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In 1833, the Select Committee for Public Walks was introduced so that “the provision of parks would lead to a better use of Sundays and the replacement of the debasing pleasures.” Being “the safest and surest method of popular culture,” music was seen as an important moral influence in this endeavor. And so the bandstand was born. The history and heritage of bandstands in(...)
Bandstands: pavilions for music, entertainment and leisure
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In 1833, the Select Committee for Public Walks was introduced so that “the provision of parks would lead to a better use of Sundays and the replacement of the debasing pleasures.” Being “the safest and surest method of popular culture,” music was seen as an important moral influence in this endeavor. And so the bandstand was born. The history and heritage of bandstands in England has largely been ignored. Yet in their heyday, there were more than 1500 bandstands in the country—in public parks, on piers, and at seaside promenades, often attracting crowds of thousands. In "Bandstands", landscape architect Paul Rabbitts guides us from their evolution as “orchestras” in the early pleasure gardens, to their great decline after World War II, to their subsequent revival in the late 1990s. This beautifully illustrated book tells for the first time the story of these pavilions made for music, illuminating their history, architecture, and worldwide influence.
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Quiconque s’imagine que la vie en bibliothèque est un fleuve tranquille se détrompera en lisant cet ouvrage. Il n’y trouvera pas l’atmosphère feutrée, la douceur des manières ni la tranquillité qui feraient le quotidien des bibliothèques. Une bibliothèque universitaire se trouve au cœur de nombreux tiraillements. Elle compose avec les exigences difficilement conciliables(...)
Bibliothèque de l'Université de Laval : 165 ans d'histoire
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Quiconque s’imagine que la vie en bibliothèque est un fleuve tranquille se détrompera en lisant cet ouvrage. Il n’y trouvera pas l’atmosphère feutrée, la douceur des manières ni la tranquillité qui feraient le quotidien des bibliothèques. Une bibliothèque universitaire se trouve au cœur de nombreux tiraillements. Elle compose avec les exigences difficilement conciliables des gouvernements, des autorités universitaires, des professeurs, des étudiants et de bien d’autres encore. Elle doit avancer au rythme des innovations technologiques et renouveler son rôle dans le système de l’éducation supérieure. La bibliothèque de l’Université Laval illustre en une large mesure les défis qu’ont dû relever toutes les bibliothèques universitaires. Abondamment illustré, le livre s’adresse à ceux qui aiment les bibliothèques et les lieux de savoir, qu’ils aient déjà mis ou non les pieds à l’Université Laval. Nul besoin d’être bibliothécaire pour s’y plonger. D’un abord facile, le texte repose toutefois sur des recherches approfondies.
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L'auteure analyse les discours récurrents accompagnant les nouveaux aménagements en open space et décrypte leurs diverses traductions spatiales et leurs effets au quotidien. Une réflexion sur l'influence de la configuration du lieu de travail en open space.
Comment (se) sauver (de) l'open space ? : décrypter nos espaces de travail
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L'auteure analyse les discours récurrents accompagnant les nouveaux aménagements en open space et décrypte leurs diverses traductions spatiales et leurs effets au quotidien. Une réflexion sur l'influence de la configuration du lieu de travail en open space.
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This publication tells the story of how the plans for the new Weston Library—as the New Bodleian is now known—were realized, describing in detail the architectural, academic, curatorial, and heritage considerations addressed, as well as the successful collaborations between clients and consultants. Among the updates introduced were enhanced public access, including new(...)
New Bodleian: making the Weston library. Wilkinson Eyre Architects
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This publication tells the story of how the plans for the new Weston Library—as the New Bodleian is now known—were realized, describing in detail the architectural, academic, curatorial, and heritage considerations addressed, as well as the successful collaborations between clients and consultants. Among the updates introduced were enhanced public access, including new entrance spaces; redesigned reading rooms for the study of special collections; new teaching facilities; and state-of-the-art storage space for the library’s many treasures.
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''World of Malls'' explores a type of building that was invented in the United States nearly 60 years ago and quickly spread throughout the world. Because of urban planning's increasing orientation toward the automobile, the mall became a substitute for lost urbanism. But what direction is the development of the shopping mall taking today? On the one hand, there continue(...)
World of malls: architecture of consumption
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''World of Malls'' explores a type of building that was invented in the United States nearly 60 years ago and quickly spread throughout the world. Because of urban planning's increasing orientation toward the automobile, the mall became a substitute for lost urbanism. But what direction is the development of the shopping mall taking today? On the one hand, there continue to be spectacular new openings in America, Asia, the United Arab Emirates and Europe. At the same time, however, many malls are empty, and some are being converted and repurposed.
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Current design modes of student residences are facing challenges of both philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic, and social factors.
Innovative student residences
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Current design modes of student residences are facing challenges of both philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and require innovative thinking. The need for a new outlook is propelled by fundamental changes that touch upon environmental, economic, and social factors.
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This book introduces advanced design concepts and international standards for playground design. Includes projects from Singapore, Australia, Abu Dhabi, the UK, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Chile, Spain, The Netherlands, France, Canada, Finland, Italy. This detailed book examines key drivers in best play space designs: it investigates the importance of play, preparations and(...)
Outdoor play spaces for children
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This book introduces advanced design concepts and international standards for playground design. Includes projects from Singapore, Australia, Abu Dhabi, the UK, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Chile, Spain, The Netherlands, France, Canada, Finland, Italy. This detailed book examines key drivers in best play space designs: it investigates the importance of play, preparations and planning, how to develop a strong design brief, good layout, choosing the right equipment materials for the type of space, and how to incorporate the best natural elements into the play space design.
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At the inaugural festivities of the Moscow Palace of Young Pioneers in 1962, a Soviet news agency enthusiastically reported, “In this house, the walls will teach!” Propagandistic, yes, but this prescriptive attitude about the potential of architecture to shape modern life was implicit in much of the architecture of the 20th century. This collection of 12 essays and 24(...)
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Walls that teach: on the architecture of youth centres
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At the inaugural festivities of the Moscow Palace of Young Pioneers in 1962, a Soviet news agency enthusiastically reported, “In this house, the walls will teach!” Propagandistic, yes, but this prescriptive attitude about the potential of architecture to shape modern life was implicit in much of the architecture of the 20th century. This collection of 12 essays and 24 case studies from leading architects and academics examines the architecture and programming of mid-century youth centers across Europe, from Utrecht to Manchester. The organization of these centers around leisure activities partially concealed their educational (and ultimately political) goals: their pedagogical power could be found not only in their physical design, but also in the way they were used and inhabited by the children themselves. Contributors include Tom Avermaete, Peter Blundell Jones, Jennifer Mack, Susan Reid, Sue Robertson, Piet Vollaard and many others.
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In "LAB – Building a home for scientists" Mark C. Fishman describes how to build labs as homes for scientists, to accommodate not just their fancy tools, but also their personalities. Laboratories are both monasteries and space stations, redolent of the great ideas of generations past and of technologies to propel the future. Yet standard lab design has changed only(...)
LAB: building a home for scientists
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In "LAB – Building a home for scientists" Mark C. Fishman describes how to build labs as homes for scientists, to accommodate not just their fancy tools, but also their personalities. Laboratories are both monasteries and space stations, redolent of the great ideas of generations past and of technologies to propel the future. Yet standard lab design has changed only little over recent years. Since a lab becomes a scientist's home for most of their waking hours, the question arises if design and aesthetics of a lab can influence the creativity and effectiveness of its inhabitants. Although the support of the creative process is a compelling feature of a contemporary lab, it also has to be built flexibly enough to accommodate introvert solo researchers as well as large interdisciplinary teams, while an immediate connection to fellow researchers across the globe has to be at disposal as well. Anyone who works in, or plans to build a lab, will enjoy this book, which will encourage them to think about how this special environment drives or impedes their important work. This richly illustrated publication explores the roles of labs through history, from the alchemists of the Middle Ages to the chemists of the 19th and 20th centuries and to the geneticists and structural biologists of today, and then turns to the special features of the laboratories Fishman helped to design in Cambridge, Shanghai and Basel.
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In the first book to chart the development of skating rinks and arenas from their origins as simple wooden sheds to today’s fully wired, multi-purpose entertainment complexes, Howard Shubert examines how these buildings have been adapted to seasonal change and to a multitude of uses besides skating - from political rallies to rock concerts - and how these adaptations, in(...)
Architecture on ice: a history of the hockey arena
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In the first book to chart the development of skating rinks and arenas from their origins as simple wooden sheds to today’s fully wired, multi-purpose entertainment complexes, Howard Shubert examines how these buildings have been adapted to seasonal change and to a multitude of uses besides skating - from political rallies to rock concerts - and how these adaptations, in turn, have transformed skating, curling, and hockey.
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