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Americans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a staggering portion of carbon emissions. In this timely and fascinating work, architect and urban-planning scholar Stefan Al deftly weaves together archaeology, engineering,(...)
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Americans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a staggering portion of carbon emissions. In this timely and fascinating work, architect and urban-planning scholar Stefan Al deftly weaves together archaeology, engineering,(...)
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Dwelling on Earth: the past and future of the places we call home
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Americans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a staggering portion of carbon emissions. In this timely and fascinating work, architect and urban-planning scholar Stefan Al deftly weaves together archaeology, engineering, social history, and environmental science to explain how our homes have developed through the ages and in turn shaped civilization and the planet itself. From tiny pit-houses in the Levant and Mesoamerica thousands of years ago to soaring skyscrapers in Dubai, New York, and Shanghai today, ''Dwelling on Earth'' takes readers on a swift and absorbing tour of the evolution of human habitation. Whisking readers from ancient Pompeii to contemporary Hong Kong, industrial-age Liverpool to postwar Levittown, Al shows how our choices in housing have both reflected and affected ideas about gender roles, privacy, and comfort. Discover how seemingly mundane elements—like door-knockers and corridors—have altered everyday interactions, and how material choices have remade the planet's surface. He also confronts the darker side of domesticity, exposing the unintended consequences of our architectural choices across millennia, including smoke-filled Neolithic dwellings, deadly fires in crowded Roman apartment buildings, and worsening social isolation in car-dependent suburbs. Finally, he examines the myths and reality of future housing, including 3D-printed homes and space architecture built by robots.
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Americans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a staggering portion of carbon emissions. In this timely and fascinating work, architect and urban-planning scholar Stefan Al deftly weaves together archaeology, engineering, social history, and environmental science to explain how our homes have developed through the ages and in turn shaped civilization and the planet itself. From tiny pit-houses in the Levant and Mesoamerica thousands of years ago to soaring skyscrapers in Dubai, New York, and Shanghai today, ''Dwelling on Earth'' takes readers on a swift and absorbing tour of the evolution of human habitation. Whisking readers from ancient Pompeii to contemporary Hong Kong, industrial-age Liverpool to postwar Levittown, Al shows how our choices in housing have both reflected and affected ideas about gender roles, privacy, and comfort. Discover how seemingly mundane elements—like door-knockers and corridors—have altered everyday interactions, and how material choices have remade the planet's surface. He also confronts the darker side of domesticity, exposing the unintended consequences of our architectural choices across millennia, including smoke-filled Neolithic dwellings, deadly fires in crowded Roman apartment buildings, and worsening social isolation in car-dependent suburbs. Finally, he examines the myths and reality of future housing, including 3D-printed homes and space architecture built by robots.
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287 p. : illustrations, couv. illustrations ; 22 cm
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Paris ; Montréal (Québec) : L'Harmattan, 1999 (52-Langres-Saint-Geosmes : Impr. D. Guéniot)
Paris ; Montréal (Québec) : L'Harmattan, 1999 (52-Langres-Saint-Geosmes : Impr. D. Guéniot)
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Cultures et habitats : douze contributions à une ethnologie de la maison / sous la dir. de Pierre Erny ; avec la collab. de C. Aubert, I. Bianquis-Gasser, L. Bugallo [et autres].
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287 p. : illustrations, couv. illustrations ; 22 cm
Cultures et habitats : douze contributions à une ethnologie de la maison / sous la dir. de Pierre Erny ; avec la collab. de C. Aubert, I. Bianquis-Gasser, L. Bugallo [et autres].
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Paris ; Montréal (Québec) : L'Harmattan, 1999 (52-Langres-Saint-Geosmes : Impr. D. Guéniot)
Paris ; Montréal (Québec) : L'Harmattan, 1999 (52-Langres-Saint-Geosmes : Impr. D. Guéniot)
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99, 14 [i.e. 15] pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 30 cm
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Darmstadt : Verlag Das Beispiel, [1956]
Darmstadt : Verlag Das Beispiel, [1956]
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Wohnungen nahe der Grossstadt : Erfahrungen und Ergebnisse bei den Versuchs- und Vergleichsbauten Fellbach-Schorndorf.
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Wohnungen nahe der Grossstadt : Erfahrungen und Ergebnisse bei den Versuchs- und Vergleichsbauten Fellbach-Schorndorf.
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99, 14 [i.e. 15] pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 30 cm
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Darmstadt : Verlag Das Beispiel, [1956]
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43 pages : illustrations ; 14 x 22 cm
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London : Bedford College, 1981.
London : Bedford College, 1981.
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The Regent's Park villas / Ann Saunders ; [engravings : Thomas Hosmer Shepherd].
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43 pages : illustrations ; 14 x 22 cm
The Regent's Park villas / Ann Saunders ; [engravings : Thomas Hosmer Shepherd].
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43 pages : illustrations ; 14 x 22 cm
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London : Bedford College, 1981.
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25 leaves ; 30 cm
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Glasgow : Planning Exchange, 1983.
Glasgow : Planning Exchange, 1983.
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Modernisation of non-traditional housing of the 1944-55 period / the Planning Exchange.
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Modernisation of non-traditional housing of the 1944-55 period / the Planning Exchange.
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Glasgow : Planning Exchange, 1983.
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191 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1986.
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1986.
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Geomorphic architecture / Edmund Burger.
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191 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Geomorphic architecture / Edmund Burger.
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New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1986.
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171 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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171 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Beijing : China Intercontinental Press, 2009.
Beijing : China Intercontinental Press, 2009.
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Chinese house / Popcorn ; translated by Liu Jun ; zhuan wen Li Risong.
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171 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Chinese house / Popcorn ; translated by Liu Jun ; zhuan wen Li Risong.
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Beijing : China Intercontinental Press, 2009.
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58 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm
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58 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm
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Wien : Verlagsbuchhandlung Emmerich Becsei, [1932]
Wien : Verlagsbuchhandlung Emmerich Becsei, [1932]
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Wachsende Häuser : achtzehn Projekte / L. W. Rochowanski, mit Beiträgen von Eduard Heinl [and 27 others].
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58 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm
Wachsende Häuser : achtzehn Projekte / L. W. Rochowanski, mit Beiträgen von Eduard Heinl [and 27 others].
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Wien : Verlagsbuchhandlung Emmerich Becsei, [1932]
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147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Milano : F. Angeli, 1986.
Milano : F. Angeli, 1986.
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Una casa di abitazione / a cura di Gian Domenico Salotti.
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147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Una casa di abitazione / a cura di Gian Domenico Salotti.
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Milano : F. Angeli, 1986.
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371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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V Brně : Nakl. Blok, 1981.
V Brně : Nakl. Blok, 1981.
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Lidová stavební kultura v Československých Karpatech a přilehlých územích / [k vydání připravil Václav Frolec].
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Lidová stavební kultura v Československých Karpatech a přilehlých územích / [k vydání připravil Václav Frolec].
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V Brně : Nakl. Blok, 1981.
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