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Cary, NC : Oxford University Press, ©1999-
journals and magazines
Cary, NC : Oxford University Press, ©1999-
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Climate change and environmental pollution, rising energy prices and dwindling resources pose major challenges for the world of construction today. If sustainability is to become a global reality, it must also be designed and expressed with trend-setting aesthetics: The carefully selected sample projects of contemporary architecture show how this can be implemented in(...)
Sustainable buildings: Environmental awareness in architecture
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Climate change and environmental pollution, rising energy prices and dwindling resources pose major challenges for the world of construction today. If sustainability is to become a global reality, it must also be designed and expressed with trend-setting aesthetics: The carefully selected sample projects of contemporary architecture show how this can be implemented in compelling ways.
Green Architecture
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Though stylistically distinct, the architects Solano Benítez (born 1963) and Javier Coravalán (born 1962) are brought together by the cultural context of their mutual homeland, Paraguay. In this publication they demonstrate that, given its natural resources and local economy, Paraguay is ready to project its next phase of development without repeating the failures of(...)
Paraguay : Abu & Font House, Surubi house
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Though stylistically distinct, the architects Solano Benítez (born 1963) and Javier Coravalán (born 1962) are brought together by the cultural context of their mutual homeland, Paraguay. In this publication they demonstrate that, given its natural resources and local economy, Paraguay is ready to project its next phase of development without repeating the failures of modernism's ideals of progress.
Architecture Monographs
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In City Choreographer, urban designer and historian Alison Bick Hirsch explains and interprets this creative process, called the RSVP Cycles, referring to the four components: resources, score, valuation, and performance. With access to a vast archive of drawings and documents, Hirsch provides the first close-up look at how Halprin changed our ideas about urban landscapes
City choreographer: Lawrence Halprin in urban renewal America
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In City Choreographer, urban designer and historian Alison Bick Hirsch explains and interprets this creative process, called the RSVP Cycles, referring to the four components: resources, score, valuation, and performance. With access to a vast archive of drawings and documents, Hirsch provides the first close-up look at how Halprin changed our ideas about urban landscapes
Landscape Architecture, Monographs
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xxxi, 592 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1995.
Classic readings in urban planning : an introduction / edited by Jay M. Stein.
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xxxi, 592 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1995.
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25 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
[Ottawa] : Le Comité, ©1997.
La main-d'oeuvre de l'avenir : les compétences nécessaires au milieu des musées canadiens / Comité de planification des ressources humaines des musées canadiens.
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25 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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[Ottawa] : Le Comité, ©1997.
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vi, 327 pages : black and white illustrations, black and white maps, black and white plans ; 27 cm.
Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2003], ©2003
Landscape design and the experience of motion / edited by Michel Conan.
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vi, 327 pages : black and white illustrations, black and white maps, black and white plans ; 27 cm.
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Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2003], ©2003
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108 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
[Ottawa] : Énergie, mines et ressources Canada, 1976.
Emprisonnons la chaleur : comment refaire l'isolation thermique de votre maison pour économiser énergie et argent / rédigé et publié par Énergie, Mines et Ressources Canada, Bureau de la conservation et des énergies renouvelables.
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[Ottawa] : Énergie, mines et ressources Canada, 1976.
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'Soft City' is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relationships, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life. How do we move from the current reality in most cites — separated uses and lengthy commutes in single-occupancy vehicles that drain human, environmental, and community resources — to(...)
Soft city: building density for everyday life
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'Soft City' is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relationships, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life. How do we move from the current reality in most cites — separated uses and lengthy commutes in single-occupancy vehicles that drain human, environmental, and community resources — to support a soft city approach?
Grey room 30
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Grey Room issue number 30 features articles such as "Darkened Rooms: A Genealogy of Avant-Garde Filmstrips from Man Ray to the London Film-Makers' Co-op and Back Again" by Noam M. Elcott; "Human Resources: June 1968, Hair, and the Beginning of Yugoslavia's End" by Branislav Jakovljevic; "All Systems Go: Recovering Hans Haacke's Systems Art" by Luke Skrebowski, and more.
Grey room 30
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Grey Room issue number 30 features articles such as "Darkened Rooms: A Genealogy of Avant-Garde Filmstrips from Man Ray to the London Film-Makers' Co-op and Back Again" by Noam M. Elcott; "Human Resources: June 1968, Hair, and the Beginning of Yugoslavia's End" by Branislav Jakovljevic; "All Systems Go: Recovering Hans Haacke's Systems Art" by Luke Skrebowski, and more.
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