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The power consumption due to air-conditioning of buildings becomes particularly significant in an urban environment because the temperature of the air of dense urban districts is higher than in the suburbs. This phenomenon, as well as the increase in the standards of living and other factors namely heatwaves, contribute to the growth of the traditionally low demand for(...)
Cooling the cities : Rafraichir les villes
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The power consumption due to air-conditioning of buildings becomes particularly significant in an urban environment because the temperature of the air of dense urban districts is higher than in the suburbs. This phenomenon, as well as the increase in the standards of living and other factors namely heatwaves, contribute to the growth of the traditionally low demand for artificial air-conditioning in Europe. Case studies make it possible to measure the heat island effect (the accumulation of heat in cities), to characterize the additional electricity consumption of the buildings in an urban environment, and to give an overall picture of the practices, techniques and materials which can help to cool the cities. Priority is given to the practices which avoid the need for artificial air-conditioning by taking into account the environment, the use of vegetation and " cool " materials for the construction of pavements and buildings. For the remaining needs for air-conditioning, the present systems of air-conditioning can also become more energy efficient. Case studies conducted in Seville made it possible to measure the dispersion of the needs for air-conditioning around their average value for the various zones of the city. One of the case studies evaluates the benefit associated with the systematic plantation of trees and other plants in Athens. Another case study relates to Paris and estimates the importance of centralized solutions for air-conditioning in an urban environment. This book results from a study launched by the European Commission and is written by authors from three European countries very concerned by heatwaves and their effects downtown : Greece (Athens), Spain (Seville) and France (Paris). All of them are professors or researchers in very high level laboratories (Group Building Environmental Studies in Athens University, Energy Laboratory in Ecole des Mines de Paris and in Seville University).
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The mannerist phase in architecture : on early style, with an unpublished text by Paolo Portoghesi / Lina Malfona.
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This volume includes over 2000 photographic images, drawings and evocative text about building facades. It covers their history from Egypt through the Modern Movement and catalogs them with cross-references. It also features case studies of the preservation, restoration, and adaptive reuse of building facades today.
October 1996, New York
Building facades : faces, figures, and ornamental detail
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This volume includes over 2000 photographic images, drawings and evocative text about building facades. It covers their history from Egypt through the Modern Movement and catalogs them with cross-references. It also features case studies of the preservation, restoration, and adaptive reuse of building facades today.
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'Spaces of Culture' documents new construction and redevelopment of cultural buildings in Amsterdam between 2000 and 2016. The book presents case studies that illustrate how the exchange between urban planners, developers and architectural researchers can help the cultural sector to address the changing needs of the public.
Spaces of culture: new cultural venues in Amsterdam: research and strategies
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'Spaces of Culture' documents new construction and redevelopment of cultural buildings in Amsterdam between 2000 and 2016. The book presents case studies that illustrate how the exchange between urban planners, developers and architectural researchers can help the cultural sector to address the changing needs of the public.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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Sun City is a luxury entertainment bubble filled with palatial hotels and casinos. This volume reconstructs Sun City as a mythic oasis of late capitalism and a wholly artificial time-space, through oral histories, essays and visual case studies, salvaging its entertainment culture and its aspirations.
August 2010
Sun tropes: Sun City and (post-)apartheid culture in South Africa
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Sun City is a luxury entertainment bubble filled with palatial hotels and casinos. This volume reconstructs Sun City as a mythic oasis of late capitalism and a wholly artificial time-space, through oral histories, essays and visual case studies, salvaging its entertainment culture and its aspirations.
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Written by leading experts in timber architecture and engineering, Timber in contemporary architecture investigates materials, connections, applications, and celebrates innovation. Excellence in timber design is demonstrated in the last section of the book which is devoted to eighteen highly illustrated case studies, some award-winning, some groundbreaking.
Timber Construction
October 2009
Timber in contemporary architecture, a designer's guide
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Written by leading experts in timber architecture and engineering, Timber in contemporary architecture investigates materials, connections, applications, and celebrates innovation. Excellence in timber design is demonstrated in the last section of the book which is devoted to eighteen highly illustrated case studies, some award-winning, some groundbreaking.
Timber Construction
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This book comprises a series of 22 case studies by experts and new scholars in the field of architecture competition research. It constitutes a comprehensive survey of the dynamics behind the definition, organizing, judging, archiving and publishing of architectural, landscape and urban design competitions in the world.
Architecture competitions and the production of culture, quality and knowledge
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This book comprises a series of 22 case studies by experts and new scholars in the field of architecture competition research. It constitutes a comprehensive survey of the dynamics behind the definition, organizing, judging, archiving and publishing of architectural, landscape and urban design competitions in the world.
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This book features a detailed analysis of over 40 container projects, each with their own prominent features. These are presented alongside landscape plans, technical drawings and text explanations. In addition to the case studies, design guidelines are supplied alongside information regarding the relevant construction standards for container buildings.
Moveable architecture: a design guide to container reuse
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This book features a detailed analysis of over 40 container projects, each with their own prominent features. These are presented alongside landscape plans, technical drawings and text explanations. In addition to the case studies, design guidelines are supplied alongside information regarding the relevant construction standards for container buildings.
Experimentale architecture
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This book explores the planning, technical, financial, health-based and social background for developing multi-generational homes and co-living. Abundantly illustrated with case studies and plans from projects across the UK and abroad, this book informs and inspires the delivery of alternative approaches to affordable and flexible housing.
Radical housing: designing multi-generational and co-living housing for all
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This book explores the planning, technical, financial, health-based and social background for developing multi-generational homes and co-living. Abundantly illustrated with case studies and plans from projects across the UK and abroad, this book informs and inspires the delivery of alternative approaches to affordable and flexible housing.
Collective Housing