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Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Conservation of buildings & building materials

Climate Change and Conservation of Coastal Built Heritage (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020): Maya Hassan, Hui Xie Climate Change and Conservation of Coastal Built Heritage (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Maya Hassan, Hui Xie
R3,028 Discovery Miles 30 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the preservation principles and the current environmental challenges relating to monitoring heritage sites and buildings under the effects of climate change. It provides a clear overview of conservation action levels and the importance of participation and cooperation between them, and discusses evaluation and management methods, thermal comfort for the common usages, and conceptual methods for enhancing the built heritage. The research presented employed the "Zoom In, Zoom Out" approach for monitoring the Syrian coastal heritage sites threatened by the direct and indirect effects of climate change. Lastly, the book establishes the basic principles and conservation strategies for preserving the coastal heritage sites and buildings. As such, it is a valuable reference resource for researchers, developers, architects, and conservators involved in protecting the architectural heritage in coastal areas. It can also be used as a guidebook on preserving and monitoring built heritage sites at both macro and micro levels.

Refurbishment and Repair in Construction (Hardcover): David K. Doran, James Douglas, Richard Pratley Refurbishment and Repair in Construction (Hardcover)
David K. Doran, James Douglas, Richard Pratley
R1,888 R1,743 Discovery Miles 17 430 Save R145 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Refurbishment and repair accounts for approximately 50 per cent of annual construction turnover. It is therefore essential that practitioners and those students who aspire to work in this sector are equipped with the best tools to do the job. This book has been produced to fill that gap in construction literature. The nature of refurbishment and repair is markedly different from new-build work since it is necessary to work within the restraints of a pre-determind situation. Those who do so are faced with an existing building or structure that may be many years old. It may have been built to standards hardly recognisable when compared to those of today.It is therefore necessary to build safely and to match as closely as possible comtemporary standards on sustainability and energy conservation. It is also apparent that existing buildings may not conform to 21st century standards of structural analysis or stability - and yet have stood without distress for many years. Guidence is provided to deal with such situations together with ideas on how to assess the residual life of a refurbished or repaired building.First and foremost it is essential for those involved in this type of work to gain an intimate knowledge of the structure under consideration. This book suggests ways of seeking this knowledge. Failure to investigate the history of existing develpoments may add considerably to the cost of construction and, in the extreme, to structural collapse involving injury or loss of life. This book proceeds logically through the reasons to consider refurbishment and repair and offers advice on risks, discovery, contracts, materials, learning from the past and legal restraints. Best practice is illustrated by a series of case studies. Extensive bibliographies have been provided to assist those with the need for further research. "Refurbishment and Repair in Construction" provides a companion volume to "Site Engineers Manual" which will be available as a second edition.

Engineering Assets and Public Infrastructures in the Age of Digitalization - Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on... Engineering Assets and Public Infrastructures in the Age of Digitalization - Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Jayantha P Liyanage, Joe Amadi-Echendu, Joseph Mathew
R5,144 Discovery Miles 51 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management covers a range of topics that are timely, relevant and practically important in the modern digital era towards safer, cost effective, efficient, and secure engineered assets such as production and manufacturing plants, process facilities, civil structures, equipment, machinery, and infrastructure. It has compiled some pioneering work by domain experts of the global Engineering Asset Management community representing both public and private sectors. The professional coverage of the book includes: Asset management in Industry 4.0; Standards and models; Sustainable assets and processes; Life cycle perspectives; Smart and safer assets; Applied data science; Workplace safety; Asset health; Advances in equipment condition monitoring; Critical asset processes; and Innovation strategy and entrepreneurship The breadth and depth of these state-of-the-art, comprehensive proceedings make them an excellent resource for asset management practitioners, researchers and academics, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures - DAMAS 2019, 9-10 July 2019, Porto,... Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures - DAMAS 2019, 9-10 July 2019, Porto, Portugal (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Magd Abdel Wahab
R4,423 Discovery Miles 44 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume contains the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures DAMAS 2019, 9-10 July 2019, Porto, Portugal. It presents the expertise of scientists and engineers in academia and industry in the field of damage assessment, structural health monitoring and non-destructive evaluation. The proceedings covers all research topics relevant to damage assessment of engineering structures and systems including numerical simulations, signal processing of sensor measurements and theoretical techniques as well as experimental case studies.

Safety of historical stone arch bridges (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Dirk Proske, Pieter Van Gelder Safety of historical stone arch bridges (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)
Dirk Proske, Pieter Van Gelder
R3,958 Discovery Miles 39 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Historical stone arch bridges are still a major part of the infrastructure in many countries. Although this type of bridge has proven to be an efficient construction type, it often poses the problem of insufficient numerical models of the load bearing behavior. Therefore the book introduces methods to adapt life loads and introduces different types of numerical models of the load resistance respectively. The book continues with the introduction of specific damages and strengthening techniques. The book particularly focuses on the probabilistic safety assessment of historical arch bridges, for which often only limited material and structural data is available.

The Railway Goods Shed and Warehouse in England (Paperback): John Minnis The Railway Goods Shed and Warehouse in England (Paperback)
John Minnis; As told to Simon Hickman
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Although goods traffic accounted in many cases for a higher proportion of railway companies' revenue than passengers, the buildings associated with it have received very little attention in comparison to their passenger counterparts. They once played as important a role in distribution as the 'big sheds' near motorway junctions do today. The book shows how the basic design of goods sheds evolved early in the history of railways, and how the form of goods sheds reflected the function they performed. Although goods sheds largely functioned in the same way, there was considerable scope for variety of architectural expression in their external design. The book brings out how they varied considerably in size from small timber huts to the massive warehouses seen in major cities. It also looks at how many railway companies developed standard designs for these buildings towards the end of the 19th century and at how traditional materials such as timber, brick and stone gave way to steel and concrete in the 20th This building type is subject to a high level of threat with development pressure in urban and suburban areas for both car parking and housing having already accounted for the demise of many of these buildings. Despite this, some 600 have been identified as still extant and the book will, for the first time, provide a comprehensive gazetteer of the surviving examples.

Chasing Covered Bridges - And How to Find Them (Paperback): Paul Parrott Chasing Covered Bridges - And How to Find Them (Paperback)
Paul Parrott
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A full color "Virtual Encyclopedia" of America's Covered Bridges! Chasing Covered Bridges lists locations, including state, county, etc. and contains more than 260 full color featured photos, with a total of 800 of these beautiful old structures. Relive America's past through these grand old symbols of times long gone. Join author Paul Parrott, (retired after 22 years in the Navy and nearly 20 years in the U.S. Postal Service), in his travels as he searches to find "Still yet one more bridge."

ICRRM 2019 - System Reliability, Quality Control, Safety, Maintenance and Management - Applications to Civil, Mechanical and... ICRRM 2019 - System Reliability, Quality Control, Safety, Maintenance and Management - Applications to Civil, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Vinit Kumar Gunjan, Sri Niwas Singh, Tran Duc-Tan, Gloria Jeanette Rincon Aponte, Amit Kumar
R4,233 Discovery Miles 42 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Content of this proceedings discusses emerging trends in structural reliability, safety and disaster management, covering topics like total quality management, risk maintenance and design for reliability. Some papers also address chemical process reliability, reliability analysis and engineering applications in chemical process equipment systems and includes a chapter on reliability evaluation models of chemical systems. Accepted papers from 2019 International Conference on Reliability, Risk Maintenance and Engineering Management (ICRRM 2019) are part of this conference proceeding. It offers useful insights to road safety engineers, disaster management professionals involved in product design and probabilistic methods in manufacturing systems.

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Composite and Reinforced Concrete Beams (Paperback): Xiaoshan Lin, Y. X. Zhang, Prabin... Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Composite and Reinforced Concrete Beams (Paperback)
Xiaoshan Lin, Y. X. Zhang, Prabin Pathak
R2,901 Discovery Miles 29 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Composite and Reinforced Concrete Beams presents advanced methods and techniques for the analysis of composite and FRP reinforced concrete beams. The title introduces detailed numerical modeling methods and the modeling of the structural behavior of composite beams, including critical interfacial bond-slip behavior. It covers a new family of composite beam elements developed by the authors. Other sections cover nonlinear finite element analysis procedures and the numerical modeling techniques used in commercial finite element software that will be of particular interest to engineers and researchers executing numerical simulations.

Advanced Materials for the Conservation of Stone (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018): Majid Hosseini,... Advanced Materials for the Conservation of Stone (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Majid Hosseini, Ioannis Karapanagiotis
R3,283 Discovery Miles 32 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book identifies novel advanced materials that can be utilized as protective agents for the preservation of stone. The innovative solutions to stone conservation presented here result in increased sustainability, reduced environmental impact, and increased social and economic benefits. It provides an overview of recent trends and progress in advanced materials applied to stone protection. It also explores the scientific principles behind these advanced materials and discusses their applications to diff erent types of stone preservation efforts. Essential information as well as knowledge on the availability and applicability of advanced nanostructured materials is also provided, with focus placed on the practical aspects of stone protection. Th e book highlights an interdisciplinary eff ort regarding novel applications of nanostructured materials in the advancement of stone protection. It provides insight towards forthcoming developments in the fi eld. Advanced nanostructured materials are designed and developed with the aim of being chemically, physically, and mechanically compatible with stone. Advanced materials for stone conservation that are characterized by several functional properties are considered in this book. These include the physico-chemical, protective, and morphological properties, eco-toxicity, and mechanisms of degradation. The authors present a thorough overview of cutting-edge discoveries, detailed information on recent technological developments, breakthroughs in novel nanomaterials, utilization strategies for applications in cultural heritage, and the current status and future outlook of the topic to address a wide range of scientific communities.

The Architecture of Ruins - Designs on the Past, Present and Future (Paperback): Jonathan Hill The Architecture of Ruins - Designs on the Past, Present and Future (Paperback)
Jonathan Hill
R1,240 Discovery Miles 12 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future identifies an alternative and significant history of architecture from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century, in which a building is designed, occupied and imagined as a ruin. This design practice conceives a monument and a ruin as creative, interdependent and simultaneous themes within a single building dialectic, addressing temporal and environmental questions in poetic, psychological and practical terms, and stimulating questions of personal and national identity, nature and culture, weather and climate, permanence and impermanence and life and death. Conceiving a building as a dialogue between a monument and a ruin intensifies the already blurred relations between the unfinished and the ruined and envisages the past, the present and the future in a single architecture. Structured around a collection of biographies, this book conceives a monument and a ruin as metaphors for a life and means to negotiate between a self and a society. Emphasising the interconnections between designers and the particular ways in which later architects learned from earlier ones, the chapters investigate an evolving, interdisciplinary design practice to show the relevance of historical understanding to design. Like a history, a design is a reinterpretation of the past that is meaningful to the present. Equally, a design is equivalent to a fiction, convincing users to suspend disbelief. We expect a history or a novel to be written in words, but they can also be delineated in drawing, cast in concrete or seeded in soil. The architect is a 'physical novelist' as well as a 'physical historian'. Like building sites, ruins are full of potential. In revealing not only what is lost, but also what is incomplete, a ruin suggests the future as well as the past. As a stimulus to the imagination, a ruin's incomplete and broken forms expand architecture's allegorical and metaphorical capacity, indicating that a building can remain unfinished, literally and in the imagination, focusing attention on the creativity of users as well as architects. Emphasising the symbiotic relations between nature and culture, a building designed, occupied and imagined as a ruin acknowledges the coproduction of multiple authors, whether human, non-human or atmospheric, and is an appropriate model for architecture in an era of increasing climate change.

Environmental Vibrations and Transportation Geodynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018): Xuecheng... Environmental Vibrations and Transportation Geodynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Xuecheng Bian, Yun-Min Chen, Xiao-Wei Ye
R5,581 Discovery Miles 55 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book includes keynote presentations, invited speeches, and general session papers presented at the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics (formerly the International Symposium on Environmental Vibration), held from October 28 to 30, 2016 at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. It discusses topics such as the dynamic and cyclic behaviors of soils, dynamic interaction of vehicle and transportation infrastructure; traffic-induced structure and soil vibrations and wave propagation; soil-structure dynamic interaction problems in transportation; environmental vibration analysis and testing; vehicle, machine and human-induced vibrations; monitoring, evaluation and control of traffic induced vibrations; transportation foundation deformation and deterioration induced by vibration; structural safety and serviceability of railways, metros, roadways and bridges; and application of geosynthetics in transportation infrastructure. It is a valuable resource for government managers, scientific researchers, and engineering professionals engaged in the field of geotechnical and transportation engineering.

Preserving the Vanishing City - Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio (Hardcover): Stephanie... Preserving the Vanishing City - Historic Preservation amid Urban Decline in Cleveland, Ohio (Hardcover)
Stephanie Ryberg-Webster
R2,490 R2,241 Discovery Miles 22 410 Save R249 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Preserving the Vanishing City considers the unique challenges, conditions, and opportunities facing Cleveland’s historic preservation community during the 1970s and 1980s. While pro-preservationists argued for the economic and revitalization benefits stemming from saving and repurposing older buildings, population loss and economic contraction prompted decades of deterioration, underinvestment, vacancy, and abandonment. Stephanie Ryberg-Webster uncovers the motivations, strategies, and constraints driving Cleveland’s historic preservation sector, led by the public-sector Cleveland Landmarks Commission, nonprofit Cleveland Restoration Society, and a cadre of advocates. She sheds light on the ways in which preservationists confronted severe, escalating, and sustained urban decline, which plagued Cleveland, a prototypical rust-belt industrial city. Preserving the Vanishing City chronicles the rise of the historic preservation profession in Cleveland and provides six case studies about targeted projects and neighborhood efforts, including industrial heritage, housing preservation and restoration, commercial district revitalization, securing local historic district designations, as well as grassroots organizing, coalition building, and partnerships. Ryberg-Webster also addresses the complexities of historic preservation within the context of rapid racial change in Cleveland’s neighborhoods.  A comprehensive history of preservation within the context of one city’s urban decline, Preserving the Vanishing Cityrecounts the successes, failures, and creative strategies employed to save Cleveland’s built environment.

Numerical Modeling of Masonry and Historical Structures - From Theory to Application (Paperback): Bahman Ghiassi, Gabriele... Numerical Modeling of Masonry and Historical Structures - From Theory to Application (Paperback)
Bahman Ghiassi, Gabriele Milani
R6,385 Discovery Miles 63 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Numerical Modeling of Masonry and Historical Structures: From Theory to Application provides detailed information on the theoretical background and practical guidelines for numerical modeling of unreinforced and reinforced (strengthened) masonry and historical structures. The book consists of four main sections, covering seismic vulnerability analysis of masonry and historical structures, numerical modeling of unreinforced masonry, numerical modeling of FRP-strengthened masonry, and numerical modeling of TRM-strengthened masonry. Each section reflects the theoretical background and current state-of-the art, providing practical guidelines for simulations and the use of input parameters.

Developments in the Formulation and Reinforcement of Concrete (Paperback, 2nd edition): Sidney Mindess Developments in the Formulation and Reinforcement of Concrete (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Sidney Mindess
R5,730 Discovery Miles 57 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Developments in the Formulation and Reinforcement of Concrete, Second Edition, presents the latest developments on topics covered in the first edition. In addition, it includes new chapters on supplementary cementitious materials, mass concrete, the sustainably of concrete, service life prediction, limestone cements, the corrosion of steel in concrete, alkali-aggregate reactions, and concrete as a multiscale material. The book's chapters introduce the reader to some of the most important issues facing today's concrete industry. With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, users will find this to be a must-have reference for civil and structural engineers.

Infrared Thermography for Building Moisture Inspection (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019): Eva Barreira, Ricardo M S F Almeida Infrared Thermography for Building Moisture Inspection (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Eva Barreira, Ricardo M S F Almeida
R2,069 Discovery Miles 20 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the state-of-the-art in infrared thermography (IRT) applications with a focus on moisture assessment in buildings. It also offers practical discussions of several case studies, including comparisons of IRT with other surface temperature measurement techniques. In closing, it demonstrates how IRT can be used to assess capillary absorption, and addresses moisture in walls due to wind-driven rain infiltrations, and the drying process. The book equips readers with a deeper understanding of the ideal conditions for accurate IRT assessment and offers practical recommendations.

Structural Health Monitoring & Damage Detection, Volume 7 - Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on... Structural Health Monitoring & Damage Detection, Volume 7 - Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2017 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Christopher Niezrecki
R4,228 Discovery Miles 42 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Structural Health Monitoring & Damage Detection, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the seventh volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Health Monitoring & Damage Detection, including papers on: Structural Health Monitoring Damage Detection System Identification Active Controls

New Trends in Eco-efficient and Recycled Concrete (Paperback): Jorge de Brito, Francisco Agrela New Trends in Eco-efficient and Recycled Concrete (Paperback)
Jorge de Brito, Francisco Agrela
R6,558 R5,753 Discovery Miles 57 530 Save R805 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

New Trends in Eco-efficient and Recycled Concrete describes different recycled materials that have been used in eco-efficient concrete, reviewing previous publications to identify the most effective recycled materials to be applied in concrete manufacture. New trends on eco-efficient concrete are presented, filling a gap in the market. Sections cover various recycled materials applied in concrete production, present the latest on the lifecycle analysis of recycled aggregate concrete, detail new trends in recycled aggregate concrete research, and finally, present updates on upscaling the use of recycled aggregate concrete and structural reliability.

Historical Buildings and Energy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017): Giovanna Franco, Anna Magrini Historical Buildings and Energy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Giovanna Franco, Anna Magrini
R4,228 Discovery Miles 42 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a methodological framework to set properly the thermal enhancement and energy efficiency in historical buildings during a renovation process. It describes the unique thermal features of historical properties, closely examining how the building materials, structural elements, and state of conservation can impact energy efficiency, including sample calculations and results. It also describes means and aims of several fundamental steps to improve energy efficiency in historical buildings with an experimentation on a case study. This timely text also introduces leading-edge technologies for enhancing the energy performance of historical buildings, including the potential for integration of co- ad tri-generation though micro-turbines, photovoltaics and solar collectors and their compatibility with architectural preservation.

Historic Bridges - Evaluation, Preservation, and Management (Paperback): Hojjat Adeli Historic Bridges - Evaluation, Preservation, and Management (Paperback)
Hojjat Adeli
R1,840 Discovery Miles 18 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Explore Historic Bridge Design through the Perspective of Modern Engineering Historic Bridges:Evaluation, Preservation, and Management provides both an admiring and a technical account of bridge engineering through an exploration of several remarkable examples. From ancient China to modern-day Minnesota, the book discusses the history and structural evaluation of bridges, as well as their preservation, and restoration. With chapters written by renowned engineers, this unique resource - Compares the techniques and materials used in building three railroad bridges that traversed the Mississippi at the same site in 1865, 1887, and 1910 Investigates a legendary stone-arch bridge constructed in Ancient China in 606 A.D. Demonstrates how historians and engineers in Milwaukee found an approach to new bridge design that balances modern design standards with aesthetic interpretation Details a collaborative team approach to historic bridge management in Minnesota Considers the design and repair process of rapidly disappearing wrought iron bridges Discusses preservation of stone masonry aqueducts on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal An educational treatise for engineers and historical preservationists, this work includes a wealth of illustrations and scientific tables. Demonstrating historic engineering significance beyond their utilitarian function, the bridges encountered in these pages are true landmarks, as worthy of emulation as they are preservation.

Reconnecting the City - The Historic Urban Landscape Approach and the Future of Urban Heritage (Paperback): F Bandarin Reconnecting the City - The Historic Urban Landscape Approach and the Future of Urban Heritage (Paperback)
F Bandarin
R1,969 Discovery Miles 19 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Historic Urban Landscape' is a new approach to urban heritage management, promoted by UNESCO, and currently one of the most debated issues in the international preservation community. However, few conservation practitioners have a clear understanding of what it entails, and more importantly, what it can achieve.

Following the publication of "Historic Urban Landscape: managing heritage in an Urban Century," the new heritage management approach is now further elaborated with a much more practical slant.

The first book dealt with the underlying theory related to scholarly traditions and contexts (European and non-European) as part of a broader international policy process initiated by UNESCO. This follow-up book translates the rather abstract notion of the Historic Urban Landscape into the operational set of management practices. In this second volume, the editors pull together specially commissioned chapters on best practice in urban heritage management from established professionals in the field. These chapter authors are drawn from a variety of disciplines related to urban management and conservation. They present and discuss methodologies and practices to consider in the implementation of the Historic Urban Landscape approach as advocated by UNESCO.

The contributors are selected from professionals who have written, argued or debated about the role of historic cities in contemporary society. As well as their chapters, there are interviews with six high-profile people from different regions of the world giving their critical reflections on the UNESCO approach in relation to their own ideas on urban heritage conservation and city management.

"The Historic Urban Management: design with culture "provides a thorough discussion, structured by themes on issues related to key topics in the field of urban management, e.g. changing demographics; increasing urbanisation; pressures of economic development and decentralisation; social interaction; and tourism.

By presenting a range of methodologies and tools to support urban conservation in a way that is sensitive to cultural differences, the editors encourage a departure from the compartmentalized approaches of today's urban heritagemanagement.

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CONTENTS:

Part 1 The Historic Urban Landscape - From Normative Text to Operational Approach (FB & RvO)

Content: UNESCO Normative Texts and their Meaning; the 2011 Recommendation: From Adoption to Implementation; the Historic Urban Landscape Approach in Action.

Part 2 Remodeling the Historic City Conservation Paradigm

Introduction -Time and Space Layering as a Change Management Tool (FB & RvO)

Chapter 1. Jean Louis Cohen: The Heritage City as an Historic Artifice

"Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, NYU, New York"

Chapter 2. Raj Ysar: The Asian City as Functional Network

"Professor of Global Communications; Jean Monnet Professor, the American University in Paris"

Chapter 3. Karel Bakker (confirmed): The African City as Assemblage of Indigenous and Foreign Cultures

"Professor and Dean, Department of Architecture, Pretoria University in South Africa"

Chapter 4. Stefano Bianca: The Islamic City as a Collage of Public and Private Space

"Emeritus Director of the Historic Cities Support Program, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva"

Chapter 5. Mozart Serra: The Latin American City as Frontier of Territorial Conquest and Social Revolution

"Urban Planner, former World Bank specialist"

Part 3 Cultural Approaches to Urban Conservation

Introduction - The Checkered History of Urban Conservation (FB & RvO)

Chapter 1. Francesco Siravo (confirmed): Social Regeneration as Focus of Urban Conservation

"Urban Conservation Specialist, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva"

Chapter 2. Caroline A. Sandes: Urban Archaeology as a Tool for Interpreting and Managing the Historic City

"Archaeologist and Researcher, Co-director (part-time), The Barbican Project, London"

Chapter 3. Mohsen Mostafavi: The Role of Nature in Urban Conservation and Design

"Professor and Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, MA - USA"

Chapter 4. Ken Taylor (confirmed): Intangible Values as Drivers of Urban Conservation Policies

"Emeritus Professor, Research School of Humanities and Arts, the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia"

Chapter 5. Simin Davoudi: The Rural-Urban Dialogue

"Professor of Environmental Policy & Planning, Newcastle University, UK"

Chapter 6. Anthony Bigio (confirmed): Addressing Climate Change in Historic Urban Landscapes

"Senior Urban Specialist, the World Bank, Washington DC-USA"

Part 4 Building the Toolkit

Introduction - The Social, Technical and Economic Instrumentation (FB & RvO)

Chapter 1. Civic Engagement Tools: by Julian Smith

"Architect and Executive Director of Willowbank, School of Restoration Arts, Ontario, Canada"

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"Box - Richard Engelhart: The Cultural Diversity Lens"

"Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University, China"

Chapter 2. Regulatory Systems: by Patricia O'Donnell (confirmed)

"Principal of Heritage Landscapes, Preservation Landscape Architects & Planners, Vermont-USA"

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"Box - Feng Han (confirmed): Harmony in Asian Planning and Design "

"Professor, ""College of Architecture and Urban Planning, "" Tongji University, Shanghai, China"

Chapter 3. Knowledge and Planning Tools: by Jyoti Hosagrahar (confirmed)

"Box - Hidenobu Jinnai: Ground-Level Observation of the Historic City"

"Professor of Architecture at Tokyo University, Japan"

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"Box. Claudio Margottini: The City is its stone"

"Geologist and Researcher"

Chapter 4. Financial Tools: by Christian Ost (confirmed)

"Professor in Economics, ""ICHEC Brussels Management School, Brussels, Belgium"

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"Box - Eduardo Rojas: The Economics of Historic Urban Landscapes "

"Former Principal Urban Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC"

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Part 5 Intervi

Development of Ultra-High Performance Concrete against Blasts - From Materials to Structures (Paperback): Chengqing Wu, Jun Li,... Development of Ultra-High Performance Concrete against Blasts - From Materials to Structures (Paperback)
Chengqing Wu, Jun Li, Yu Dr. Su
R4,842 R4,263 Discovery Miles 42 630 Save R579 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Development of Ultra-High Performance Concrete against Blasts: From Materials to Structures presents a detailed overview of UHPC development and its related applications in an era of rising terrorism around the world. Chapters present case studies on the novel development of the new generation of UHPC with nano additives. Field blast test results on reinforced concrete columns made with UHPC and UHPC filled double-skin tubes columns are also presented and compiled, as is the residual load-carrying capacities of blast-damaged structural members and the exceptional performance of novel UHPC materials that illustrate its potential in protective structural design. As a notable representative, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) has now been widely investigated by government agencies and universities. UHPC inherits many positive aspects of ultra-high strength concrete (UHSC) and is equipped with improved ductility as a result of fiber addition. These features make it an ideal construction material for bridge decks, storage halls, thin-wall shell structures, and other infrastructure because of its protective properties against seismic, impact and blast loads.

The Architecture of Ruins - Designs on the Past, Present and Future (Hardcover): Jonathan Hill The Architecture of Ruins - Designs on the Past, Present and Future (Hardcover)
Jonathan Hill
R3,877 Discovery Miles 38 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future identifies an alternative and significant history of architecture from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century, in which a building is designed, occupied and imagined as a ruin. This design practice conceives a monument and a ruin as creative, interdependent and simultaneous themes within a single building dialectic, addressing temporal and environmental questions in poetic, psychological and practical terms, and stimulating questions of personal and national identity, nature and culture, weather and climate, permanence and impermanence and life and death. Conceiving a building as a dialogue between a monument and a ruin intensifies the already blurred relations between the unfinished and the ruined and envisages the past, the present and the future in a single architecture. Structured around a collection of biographies, this book conceives a monument and a ruin as metaphors for a life and means to negotiate between a self and a society. Emphasising the interconnections between designers and the particular ways in which later architects learned from earlier ones, the chapters investigate an evolving, interdisciplinary design practice to show the relevance of historical understanding to design. Like a history, a design is a reinterpretation of the past that is meaningful to the present. Equally, a design is equivalent to a fiction, convincing users to suspend disbelief. We expect a history or a novel to be written in words, but they can also be delineated in drawing, cast in concrete or seeded in soil. The architect is a 'physical novelist' as well as a 'physical historian'. Like building sites, ruins are full of potential. In revealing not only what is lost, but also what is incomplete, a ruin suggests the future as well as the past. As a stimulus to the imagination, a ruin's incomplete and broken forms expand architecture's allegorical and metaphorical capacity, indicating that a building can remain unfinished, literally and in the imagination, focusing attention on the creativity of users as well as architects. Emphasising the symbiotic relations between nature and culture, a building designed, occupied and imagined as a ruin acknowledges the coproduction of multiple authors, whether human, non-human or atmospheric, and is an appropriate model for architecture in an era of increasing climate change.

Hot Mixed Lime and Traditional Mortars - A Practical Guide to Their Use in Conservation and Repair (Paperback): Nigel Copsey Hot Mixed Lime and Traditional Mortars - A Practical Guide to Their Use in Conservation and Repair (Paperback)
Nigel Copsey
R742 R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Save R72 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Traditional mortars are eminently workable, effectively porous, economic in use and appropriately durable. Used in buildings for thousands of years, these materials are ideal for repair and conservation work. Unlike cement or modern hydraulic lime, their routine use would make a significant contribution in the struggle against climate change. However, despite the 1975 'lime revival' there remains a deficit in research into the most-used traditional mortars. This book seeks to redress the balance. Drawing upon historic literature, material science and industry case studies, topics covered include: a historical overview of traditional mortars; slaking and mixing hot mixed lime mortars; the essentials of pozzolans, aggregates and lime tempering; plasters, lime washes and sheltercoats, and finally, the revival of interest in the use of like-for-like and compatible mortars.

The Concept of Monument in Achaemenid Empire (Paperback): Mehr Azar Soheil The Concept of Monument in Achaemenid Empire (Paperback)
Mehr Azar Soheil
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The aim of this book is to explore the significance of the concept of 'monument' in the context of the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), with particular reference to the Royal Ensemble of Persepolis, founded by Darius I and built together with his son Xerxes. While Persepolis was built as an 'intentional monument', it had already become an 'historic monument' during the Achaemenid period. It maintained its symbolic significance in the following centuries even after its destruction by Alexander of Macedonia in 330 BC. The purpose of building Persepolis was to establish a symbol and a common reference for the peoples of the Empire with the Achaemenid Dynasty, transmitting significant messages and values such as peace, stability, grandeur and praise for the dynastic figure of the king as the protector of values and fighting falsehood. While previous research on Achaemenid heritage has mainly been on archaeological and art-historical aspects of Persepolis, the present work focuses on the architecture and design of Persepolis. It is supported by studies in the fields of archaeology, history and art history, as well as by direct survey of the site. The morphological analysis of Persepolis, including the study of the proportions of the elevations, and the verification of a planning grid for the layout of the entire ensemble demonstrate the univocal will by Darius to plan Persepolis following a precise initial scheme. The study shows how the inscriptions, bas-reliefs and the innovative architectural language together express the symbolism, values and political messages of the Achaemenid Dynasty, exhibiting influence from different lands in a new architectural language and in the plan of the entire site.

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