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Canada Innnovates: Sustainable Buildings is the result of a research project conducted by the School of Design at George Brown College in Toronto. It includes essays on the history of sustainable design and its future directions by architects, constructors and practitioners involved in the contruction of sustainable buildings. Over 50 projects are featured in detail from(...)
Canada Innovates: sustainable building
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Canada Innnovates: Sustainable Buildings is the result of a research project conducted by the School of Design at George Brown College in Toronto. It includes essays on the history of sustainable design and its future directions by architects, constructors and practitioners involved in the contruction of sustainable buildings. Over 50 projects are featured in detail from across Canada including institutional, residential, commercial, community planning and educational buildings. The book also contains extensive resources on sustainable design and building.
Architecture in Canada
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Arriving at a time in which architects and urbanists tackle important issues while their reports fail to attract a wider audience, this premier issue of Beyond offers a fresh and experimental take on various destinations and urban scenarios of the near future. Written contributions from, among others, Bruce Sterling, Lara Schrijver, Gilles Delalex, Aaron Betsky,(...)
Beyond no. 1: scenarious and speculations
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Arriving at a time in which architects and urbanists tackle important issues while their reports fail to attract a wider audience, this premier issue of Beyond offers a fresh and experimental take on various destinations and urban scenarios of the near future. Written contributions from, among others, Bruce Sterling, Lara Schrijver, Gilles Delalex, Aaron Betsky, Superstudio and Michelle Provoost (Crimson) examine current concerns such as: urban conflict, social interaction, ecological resources, mobility and tourism and, the evolution of cities.
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1 online resource
Atascadero, Calif. : Ridgeview Pub. Co., 1991-
journals and magazines
Atascadero, Calif. : Ridgeview Pub. Co., 1991-
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17 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Ottawa : Ministère du nord canadien et des ressources nationales, [1962?]
Musée Alexander Graham Bell, Baddeck, Île du Cap-Breton (Nouvelle-Écosse).
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17 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Ottawa : Ministère du nord canadien et des ressources nationales, [1962?]
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304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
[Novato, California] : Applied Research and Design Publishing, [2022], ©2022.
Landscape approach : from local communities to territorial systems / [edited by] Hannes Zander, Shelagh McCartney, Samantha Solano, Sonja Vangjeli.
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304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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[Novato, California] : Applied Research and Design Publishing, [2022], ©2022.
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463 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Berlin : Jovis, ©2012.
Second hand spaces : recycling sites undergoing urban transformation = Über das Recyceln von Orten im städtischen Wandel / [edited by] Michael Ziehl [and others].
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463 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Berlin : Jovis, ©2012.
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"The Good House Book" offers an intelligent look at how a home is supposed to function and a variety of different building approaches. What’s important is finding the right solution to fit your individual needs, local climate, and natural resources. The broad range of topics covered include choosing a site; selecting materials; building with straw bale, cob, adobe, or(...)
The good house book : a common-sense guide to alternative homebuilding
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"The Good House Book" offers an intelligent look at how a home is supposed to function and a variety of different building approaches. What’s important is finding the right solution to fit your individual needs, local climate, and natural resources. The broad range of topics covered include choosing a site; selecting materials; building with straw bale, cob, adobe, or rammed earth; and plugging into alternative home power systems. This book includes interviews with six homeowners and photographs of the homes they built.
Green Architecture
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This book shows how architecture in Norway has been shaped by resource availability, changing social conditions and architectural style impulses through the centuries. This outline of Norwegian architectural history provides the first comprehensive presentation of architecture in Norway, from tents and housing constructions in the Stone Age until contemporary architecture(...)
Architecture since 1900, Europe
July 2019
Architecture in Norway: an architectural history from stone age to the 21st century
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This book shows how architecture in Norway has been shaped by resource availability, changing social conditions and architectural style impulses through the centuries. This outline of Norwegian architectural history provides the first comprehensive presentation of architecture in Norway, from tents and housing constructions in the Stone Age until contemporary architecture as the iconic, contemporary Opera House in Oslo. The book shows how Norwegian vernacular architecture has been shaped by natural conditions and resources, changing cultural situations and building traditions through the ages.
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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The German term 'Hinterland' describes the sparsely populated areas off the cities. As the title of this book it refers to the remote regions of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, surrounding the greater area of Berlin. In his project, that he pursues since 2012, Hans-Christian Schink tries to keep a balance of showing the brittle beauty of this form of landscape(...)
Hans Christian Schink: Hinterland
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The German term 'Hinterland' describes the sparsely populated areas off the cities. As the title of this book it refers to the remote regions of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, surrounding the greater area of Berlin. In his project, that he pursues since 2012, Hans-Christian Schink tries to keep a balance of showing the brittle beauty of this form of landscape whilst transporting an atmosphere of melancholy, which stems from the endangerment of this landscape caused by the permanent exploitation of its resources.
Photography monographs
Scandinavian architecture
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''Scandinavian architecture'' presents the most complete survey of Nordic architecture available today. Showcasing examples of public, domestic and commercial buildings, this beautiful volume exhibits how Scandinavian architects use their own resources and traditions, as well as adapting the styles of medieval, Renaissance, baroque and modern Europe. With more than 500(...)
Scandinavian architecture
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''Scandinavian architecture'' presents the most complete survey of Nordic architecture available today. Showcasing examples of public, domestic and commercial buildings, this beautiful volume exhibits how Scandinavian architects use their own resources and traditions, as well as adapting the styles of medieval, Renaissance, baroque and modern Europe. With more than 500 illustrations providing a visual explanation of this region's architecture, this unique look into Scandinavia’s new generation of architects is an endlessly rich resource for anyone with a passion for architecture and interior design.
History since 1900, Reference Books