Название: California Dreaming (Architectural Design)
Автор: Neil Spiller
Издательство: Neil Spiller
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 141
Размер: 38,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

California has historically provided a fertile breeding ground for radical modes of architectural thinking, practice and building, which from the 1920s onwards was sparked by the presence of eminent émigré architects. It was also central to the birth of ‘cool’ mid-century Modernism – all in parallel with the intense concentration of design and experimentation in the film, aerospace and tech industries.

Название: Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City
Автор: Ben Wilson
Издательство: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385548117
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 304
Размер: 25,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior. Since the beginning of civilization, humans have built cities to wall nature out, then glorified it in beloved but quite artificial parks.

Название: Tiny Houses Beginners Guide
Автор: Alex Freeman
Издательство: Independently Published
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 11 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Take Action Today and live Mortgage-Free for the Rest Of Your Life By Designing, Building and Living In The Tiny House Of Your Dreams! The Tiny House Movement has gone a long way from being a quirky housing trend into an actual way of life for people who are ready to down size their lives for practical reasons. Students who are burdened by student loans but prefer to lead independent lives as they enter the workforce find the option to build a tiny house as their starter house. Entrepreneurs who want to take control of their life by starting their own business find downsizing to tiny house living as the most practical approach to managing finances as they start a business. Older folks who are at the cusp of retirement age have been known to sell off their property, the house they built their life and family in, to wind down and settle into old age in a much more manageable space which a tiny house is able to provide.

Название: Seismic Design and Analysis of Tanks
Автор: Gian Michele Calvi, Roberto Nascimbene
Издательство: Wiley
ISBN: 1119849810
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 355
Размер: 32,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

A detailed view on the effects of seismic activity on tank structures. As the use of aboveground and underground storage tanks (ASTs and USTs) continues to grow―with approximately 545 thousand in the US alone―the greatest threat to from AST and USTs is the contamination of groundwater, a vital source of drinking water throughout the world and one that close to half of Americans rely upon. These tanks suffer a great deal of strain during an earthquake, as a complicated pattern of stress affects them such that poorly designed tanks have leaked, buckled, or even collapsed during seismic events.

Название: At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping
Автор: John Gidding
Издательство: Countryman Press
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 115 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Go from manicured lawn to eco-conscious garden with this step-by-step guide from HGTV star John Gidding. Increased awareness of the environment and an ever-present interest in curb appeal means that homeowners are eager for more sustainable, natural landscaping. And why shouldn't they be? In addition to supporting local flora and fauna, ditching grass for lush, native plants helps lower water bills and results in self-sustaining gardens long-term. In John Gidding's At Home with Nature, American homeowners will find thorough blueprints to reap these benefits and bring their dream garden to life.

Название: Private Gardens of the Pacific Northwest
Автор: Brian Coleman
Издательство: Gibbs Smith
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 148,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Private Gardens of the Pacific Northwest is a stunning exploration of 20 lush private gardens. These sprawling estates, small sanctuaries, and artful retreats capture the natural beauty of the verdant Pacific Northwest, each one splashed with hints of boldness, modernity, artistry, and exquisiteness. Capturing the personality of those who cultivate them, these gardens have their stories told through the words of renowned author Brian Coleman, who takes readers through the flourishing natural beauty that the northwestern coast has to offer.

Название: Inner Spaces: Paul Vincent Wiseman & The Wiseman Group
Автор: Brian D. Coleman
Издательство: Gibbs Smith
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 280
Размер: 86,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Custom luxury in distinctive personal spaces. Forewords by Frank O. Gehry and Paul Goldberger. This first book on the interior designs of San Francisco–based Paul Vincent Wiseman and The Wiseman Group showcases distinctive homes where clients find themselves at peace in a profound way. The hallmarks of Wiseman interiors are superb details executed in custom furniture and furnishings.

Название: Islamic Gardens and Landscapes
Автор: D. Fairchild Ruggles
Издательство: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812240251
Год: 2007
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 296
Размер: 30,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India.

Название: Cabins
Автор: Ralph Kylloe
Издательство: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423603702
Год: 2008
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 14,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Whether at camp, at the lake, in the mountains or high off in the backwoods, we all cherish our memories of summer vacations at the cabin. Maybe it was enjoying the coziness of log bunk beds, playing games with cousins and friends, diving off wooden-plank docks, fishing from the riverbank, being lulled by the rustling breeze or mesmerized by the riffling stream or slapping waves"•whatever, these experiences linger in our memories.

Название: Trajectories in Architecture Plan, Sensation, Temporality
Автор: Michael Jasper
Издательство: Routledge
ISBN: 0367444267
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 185
Размер: 36,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Trajectories in Architecture: Plan, Sensation, Temporality presents a compelling examination of underlying issues in late-twentieth-century architecture. Three formal preoccupations and conceptual orientations are used as guiding threads or trajectories. These three trajectories – the plan as conceptual device, a logic of sensation, and temporalities – serve to organise individual chapters in the central sections of the book and provide a new lens to the study of period work, revealing architectural conditions and consequent spatial effects little explored to date.