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MVVA Brooklyn Bridge Park
MVVA Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Reclaimed from 1.3 miles of New York’s postindustrial waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge Park is a place for escape, recreation, and immersion in the natural world. Transforming parking lots and crumbling piers into a living ecosystem, the project is an exemplar of climate resilience, fiscal innovation, and joyful public space. This book examines MVVA’s process of designing a(...)
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Reclaimed from 1.3 miles of New York’s postindustrial waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge Park is a place for escape, recreation, and immersion in the natural world. Transforming parking lots and crumbling piers into a living ecosystem, the project is an exemplar of climate resilience, fiscal innovation, and joyful public space. This book examines MVVA’s process of designing a(...)
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Landscape Architecture, Monographs
Landscape Architecture, Monographs
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February 2024
February 2024
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MVVA Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Reclaimed from 1.3 miles of New York’s postindustrial waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge Park is a place for escape, recreation, and immersion in the natural world. Transforming parking lots and crumbling piers into a living ecosystem, the project is an exemplar of climate resilience, fiscal innovation, and joyful public space. This book examines MVVA’s process of designing a park that went from a remote possibility to an essential part of the city around it.
MVVA Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Reclaimed from 1.3 miles of New York’s postindustrial waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge Park is a place for escape, recreation, and immersion in the natural world. Transforming parking lots and crumbling piers into a living ecosystem, the project is an exemplar of climate resilience, fiscal innovation, and joyful public space. This book examines MVVA’s process of designing a park that went from a remote possibility to an essential part of the city around it.
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February 2024
February 2024
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Landscape Architecture, Monographs
Landscape Architecture, Monographs
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Clouds: nature and culture
Clouds: nature and culture
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Richard Hamblyn explores the notable presence of clouds in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change. The book covers the history, science and art of clouds, including the controversial history of cloud modification. All the major cloud types are discussed and illustrated,(...)
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Richard Hamblyn explores the notable presence of clouds in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change. The book covers the history, science and art of clouds, including the controversial history of cloud modification. All the major cloud types are discussed and illustrated,(...)
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Clouds: nature and culture
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Richard Hamblyn explores the notable presence of clouds in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change. The book covers the history, science and art of clouds, including the controversial history of cloud modification. All the major cloud types are discussed and illustrated, including clouds on other planets, as well as the increasing number of man-made clouds that fill our changeable skies.
Clouds: nature and culture
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Richard Hamblyn explores the notable presence of clouds in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change. The book covers the history, science and art of clouds, including the controversial history of cloud modification. All the major cloud types are discussed and illustrated, including clouds on other planets, as well as the increasing number of man-made clouds that fill our changeable skies.
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July 2017
July 2017
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Landscape Theory
Landscape Theory
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How do we want to live together? How can citizens directly participate in city politics? How can we shape cities so that they are livable? The world’s cities are changing rapidly as a result of both climate change and globalization, making these questions more relevant than ever. Against this background of global transformation, ''City Linkage'' explores the particular(...)
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How do we want to live together? How can citizens directly participate in city politics? How can we shape cities so that they are livable? The world’s cities are changing rapidly as a result of both climate change and globalization, making these questions more relevant than ever. Against this background of global transformation, ''City Linkage'' explores the particular(...)
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City linkage: art and culture fostering urban futures
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How do we want to live together? How can citizens directly participate in city politics? How can we shape cities so that they are livable? The world’s cities are changing rapidly as a result of both climate change and globalization, making these questions more relevant than ever. Against this background of global transformation, ''City Linkage'' explores the particular importance of artist-run spaces and self-organized cultural projects for the development of cities.
City linkage: art and culture fostering urban futures
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How do we want to live together? How can citizens directly participate in city politics? How can we shape cities so that they are livable? The world’s cities are changing rapidly as a result of both climate change and globalization, making these questions more relevant than ever. Against this background of global transformation, ''City Linkage'' explores the particular importance of artist-run spaces and self-organized cultural projects for the development of cities.
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August 2016
August 2016
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in "Thinking the contemporary landscape" argue for an all-encompassing view of landscape that integrates the scientific, intellectual, aesthetic, and mythic into a new multidisciplinary understanding of(...)
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Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in "Thinking the contemporary landscape" argue for an all-encompassing view of landscape that integrates the scientific, intellectual, aesthetic, and mythic into a new multidisciplinary understanding of(...)
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Thinking the contemporary landscape
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Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in "Thinking the contemporary landscape" argue for an all-encompassing view of landscape that integrates the scientific, intellectual, aesthetic, and mythic into a new multidisciplinary understanding of the contemporary landscape. A must-read for anyone concerned about the changing nature of our landscape in a time of climate crisis.
Thinking the contemporary landscape
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Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in "Thinking the contemporary landscape" argue for an all-encompassing view of landscape that integrates the scientific, intellectual, aesthetic, and mythic into a new multidisciplinary understanding of the contemporary landscape. A must-read for anyone concerned about the changing nature of our landscape in a time of climate crisis.
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books
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October 2016
October 2016
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Landscape Theory
Landscape Theory
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Much has been written about Millennials, but until now their growing presence in the field of architecture has not been examined in-depth. In an era of significant challenges stemming from explosive population growth, climate change, and the density of cities, ''Millennials in Architecture'' embraces the digitally savvy disruptors who are joining the field at a crucial(...)
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Much has been written about Millennials, but until now their growing presence in the field of architecture has not been examined in-depth. In an era of significant challenges stemming from explosive population growth, climate change, and the density of cities, ''Millennials in Architecture'' embraces the digitally savvy disruptors who are joining the field at a crucial(...)
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Millenials in architecture: generations, disruption and the legacy of a profession
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Much has been written about Millennials, but until now their growing presence in the field of architecture has not been examined in-depth. In an era of significant challenges stemming from explosive population growth, climate change, and the density of cities, ''Millennials in Architecture'' embraces the digitally savvy disruptors who are joining the field at a crucial time, as it grapples with the best ways to respond to a changing physical world.
Millenials in architecture: generations, disruption and the legacy of a profession
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Much has been written about Millennials, but until now their growing presence in the field of architecture has not been examined in-depth. In an era of significant challenges stemming from explosive population growth, climate change, and the density of cities, ''Millennials in Architecture'' embraces the digitally savvy disruptors who are joining the field at a crucial time, as it grapples with the best ways to respond to a changing physical world.
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June 2019
June 2019
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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Pioneering feats of industrialization and electrification, the around 200 retaining walls, weirs, and dams in the Swiss Alps are to this day among the most important built monuments of the country's economic success. Photographer Simon Walther has been captivated by their magic: fascinated by the interaction between nature and technology in the harsh conditions of the(...)
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Pioneering feats of industrialization and electrification, the around 200 retaining walls, weirs, and dams in the Swiss Alps are to this day among the most important built monuments of the country's economic success. Photographer Simon Walther has been captivated by their magic: fascinated by the interaction between nature and technology in the harsh conditions of the(...)
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Simon Walther: StauWerke, monuments of power
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Pioneering feats of industrialization and electrification, the around 200 retaining walls, weirs, and dams in the Swiss Alps are to this day among the most important built monuments of the country's economic success. Photographer Simon Walther has been captivated by their magic: fascinated by the interaction between nature and technology in the harsh conditions of the alpine climate, he presents the energy and power inherent in every flood barrier in all four seasons.
Simon Walther: StauWerke, monuments of power
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Pioneering feats of industrialization and electrification, the around 200 retaining walls, weirs, and dams in the Swiss Alps are to this day among the most important built monuments of the country's economic success. Photographer Simon Walther has been captivated by their magic: fascinated by the interaction between nature and technology in the harsh conditions of the alpine climate, he presents the energy and power inherent in every flood barrier in all four seasons.
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books
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January 2020
January 2020
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Photography monographs
Photography monographs
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This publication explores life in the age of climate change through a series of infrastructural puzzles - sites at which it has become impossible to disentangle the natural from the built environment. With topics ranging from breakwaters built of oysters, underground rivers made by leaky pipes, and architecture gone weedy to neighborhoods partially submerged by rising(...)
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This publication explores life in the age of climate change through a series of infrastructural puzzles - sites at which it has become impossible to disentangle the natural from the built environment. With topics ranging from breakwaters built of oysters, underground rivers made by leaky pipes, and architecture gone weedy to neighborhoods partially submerged by rising(...)
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Infrastructure, environment and life in the anthropocene
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This publication explores life in the age of climate change through a series of infrastructural puzzles - sites at which it has become impossible to disentangle the natural from the built environment. With topics ranging from breakwaters built of oysters, underground rivers made by leaky pipes, and architecture gone weedy to neighborhoods partially submerged by rising tides, the contributors explore situations that destabilize the concepts we once relied on to address environmental challenges.
Infrastructure, environment and life in the anthropocene
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This publication explores life in the age of climate change through a series of infrastructural puzzles - sites at which it has become impossible to disentangle the natural from the built environment. With topics ranging from breakwaters built of oysters, underground rivers made by leaky pipes, and architecture gone weedy to neighborhoods partially submerged by rising tides, the contributors explore situations that destabilize the concepts we once relied on to address environmental challenges.
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March 2019
March 2019
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Environment and environmental theory
Environment and environmental theory
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When the Catastrophe occurred, part of humanity took refuge in the Greenhouses. They survived there, locked up for over a century, in the company of selected plants and animals. Outside, the wars exhausted themselves and the climate stabilized: the time came to reclaim the Earth. "Braids" tells the story of an expedition in this now foreign universe, and the reunion of(...)
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When the Catastrophe occurred, part of humanity took refuge in the Greenhouses. They survived there, locked up for over a century, in the company of selected plants and animals. Outside, the wars exhausted themselves and the climate stabilized: the time came to reclaim the Earth. "Braids" tells the story of an expedition in this now foreign universe, and the reunion of(...)
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Braids: memories of the narratocene
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When the Catastrophe occurred, part of humanity took refuge in the Greenhouses. They survived there, locked up for over a century, in the company of selected plants and animals. Outside, the wars exhausted themselves and the climate stabilized: the time came to reclaim the Earth. "Braids" tells the story of an expedition in this now foreign universe, and the reunion of the inhabitants of the Greenhouses with a humanity that has followed a different path.
Braids: memories of the narratocene
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When the Catastrophe occurred, part of humanity took refuge in the Greenhouses. They survived there, locked up for over a century, in the company of selected plants and animals. Outside, the wars exhausted themselves and the climate stabilized: the time came to reclaim the Earth. "Braids" tells the story of an expedition in this now foreign universe, and the reunion of the inhabitants of the Greenhouses with a humanity that has followed a different path.
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October 2019
October 2019
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Literature and poetry
Literature and poetry
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Architects and urban planners have long oscillated between powerlessness and megalomania, seeking to design habitats, civilisations, and even the entire planet. But in the current climate of geopolitical uncertainty, occurring against the backdrop of unprecedented environmental change, design professionals acknowledge once again the vulnerability of their field. This book(...)
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Architects and urban planners have long oscillated between powerlessness and megalomania, seeking to design habitats, civilisations, and even the entire planet. But in the current climate of geopolitical uncertainty, occurring against the backdrop of unprecedented environmental change, design professionals acknowledge once again the vulnerability of their field. This book(...)
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Everyday matters: contemporary approaches to architecture
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Architects and urban planners have long oscillated between powerlessness and megalomania, seeking to design habitats, civilisations, and even the entire planet. But in the current climate of geopolitical uncertainty, occurring against the backdrop of unprecedented environmental change, design professionals acknowledge once again the vulnerability of their field. This book shows how architects have shifted their focus to the realm of the quotidian as they are confronted with the challenges of an uncertain future.
Everyday matters: contemporary approaches to architecture
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Architects and urban planners have long oscillated between powerlessness and megalomania, seeking to design habitats, civilisations, and even the entire planet. But in the current climate of geopolitical uncertainty, occurring against the backdrop of unprecedented environmental change, design professionals acknowledge once again the vulnerability of their field. This book shows how architects have shifted their focus to the realm of the quotidian as they are confronted with the challenges of an uncertain future.
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books
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July 2021
July 2021
Subject:
Contemporary Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
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Imagine 05: energy
Imagine 05: energy
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Energy is everything and we are used to this in the means of energy reduction for our buildings. The reduction in energy used in a climate-efficient building during its lifetime is equal to the energy consumption necessary to produce and install the building. This publication focuses on the embodied energy aspects of building materials, their life cycle and their(...)
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Energy is everything and we are used to this in the means of energy reduction for our buildings. The reduction in energy used in a climate-efficient building during its lifetime is equal to the energy consumption necessary to produce and install the building. This publication focuses on the embodied energy aspects of building materials, their life cycle and their(...)
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Imagine 05: energy
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Energy is everything and we are used to this in the means of energy reduction for our buildings. The reduction in energy used in a climate-efficient building during its lifetime is equal to the energy consumption necessary to produce and install the building. This publication focuses on the embodied energy aspects of building materials, their life cycle and their potentials for reuse as energy or in construction, and presents some far-reaching design ideas.
Imagine 05: energy
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Energy is everything and we are used to this in the means of energy reduction for our buildings. The reduction in energy used in a climate-efficient building during its lifetime is equal to the energy consumption necessary to produce and install the building. This publication focuses on the embodied energy aspects of building materials, their life cycle and their potentials for reuse as energy or in construction, and presents some far-reaching design ideas.
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January 2011
January 2011
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
