AA Files 80
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AA Files is the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture’s journal of record, currently edited by Maria Shéhérazade Giudici. This issue features eleven contributions that put forward different approaches to architectural research, examining issues from land speculation and class construction to future forms of domesticities and reflections on uprootedness.(...)
AA Files 80
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AA Files is the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture’s journal of record, currently edited by Maria Shéhérazade Giudici. This issue features eleven contributions that put forward different approaches to architectural research, examining issues from land speculation and class construction to future forms of domesticities and reflections on uprootedness. Throughout, AA Files 80 seeks to unearth past moments of architectural agency to demonstrate that even in times of social and environmental crisis, new spatial imaginaries are possible.
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Since December 2001, Vienna's historical center has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site—an honor that testifies to the urban and architectural quality of the city. Manfred Wehdorn, one of Vienna's most noted preservationists, lucidly documents and defines the term "World Heritage Site." He portrays the architectural and cultural traditions of the city, and draws attention(...)
Vienna, the historical centre : UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Since December 2001, Vienna's historical center has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site—an honor that testifies to the urban and architectural quality of the city. Manfred Wehdorn, one of Vienna's most noted preservationists, lucidly documents and defines the term "World Heritage Site." He portrays the architectural and cultural traditions of the city, and draws attention to the obligations involved in being declared such a site. Wehdorn also describes Vienna's innovative urban plans for the future.
History until 1900
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This book is a discussion of a fundamental conflict in the perception of nature in the city, an expression of the essential need for a view that is grounded in natural processes that will inform the theory and practice of urban design at the scale of the city and its urban region. It is, therefore, a search for a sustainable urban future. This new edition has been(...)
Cities and natural process : a basis for sustainability, second edition
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This book is a discussion of a fundamental conflict in the perception of nature in the city, an expression of the essential need for a view that is grounded in natural processes that will inform the theory and practice of urban design at the scale of the city and its urban region. It is, therefore, a search for a sustainable urban future. This new edition has been extensively revised to take account of recent theoretical and practical developments.
Urban Theory
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Networkologies is the first text to develop an entire new philosophy based upon networks. While many contemporary texts on networks have presented critiques or analyses of network formations in our world, this book is the first to develop an entirely new worldview based on the structure of networks themselves. From global capitalism to artificial minds, evolutionary(...)
Networkologies: a philosophy of networks for a hyperconnected age, a manifesto
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Networkologies is the first text to develop an entire new philosophy based upon networks. While many contemporary texts on networks have presented critiques or analyses of network formations in our world, this book is the first to develop an entirely new worldview based on the structure of networks themselves. From global capitalism to artificial minds, evolutionary biology to quantum physics, networks are our future. Networkologies presents us with a new image of thought for our hyperconnected age.
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Parfaites Imperfections
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Soyons honnêtes, nous avons tous connu des échecs. Peut-être pas de gros échecs, mais nous nous sommes tous déjà plantés. Si l'on en croit la sagesse populaire, l'échec, qu'il s'agisse d'une petite bévue, d'un fiasco total ou d'un ratage situé dans l'entre-deux, est de mauvais augure. S'il y a erreur, rien de bon ne peut en sortir. Et si les erreurs qui mènent à l'échec(...)
Parfaites Imperfections
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Soyons honnêtes, nous avons tous connu des échecs. Peut-être pas de gros échecs, mais nous nous sommes tous déjà plantés. Si l'on en croit la sagesse populaire, l'échec, qu'il s'agisse d'une petite bévue, d'un fiasco total ou d'un ratage situé dans l'entre-deux, est de mauvais augure. S'il y a erreur, rien de bon ne peut en sortir. Et si les erreurs qui mènent à l'échec étaient les prémices d'une réussite future ? Ce livre parle du courage d'échouer.
Design Theory
A sustainist lexicon
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Words are our first tools for making sense of the world. 'A Sustainist Lexicon' presents seven words for a changing time. In this timely exploration of our cities, heritage, civic initiatives, urbanism and the future, Michiel Schwarz, co- creator of the Sustainism manifesto, charts how a new ethos and praxis is emerging in the ‘design’ of our living environment. This(...)
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A sustainist lexicon
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Words are our first tools for making sense of the world. 'A Sustainist Lexicon' presents seven words for a changing time. In this timely exploration of our cities, heritage, civic initiatives, urbanism and the future, Michiel Schwarz, co- creator of the Sustainism manifesto, charts how a new ethos and praxis is emerging in the ‘design’ of our living environment. This concise lexicon explores the changing cultural landscape through seven entries: Placemaking, Connectedness, Local, Commons, Circularity, Proportionality, and Co-Design.
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In this 'Very Short Introduction' Andrew Dobson offers a lively and comprehensive commentary on the many facets of environmental politics today. Looking towards the future, he asks whether environmental politics will be comfortably accommodated by mainstream politics, or whether the advent of the Anthropocene - a whole new geological epoch driven by human impact on the(...)
Environmental politics: a very short introduction
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In this 'Very Short Introduction' Andrew Dobson offers a lively and comprehensive commentary on the many facets of environmental politics today. Looking towards the future, he asks whether environmental politics will be comfortably accommodated by mainstream politics, or whether the advent of the Anthropocene - a whole new geological epoch driven by human impact on the environment - will herald a break with the politics of growth that has dominated social life since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
Environment and environmental theory
City (un)archived
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How do personal archives link public and private space, the individual and the collective? Do they contribute to a critical discussion of the future? ''City [un]archived'' is a project book of photographs, maps and writings assembled by artist collective Tibilisi InSights. Using the disputed borders and fractured identity and people of Tibilisi, Georgia, as their(...)
City (un)archived
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How do personal archives link public and private space, the individual and the collective? Do they contribute to a critical discussion of the future? ''City [un]archived'' is a project book of photographs, maps and writings assembled by artist collective Tibilisi InSights. Using the disputed borders and fractured identity and people of Tibilisi, Georgia, as their laboratory, the collective opens up the larger global discussion on the role of geography and systematization in shaping present-day city living.
Urban Theory
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This book is a giid introduction to art history, from the earliest cave paintings to art of the twentieth century, a masterpiece of clarity and personal insight. This classic book is currently in its 16th edition and has been translated into more than 30 languages, and published in numerous formats and editions. Now, for the first time, this Luxury Edition is the ultimate(...)
The story of art, luxury edition
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This book is a giid introduction to art history, from the earliest cave paintings to art of the twentieth century, a masterpiece of clarity and personal insight. This classic book is currently in its 16th edition and has been translated into more than 30 languages, and published in numerous formats and editions. Now, for the first time, this Luxury Edition is the ultimate gift purchase for all art lovers – a perfect keepsake to treasure, and to inspire future generations.
Art Theory
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Planning Canadian Communities is the only book that provides a comprehensive view of the needs, origins, contemporary practices, and future challenges involved in planning Canadian communities. With this updated fifth edition, Planning Canadian Communities begins its 21st year of community planning analysis in the cities, towns, and regions of Canada. This books, the most(...)
Architecture in Canada
March 2007, Toronto
Planning Canadian communities
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Planning Canadian Communities is the only book that provides a comprehensive view of the needs, origins, contemporary practices, and future challenges involved in planning Canadian communities. With this updated fifth edition, Planning Canadian Communities begins its 21st year of community planning analysis in the cities, towns, and regions of Canada. This books, the most widely used planning text in Canada since 1986, tells how community planning started in Canada, how it works today, and who participates in it.
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March 2007, Toronto
Architecture in Canada