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Book Synopsis High-Rise: A Novel by : J. G. Ballard
Download or read book High-Rise: A Novel written by J. G. Ballard and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Harsh and ingenious! High Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind." —Martin Amis, New Statesman When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.
Download or read book High Rise Stories written by Audrey Petty and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago’s iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly at the heart of our national identity.
Book Synopsis Firefighting Operations in High-Rise and Standpipe-Equipped Buildings by : David M. McGrail
Download or read book Firefighting Operations in High-Rise and Standpipe-Equipped Buildings written by David M. McGrail and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book establishes a proper firefighting mindset and promotes maintaining preparedness for the extreme physical and mental demands of firefighting operations in high-rise and standpipe-equipped buildings ... Among the many valuable topics covered in this book are: standpipe system pressure regulating devices, pressure restricting devices and pressure reducing valves; cautious and disciplined elevator use during high-rise operations; elevator rescue operations; proper engine company suppression selection, including techniques to operate more powerful firefighting weapons with limited manpower; air support operations during high-rise emergencies, with or without an internal resource.
Download or read book High Rise written by Jerry Adler and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweat and genius of the men and women who possessed them. How did it happen? High Rise is the unprecedented account of how money, art, passion, politics, and machinery come together to put a building in the ground, and in the skyline of the world's most fascinating, complex, and impossible city. Jerry Adler, a veteran journalist, saw it all happen, and through him we come to know the astonishing cast of characters who conceived and built it: the most famous architects,
Book Synopsis High As the Waters Rise by : Anja Kampmann
Download or read book High As the Waters Rise written by Anja Kampmann and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "gorgeously written" National Book Award finalist is a dazzling, heart-rending story of an oil rig worker whose closest friend goes missing, plunging him into isolation and forcing him to confront his past (NPR, One of the Best Books of the Year). One night aboard an oil drilling platform in the Atlantic, Waclaw returns to his cabin to find that his bunkmate and companion, Mátyás, has gone missing. A search of the rig confirms his fear that Mátyás has fallen into the sea. Grief-stricken, he embarks on an epic emotional and physical journey that takes him to Morocco, to Budapest and Mátyás's hometown in Hungary, to Malta, Italy, and finally to the mining town of his childhood in Germany. Waclaw's encounters along the way with other lost and yearning souls—Mátyás's angry, grieving half-sister; lonely rig workers on shore leave; a truck driver who watches the world change from his driver's seat—bring us closer to his origins while also revealing the problems of a globalized economy dependent on waning natural resources. High as the Waters Rise is a stirring exploration of male intimacy, the nature of memory and grief, and the cost of freedom—the story of a man who stands at the margins of a society from which he has profited little, though its functioning depends on his labor.
Book Synopsis High Rise Low Down by : Denise LeFrak Calicchio
Download or read book High Rise Low Down written by Denise LeFrak Calicchio and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High Rise Low Down is the ultimate insider's guide to New York City's most sought-after addresses-the exclusive, closely guarded residences of the most famous and powerful people in the world.
Book Synopsis Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings by : Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik
Download or read book Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings written by Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has produced four Technical Guides to date, since the series launched in late 2012. Each of these guides is the product of a CTBUH Working Group—committees formed specifically to address focused topical subjects in the industry. The intention of each guide is the same—to provide working knowledge to the typical building owner or professional who wants a better understanding of available options for improving tall buildings, and what affects their design. The object of the series is to provide a tool-kit for the creation of better-performing tall buildings, and to spread the understanding of the considerations that need to be made in designing tall. This technical guide offers an extensive overview of the use of vertical vegetation in high-rise buildings, an indepth analysis of green walls, definitions and typology, including standards, policies and incentives. It features comprehensive case studies, along with architectural theories of the public and private benefits of green walls. The book delves into architect-design considerations and limitations, the effects of green walls on energy efficiencies and includes recommendations and future research.
Book Synopsis High-rise Security and Fire Life Safety by : Geoff Craighead
Download or read book High-rise Security and Fire Life Safety written by Geoff Craighead and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2003 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety servers as an essential took for building architects, building owners and property managers, security and fire safety directors, security consultants, and contract security firms. * Provides the reader with complete coverage of high-rise security and safety issues * Includes comprehensive sample documentation, diagrams, photographs to aid in developing security and fire life safety programs * Serves as an essential tool for building owners and managers, security and fire safety directors, security consultants and contract security firms.
Book Synopsis Modern American Housing by : Peggy Tully
Download or read book Modern American Housing written by Peggy Tully and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern American Housing brings together the most enlightened thinkers from the worlds of architecture, social practice, and real estate development to present the latest developments in the design and construction of new housing stock in re-urbanizing cities throughout the United States. New housing is grouped into three sections—housing towers, reused historical structures, and urban infill—and documented with photographs, pre-construction renderings, floor plans, and maps indicating location in urban settings. An accompanying essay and a discussion with urban planners, architects, and policymakers round out this fresh look at the past and future of the American house.
Download or read book High-rise Manual written by Johann Eisele and published by Birkhaüser. This book was released on 2003 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What constitutes a high-rise building? A high-rise is, in fact, any building with more than 9 storeys and not just those striking skyscrapers which shape modern city skylines. In the past architects who designed such structures used to be the exception but in the last 10 years more and more architectural offices have begun to focus on this type of building. However, the sheer complexity of designing and planning the construction of a high-rise as opposed to other building types requires a wealth of specialized experience and expertise. The High-Rise Manual is the first comprehensive reference work on this subject. All relevant aspects of such an undertaking are examined in detail by some 24 specialist authors. Each step is extensively documented including the initial project planning, the building organisation, the laying of the foundations, the supporting structure, the building technology, the office design, and the Facility Management. Theoretical contributions present the basic principles of select
Book Synopsis High-rise Living by : Andrew Weaving
Download or read book High-rise Living written by Andrew Weaving and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted designer surveys twenty-five beautiful high-rise apartments from Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, and the United States, exploring the history of high-rise living and the architects who envisioned it as a solution to the population problem. 10,000 first printing.
Book Synopsis Sustainable High Rise Buildings in Urban Zones by : Ali Sayigh
Download or read book Sustainable High Rise Buildings in Urban Zones written by Ali Sayigh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique reference gathers numerous new studies examining specific, prominent high-rise buildings around the world. Each nuanced study included undertakes the following pivotal considerations: environmental impacts; safety & social acceptability; energy consumption and comfort; planning contexts within the urban zone; physical footprint and size; services and risks; and a careful assessment of advantages and challenges. Architects and engineers exploring and optimizing sustainable building practices, energy managers, municipal and private project planners, as well as students will find edification and inspiration in the analysis provided by esteemed practitioners and professors within this fascinating volume.
Download or read book High-rise written by Andres Janser and published by Hatje Cantz. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highrise: Idea and Reality offers a comprehensive examination of the highrise phenomenon and its surprisingly recent international ubiquity. A wide range of contemporary highrises are explored in their broadest cultural and civic contexts, contexts which can vary greatly from continent to continent, and from culture to culture, illuminating not only the effects of these imposing buildings upon their immediate landscapes, but also the everyday lives of their inhabitants.
Book Synopsis High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety by : Geoff Craighead
Download or read book High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety written by Geoff Craighead and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, 3e, is a comprehensive reference for managing security and fire life safety operations within high-rise buildings. It spells out the unique characteristics of skyscrapers from a security and fire life safety perspective, details the type of security and life safety systems commonly found in them, outlines how to conduct risk assessments, and explains security policies and procedures designed to protect life and property. Craighead also provides guidelines for managing security and life safety functions, including the development of response plans for building emergencies. This latest edition clearly separates out the different types of skyscrapers, from office buildings to hotels to condominiums to mixed-use buildings, and explains how different patterns of use and types of tenancy impact building security and life safety. New to this edition: Differentiates security and fire life safety issues specific to: Office towers Hotels Residential and apartment buildings Mixed-use buildings Updated fire and life safety standards and guidelines Includes a CD-ROM with electronic versions of sample survey checklists, a sample building emergency management plan, and other security and fire life safety resources.
Book Synopsis Innovative High-rise Buildings by : Song Jia
Download or read book Innovative High-rise Buildings written by Song Jia and published by Artpower International Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An new awe-inspring collection of the most cutting edge design in high-rise buildings
Book Synopsis High-Rise: A Novel (Movie Tie-in Editions) by : J. G. Ballard
Download or read book High-Rise: A Novel (Movie Tie-in Editions) written by J. G. Ballard and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic novel of luxury and depravity, now a major motion picture. From the author of the celebrated dystopian classics Kingdom Come, The Drowned World, and The Drought, High Rise is a prescient story of class warfare. The film adaptation by acclaimed director Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Kill List) features Academy Award® winner Jeremy Irons; BAFTA Award nominees Tom Hiddleston and Sienna Miller; Luke Evans and Golden Globe Award® winner Elisabeth Moss. When explosive loyalties form inside a luxurious apartment block isolated from the rest of society, modern elevators become fierce battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors. In this chilling tale, humanity slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.
Book Synopsis High-rise Building Structures by : Wolfgang Schueller
Download or read book High-rise Building Structures written by Wolfgang Schueller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1977 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
