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xi, 344 pages ; 24 cm
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press ; [Louvain-la-Neuve] : Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 2014., ©2014
Wrong-doing, truth-telling : the function of avowal in justice / Michel Foucault ; edited by Fabienne Brion and Bernard E. Harcourt ; translated by Stephen W. Sawyer.
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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press ; [Louvain-la-Neuve] : Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 2014., ©2014
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Many cities are reacting to decline by specializing in certain economic competences, image-building and branding. In Saxony-Anhalt, the International Building Exhibition (IBA)Urban Redevelopment 2010 is developing projects and strategies to open up new perspectives for cities through concentration on special economic areas and on particular cultural, social and civic(...)
Urban Theory
October 2006, Dessau
The other cities / Die anderen städte : IBA Stadtumbau 2010
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Many cities are reacting to decline by specializing in certain economic competences, image-building and branding. In Saxony-Anhalt, the International Building Exhibition (IBA)Urban Redevelopment 2010 is developing projects and strategies to open up new perspectives for cities through concentration on special economic areas and on particular cultural, social and civic skills. This volume compares IBA cities with other European cities with regard to the knowledge-based economy, culture and health care, and specifically examines strategies, political practices and the cities futre prospects. Experts analyse the three sectors, the perspectives and the constantly changing challenges that these cities have to respond to.
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October 2006, Dessau
Urban Theory
Infographic design
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Infographics provide graphic visual representations of information or knowledge intended to present data quickly and concisely to a broad swath of users of different skills, abilities and backgrounds. Infographic Design explores the building blocks of infographics and data visualization starting with a brief history of the discipline followed by an examination of the most(...)
Infographic design
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Infographics provide graphic visual representations of information or knowledge intended to present data quickly and concisely to a broad swath of users of different skills, abilities and backgrounds. Infographic Design explores the building blocks of infographics and data visualization starting with a brief history of the discipline followed by an examination of the most common contemporary approaches to visual representation. Twenty-two thoughtfully selected experts on data visualization share their work in the book and offer insightful perspectives about how they visually process information and data. This collection is an indispensable reference for information designers and engaged readers alike.
Signage
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Following the success of "Material world", European material experts MatériO have compiled and described innovative materials for architecture and design in the sequel: "Material world 2". Once again architects, interior architects and designers can look up the ideal manufacturer, and gain inspiration for their building exteriors, interiors, and innovative products.(...)
Material world 2 : innovative materials for architecture and design
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Following the success of "Material world", European material experts MatériO have compiled and described innovative materials for architecture and design in the sequel: "Material world 2". Once again architects, interior architects and designers can look up the ideal manufacturer, and gain inspiration for their building exteriors, interiors, and innovative products. "Material world 2" is as comprehensive as the first volume: here architects and designers will find detailed product information, addresses, and contact details of manufacturers for every material featured. In addition, each material entry is accompanied by case studies, which show the material in specific applications.
Materials and Lighting
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Comment se loger autrement et comment se nourrir différemment, demain, pour que nos façons de vivre soient compatibles avec le respect des limites planétaires? Ce sont les questions que nous avons posées à des architectes, bailleurs, urbanistes, élus, acteurs engagés, professionnels de la restauration, spécialistes de l’opinion, experts et sociologues pour nous aider à(...)
Environment and environmental theory
November 2024
Le domicile, acteur de la transition environnementale
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Comment se loger autrement et comment se nourrir différemment, demain, pour que nos façons de vivre soient compatibles avec le respect des limites planétaires? Ce sont les questions que nous avons posées à des architectes, bailleurs, urbanistes, élus, acteurs engagés, professionnels de la restauration, spécialistes de l’opinion, experts et sociologues pour nous aider à penser la double question de l’écologie du domicile et de l’écologie à domicile. Avec une ambition : trouver la juste articulation entre l’engagement citoyen dans son cadre le plus quotidien et les dispositifs collectifs qui permettront de faire du domicile un levier de la transition environnementale.
Environment and environmental theory
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In this book, the potential of modern architecture renovation in the Global South is explored as a catalyst for self-determination and community-building. It addresses contemporary heritage challenges, questions renovation trends, and reveals gaps in historicization and archiving, while reflecting on the need for new architectural operations due to a lack of(...)
Beyond ruins: Reimagining modernism
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In this book, the potential of modern architecture renovation in the Global South is explored as a catalyst for self-determination and community-building. It addresses contemporary heritage challenges, questions renovation trends, and reveals gaps in historicization and archiving, while reflecting on the need for new architectural operations due to a lack of infrastructure. It begins with the Oscar Niemeyer Guest House renovation project in Tripoli, Lebanon, by the Beirut-based East Architecture Studio, and includes further case studies, conversations, and visual essays by international experts in architecture, governance, regenerative design, contemporary art, philosophy, and gaming.
Modernism
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Berlin is not just the capital city and largest metropolis in Germany. It is also characterised by its most varying architectural landscape. The present architecture guide, now in its third expanded and updated version, creates an access to this structural spectrum. Proven experts guide the reader through all the histrotical architectural eras - from the middle ages(...)
Berlin: the architecture guide
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Berlin is not just the capital city and largest metropolis in Germany. It is also characterised by its most varying architectural landscape. The present architecture guide, now in its third expanded and updated version, creates an access to this structural spectrum. Proven experts guide the reader through all the histrotical architectural eras - from the middle ages right through the present. The chronological sequence and the high-quality colour photos clearly reflect the typical characteristic of every era. As well as approximately 500 individual buildings, the most prominent architects of Berlin and every era are introduced and protrayed.
City Guides
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This book presents 20 internationally renowned architects and engineers with the main focus being on "glass". Based on surveys and interviews the authors not only show their most important buildings but also air their opinions, wishes and perspectives. "Do you consider a typology of glass to be possible? Do ecology and technology play a role in your work? What future do(...)
Materials and Lighting
January 1900, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Glass architects : concepts, buildings, perspectives
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This book presents 20 internationally renowned architects and engineers with the main focus being on "glass". Based on surveys and interviews the authors not only show their most important buildings but also air their opinions, wishes and perspectives. "Do you consider a typology of glass to be possible? Do ecology and technology play a role in your work? What future do you think glass has as a building material?" An interesting and detailed insight is given by experts from all corners of the world: Europe, USA, South America and Asia. Including large format photos predominantly in colour.
Materials and Lighting
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Presented here are a series of essays, each by experts in their fields, on the current state of Green Design covering the spectrum from theory to practice. The contributors each bring their own thoughts and questions on how to improve sustainable design, how important it is and how it can be enforced. Their writings express concerns regarding the built environment, its(...)
Green design: from theory to practice
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Presented here are a series of essays, each by experts in their fields, on the current state of Green Design covering the spectrum from theory to practice. The contributors each bring their own thoughts and questions on how to improve sustainable design, how important it is and how it can be enforced. Their writings express concerns regarding the built environment, its affect on physical well-being, how we live in cities and how this could change in the future. These discussions are given a contemporary relevance through inclusion of the work of contemporary architects, artists, writers and commentators.
Green Architecture
Cabinet 39: Learning
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Cabinet 39 features an interview with John Haynes, pioneer of the modern instruction manual; Jeff Dolven outlining the theater of pedagogy; Elaine Traub tracing the history of distance learning; Sina Najafi tracking the development of the A-F grading system; and an interview with Zoe Readhead, principal of Summerhill, the world's first "free school." Elsewhere in the(...)
Cabinet 39: Learning
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Cabinet 39 features an interview with John Haynes, pioneer of the modern instruction manual; Jeff Dolven outlining the theater of pedagogy; Elaine Traub tracing the history of distance learning; Sina Najafi tracking the development of the A-F grading system; and an interview with Zoe Readhead, principal of Summerhill, the world's first "free school." Elsewhere in the issue: Michael Shipley on voice experts used by the police and security services; Emily Walters on boots and colonialism; Suzanne Scott on the history of suntanning; Kris Lee on Kierkegaard and the promotional blurb; and Katrin Arnardottir on the sex lives of Icelandic elves.
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