The capture of Jerusalem by the First Crusade in 1099 signalled the beginning of an armed struggle in Palestine and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean which lasted until the fifteenth century. It was a war dominated by the building, securing and besieging of castles rather than by pitched battles. Kristian Molin...
now extend that work's groundbreaking analysis of the university's important role in the growth and development of the American city to the global view. Linking the fields of urban development, higher education, and urban design, Global Universities and Urban Development covers universities and communities around the...
Examining the proliferation of reinforced-concrete construction in the United States after 1900, historian Amy E. Slaton considers how scientific approaches and occupations displaced traditionally skilled labor. The technology of concrete buildings -- little studied by historians of engineering, architecture, or...
This edition of Understanding Housing Defects has been extensively revised and includes new and revised graphics, many more photographs, and an extended text. The book is a natural companion to The Construction Of Houses (first published in 1990 and now in its 3rd revision.) Understanding Housing Defects provides a...
This collection of 22 highly informative essays offers important insight into current activities in the area of building planning. Written by recognized building experts from the United States and Australia, the essays discuss critical planning issues from a management perspective. Topics include space design;...
A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. Indispensable companion for students of the City. Multidisciplinary approach...
Начинающим сметчикам предлагается вся необходимая информация для «старта». Это то, с чем приходиться сталкиваться при расчете каждой сметы, то, что необходимо знать в совершенстве.
Многие правила, формулы и расчеты приведены в упрощенной форме, для быстрого и простого понимания.
Но, изучения теории...
In 1991, Nevada's Commission for Cultural Affairs was created to oversee the preservation of the state's historic buildings and the conversion of the best of them for use as cultural centers. Working closely with local groups and drawing on both public and private resources, this program has rehabilitated dozens of...
This book brings together twenty-four original essays by colleagues, pupils and friends of Kerry Downes. The essays range from the late middle ages to the twentieth century but are concentrated on the period to the study of which Kerry Downes has contributed so much: that of Wren, Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor. Taken...
Field research for my earlier book on Chinese traditional rural architecture took me throughout the country, confirming the rich vitality of vernacular or folk traditions. These traditions, which coexist under the capacious umbrella of China's architecture, led me in search of an area to carry out an intensive survey...
Oleg Grabar, K.A.C Creswell and His Work. Julian Raby, Reviewing the Reviewers. J.W. Allan, New Additions to the New Edition. Robert Hillenbrand, Creswell and Contemporary Central European Scholarship. Eric Fernie, The History of Medieval Architecture from Carolingian to Romanesque: Criteria and Definitions from 1925...
This stunning new book celebrates the power and utility of architectural drawing, not merely as a means to an end. but as emblematic of the larger process of creative thinking. The author thoughtfully presents and discusses architectural images which both derive from and inspire the act of building.
Благодаря современным технологиям и материалам наши дома и квартиры с каждым годом становятся все привлекательней и удобней для жилья. Но и все сложней. Порой трудно разобраться в особенностях сборки и эксплуатации отдельных элементов интерьера. Серия "Строим вместе с КНАУФ" освещает различные аспекты обустройства...
The dynamics of the architectural environment is a key aspect of good design, yet poorly understood. Environmental variety is a design characteristic closely related to our experience of architecture an architecture of the senses. Each chapter demonstrates how an understanding of a particular context or environmental...
Начинающим сметчикам предлагается вся необходимая информация для «старта». Это то, с чем приходиться сталкиваться при расчете каждой сметы, то, что необходимо знать в совершенстве.
