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Author : Ben Koush
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ISBN 13 : 9780692909003
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Constructing Houston's Future written by Ben Koush and published by . This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 730 pages
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Total Pages : 508 pages
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Download or read book Beltway 8, Section VI (US-59-I-45) Construction, Houston written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 254 pages
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Author : Kathryn E. O'Rourke
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477328939
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Home, Heat, Money, God written by Kathryn E. O'Rourke and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thematically focused analysis of modern architecture throughout Texas with gorgeous photographs illustrating works by famous and lesser-known architects. In the mid-twentieth century, dramatic social and political change coincided with the ascendance and evolution of architectural modernism in Texas. Between the 1930s and 1980s, a state known for cowboys and cotton fields rapidly urbanized and became a hub of global trade and a heavyweight in national politics. Relentless ambition and a strong sense of place combined to make Texans particularly receptive to modern architecture’s implication of newness, forward-looking attitude, and capacity to reinterpret historical forms in novel ways. As money and people poured in, architects and their clients used modern buildings to define themselves and the state. Illustrated with stunning photographs by architect Ben Koush, Home, Heat, Money, God analyzes buildings in big cities and small towns by world-famous architects, Texas titans, and lesser-known designers. Architectural historian Kathryn O’Rourke describes the forces that influenced architects as they addressed basic needs—such as staying cool in a warming climate and living in up-to-date housing—and responded to a culture driven by potent religiosity, by the countervailing pressures of pluralism and homogenization, and by the myth of Texan exceptionalism.
Author : Paul Chan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444327844
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Constructing Futures written by Paul Chan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing interest in future scenario planning of theconstruction industry but a disconnect between thinking about thefuture at the policy-making level and implementing real change. Constructing Futures: industry leaders and futures thinkingin construction takes a thematic approach to the future of theUK construction industry by presenting the results of a series ofin-depth interviews conducted with leading construction figures andstructuring this material into chapters addressing the keycontemporary issues in the industry. These high-profile figures are drawn from a wide range ofstakeholder groups representing the realities of construction,including architects, client organisations (public-sector andprivate-sector), consultants, contractors, developers, lobby groupswith special interests, policy makers, professional institutions,and trade unions. A total of 15 influential figures were interviewed for the book,from Sir Michael Latham and Bob White to Wayne Hemmingway and KevinMcCloud. Part One looks to the past by reviewing a series of foresightstudies undertaken of the construction industry and re-presentingstories of our interviewees' lives to explain the development ofleadership in the context of the construction industry. In PartTwo, the authors look at the present and discuss two fundamentalissues: sustainable development and governance of the constructionindustry. In Part Three the book concludes with an afterthought forthe future, highlighting key lessons learnt putting forward aseries of research questions derived from this scholarly reflectionof 'futures thinking' in construction. Throughout, the authors juxtapose the views of the 15influential figures interviewed with a review of the salient pointsfound in the relevant and authoritative sources of theoreticalliterature, both in the mainstream literature and the field ofconstruction management. This allows the reader to benefit from thepractical insights of those interviews whilst gaining a rapidunderstanding of the key debates of the theoretical subject underscrutiny.
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Total Pages : 64 pages
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Author : Erik Slotboom
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Total Pages : 426 pages
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Download or read book Houston Freeways written by Erik Slotboom and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert C. Trumpbour
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803295723
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Eighth Wonder of the World written by Robert C. Trumpbour and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride to the city and enhancing its reputation nationwide. It was a Texas-sized vision of the future, an unthinkable feat of engineering with premium luxury suites, theater-style seating, and the first animated scoreboard. Yet there were memorable problems such as outfielders’ inability to see fly balls and failed attempts to grow natural grass—which ultimately led to the development of Astroturf. The Astrodome nonetheless changed the way people viewed sports, putting casual fans at the forefront of a user-experience approach that soon became the standard in all American sports. The Eighth Wonder of the World tears back the facade and details the Astrodome’s role in transforming Houston as a city while also chronicling the building’s pivotal fifty years in existence and the ongoing debate about its preservation.
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Total Pages : 456 pages
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Total Pages : 462 pages
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Author : Don E. Carleton
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292758553
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Red Scare written by Don E. Carleton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle between conservative and liberal politics.
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Total Pages : 1036 pages
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Download or read book Houston written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen L. Klineberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501177931
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Prophetic City written by Stephen L. Klineberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Houston, Texas, long thought of as a traditionally blue-collar black/white southern city, has transformed into one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse metro areas in the nation, surpassing even New York by some measures. With a diversifying economy and large numbers of both highly-skilled technical jobs in engineering and medicine and low-skilled minimum-wage jobs in construction, restaurant work, and personal services, Houston has become a magnet for the new divergent streams of immigration that are transforming America in the 21st century. And thanks to an annual systematic survey conducted over the past thirty-eight years, the ongoing changes in attitudes, beliefs, and life experiences have been measured and studied, creating a compelling data-driven map of the challenges and opportunities that are facing Houston and the rest of the country. In Prophetic City, we'll meet some of the new Americans, including a family who moved to Houston from Mexico in the early 1980s and is still trying to find work that pays more than poverty wages. There's a young man born to highly-educated Indian parents in an affluent Houston suburb who grows up to become a doctor in the world's largest medical complex, as well as a white man who struggles with being prematurely pushed out of the workforce when his company downsizes. This timely and groundbreaking book tracks the progress of an American city like never before. Houston is at the center of the rapid changes that have redefined the nature of American society itself in the new century. Houston is where, for better or worse, we can see the American future emerging.
Author : Jon Coaffee
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300228678
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Futureproof written by Jon Coaffee and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling and definitive account of why we need to radically rethink our approach to dealing with catastrophic events Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have a debilitating impact when they do. In this eye-opening journey through modern and ancient risk management practices, Jon Coaffee explains why we need to find a new way to navigate the deeply uncertain world that we live in. Examining how governments have responded to terrorist threats, climate change, and natural hazards, Coaffee shows how and why these measures have proven inadequate and what should be done to make us more resilient. While conventional approaches have focused on planning and preparing for disruptions and enhanced our ability to "bounce back," our focus should be on anticipating future challenges and enhancing our capacity to adapt to new threats.
Author : Samuel Oliver Young
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849649180
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)
Download or read book A Thumb-Nail History of the City of Houston, Texas written by Samuel Oliver Young and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2017 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful, small historical work is divided into twelve chapters, each devoted to some phase of the city's activities and tracing its history from the inception of that interest to the year 1912. Chapter 1 gives an account of the founding of Houston and outlines its municipal history; Chapter 2 tells of the building activities, private and public, at different periods, and of the organization of fire companies; Chapter 3 does the same for railroad building, and gives some notes on the lawyers and doctors; many more chapters follow. Obviously. the book is far from being a complete history of Houston. There is enough history, however, to indicate the leading role Houston has played in the business enterprise of the State, and the wonderful transformation of the old Houston into a modern city.
Author : Houston Public Library
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Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Houston Public Library written by Houston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
