DOCS DE ARQUITECTURA ONLINE!: agosto 2009

Beyond City Limits - Urban Policy and Economic Reconstructuring in Comparative Perspective

by John Logan, Todd Swanstrom
Paperback: 275 pages
Publisher: Temple University Press (November 13, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0877229449
ISBN-13: 978-0877229445

Book Description
This book challenges the notion that there is a single, global
process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit.
The studies in this volume compare urban development in the
United States, Western Europe, and Japan, demonstrating that
there is significant variety in urban economic restructuring.
The contributors emphasize that the economic forces transforming
cities from industrial concentrations to post industrial service
centers do not exist apart from politics: all nation-states are
heavily involved in the restructuring process. John R. Logan is
Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at
Albany. Todd Swanstrom is Associate Professor of Political
Science at the State University of New York at Albany and the
author of "The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich,
and the Challenge of Urban Populism (Temple)".

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Sustainable Solar Housing - Strategies and Solutions

By S. Robert Hastings, Maria Wall
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2009-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1844077993
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781844077991

Product Description:
Volume 1 of this two-volume set presents strategies and solutions
for sustainable solar housing, offering the reader a solid platform
for assessing environmental and economic concerns for housing
projects, and offers guidance for implementing the most appropriate
course of action in a variety of contexts. Topics include energy,
economics, ecology and marketing. The Sustainable Solar Housing set
examines a range of potential solutions for low-energy building
design, considering different strategies (energy conservation and
renewable energy) and technologies (relating to the building
envelope, ventilation, heat delivery, heat production, heat storage,
electricity and control). Each volume assesses the potential of
these options in a variety of contexts, covering different housing
types (apartment, row and detached) and different climate types
(cold, temperate and mild). The impressive list of expert authors
from 14 countries includes a mix of internationally respected
academics and practitioners, working under the auspices of a
five-year International Energy Agency (IEA) research project.

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10x10 - 2 100 Architects - New Link

By Editors of Phaidon Press, zaha hadid, toshiko mori, kurt forster, erwin viray, a. campo baeza
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Number Of Pages: 468
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0714844411
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780714844411

Book Description:
Since the release of the critically acclaimed 10x10 five
years ago, the world of architecture has evolved: Advances
in technology and research continue to produce increasingly
sophisticated forms; advances in communication have
resulted in decentralized, multicity architecture offices;
and an impressive crop of young architects is emerging from
countries with comparatively little previous recognition in
the field, such as Slovenia, South Korea, and China. Many of
the architects featured in 10x10— including Asymptote,
Shigeru Ban, and MVRDV—have become established fixtures on
the international scene, opening the way to a new generation
of talent. With the expertise of a highly knowledgeable and
high-powered group of curators, 10x10_2 picks up where its
predecessor left off.
10x10_2 is a comprehensive and global view of new architecture,
presenting the work of 100 up-and-coming architects in 28
countries, selected by 10 of the world’s best-informed
architectural critics. Organized in A–Z order, the book
introduces each architect or studio on four pages that include
photographs, drawings, and accompanying text written by the
critics. Although some of the architects are beginning to gain
worldwide recognition, others have achieved acclaim in their
own countries for their work over the past five years. The
selection in this volume features more than 250 buildings and
projects, including recently built work as well as those
currently under construction and due for completion. The
effects of the global economy and political shifts are also
evident in the book’s selection, which includes several
architecture studios in Slovenia, South Korea, and China.
Also notable is a widespread move toward multi-location
architecture collectives such as Servo, Ocean North, and
n-o-m-a-d, which take advantage of a network of contacts in
key cities around the world.
10x10 _2 also includes 10 original essays written by the
critics that express their views on current architectural
issues. In addition, each critic has chosen 10 cultural
references—from designed objects to film, theory, and
literature—that exemplify the range of influences on today’s
rapidly changing design environment. The complete list of these
references as well as one reading from each critic is reproduced
in the book, which concludes with complete biographical information
on each critic and architect/firm, as well as an index.
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In Search Of Mayberry - A Guide To North Carolina's Favorite Small Towns

By Scott Dickson
Publisher: Parkway Publishers
Number Of Pages: 116
Publication Date: 2004-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1887905987
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781887905985

Book Description:
Its for anyone who remembers the Andy Griffith show, and who
might have grown up in a simular place. Some say there is no
Mayberry. Let me tell you there is, and it lives in the hearts
of us all. This book covers the small towns of North Carolina,
that could indeed be considered "Mayberry". I bought this
book as a reference in search of a place to relocate when I
retire. I highly recomend this read.

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The Essential Building Product Review - 2007 Winter

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Electrical Essential Checklist Issue 09

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Dream Homes of San Diego - Issue 200

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Luxury Properties - Issue 03

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Darco 06

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Dream Homes of San Diego

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Walter Benjamin and the Architecture of Modernity

By Andrew Benjamin, Charles Rice
Publisher: re.press
Number Of Pages: 234
Publication Date: 2009-07-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0980544025
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780980544022

Product Description:
Walter Benjamin is universally recognised as one of the key
thinkers of modernity: his writings on politics, language,
literature, media, theology and law have had an incalculable
influence on contemporary thought. Yet the problem of
architecture in and for Benjamin's work remains relatively
underexamined. Does Benjamin's project have an architecture
and, if so, how does this architecture affect the explicit
propositions that he offers us? In what ways are Benjamin's
writings centrally caught up with architectural concerns,
from the redevelopment of major urban centres to the movements
that individuals can make within the new spaces of modern
cities? How can Benjamin's theses help us to understand the
secret architectures of the present? This volume takes up the
architectural challenge in a number of innovative ways,
collecting essays by both well-known and emerging scholars on
time in cinema, the problem of kitsch, the design of graves
and tombs, the orders of road-signs, childhood experience in
modern cities, and much more. Engaged, interdisciplinary,
bristling with insights, the essays in this collection will
constitute an indispensable supplement to the work of Walter
Benjamin, as well as providing a guide to some of the
obscurities of our own present.

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Architecture and Order - Approaches to Social Space

By M. Pearson
Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 1997-05-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415157439
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415157438
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering
and classifying the world; understanding the use of space is
fundamental to archaeological inquiry. Architecture and Order
draws on the work of archaeologists, social theorists and
architects to explore the way in which people relate to the
architecture which surrounds them. The contributors discuss the
development of an archaeological language used to describe
architecture's symbolic use of space and to further define the
discipline's interaction with not only architecture but also
anthropology. Topics discussed include Neolithic houses and
tombs; perceptions of architecture, space and time; defining
domestic space in the bronze age; women in Greek households;
the Roman domestic setting; Swahili architecture; and spatial
order and psychiatric disorder.

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Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes

By Simon Bell: Dea
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Number Of Pages: 356
Publication Date: 2008-02-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419256806
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419256809
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes" is a definitive guide
to the design and management of forest landscapes, covering the
theory and principles of forest design as well as providing
practical guidance on methods and tools. Including a variety of
international case studies, the book focuses on ecosystem
regeneration, the management of natural forests and the management
of plantation forests. Using visualisation techniques, design
processes and evaluation techniques, it looks at promoting
landscapes which are designed to optimise the balance between
human intervention and natural evolution. A comprehensive, practical
and accessible book," Designing Sustainable Forest Landscapes" is
essential reading for all those involved in forestry and landscape
professions.

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Materials, Specification and Detailing - Foundations of Building Design

By Norman Wienand
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Number Of Pages: 309
Publication Date: 2008-02-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415403588
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415403580
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Continuing in the holistic philosophy of the "Technologies of
Architecture" series, this volume examines the various layers
of knowledge, skills and mechanisms that make up the many
approaches to the essential function of technical design in the
creation of successful buildings. Well-illustrated with case
studies, the author draws on his extensive experience in
architectural education to provide a detailed description of
the development process, acknowledging traditional solutions
whilst also encouraging designers to consider innovative
alternatives. Attention is paid to materials choices, detail
design and specification writing. Students of architectural
technology in particular, but also of architecture, building
surveying and construction will find this syllabus-relevant
title an invaluable asset in embracing their environmental
responsibilities as designers and actively participating in
the development of technical design language.

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Modern Protective Structures

By Theodor Krauthammer
Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824725263
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824725266
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
In today's world, reasonably predictable military operations have
been replaced by low intensity conflicts-less predictable terrorist
activities carried out by determined individuals or small groups
that possess a wide range of backgrounds and capabilities. Because
of the threats posed by this evolving type of warfare, civil
engineers and emergency personnel face new challenges in designing
facilities to protect lives and property and in conducting effective
rescue operations and forensic investigations. Addressing these needs,
Modern Protective Structures develops realistic guidelines for the
analysis, design, assessment, retrofit, and research of protected
facilities. After introducing a comprehensive risk management
approach, the author provides a general background on explosive
devices and their capabilities as well as explosive effects and the
processes that generate them. He then discusses the effects of
conventional and nuclear explosions. The book subsequently considers
the significant design differences between conventional and nuclear
loads and between existing design procedures and state-of-the-art
information from recent research. It also summarizes existing
blast-resistant design approaches and describes the dynamic responses
of structural systems to blasts, shocks, and impacts. Additional
coverage includes the behavior of specific structural connections,
the traditional concept of P-I diagrams, and progressive collapse.
The book concludes with a systematic and balanced protective design
approach. Tackling the analytical, design, assessment, and hazard
mitigation issues associated with short-duration dynamic loads, this
book examines how impulsive loads affect various types of buildings
and facilities. It provides the necessary material to help ensure the
safety of persons, assets, and projects.

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Interiores - 2009 August

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America's Best Architecture and Design Schools 2008

by DesignIntelligence, James P. Cramer
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Greenway Communications; 9 edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0978555244
ISBN-13: 978-0978555245

Book Description
AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE. A designer couldn't begin a project
without the input of the client or the tools to make informed
decisions. Choosing a design program should be no different.
DesignIntelligence provides the tools, evaluations, and insight,
to make informed decisions about design programs in the Ninth
Annual survey of America's Best Architecture & Design Schools
- 2008. For nine years DesignIntelligence has surveyed
organizations across the nation to determine which schools
produce graduates meeting and exceeding the demands of
professional practice. Hiring managers from the nation's top
corporations, organizations, municipalities, and design firms
evaluate recent new hire graduates for practice readiness in a
range of disciplines and skills. * Which programs best prepare
students for the rigors of professional practice? * How are
design programs meeting emerging needs in the fields? * Who are
the most admired design educators? * How do I know which programs
are good value for the investment? * How do programs in my area
measure up? * Where can my firm recruit top graduates? These
questions and more are answered in the pages of the 2008 edition
of America's Best Architecture & Design Schools. The only survey
of its kind to evaluate programs based on the satisfaction of the
profession, the historical survey of programs provides readers a
glimpse of the standings for programs over recent years, and the
new "Deans Survey" details the programs which design department
heads feel are academic models. From Architecture and Landscape
Architecture, to Interior Design and Industrial Design, America's
Best Architecture and Design Schools 2008 provides students,
parents, counselors and industry professionals with targeted and
timely information, the tools for an evaluation of the nation's
top performing schools and a benchmark for evaluating other
programs. School counselors can utilize this guide's facts,
figures, and resources to advise students interested in design
careers; parents can develop the necessary, in-depth understanding
of the complexities of a design education and the profession; and
hiring managers can target their recruitment efforts towards top
performing programs. Filled with insight and discussions on
choosing a school, the 2008 edition of America's Best Architecture
& Design Schools builds on a tradition of careful and detailed
analysis of trends and best practices in design education based on
the overall satisfaction of leading firms and organizations. The
2008 print edition of America's Best Architecture & Design Schools
is 96 perfect-bound color pages of charts, graphs, data, and
analysis of design programs across the nation that no student,
prospective student, school counselor, or hiring manager should be
without. Design the best future possible, with the right tools for
the job: DesignIntelligence America's Best Architecture & Design
Schools - 2008.

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Canadian Interiors - 2009 July August

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New York Spaces - 2009 March

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ARQ - 20090804

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You Have to Pay for the Public Life - Selected Essays of Charles W Moore

By Charles W. Moore
Publisher: The MIT Press
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2001-04-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0262133733
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780262133739

Book Description:
Architect Charles Moore (1925-1993) was not only celebrated
for his designs; he was also an admired writer and teacher.
Though he wrote clearly and passionately about places, he was
perhaps unique in avoiding the tone and stance of the personal
manifesto. Through his buildings, books, and travels, Moore
consistently sought insights into the questions that always
underlie architecture and design: What does it mean to make a
place, and how do we inhabit those places? How do we continue
to build upon but respect the landscape? How do we reconcile
democracy and private land ownership? What is original? What
is taste? What is the relationship between past and present?
How do we involve inhabitants in making places? Finally, what
is public life? As the world becomes smaller, and the
uniqueness of places and landscapes gives way to sameness,
Moore's celebration of the vernacular and of the surprising are
more relevant than ever. The pieces in this book span the years
1952 to 1993 and engage a myriad of topics and movements, such
as contextualism, community participation, collaboration,
environmentally sensitive design, and historic preservation.
The essays in this book reflect as well Moore's scholarship,
humanism, urbanity, and great wit.

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The Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commercial Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941

By Richard Longstreth
Publisher: The MIT Press
Number Of Pages: 266
Publication Date: 1999-04-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0262122146
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780262122146

bOOK Description:
Richard Longstreth is one of the few historians to focus on
ordinary commercial buildings--buildings usually associated
with commercial builders and real estate developers rather
than architects and thus generally overlooked by historians
of "high" architecture. Here Longstreth explores the early
development of two kinds of retail space that have become
ubiquitous in the United States in the second half of the
twentieth century. One, external, is devoted to the
circulation and parking of automobiles on retail premises.
Longstreth analyzes the origins of this development in the
1910s and 1920s, with the super service station and then the
drive-in market. The other type of space, internal, was
introduced soon thereafter with the single-story supermarket.
The most innovative aspect of the supermarket was how its
interior was designed for high-volume turnover of a large
selection of goods with a minimum of staff assistance.
Longstreth focuses on Los Angeles, the principal center for
the development of both kinds of space, during the period
from the mid-1910s to the early 1940s. This richly
illustrated study integrates architectural, cultural,
economic, and urban factors to describe the evolution of
retailing and how it has affected the urban landscape.

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Revista Techne - 2009 Julho

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Elevator World - 2009 August

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Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design - Cultural Process and Environmental Response

By Kingston Wm. Heath Ph.D.
Publisher: Architectural Press
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2009-04-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750659335
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750659338

Product Description:
A governing principle of sustainable architecture is that
buildings need to reflect upon and respond to the environment
they are placed in. Through a series of international case
studies, Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design
re-examines vernacular architectural theory and looks at what
gives buildings a sense of place. The book equips the
professional architect with the tools to realise socially
responsible principles as part of the design process. The case
studies of contemporary architects' work provide real examples
of how the study of vernacular architecture can contribute
directly to practice in sustainable design. It considers
architecture and design as integrated social processes, not
just technical or aesthetic exercises, thus showing how local
building traditions can become part of a wider architectural
and social fabric. Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design
will appeal to professionals around the world in the fields of
architecture, architectural heritage and urban design.
* A series of international case studies demonstrates the place
of vernacular architecture in the design process for a wide
selection of contemporary architects' work.
* Offers a clear analysis of the vernacular building tradition,
placing architecture in its social context.
* Introduces a new, socially and environmentally inspired
approach to sustainable design.

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Modern Woodworking - 2009 March

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The Essential Building Product Review - 2009 Summer

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Architecture from the Outside - Essays on Virtual and Real Space

By Elizabeth Grosz
Publisher: The MIT Press
Number Of Pages: 241
Publication Date: 2001-06-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0262571498
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780262571494

Book Description:
To be outside allows one a fresh perspective on the inside.
In these essays, philosopher Elizabeth Grosz explores the
ways in which two disciplines that are fundamentally outside
each another--architecture and philosophy--can meet in a third
space to interact free of their internal constraints. "Outside"
also refers to those whose voices are not usually heard in
architectural discourse but who inhabit its space--the destitute,
the homeless, the sick, and the dying, as well as women and
minorities. Grosz asks how we can understand space differently in
order to structure and inhabit our living arrangements accordingly.
Two themes run throughout the book: temporal flow and sexual
specificity. Grosz argues that time, change, and emergence,
traditionally viewed as outside the concerns of space, must become
more integral to the processes of design and construction. She also
argues against architecture’s historical indifference to sexual
specificity, asking what the existence of (at least) two sexes has
to do with how we understand and experience space. Drawing on the
work of such philosophers as Henri Bergson, Roger Caillois, Gilles
Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray, and Jacques Lacan, Grosz
raises abstract but nonformalistic questions about space,
inhabitation, and building. All of the essays propose philosophical
experiments to render space and building more mobile and dynamic.

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Darco 07

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Elle Decor - 2009 September

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Sistemas de Significacion en Arquitectura

J.P.Bonta,
GG Publishing
ISBN: 8425207088
1977
147 pages
Resumen:
Es un libro intersante especialmente para un historiador de
la arquitectura , a lo largo ofrece constantemente nuevos
enfoques críticos, métodos y modelos para el estudio de la
arquitectura .a veces puede no estar de acuerdo con él, no
deja de despertar su interés y obligar a usted a reflexionar
sobre el tema.

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Home & Design Magazine - Annual Resource Guide

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Mi Casa - 2009 Agosto

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Architecture and Nihilism - On the Philosophy of Modern Architecture

By Mr. Massimo Cacciari
Publisher: Yale University Press
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 1995-02-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0300063040
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780300063042

Book Description:
This book introduces the writings of one of the most influential
social philosophers in Italy today to an English-speaking audience.
Massimo Cacciari studies the relation between philosophy and modern
architecture and applies the thinking of avant-garde architects,
artists, and writers to the social and political problems raised
by technological society.

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