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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Conservation of Architectural Heritage
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the management and conservation of architectural heritage with the aim of increasing awareness about the value of such conservation and of saving what is left of history, which in turn rewards societies by supporting the tourism industry, generating economic return, and preserving communities’ identities.Since it has become an essential need to manage and conserve the architectural heritage in order to protect the identity and heritage of a city, there appeared a gap between the theory and its application. Therefore, a considerable amount of attention has been directed by experts in this field toward emphasizing the contribution of heritage conservation in order to inspire the development of imaginative, useful high-quality design.Table of ContentsInfluence of Language on the Built Environment: The Forgotten Vernacular of Traditional Indian Architecture.- Characterization of Earthen Building Materials in Gölcük Vernacular Houses.- Conservation of Gravitational Architecture.- Luxor Temple as a Reactivated Holy Site. Sacred Architecture Between Cosmology and Authority.- Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism Development in The Cultural Heritage Sites.- The Inner Courtyard as an Important Element in Architectural Heritage and Interior Spaces.- Save the Troglodytic Heritage of Beni Zelten.- Metrology in Egyptian Architecture of the XVIII Dynasty, in Thebes.- Practices, Problems and Methods of Architectural Herit-age Investigation: Jan Borowski Works in Vilnius Region (1925–1945).- Conserving Symbolism in Architectural Heritage – Case Study Eloquence in Depicting Philosophical Ideas Inspired by the Principles of Islam on Islamic Architecture through Ages.- Cultural and Architectural Heritage Values of the Qift - Quseir “Myos Hormos” Road.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Digital Modernism Heritage Lexicon
Book SynopsisThe book investigates the theme of Modernism (1920-1960 and its epigones) as an integral part of tangible and intangible cultural heritage which contains the result of a whole range of disciplines whose aim is to identify, document and preserve the memory of the past and the value of the future. Including several chapters, it contains research results relating to cultural heritage, more specifically Modernism, and current digital technologies. This makes it possible to record and evaluate the changes that both undergo: the first one, from a material point of view, the second one from the research point of view, which integrates the traditional approach with an innovative one. The purpose of the publication is to show the most recent studies on the modernist lexicon 100 years after its birth, moving through different fields of cultural heritage: from different forms of art to architecture, from design to engineering, from literature to history, representation and restoration. The book appeals to scholars and professionals who are involved in the process of understanding, reading and comprehension the transformation that the places have undergone within the period under examination. It will certainly foster the international exchange of knowledge that characterized ModernismTable of ContentsModernist movement.- Manufacture of the modern period and the digital age.- Innovative materials for Architecture and Engineering.- Urban furniture to bridges and tall buildings.- 3D digital mappings.- Architectural heritage through 2D and 3D digital models.- Photogrammetry and laser scanning.- GIS methodology.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings: Engineering
Book SynopsisThis Guide provides information on special topics that affect the fire safety performance of very tall buildings, their occupants and first responders during a fire. This Guide addresses these topics as part of the overall building design process using performance-based fire protection engineering concepts as described in the SFPE Engineering Guide to Performance Based Fire Protection. This Guide is not intended to be a recommended practice or a document that is suitable for adoption as a code. The Guide pertains to “super tall,” “very tall” and “tall” buildings. Throughout this Guide, all such buildings are called “very tall buildings.” These buildings are characterized by heights that impose fire protection challenges; they require special attention beyond the protection features typically provided by traditional fire protection methods. This Guide does not establish a definition of buildings that fall within the scope of this document. Table of Contents1 Introduction2 History3 Components of Performance-based Design4 International Practices5 Unique Features of Very Tall Buildings6 Special Features and Attractions7 Hazard, Risk and Decision Analysis in Very Tall Building Design8 Integration of Building Design and Systems9 System Reliability10 Situation Awareness11 Emergency Egress12 Fire Resistance13 Building Envelope/Enclosure14 Suppression15 Detection and Alarm16 Smoke Control17 First Responder Considerations18 Electrical19 Buildings Under Construction20 Building Life Cycle Management21 Commissioning22 Existing Building Considerations23 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance24 Aerial Vehicle Platforms25 ESS in Very Tall Buildings26 References
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Aachener Bausachverständigentage 2011: Flache
Book SynopsisFlachdächer, Dachterrassen, Grün- und Parkdächer bergen als klimatisch stark beanspruchte Bauteile ein hohes Schadenspotential. Sie erfordern daher beim Neubau wie bei Arbeiten in Bestand die besondere Aufmerksamkeit von Planern, Ausführenden und Sachverständigen. Die 37. Aachener Bausachverständigentage zeigen die typischen Problemstellungen auf und beleuchten und diskutieren 2 aktuelle Themenkomplexe: 1. Vor- und Nachteile der geplanten Aufspaltung der Bauwerksabdichtungsnorm DIN 18 195 in separate, bauteilsbezogene Einzelnormen und 2. Bedeutung und Inhalt des neu erschienenen DIN-Fachberichts 4108 Teil 8 - Vermeidung von Schimmelwachstum in Wohngebäuden.Trade Review"Eine solide Grundlage für den Gutachter und Praktiker!" www.fachbuch-bau.de, Januar 2012Table of ContentsNeue Entwicklungen im Baurecht, Konsequenzen für den Bausachverständigen - Planerische Voraussetzungen für Flachdächer mit hohen Zuverlässigkeitsanforderungen - Sturm, Hagelschlag, Jahrhundertregen: Praxiskonsequenzen für Dachabdichtungen, Werkstoffe und Flachdachkonstruktionen - Typische Konfliktfälle bei der Erfüllung der Wärmeschutzanforderungen der EnEV bei Dachinstandsetzungen - Kostenträchtige Fallstricke beim Brandschutzkonzept von Flachdächern - Das abdichtungstechnische Schadenspotenzial von Fotovoltaik- und Solaranlagen - 50 Jahre Flachdach: Bautechnik im Wandel der Zeit - Sind WU-Dächer anerkannte Regeln der Technik? - Typische Fehlerquellen bei Extensivbegrünungen - Normen: Qualitätsgarant oder Hemmschuh der Bautechnik - Praxiserfahrungen und Lösungsansätze bei niveaugleichen Türschwellen - DIN Fachbericht 4108-8: 2010-09: Vermeidung von Schimmelwachstum in Wohngebäuden - Zielrichtung und Hintergründe - Sind Schimmelgutachten normierbar? Kritische Anmerkungen zum DIN-Fachbericht 4108-8:2010-09
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Building Maintenance Processes and Practices: The
Book SynopsisThis book is designed to be an inclusive for the best practice approach to building maintenance management, where the processes, procedures and operational systems meet a high standard of professional and academic competence. It offers a different perspective on building maintenance management by presenting the schematic building maintenance value chain model and it’s implementation in Malaysian university buildings. The findings show an improvement to building performance, lower maintenance cost, building sustainability and increased maintenance service user satisfaction. The learning outcomes and summaries provided for each chapter and the extensive use of tables and figures add to the readability of the text. Though the book is based on data from Malaysia, it is useful for a much wider audience, and the informal writing style makes it an interesting reference source. This book is valuable for readers who are practitioners, professionals and for academic institutions that offer courses in the building field, including architecture, quantity surveying, civil engineering, building and facility management, property management, real estate. It will also be of interest to governments and others involved in the construction industry.Table of ContentsOverview.- An Overview of the Construction Industry.- Maintenance of Academic Buildings.- Malaysian Education System and University Buildings.- Building Maintenance Processes, Principles, Procedures, Practices and Strategies.- Methodological Issues.- Sustainability Maintenance Initiatives.- Conclusions and Recommendations.
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Huntland Press Huntland: The Historic Virginia Country House,
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Taylor & Francis The Production of Heritage
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Taylor & Francis The Production of Heritage
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Taylor & Francis Revealing Change in Cultural Landscapes Material Spatial and Ecological Considerations
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Taylor & Francis Architectural Conservation and Restoration in Norway and Russia Routledge Research in Architectural Conservation and Historic Preservation
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Taylor & Francis Presenting Difficult Pasts Through Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Place Meaning and Attachment Authenticity
Book SynopsisRevolutions have gripped many countries, leading to the destruction of buildings, places, and artifacts; climate change is threatening the ancestral homes of many, the increasingly uneven distribution of resources has made the poor vulnerable to the coercive efforts by the rich, and social uncertainty has led to the romanticizing of the past. Humanity is resilient, but we have a fundamental need for attachment to places, buildings, and objects.This edited volume will explore the different meanings and forms of place attachment and meaning based on our histories and conceptualization of material artifacts. Each chapter examines a varied relationship between a given society and the meaning formed through myth, symbols, and ideologies manifested through diverse forms of material artifacts. Topics of consideration examine place attachment at many scales including at the level of the artifact, human being, building, urban context, and region. We need a better understandiTable of ContentsPreface 1. The Affect of Old Places: Exploring the Dimensions of Place Attachment and Senescent Environments—Jeremy C. Wells 2. Socioeconomic Factors that Affect Place Attachment in Europe—Juan A. Módenes 3. Soviet Era Architecture and the Meaning It Holds for People of Lithuania—Liutauras Nekrošius 4. Soviet and non-Soviet interiorities: The construction of the significance of place through the architecture of Nowa Huta—Charles Drozynski 5. The Framing of the Port Arthur Historic Site—Andrew Steen and Stuart King 6. The Oneida Community: An Examination of Place Attachment in a Utopian Society—Janet White 7. Mistaken Places: Mesoamerican Meaning in the Sixteenth-Century Catholic Courtyards of Mexico—Joshua Jacob Fitzgerald 8. Dead Space: Place Attachment and Cemeteries—Shad Thielman 9. Heritage and Urban Development in Pakistan: Lessons from Boston’s West End Neighborhood—Eleni Glekas and Khalid Ibrahim 10. Place Identity and Attachment - Implication of Displacement: Iran’s Revolution and the Means to Retain Persian Identity in a Home Away from Home—Mitra Kanaani 11. Human Sustainable Interaction with Nature in Kashan Heritage Context to Preserve Lifecycle—Maryam Ekhtiari 12. Displacement and attachment: examining relations in the production of post-apartheid buildings in ‘black spaces’—Gaarith Williams and Ziyana Lategan 13. Troubled Waters and Place Attachment: A Spring in Cape Town and Loss of Place—Tania Katzschner and Steven Robins 14. Hong Kong’s Early Composite Building: Appraising the Social Value and Place Meaning of a Distinctive Living Urban Heritage—Ho-yin Lee, Lynne D. DiStefano and Chi-pong Lai 15. Living Heritage Versus Dead Relics? Affect, Place Meanings and Boundary-Making in the Politics of Heritage in Postcolonial Hong Kong—Lachlan B. Barber and Cecilia L. Chu 16. The Social Construction of Koreans’ Intergenerational Place Attachment to Royal Palaces in Seoul—Jain Kwon 17. Homunculi and Agencies: Inhabiting Synthetic Worlds and Wilderness—Simon Y. Kim Index
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Taylor & Francis Architecture and the Body Science and Culture
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Taylor & Francis Equity in Heritage Conservation
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Taylor & Francis Conservation of Architectural Ironwork
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CRC Press Earth Building Methods and Materials Repair and Conservation
Book SynopsisBuildings with load-bearing earth walls were once widespread throughout Britain and many thousands still survive, including some dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Earth is the ultimate form of âgreenâ building construction, creating no environmental pollutions and consuming virtually no energy. Subsoil can be dug from or near the site to construct buildings that will meet modern needs and conform to the latest building regulations.This book describes all aspects of earth building, explaining how earth performs as a building material and providing guidance on how best to repair and conserve existing earth buildings.Trade Review'This book is highly recommended to practitioners, academics and enthusiasts of earth building techniques in general ... This book will certainly be of great interest to conservationists working in the field and to home owners.' - Building Engineer'This book has been eagerly awaited, and is not a disappointment ... [it] provides a well argued and sound base for action.' - Cornerstone'This is a clearly written book ... and it should suffice for people who themselves wish to engage in the construction of earth houses.' - Architectural Science Review'This book is highly recommended to practitioners, academics and enthusiasts of earth building techniques in general ... This book will certainly be of great interest to conservationists working in the field and to home owners.' - Building Engineer'This book has been eagerly awaited, and is not a disappointment ... [it] provides a well argued and sound base for action.' - Cornerstone'this is a clearly written book ... and it should suffice for people who themselves wish to engage in the construction of earth houses.' - Architectural Science ReviewTable of ContentsPart One: Earth Construction: Methods and Materials 1. Earth Building in Britain - International 2. The Raw Material: Soils for Use in Building 3. Earth Construction 1: Preparation and Mixing 4. Earth Construction 2: The Building Process 5. Standards and Regulations Part Two. The Conservation, Repair and Maintenance of Earth Buildings 6. The Principal Causes of Failure in Earth Walls and How to Recognise Them 7. The Diagnostic Survey and Repair of Earth Buildings. Organisations. References and Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd History Performance and Conservation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Traditional Construction for a Sustainable Future
Book SynopsisSince the spread of classical design and construction amongst the upper echolons of British society in the late seventeenth century, traditional construction methods have largely fallen by the wayside. Centuries later, as the construction industry faces up to its environmental responsibilities, this book explores its rich and ancient tradition to provide tried and trusted solutions to modern day construction problems.By way of introduction, the ancient and historical lifestyles that dictated the nature of traditional construction are explored, before focussing on its health and ecological benefits. As well as cultural background, this book includes a detailed scientific description of traditional building materials and their constituents which draws a sharp contrast with modern petrochemical-based materials. The studies of traditional buildings included reveal the sustainability of features such as natural ventilation and breathing walls, and comparisons withTrade Review'Inclusion of a detailed study of how traditional methods related to current building regulations make this a practical and useful guide for construction professionals, as well as ammunition for the informed client.' Ancient Monuments Society'This is a timely, thoughtful consideration of the true impacts of modern materials, and of the practicalities of achieving the same ends by other means. It will also serve as a useful source of reference when dealing with particular aspects of traditional building design and materials, whether as an architect, surveyor, owner or advisor.' Context, the journal of the IHBC'This is an incredibly important book, all the more so for its timing...Ryan gives us here the essential text for considering twenty-first century values in pre-twentieth century construction.' Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 'Carole Ryan's book is a timely publication, well-suited to students of building conservation'Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings MagazineTable of Contents1. The Natural Way of Life, the Birth of the Traditional House and its Demise 2. Traditional Building Materials, their Sustainability, and the Contrast with Modern Materials 3. Traditional Sustainable Building Construction- Ancient and Modern 4. Thermal Performance and the Breathing Wall 5. Climate, Site and Thermal Performance 6. The Role of the Building Regulations in Traditional Building Construction 7. The Pathology of Traditional Buildings
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Architectural Design
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Taylor & Francis World Heritage Conservation The World Heritage Convention Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development
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Taylor & Francis Ltd World Heritage Conservation The World Heritage
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention through an interdisciplinary approach to conservation, one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage.Table of ContentsIntroduction to World Heritage Conservation 1. World Heritage and Sustainable Development 2. Defining World Heritage 3. Governing World Heritage 4. Implementing the World Heritage Convention 5. Using World Heritage 6. Managing World Heritage 7. Creating World Heritage Capacities 8. Endangered Heritag Conclusion: Towards a Holistic Approach
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Getting Rid of Graffiti A practical guide to graffiti removal and antigraffiti protection
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Taylor & Francis Politics and Preservation A policy history of the built heritage 18821996 Planning History and Environment Series
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