwin College Lectures Series Number 15
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Cambridge University Press Attalos Athens and the Akropolis
Book SynopsisThis 2005 volume examines the 'little barbarians', ten figures found in Rome in 1514, now recognized as copies of the Small (or Lesser) Attalid Dedication on the Athenian Akropolis. Using discoveries by Manolis Korres, Andrew Stewart reconsiders the statues' form, date, and significance over a period of 2200 years.Trade Review'… the author's stated aim, 'to explain something of what Roman art was intended to do, how it functioned, and how ... it was perceived', has been brilliantly achieved.' ArctosTable of Contents1. Rediscovery: scholars, sleuths, and stones; 2. Appropriation: gladiators for Christ; 3. Reproduction: Vei Victis!; 4. Genesis: Barbarians at the gates; Conclusion: 'The truth in sculpture'; Documentary Essay: the pedestals and the Akropolis South Wall Manolis Korres.
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Cambridge University Press A Theology of the Built Environment Justice Empowerment Redemption
Book SynopsisIn this 2002 book, Tim Gorringe reflects theologically on the built environment as a whole. Drawing on a wide range of both theological and social-scientific sources, Professor Gorringe explores Christianity in its urban settings, focussing on the use of space, design, architecture, and town planning to make a theological critique. After considering the divine grounding of constructed space, he looks at the ownership of land, the issues of housing, town and country, and the city, and then considers the built environment in terms of community and art. The book concludes with two chapters that set the whole within the framework of the environmental crisis and asks what directions the Church should be looking for in building for the future. This interesting book will challenge not only theologians, ethicists and sociologists of religion but also church teachers and professionals.Trade Review'Professor Gorringe's book gives us plenty to think about.' Church Times'This is a brilliant, creative, sustained, wide ranging and enormously erudite contribution …' International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church'This is clearly a most important book, which, it is to be hoped, will spur other writers to pursue this vital subject, which affects every member of the world population.' Evangelical QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. The theology of the built environment; 2. Constructed space and the presence of God; 3. The land; 4. The human dwelling; 5. From Eden to Jerusalem: town and country in the economy of redemption; 6. The meaning of the city; 7. Constructing community; 8. But is it art?; 9. God, nature and the built environment; 10. Towards Jerusalem?; Select bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects.
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Cambridge University Press Medieval Domesticity
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Cambridge University Press The Book of Old Edinburgh And HandBook To The Old Edinburgh Street Designed By Sydney Mitchell Architect For The International Exhibition Of Library Collection Art and Architecture
Book SynopsisThis work was first published in 1886 to accompany one of the more eccentric displays at the Edinburgh International Exhibition of the same year. Historically accurate reconstructions of noteworthy but long-demolished Edinburgh buildings were built side by side to create a fictional street. This guide provided visitors with key historical information relating to the recreated buildings and monuments ranging from the medieval market cross to the historic tolbooth. Fact is combined with anecdote, situating the buildings in the wider context of Edinburgh's rich history. The text was written by John Charles Dunlop and Alison Hay Dunlop, antiquarian siblings little known beyond their Edinburgh circles. Of particular interest are the illustrations by William Fergusson Brassey Hole (1846â1917), who later painted the murals in the entrance hall of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.Table of ContentsPrefatory note; Introduction; 'Old Edinburgh'.
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Cambridge University Press An Encyclopaedia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture
Book SynopsisAiming to bring 'the principles of architectural taste' to a broad readership, the landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon (17831843) compiled this monumental encyclopaedia, which was published in 1833. Including over 2,000 illustrations, the work focuses on the exterior and interior design of rural dwellings, from humble cottages to grand villas.Table of ContentsPreface; List of engravings; List of books quoted; List of contributors; 1. Designs for labourers' and mechanics' cottages; 2. Designs for farmhouses; 3. Designs for villas; 4. The principles of criticism in architecture; Glossarial index; General index.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Secret Architecture of Our Nations Capital
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Sourcebook of Contemporary Architecture
Book SynopsisPresents more than 60 noteworthy case studies in a portable format, showcasing a range of structures worldwide. Incorporating every type of architectural project possible - private, commercial and public - this book features the work of world-renowned architects such as Gehry Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Santiago Calatrava, and othres.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The International House of Dereliction
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OUP USA A History of Architecture
Book SynopsisThis edition of the late Spiro Kostof's monumental work on the history of the built environment has been updated by Greg Castillo, Kostof's research assistant and literary executor. The second edition features a new concluding chapter based on Professor Kostof's last lecture notes, Designing the Fin-de-Siecle, as well as a magnificent 16-page section of color photographs. Castillo also revised two chapters, Architecture and the State: The Interwar Years and AtPeace with the Past: The Last Decades to ensure the book's timeliness. Lavishly illustrated throughout, A History of Architecture covers architecture and urbanism from Stone Age antiquity to Post-Modernism, from ordinary buildings to great monuments, offering an essential foundation upon which tobuild courses in architecture and art history.
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The University of Chicago Press Diller Scofidio Renfro
Book SynopsisSince founding their practice in 1979, Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio have integrated architecture, urban design, media art, and the performing arts in a dazzling array of projects, which include performances, art installations, and books, in addition to buildings and public spaces. This book offers a comprehensive treatment of this studio.Trade Review"Diller Scofidio + Renfro have emerged over the last decade as one of the most consistently innovative and daring architectural firms in the world. Their architecture defies easy categorization and can be as ephemeral as a cloud or as substantive as solid mass. Throughout their practice, though, they have been interested in cinematic effects, and Edward Dimendberg's thoughtful and compellingly written Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images explores in detail this aspect of their work and much more." -Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art"
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The University of Chicago Press Improbable Libraries
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University of Chicago Press Millennium Park
Book SynopsisChicago's Millennium Park is hailed as one of the most important millennium projects in the world. This is a biography of this phenomenal undertaking, beginning before 1850 when the site of the park was part of Lake Michigan. This is also a study of the globalization of art, the use of culture as an engine of economic expansion, and more.Trade Review"Now everyone who visits Millennium Park can take the memory home with them. This beautiful book is the story of a monument in the making and a testament to a park for all the people of Chicago." - Mayor Richard M. Daley"
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The University of Chicago Press Reflections on Baroque
Book SynopsisThis text offers a reinterpretation of the 17th-century Baroque style and the cultural and political interests that gave rise to it. Robert Harbison looks at the architecture, art, scenography, music, poetry and literature of the period and he explores the metamorphoses of Baroque ideas and works.
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University of Chicago Press Terror and Wonder
Book SynopsisOffers a look at the extraordinary ways that architecture mirrors our values - and shapes our everyday lives. This title gathers the best of the author's writings along with reflections on an era framed by the destruction of the World Trade Center and the opening of the world's tallest skyscraper.Trade Review"An elegant and thought-provoking book.... Crisp and colorful, expert and witty, Kamin's involving essays address the complexities of architecture and how the built world affects every aspect of life." (Booklist) "Chicago is lucky to have Kamin, whose architectural criticism in that city's Tribune continues the spirited tradition of Allan Temko and Ada Louise Huxtable. This collection from the past decade shows a deft eye for the latest Windy City tower but also the larger weave of culture and design." (San Francisco Chronicle) "Kamin is a keen, trenchant observer of the contemporary urban scene, and his engaging criticism enjoys a welcome second life in this anthology." (Choice) "A highly informative and accessible survey of the architecture and planning of the past decade.... Poignant and timely." (Architect's Newspaper) "[Kamin] reminds us of the role buildings have in our economic and physical environment and how the past decade has changed how we interact with the structures around us." (Kai Ryssdal, Marketplace, Best Books of 2010) "Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize - winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, thoughtfully and provocatively defines the emotional and cultural dimensions of architecture. He is one of the nation's leading voices for design that uplifts and enhances life as well as the environment. Terror and Wonder assembles some of his best writing from the past ten years." (Huffington Post)"
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University of Chicago Press Postmodern Sophistications Paper Philosophy
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