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Diagrids owe their ensuing popularity not only to their stunning aesthetic value, but also to their very tangible benefits: a massive saving of material, a significant gain in open, usable floor area, and increased flexibility. The book looks at contemporary diagrid buildings such as Capital Gate (Abu Dhabi), Guangzhou IFC (China), Bow Encana (Calgary), CCTV (China) and(...)
Diagrid structures: systems, connection, details
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Diagrids owe their ensuing popularity not only to their stunning aesthetic value, but also to their very tangible benefits: a massive saving of material, a significant gain in open, usable floor area, and increased flexibility. The book looks at contemporary diagrid buildings such as Capital Gate (Abu Dhabi), Guangzhou IFC (China), Bow Encana (Calgary), CCTV (China) and the Doha Tower (Qatar) to establish an understanding of the methodology of the design of this innovative type.
Engineering Structures
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viii, 126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Swindon : Historic England, 2016.
The English landscape garden in Europe / Michael Symes.
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Berlin transfer : open living structures (to be completed by the user) / Rainer Hehl & Ludwig Engel.
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1 volume (235 unumbered pages) : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm
Berlin : Ruby Press, [2016], ©2016
Berlin transfer : open living structures (to be completed by the user) / Rainer Hehl & Ludwig Engel.
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1 online resource (21 pages).
München : Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2012.
The exorcist and the machines = Der Exorzist und die Maschinen : 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 044).
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Each chapter within the text's chronological organization focuses on three unique architectural cultures, giving instructors the flexibility to choose which traditions are the most relevant to their courses. The text also provides students with numerous pedagogical tools, including timelines, comparative maps, a glossary, and text boxes devoted to social factors and(...)
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World architecture: a cross-cultural history
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Each chapter within the text's chronological organization focuses on three unique architectural cultures, giving instructors the flexibility to choose which traditions are the most relevant to their courses. The text also provides students with numerous pedagogical tools, including timelines, comparative maps, a glossary, and text boxes devoted to social factors and specific issues in technology and philosophy. The result is a compendious method for understanding and appreciating the history, cultural significance, beauty, and diversity of architecture from around the world.
Supports: housing and city
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Architect John Habraken visited the School of Architecture in Barcelona (ETSAB-UPC) in April 2008 and directed a workshop as part of the Master's program Laboratorio de la vivienda del siglo XXI. He was assisted by the Puerto Rican architect Andres Mignucci. For the fourth edition of the Master, Habraken's visit constitutes a milestone. The key concepts put forward by the(...)
Supports: housing and city
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Architect John Habraken visited the School of Architecture in Barcelona (ETSAB-UPC) in April 2008 and directed a workshop as part of the Master's program Laboratorio de la vivienda del siglo XXI. He was assisted by the Puerto Rican architect Andres Mignucci. For the fourth edition of the Master, Habraken's visit constitutes a milestone. The key concepts put forward by the Laboratorio coincide with Supports theory: flexibility in mass housing, user participation, and appropriate use of technologies as applied to construction.
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Dubai detox : an alternative urbanism of climate, culture and place / by Peter Michael James.
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Dubai detox : an alternative urbanism of climate, culture and place / by Peter Michael James.
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viii, 293 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026., ©2026
Alvar Aalto and urban design / Robert Cody and Angela Amoia.
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viii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Unbuilding cities : obduracy in urban socio-technical change / Anique Hommels.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
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319 pages : illustrations (colour), plans (some color) ; 28 cm
Hong Kong : Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited, [2021], ©2021
Bamboo architecture : Vo Trong Nghia & the work of VTN Architects / preface by VTN Architects ; introduction by Masaaki Iwamoto ; interview by Vladimir Belgolovsky ; edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda.
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