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"Lots of parking" examines a neglected aspect of this rise of the automobile: the impact on America not of cars in motion but of cars at rest. While most studies have tended to focus on highway construction and engineering improvements to accommodate increasing flow and the desire for speed, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a fundamental feature of the urban,(...)
Théorie de l’urbanisme
juillet 2005, Charlottesville / London
Lots of parking : land use in a car culture
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"Lots of parking" examines a neglected aspect of this rise of the automobile: the impact on America not of cars in motion but of cars at rest. While most studies have tended to focus on highway construction and engineering improvements to accommodate increasing flow and the desire for speed, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a fundamental feature of the urban, and suburban, scene—the parking lot. Their lively and exhaustive exploration traces the history of parking from the curbside to the rise of public and commercial parking lots and garages and the concomitant demolition of the old pedestrian-oriented urban infrastructure. In an accessible style enhanced by a range of interesting and unusual illustrations, Jakle and Sculle discuss the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighborhoods and residences.
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Des hommes et des...chiens
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Les chiens nous côtoient depuis des milliers d'années. Dans ce récit fascinant, fondé sur une documentation à jour, Susan McHugh décortique le débat actuel sur les liens entre chiens et loups. Elle étudie aussi la place de l'espèce canine dans la mythologie et la religion, et dans des cultes anciens aussi divers que ceux de l'Alaska, de la Grèce, du Pérou et de la Perse.(...)
Des hommes et des...chiens
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Les chiens nous côtoient depuis des milliers d'années. Dans ce récit fascinant, fondé sur une documentation à jour, Susan McHugh décortique le débat actuel sur les liens entre chiens et loups. Elle étudie aussi la place de l'espèce canine dans la mythologie et la religion, et dans des cultes anciens aussi divers que ceux de l'Alaska, de la Grèce, du Pérou et de la Perse. Elle compare l'histoire des chiens en Extrême-Orient, en Europe, en Afrique et aux Amériques, discute du phénomène assez récent d'élevage et de création d'espèces et du statut de ces animaux dans la science et la fiction. Elle expose leurs contributions multiples et variées à nos vies, comme compagnons ou aides d'aveugles, mais aussi à la littérature, au cinéma où à la recherche scientifique. «Chiens» nous éclaire sur la manière dont hommes et chiens se sont mutuellement façonnés au cours des millénaires.
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octobre 2005, Paris
Théorie du paysage
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"Room for thought" is an illuminating collection of twenty-one essays by Avi Friedman. The essays are about the points where design touches life and the big and small things that make us appreciate, or become disconnected from, our homes and neighborhoods. Drawing on his experiences as an architect, planner, world traveler, and educator, Friedman delves into issues(...)
Room for thought : rethinking home and community design
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"Room for thought" is an illuminating collection of twenty-one essays by Avi Friedman. The essays are about the points where design touches life and the big and small things that make us appreciate, or become disconnected from, our homes and neighborhoods. Drawing on his experiences as an architect, planner, world traveler, and educator, Friedman delves into issues such as the North American obsession with monster homes, the impact of scale on the feeling of comfort in our communities, environmental concerns such as deforestation, innovative recycling methods in building materials, the booming do-it-yourself industry, the decline of craftsmanship, and the role of good design in bringing families together. Written with Friedman's trademark flair, "Room for thought" offers a compelling vision of the influence of design on our everyday lives from one of the world's most innovative thinkers.
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Planet of slums
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From the sprawling barricadas of Lima to the garbage hills of Manila, urbanization has been disconnected from industrialization, even economic growth. Davis portrays a vast humanity warehoused in shantytowns and exiled from the formal world economy. He argues that the rise of this informal urban proletariat is a wholly original development unforeseen by either classical(...)
Planet of slums
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From the sprawling barricadas of Lima to the garbage hills of Manila, urbanization has been disconnected from industrialization, even economic growth. Davis portrays a vast humanity warehoused in shantytowns and exiled from the formal world economy. He argues that the rise of this informal urban proletariat is a wholly original development unforeseen by either classical Marxism or neo-liberal theory
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"Architecture and its ethical dilemmas" examines the changing role of architects and the particular professional dilemmas they face. Architects and designers are constantly confronted by these ethical issues ranging from professional issues to more philosophical questions. Should architects spend some of their clients' money on features that would improve buildings even(...)
Architecture and its ethical dilemmas
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"Architecture and its ethical dilemmas" examines the changing role of architects and the particular professional dilemmas they face. Architects and designers are constantly confronted by these ethical issues ranging from professional issues to more philosophical questions. Should architects spend some of their clients' money on features that would improve buildings even if they're not necessary or part of the clients' design brief? Who is architecture for? As the products of the architect's work are often in the public domain and reflect society's values, are architects too merely servants of society? What place does the professional architect-client relationship have in the 21st century? Can aesthetics be disassociated from ethics in a visual medium? A cast of leading writers and practitioners tackle these questions from a range of perspectives across architecture, the building and design industries, social theory and philosophy to contribute to the growing literature in the sociology of the professions.
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The issues of the organic/inorganic, animate/inanimate and natural/technological are of paramount importance in the field of architecture both in current discussions about digital architecture and in classical debates from Vitruvius onwards. This book investigates the complex relationship of architecture to biological life, providing theoretical and historical(...)
Architecture, animal, human : the asymetrical condition
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The issues of the organic/inorganic, animate/inanimate and natural/technological are of paramount importance in the field of architecture both in current discussions about digital architecture and in classical debates from Vitruvius onwards. This book investigates the complex relationship of architecture to biological life, providing theoretical and historical underpinnings for a variety of contemporary debates in and around architecture. With discussion focussed on the Renaissance, the eighteenth-century and the late twentieth-century, this book will have a broad appeal to those with interest within and beyond architecture.
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This collection of essays addresses and defines the state of contemporary theories and practices of space: it is concerned with the growing importance of technology and communications, the effects of globalization and the change of social demands. Within the current urban and geopolitical contexts, it addresses the emergence of new social and political theories that raise(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
janvier 1900, Abington / New York
Altering practices : feminist politics and poetics of space
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This collection of essays addresses and defines the state of contemporary theories and practices of space: it is concerned with the growing importance of technology and communications, the effects of globalization and the change of social demands. Within the current urban and geopolitical contexts, it addresses the emergence of new social and political theories that raise questions of identity and difference in modern society. The book reiterates feminist concerns with space from the critical stance of the new millennium. With contributions from the leading theorists and thinkers from around the world representing the fields of architecture, art, philosophy and gender studies, this book has a truly international and interdisciplinary reach.
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janvier 1900, Abington / New York
Théorie de l’architecture
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"Understanding architecture" is a comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history. It explores the experience of architecture in relation to its history and the wider context of cultures, conservation, planning and environmental issues. It introduces issues of urbanism, feminism and ethnicity, concerns which are at the forefront of current debates on(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
janvier 1994, New York
Understanding architecture : an introduction to architecture and architectural theory, second edition
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"Understanding architecture" is a comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history. It explores the experience of architecture in relation to its history and the wider context of cultures, conservation, planning and environmental issues. It introduces issues of urbanism, feminism and ethnicity, concerns which are at the forefront of current debates on architecture.
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This book poses important philosophical questions about the aims, values and purposes of landscape architecture. This new international study raises awareness of the landscape and encourages new ways of thinking about quality in design.
Théorie du paysage
mars 2005, London, New York
The cultured landscape : designing the environment in the 21st century
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This book poses important philosophical questions about the aims, values and purposes of landscape architecture. This new international study raises awareness of the landscape and encourages new ways of thinking about quality in design.
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L'ouvrage propose une promenade dans les œuvres majeures de Renzo Piano, étudiées du point de vue de leur impact urbain, avec une accentuation sur la Cité internationale de Lyon, une balise de qualité entre fleuve et parc, nouvelle polarité et pièce urbaine, innovante à bien des égards : au-delà de sa réussite plastique, elle illustre de façon exemplaire la continuité(...)
Théorie de l’urbanisme
juillet 2005, Paris
Penser la ville heureuse : Renzo Piano
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L'ouvrage propose une promenade dans les œuvres majeures de Renzo Piano, étudiées du point de vue de leur impact urbain, avec une accentuation sur la Cité internationale de Lyon, une balise de qualité entre fleuve et parc, nouvelle polarité et pièce urbaine, innovante à bien des égards : au-delà de sa réussite plastique, elle illustre de façon exemplaire la continuité politique nécessaire à la concrétisation d'un projet urbain ambitieux, la créativité et le professionnalisme tenace de ses concepteurs comme de ses maîtres d'ouvrage, toutes conditions indispensables à la fabrication d'une ville heureuse. Préface de Gilles de Robien.
Théorie de l’urbanisme