Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability: Theory, Practice, and Product (Design and the Built Environment) Author: Donia Zhang Publisher: Routledge Edition: 1st edition Publication Date: 2013-05-03 Language: English Paperback: 396 pages ISBN-10: 1409405036 ISBN-13: 9781409405030 Book Description Cultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the fourth pillar alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social susta...
Japan Living: form and function at the cutting edge Author: Marcia Iwatate , Geeta Mehta , Takeshi Nakasa , Nacasa & Partners Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Edition: Hardcover with Jacket edition Publication Date: 2008-10-15 Language: English Paperback: 256 pages ISBN-10: 4805309490 ISBN-13: 9784805309490 Book Description Natural serenity, unostentatious refinement, clean lines and the balancing of light and space are all hallmarks of Japanese interior design. In the new book from noted aut...
The Light of Thy Countenance: Science and Knowledge of God in the Thirteenth Century (Studies in the History of Christian Thought) (2 Volume Set) Author: Steven Marrone Publisher: Brill Edition: 2nd edition () Publication Date: 2001-01-12 Language: English Paperback: 864 pages ISBN-10: 9004119477 ISBN-13: 9789004119475 Book Description This book is about the development of scholastic argumentation in thirteenth-century Europe. It traces the rise of a formal model of science and resulting accom...
Wonder Wood: Holz in Design, Architektur und Kunst (German Edition) Author: German Edition Barbara Glasner , Stephan Ott Publisher: Birkhäuser Edition: 1st edition () Publication Date: 2012-12-13 Language: German Paperback: 296 pages ISBN-10: 3034606737 ISBN-13: 9783034606738 Book Description Holz inspiriert und fasziniert. Seit jeher haben Gestalter aller Disziplinen diesen vielseitigen und nachwachsenden Rohstoff eingesetzt. Neue Verarbeitungstechnologien erweite heute das Spektrum seiner Ei...
Operative Landscapes: Building Communities Through Public Space Author: Alissa North Publisher: Birkhäuser Edition: 1st edition () Publication Date: 2012-11-28 Language: English Paperback: 200 pages ISBN-10: 3034608217 ISBN-13: 9783034608213 Book Description There are infinite ways to build a community, yet the defining feature of any community is characteristically the landscape. Whether it is a park, a river corridor, community gardens, a plaza or a streetscape, the public spaces where peopl...
The City and the Senses: Urban Culture Since 1500 (Historical Urban Studies Series) Author: Jill Steward , Alexander Cowan (Editor) Publisher: Routledge () Edition: N/A Publication Date: 2007-01-01 Language: English Paperback: 260 pages ISBN-10: 0754605140 ISBN-13: 9780754605140 Book Description How do we experience a city in terms of the senses? What are the inter-relations between human experience and behaviour in urban space? This volume examines these questions in the context of European u...
Cinema After Deleuze (Deleuze Encounters) Author: Richard Rushton , Professor of Cultural Studies Ian Buchanan (Editor) Publisher: Continuum () Edition: N/A Publication Date: 2012-05-10 Language: English Paperback: 184 pages ISBN-10: 1441163387 ISBN-13: 9781441163387 Book Description Cinema After Deleuze offers a clear and lucid introduction to Deleuze’s writings on cinema which will appeal both to undergraduates and specialists in film studies and philosophy. The book provides explanati...
Design and Nature VI: Comparing Design in Nature With Science and Engineering (Wit Transactions on Ecology and the Environment) Author: S. Heandez (Author, Editor), C. A. Brebbia (Editor) Publisher: WIT Press / Computational Mechanics () Edition: N/A Publication Date: 2012-05-28 Language: English Paperback: 332 pages ISBN-10: 1845645928 ISBN-13: 9781845645922 Book Description Throughout history, many leading thinkers have been inspired by theparallels between nature and human design, in mathem...
Computer Modelling for Sustainable Urban Design: Physical Principles, Methods and Applications Author: by Darren Robinson (Author) Publisher: Routledge Edition: 1st edition Publication Date: 2011-03-30 Language: English Hardcover: 320 pages ISBN-10: 1844076792 ISBN-13: 9781844076796 Product details This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modeled and optimized. Starting with an introduction to the importan...
Designing Zero Carbon Buildings Using Dynamic Simulation Methods Author: by Ljubomir Jankovic (Author) Publisher: Routledge Edition: 2nd edition Publication Date: 2017-07-7 Language: English Paperback: 450 pages ISBN-10: 1138658316 ISBN-13: 9781138658318 Product details In addition to the application of fundamental principles that lead to a structured method for zero carbon design of buildings, this considerably expanded second edition includes new advanced topics on multi-objec...
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