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Michael Balz

Author : John Chilton
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031192648
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Michael Balz written by John Chilton and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a review of the work of the architect Michael Balz, pioneer of concrete-shell architecture. It discusses his projects, both realized and unbuilt, many being designed in collaboration with the renowned Swiss engineer Heinz Isler. Profusely illustrated with original drawings and photographs, Michael Balz: Shells and Visions caters to the increasing interest in the design and construction of free-form reinforced concrete shells consequent on the advent of 3D modelling and form-finding software. The book describes architectural designs and practical construction issues to motivate contemporary shell designers. Balz’s experience of dealing with such difficulties as incompatibility with non-structural features and the insertion of windows into shells, and the assessment of buildings’ long-term performance allow readers to learn more easily how to cope with such issues in their own work. The book introduces Michael Balz, his early work with other architects, including his work on pneumatic forms with Frei Otto, and his evolution into an exponent of organic architecture. It then discusses completed projects, including the outdoor Theater unter den Kuppeln (1976), Ballettsaal (1979) and Balz House (1981). Competitions Balz entered and unrealized shell projects also receive attention, as does his work on the urban scale, highlighting conceptual designs of mega-cities. His visionary megastructures encourage the exploration of innovative solutions for city spaces by architects faced with today’s increased urbanization. Michael Balz: Shells and Visions will be of interest to students and professionals in the fields of architecture, structural engineering, building and urban design. It’s reflections on the cultural and contextual aspects of Balz’s work will help the architectural historian to appreciate its long-term significance.

Heinz Isler

Author : John Chilton
Publisher : Thomas Telford
ISBN 13 : 9780727728784
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Heinz Isler written by John Chilton and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title looks at the work of Heinz Isler. Working for over 40 years with free form shell structures, primarily constructed from reinforced concrete, Isler has built well over 1000 shells. His work contributes to contemporary architecture by its inspirational qualities.

Water, Doors and Buildings: Studies in the History of Construction

Author : James Campbell
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0992875153
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (928 download)

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Book Synopsis Water, Doors and Buildings: Studies in the History of Construction by : James Campbell

Download or read book Water, Doors and Buildings: Studies in the History of Construction written by James Campbell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents 50 peer-reviewed papers presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society held at Queens' College Cambridge from 5-7 April 2019 which cover a wide variety of topics on aspects of construction history with a section devoted entirely to papers on water engineering.

An Anthology of Structural Morphology

Author : Rene Motro
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812837213
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book An Anthology of Structural Morphology written by Rene Motro and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structural morphology working group of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, founded in 1991, has helped to launch several international seminars, newsletters and specific sessions of international conferences devoted to structural morphology. This book contains papers that have been selected either for their fundamental contribution to structural morphology or for their actual pertinence in the field. Polyhedral geometry, double-curved surfaces, biological structures, foldable systems, form-finding techniques, and free form design are some of the topics included in the contents of this book. The work presented in this book is the result of more than 15 years of study by researchers, engineers, mathematicians, and architects, who thought that conceptual design would benefit from the association of separate fields (geometry, biology, and mechanics) in a holistic process. Every aspect of structural morphology is illustrated by one or more chapters of the book. As far as we know, there are few books OCo perhaps none OCo that gather all aspects of structural morphology, even if, for instance, there are many books on the geometry of polyhedra. Furthermore, readers will have access to a large list of selected references, which will open the scope of their bibliography. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: The First 13 Years of Structural Morphology Group OCo A Personal View (2,623 KB). Contents: The First 13 Years of Structural Morphology Group OCo A Personal View (T Wester); An Approach to Structural Morphology (R Motro); The Structural Morphology of Curved Diaphragms OCo Or the Structural Behavior of Floral Polyhedra (T Wester); Polyhedroids (P Huybers); Novational Transformations (H Nooshin et al.); Some Structural-Morphological Aspects of Deployable Structures for Space Enclosures (A Hanaor); Phantasy in Space: On Human Feeling Between the Shapes of the World and How to Look on Natural Structures (M Balz); An Expandable Dodecahedron (K Flriin & T Tabor); Examples of Geometrical Reverse Engineering: Designing from Models and/or Under Geometrical Constraints (K Linkwitz); Crystalline Architecture (A L Loeb); Flat Grids Designs Employing the Swivel Diaphragm (C Rodriguez et al.); Form Optimizing in Biological Structures OCo The Morphology of Sea Shells (E Stach); Expandable OCyBlobOCO Structures (F Jensen & S Pellegrino). Readership: Advanced undergraduates and graduate students in mechanics, civil engineering, architecture and design; architects; engineers."

The Trow City Directory Co.'s, Formerly Wilson's, Copartnership and Corporation Directory of New York City

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Trow City Directory Co.'s, Formerly Wilson's, Copartnership and Corporation Directory of New York City written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Final Environmental Impact Statement

Author : United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Final Environmental Impact Statement written by United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Willamette National Forest (N.F.), Land and Resource(s) Management Plan (LRMP)

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Willamette National Forest (N.F.), Land and Resource(s) Management Plan (LRMP) written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shell Structures for Architecture

Author : Sigrid Adriaenssens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317909372
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Shell Structures for Architecture written by Sigrid Adriaenssens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban *** Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational techniques to develop complex curved structural surfaces, in the form of mathematics, computer algorithms, and design case studies. • Part I introduces the topic of shells, tracing the ancient relationship between structural form and forces, the basics of shell behaviour, and the evolution of form-finding and structural optimization techniques. • Part II familiarizes the reader with form-finding techniques to explore expressive structural geometries, covering the force density method, thrust network analysis, dynamic relaxation and particle-spring systems. • Part III focuses on shell shape and topology optimization, and provides a deeper understanding of gradient-based methods and meta-heuristic techniques. • Part IV contains precedent studies of realised shells and gridshells describing their innovative design and construction methods.

The Making of Modern Muslim Selves through Architecture

Author : Farhan S. Karim
Publisher : Intellect Books
ISBN 13 : 1789388538
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Modern Muslim Selves through Architecture written by Farhan S. Karim and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection seeks to explore alternative definitions of bounded identities, facilitating new approaches to spatial and architectural forms. Taking as its starting point the emergence of a new sense of ‘boundary’ emerged from the post-19th century dissolution of large, heterogeneous empires into a mosaic of nation-states in the Islamic world. This new sense of boundaries has not only determined the ways in which we imagine and construct the idea of modern citizenship, but also redefines relationships between the nation, citizenship, cities and architecture. It brings critical perspectives to our understanding of the interrelation between the accumulated flows and the evolving concepts of boundary in predominantly Muslim societies and within the global Muslim diaspora. Essays in this book seeks to investigate how architecture mediates the creation and deployment of boundaries and boundedness that have been devised to define, enable, obstruct, accumulate and/or control flows able to disrupt bounded territories or identities. More generally, the book explores how architecture might be considered as a means to understand the relationship between flows and boundaries and its implication of defining modern self. The essays in this volume collectively address how the construction of self is primarily a spatial event and operated within the crucial nexus of power-knowledge-space. Contributors investigate how architecture mediates the creation and deployment of boundaries and boundedness, how architecture might be considered as a means to understand the relationship between flows and boundaries and its implications for how we define the modern self. Part of the Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East series.

Arab Reform and Foreign Aid

Author : Haim Malka
Publisher : CSIS
ISBN 13 : 9780892064861
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Arab Reform and Foreign Aid written by Haim Malka and published by CSIS. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Talk of reform is on the lips of many in Morocco, from the salons to the slums, and far into the countryside. Moroccans talk about reform in their country as an imperative, and the country s young king has been a key driver. Because of that, Morocco has drawn the attention of governments in the United States and Europe, which have seen their own strategic interests being tied to economic, political, and social reform in the Middle East and North Africa. Given all of the interest in reform, are the Moroccans going about it the right way? Are outside powers playing the proper constructive role, or are they undermining their own and Moroccans efforts toward positive change? This study analyzes U.S. and European policies to promote reform in Morocco, as well as the efforts of Moroccans themselves, and it seeks to understand the most effective ways to create complementary strategies toward reform." -- Product description.

Freedom in the World 2011

Author : Freedom House
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442209968
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Freedom in the World 2011 written by Freedom House and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 194 countries and 14 territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide. The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development.

Rabbi - Pastor - Priest

Author : Walter Homolka
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110266962
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Rabbi - Pastor - Priest written by Walter Homolka and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both Judaism and Christianity have authorized clergy, charged with fulfilling a multitude of tasks in their respective communities. They teach, provide pastoral care, and preach. They lead worship, hold services and offer counseling regarding all aspects of life. They perform religious rites at the beginning and end of life as well as in-between. They make decisions regarding religious questions, serve as administrators, and possibly even mediate ‛between heaven and earth’. The concrete forms of realization and the functions of the office are not only defined through theological specification but are also subject to trends and influences. This in turn leads to constant change and adaptation.

Seven Structural Engineers

Author : Félix Candela
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 13 : 9780870707032
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Seven Structural Engineers written by Félix Candela and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1997, the Structural Engineers Association of New York has hosted a lecture series in honour of the structural engineer Felix Candela. This book presents all eight lectures in written form for the first time. The lectures cover varying topics related to structural engineering, and have been given by some of the most prominent structural engineers working and teaching today. Each essay is fully illustrated.

Making Islam Work

Author : Thijl Sunier
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004684921
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Making Islam Work written by Thijl Sunier and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of Islamic landscapes in Europe, is first and foremost related to Islamic authority. Religious authority relies on persuasiveness and deals with issues of truth, authenticity, legitimacy, trust, and ethics with reference to religious matters. This study argues that Islamic authority-making among European Muslims is a social and relational practice that is much broader and versatile than theological proficiency and personal status. It can also be conferred to objects, activities, and events. The book explores various ways in which Islamic authority is being constituted among Muslims in Western Europe with a particular focus on the role of ‘ordinary’ Muslims. This book is available in its entirety in Open Access.

Changing Trends in Architectural Design Education

Author : Jamal Al-Qawasmi
Publisher : csaar
ISBN 13 : 9957860208
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Changing Trends in Architectural Design Education written by Jamal Al-Qawasmi and published by csaar. This book was released on 2006 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trow's New York City Directory

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1598 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trow's New York City Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 1598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The City Record

Author : New York (N.Y.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book The City Record written by New York (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: