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The Parthenon

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The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? In a revised and updated edition, Mary Beard, award winning writer, reviewer and leading Cambridge classicist, tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess ... Read more

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This study examines the influence of perspective on architecture, highlighting how critical historical changes in the representation and perception of space continue to inform the way architects design.Since its earliest developments, perspective was conceived as an exemplary form of representation that served as an ideal model of how everyday existence could be measured and ultimately judged. ... Read more

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This textbook provides a unique and comprehensive perspective on the analysis and design of building structures. Striving to bridge the gap between how engineers and architects view structural support, this book’s numerous examples employing SAP2000 illustrate how modern analysis software can provide a common language for understanding and exploring structural behavior. Using an organic approach ... Read more

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The Science Fiction anthology

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Series series Very Short Introductions
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Engineering in Plain Sight

An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment

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by Yujie Hu, Fahui Wang ...

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Commuting, the daily link between residences and workplaces, sets up the complex interaction between the two most important land uses (residential and employment) in a city, and dictates the configuration of urban structure. In addition to prolonged time and stress for individual commuters on traffic, commuting comes with additional societal costs including elevated crash risks, worsening air
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by Dana Arnold ...

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Architecture and ekphrasisexamines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Using original archival material, it considers the idea of the past in the period, specifically how it was discovered and described, and investigates how space and time inform visual ekphrasis or descriptions of architecture. The idea of embodiment is used
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ePart 1 Best Practice BIM: Seeking to get BIM right? This ePart provides a touchstone for good practice by introducing a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which represent benchmarks for successful BIM implementation. It explains what good BIM looks like and the pitfalls to avoid with ‘bad BIM’ and ‘pseudo BIM’. It highlights the part that the BIM Manager can play in achieving excellence ... Read more

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Το Μονοπάτι του Κήπου είναι ένα έργο μη μυθοπλασίας που εξετάζει την αλληλοσύνδεση της φύσης, της αρχιτεκτονικής τοπίου και της ψυχοθεραπείας, συνδυάζοντας την δυτική επιστημονική έρευνα με τις ανατολικές φιλοσοφικές πρακτικές. Το βιβλίο διερευνά πώς οι κήποι, ιδιαίτερα στις ιαπωνικές και ανατολικές παραδόσεις, προσφέρουν θεραπευτικά οφέλη στο μυαλό και το σώμα, και πώς η δημιουργία ή η ενασχόληση
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Cities After Crisis

Reinventing Neighborhood Design from the Ground-Up

by Carlos Vazquez ...

Cities After Crisis shows how urbanism and urban design is redefining cities after the global health, economic, and environmental crises of the past decades. The book details how these crises have led to a new urban vision—from avantgarde modern design to an artisan aesthetic that calls for simplicity and the everyday, from the sustainable development paradigm to a resilient vision that defends de ... Read more

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Cities After Crisis shows how urbanism and urban design is redefining cities after the global health, economic, and environmental crises of the past decades. The book details how these crises have led to a new urban vision—from avantgarde modern design to an artisan aesthetic that calls for simplicity and the everyday, from the sustainable development paradigm to a resilient vision that defends de
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Métapolis

Ou l’avenir des villes

by François Ascher ...

Les grandes villes sont le lieu par excellence où les hommes créent, échangent, se rencontrent. Pourtant, on les rend souvent responsables de tous nos maux. François Ascher analyse ici la tendance actuelle à la concentration des hommes, des activités et des richesses dans les métropoles. Est-elle généralisée ? Quelles formes concrètes prend-elle ? Les nouveaux modes de communication vont-ils l ... Read more

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Les grandes villes sont le lieu par excellence où les hommes créent, échangent, se rencontrent. Pourtant, on les rend souvent responsables de tous nos maux. François Ascher analyse ici la tendance actuelle à la concentration des hommes, des activités et des richesses dans les métropoles. Est-elle généralisée ? Quelles formes concrètes prend-elle ? Les nouveaux modes de communication vont-ils l
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LifeStyled

Your Guide to a More Organized & Intentional LIfe

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"Equal parts pragmatic and inspiring, Shira Gill presents a realistic and empathetic plan for crafting a more intentional life in a chaotic world."- Cal Newport, New York Times-bestselling author of Slow Productivity and Digital Minimalism"Shira Gill is the funniest, wisest, most entertaining writer in the organizing game."- Adam Mansbach, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Go the F**k to S.. ... Read more

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by Aldo Rossi ...

Dalla sua prima edizione nel 1966, L'architettura della città è stato il testo che più ha influenzato la riflessione urbanistica, restituendo centralità alla grande questione rimossa della forma. Ogni città è forma, e qualsiasi tentativo di comprenderla unicamente attraverso le sue funzioni è destinato a fallire. Nella forma, la tradizione mostra la sua capacità di mutare e durare nel tempo, e l ... Read more

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