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Living With Buildings
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Author : Iain Sinclair
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Living With Buildings written by Iain Sinclair and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with Architecture categories.
'A remarkable book; surprisingly gripping and often very moving ... at once disorientating and illuminating.' - Robert Macfarlane We shape ourselves, and are shaped in return, by the walls that contain us. Buildings affect how we sleep, work, socialise and even breathe. They can isolate and endanger us but they can also heal us. We project our hopes and fears onto buildings, while they absorb our histories. In Living With Buildings, Iain Sinclair embarks on a series of expeditions - through London, Marseille, Mexico and the Outer Hebrides. A father and his daughter, who has a rare syndrome, visit the estate where they once lived. Developers clink champagne glasses as residents are 'decanted' from their homes. A box sculpted from whalebone, thought to contain healing properties, is returned to its origins with unexpected consequences. Part investigation, part travelogue, Living With Buildings brings the spaces we inhabit to life as never before.
Living With Buildings
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Author : Iain Sinclair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Living With Buildings written by Iain Sinclair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with categories.
'A remarkable book; surprisingly gripping and often very moving ... stories weave and unweave over the book's course, patterning thought into a complex built environment, at once disorientating and illuminating.' Robert MacfarlaneWe shape ourselves, and are shaped in return, by the walls that contain us. Buildings affect how we sleep, work, socialise and even breathe. They can isolate and endanger us but they can also heal us. We project our hopes and fears onto buildings, while they absorb our histories.In Living With Buildings, Iain Sinclair embarks on a series of expeditions - through London, Marseille, Mexico and the Outer Hebrides. He explores the relationship between sickness and structure, and between art, architecture, social planning and health, taking plenty of detours along the way. Walking is Sinclair's defensive magic against illness and, as he moves, he observes his surroundings: stacked tower blocks and behemoth estates; halogen-lit glasshouse offices and humming hospitals; the blackened hull of a Spitalfields church and the floating mass of Le Corbusier's radiant city.And he peels back layers of life. A father and his daughter, who has a rare syndrome, visit the estate where they once lived. Developers clink champagne glasses as residents are 'decanted' from their homes. A box sculpted from whalebone, thought to contain healing properties, is returned to its origins with unexpected consequences. Part investigation, part travelogue, Living With Buildings brings the spaces we inhabit to life as never before.
Living Buildings
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Author : Donald Insall
language : en
Publisher: Images Publishing
Release Date : 2008
Living Buildings written by Donald Insall and has been published by Images Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Architecture categories.
Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Donald Insall Associates, the Practice founded by distinguished British architect Donald Insall, a leading exponent in the field of Architectural Conservation. This book presents an examination of architectural conservation, comprehensively illustrated by case-studies, drawings, plans and descriptions.
Life Between Buildings
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Author : Jan Gehl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-01-17
Life Between Buildings written by Jan Gehl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-17 with Architecture categories.
The first Danish language version of this book, published in 1971, was very much a protest against the functionalistic principles for planning cities and residential areas that prevailed during that period. The book carried an appeal to show concern for the people who were to move about between buildings, and it urged an understanding of the subtle, almost indefinable - but definite - qualities, which have always related to the interaction of people in public spaces, and it pointed to the life between buildings as a dimension of architecture that needs to be carefully treated. Now 40 years later, many architectural trends and ideologies have passed by over the years. These intervening years have also shown that the liveliness and liveability of cities and residential areas continues to be a important issue. The intensity in which fine public spaces are used at this point in time, as well as the greatly increased general interest in the quality of cities and their public spaces emphasises this point. The character of life between buildings changes with changes in any given social context, but the essential principles and quality criteria to be employed when working with life between buildings has proven to be remarkably constant. Though this work over the years has been updated and revised several times, this version bears little resemblance with the very early versions, however there was no reason to change the basic message: Take good care of the life between your buildings.
Social And Psychological Effects Of Living In High Rise Buildings
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Author : Susan Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Social And Psychological Effects Of Living In High Rise Buildings written by Susan Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with High-rise apartment buildings categories.
The Timeless Way Of Building
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Author : Christopher Alexander
language : en
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1979
The Timeless Way Of Building written by Christopher Alexander and has been published by New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Architecture categories.
This introductory volume to Alexander's other works, A Pattern of Language and The Oregon Experiment, explains concepts fundamental to his original approaches to the theory and application of architecture.
How Buildings Learn
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Author : Stewart Brand
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1995-10-01
How Buildings Learn written by Stewart Brand and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-10-01 with Architecture categories.
Buildings have often been studies whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. How Buildings Learn is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time. From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Pei's Media Lab, from "satisficing" to "form follows funding," from the evolution of bungalows to the invention of Santa Fe Style, from Low Road military surplus buildings to a High Road English classic like Chatsworth—this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory. More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they're allowed to. How Buildings Learn shows how to work with time rather than against it.
Building For Life
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Author : Stephen R. Kellert
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2012-09-26
Building For Life written by Stephen R. Kellert and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-26 with Architecture categories.
Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of "restorative environmental design," award-winning author Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability. In Building For Life, Kellert examines the fundamental interconnectedness of people and nature, and how the loss of this connection results in a diminished quality of life. This thoughtful new work illustrates how architects and designers can use simple methods to address our innate needs for contact with nature. Through the use of natural lighting, ventilation, and materials, as well as more unexpected methodologies-the use of metaphor, perspective, enticement, and symbol-architects can greatly enhance our daily lives. These design techniques foster intellectual development, relaxation, and physical and emotional well-being. In the works of architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, and Michael Hopkins, Kellert sees the success of these strategies and presents models for moving forward. Ultimately, Kellert views our fractured relationship with nature as a design problem rather than an unavoidable aspect of modern life, and he proposes many practical and creative solutions for cultivating a more rewarding experience of nature in our built environment.
Buildings
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Author : Paul Shepheard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Buildings written by Paul Shepheard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Architecture categories.
Why write about buildings? Buildings are chunks of natural material, refashioned by humans and set down into place to stand as silent as the rocks and trees from which they were made. How can we describe that mute actuality? A building's only complete description is itself. Writing often intensifies the cloud that obscures buildings rather than dissipates it. So why do it? Two generations ago, architects had a real job to do, rebuilding cities shattered by war. It turned out to be more difficult than it looked. Now the grandchildren of those utopians have a different role, which is to rescue a world that is being turned by the media, the money men and the machines into a replica of itself. In this book Paul Shepheard takes a sideways look at this elusive task and finds himself writing an ode to buildings, asking: What are they? When do they happen? And how are they used? AUTHOR: Paul Shepheard is an architect living in London. He is the author of four previous books: What is Architecture? An Essay on Landscapes, Buildings, and Machines (1994); The Cultivated Wilderness: Or, What is Landscape? (1997); Artificial Love: A Story of Machines and Architecture (2003) and How to Like Everything: A Utopia (2013). SELLING POINTS: * A unique and philosophical insight into buildings: their history, their current state, and their future * Of interest to architects, or anyone else who wants to know more about humanity's habits of construction 8 b/w images
Sky High Living
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Author : Georges Binder
language : en
Publisher: Images Publishing Group
Release Date : 2002
Sky High Living written by Georges Binder and has been published by Images Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with High-rise apartment buildings categories.
There are many books about tall buildings, but few focus on residential high-rises. Perhaps this is because they are traditionally not as tall as commercial high-rises. This book explores a selection of residential tall buildings from around the world, predominantly from North America and Asia.