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The author describes and analyzes the architecture of the palaces, synagogues, railroad stations, and department stores that architects and developers designed and built in Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, New York, Chicago and other cities. This richly illustrated history begins with the dramatic changes in nineteenth-century society and culture that liberated the first(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
January 2004, Jersey city
The Jewish contribution to modern architecture 1830-1930
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The author describes and analyzes the architecture of the palaces, synagogues, railroad stations, and department stores that architects and developers designed and built in Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Berlin, New York, Chicago and other cities. This richly illustrated history begins with the dramatic changes in nineteenth-century society and culture that liberated the first generation of Jews from the ghettos of Venice, Prague, and Frankfurt. It concludes with the modernism of the 1920s and 1930s. The book combines family history, urban history, and the history of architecture and architects with a history of Jews and Jewish thought.
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Wilhelm Deffke : pioneer of the modern logo / edited by the Bröhan Design Foundation, Berlin ; with essays by Gerda Breuer [and others] ; [translations, Isabel Fargo Cole [and others]].
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Over the past 20 years, Philippe Barthélémy (France) and Sylvia Griño (born in Uruguay) have developed projects that span France, Great Britain, South America and Asia. These encompass many public and private programmes and commercial buildings for the luxury accessories giant Louis Vuitton, incuding a store in Kobe, Japan. In addition to other awards, Barthélémy-Griño(...)
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January 1900, Basel
Barthélémy-Grino architectes : Frameworks / trait pour trait
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Over the past 20 years, Philippe Barthélémy (France) and Sylvia Griño (born in Uruguay) have developed projects that span France, Great Britain, South America and Asia. These encompass many public and private programmes and commercial buildings for the luxury accessories giant Louis Vuitton, incuding a store in Kobe, Japan. In addition to other awards, Barthélémy-Griño architectes won in 2003 second place for Le Moniteur's renowned Equerre d'Argent prize for their sports center in Nanterre, a building distinguished by its innovative wood construction. This book documents in detail the most significant projects from Barthélémy-Griño architectes, organised into four chapters: frames, components, insides and skins.
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This book takes the reader to the current scenes of politics and diplomacy in Berlin and gives a clear guide to addresses and architects. Informative texts present all the important buildings and explain their architecture, their functions and the story of their development. Visit the new ministries, embassies, government buldings and many other official buildings and(...)
Berlin capital city
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This book takes the reader to the current scenes of politics and diplomacy in Berlin and gives a clear guide to addresses and architects. Informative texts present all the important buildings and explain their architecture, their functions and the story of their development. Visit the new ministries, embassies, government buldings and many other official buildings and discover the German capital city of Berlin.
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January 1900, Berlin
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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This publication presents disaster-proof, environmentally friendly housing solutions for a changing climate. The world is changing rapidly. Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other disasters are increasingly destroying homes and lives and displacing large populations of people. This sourcebook of innovative designs—from shipping containers to sandbag homes—provides(...)
Urgent architecture: 40 sustainable housing solutions for a changing world
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This publication presents disaster-proof, environmentally friendly housing solutions for a changing climate. The world is changing rapidly. Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other disasters are increasingly destroying homes and lives and displacing large populations of people. This sourcebook of innovative designs—from shipping containers to sandbag homes—provides prototypes for architects, designers, humanitarian relief organizations, and anyone interested in sustainable, affordable housing.
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Part of "The Technical Review" series, this full-colour book provides core technical reference information for architects and other construction professionals about the sophisticated art of illuminating the interior and exterior of buildings. The Technical Review" series aims to collate in one place unbiased, need-to-know technical information about particular subject(...)
Lighting technical review
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Part of "The Technical Review" series, this full-colour book provides core technical reference information for architects and other construction professionals about the sophisticated art of illuminating the interior and exterior of buildings. The Technical Review" series aims to collate in one place unbiased, need-to-know technical information about particular subject areas, building into a lasting, dependable and attractive desktop reference library.
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Materials and Lighting
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As energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming less of these resources are major objectives of contemporary facade design. Sustainable Facades focuses on the strategies and approaches for designing sustainable,(...)
Sustainable façades: design methods for the high-performance building envelopes
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As energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming less of these resources are major objectives of contemporary facade design. Sustainable Facades focuses on the strategies and approaches for designing sustainable, high-performance building facades, and provides technical guidance for architects and designers.
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Perspecta 52: Ensemble
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This fifty-second issue of Perspecta is a projective art history of ensemble as form and politics. It uses theories of ensemble to propose both alternative extensive stagings of design objects, as well as other resistant assemblies of the corps of architects. 'Ensemble' is posed a lens to theorize object-parts and states of motion at once, together: an architecture of the city.
Perspecta 52: Ensemble
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This fifty-second issue of Perspecta is a projective art history of ensemble as form and politics. It uses theories of ensemble to propose both alternative extensive stagings of design objects, as well as other resistant assemblies of the corps of architects. 'Ensemble' is posed a lens to theorize object-parts and states of motion at once, together: an architecture of the city.
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Architects must be proficient in a variety of business practices to contribute to, manage, or launch a successful firm. They are responsible for the same kind of legal, financial, marketing, management, and administrative activities as any other professional. Within these broad categories, however, there are many details, including professional standards and documents,(...)
March 2008, Hoboken
The Architect's handbook of professional practice,
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Architects must be proficient in a variety of business practices to contribute to, manage, or launch a successful firm. They are responsible for the same kind of legal, financial, marketing, management, and administrative activities as any other professional. Within these broad categories, however, there are many details, including professional standards and documents, that are unique to the profession of architecture.
Sustainable timber design
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This book aims to help redress the balance by presenting the essential design principles involved in the creation of elegant, user-friendly timber buildings that are practical, economic, and thoroughly sustainable. Designed to support specialist study into the benefits of 21st Century timber engineering, this book also offers architects, engineers and other construction(...)
Sustainable timber design
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This book aims to help redress the balance by presenting the essential design principles involved in the creation of elegant, user-friendly timber buildings that are practical, economic, and thoroughly sustainable. Designed to support specialist study into the benefits of 21st Century timber engineering, this book also offers architects, engineers and other construction professionals practical advice on all aspects of modern timber architecture.
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