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The Great Builders

Author : Kenneth Powell
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500776652
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Great Builders written by Kenneth Powell and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history. Here is Brunelleschi, who built the unbuildable dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a design for the Crystal Palace, London, on a piece of blotting paper; and James Bogardus, an early American evangelist of the opportunities offered by cast-iron architecture. Rapid advances in industrial production inspired experiments with new materials and techniques, gradually allowing a whole new architecture to emerge: reinforced concrete, plate glass and steel were central to the creations of Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret and Mies van der Rohe, for instance; and, in the High-Tech architecture of the present day represented by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, among others computer-aided design has seemingly tested the boundaries of the possible.

Build Your Own City

Author : Joachim Klang
Publisher : Heel Verlag Gmbh
ISBN 13 : 9783868526585
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Build Your Own City written by Joachim Klang and published by Heel Verlag Gmbh. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides step-by-step instructions for building a city from Lego bricks.

Build your own city

Author : Joachim Klang
Publisher : HEEL Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3958431283
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book Build your own city written by Joachim Klang and published by HEEL Verlag. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses all LEGO enthusiasts from 6 years up who are looking for a real challenge: why not build a complete town out of LEGO bricks? After explaining basic techniques and simple models for younger kids this manual provides detailed step by step building instructions for all items necessary to build your own Lego City. From streets, cars, trucks, houses, bus stops, supermarkets, people and animals, trees and plants - a must have how-to manual to build a city using the bricks from your collection at home. Besides providing comprehensive explanations for building with LEGO bricks it also contains four more complex, larger and complicated projects: a helicopter, a racecar, a ship and a large truck.

Perfect City

Author : Joe Berridge
Publisher : Sutherland House Books
ISBN 13 : 9781999439514
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Perfect City written by Joe Berridge and published by Sutherland House Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cities, more than ever, are the engines of our economies and the ecosystems in which our lives play out. This means that questions about the perfectibility and sustainability of urban life are all the more urgent. Joe Berridge, one of the world's leading urban planners, takes us on an insider's tour of the world's largest and most diverse cities, from New York to London, Shanghai to Singapore, Toronto to Sydney, to examine what is working and not working, what is promising, and what needs to be fixed in the contemporary megalopolis. We meet the people, politicians, and thinkers at the cutting edge of global city making, and share their struggles and successes as they balance the competing priorities of growing their economies, upgrading the urban machinery that keeps a city humming, and protecting, serving, and delighting their citizens. We visit a succession of great urban innovations, stop by many of Joe's favorite restaurants, and leave with a startling view of the magical urban future that awaits us all. "--

What Makes a Great City

Author : Alexander Garvin
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610917588
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book What Makes a Great City written by Alexander Garvin and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Planetizen's Top Planning Books for 2017 - San Francisco Chronicle's 2016 Holiday Books Gift Guide Pick What makes a great city? City planner and architect Alexander Garvin set out to answer this question by observing cities, largely in North America and Europe, with special attention to Paris, London, New York, and Vienna. For Garvin, greatness is about what people who shape cities can do to make a city great. A great city is a dynamic, constantly changing place that residents and their leaders can reshape to satisfy their demands. Most importantly, it is about the interplay between people and public realm, and how they have interacted throughout history to create great cities. What Makes a Great City will help readers understand that any city can be changed for the better and inspire entrepreneurs, public officials, and city residents to do it themselves.

The Rise of the Community Builders

Author : Marc A. Weiss
Publisher : Beard Books
ISBN 13 : 9781587981524
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Community Builders written by Marc A. Weiss and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reprint of a 1987 book * It is to be hand scanned, so as not to destroy the text or cover, and returned to Beard Books. The book deals with the evolution of real estate development in the United States, focusing on the rise of planned communities common in the American suburbs since the 1940s.

The Builders

Author : Daniel Polansky
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 0765384000
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Builders written by Daniel Polansky and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Magnificent Seven meets The Wind in the Willows in this action-packed fantasy adventure from Daniel Polansky, The Builders. A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the Captain's whiskers are twitching at the idea of evening the score. PRAISE FOR THE BUILDERS "A living, breathing world of vivid, winsome characters hellbent on their blaze of glory and as unforgiving as a runaway train carrying all your friends over a cliff. I haven't cared about animals this much since Watership Down." — Delilah S. Dawson, author of Hit and Wicked as They Come "Nobody does dark like Polansky. The Builders is Redwall meets Unforgiven, combining the endearing wit of Disney's Robin Hood with all the grit and violence of a spaghetti western." — Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Preserving the World's Great Cities

Author : Anthony M. Tung
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Preserving the World's Great Cities written by Anthony M. Tung and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both epic and intimate, this is the story of the fight to save the world’s architectural and cultural heritage as it is embodied in the extraordinary buildings and urban spaces of the great cities of Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Never before have the complexities and dramas of urban preservation been as keenly documented as inPreserving the World’s Great Cities. In researching this important work, Anthony Tung traveled throughout the world to visit remarkable buildings and districts in China, Italy, Greece, the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere. Everywhere he found both the devastating legacy of war, economics, and indifference and the accomplishments of people who have worked and sometimes risked their lives to preserve and renew the most meaningful urban expressions of the human spirit. From Singapore’s blind rush to become the most modern city of the East to Warsaw’s poignant and heroic effort to resurrect itself from the Nazis’ systematic campaign of physical and cultural obliteration, from New York and Rome to Kyoto and Cairo, we see the city as an expression of the best and worst within us. This is essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs and Witold Rybczynski and everyone who is concerned about urban preservation.

Robert Moses

Author : Pierre Christin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 191062036X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Robert Moses written by Pierre Christin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The achievements of one man changed the face of an entire city. Robert Moses: the mastermind of New York. From the subway to the skyscraper, from Manhattan's Financial District to the Long Island suburbs, every inch of New York tells the story of this controversial urban planner's mind. In paperback for the first time, Pierre Christin and Olivier Balez's comic book takes on the infamous "Power Broker" and unlocks the historical battles that created the modern metropolis.

Elegant New York

Author : John Tauranac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Elegant New York written by John Tauranac and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book describes nine of the most dazzling buildings of the time built directly or indirectly by the small yet powerful elite that was instrumental in shaping the rest of the country - Morgan, Vanderbilt, Astor & Carnegie.

Cahokia

Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143117475
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Cahokia written by Timothy R. Pauketat and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of a lost city and an unprecedented American civilization located in modern day Illinois near St. Louis While Mayan and Aztec civilizations are widely known and documented, relatively few people are familiar with the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico-a site that expert Timothy Pauketat brings vividly to life in this groundbreaking book. Almost a thousand years ago, a city flourished along the Mississippi River near what is now St. Louis. Built around a sprawling central plaza and known as Cahokia, the site has drawn the attention of generations of archaeologists, whose work produced evidence of complex celestial timepieces, feasts big enough to feed thousands, and disturbing signs of human sacrifice. Drawing on these fascinating finds, Cahokia presents a lively and astonishing narrative of prehistoric America.

Atlanta and Its Builders

Author : Thomas H. Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Atlanta and Its Builders written by Thomas H. Martin and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Builders

Author : Frank McDonald
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141900369
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Builders written by Frank McDonald and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past fifteen years, Ireland has gone from being one of the poorest countries in the EU to one of the richest in the world. Of all the factors in this extraordinary transformation, none has been more prominent than the astonishing boom in construction. In The Builders, Frank McDonald and Kathy Sheridan tell the stories of these men and of the changes - physical and psychological - they have brought about. The story of Ireland's property developers has been the great untold story of the boom - until now. 'Essential reading' Sunday Business Post

The City Builders

Author : Susan S. Fainstein
Publisher : Studies in Government & Public
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The City Builders written by Susan S. Fainstein and published by Studies in Government & Public. This book was released on 2001 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition examines major redevelopment efforts in New York and London to uncover the forces behind these investment cycles and the role that public policy can play in moderating market instability. It chronicles the progress of three development projects in New York and three in London.

City Builders And Vandals In Our Age

Author : Caleb Maupin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781646061235
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book City Builders And Vandals In Our Age written by Caleb Maupin and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaos seems to be all around us. Living standards are dropping and unrest is rising in western countries amid a backdrop of rising tension around the world. Drawing from classical history, Rome, Greece, Mesopotamia, as well as geopolitics, mythology and a re-examination of Marxism, Caleb Maupin argues that there are two distinct drives within human beings, one that seeks to build and the other that seeks to plunder and destroy. In this book, the well-known journalist and political analyst examines the broken political compass and why the concepts of left and right are not as clear in the 21st century. Maupin also describes the crisis hanging over the global apparatus of production, as the irrational profit motive gets in the way of human creativity. This book points toward the way out of societal decay in the west, and to the underlying causes of the unfolding Eurasian renaissance. In an age cursed by pessimism, this book presents an optimistic view of the potential within technology and the computer revolution. From many different angles, Maupin points toward the hope for international cooperation and friendship with a win-win model of global trade. The book present an analysis of the Iran nuclear deal's demise, the efforts to crush Huawei Technologies and the Nordstream 2 natural gas pipeline, the rise of New Energy Vehicles, the contradictory behavior of the Trump White House, the rise of the New Right in Europe, the Bernie Sanders "Democratic Socialist" phenomena in America, and so much more. In his analysis, Maupin offers a repudiation of both post-modern liberal deconstruction and "greed is good" economic theories, arguing that the rational side of human beings will once again reassert itself in order to fulfill the dreams of peace and growth that seems to unite us all.

The Builder

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Builders Association

Author : Shannon Jackson
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262029294
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Builders Association written by Shannon Jackson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated history and critical appraisal of The Builders Association, an award-winning intermedia performance company, with detailed accounts of its major productions. This book begins with the building of a house, and the building of a company while building the house. It expands to look at the ideas found in various rooms, some of which expanded into virtual space while they still were grounded in the lives of the artists in the house. —from the preface by Marianne Weems The Builders Association, an award-winning intermedia performance company founded in 1994, develops its work in extended collaborations with artists and designers, working through performance, video, architecture, sound, and text to integrate live performance with other media. Its work is not only cross-media but cross-genre—fiction and nonfiction, unorthodox retellings of classic tales and multimedia stagings of contemporary events. This book offers a generously illustrated history and critical appraisal of The Builders Association, written by Shannon Jackson, a leading theater scholar, and Marianne Weems, the founder and artistic director of the company. It also includes critical meditations from such artists and scholars as Elizabeth Diller, Pico Iyer, Saskia Sassen, Kate Valk, and many others. Technological wizardry in the theater has a long history, going back to the deus ex machina of ancient Greek drama. The Builders Association makes its technological dependence visible, putting backstage technologies center stage and presenting architectural assemblies of screens and bodies. Jackson and Weems explore a series of major productions—from MASTER BUILDER (Ibsen by way of Gordon Matta-Clark) to SUPERVISION (an exploration of dataveillance) to HOUSE/DIVIDED (the foreclosure crisis juxtaposed with the Joads of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath). Each work is described through a series of steps, including “R&D,” “Operating Systems,” “Storyboard,” and “Rehearsal/Assembly.” The Builders Association not only traces the evolution of an intermedial aesthetic practice but also tells a story about how a group makes the risky decision to make art in the first place.