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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sustainable Urban Planning
Book SynopsisSustainable Urban Planning introduces the principles and practices behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability. This timely text introduces the principles and practice behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability. Reflects a growing recognition that cities, where the majority of humans now live, need to be developed in a sustainable way. Weaves together the concerns of planning, capitalism, development, and cultural and environmental preservation. Helps students and planners to marry the needs of the environment with the need for financial gain. Trade Review"This book is a substantial and pragmatic advancement in Planning and its application to ecological Sustainability. Its urban focus provides lessons for all who wish to sustain our environment, but face the everyday realities of private development." Robert W. Collin, Associate Professor, University of Oregon, Department of Environmental StudiesTable of ContentsList of Boxes. List of Figures. Acknowledgements. Glossary. Introduction. Part I: Principles:. 1. Sustainable and Ethical:. Development, planning, sustainability. Property, interests, neomodernity. Conservancy and development ethics. With sustainable and ethical intent. 2. Knowledge power outcomes:. How planning works. Traditional planning. The radical approach. Progressive change. Part II: Practice:. 3. Charter for Conservation with Development:. Backgrounding. Foregrounding. Resource exploitation and discard dynamics. Socio-environmentalism: The new reality. Resource guardianship. Soft pathways matrix. The new culture: balanced harmony. 4. Growth of Pattern Management:. Multiplier principles. Growth pattern information needs. Growth management basics. Macro management practice. Growth pattern policy directions. 5. Urban Growth Management:. Yesterday’s solutions today’s problems. Suburbia and ex-suburbia costed. Urban reforms: options and actions. 6. Tipping the Balance:. Bibliographical Retrospective. Notes. References. Index
£41.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd SixteenthCentury Italian Art
Book SynopsisSixteenth-Century Italian Art is a first-rate collection of the major classic and contemporary writings on the Italian Renaissance. Taking a thematic approach, the book exemplifies the traditional concerns of the field and presents arguments in a clear, accessible way. A stellar collection of 23 classic and recent essays on the art and architecture of this fascinating period in art history Brings together in a single volume, important literature on sixteenth-century Italian art from the last half century, highlighting major topics of recent art historical studies Introduces major topics and debates in the field, including pagan mysteries, nature and artifice, the art of the body, and reformations of art, theory and practice Includes new translations of texts never previously published in English Organized thematically, and features substantial editorial introduTrade Review“This valuable book offers an excellent balance of articles on the major themes and methods found in the Italian Renaissance. -- Highly recommended” – CHOICE, March 2007Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Series Editor’s Preface. Introduction: Michael W. Cole. Part I: Pagan Mysteries. Introduction. 1. Raphael’s Tomb: Tilmann Buddensieg. 2. St. Peter’s as Ruins: On some views by Heemskerck: Christof Thoenes. 3. “Virtue Reconciled with Pleasure,” from Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance: Edgar Wind. 4. Love's Sweet Poison: A New Reading of Bronzino's London Allegory: Robert W. Gaston. Part II: Nature and Artifice. Introduction. 5. Science and the Poetic Impulse: Martin Kemp. 6. Mannerist Grottos in 16th-century Italy: Philippe Morel. 7. Imitation, Innovation, and Renovation in the Counter-Reformation: Landscapes all’antica in the Vatican Tower of the Winds: Nicola Courtright. 8. Landscape and Still-Life,” from Federico Borromeo and the Ambrosiana: Art Patronage and Reform in Seventeenth-Century Milan: Pamela Jones. Part III: Figures and Bodies. Introduction. 9. Preparing to Finish: Portraits by Pontormo and Bronzino around 1530: Elizabeth Cropper. 10. The Mistress in the Masterpiece: Nancy J. Vickers. 11. Michelangelo’s Florentine Pietà: The Missing Leg: Leo Steinberg. 12. Reclining Bodies: Figural Ornament in Renaissance Architecture: Alina Payne. Part IV: The Artist. Introduction. 13. The New Professionalism in the Renaissance: Catherine Wilkinson. 14. On Some Engravings by Giorgio Ghisi Commonly Called “Reproductive”: Michael Bury. 15. The Historian and technique: On the role of goldsmithery in Vasari’s Lives:. Marco Collareta. Part V: Reformations. Introduction. 16. Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna: Charles De Tolnay. 17. Gifts for Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna: Alexander Nagel. 18. The Carracci and the Devout Style in Emilia: Charles Dempsey. 19. The Gesù in Light of Contemporary Church Design: James Ackerman. Part VI: Theory and Practice. Introduction. 20. Leonardo’s Color and Chiaroscuro: John Shearman. 21. The Subject of Savoldo's Magdalene: Mary Pardo. 22. Figure come fratelli: A Transformation of Symmetry in Italian Renaissance Painting: David Summers. 23. Raphael, Angelo Colocci, and the Genesis of the Architectural Orders: Ingrid D. Rowland. Index.
£110.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd SixteenthCentury Italian Art
Book SynopsisSixteenth-Century Italian Art is a first-rate collection of the major classic and contemporary writings on the Italian Renaissance. Taking a thematic approach, the book exemplifies the traditional concerns of the field and presents arguments in a clear, accessible way. A stellar collection of 23 classic and recent essays on the art and architecture of this fascinating period in art history Brings together in a single volume, important literature on sixteenth-century Italian art from the last half century, highlighting major topics of recent art historical studies Introduces major topics and debates in the field, including pagan mysteries, nature and artifice, the art of the body, and reformations of art, theory and practice Includes new translations of texts never previously published in English Organized thematically, and features substantial editorial introduTrade Review“This valuable book offers an excellent balance of articles on the major themes and methods found in the Italian Renaissance. -- Highly recommended” – CHOICE, March 2007Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Series Editor’s Preface. Introduction: Michael W. Cole. Part I: Pagan Mysteries. Introduction. 1. Raphael’s Tomb: Tilmann Buddensieg. 2. St. Peter’s as Ruins: On some views by Heemskerck: Christof Thoenes. 3. “Virtue Reconciled with Pleasure,” from Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance: Edgar Wind. 4. Love's Sweet Poison: A New Reading of Bronzino's London Allegory: Robert W. Gaston. Part II: Nature and Artifice. Introduction. 5. Science and the Poetic Impulse: Martin Kemp. 6. Mannerist Grottos in 16th-century Italy: Philippe Morel. 7. Imitation, Innovation, and Renovation in the Counter-Reformation: Landscapes all’antica in the Vatican Tower of the Winds: Nicola Courtright. 8. Landscape and Still-Life,” from Federico Borromeo and the Ambrosiana: Art Patronage and Reform in Seventeenth-Century Milan: Pamela Jones. Part III: Figures and Bodies. Introduction. 9. Preparing to Finish: Portraits by Pontormo and Bronzino around 1530: Elizabeth Cropper. 10. The Mistress in the Masterpiece: Nancy J. Vickers. 11. Michelangelo’s Florentine Pietà: The Missing Leg: Leo Steinberg. 12. Reclining Bodies: Figural Ornament in Renaissance Architecture: Alina Payne. Part IV: The Artist. Introduction. 13. The New Professionalism in the Renaissance: Catherine Wilkinson. 14. On Some Engravings by Giorgio Ghisi Commonly Called “Reproductive”: Michael Bury. 15. The Historian and technique: On the role of goldsmithery in Vasari’s Lives:. Marco Collareta. Part V: Reformations. Introduction. 16. Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna: Charles De Tolnay. 17. Gifts for Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna: Alexander Nagel. 18. The Carracci and the Devout Style in Emilia: Charles Dempsey. 19. The Gesù in Light of Contemporary Church Design: James Ackerman. Part VI: Theory and Practice. Introduction. 20. Leonardo’s Color and Chiaroscuro: John Shearman. 21. The Subject of Savoldo's Magdalene: Mary Pardo. 22. Figure come fratelli: A Transformation of Symmetry in Italian Renaissance Painting: David Summers. 23. Raphael, Angelo Colocci, and the Genesis of the Architectural Orders: Ingrid D. Rowland. Index.
£46.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Architecture and Design in Europe and America
Book SynopsisArchitecture and Design in Europe and America, 1750-2000 is an unprecedented teaching anthology that surveys the history of European and American architecture and design using both historical and contemporary sources. Brings together the best scholarship on the subject, creating a new canon for teaching purposes by introducing a thematic approach. Covers three major periods, from 1750-1830, from 1830-1910, and from 1910-2000, with substantial introductions by the editors. Pairs primary documents with well-known historiographical essays - along with some key but under-represented works. Trade Review“As the first post-structuralist anthology on modern architecture, this compendium embraces feminist, post-colonial, and other historiographical critiques. Its careful selection of primary and secondary sources encourages reflection on the ways architectural history has been constructed.” Nancy Stieber, University of Massachusetts BostonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. List of illustrations. Introduction: Dorothy C. Rowe and Abigail Harrison Moore. i. The Architectural Plates from L’Encylopédie. Denis Diderot (ed.) (1751-1780). ii. ‘The Plates of the Encyclopedia’ (1964). Roland Barthes. iii. Introduction’ from The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969). Michel Foucault. Part I: Knowledge, Taste and Sublimity, c.1750-1830. Introduction: Abigail Harrison Moore. 1. Palladian Permeation: The Villa: John Summerson. 2. The Country House: Form, Function and Meaning: Dana Arnold. 3. Plans and elevations for the villa of Lord Mansfield at Kenwood (illustration): Robert and James Adam. 4. Lectures on Architecture: Sir John Soane. 5. Extracts from A Description of the Villa: Horace Walpole. 6. Thomas Jefferson: James Ackerman. 7. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful: Edmund Burke. 8. On Architecture and Buildings: Uvedale Price. 9. An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste: Richard Payne Knight. 10. Introduction: Iconography and Landscape: Stephen Daniels and Denis Cosgrove. 11. The Plates and Elevations of John Nash: John Summerson. 12. Architecture, Essay on Art: Etienne-Louis Boullée. 13. The Sphere: Reading a gender Metaphor in the architecture of modern cults of identity: Suzanne von Falkenhausen. 14. Karl Friedrich Schinkel: David Watkin and Tilman Mellinghoff. 15. Reading Architectural Herstories, The Disourses of Gender: Dana Arnold. Part II: Urbanism, Reform and Revival c.1830-1910. Introduction: Abigail Harrison Moore and Dorothy C. Rowe. 16. From Contrasts. The City in 1440 and The City in 1840 (illustration). 17. An Apology for a work entitled Contrasts: A.W.N. Pugin. 18. Lecture X: Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. 19. Science, Industry, and Art: Gottfried Semper. 20. The Age of Gothic: John Ruskin. 21. The Revival of Architecture: William Morris. 22. G, Some Recent Designs by Mr. Voysey. 23. Style: Louis Sullivan. 24. Ornament in Architecture: Louis Sullivan. 25. The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered: Louis Sullivan. 26. Plasticity: Frank Lloyd Wright. 27. The Nature of Materials: Frank Lloyd Wright. 28. Fire Proof House: Mary Lucy Mahony Griffin. 29. Women Architects: Lynne Walker. 30. The programmes of the architectural section of the École des Beaux-Arts, 1819-1914: Annie Jacques. 31. Adler and Sullivan at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago: Zeynep Çelik. 32. Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns: Frederick Law Olmsted. 33. Chapter 6 Paris as the Hub of French Industrialisation: Building a European Capital Under the Second Empire 1852-70: Anthony Sutcliffe. 34. Introduction and Chapter I: The Town-Country Magnet: Ebenezer Howard. 35. Chapter VIII: The Meager and Unimaginative Character of Modern City Plans and Chapter IX ‘Modern Systems: Camillo Sitte. 36. Construction: Otto Wagner. Part III: Architecture For Tomorrow c.1910-2000. Introduction: Dorothy C. Rowe. 37. “Ornament and Crime” and “Architecture”: Adolf Loos. 38. Manifesto of Futurist Architecture: Antonio Sant’Elia. 39. The Turbine Hall of the AEG: Peter Behrens. 40. The State of German Architecture: Sigfried Giedion. 41. Programme of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar: Walter Gropius. 42. Letter to the younger generation: Marianne Brandt. 43. Chapter IV: Space (architecture): László Moholy-Nagy. 44. “Where do we Stand” Lecture delivered in Zurich, Switzerland. Marcel Breuer. 45. The Years in Berlin, 1919-1933 and extracts from chapter 2 Eric Mendelsohn. 46. Solved Problems: A Demand on Our Building Methods and Explanation of the Educational Program: Mies van der Rohe. 47. Report of the De Stijl Group at the International Artists’ Congress in Düsseldorf: Theo van Doesburg. 48. Towards a New Architecture: Le Corbusier. 49. Architecture in everything, City Planning in Everything: Le Corbusier. 50. On discovering Gaudi’s Architecture: Le Corbusier. 51. The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism: Beatriz Colomina. 52. Nine Points on Monumentality: José Luis Sert, Fernand Léger and Sigfried Giedion. 53. Monumentality: Louis I. Khan. 54. Reaffirmation of the Aims of CIAM. 55. Introduction – The Machine Age and Conclusion: Functionalism and technology: Reyner Banham. 56. The Death of Modern Architecture: Charles Jencks. 57. Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance: Kenneth Frampton. 58. The Pleasure of Architecture: Bernard Tschumi. 59. Scale and Span in a Global Digital World: Saskia Sassen. Bibliography. Index
£104.36
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Architecture and Design in Europe and America
Book SynopsisArchitecture and Design in Europe and America, 1750-2000 is an unprecedented teaching anthology that surveys the history of European and American architecture and design using both historical and contemporary sources. Brings together the best scholarship on the subject, creating a new canon for teaching purposes by introducing a thematic approach. Covers three major periods, from 1750-1830, from 1830-1910, and from 1910-2000, with substantial introductions by the editors. Pairs primary documents with well-known historiographical essays - along with some key but under-represented works. Trade Review“As the first post-structuralist anthology on modern architecture, this compendium embraces feminist, post-colonial, and other historiographical critiques. Its careful selection of primary and secondary sources encourages reflection on the ways architectural history has been constructed.” Nancy Stieber, University of Massachusetts BostonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. List of illustrations. Introduction: Dorothy C. Rowe and Abigail Harrison Moore. i. The Architectural Plates from L’Encylopédie. Denis Diderot (ed.) (1751-1780). ii. ‘The Plates of the Encyclopedia’ (1964). Roland Barthes. iii. Introduction’ from The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969). Michel Foucault. Part I: Knowledge, Taste and Sublimity, c.1750-1830. Introduction: Abigail Harrison Moore. 1. Palladian Permeation: The Villa: John Summerson. 2. The Country House: Form, Function and Meaning: Dana Arnold. 3. Plans and elevations for the villa of Lord Mansfield at Kenwood (illustration): Robert and James Adam. 4. Lectures on Architecture: Sir John Soane. 5. Extracts from A Description of the Villa: Horace Walpole. 6. Thomas Jefferson: James Ackerman. 7. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful: Edmund Burke. 8. On Architecture and Buildings: Uvedale Price. 9. An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste: Richard Payne Knight. 10. Introduction: Iconography and Landscape: Stephen Daniels and Denis Cosgrove. 11. The Plates and Elevations of John Nash: John Summerson. 12. Architecture, Essay on Art: Etienne-Louis Boullée. 13. The Sphere: Reading a gender Metaphor in the architecture of modern cults of identity: Suzanne von Falkenhausen. 14. Karl Friedrich Schinkel: David Watkin and Tilman Mellinghoff. 15. Reading Architectural Herstories, The Disourses of Gender: Dana Arnold. Part II: Urbanism, Reform and Revival c.1830-1910. Introduction: Abigail Harrison Moore and Dorothy C. Rowe. 16. From Contrasts. The City in 1440 and The City in 1840 (illustration). 17. An Apology for a work entitled Contrasts: A.W.N. Pugin. 18. Lecture X: Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. 19. Science, Industry, and Art: Gottfried Semper. 20. The Age of Gothic: John Ruskin. 21. The Revival of Architecture: William Morris. 22. G, Some Recent Designs by Mr. Voysey. 23. Style: Louis Sullivan. 24. Ornament in Architecture: Louis Sullivan. 25. The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered: Louis Sullivan. 26. Plasticity: Frank Lloyd Wright. 27. The Nature of Materials: Frank Lloyd Wright. 28. Fire Proof House: Mary Lucy Mahony Griffin. 29. Women Architects: Lynne Walker. 30. The programmes of the architectural section of the École des Beaux-Arts, 1819-1914: Annie Jacques. 31. Adler and Sullivan at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago: Zeynep Çelik. 32. Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns: Frederick Law Olmsted. 33. Chapter 6 Paris as the Hub of French Industrialisation: Building a European Capital Under the Second Empire 1852-70: Anthony Sutcliffe. 34. Introduction and Chapter I: The Town-Country Magnet: Ebenezer Howard. 35. Chapter VIII: The Meager and Unimaginative Character of Modern City Plans and Chapter IX ‘Modern Systems: Camillo Sitte. 36. Construction: Otto Wagner. Part III: Architecture For Tomorrow c.1910-2000. Introduction: Dorothy C. Rowe. 37. “Ornament and Crime” and “Architecture”: Adolf Loos. 38. Manifesto of Futurist Architecture: Antonio Sant’Elia. 39. The Turbine Hall of the AEG: Peter Behrens. 40. The State of German Architecture: Sigfried Giedion. 41. Programme of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar: Walter Gropius. 42. Letter to the younger generation: Marianne Brandt. 43. Chapter IV: Space (architecture): László Moholy-Nagy. 44. “Where do we Stand” Lecture delivered in Zurich, Switzerland. Marcel Breuer. 45. The Years in Berlin, 1919-1933 and extracts from chapter 2 Eric Mendelsohn. 46. Solved Problems: A Demand on Our Building Methods and Explanation of the Educational Program: Mies van der Rohe. 47. Report of the De Stijl Group at the International Artists’ Congress in Düsseldorf: Theo van Doesburg. 48. Towards a New Architecture: Le Corbusier. 49. Architecture in everything, City Planning in Everything: Le Corbusier. 50. On discovering Gaudi’s Architecture: Le Corbusier. 51. The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism: Beatriz Colomina. 52. Nine Points on Monumentality: José Luis Sert, Fernand Léger and Sigfried Giedion. 53. Monumentality: Louis I. Khan. 54. Reaffirmation of the Aims of CIAM. 55. Introduction – The Machine Age and Conclusion: Functionalism and technology: Reyner Banham. 56. The Death of Modern Architecture: Charles Jencks. 57. Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance: Kenneth Frampton. 58. The Pleasure of Architecture: Bernard Tschumi. 59. Scale and Span in a Global Digital World: Saskia Sassen. Bibliography. Index
£46.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Architects Handbook
Book SynopsisThe Architects'' Handbook provides a comprehensive range of visual and technical information covering the great majority of building types likely to be encountered by architects, designers, building surveyors and others involved in the construction industry. It is organised by building type and concentrates very much on practical examples. Including over 300 case studies, the Handbook is organised by building type and concentrates very much on practical examples. It includes: a brief introduction to the key design considerations for each building type numerous plans, sections and elevations for the building examples references to key technical standards and design guidance a comprehensive bibliography for most building types The book also includes sections on designing for accessibility, drawing practice, and metric and imperial conversion tables.Trade Review"All too often, architects attempt to redesign the wheel. Why struggle to sort out the complexity of a modern building when you can learn from the great masters. If the best architects in the world have visited the problems before, the chances are they have something to teach us. This book, with its detailed information about ground breaking buildings, should change the way we assimilate practical technical information" Maxwell HutchinsonTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Contributors. Airports. Business Parks. Cinemas. Community Centres. Crematoria. Education: Schools. Education: Universities and Colleges. Education: Art, Design and Media Studios. Farm Buildings. Fire Stations. Halls of Residence and Hostels. Health Service Buildings. Hospices. Hotels. Housing and Residential Buildings. Industrial Buildings. Laboratories. Landscape Works. Law Courts. Libraries and Learning Resource Centres. Museums and Art Galleries. Office. Pubs. Religious Buildings. Restaurants and Catering Facilities. Shops and Retail. Sports Facilities. Theatres and Art Centres. Vehicle Facilities. Youth Hostels. Zoos ad Aquariums. Design for Accessibility. Drawing Practice and Presentation. Bibliography and References. Conversion of Units. Index.
£52.20
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Standard Letters in Architectural Practice
Book SynopsisThis book provides over 300 standard letters for architects and contract administrators to use at all stages of contract administration. The letters are grouped into sections which correspond with the RIBA Plan of Work: the aim is to cover all the common situations encountered in practice. This Fourth Edition has been revised to take account of the extensive changes to virtually the whole of the JCT suite of building contracts. Unless otherwise stated, all letters are suitable for use with: JCT Standard Building Contract (SBC) JCT Intermediate Building Contract (IC) JCT Intermediate Building Contract with contractor's design (ICD) JCT Minor Works Building Contract (MW) JCT Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design (MWD) JCT Design and Build Contract (DB) GC/Works/1 (1998) With Quantities Contract The laTrade Review"Organised in an extremely user-friendly manner … invaluable for contractors, building surveyors and project managers." (Building Engineer, October 2008)Table of ContentsPreface to Fourth Edition. Introduction. 1 Appraisal. 1 To client, if asked to tender on fees. 2 To prospective client, offering services. 3 To client, regarding the first visit. 4 To client, setting out terms of appointment SFA/99 or S-Con-07-A. 5 To client, setting out terms of appointment CE/99 or S-Con-07-A (a). 6 To client, setting out terms of appointment CE/99 or S-Con-07-A (b). 7 To Client, setting out terms of appointment SW/99 or C-Con-07-A (a). 8 To client, setting out terms of appointment SW/99 or C-Con-07-A (b). 9 To client, requesting payment in advance. 10 To client, regarding other architects engaged on the work. 11 To other architect, regarding former engagement. 12 To client, if former architect notifies some problem. 13 To client, if former architect states that the client does not have a copyright licence. 14 To client who claims to have a copyright licence. 15 To client, if architect asked to sign a warranty not previously mentioned. 16 To client, if architect asked to sign a warranty only agreed in principle. 17 To client if asked to provide a certificate of satisfaction not previously mentioned. 18 To client, if a conflict of interest arises. 19 To client, regarding the CDM Regulation duties. 20 To client, regarding site survey. 21 To client, before carrying out a site survey. 22 To client, if requested to help in boundary negotiations. 23 To client, if problem encountered during survey. 24 To geotechnical specialists, enquiring about soil survey. 25 To Coal Authority, requesting preliminary information. 26 To BT, requesting preliminary information. 27 To electricity supplier, requesting preliminary information. 28 To gas supplier, requesting preliminary information. 29 To water supplier, requesting preliminary information. 30 To drainage authority, requesting preliminary information. 31 To highway authority, requesting preliminary information. 32 To National Power, requesting preliminary information. 33 To Mobile Telephone Companies, requesting preliminary information. 34 To Cable Television, requesting preliminary information. 35 To client, seeking information. 36 To client, enclosing the feasibility report. 2 Design Brief . 37 To client, regarding early appointment of consultants. 38 To client who queries early appointment of consultants. 39 To client, enclosing draft for appointment of consultants. 40 Client to consultant [draft prepared by architect]. 41 To client, if consultants' agreements are complex. 42 To client who wishes architect to appoint consultants. 43 To client, if architect is to appoint consultants (a). 44 To client, if architect is to appoint consultants (b). 45 To client, if architect wishes to appoint consultants (a). 46 To client, if architect wishes to appoint consultants (b). 47 To consultant, seeking indemnity. 48 To client if consultancy services to be provided by the architect. 49 To client, suggesting the use of a supplier or sub-contractor in a design capacity. 50 To client, regarding lists of firms to design and supply/execute. 51 To client, regarding lists of firms to supply. 52 To client, if a relatively new material or process is proposed. 53 To members of the design team, arranging meeting. 54 To client, regarding fees for planning applications. 55 To planning authority, requesting outline approval. 56 To client who considers that drawing work should proceed before necessary approvals obtained. 57 To planning authority, requesting renewal of temporary permission. 58 To client, enclosing fee account. 59 To client, if fees are late: first reminder. 60 To client, if fees are late: second reminder. 61 To client, if fees are late: third reminder. 62 To client, if fees late: legal action threatened. 3 Concept. 63 To client, if amenity society writes with objections. 64 To amenity society, if they write with objections. 65 To client, regarding form of contract to be used (a). 66 To client, regarding form of contract to be used (b). 67 To client, regarding form of contract to be used (c). 68 To client, regarding form of contract to be used (d). 69 To client, regarding form of contract to be used (e). 70 To client, regarding form of contract to be used (f). 71 To client, regarding form of contract to be used (g). 72 To client, regarding the content of the Employer's Requirements. 73 To client, enclosing concept design report. 4 Design Development . 74 To manufacturer, asking for technical literature. 75 To manufacturer, asking representative to visit for general purposes. 76 To manufacturer, asking representative to visit for special purposes. 77 To manufacturer, asking for letter. 78 To local authority environmental services department, enclosing sketch plans. 79 To fire prevention officer, enclosing sketch plans. 80 To telephone service provider, enclosing sketch layout. 81 To electricity supplier, enclosing sketch layout. 82 To gas supplier, enclosing sketch layout. 83 To water supplier, enclosing sketch layout. 84 To highway authority, enclosing sketch layout. 85 To environmental health authority, regarding Clean Air Acts. 86 To client, advising that additional requirements will cause the cost to rise above budget. 87 To client, enclosing final draft of Employer’s Requirements. 88 To client, enclosing the scheme design report. 89 To client, regarding modification of the brief. 90 To client who cannot understand why redesigning costs extra fees. 91 To client, confirming instruction to do extra work. 5 Technical Design. 92 To client, regarding promptness of decisions. 93 To client, regarding modifications to size, shape, location or cost. 6 Production Information. 94 To client, requesting fees for Building Regulations application. 95 To client, requesting fees for Planning and Building Regulations application. 96 To planning authority, requesting approval of reserved matters. 97 To planning authority, applying for full planning approval. 98 To planning authority, applying for full planning permission and Building Regulations approval. 99 To local authority, requesting Building Regulations Approval. 100 To HM Inspectorate (Health and Safety Executive), applying for fire certificate. 101 To client, regarding main contractor tender list. 102 To client, regarding main contractor tender list if two stage tendering is to be used. 103 To client, confirming tender details. 104 To donor, returning gift. 105 To prospective named sub-contractor/person, enquiring if willing to submit a tender. 106 To prospective contractor, enclosing questionnaire. 107 To referee, regarding suitability of contractor. 108 To contractor, enquiring if contractor is willing to submit a tender. 109 To unsuccessful sub-contractors and suppliers. 110 To client, confirming the amount of liquidated damages. 7 Tender Documentation. 111 To client, if clerk of works required. 112 To all contractors on tender list, if date delayed. 8 Tender Action. 113 To client, regarding letter of intent to named sub-contractors and suppliers. 114 To named sub-contractor or supplier: letter of intent. 115 To contractor, inviting it to tender if bills of quantities included. 116 To contractor, inviting it to tender if bills of quantities not included. 117 To contractor, inviting it to tender. 118 To client and quantity surveyor, enclosing copy of invitation to tender. 119 To all contractors, regarding questions during the tender period. 120 To client, regarding opening of tenders. 121 To contractor who submits a qualified tender. 122 To contractor who submits a qualified tender if insufficient compliant tenders received. 123 To contractors who submit the second and third lowest tenders. 124 To contractors not among the three lowest tenderers. 125 To contractors who submit the second and third lowest tenders if another tender accepted. 126 To contractor who submits the lowest tender, but with errors to be dealt with when overall price is dominant. 127 To contractor who submits lowest tender, but with errors to be dealt with where pricing document is dominant. 128 To contractor, accepting tender subject to formal documents. 129 To contractor, accepting tender and forming contract immediately. 130 To consultants, regarding successful tenderer. 131 To unsuccessful tenderers. 9 Mobilisation. 132 To contractor, enclosing the contract documents. 133 To client, enclosing the contract documents. 134 To contractor, returning one copy of the contract documents. 135 To client, regarding letter of intent to contractor. 136 To contractor: letter of intent. 137 To contractor regarding insurance. 138 To contractor, regarding insurance. 139 To contractor, regarding insurance. 140 To client, regarding insurance (a). 141 To client, regarding insurance (b). 142 To client, regarding insurance (c). 143 To contractor, regarding insurance policies. 144 To contractor, requesting evidence of insurance. 145 To contractor, regarding performance bond. 146 To contractor, regarding advance payment bond. 147 To contractor, regarding off-site materials bond. 148 To client, at the beginning of the building contract. 149 To clerk of works, on appointment. 150 To contractor, noting the authority of the clerk of works. 151 To contractor, regarding extension of authority of the clerk of works. 152 To contractor, naming authorised representatives. 153 To contractor, regarding the issue of instructions. 154 To contractor, regarding sub-letting. 155 To contractor, regarding sub-letting. 156 To contractor, if architect is employee of the employer. 10 Construction to Practical Completion. 157 To contractor, if it fails to maintain insurance cover (a). 158 To contractor, if it fails to maintain insurance cover (b). 159 To contractor, if it fails to maintain insurance cover (c). 160 To contractor, if it fails to maintain insurance cover (d). 161 To client, if contractor fails to maintain insurance cover (a). 162 To client, if contractor fails to maintain insurance cover (b). 163 To client, if contractor fails to maintain insurance cover (c). 164 To client, if contractor fails to maintain insurance cover (d). 165 To contractor, confirming possession of the site. 166 Draft letter from employer to contractor, deferring possession of the site. 167 To contractor, who wrongly asks the architect to instruct integration of CDP design. 169 To contractor, if architect finds a discrepancy within the Contractor's Proposals. 170 To contractor, if architect finds an inconsistency in CDP documents. 171 To contractor, requesting consent to the addition of persons to the list under clause 3.8. 172 To contractor, if it sub-lets without architect's consent (a). 173 To contractor, if it sub-lets without architect's consent and not in accordance with clauses 3.6 or 3.7 (b). 174 To contractor, regarding employer's licensees (a). 175 To contractor, regarding employer's licensees (b). 176 To contractor, regarding employer's licensees (e). 177 To client, enclosing report on progress. 178 To persons affected, enclosing extract of minutes. 179 To originator of minutes, if architect disagrees with contents. 180 To client, if disagreeing with former architect's decisions. 181 To contractor client, if disagreeing with former architect's decisions. 182 To contractor client, if architect’s drawings rejected. 183 To contractor client, if instructions received which are contrary to the Employer’s Requirements. 184 To employer who is seeking advice, if architect engaged by contractor client. 185 To contractor, on receipt of master programme. 186 To contractor, on receipt of master programme if required to approve it. 187 To contractor, if architect asked to check setting out. 188 To contractor, confirmed acceptance under schedule 2. 189 To QS, if failing to respond to contractor’s valuation where there is disagreement. 190 To contractor, if seeking payment for off-site materials and there is no employer’s list. 191 To contractor, who has submitted drawings (a). 192 To contractor who has submitted drawings under the design submission procedure (b). 193 To contractor who has submitted design drawings (c). 194 To contractor who contends that compliance with a comment will give rise to a variation. 195 To contractor, if requesting information and there is no information release schedule (a). 196 To contractor if requesting information (b). 197 To contractor if requesting information (c). 198 To contractor, if requesting information on the information release schedule. 199 To contractor, if letter not understood. 200 To contractor, pending detailed reply. 201 To contractor, seeking proof of compliance (a). 202 To contractor, seeking proof of compliance (b). 203 To contractor, requesting samples. 204 To contractor, regarding compliant samples. 205 To contractor, regarding failure of samples. 206 To manufacturer, if problems with product on site. 207 To quantity surveyor regarding defective work. 208 Draft letter from employer to contractor, amount proposed to be paid (a). 209 Draft letter from employer to contractor, amount proposed to be paid (b). 210 Draft letter from employer to contractor, amount proposed to be withheld (a). 211 Draft letter from employer to contractor, amount proposed to be withheld (b). 212 To contractor, if defective work opened up. 213 To contractor, after failure of work (a). 214 To contractor, after failure of work (b). 215 To client, confirming instruction which entails extra cost. 216 To client, if material change to approved design necessary. 217 To contractor, requiring compliance with instruction. 218 To contractor, who fails to comply with notice. 219 To Contractor, if no grounds for extension of time. 220 To contractor, if no extension of time due. 221 To contractor, if issuing extension in two parts because of lack of time before completion date. 222 To contractor, giving extension of time. 223 To client, enclosing a report on extension of time. 224 To contractor, shortly after practical completion. 225 To contractor, reviewing extensions of time after completion date or practical completion (a). 226 To contractor, reviewing extensions of time after completion date or practical completion (b). 227 To client, enclosing certificate of non-completion (a). 228 To client, if Works not complete (b). 229 To client, if Works not complete by date for completion and further extensions may be due. 230 Draft letter from employer to contractor, before deducting liquidated damages. 231 To client, advising on the deduction of liquidated damages. 232 To client, if it would be unfair to deduct liquidated damages. 233 To client, regarding common law claims. 234 To client regarding loss and/or expense applications. 235 To contractor, if ex-gratia or common law application submitted. 236 To client, regarding ex-gratia claims. 237 To contractor, rejecting application due to failure to comply with contract. 238 To contractor, if application badly presented. 239 To contractor, after receipt of estimate of loss and/or expense under supplemental provision, schedule 2, paragraph 5. 240 To contractor, requesting further information in support of financial claim. 241 To contractor, rejecting application for loss and/or expense. 242 To contractor, accepting financial claim. 243 To contractor, partly accepting financial claim. 244 To quantity surveyor, requesting ascertainment of loss and/or expense. 245 To quantity surveyor, requesting partial ascertainment of loss and/or expense. 246 To client, enclosing report on application. 247 To client, on receipt of contractor’s 7-day notice suspending performance of obligations. 248 Draft letter from employer to contractor, on receipt of 7-day notice suspending performance of obligations. 249 To contractor, on resumption of obligations after suspension. 250 To contractor, giving notice of default (a). 251 To contractor, giving notice of default (b). 252 To contractor, giving notice of default (c). 253 To client, if contractor continues the default. 254 To client, if contractor continues the default (b). 255 To client, if contractor is in default (c). 256 Draft letter from employer to contractor, terminating employment after default notice. 257 To client, if termination by either party possible. 258 Draft letter from employer to contractor, giving notice if termination by either party possible. 259 Draft letter from employer to contractor, terminating if termination by either party possible. 260 Draft letter from employer to contractor, terminating employment after loss or damage. 261 Draft letter from employer to contractor, terminating if terrorism cover no longer available. 262 Draft letter from employer to contractor, determining contract. 263 To client, regarding insurance after termination. 264 To client, if contractor likely to terminate its employment or has issued a default notice. 265 To client, if contractor likely to terminate its employment if termination by either party is possible. 266 To client, if contractor likely to terminate its employment because it is just and equitable. 267 To client, if contractor terminates its employment. 268 Draft letter from employer to contractor, giving notice of intention to refer a dispute to adjudication. 269 Draft letter from employer to Nominating Body, requesting nomination of an adjudicator. 270 Draft letter from employer to adjudicator, enclosing the Referral. 271 Draft letter from employer to contractor, if adjudicator’s decision is in employer’s favour. 272 To employer, if asked to respond to contractor’s adjudication notice. 273 Draft letter from employer to contractor, requesting concurrence in the appointment of an arbitrator. 274 Draft letter from employer to contractor, requesting concurrence in the appointment of an arbitrator. 275 Draft letter from employer to relevant Professional Body, if there is no concurrence in the appointment of an arbitrator or, in the case of GC/Works/1 (1998), the named arbitrator is unable to act. 276 Draft letter from employer to contractor proposing mediation of a dispute. 277 To client, if impractical to carry out certain services. 278 To client, determining all performance and obligations by reasonable notice. 279 To client, giving 14 days notice to terminate the agreement. 280 To client, terminating the agreement. 279 To client, giving 14 days notice to terminate the agreement. 281 To client, if client terminates appointment by reasonable notice (a). 282 To client, if client terminates appointment by reasonable notice (b). 283 To client, if client has not given instructions to resume suspended service within six months (a). 284 To client, if client has not given instructions to resume suspended service within six months (b). 285 To client, if another architect appointed. 286 To other architect, appointed by client, if fees etc. outstanding. 287 To employer who wishes to use new building before practical completion certified (a). 288 To employer who wishes to use part of the Works before practical completion certified (b). 289 To consultants, regarding testing and commissioning of plant. 290 To client, regarding testing and commissioning of plant. 291 To client, prior to completion. 292 To client, confirming handover meeting. 293 To contractor regarding inspection before completion. 294 To consultants, regarding inspection before completion. 11 Post Practical Completion. 295 To client, after handover. 296 To contractor, if sending schedule of defects. 297 To contractor if immediate attention required during the rectification period. 298 To contractor, requiring making good during the rectification/maintenance period. 299 To client, if some defects are not to be made good. 300 To contractor, instructing that some defects are not to be made good. 301 To contractor, requiring ‘as-built' records. 302 To contractor, requiring return of all drawings and documents. 303 To client, seeking permission to publish details of the project. 304 To client, requesting feedback information. 305 To consultants, requesting feedback information. 306 To contractor, requesting feedback information. 307 To client, if architect asked to inspect suspected defects after the end of the rectification period. 308 To client regarding latent defects after the final certificate. 309 To contractor, regarding latent defects. 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£82.60
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Marketing and Selling Professional Services in
Book SynopsisWill help architects, engineers, project managers, facilities managers, surveyors, and contractors 'sell' themselves to prospective clients. Illustrated with plenty of diagrams and checklists. Sets out the seven key aspects of selling and marketing professional services.Trade Review"This would make a highly desirable read for anyone operating within the construction services sector - whether they are directly in contact with their clients or not. It presents a well-structured approach to effectively selling construction services without making the subject too complex or the end unachievable. This book is especially a good addition to the repertoire of those whose task is the regular creation of business, and even better acquisition for those new to the territory." (Emerald Journal, 2011) "An admirable feature of the book is its ability to work from a strategic level down to a fine level of detail." (International Construction Law Review, April 2010)"For new marketers/sales folk it contains all the essentials you will need packaged well and written accessibly." (PM, June 2010)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations xv List of Tables xvi About the author xvii Foreword xix Introduction xxi Stage 1: Selecting the clients you want to work for 1 1.1 Your client portfolio 2 Examine current portfolio 2 Saying goodbye to clients 6 Number of clients 7 Sector exposure 8 Who are your competitors and who do they work for? 8 1.2 A strategy 11 Prioritise your effort 12 Selecting your targets 16 The need to comply with the Data Protection Act 17 Sector penetration 17 1.3 Effort versus reward 19 Public sector 19 Private sector 23 1.4 Lifetime value of clients 25 1.5 Picking your moment 29 1.6 Creating a pipeline 33 Using an enquiry pipeline 35 Using a leads pipeline 39 Managing effort for pipeline development 42 Stage 2: Identifying the needs of the target client 47 2.1 Why do you need to know the client’s needs? 48 Good client service 48 2.2 Appropriate person to contact 49 No names policy 53 The first communication with the target contact 53 The first written communication 54 That first phone call 56 2.3 The first Meeting 60 Preparation 60 Arriving 61 First impressions 62 Improving your chances of a good meeting 63 2.4 Look for visual and auditory clues 64 Building rapport 64 Use of language 65 Is your potential client telling the truth? 68 2.5 Establishing the client’s needs 68 Specific needs 69 Leading into the questioning 70 Use your questions to demonstrate your capability 70 Have questions prepared 71 Harvesting information through questioning techniques 72 2.6 Listening skills 76 Poor response 79 2.7 Establish the stakeholders and decision makers 80 2.8 Expanding the range of contacts 81 2.9 Establish selection criteria 82 2.10 The next step 82 Stage 3: Shaping your service to suit the needs of the target clients 85 3.1 Review your clients’ needs 86 3.2 Putting a mirror up to your client 88 Don’t rush this stage 88 An analysis of the situation 89 Has the client missed something? 91 3.3 Enhancing customer value 91 Customer groupings 92 3.4 Features and benefits 93 3.5 Building trust 94 Capability 96 Credibility 97 Reliability 97 Compatibility 98 Rational and non-rational selection criteria 98 3.6 Differentiating 99 Differentiate through customer service 102 Show you care 103 3.7 Consider your strategy 104 Understanding why clients might not want your services 104 Stage 4: Communicating your availability and capability to the target clients 107 4.1 Communicating to target clients 108 4.2 Target clients in buying mode 109 Identify decision makers and influencers 109 Meeting the decision makers 110 Meeting the influencers 112 When access is denied 112 4.3 Target clients not in buying mode 113 4.4 Raising your profile 118 Networking 118 Where to network 118 Prepare for the event 119 Working the room 119 Introductions 120 The follow-up to a networking event 121 Make yourself a useful contact 122 Creating networking opportunities 122 Develop your network 122 4.5 Entertaining 123 4.6 Seminars 124 Attend seminars at conferences 124 Deliver a seminar at a conference 125 Attending other people’s seminars 125 Running your own seminar 125 4.7 Writing articles 126 4.8 Public speaking 130 4.9 Memberships of organisations 130 4.10 Advertising 130 4.11 Exhibitions 133 Stage 5: Proposals, tenders and pitching 137 5.1 Proposals 138 Create opportunities to build relationships during the proposal stage 138 Keep the prospective client involved 139 The proposal content 139 Approach to fees 141 5.2 Selling yourself and your proposal 141 5.3 Pitching for work 143 Purpose of the pitch 143 Plan of action 143 The brief 144 Timetable leading up to the pitch 144 The participants 145 The audience 148 The content of the pitch 149 Format of delivery and use of technology 150 The ‘ring master’ 152 Questions you don’t want to be asked 153 Handling objections 154 The venue 155 Rehearsals 155 Using persuasive language 156 Feedback 158 5.4 The selection process–direct with the client 158 Negotiation 158 Pitching for the project or through formal interview 159 Qualification-based selection 159 Selection based on quality and price 160 Selection based on fee (without design) 160 Selection based on a design proposal (with or without fee bid) 160 5.5 Selection process–through and with a contractor 161 Two-stage tendering 161 5.6 The trend for competitive proposals 162 5.7 Expressions of interest 162 5.8 Pre-qualifications 163 5.9 Tendering 165 Understanding how clients evaluate proposals and tenders 166 5.10 Using CVs 168 CV maintenance 169 Editing 169 5.11 Monitoring progress of the tender or proposal 170 5.12 Post-tender interview 170 5.13 Negotiation 171 Establish your position 172 Negotiating approach 172 Bargaining skills 173 Summarise the situation during negotiation 174 Don’t get stuck over positions 175 Move to closing the deal 176 Negotiating traps 177 If you fail to win, start positioning for the next opportunity 178 Stage 6: Delivering added value and obtaining repeat business 181 6.1 Obtaining repeat business 182 6.2 Strategies for repeat business 184 6.3 Preparing a project client plan 184 6.4 Total continuous office participation in selling 188 Quality of employees and working methods 188 6.5 Managing the service ‘touches’ 190 6.6 Client account management 191 Managing the process 193 Being selective with time expenditure 193 6.7 Client account teams 195 Creating new relationships 197 Cross-selling 197 Cross-team activity 198 6.8 Establishing level of client satisfaction 198 Ask the right questions 199 Ask the right people 199 Survey methods 200 Need to introduce the survey 201 Questionnaire design 202 Introducing weighting factors 202 Satisfaction levels are relative 203 The value of client satisfaction measurement 205 6.9 Third-party survey 206 6.10 Direct questionnaire 209 6.11 Client review meeting 209 After obtaining feedback 211 6.12 Lessons-learnt workshop 211 6.13 A client expectation charter 212 Service delivery review meetings 213 6.14 Building multi-level contacts 214 Introduce someone else at every opportunity 216 Show them around your office 217 Ask to be introduced to your client’s colleagues 217 Hold pre- and post-project social gatherings 217 Hold value engineering workshops 218 Market the project with the client 218 Becoming more integrated 218 Winning additional work from clients 220 Succession planning 221 6.15 Client loyalty 223 Increase client loyalty 224 Setting goals and objectives 224 6.16 Obtaining referrals from clients 226 Stage 7: Building credibility 229 7.1 Credibility through sector knowledge 230 Information for sector-specific selling 230 7.2 Response to requests for information 232 7.3 CVs 233 7.4 Keep records of your experience 234 7.5 Project sheets and case studies 235 Use your project sheets as door openers 237 7.6 Using e-mails 237 7.7 Your website 240 7.8 Intranet and extranet 242 7.9 Press releases 242 7.10 Newsletters 244 7.11 Research 245 Further reading 247 Index 249
£54.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sustainable Construction Processes
Book SynopsisThis book explores the concepts and practicalities that lead to sustainable construction. It breaks new ground by providing the reader with the underlying principles of how to build sustainably and then assesses many of the tools required for the task. From energy to materials and from procurement to operation, all aspects play their part in turning a theoretically sustainable building project into a reality. There are many guidelines for the designer on how to maximise the sustainability of buildings but this resource text supplements these by focusing on the construction and operational aspects of sustainable buildings, as well as some of the more fundamental design-related considerations. ?Offers an excellent text for those learning to construct, design and operate sustainable buildings. ?Covers the drivers for sustainable construction, definitions, historical impacts, climate change and global, regional and individual responses. ?enables the construcTable of ContentsPreface viii About the author ix Acknowledgments x 1 Introduction to sustainable construction 1 1.1 Why a book focused on sustainable construction? 1 1.2 Why construct sustainably? 2 1.3 How can we define sustainability? 2 1.4 The environmental importance of design, construction, and care of buildings 19 1.5 Where next? 19 References 19 2 Procurement and sustainability 22 2.1 Procurement and construction 22 2.2 Drivers for and concepts behind sustainable procurement 23 2.3 BREEAM 2011 and sustainable procurement 30 2.4 Organisational values, risk, and stakeholder goodwill 31 2.5 Contracts and sustainable construction 38 2.6 The RIBA plan of work 39 2.7 The sustainable procurement of materials and equipment 40 2.8 Summary 42 References 42 3 Energy, water, refurbishment, and sustainable building design 45 3.1 Design‐related sustainability 45 3.2 Sustainable design 46 3.3 Energy and design: Building fabric 48 3.4 Energy and design: Renewable energy and sustainable technologies 78 3.5 Water 96 3.6 Design for sustainable refurbishment 102 3.7 Summary 105 References 106 4 Materials and sustainable building design 110 4.1 Materials and design 110 4.2 Responsible sourcing of materials 111 4.3 Life cycle assessment 112 4.4 Whole‐life carbon (embodied energy and embodied carbon) 114 4.5 Materials and recycle/reuse 129 4.6 Sustainable construction materials 132 4.7 Summary/what next? 140 References 140 5 Construction‐related sustainability 143 5.1 Sustainable construction 143 5.2 Site operations and organisation 145 5.3 Materials 167 5.4 Summary 183 References 183 6 Assessment and performance evaluation of buildings and construction processes 188 6.1 Building assessment 188 6.2 Introduction and rationale for the assessment of current and future building performance 188 6.3 Categories of sustainability and building assessment systems 189 6.4 Building‐ and project‐specific tools 201 6.5 Post-occupancy assessments 216 6.6 Commissioning and technical assessment 223 6.7 Building simulation 238 6.8 Summary 244 References 244 7 Behaviour, sustainable construction, and the performance gap 249 7.1 People, sustainable construction, and buildings 249 7.2 The building performance gap 249 7.3 occupant behaviour: the performance gap 251 7.4 Modelling using occupant behaviour 257 7.5 Behaviour in the design process 257 7.6 Behaviour and sourcing materials 260 7.7 Sustainability and the business of construction 261 7.8 Commissioning 263 7.9 Facilities management 264 7.10 Summary 266 References 266 8 The practicalities of building with sustainable technologies 270 8.1 Building with sustainable technologies and innovations 270 8.2 General operational issues 275 8.3 Solar systems and technologies 278 8.4 Wind generation 287 8.5 Biomass 290 8.6 Ground/water/air source heat pumps 293 8.7 Micro CHP 298 8.8 Control systems and smart home energy management 299 8.9 Overheating and controlled ventilation systems 300 8.10 Rainwater and greywater collection systems 301 8.11 Summary 307 References 308 9 Future of sustainable construction 313 9.1 Future directions and policies 313 9.2 Future technologies 321 9.3 Future energy 324 9.4 Future materials 327 9.5 Future construction practices 329 9.6 Future norms and expectations 331 9.7 Chapter summary 332 References 333 Index 336
£54.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Interior Finishes and Fittings for Historic
Book SynopsisInterior Finishes & Fittings for Historic Building Conservation complements Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation, combining the history and application of each material with current knowledge of maintenance and conservation techniques. Of direct practical application in the field, it takes the reader through the process of conserving historic interior finishes, covering everything from decorative plasterwork, joinery and paint colour; to chimneypieces, lighting and fire safety management. The series is particularly aimed at construction professionals architects, decorative arts historians and specifiers, surveyors, engineers as well as postgraduate building conservation students and undergraduate architects and surveyors as specialist or optional course reading. The series is also of value to other professional groups such as commissioning client bodies, managers and advisors, and interested individuals involved in house refurbishment or setting up a buildTrade Review"Michael Forsyth & Lisa White's Interior Finishes & Fittings for Historic Building Conservation, is an expert introduction to every aspect of the historic interior from wallpapers, paints and textiles to lighting and fire safety." (The Times, 24 December 2011) "This volume enriches the excellence established by its predecessors ... This book references tons of good stuff, which all who operate in the conservation field should read over Christmas." (BD Building Design, 16 December 2011) Table of ContentsPreface viii Contributors x 1. Conservation of the historic interior 1Michael Forsyth Introduction 1 The presentation of historic interiors 1 Managing change 3 Building history and understanding significance 4 ‘Reading’ the classical interior 6 The fall and rise of craftsmanship 6 Joinery detailing: a case study 7 Finding ‘forgotten spaces’ 8 Conclusion 9 2. Stone floors 11Lisa White Introduction 11 Materials 11 Floors 12 3. Cantilever or hanging stone stairs 19Ian Hume How do they work? 19 Landings 21 Sources of problems 21 Investigation 22 Repairs 22 Load testing 23 Timber cantilever stairs 23 Conclusion 24 4. Decorative plasterwork: materials and methods 25David Bostwick Introduction 25 Materials 26 Methods 28 Ceiling construction 32 Design 33 Finishes 34 Significance 37 5. Woodwork 41Lisa White Introduction: timber 41 Floors 42 Staircases 45 Panelling 49 Doors and doorcases 54 Architectural woodwork details 58 6. Metalwork and gilding 61Lisa White Introduction 61 Staircases and balustrades 62 Architectural metal furniture 67 Gilding 72 7. Chimneypieces 77Lisa White Introduction: early chimneypieces 77 Early chimney furniture 80 Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century developments 80 Firegrates and chimney furniture 85 Victorian style 87 8. Wallpaper 93Treve Rosoman Introduction 93 A brief history of wallpaper 93 Making hand-blocked wallpaper 94 Hand block printing 95 Designing wallpaper 98 The selling of wallpaper 98 Where and how to hang wallpaper 99 Dating and identifying wallpaper 102 9. Textiles 105Annabel Westman Introduction 105 Wall hangings 107 Window curtains 113 Floor coverings 117 Conservation 121 Glossary 122 10. Ceramic and glass 125Lisa White Early floor tiles 125 Tin-glazed earthenware or Delft tiles 127 Victorian tiles 129 Glass 132 Mirror glass 138 11. The impact of historic lighting 143Lisa White Introduction 143 Providing artificial light 143 Managing artificial light 148 The impact of artificial light 154 The impact of technological change 156 Conclusion 160 12. Paint colour and paintwork 163Patrick Baty Conservation projects 163 Traditional paint 164 Care when specifying 167 Lead as an exterior paint 168 Distemper 169 13. Recreating historic schemes of interior decoration 173James Finlay Research 173 Recreating and interpreting historic schemes 183 House versus home 184 Conclusion 185 14. Environment in the historic interior 187David Drewe Introduction 187 Considerations with respect to people, collections and the building fabric 187 Heating 190 The options 192 Maintenance and statutory requirements 194 Conclusion 194 15. Fire safety in Georgian houses 197Peter Norris Introduction: legislation and guidance 197 Fire protection 198 Fire-resisting doors 200 Code-compliant solutions to fi re safety and means of escape 201 Flat conversions 201 Fire engineering 205 Mixed-use buildings containing living accommodation 210 BS9999: 2008 Code of practice for fi re safety in the design, construction and use of buildings 210 Conclusion 211 Index 213
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Land Development and Design
Book SynopsisDevelopment of brownfield land can address shortfalls in the availability of land for housing and other buildings, but these sites present a range of problems that must be overcome in any successful development.Table of ContentsAuthor Biography x Preface to First Edition xi Preface to Second Edition xiv Part One Planning and Development 1 1 The Development Process 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 The phases of redevelopment 6 Preparation 6 1.2.1 Phase 1 – Project inception 6 1.2.2 Phase 2 – Feasibility assessment 7 1.2.3 Phase 3 – Site assessment 8 Options 9 1.2.4 Phase 4 – Options assessment 9 1.2.5 Phase 5 – Working design of the preferred option 10 Design 12 1.2.6 Phase 6 – Detailed design 12 1.2.7 Phase 7 – Regulatory and planning 13 1.2.8 Phase 8 – Legal, property and funding 14 Delivery 15 1.2.9 Phase 9 – Financial appraisal 15 1.2.10 Phase 10 – Works procurement and execution 18 1.2.11 Phase 11 – Sales and marketing 19 1.3 The 2008–9 ‘credit crunch’ and its impact on property markets 20 1.4 Summary 21 2 Planning Policies and Development 23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Planning policy statements and guidance notes 24 2.3 The Urban task force and the urban white paper 27 2.4 Urban land-use policies and the national brownfield strategy for England 30 2.5 The housing green paper and land for housing 39 2.6 The london brownfield sites review 41 2.7 Summary 43 2.8 Checklist 44 3 Project Inception, Developers and Feasibility 45 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 Recession and property values 46 3.3 Land for development 49 3.3.1 Residential development 51 3.3.2 Commercial development 52 3.4 Assessing the market potential 54 3.4.1 Market research 56 3.4.2 Using the tools to assess market potential 59 3.5 Forecasting rents and prices 63 3.6 Summary 64 3.7 Checklist 65 Part Two Land 73 4 Site Assembly, Investigation and Assessment 75 4.1 Introduction 75 4.2 Site assembly 78 4.3 The historical study 79 4.3.1 A practical example 82 4.3.2 Maps, scales and other sources of information 93 4.3.3 Reporting the historical study 95 4.4 Walk-over survey 96 4.5 Intrusive and other forms of site investigation 101 4.5.1 Sampling strategies 103 4.5.2 Laboratory analysis 107 4.6 The final report 108 4.7 Summary 111 4.8 Checklist 111 5 Environment and Ecological Considerations 112 5.1 Introduction 112 5.2 Natural colonisation of brownfield land 112 5.3 Environmental assessment 115 5.4 The importance of landscape 117 5.5 Soils and substrates: the platform for development 118 5.6 Biodiversity of previously developed land 121 5.7 Policy and legislative framework for biodiversity conservation 123 5.8 Ecological surveys and the formation of new habitats 125 5.9 Land and development in a changing climate 129 5.10 The response to climate change 131 5.11 Summary 135 5.12 Checklist 135 6 Heritage and Archaeology 137 6.1 Introduction 137 6.2 Conservation policies and guidance 137 6.3 Planning and the historic environment 141 6.4 Archaeology and redevelopment 143 6.5 Summary 144 6.6 Checklist 144 7 Community Involvement in Tackling Blight and Dereliction 146 7.1 Introduction 146 7.2 Economic and visual blight 146 7.3 The benefits of removing blight 149 7.4 Skills 158 7.5 Summary 160 7.6 Checklist 160 8 Contaminated Soil and Remediation Methods 162 8.1 Introduction 162 8.2 European Directives and UK legislation 163 8.3 Removal and containment 167 8.4 In situ and ex situ treatments 169 8.5 The costs of dealing with contamination and dereliction 173 8.6 Tackling small sites 175 8.7 Land with no development value 177 8.8 Summary 179 8.9 Checklist 179 Part Three Development 181 9 Valuation of Damaged and Restored Land 183 9.1 Introduction 183 9.2 Valuation approaches 184 9.3 ‘Stigma’ or taking account of ‘intangibles’ 188 9.4 Applying valuation theories in practice 195 9.5 Reporting contamination and other damage to land 199 9.6 Summary 200 9.7 Checklist 201 10 Urban Extensions, Infrastructure and Eco-towns 202 10.1 Introduction 202 10.2 Sustainable urban extensions 204 10.3 Infrastructure 205 10.4 Eco-towns 209 10.5 Summary 214 10.6 Checklist 214 11 Development Finance 215 11.1 Introduction 215 11.2 Financial appraisals 216 11.2.1 Institutional leases and investment yields 217 11.2.2 Viability of the project 218 11.3 Financing a new development 219 11.3.1 Creditworthiness 219 11.3.2 Costs of finance 220 11.4 Types of finance 221 11.4.1 Debt financing 221 11.4.2 Equity financing 223 11.4.3 Mezzanine finance 223 11.5 Joint ventures and Special Purpose Vehicles 224 11.6 Forward sales and rental guarantees 225 11.7 Public-sector finance 226 11.8 Summary 228 11.9 Checklist 229 Part Four Design 231 12 Public Realm and Managing Land for Public Benefit 233 12.1 Introduction 233 12.2 Planning for quality public spaces 234 12.2.1 Design and upkeep of buildings and spaces 237 12.2.2 Green space and green infrastructure 237 12.2.3 Treatment of historic buildings and places 238 12.2.4 World-class Places – Action Plan 239 12.3 Urban and rural waterfronts as public spaces 242 12.4 The economic value of urban design 244 12.5 Summary 251 12.6 Checklist 251 13 Designing out Crime 252 13.1 Introduction 252 13.2 The basis for crime preventative design 252 13.3 The role of the local authority in promoting design-based approaches to reducing crime 253 13.4 Advice on crime preventative design: an outline of UK guidance 255 13.5 Case studies in crime preventative design 257 13.5.1 Wharf Close, Manchester 258 13.5.2 Residential development and car park, Sale 262 13.5.3 Comparisons between the case studies 266 13.6 New developments and crime 267 13.7 Summary 269 13.8 Checklist 269 14 Design Standards for Residential and Commercial Developments 271 14.1 Introduction 271 14.2 Urban design, smart growth and new urbanism 271 14.3 Design codes 275 14.4 Modern methods of construction (MMC) and zero-carbon homes 280 14.4.1 Modern methods of construction 280 14.4.2 Zero-carbon homes 281 14.5 Development densities and the Code for Sustainable Homes 282 14.5.1 Development densities 282 14.5.2 Code for Sustainable Homes 284 14.5.3 Lifetime homes 287 14.6 Achieving quality in commercial development 290 14.6.1 BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) 290 14.6.2 Design Quality Indicator (DQI) 290 14.7 Summary 291 14.8 Checklist 291 15 Planning for the Future 293 15.1 Introduction 293 15.2 Planning and development 295 15.3 Land 296 15.4 Development 297 15.5 Design 299 15.6 Conclusion 300 References 302 Further Reading 317 Web Links 319 Index 321
£60.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Rices Language of Buildings
Book SynopsisA new, larger format edition of Rice''s Architectural Primer.This beautifully illustrated book covers the grammar and vocabulary of British buildings, explaining the evolution of styles from Norman castles to Norman Foster. Its aim is to enable the reader to recognise, understand and date any British building. As Matthew Rice says, Once you can speak any language, conversation can begin, but without it communications can only be brief and brutish. The same is the case with Architecture: an inability to describe the component parts of a building leaves one tongue-tied and unable to begin to discuss what is or is not exciting, dull or peculiar about it.'' With this book in your hand, buildings will break down beguilingly into their component parts, ready for inspection and discussion. There will be no more references to ''that curly bit on top of the thing with the square protrusions''. Fluent in the world of volutes, hood moulds, lobed architraves and bucrania, you wilTrade ReviewA rather handsome tome looking at the grammar and vocabulary of British buildings * Cotswold Life *Nearly a decade on from the original book, the layman's interest in architecture is growing * Daily Telegraph *
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Gibbs M. Smith Inc Design of a Country Estate
Book Synopsis
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Temple University Press,U.S. Preserving the Vanishing City
Book SynopsisPreserving the Vanishing Cityconsiders the unique challenges, conditions, and opportunities facing Cleveland’s historic preservation community during the 1970s and 1980s. While pro-preservationists argued for the economic and revitalization benefits stemming from saving and repurposing older buildings, population loss and economic contraction prompted decades ofdeterioration, underinvestment, vacancy, and abandonment. Stephanie Ryberg-Webster uncovers the motivations, strategies, and constraints driving Cleveland’s historic preservation sector, led by the public-sector Cleveland Landmarks Commission, nonprofit Cleveland Restoration Society, and a cadre of advocates. She sheds light on the ways in which preservationists confronted severe, escalating, and sustained urban decline, which plagued Cleveland, a prototypical rust-belt industrial city.Preserving the Vanishing Citychronicles the rise of the historic preservation profession in CleTrade Review“Ryberg-Webster offers a cogent examination of Cleveland’s historic preservation movement within the context of the city’s decline in both population and economic power. Preserving the Vanishing City chronicles the way preservationists, developers, planners, and residents balanced community priorities and determined what to save. Activists leveraged strategic coalitions, enacted policy changes, and designed innovative programs to preserve the places that tell the city’s story. Their struggles and successes, as recounted by the author, can inform the tactics and priorities of today’s preservationists—especially those working in legacy cities.”—Sara C. Bronin, Professor in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University, and coauthor of Historic Preservation Law“Preserving the Vanishing City offers fresh strategies for shrinking cities by focusing on what preservation contributed to Cleveland’s revitalization efforts since the 1970s. Most preservation research has emphasized the profession’s origin cities, like New Orleans, Charleston, Boston, and Philadelphia, or centered cities facing overdevelopment and gentrification. More typical places like Cleveland have what Ryberg-Webster calls a ‘staggering oversupply of built things’ and a different set of challenges. Twentieth-century Cleveland led the nation in many trends, from 1930s public housing to 1960s community development. This history of preservation in cities experiencing deindustrialization and depopulation will be enormously useful to policy stakeholders and historians.”—Alison Isenberg, author of Designing San Francisco: Art, Land, and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay“Ryberg-Webster breaks new ground, offering a rare, fine-grained analysis of preservation practices that allows readers to appreciate how enduring policies and approaches emerged at the intersection of professional paradigms, political imperatives, and grassroots activism. She suggests a new way of envisioning historic preservation as something more versatile than that which is pursued by preservation professionals and more complicated than its portrayal in much scholarly literature as an agent of gentrification. Preserving the Vanishing City offers both a sober analysis of preservation’s limitations as well as its potential for revitalizing cities.”—Andrew Hurley, Professor of History at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, and author of Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities (Temple)
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Temple University Press,U.S. Preserving the Vanishing City
Book SynopsisPreserving the Vanishing Cityconsiders the unique challenges, conditions, and opportunities facing Cleveland’s historic preservation community during the 1970s and 1980s. While pro-preservationists argued for the economic and revitalization benefits stemming from saving and repurposing older buildings, population loss and economic contraction prompted decades ofdeterioration, underinvestment, vacancy, and abandonment. Stephanie Ryberg-Webster uncovers the motivations, strategies, and constraints driving Cleveland’s historic preservation sector, led by the public-sector Cleveland Landmarks Commission, nonprofit Cleveland Restoration Society, and a cadre of advocates. She sheds light on the ways in which preservationists confronted severe, escalating, and sustained urban decline, which plagued Cleveland, a prototypical rust-belt industrial city.Preserving the Vanishing Citychronicles the rise of the historic preservation profession in CleTrade Review“Ryberg-Webster offers a cogent examination of Cleveland’s historic preservation movement within the context of the city’s decline in both population and economic power. Preserving the Vanishing City chronicles the way preservationists, developers, planners, and residents balanced community priorities and determined what to save. Activists leveraged strategic coalitions, enacted policy changes, and designed innovative programs to preserve the places that tell the city’s story. Their struggles and successes, as recounted by the author, can inform the tactics and priorities of today’s preservationists—especially those working in legacy cities.”—Sara C. Bronin, Professor in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University, and coauthor of Historic Preservation Law“Preserving the Vanishing City offers fresh strategies for shrinking cities by focusing on what preservation contributed to Cleveland’s revitalization efforts since the 1970s. Most preservation research has emphasized the profession’s origin cities, like New Orleans, Charleston, Boston, and Philadelphia, or centered cities facing overdevelopment and gentrification. More typical places like Cleveland have what Ryberg-Webster calls a ‘staggering oversupply of built things’ and a different set of challenges. Twentieth-century Cleveland led the nation in many trends, from 1930s public housing to 1960s community development. This history of preservation in cities experiencing deindustrialization and depopulation will be enormously useful to policy stakeholders and historians.”—Alison Isenberg, author of Designing San Francisco: Art, Land, and Urban Renewal in the City by the Bay“Ryberg-Webster breaks new ground, offering a rare, fine-grained analysis of preservation practices that allows readers to appreciate how enduring policies and approaches emerged at the intersection of professional paradigms, political imperatives, and grassroots activism. She suggests a new way of envisioning historic preservation as something more versatile than that which is pursued by preservation professionals and more complicated than its portrayal in much scholarly literature as an agent of gentrification. Preserving the Vanishing City offers both a sober analysis of preservation’s limitations as well as its potential for revitalizing cities.”—Andrew Hurley, Professor of History at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, and author of Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities (Temple)
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Bristol University Press Inside Retirement Housing
Book SynopsisThrough stories and visual vignettes, it presents a range of stakeholders involved in the design, construction, management and habitation of third-age housing in the UK, highlighting the importance of design decisions for the everyday lives of older people.Table of ContentsForewords Bringing Design Research into Gerontology - Judith Phillips Architectural Intelligence, for Older People - Adam Sharr Introduction Part 1: Ageing 1. Ageing Context 2. Specialist Accommodation 3. Baby Boomers 4. Vulnerable Friend Part 2: Villas 5. Villa Context 6. Developer Director 7. Resident Owner 8. Villa Manager Part 3: Professionals 9. Professional Context 10. Architecture Student 11. Company Architect 12. Town Planner Part 4: Reflections 13. Design Tweaks 14. Retirement Reviewed 15. Global Outlook
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Hachette Books Ireland ROOMS
Book SynopsisIn Rooms, award-winning architect Declan O'Donnell shows us how we can release our inner designer to create a home that works for the way we live.Trade ReviewDeclan covers everything ... in a light, clear style ideally suited to the enthusiastic amateur. And the fabulous photographs will provide all the inspiration you need for a New Year, New Home * Irish Independent *
£12.99
Edinburgh University Press The Making of Islamic Art
Book SynopsisExplores how Islamic art and architecture were made: their materials and their social, political, economic and religious context
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Patrick Geddess Intellectual Origins
Book SynopsisThis book situates Patrick Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as 'the democratic intellect') and explores the relevance of that background to Geddes's substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Studies in Persian Architecture
Book SynopsisThis lavishly illustrated volume with many images previously unpublished in colour collects 25 articles by Bernard O'Kane on a wide variety of topics pertaining to Persian architecture in its widest sense. His analyses range from historiography and tilework to the development of the domes of Iranian mosques.
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Duke University Press Children of the Soil
Book SynopsisTasha Rijke-Epstein offers an urban history of the Indian Ocean port city of Mahajanga, Madagascar, showing how the built environment was central to how its residents negotiated imperial encroachment, colonial rule, and global racial capitalism over two centuries.Trade Review“A landmark exploration of the built environment as a medium of social life, a register of history making, and a historical source. Set in a Malagasy city of migrants and stretching from the eighteenth century to the present, Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s Children of the Soil resets the agenda for writing about the politics of mobility and belonging.” -- David L. Schoenbrun, author of * The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930 *“A lucid and engaging history of the materiality of placemaking and belonging. This book charts decisively new, exceptionally rich terrain for urban studies and ethnographically informed architectural history.” -- Laura Fair, author of * Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania *Table of ContentsNote on Toponyms ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Material Histories 1 I. Building Power 1. Casting the Land: Architectural Tactics and the Politics of Durability 27 2. Vibrant Matters: The Rova and More-Than-Human Forces 54 II. Anticipatory Landscapes 3. Storied Refusals: Labor and Laden Absences 87 4. Sedimentary Bonds: Treasured Mosques and Everyday Expertise 123 III. Residual Lives and Afterlives 5. Garnered Presences: Constructing and Belonging in the Zanatany City 161 6. Violent Remnants: Infrastructures of Possibility and Peril 195 Epilogue: Unfinished Histories 225 Notes 241 Bibliography 293 Index 339
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Duke University Press Children of the Soil
Book SynopsisIn Children of the Soil, Tasha Rijke-Epstein offers an urban history of the port city of Mahajanga, Madagascar, before, during, and after colonization. Drawing on archival and ethnographic evidence, she weaves together the lives and afterlives of built spaces to show how city residents negotiated imperial encroachment, colonial rule, and global racial capitalism over two centuries. From Mahajanga’s hilltop palace to the alluvial depths of its cesspools, the city’s spaces were domains for ideological debates between rulers and subjects, French colonizers and indigenous Malagasy peoples, and Comorian migrants and Indian traders. In these spaces, Mahajanga’s residents expressed competing moral theories about power over people and the land. The built world was also where varying populations reckoned with human, ancestral, and ecological pasts and laid present and future claims to urban belonging. Migrants from nearby Comoros harnessed built forms as anticipatory deTrade Review“A landmark exploration of the built environment as a medium of social life, a register of history making, and a historical source. Set in a Malagasy city of migrants and stretching from the eighteenth century to the present, Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s Children of the Soil resets the agenda for writing about the politics of mobility and belonging.” -- David L. Schoenbrun, author of * The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930 *“A lucid and engaging history of the materiality of placemaking and belonging. This book charts decisively new, exceptionally rich terrain for urban studies and ethnographically informed architectural history.” -- Laura Fair, author of * Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania *Table of ContentsNote on Toponyms ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Material Histories 1 I. Building Power 1. Casting the Land: Architectural Tactics and the Politics of Durability 27 2. Vibrant Matters: The Rova and More-Than-Human Forces 54 II. Anticipatory Landscapes 3. Storied Refusals: Labor and Laden Absences 87 4. Sedimentary Bonds: Treasured Mosques and Everyday Expertise 123 III. Residual Lives and Afterlives 5. Garnered Presences: Constructing and Belonging in the Zanatany City 161 6. Violent Remnants: Infrastructures of Possibility and Peril 195 Epilogue: Unfinished Histories 225 Notes 241 Bibliography 293 Index 339
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University of Toronto Press Tuscan Spaces
Book SynopsisAn important locus for English-speaking writers, the region of Tuscany is also well represented in the Italian literary canon. In Tuscan Spaces, Silvia Ross focuses on constructions of Tuscany in twentieth-century Italian literature and juxtaposes them with English prose works by such authors as E.M. Forster and Frances Mayes to expose the complexity of literary representation centred on a single milieu.Ross uses the works of writers such as Federigo Tozzi, Aldo Palazzeschi, Vasco Pratolini, and Elena Gianini Belotti, to seek out alternative visions of Tuscan space and emphasizes that each author fashions the region in a manner which reflects their personal poetics, background, and experiences. Theories of cultural geography, space, travel, and narrative contribute to Ross's consideration of the dualisms commonly employed in writings about Tuscany, such as country/city, nature/culture, female/male, and self/other, all of which are in turn affected by her interrogatioTrade Review‘This book presents readers with a number of innovative representations of the region… A well written and interesting book that provides historical context and geographical specificity to a subject that has long engaged writers, directors, tourists, and literary theorists.’ -- Elisabetta Tesser * Studies in Travel Writing vol 16:02:2012 *Table of ContentsTable of Contents AcknowledgementsivList of Illustrations vIntroduction11. The Country and the City: Vertigo and Legendary Psychasthenia in Tozzi's Tuscany 312. Palazzeschi's Spaces of Difference: The Materassi Sisters at the Window783. Vasco Pratolini's Florentine Spaces of Exclusion1194. The Stendhal Syndrome, or The Horror of Being Foreign in Florence1625. 'Going Native': Tuscan Houses and Italian Others in Contemporary American Travel Writing 2196. The Tuscan Countryside: Nature and the (Non)Domestic in Elena Gianini Belotti 260Afterword: Further Tuscan Spaces of Alterity298Works Cited307
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Stanford University Press The Manhattan Project: A Theory of a City
Book SynopsisThis sharp, witty study of a book never written, a sequel to Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project, is dedicated to New York City, capital of the twentieth century. A sui generis work of experimental scholarship or fictional philosophy, it analyzes an imaginary manuscript composed by a ghost. Part sprawling literary montage, part fragmentary theory of modernity, part implosive manifesto on the urban revolution, The Manhattan Project offers readers New York as a landscape built of sheer life. It initiates them into a world of secret affinities between photography and graffiti, pragmatism and minimalism, Andy Warhol and Robert Moses, Hannah Arendt and Jane Jacobs, the flâneur and the homeless person, the collector and the hoarder, the glass-covered arcade and the bare, concrete street. These and many other threads can all be spooled back into one realization: for far too long, we have busied ourselves with thinking about ways to change the city; it is about time we let the city change the way we think.Trade Review"[P]erhaps the most idiosyncratically ambitious book about Benjamin ever written...Kishik's Benjamin becomes a kind of Metatron, the biblical archangel whose task it is to record all the deeds of Israel."—Benjamin Wurgaft, Los Angeles Review of Books"[T]he portrait The Manhattan Project conjures of New York manages to be that rare combination of skeptical but not cynical; a combination often difficult to sustain in modern urban life... [A] feeling of living on borrowed time—a sense that eventually the daily experience of being overwhelmed by crowds and noise will catch up with you, to say nothing of the deeper displacement of migration—runs through Kishik's book, [and] this is its pay-off. "—Stephanie Boland, Los Angeles Review of Books"An extraordinary new book which I know Edward Soja would have read with the greatest interest. It's David Kishik's The Manhattan Project. But it's not about that Manhattan Project at all. Instead, it riffs on Benjamin's Arcades Project in the most astonishing of ways."—Derek Gregory, Geographical Imaginations". . . a thoroughly diverting read"—David B. Hobbes, The National Post"Kishik has written an imaginative, thoughtful, and engaging account of the intellectual afterlife, in the US, of German philosopher Walter Benjamin . . . This book will have significant appeal to those interested in critical geography, urban history, and 20th-century philosophy and cultural history more generally . . . Highly recommended."—M. Uebel, CHOICE"Finally. A book about Walter Benjamin that Walter Benjamin might consider reading" and "David Kishik's The Manhattan Project dares to playfully and productively demystify one of modernity's greatest demystifiers: Walter Benjamin. In liberating this most challenging and unorthodox thinker from the musty aura and provincial politics of the academy, Kishik's "Theory of a City" is, in fact, nothing less than a radically new form of creative and critical praxis. The result is a beautifully written and deeply self-aware book that enacts and expands upon Benjamin's own critical spirit—at a time when it is needed most."—Eric Jarosinski, NeinQuarterly"A curiously effervescent text that is simultaneously a work of imagined philology, an index of urban delirium, and a fascinating evocation of a city that became the de facto capital of the 20th century . . . It is therefore much to Kishik's credit that his slim volume, a drop in the vast ocean of literature on the city, packs such a considerable theoretical punch."—Dustin Illingworth, The Brooklyn Rail"A beguiling work of literary and social criticism that begins with a subverting counterfactual and moves into a deeply searching inquiry into the nature of an iconic island . . . [F]ans of Arendt, Howe, and Kazin will find Kishik's invention, and his playful seriousness in maintaining it, both a pleasure and a provocation."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review"[A] brilliantly realized thought experiment that's as full of wit and imagination as it is of serious thoughts about Benjamin."—Laurie Greer, Politics and Prose"Written with rare lightness and wit, this book is without equal, incomparable in the present landscape of literature written on New York."—Yehuda Emmanuel Safran, Columbia University"The Manhattan Project is a work of enchantment that disenchants the city. Kaleidoscopic in its effect, dazzling in its artistry and intensity, it is an astonishing accomplishment, a veritable intellectual and imaginative tour-de-force. Kishik playfully and perceptively allows Benjamin's idiosyncrasies and genius to shine through his book, just as he enables New York's pulses and rhythms to energize it."—Graeme Gilloch, Lancaster University"The Manhattan Project channels Walter Benjamin in a quest to understand twentieth-century New York. Deftly blending history and fiction in order to capture the city's delirious yet weighty reality, David Kishik offers astute observations of phenomena as diverse as photography, the character of the street, Andy Warhol, dance, and the New York Public Library. Turning the pages of this fascinating book is like turning a New York street corner only to find some new and unexpected pleasure."—Todd May, Clemson University"[A] playful and thought-provoking work that experiments with place-based, fictional philosophy in the urban context."— Zoé Hamstead, "90 Recommendations for the One Book About Cities That Everyone Should Read,"The Nature of Cities"Kishik's book is certainly no dry exegesis, but a creative and original interpretation of Benjamin's text...[Kishik] reveal[s] Benjamin's work in a very new light, moving it from the warm glow of the gas lanterns of 19th century Paris into the colder, bluer light of 20th century Manhattan. Amidst the large volume of recent writing on Benjamin, this makes an original and distinctive contribution"—Julian Brigstocke, Society + Space"Kishik positions himself as 'the ghostwriter of a ghostwriter of a ghostwriter', unpacking a 'book that was never written' by a Lazarus for a city too busy to write its own story. That's a whole mess of postmodern graveyard whimsy and Kishik's rendition of Benjamin's Manhattan remains consistently tantalizing."—Robert Anasi, Times Literary Supplement
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Stanford University Press Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai
Book SynopsisStaggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous—this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival. In 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed. Specifically, a town plan was prescribed to fortify the city from obscurity and disorder. With the proverbial handshake, Dubai's ruler hired British architect John Harris to design Dubai's strategy for capturing the world's attention—and then its investments. Showpiece City recounts the story of how Harris and other hired professionals planned Dubai's spectacular transformation through the 1970s. Drawing on exclusive interviews, private archives, dog-eared photographs, and previously overlooked government documents, Todd Reisz reveals the braggadocio and persistence that sold Dubai as a profitable business plan. Architecture made that plan something to behold. Reisz highlights initial architectural achievements—including the city's first hospital, national bank, and skyscraper—designed as showpieces to proclaim Dubai's place on the world stage. Reisz explores the overlooked history of a skyline that did not simply rise from the sands. In the city's earliest modern architecture, he finds the foundations of an urban survival strategy of debt-wielding brinkmanship and constant pitch making. Dubai became a testing ground for the global city—and prefigured how urbanization now happens everywhere.Trade Review"Showpiece City is a meticulous reconstruction of the 'creation' of Dubai. With impeccable timing, Todd Reisz presents one of the key stories of the history of globalization—at the moment of its uncertain future."—Rem Koolhaas"Todd Reisz offers a gold mine of new material, giving both historical and contemporary explanation of the dynamics that have shaped Dubai. In its elegant prose, Showpiece City is a major contribution to the history of the region and of global cities in general."—Hashim Sarkis, MIT School of Architecture + Planning"Gripping and insightful, Showpiece City is a much-needed history of the making and remaking of Dubai. Todd Reisz masterfully depicts the complex struggles between local rulers, merchants, colonial administrators, and various consultants that undergirded planning logics. A must-read for anyone interested in architecture and urban planning."—Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University, author of Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia"Dubai has long been catnip for Western journalists, vilified as a metastasizing ahistorical Gomorrah that operates according to the logic of the airport and the amusement park. Finally, Showpiece City offers up a vivid and unusually writerly account of the emirate that gives lie to the unimaginative one-liner. Todd Reisz sensitively takes us back in time, narrating the genesis of delirious Dubai as we know it through the stories of its hodgepodge residents, leaders and, crucially, the first generation of architects and town planners who gave shape to this endlessly interesting strip of land."—Negar Azimi, writer and Senior Editor, Bidoun magazine"With elegant and accessible prose and abundant illustrations, [Reisz] illuminates a complex tale of international business/politics, development, stories-of-place, and nation building."—M. C. Childs, CHOICE"With capering prose and taut storytelling, Reisz begins to rebuild Dubai around the winding Creek, highlighting the successes and failures that shaped the foundations of the city as we know it today."—Razmig Bedirian, The National"Showpiece City is an impressive achievement and contribution to the rapidly growing subfield of Middle East urban studies... This is a ground-breaking book that provides original insight into the minutia of Dubai in the 1950s to the 1970s while simultaneously contributing to larger debates on the urban history of power and space."—Deen Sharp, International Journal of Middle East Studies"[Showpiece City is a tour de force of archival research, and it helps dismantle the common stereotypical assumption that Dubai is a 'fake city,' a 'shallow city,' or that which was created overnight out of nothing. Reisz's meticulous usage of primary sources raises the bar for other architectural historians."—Pamela Karimi, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPrologue: Here's a Plan 1. Bustle 2. Landscapes for Production 3. Hardened Edges 4. Taking Measures: 1960 Dubai Town Plan 5. Piecemeal: Al Maktoum Hospital 6. Crispness: National Bank of Dubai 7. Health City: Rashid Hospital 8. Future Flyovers: 1971 Dubai Development Plan 9. All in All: Dubai World Trade Centre Epilogue: Storylines
£25.19
University of Minnesota Press Savage Mind to Savage Machine: Racial Science and
Book SynopsisAn examination of how concepts of “the savage” facilitated technological approaches to modernist design Attempting to derive aesthetic systems from natural structures of human cognition, designers looked toward the “savage mind”—a way of thinking they associated with a racialized subaltern. In Savage Mind to Savage Machine, Ginger Nolan uncovers an enduring relationship between “the savage” and the development of technology and its wide-ranging impact on society, including in the fields of architecture and urbanism, the industrial arts, and digital design.Nolan focuses on the relationship between the applied arts and the structuralist social sciences, proposing that the late-nineteenth-century rise of Freudian psychology, ethnology, and structuralist linguistics offered innovations and new opportunities in studying human cognition. She looks at institutions ranging from the Public Industrial Arts School of Philadelphia and the Weimar Bauhaus to the MIT Media Lab and the Centre Mondial Informatique, revealing a persistent theme of twentieth-century design: to supplant language with more subliminal, aesthetic modes of communication, thereby inculcating a deep intimacy between human habit and new technologies of production, communication, and consumption.This book’s ultimate critique is of the development of the ergonomics of the spirit—the design of the human cognitive apparatus in relation to new aesthetic technologies. Nolan sees these ergonomics as a means of depoliticizing societies through aesthetic technologies intended to seamlessly integrate humans into the programs of capitalist modernity. Revising key modernist design narratives, Savage Mind to Savage Machine provides a deep historical foundation for understanding our contemporary world.Trade Review"Savage Mind to Savage Machine is a breathtakingly ambitious discussion of ‘savage thought’ in modern architecture and design—ambitious methodologically, in its move from reductive versions of contextualization towards an epistemology of interdisciplinary aporias, displacements, and contradictions; ambitious historiographically, in its reconstruction of modern architecture as conceptual and political project; and, perhaps most compellingly of all, ambitious in its enmeshment of methodology and historiography towards an entirely new reading of the relation of modern architecture to its supposedly ‘savage’ counterparts."—Andrew Herscher, University of Michigan"Well-illustrated and persuasively argued, the book mixes historiography and complex theoretical analysis, detecting subtle interplays between design and governance over a long durée. "—Journal of Design History
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University of Minnesota Press Architecture and Objects
Book SynopsisThinking through object-oriented ontology—and the work of architects such as Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid—to explore new concepts of the relationship between form and function Object-oriented ontology has become increasingly popular among architectural theorists and practitioners in recent years. Architecture and Objects, the first book on architecture by the founder of object-oriented ontology (OOO), deepens the exchange between architecture and philosophy, providing a new roadmap to OOO’s influence on the language and practice of contemporary architecture and offering new conceptions of the relationship between form and function. Graham Harman opens with a critique of Heidegger, Derrida, and Deleuze, the three philosophers whose ideas have left the deepest imprint on the field, highlighting the limits of their thinking for architecture. Instead, Harman contends, architecture can employ OOO to reconsider traditional notions of form and function that emphasize their relational characteristics—form with a building’s visual style, function with its stated purpose—and constrain architecture’s possibilities through literalism. Harman challenges these understandings by proposing de-relationalized versions of both (zero-form and zero-function) that together provide a convincing rejoinder to Immanuel Kant’s dismissal of architecture as “impure.”Through critical engagement with the writings of Peter Eisenman and fresh assessments of buildings by Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid, Architecture and Objects forwards a bold vision of architecture. Overcoming the difficult task of “zeroing” function, Harman concludes, would place architecture at the forefront of a necessary revitalization of exhausted aesthetic paradigms.Trade Review"Graham Harman’s Architecture and Objects could very well be a new philosophical blueprint for how to build our emerging twenty-first century world. By reconsidering the relationship between humanity, reality, and the built environment, he shows us, like a UV light at a crime scene, ways of understanding architecture that we’d never even considered but that are now, all of a sudden, glowing with brilliant potential."—Mark Foster Gage, Yale University, and principal of Mark Foster Gage ArchitectsTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Architects and Their Philosophers2. I Know Not What3. Object-Orientation4. The Aesthetic Centrality of Architecture5. The Architectural CellConcluding MaximsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press The Global Shelter Imaginary: Ikea
Book SynopsisExamines how the humanitarian order advances a message of moral triumph and care while abandoning the dispossessed Prompted by a growing number of refugees and other displaced people, intersections of design and humanitarianism are proliferating. From the IKEA Foundation’s Better Shelter to Airbnb’s Open Homes program, the consumer economy has engaged the global refugee crisis with seemingly new tactics that normalize an institutionally sanctioned politics of evasion. Exploring “the global shelter imaginary,” this book charts the ways shelter functions as a form of rightless relief that expels recognition of the rights of the displaced and advances political paradoxes of displacement itself.
£9.00
Random House USA Inc Living with Color: Inspiration and How-Tos to
Book SynopsisDiscover inspiration from the most colorful homes in America with this vibrant lookbook and style manual that brings the magic of color into your home—from the author of Living with Pattern Personalizing your color palette may be one of the most important decisions you make in your home. The right combination of hues can set the mood and transform any room from ordinary to magical. Textile designer Rebecca Atwood invites you to take a color journey in this stunning yet practical guide. In Living with Color, you’ll tour beautifully designed homes to see some of the most interesting uses of the rainbow and to gather inspiration for your own spaces. You’ll train your eye to notice how color lives all around you, from the pink light bouncing off a building you see every day to the exact blue of the ocean on your last getaway. You can even learn how to express yourself through your own custom palette with Rebecca’s accessible, illustrated overview of color theory. As you embark on your color hunt and begin to trust your own instincts, Living with Color will embolden you to breathe life into every part of your home.
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Monacelli Press The Well-Dressed Window: Curtains at Winterthur
Book SynopsisFeaturing forty rooms at Winterthur, The Well-Dressed Window is an important resource in documenting the design and detailing of window treatments. The Well-Dressed Window: Curtains at Winterthur is a unique compendium of design and textile history and an invaluable resource for designers and homeowners alike. Today Henry Francis du Pont, the force behind the transformation of Winterthur from a family house to the premier museum of American decorative arts, is recognized, along with Henry Davis Sleeper and Elsie de Wolfe, as one of the early leaders of interior design in this country. Working with architects, curators, and antiques dealers, du Pont created some 175 room settings within the house. He assembled his rooms using architectural elements from historic houses along the East Coast and filled them with an extraordinary collection of American furniture and decorative arts. Du Pont’s unique talent was his ability to arrange historically related objects in a beautiful way, in settings that enhanced their shape and form through the choice of color, textiles, and style. Du Pont paid particular attention to the design of the curtains, and The Well-Dressed Window surveys his achievement, explaining how the fabrics were selected as well as their relationship to the architecture and other decorative elements in the rooms. Forty rooms are presented, each specially photographed to show the overall space in addition to details of fabric and trim. A series of stereoviews taken in the 1930s as well as other period photographs reveal the evolution of the window treatments and upholstery over nearly sixty years. Of particular interest is du Pont’s seasonal changing of the curtains, which were rotated throughout the year as the lighting and colors in the surrounding garden shifted.
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Monacelli Press Cherry Hill: A Childhood Reimagined
Book SynopsisA memoir by photographic artist Jona Frank told in captivating stories and poignant images with a cast of actors, including Laura Dern and Imogene Wolodarsky, Cherry Hill tells the story of one girl's suburban youth and deliverance. Cherry Hill is a multimedia memoir of photographic artist Jona Frank's upbringing in - and flight from - a stifling suburban household. Told in words and evocative photographs, Frank's account of her childhood struggles with a repressive mother, mentally ill brother, and overwhelming expectations is leavened with episodes from her rich interior world. Akin to a graphic novel, this hybrid of personal essay and photography breaks open the memoir format, detailing the life of a young artist as she spends her days dreaming of a friendship with Emily Dickinson, longing for Bruce Springsteen and eschewing the rules of femininity. Frank employs a cinematic approach to construct vivid scenes from her youth. Using elaborately dressed sets, era-specific wardrobes, and multiple actors to portray herself as a child, Frank refashions her memories into vibrant tableaux. Strikingly, Frank cast Academy Award-winning actor Laura Dern in the role of her strict and complicated mother in a performance as bravura as her film and television work. As Frank outgrows the confines of her environment and suffocating domestic life, discovering art and photography as the path to her personal fulfillment, she plots her ultimate escape. A unique photographic storytelling project reminiscent of such classics as Fun Home and The Best We Could Do, Cherry Hill is an intimate self-portrait of what it takes to break free of convention and answer the question, "Who am I meant to be?"Trade Review“The detail is exquisite, sometimes excruciating: the bleeding edge of peeled apple skin as the mother, her face tight, makes yet another pie.” -Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker “In Cherry Hill, [Frank's] own pictures constitute a fully equal component of the memoir, as artfully composed as the accompanying text. . . . Cherry Hill resembles a dream, because like any artist, the young Jona was a dreamer." -Arthur Lubow, The New York Times “It’s like holding a film in your hands.” - Laura Dern “Enlisting Laura Dern to play your mother in a multimedia memoir is what one might call “a mood”—and executed here to brilliant effect.” -Vanity Fair “[A] remarkable memoir-monograph hybrid . . . an astonishing book.” -Shelf Awareness, starred review “In this eerily gorgeous and fascinating photo book/memoir, photographer Frank has re-created scenes from her own youth in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in the 1970s and ‘80s. [All] the trappings of the period are captured in Frank’s vividly colorful pictures.” -Kirkus Reviews "Truly the most satisfying memoir I have ever seen or read. Brilliant and beautiful and weird, Cherry Hill is like entering someone's dreams." -Hanna Rosin, host of NPR's Invisibilia "Jona Frank’s photographs decant whole narratives; her prose unfurls in vivid scenes. You may (and probably won’t be able to help but) fly through this heart-brimming bildungs-memoir in a single extended sitting, but that’s just the start. The experience will likely haunt you for days and grace your life long thereafter. Remember, Remember, child Jona’s inner voice thrums throughout the story, desperately. And thanks to the adult Jona’s liberating act of reclamatory witness we do!" - Lawrence Weschler, author of Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees "With characteristic humor and compassion, photographer Jona Frank uses her medium to capture and reframe that which so often remains unseen: the interior landscapes that define our childhood and, in turn, our sense of self. Cherry Hill conveys the monumentality of the everyday, and speaks to the all-too-often underestimated superpower of simply noticing." - Anne Collins Goodyear, Co-director, Bowdoin College Museum of Art “Reminiscent of a graphic novel and shot in a striking cinematic style, the imagery is vibrant and evocative. . . . Frank captures the tension of the time and readers can feel the tangible pressure she felt as a young girl looking to find her place in the world.” - Homes & Interiors Scotland “Gorgeous and cool, Jona Frank’s photography collection, “Cherry Hill,” features the actress Laura Dern posed in a variety of situations, evocative of the artist’s own childhood. Could this be a new genre, the photographic memoir?” - Campus Circle “Noteworthy.” - The Criterion Collection “Through lavish set design and a cast of actors, Cherry Hill is a coming-of-tale tale about a child struggling with the confinements of domestic life.” - It’s Nice That “Every once in a long while, a photobook can take you on a deep and meaningful journey; visually, emotionally, intellectually. Cherry Hill - A Childhood Reimagined by the incredibly talented Jona Frank is one of those books. . . . An astonishing, complex, original, and beautiful memoir.” -Elinor Carucci, artist “It is an exciting, inventive format with writing that transports you to a girl’s inner life. The photographs are beautifully lit and constructed and you might just find yourself escaping into them, revisiting their details, quietly and on your own, like you did when you were a kid.” -Photomonitor “Starring the inimitable Laura Dern, the 200 carefully staged photographs look to delineate the artist's growing up with a repressive mother figure and even more repressive expectations by cranking the white picket fence idealism up to 11 and thus rendering such false utopias ridiculous. . . . . Above all, the book looks to show the universal through the personal, presenting the struggles of girls grown-up and finding their place in both the family and in the world.” - Creative Boom “Combine[s] text and image, playing on the rich associations of photography with truth and memory to tell personal histories.” -photo-eye “The photographs are heartfelt but amusing. They could be straight out of a soap opera, if the episodes were soulful rather than facetious.” -artillery “Akin to a graphic novel, this hybrid of personal essay and photography breaks open the memoir format.” -The Eye of Photography “This book digs deep into one woman’s journey, yet, we come away with a story for all.” -Grenade in a Jar
£29.66
Monacelli Press Santa Fe Modern: Contemporary Design in the High
Book SynopsisFirst survey of modernist and contemporary architecture and interiors in the richly layered architectural history of Santa Fe Santa Fe Modern reveals the high desert landscape as an ideal setting for bold, abstracted forms of modernist houses. Wide swaths of glass, deep-set portals, long porches, and courtyards allow vistas, color, and light to become integral parts of the very being of a house, emboldening a way to experience a personal connection to the desert landscape. The architects featured draw from the New Mexican architectural heritage - they use ancient materials such as adobe in combination with steel and glass, and they apply this language to the proportions and demands exacted by today's world. The houses they have designed are confident examples of architecture that is particular to the New Mexico landscape and climate, and yet simultaneously evoke the rigorous expressions of modernism. The vigor and the allure of modern art and architecture hearten each other in a way that is visible and exciting, and this book demonstrates the synergistic relationship between art, architecture, and the land.
£29.75
Monacelli Press Young Projects: Figure, Cast, Frame
Book SynopsisThis first monograph from New York-based Young Projects explores a new approach to spatial design that combines digital and analog methods at the intersection of exploration and architecture. This monograph introduces the cutting-edge research and work of Young Projects, founded by Bryan Young, where materiality, structure, and form intersect to generate new architectural typologies. The book presents a selection of the practice’s most relevant projects: five innovative houses completed between 2015 and 2020 as well as less in-depth looks at other projects that define the practice. Each house serves as a chapter through which Young Projects’ broader body of work is explored across scales, illustrated through a rich landscape of drawings, diagrams, renderings, mock-ups, prototypes, and photography. The through-line connecting all chapters is the studio’s interest in using ambiguity and anomaly to create novel and accessible spaces, whether for high profile clients like Heidi Klum or a new resort in St Kitts. Young Projects seeks to draw users into immersive spatial experiences that unfold over time, in a manner that is familiar but subtly foreign. This quality of “allure” is a result of a unique and experimental approach to materiality and spatial legibility. These are the threads that tie the work together and have set Young Projects apart as an emerging practice, as well as inform the larger-scale projects the studio undertakes as it enters its second decade. Young Projects’ process often begins with simple exercises in making: form-finding experiments they undertake within their Brooklyn studio. Material research has included hand-pulling plaster with an irregular knife, using furniture foam as a casting bed, and forming concrete with palm stems. These experiments, among many others, mine characteristics that are not typically associated with conventional architectural materials and break traditional methodology, allowing for qualities of randomness and spontaneity to enter the process of making. The studio finds that letting go of control (at the right moments) produces results that are often surprising, entirely bespoke, and resist replication.
£33.96
Gingko Press, Inc Blank State: An Architectural Coloring Book
Book SynopsisMore than just a coloring book... an exercise in collaboration!
£16.26
Getty Trust Publications The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930 -
Book SynopsisIn the century between 1830 and 1930, following independence from Spain and Portugal, major cities in Latin America experienced large-scale growth, with the development of a new urban bourgeois elite interested in projects of modernization and rapid industrialization. At the same time, the lower classes were eradicated from old city districts and deported to the outskirts. The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830-1930 surveys this expansion, focusing on six capital cities-Havana, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, and Lima-as it examines sociopolitical histories, town planning, art and architecture, photography, and film in relation to the metropolis. Drawing from the Getty Research Institute's vast collection of books, prints, and photographs from this period, largely unpublished until now, this volume reveals the cities' changes through urban panoramas, plans depicting new neighborhoods, and photographs of novel transportation systems, public amenities, civic spaces, and more. It illustrates the transformation of colonial cities into the monumental modern metropolises that, by the end of the 1920s, provided fertile ground for the emergence of today's Latin American megalapolis.Trade Review"The authors shed light on the transformations that modified the colonial model of Iberian cities in America, from Mexico to Argentina, displacing the axis of viceregal power toward a circuit of cities that were able to expand and gather international prestige during the republican period. The book includes an unusual repertoire of topics in the field of research of history at the early stages of modernity in Latin America."-Gabriela Rangel, artistic director, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA); "The Metropolis in Latin America is an excellent survey featuring the city's key role in the conformation of the social and political order of the newly born republics, with enlightening essays that discuss a broad range of interdisciplinary approaches. A magnificent iconographic collection shows how Latin American urban development challenged Western architecture's aesthetic canons, became an accurate laboratory for the newly constituted discipline of urbanism, and shaped the structure of its own image and identity, as we can see today."-Horacio Torrent, professor of architecture, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Idurre Alonso, Maristella Casciato Chronology ALBUM_ Capital Cities 1-The Emergence of Latin American Capital Cities in the Nineteenth Century German Rodrigo Mejia Pavony 2-Exile and Return from Paradise in the City of the Future: Order, Nature, and Society in the Latin American Metropolis Jorge F. Rivas Perez ALBUM_ Colonial Cities and National Heroes 3-From Postcolonial Cities to the First Latin American Metropolises, 1850-1930 Arturo Almandoz 4-Dominated Nature in the Construction of the Latin American Urban Landscape Sonia Berjman ALBUM_ Avenues, Parks, Theaters, and Vacation 5-The Visible and the Invisible: The Photographic Image of the Latin American Metropolis (1840-1930) Idurre Alonso 6-Visions of Mobility: Early Cinema in the Latin American Metropolis David M. J. Wood ALBUM_ Infrastructures 7-Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires: Plans and Projects for the Formation of the Metropolis Maria Cristina da Silva Leme 8-The Resurgence of the Ancient Past: Mexico City in the Age of Modern Technologies Cristobal Jacome-Moreno 9-Americanizing the Metropolis. Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Reinterpretations in the Search for a New Art Rodrigo Gutierrez Vinuales ALBUM_ Expositions and Literature 10-Architects and Urban Planners, Voyages from Europe to Latin America Maristella Casciato ALBUM_ Toward Modernism Archival Sources Bibliography Index
£54.00
Princeton Architectural Press I am Milan
Book SynopsisMilan is front and center in this guide to the thriving Italian metropolis that is historic, modern, playful, and distinguished all at once. New visitors and longtime inhabitants alike will revel in Carlo Stanga’s colorful, playful drawings. Passages told from the city’s perspective animate Milan’s extraordinary monuments and innovative buildings, as well as the delightful details of everyday Italian life in the city. New scenes enhance this new edition, including contemporary architecture found in Porto Volta, the art center Pirelli HangarBicocca, and hidden gems like the stationery store Fratelli Bonvini.
£18.69
PM Press Against Urbanism
Book SynopsisExplores the challenges that cities must confront in the near future
£13.49
Insight Editions Himalayan Style: Shelters & Sanctuaries
Book SynopsisFeaturing gorgeous photography of ancient Himalayan architecture, recent restoration projects, and modern trends in building and crafts, Himalayan Style celebrates the vitality, diversity, and potential of Himalayan forms and designs.Himalayan Style combines a treasury of beautiful full-color photographs and engrossing essays to offer a comprehensive look at Himalayan design, style, and culture. Himalayan Style explores the many meanings of style, from the historic structures in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet that have been renovated and adapted for new purposes, to the icons and rituals of the spiritual traditions of the Himalayas, from the distinctive shapes of stupas to offerings of flowers and tikka powder. Intimate photos of the homes and furnishings reveal how construction methods, materials, and decorative detail impact the lives of its citizens. This vibrant book celebrates creative ways of living and working in the Kathmandu Valley. Here, designers and craftspeople work together, creating innovative homes and crafts utilizing local materials and techniques. Renowned for his Himalayan photography, Thomas Kelly’s curated collection of images range in focus from a small detail of a Tibetan tea table to a vast mountain landscape dotted with stupas. Himalayan Style offers a fresh look at the beautiful aesthetics of the Himalayas, and so deepens one’s understanding and appreciation of this powerfully stunning region. THE OLD AND THE NEW: Encompassing both ancient and modern architecture, Himalayan Style provides a comprehensive guide into the rich culture, history, and artistry of this magnificent region. BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION: Himalayan Style will captivate you and your guests with page after page of stunning architecture and interior design. ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: Explore the beauty of Himalayan architecture and style from the comfort of your own home. A STYLISH GIFT: The perfect gift for design enthusiasts, travelers, and adventurers.
£33.60
Weldon Owen Embrace Your Space Organizing Ideas and Stylish
Book SynopsisOrganize and style your home using home-decorating and organization expert Katie Holdefehr’s modern, chic, and simple-to-achieve design tips and tricks.Whether giving a studio apartment a makeover to maximize every inch of space for storage, creating a functional and streamlined kitchen, or revamping a bedroom into a relaxing sanctuary, home design expert Katie Holdefehr will be your personal designer throughout each step in Embrace Your Space. As an editor for top magazines and websites such as Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Good Housekeeping, and Apartment Therapy, Katie Holdefehr honed her expertise in home design and organization writing hundreds of articles and styling dozens of tasteful, livable rooms that anyone on any budget can achieve. Featuring real homes from across the country and accompanied by gorgeous photographs, Embrace Your Space shares Katie’s tools of the trade, as well as designer-insider tips and tricks, to give every living space a Wow! effect. Also included are simple and affordable design projects for creating unique and custom-looking décor details. GORGEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY: More than 150 beautiful full-color photographs show designer tips and tricks in action DESIGN PROJECTS: Simple, affordable, and easy-to-accomplish design projects are included in each chapter HOME ORGANIZATIONAL HACKS: Dozens of home organization tips help keep areas clutter-free DECLUTTERING TIPS: Learn easy-and-quick ways to declutter and streamline those common problem areas such as closets, kitchen cabinets, entryways, and more. INSIDER TIPS AND TRICKS: Having worked as a magazine editor in the home decor space, Katie Holdefehr provides information for home design and organization BEAUTIFUL GIFT: Whether you appreciate home design or are just looking to downsize your clutter, this books makes a gorgeous and helpful gift
£18.70
John Hudson Publishing English Victorian Churches: Architecture, Faith,
Book SynopsisVictorian churches were often of high quality, reflecting in physical terms the intense theological debates of the time. This highly-illustrated book by a leading authority describes many of the finest examples. Many churches were built in England during the reign of Queen Victoria: most were in various varieties of Gothic Revival. Often exquisitely furnished, they were visible expressions of the presence and importance of religion at the time. Their architectural qualities reflected aspirations of clergy, laity, and individual benefactors. The finest were the results of passionate commitment to an architecture soundly based on scholarly studies known as Ecclesiology. James Stevens Curl places English churches of the period in their complex social and denominational settings, giving comprehensive accounts of the religious atmosphere and controversies of the times. He charts the progress and development of the Gothic Revival, explains differences in the architecture of various denominations, outlines the influences of the chief protagonists involved, and describes the demands made on craftsmen and industry to produce the materials, furnishings, and fittings necessary in making some of the finest buildings ever created in England. He reveals something of the individuals and events that shaped the religious climate of the epoch, while specially commissioned illustrations reveal the rich variety found in Victorian churches.Trade ReviewBeautifully illustrated study that makes a valuable contribution to the recognition of Catholic churches. -- Elena Curti * THE TABLET *[The book] can be read as a work of scholarship; one that spans two distinct but related disciplines, namely Victorian church architecture and nineteenth-century ecclesiology. As an authoritative survey and critique of the finest examples of nineteenth-century English church building, it would be difficult to better. -- Graham Cunningham * Journal of Victorian Culture *A very full and eloquent guide ... The architectural theories are clearly set in the developing ideas-aesthetic and ecclesiastical-of the time. -- Selby Whittingham * THE JACKDAW *Illustrated with large numbers of excellent colour images, it sets churches of the period in historical context and crosses the denominational divides that so often obscure an overall understanding of what was going on. It is a timely reminder of the extraordinary riches of English church buildings. -- John Goodall * COUNTRY LIFE *We should be grateful that Professor Curl and John Hudson Publishing have produced such an attractive book between them. -- Michael Hodges * Catholic Herald *Curl has produced the best study to date of Victorian church architecture and has been well served by his publisher: the book is a model of clear and elegant design, well served by a high standard of production. -- Kenneth Powell * New Directions *Curl is as expert in dealing with the doctrinal traditions...... Curl's knowledge is breath-taking.... Curl has strong views and doesn't pull punches.... -- Bernard Richards * Oxford Magazine *This is an enriching read, replete with a full glossary (including pocket essays on "Gothic" and "Gothic Revival") and excellent illustrations. It's worth singling out the physical qualities of this book, too. In an age in which limp and drear print-on-demand books become ever more common, this carefully designed and well-made volume is a pleasure. -- Roger Bowdler * The Critic *the book is a magnificent sweep of the history of one of the great ages of church-building -- Jeremy Musson * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements Foreword - Rev Barry A Orford 1 - An Introduction to Denominations and Victorian Churches 2 - Architecture, Antiquarianism, and Styles 3 - The Religious Atmosphere in the 1830s and 1840s 4 - Recusants, Goths, Converts, Ultramontanes, and Controversies 5 - The Anglican Revival 6 - The Search for an Ideal 7 - Church Architecture of the 1850s, 1860s, and early 1870s 8 - The Late-Victorian Anglican Church in Several Manifestations 9 - Non-Anglican Buildings for Religious Observance 10 - Epilogue Bibliography Index
£45.00
Laurence King Publishing Biomorphic Structures: Architecture Inspired by
Book SynopsisFrom leaves to liquids, caves to crystal formations, nature has always been a major source of inspiration for architects. This book examines how nature can act as a precedent for design solutions through twelve case studies. Packed with computer drawings, sketches, models, and photographs, this will be an ideal resource of ideas for students in their studio work, as well as for practicing architects.
£11.69
Profile Books Ltd The Stones of Christ Church: The Story of the
Book SynopsisChrist Church, Oxford's largest and arguably grandest college, has awed visitors ever since its foundation by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525: one seventeenth-century visitor said 'it is more like some fine castle, or great palace than a College'. The already impressive site was further enhanced during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by ever more imposing structures, and building has continued up to the present day, sometimes following fashion, sometimes leading the way with new architectural styles. The Stones of Christ Church tells the fascinating story of the college's buildings throughout its five centuries, and of those who brought them into being, from the three great 'builder deans', John Fell, Henry Aldrich and Henry Liddell, to the humble slaters, joiners, bricklayers and stonemasons, and the materials that they worked with. The resulting buildings - Tom Tower, Peckwater Quad, Meadow Buildings and many more - are among the most iconic sights of Oxford today. Judith Curthoys, archivist at Christ Church since 1994, is also the author of The Cardinal's College (Profile, 2012), an in-depth history of this remarkable institution. Her new and impeccably researched study shows how much each generation's buildings, whether grand or humble, can tell us about the history both of the site and of those who occupied it.Trade ReviewCurthoys' book is not simply an erudite exposition on building archaeology, but has become a fascinating tale of the human lives which created it ... this is a valuable resource. * SPAB *
£28.00
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd National Heritage Institute of the Czech Republic
Book Synopsis This new title in the Director''s Choice series guides the reader through the most important of the richly preserved cultural buildings in Bohemia and Moravia. The National Heritage Institute of the Czech Republic is the leading professional institution for heritage care in the Czech Republic. It manages over a hundred historic buildings and their grounds castles, chateaux, monasteries, churches, industrial sites, garden complexes and other places. Nad''a Goryczková,the general director of the Institute, presents a wide range of architecture, from medieval castles, Renaissance and Baroque residences to Neoclassical and Romanticism-inspired nineteenth-century mansions, together with stories of their founders, owners and designers. These sites can all boast well-preserved historical interiors, extensive collections of art and historical furniture and an impressive selection of objects associated with everyday life over many centuries.
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Eco-generative Design for Early Stages of
Book SynopsisThis book can be first considered as a complete synthesis of the EcCoGen ANR project (2011-2012), involving researchers from different French labs (including MAP) and domains, breaking major difficulties of the real-time generative design in the early stages of a pre-architectural project. Then the scope becomes larger, and the authors introduce major prospects following recent advances on natural and artificial evolution.Table of ContentsIntroduction xi Chapter 1. Context 1 1.1. The environmental context 1 1.1.1. Ecology: an ancient concept 1 1.1.2. The Anthropocene and urban concentration 2 1.1.3. The increase in the Earth’s temperature 3 1.1.4. Architecture and environmental thinking 3 1.2. The energy context 4 1.2.1. The energy crisis 4 1.2.2. Energy consumption in houses 5 1.2.3. Strong measures 6 1.2.4. “Smart city” versus energetic city 6 1.3. The technological context 7 1.4. The economic and social context 8 1.5. The professional context 9 1.5.1. The roles of the architect today 9 1.5.2. Architectural design and the numerous constraints 10 1.5.3. Issues that call into question the fields of development and the living environment 11 1.6. The instrumental context 11 1.6.1. Transformational tools unsuited to the creative process 11 1.6.2. A lack of assessment tools from the sketching phase 12 1.6.3. The need for computer-based modeling 13 1.7. The programmatic context 14 1.7.1. Sketching and creativity phases 14 1.7.2. Support tools 15 1.8. The cognitive, ergonomic and sensory contexts 17 1.8.1. Psycho-cognitive issues 17 1.8.2. Human–machine interfaces (HMI) 18 1.8.3. Stimulating the creativity of architects in the sketching phase 18 1.8.4. The comfort approach 19 Chapter 2. Eco-design 21 2.1. Eco-design of the built environment 21 2.2. Eco-design: a continually developing process 22 2.2.1. Passive tool, labeling and reference documents 23 2.2.2. From HQE to HQE-Performance 24 2.2.3. “Passive building” label 25 2.2.4. BBCA label 25 2.2.5. Learning to think BEPOS (E+) and low carbon (C−) 26 2.2.6. The PEBN reference document 28 2.2.7. Environmentally friendly building materials 29 2.3. Life-cycle analysis (LCA) 30 2.3.1. The benefits of LCA 30 2.3.2. Main LCA software programs 31 2.3.3. Associated databases 32 2.3.4. Difficulties relating to LCA and its use 34 2.4. Eco-design and BIM 36 2.5. Eco-design and efficient morphologies 36 2.5.1. Compactness indices of a structure 37 2.5.2. The influence of building height 38 2.5.3. Density, compactness, sprawl 39 2.6. Examples of software environments adapted to generative eco-design 41 2.6.1. Genomics 42 2.6.2. Building Synthesizer 42 2.6.3. ParagenTool: performance-oriented design of large passive solar roofs 43 2.6.4. Eco.mod 43 2.6.5. VizCab 45 Chapter 3. Morphogenetics 49 3.1. Scientific formalisms of natural morphogenesis 49 3.1.1. Morphogenesis, growth and stability 49 3.1.2. Structure is law 50 3.1.3. Self-organization, Darwinism and structuralism 51 3.2. Generation of forms for architecture 52 3.2.1. Classic form modeling typology 52 3.2.2. Parametric architecture 53 3.2.3. Techno-organic architecture 54 3.2.4. An old debate 54 3.2.5. Generative architecture 55 3.2.6. Performative architecture 56 3.2.7. Eco-design and morphogenetics of energy 57 3.3. The specific case of the voxels approach 58 3.3.1. The evolving house 58 3.3.2. VOxEL 59 3.3.3. Other modular constructions 60 3.4. Optimization through genetic algorithms 62 3.4.1. Design and optimization 62 3.4.2. Algorithms and evolutionary environments 62 3.4.3. General plan of a genetic algorithm (GA) 63 3.4.4. Pareto front 65 3.4.5. Choice of fitnesses 66 3.4.6. Multi-genomic algorithms 67 3.5. Detailed presentation of a genetic algorithm 67 3.5.1. Jaszkiewicz’s MOGLS 68 3.5.2. Directional optimization 69 3.5.3. Maintaining population diversity 70 3.5.4. ACROMUSE 70 3.5.5. Improvements and multi-objective extension 71 3.5.6. Use of GA as a constraint solver 72 3.6. Interactive evolutionary algorithms (IEA) 72 3.6.1. Possibilities and limitations 72 3.6.2. Multi-objective optimization combined with an IGA 74 3.6.3. A multi-objective IGA for efficient and diversified solutions 74 Chapter 4. Assessment Models and Meta-models 79 4.1. The concept of a model 79 4.2. Models and tools suited to the advanced phases of building design 80 4.2.1. Detailed modeling of the energy behavior of a building 81 4.2.2. Thermal regulations in France 82 4.2.3. Software environments for project simulation 82 4.3. Simplified modeling: difficulties and examples 85 4.3.1. Geometric scales 85 4.3.2. Processing speed 86 4.3.3. Simplified thermal modeling in winter or summer conditions 86 4.3.4. Solar gains received by the envelope of the buildings on a site 88 4.3.5. DaylightGen 89 4.4. Meta-modeling 89 4.4.1. Choosing a type of meta-model 90 4.4.2. Experimental designs 91 4.4.3. Sensitivity analysis 91 4.4.4. Study of three recent meta-models 92 4.5. Some prospects with major scientific obstacles 96 4.5.1. Aeraulic modeling for the upstream phase 96 4.5.2. Taking climate change into account in upstream design 99 Chapter 5. The EcoGen Software Program 105 5.1. Genesis of the project 106 5.1.1. EcoGen-N (MAP-Crai) 107 5.1.2. EcoGen-L (MAP-Aria) 109 5.2. General principles of EcoGen 109 5.2.1. An original proposal 109 5.2.2. A one-of-a-kind tool 110 5.3. A generative and modular tool 111 5.3.1. Operating methods 112 5.3.2. Modularity 113 5.4. Urban, morphological and programmatic contexts 114 5.4.1. Site and operational context 114 5.4.2. Morphological and functional description 115 5.4.3. Description of a program 116 5.5. Bioclimatic optimization of the generated solutions 117 5.5.1. The example of EcoGen1 117 5.5.2. Granularity of design 118 5.6. EcoGen2 assessment criteria 119 5.7. Interface and interactivity 123 5.7.1. Description of the interface 123 5.7.2. The command zone 127 5.7.3. Launching a new session 128 5.8. Assessment of “high-efficiency” solutions and calculations 128 5.9. Short-term prospects 131 5.9.1. Eco2Gen: a future prospect for project eco-design and economics 131 5.9.2. LCA in the sketching phase 131 5.9.3. Assessment of solar energy potential 132 5.9.4. Interactions 133 5.9.5. Prospects for moving beyond the voxel-based approach 133 5.9.6. Phylogenetic representations of design dynamics 134 5.10. Experiments, results, development 134 5.10.1. Results 134 5.10.2. Assessment of creativity in an evolutionary design environment 137 5.10.3. Morphological generation, efficiency and innovation 139 5.10.4. Potential targets, dissemination and training in professional environments 140 Chapter 6. Bio-inspired Perspectives 143 6.1. Biomimicry issues in architecture 143 6.1.1. The genesis of bio-inspiration in architecture 144 6.1.2. Biomimetic architecture: towards a rebirth of form? 144 6.1.3. Methodologies and findings 146 6.1.4. Conclusion 149 6.2. A return to the theories of evolution 149 6.2.1. A brief history of natural evolution 149 6.2.2. What’s new since Darwin? 151 6.3. New morphogenetic approaches 152 6.3.1. Urban forms and pleiotropy 152 6.3.2. Complexity and evolution of built environments 153 6.3.3. Evolutionary creativity 154 6.3.4. Structural or second-order evolution 155 6.3.5. A proposal for bio-inspired architectural genetics 156 6.4. Assisted creativity, coevolution and design of learning systems 158 6.4.1. Ergonomics and design of coevolutionary and learning systems 158 6.4.2. Computational resonance and artificial creativity 159 Conclusion 161 Bibliography 167 Index 187
£125.06
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Thresholds in Architectural Education
Book SynopsisThe book explores, discusses, and considers new and innovative perspectives on the crossings, interactions, and transformations of non-formal, informal learning, and formal learning within or prior to FADS and Internship. The contributions provide a wider perspective on the alternating Final Architectural Design Studios and Internship programs as interfaces and interaction zones among different learning experiences that lead to professional and intellectual qualification.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiiiNur ÇAĞLAR and Irene G. CURULLI Editors and Contributors xxiii Part 1. Practices in the Formal Institutions that Cope with the Rapid Pace of Change 1 Chapter 1. Towards a New Interaction Between Educational Processes and Practices: Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome 3Anna Maria GIOVENALE, Spartaco PARIS and Roberto BIANCHI 1.1. Framework of reference: between crisis of the figure of the architect and the need for innovation 4 1.2. Newly integrated skills and knowledge for technical training in the field of architecture and of construction engineering 5 1.3. A new opportunity for training and the profession: managing the processes of building design and construction 6 1.4. The new training project and relationship with the professions 10 1.5. References 12 Chapter 2. Continuity in Architectural Education: A Driving Force or a Burden to Creativity? 13Deniz İNCEDAYI, Burcu Selcen COŞKUN and İkbal Ece POSTALCI 2.1. Introduction 13 2.2. A conventional education method: Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Department of Architecture 15 2.3. Towards a more inclusive approach 20 2.4. Conclusion 22 2.5. References 23 Chapter 3. From the Experiences in the Iberian Peninsula to California 25Pedro Ressano GARCIA 3.1. Introduction 25 3.2. The Iberian schools – Porto, Lisbon and Barcelona 26 3.3. Passing by the University of California 26 3.4. Early teaching 28 3.5. References 28 Chapter 4. Project Domain: A Formalist Exercise in the Education of Architects 31Krunoslav IVANIŠIN 4.1. The Crystal Palace 31 4.2. The practice and the education of architecture 36 4.3. The sequence 37 4.4. References 42 Chapter 5. Towards a New Studio Culture: Changing Minds, Transforming Education 45Ozan Önder ÖZENER and Mehmet Ümit METERELLIYÖZ 5.1. Introduction 45 5.2. Thoughts and views on studio culture 47 5.3. Influencers of studio culture 49 5.4. Studio culture and informal learning 50 5.5. Suggestions 53 5.6. Conclusion 54 5.7. References 54 Chapter 6. Climatic Heterotopias or the Obscure Element of Architectural Creation: Introducing a Tangible Alternative Pedagogy within a Global Climate Regime 57Lazaros MAVROMATIDIS 6.1. Architectural consciousness and pedagogy 57 6.2. Tarrying with multiple imaginaries 59 6.3. Climate change, normative abstract idealisms, constructal thermodynamics and sustainable spatiality 61 6.4. Climatic heterotopias 64 6.5. Once upon a sustainable architectural space 66 6.6. References 67 Chapter 7. A Threshold In-between Education and Profession: The Final Architectural Design Studio 69Işıl RUHİ SİPAHİOĞLU and Aslı ALANLI 7.1. Introduction 69 7.2. The survey of FADSs across European architecture schools 71 7.2.1. Methodology 72 7.2.2. Objectives of FADSs 76 7.2.3. The duration of FADSs 79 7.2.4. Supervision models 80 7.2.5. Enrollment criteria 81 7.2.6. The appointment of tutors 82 7.2.7. Topic/theme determination 83 7.2.8. Student position 85 7.2.9. Co-requisite courses along FADSs 85 7.2.10. Assessment methods 86 7.2.11. Appointment of jury members 90 7.3. Challenges in the final studio 92 7.3.1. Major challenges faced by students 92 7.3.2. Major challenges faced by teaching staff 93 7.3.3. Strong aspects of the FADS 94 7.4. Conclusion 96 7.5. Acknowledgements 97 7.6. References 97 Chapter 8. Final Diploma Project as a Key into the Architect’s Profession 99Zbigniew Władysław PASZKOWSKI and Anna PAZDUR-CZARNOWSKA 8.1. Architecture and urban planning in the Polish educational system 99 8.2. Integrating and disintegrating trends in the scientific discipline: “architecture and urban planning” 100 8.3. Architecture curriculum in Poland according to the Bologna System 101 8.4. First-degree studies (engineer studies) 102 8.4.1. General requirements 102 8.4.2. Content and effects of education 102 8.4.3. Other requirements 106 8.4.4. Graduate qualifications of first-degree studies (engineer studies) 106 8.5. Second-degree studies 107 8.5.1. General requirements 107 8.5.2. Content and educational effects of the courses 107 8.5.3. Other requirements 108 8.5.4. Graduate qualifications of the second-degree studies (Master studies) 108 8.6. Demands and expected outcomes of the Final Diploma Project (FDP) in architecture and urban planning in Poland 109 8.7. FDP as a key to professional work in architectural and urban planning studios 110 8.8. Discussion on the expectations of the job market and those of the young absolvents of architecture 112 8.9. Benchmarking system for international comparison of professional preparation of absolvents of architecture and urban planning 114 8.10. Conclusion 115 8.11. Appendix 1. The list of Polish state universities and private high education schools with Architecture and Urban Planning 116 8.12. References 117 Chapter 9. Designing a Relevant Answer to One’s Own Question: Assessing the Diploma Studio at the Zagreb Faculty of Architecture 119Mia ROTH-ČERINA 9.1. Introduction 120 9.2. Developing the Zagreb Faculty of Architecture’s curricular profile 120 9.3. Extracurricular workshops: exploring motives 121 9.3.1. Social agency: learning spaces in transition workshop 122 9.3.2. Empathy through immersion: mountaineers’ shelter workshop 122 9.3.3. Designing meaning: AF/SC workshop 123 9.4. Testing alertness: the diploma studio in Zagreb 124 9.5. Conclusion 126 9.6. References 127 Chapter 10. Designerly Ways of Understanding Research Capabilities of Architectural Design and Studio 129Zelal ÖZTOPRAK and Nur ÇAĞLAR 10.1. Architectural design studio as a research platform 129 10.2. Intricacy of intellectual and actual sources of design experience 131 10.3. Structured improvisation 133 10.4. Emergence of difference through repetition 134 10.5. For example, TOBB ETU Final Architectural Design Studio 135 10.5.1. Manifesto 140 10.5.2. Network strategy 142 10.5.3. Studio Book 142 10.6. Conclusion 143 10.7. Acknowledgements 143 10.8. References 143 Chapter 11. Theory and Practice of Bookmaking: An Experiment in Architectural Design Education 145Selda BANCI 11.1. Introduction 146 11.2. Book 147 11.3. Making 152 11.4. Conclusion 155 11.5. Acknowledgements 158 11.6. References 158 Chapter 12. Formal Supersedes Non-formal: Comparative Analyses of European and Japanese Architectural Design Education 161Larisa ČIŠIĆ 12.1. Introduction 162 12.2. Methods 162 12.3. Results 162 12.3.1. Final Architectural Design Studio (FADS) 162 12.3.2. Studio/preparation 163 12.3.3. Studio/conduct 164 12.3.4. Studio/assessment 164 12.3.5. Studio/general 165 12.4. Conclusion 165 12.5. References 166 Part 2. Non-formal and Informal Learning Environments 167 Chapter 13. A Tangible Approach to the Alternative Teaching Education 169Dimitra BABALIS 13.1. Introduction 169 13.2. A review of education and skills for a sustainable educational design. 170 13.3. Expansion in education interest in ecological and sustainable urban design 172 13.4. The Erasmus Intensive Programs (IPs) experience at the University of Florence 173 13.5. Intensive Programs (IPs)/Design Workshops (DWs) educational structure 174 13.6. The Florence IP/DW description 177 13.7. Conclusion 179 13.8. References 180 Chapter 14. Social Networks and Architecture: Possible Benefits for Design Education? 183Akin Tolga İLTER 14.1. Introduction 183 14.2. Using social media for design studio education 185 14.3. Case studies 186 14.3.1. Case study I: design blog 186 14.3.2. Case study II: social network 189 14.3.3. Case study III: “Insta Company” 191 14.4. Conclusion 194 14.5. References 195 Chapter 15. Architectural Education and the Politics of Architect–Client Relationships: A Case Study from Jordan 197Ahlam HARAHSHEH 15.1. Introduction 197 15.2. Current pedagogy in selected architectural departments in Jordan 199 15.3. Importance of communication skills in architectural education 201 15.4. Training after graduation 204 15.5. Conclusion 205 15.6. References 206 Chapter 16. Outer Studio: Learning from the Students 209Çağda TÜRKMEN 16.1. Architectural design education in Turkey 209 16.2. Initiatives of students: architecture, design and education 211 16.2.1. Baykuşlar Toplanıyor (Izmir, 2010–2013) 212 16.2.2. Yer_denyüksek (Istanbul, 2013–2015) 213 16.2.3. Bademlik Tasarım Festivali (Eskişehir, 2013–) 213 16.2.4. Ulusal Mimarlık Öğrencileri Buluşması (UMÖB) 215 16.3. This will not kill that 217 16.4. References 219 Chapter 17. An International Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Architectural Education Experience: Atelier Européen 221Elif MIHÇIOĞLU 17.1. Introduction 222 17.2. Flexibility in formal–informal integrated architectural education and interdisciplinary collaborations 222 17.3. The case of Atelier Européen 223 17.3.1. Structure, objectives, content and methods 224 17.3.2. Stages of the studio process 225 17.3.3. Previous studio projects 225 17.4. Evaluation 231 17.5. Conclusion 231 17.6. Acknowledgements 232 17.7. References 232 Chapter 18. A School of One’s Own: Reporting from the Students’ Front 235İkbal Ece POSTALCI, Burcu Selcen COŞKUN and Işıl RUHİ SİPAHİOĞLU 18.1. Introduction 235 18.2. The Flexible School 237 18.3. The Architect of the Future 238 18.4. Travelling School 240 18.5. BACKYARD 241 18.6. Own Kind of Architect 244 18.7. Conclusion 246 18.8. References 247 List of Authors 249 Index 253
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