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Architecture in times of need
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Kristin Feireiss |
"Architecture in Times of Need is the first book to document the projects and progress made by the Make It Right Foundation, established by actor Brad Pitt, during the redevelopment of New Orleans' v… |
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Suburban Nation
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Andres Duany,Jeff Speck,Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk |
Suburban Nation is a groundbreaking analysis of the detrimental ecological effects and societal costs of late 20th century automobile-based settlement patterns and policies |
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The Casma city of El Purgatorio
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Melissa A. Vogel |
Through analysis of the excavation sites and material culture of the major urban center of the Inka Casma polity, El Purgatorio, Vogel explores a transformative time in the pre-Hispanic Inka Empire. |
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Cities of change
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Marc M. Angelil,Dirk Hebel |
"The research investigates the performance of cities in view of resource fluxes--the interplay and transformation of stocks and flows of resources according to changing parameters in time... stocks a… |
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Coming from the south
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Abalos & Herreros,Yorgos Simeoforidis,Pep Subiros,Eduard Bru |
"One gets the impression from most books about architecture and the city that the world is a flat place inhabited by very rich countries, plus others that are very poor and who are trying as fast as … |
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Edge of empire
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Jane Jacobs |
Edge of Empire examines struggles over urban space in four contemporary first world cities: two sites in London and two sites in the Australian cities of Perth and Brisbane. Through these examples th… |
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A pattern language
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Christopher Alexander |
Alexander and his co-authors present us with over two hundred (roughly 250) "patterns" that they believe must be present in order for an environment to be pleasing, comfortable, or in their words, "a… |
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Rubble
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Jeff Byles |
Rubble is the first-ever biography of the wrecking trade, a riveting, character-filled narrative of how the black art of demolition grew to become a multibillion-dollar business, an extreme spectator… |
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Big plans
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Kenneth L. Kolson |
"Big Plans: The Allure and Folly of Urban Design springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city - as expressed through visual images such as architectural drawings, three-dimensional model… |
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