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Fire and memory : on architecture and energy / Luis Fernández-Galiano ; translated by Gina Cariño.
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xiii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Fire and memory : on architecture and energy / Luis Fernández-Galiano ; translated by Gina Cariño.
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xiii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
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237 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans ; 23 cm
Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2017], ©2017
Botanical drift : protagonists of the invasive herbarium / edited by Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll ; chapters by Germaine Greer [and twenty-five others].
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Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2017], ©2017
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Environmentalism and social sciences appear to be in a period of disorientation and perhaps transition. In this innovative collection, leading international thinkers explore the notion that one explanation for the current malaise of the “politics of ecology” is that we increasingly find ourselves negotiating “technonatural” space/times. International contributors map the(...)
Technonature: environments, technologies, spaces and places in the twenty-first century
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Environmentalism and social sciences appear to be in a period of disorientation and perhaps transition. In this innovative collection, leading international thinkers explore the notion that one explanation for the current malaise of the “politics of ecology” is that we increasingly find ourselves negotiating “technonatural” space/times. International contributors map the political ecologies of our technonatural present and indicate possible paths for technonatural futures.
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Rust. Object Lessons series
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It's happening all the time, all around us. We cover it up. We ignore it. « Rust » takes on the many meanings of this oxidized substance, showing how technology bleeds into biology and ecology. Jean-Michel Rabate´ combines art, science, and autobiography to share his fascination with peeling paints and rusty metal sheets. Rust, he concludes, is a place where things(...)
Architectural Theory
August 2018
Rust. Object Lessons series
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It's happening all the time, all around us. We cover it up. We ignore it. « Rust » takes on the many meanings of this oxidized substance, showing how technology bleeds into biology and ecology. Jean-Michel Rabate´ combines art, science, and autobiography to share his fascination with peeling paints and rusty metal sheets. Rust, he concludes, is a place where things living, built, and remembered commingle.
Architectural Theory
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Are you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don’t recognize it? This is the field guide for you! FLATTENED FAUNA fills an important gap in our natural history knowledge and fosters a heightened respect for the ecology(...)
Flattened Fauna: A field guide to common animals of roads, streets, and highways
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Are you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don’t recognize it? This is the field guide for you! FLATTENED FAUNA fills an important gap in our natural history knowledge and fosters a heightened respect for the ecology of the paved environment.
Signage
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This publication is reconstructing, in words and images, the wild island that millions of New Yorkers now call home. By geographically matching an 18th-century map of Manhattan's landscape to the modern cityscape, combing through historical and archaeological records, and applying modern principles of ecology and computer modeling, Sanderson is able to re-create the(...)
Architectural Plans and Cartography
May 2009, New York
Mannahatta : a natural history of New York City
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This publication is reconstructing, in words and images, the wild island that millions of New Yorkers now call home. By geographically matching an 18th-century map of Manhattan's landscape to the modern cityscape, combing through historical and archaeological records, and applying modern principles of ecology and computer modeling, Sanderson is able to re-create the forests of Times Square, the meadows of Harlem, and the wetlands of downtown.
Architectural Plans and Cartography
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This volume tells the stories of the designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists, who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes - Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology - Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the(...)
Design emergency: Building a better future
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This volume tells the stories of the designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists, who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes - Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology - Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.
Design Theory
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169 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
New York : EVolo, 2009.
Housing for the 21st century : eVolo Housing Competition : new housing worldwide : Asymptote Architecture, Herzog & De Meuron, Steven Holl Architects, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Bjarke Ingels Group, Alejandro Aravena / [editor-in-chief/creative director : Carlo Aiello].
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New York : EVolo, 2009.
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188 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser Verlag GmbH, [2023], ©2023
Bioprotopia : designing the built environment with living organisms / edited by Ruth Morrow, Ben Bridgens, Louise Mackenzie.
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Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser Verlag GmbH, [2023], ©2023
Study for a garden
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Abbas Akhavan's exhibition, ''Study for a garden,'' ran from 30 April to 9 October 2022 at the Mount Stuart in Scotland, with installations in the Crypt and across the garden and grounds. Through his work Abbas Akhavan addresses social, economic and political concerns through the lens of ecology, animal and plant life. The site specific works use natural and ancient(...)
Study for a garden
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Abbas Akhavan's exhibition, ''Study for a garden,'' ran from 30 April to 9 October 2022 at the Mount Stuart in Scotland, with installations in the Crypt and across the garden and grounds. Through his work Abbas Akhavan addresses social, economic and political concerns through the lens of ecology, animal and plant life. The site specific works use natural and ancient materials from the island, interrogating the history of Mount Stuart and its landscape.
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