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Green Roof Systems : A Guide to the Planning, Design and Construction of Building Over Structure
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Susan Weiler (Author)
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Katrin Scholz-Barth (Author)
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Wiley (Editor)
Green Roof Systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space, often as important public space, over structure. It offers brief coverage of the entire process, including planning and collaboration, and focuses on the technical aspects of these roof systems, their components, and their applications.
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The Fundamentals of Graphic Design (Fundamentals (AVA))
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Paul Harris (Author)
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Gavin Ambrose (Author)
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AVA Publishing (Editor)
A thoughtful exploration of the role of graphic design today, The Fundamentals of Graphic Design offers a unique overview of a challenging and dynamic profession. From new media to marketing, from package design and print design to typography, opportunities in graphic design are everywhere. This book discusses both the familiar aspects of graphic-design jobs, such as art directing, copyright issues, and web design, and the broader implications of graphic design, including social responsibility, the art world, and the future. The Fundamentals of Graphic Design is an ideal guide to anyone starting out or seeking a place in the world of graphic design.
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Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century: Plans, Sections and Elevations (Key Series)
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Hilary French (Author)
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W.W. Norton & Co. (Editor)
The design of multiple housing ? a new building type, especially for growing urban populations ? was a major new area of activity for architects at the beginning of the twentieth century, and one that continues into the twenty-first century. This book features some ninety of the most influential modern housing designs of the last hundred years by some of the best-known architects in the field. Each project is explained with a concise text and photographs and specially created scale drawings, including floor plans and site plans, sections and elevations where appropriate. The projects are organized in six roughly chronological chapters tracing the history of both public and private housing around the world. The detailed drawings allow each project to be analyzed in depth, which, alongside the author?s authoritative text, will make this an invaluable resource for architects and students. As an added bonus, the book includes a CD-ROM containing digital files of all the drawings featured in the book. 150 color photographs; 500 line drawings.
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New Chinese Architecture
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Laurence King Publishing (Author)
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Laurence King Publishers (Editor)
Over the last five years, architecture in China has experienced an unprecedented boom in architecture and has become the most dynamic and active region in the world. The complex fusion of both Chinese and Western influences has given this its architecture a unique style. This comprehensive, wide ranging book showcases the most exciting projects of recent years in China, with extensive imagery together with clear line drawings. It covers buildings all over China and of every type and scale: houses, schools, universities, offices, retail spaces, galleries and museums. Across its 480 pages this book provides the most complete survey of contemporary Chinese architecture to date and will be indispensable for architects, students and all those with an interest in architecture.
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Play All Day: Design for Children
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R. Klanten (Author)
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S. Ehmann (Author)
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S. Moreno (Author)
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F. Schulze (Author)
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R. Klanten (Editor)
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S. Ehmann (Editor)
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S. Moreno (Editor)
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F. Schulze (Editor)
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Die Gestalten Verlag (Editor)
A collection of the best design products, furniture and architecture for children an indispensable
reference for design-savvy parents.
Design for children is ubiquitous, but the vast number of products on the market
are commonplace. Play All Day documents a collection of the most vibrant,
stimulating and engaging design products and concepts for children.
This book sets a new standard of design for children by presenting smart products
and concepts for smart parents and their kids. Play All Day presents fascinating
examples of innovative and well-designed toys, playgrounds, play environments,
room decorations, wall coverings, furniture and kindergarten architecture.
In addition to these products, it also presents illustration, photography as well
as new and original ideas offering playful solutions that talented designers and
creative parents are designing for and with their kids.
Play All Day: Design for Children is an inspiring reference for design-savvy parents
and other professionals.
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Never Use White Type on a Black Background: And 50 Other Ridiculous Design Rules
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Anneloes van Gaalen (Author)
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BIS Publishers (Editor)
Design has many rules that claim to be big truths and full of wisdom. Designers all go by rules that work for them. However, their rules may not work for someone else, or for a particular piece of design work. When a rule is forced upon you, it stops working and becomes a joke, like "Never use a PC," or "Leave it until the last minute," or the most famous of them all, "Less is more." The problem is that every rule related to, or governing, design is ultimately ridiculous. In this book we have collected the most talked-about rules and the viewpoints of designers and thought leaders who live by them or hate them.
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Designing Sustainable Packaging
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Scott Boylston (Author)
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Laurence King Publishers (Editor)
This is a practical book on creating packaging prototypes that reflect sustainable and ecologically sound principles. It challenges the next generation of graphic designers to re-envision packaging design as a less environmentally destructive practice than it presently is, and examines an array of techniques and methodologies for creating innovative and sustainable packaging designs, from first concept to final production. The book is organised into two distinct sections embracing first the theory, including many case studies, and then the practice of eco-friendly packaging design. In the first part of the book, after introducing the student to the background of packaging design and its purpose, the author focuses on issues of sustainability. Through a series of case studies and interviews he looks at some of the companies that are leading the way in sustainable/green packaging.
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The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum
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Hilary Ballon (Author)
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Luis Carranza (Author)
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Pat Kirkham (Author)
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Neil Levine (Author)
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Guggenheim Museum (Editor)
Published on the occasion of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's fiftieth anniversary, and in association with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this fascinating, beautifully designed volume is the first to fully explore the process behind one of the greatest, most iconic Modern buildings in America-and the world. The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum examines the history, design and construction of Wright's masterwork with preliminary drawings, models and photographs, as well as three major essays that consider the building in three important contexts. Hillary Ballon discusses the obstacles Wright faced in getting the Guggenheim built, and how his complex relationship with New York City was reflected in his design; Neil Levine explores why Wright's Guggenheim had much greater impact on museum architecture than museums designed by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; and Joseph Siry writes about the museum's novel construction and how it impacted the work of a later generation of architects including Frank Gehry, Louis Kahn and I.M. Pei. Through archival materials, letters and a richly illustrated timeline, the book also traces the relationship between the architect and his clients during the 16-year construction process.
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The Inner Life of Martin Frost
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Paul Auster (Author)
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Glenn Thomas (Author)
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Mark Batty Publisher (Editor)
Paul Auster's novel The Book of Illusions explores the implications of stories within stories, especially as films. Battling with personal crises, Auster's protagonist David Zimmer falls into the work of the fictional silent film star Hector Mann. The Inner Life of Martin Frost is a long-lost Mann film. It is also this book, which through Glenn Thomas's innovative typography and drawings echoes the vertiginous plight of Zimmer as he becomes fascinated by the one particular film. Having worked on several films, including a 2007 revamped version of this story, visual cues fit well with Auster's words, making this book ideal for anyone interested in how words and imagery can work together to create new forms of understanding. When asked about how Auster's story inspired Thomas's work, he said, "I love the way Auster puts his books together. I want art to put me off balance, cause me to puzzle over it... a state of consternation . . . at its best to shock, like seeing Gruenwald's altarpiece for the first time in the flesh. I find this story very poetic, kind of... misty." Having worked together on one previous project, The Inner Life of Martin Frost marks the first Paul Auster and Glenn Thomas collaboration that is widely available.
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California Academy of Sciences: Architecture in Harmony with Nature
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Susan Wels (Author)
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Greg Farrington (Preface)
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John McCosker (Introduction)
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Renzo Piano (Foreword)
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Chronicle Books (Editor)
Acclaimed architect Renzo Piano's vision for the new California Academy of Sciences is one of hope and grand ambition: to create a model for sustainable design at an unprecedented scale. This is the story of an architectural masterpiece detailing the intricacies of form and function: its 2.5-acre rooftop garden the 60 000 photovoltaic cells designed to power the building and its use of natural light and ventilation. When the new museum is unveiled in September 2008 this celebratory book will serve as both resource and reminder of how humans can live and work in harmony with nature.
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