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Identifying anticipated future healthcare needs and planning how to
meet them is an ongoing challenge. Health and care planners,
together with architects an designers, need to ensure that what
they plan today will not be redundant in the near future. This book
examines the key issues which provides must consider in
accommodating health and care needs into the next century.
"Futurecare" provides a clear insight for all those concerned in
the development of health and care buildings and environments, and
examines the core issues which are driving change."
Futurecare" illustrates a wide range of important issues
including healthcare reform and change, community care and
consumer-focused design. It describes the origins of health and
care facility planning and examines the influences which will shape
future directions. Changes in the way health care is - and will be
- delivered are considered, with chapters concentrating on the
future care of our ageing population. Illustrated with photographic
examples of assisted living programmes and long-term care
residential development designs, this innovative text offers
guidance for all those involved in the process of planning health
and care environments.
Key features are:
Focuses on radically changing needs into the 21st century
Examines how current issues will affect future health care
provision
Innovation in caring envionments for older people
Profusely illustrated book chronicles the evolution of the architecture of the railroad station in both Europe and America from the 1830s to the 1950s. "Carefully documented by all the apparatus of exacting scholarship, and even better by a fascinating collection of more than 230 pictures"-The New York Times.
Roman Public Buildings was first published in the Exeter Studies in
History series in 1989. It examines the development of Roman
architecture and the significance of different types of buildings
for the political, social and economic history of the period. A
glossary of technical terms is included.
This is a guide for those planning new buildings or adapting
existing ones. It explains to the librarian how architects work and
to the architect how libraries, their users and services function.
As well as allowing for present techniques and machines, the author
gives advice on planning for developments in new technology that
will inevitably come during the next decade. The book also refers
to library situations world-wide.
Modeme Baukonstruktionen erfordern ein sorgfaltiges Planen,
Konstruieren und Ausfuh ren. Dazu sind solide Kenntnisse der
Baustatik notig. Dies gilt nicht nur fur den Konstrukteur und
Statiker, sondern auch fur den Planenden im Architekturburo und den
Bauleiter auf der Baustelle. Bei der Planung, Konstruktion und
Ausfuhrung eines Bauwerkes ist nicht nur seine Funk tion
ausschlaggebend. Um Bauschaden zu vermeiden, mussen die Baustoffe
entsprechend ihren Eigenschaften eingesetzt werden; die Bauteile
sind unter Beachtung ihrer statischen Bedeutung zu konstruieren und
die jeweils neuesten Erkenntnisse der Bauphysik zu berucksichtigen.
Das vorliegende zweiteilige Werk vermittelt die wichtigen einfachen
statischen Gesetze und deren Anwendung im Rahmen einer technischen
Allgemeinbildung; es dient nicht der Ausbildung spezialisierter
Statiker. Manche Probleme werden daher bewusst vereinfacht und dem
Zweck des Buches entsprechend besonders praxisnah dargestellt.
Viele durchgerechne te Beispiele erlautern und vertiefen die
Darstellung; eine sehr grosse Zahl von Ubungsaufga ben, deren
Losungen am Bandende gebracht werden, soll zur sicheren Handhabung
und breiten Anwendung des Stoffes befahigen. Die beiden Bande
werden daher vielen in der Bautechnik Tatigen eine Hilfe bei der
Losung ublicher statischer Probleme sein; sie sind zum
Selbststudium geeignet. Teil 1 "Grundlagen" geht auf die
wichtigsten Probleme der einfachen Statik ein. Ohne komplizierte
theoretische Ableitungen werden die Formeln entWickelt und
dargestellt, die zur Bestimmung der ausseren und inneren Krafte in
den Bauteilen erforderlich sind. Besondere mathematische Kenntnisse
werden nicht vorausgesetzt. Teil 2 "Festigkeitslehre" erklart die
Beanspruchung der Bauteile und die Bemessung von
Konstruktionsteilen aus Holz, Mauerwerk, Beton und Stahl sowie die
Bodenpressung."
The new MEETT Toulouse exhibition and convention centre in the
French city of Toulouse once again demonstrates how a seemingly
dull, functional task results in striking and refined architecture
if the Rotterdam-based Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA and
its mastermind Rem Koolhaas take care of it. The vast structure,
covering ca 618 by 246 yards of ground, makes for a spectacular
spatial experience in its main exhibition hall that offers 484,376
square feet of column-free floor space. OMA also took an unusual
path with regard to the configuration and transport connection of
the entire complex. Rather than sealing even more ground with
tarmac for endless car parks, it concentrated them into a compact
multi-storey parking garage at the heart of the complex that also
serves as a general traffic hub for MEETT Toulouse. The book offers
impressions of MEETT Toulouse's enormous dimensions and the vast
spaces it provides through images taken by French photographer
Marco Cappelletti. The volume is rounded out with selected plans
and concise texts on the particulars of the project. Text in
French.
"Almost every citizen is laudably ambitious to build a house unlike
that of his neighbor," wrote an observer in early Denver, "and is
more desirous that it shall have some novel feature than that it
shall be surpassingly beautiful." This history of early Denver has
over two hundred illustrations of buildings designed by nouveaux
riches miners and frontier businessmen who had more money and
fanciful imagination than taste. There is also a picture map of the
business district in 1892 that shows where many of these
extraordinary structures stood. Victoriana was in bloom, and
architectural purity was scorned. Greek revivals had mansard roofs,
Gothic castles had Italian tops, turrets and minarets sprouted in
unlikely places, and everything was trimmed or fenced with castiron
lace. Gingerbread store fronts, crenelated church towers, plushy
lavish hotels, pompous homes, and glittering gambling houses and
brothels gave the "Queen City of the Plains" an outlandish,
distinct style that came to be known as Cherry Creek Gothic, from
the creek that bisects the area. Denver residents were as gaudy and
unpredictable as the buildings they erected. The unsinkable Mrs. J.
J. (Molly) Brown built the fantastic House of Lions, an architect's
nightmare guarded by two Sphinx-headed lions, in order to break
into Denver society. Madam Jennie Rogers and Madam Mattie Silks,
rivals for the title of queen of the demimonde, each had her turn
reigning over the famous House of Mirrors. H. A. W. Tabor, the
bonanza king whose scandalous love affair with Baby Doe cost him a
political career, gave Denver a business block and an opera house
that attracted such performers as Oscar Wilde and Sarah Bernhardt.
This companion volume to the author's earlier work on Colorado
hotels, No More Than Five in a Bed, is written with humor and
understanding for the famous and the infamous who saw their dreams
of wealth and splendor fulfilled in their city. It will appeal not
only to students of architecture but to every one interested in the
flamboyant personalities of the times. Sandra Dallas, a reporter
for Business Week for twenty-five years, is the author of Colorado
Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, No More Than Five in a Bed (also
published by the University of Oklahoma Press), Gaslights and
Gingerbread, many other books and articles on Colorado and the
West, and several best-selling novels.
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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of St Pancras station, this
absorbing new book brings together 150 facts, revealing many
little-known details about the long history of this iconic building
and its local surroundings. From its conception and build, and the
opening of the largest single-span arch in the world as the London
terminus of the Midland Railway, to the damage it suffered during
wartime, this fascinating fact book reveals many facts about St
Pancras station's tumultuous history, including threatened
demolition and glorious restoration. Did you know there was once a
farm in the heart of the St Pancras parish area? Or that it was
once home to one of the biggest markets in London? And why did
Midland Railway built a special viaduct to travel over St Pancras
station? This is the perfect gift for anyone with affection for
this beautiful and important piece of London's architectural and
railway heritage and its surrounding area.
Text in English & German. A whole issue of the architectural
magazine Bauwelt, being published in Berlin, was dedicated to the
completed building. The Institutes of Pharmacology and Food
Chemistry of the Goethe-Universitat in Frankfurt am Main by
Ferdinand Kramer, who had also built most of the other new
buildings on the campus, soon advanced to a highly appreciated
master work of modern post-war architecture but later it was nearly
forgotten. Many years of intensive use and neglected maintenance
rendered the rehabilitation of the buildings indispensable. After a
comprehensive renovation by the architects SSP Schurmann-Spannel of
Bochum, the concrete structure with its striking brise-soleil
elements on the south side and the lecture-hall cube detached from
the main building, is not only again a convincing built monument,
but also an exemplary example of a successful conversion. Where for
many years students of pharmacology and food chemistry studied and
experimented, 160 scientists of the Biodiversity and Climate
Research Centre (BiK-F) are researching the interaction of climate
and biosphere. The book provides a detailed description of the
building, which dates from 1957 and which was completely
reconditioned by the office of SchurmannSpannel in the years 2009
to 2013. The pictorial section contains plans of the original and
present condition as well as photographs especially made for this
publication by Joerg Hempel. It is preceded by Fabian Wurm's essay,
which not only discusses the building in detail, but also addresses
the pressing question of converting buildings from the time after
World War II.
Das Buch bietet eine architektonische Entdeckungstour durch Berlin
und gibt einen eindrucksvollen Einblick in die jungste Architektur
der deutschen Hauptstadt. Es dokumentiert den Stadtumbau seit der
Eroeffnung des Neuen Museums 2009 am Beispiel von rund 30
ausgewahlten architektonischen und landschaftsarchitektonischen
Projekten. Das Augenmerk liegt auf grossen architektonischen und
stadtplanerischen Meilensteinen wie dem grossen Neubau des Axel
Springer-Gebaudes von OMA oder der Museumsinsel. Doch auch
versteckte Schatze wie das Wohnregal von FAR Frohn & Rojas sind
berucksichtigt. Interviews mit Protagonistinnen und Protagonisten
der Berliner Architekturszene ermoeglichen einen Blick hinter die
Kulissen.
Neue Erkenntnisse zur Wichtigkeit ausreichender
Tageslichtversorgung im Innenraum haben planungsrelevante
AEnderungen normativer Vorgaben nach sich gezogen. Renate Hammer
und Mathias Wambsganss veranschaulichen die neuen Anforderungen und
erlautern die Moeglichkeiten zur planerischen Umsetzung. Die
Autoren klaren, wann Tageslichtversorgung und Besonnung als
ausreichend gelten, welche Qualitaten die Sichtverbindung nach
aussen erfullen muss und wie Blendung durch Tageslicht zu begrenzen
ist. Angaben zur melanopischen Wirkungsweise von Tageslicht bieten
einen Einstieg in den planerischen Umgang mit nicht-visuellen
Kriterien. Ein weiteres Kapitel zeigt die Schnittstellen mit
anderen Aspekten der Bauplanung. Die Autoren: Dr. Renate Hammer
studierte Architektur, Solararchitektur und Philosophie in Wien und
Krems sowie Urban Engineering in Tokio. 2015 grundete sie das
Institute of Building Research & Innovation. Sie unterrichtet
einschlagig an der Kunstuniversitat Linz und der FH Campus Wien.
Prof. Mathias Wambsganss studierte Architektur an der Universitat
Karlsruhe (TH). 2014 grundete er das Buro "3lpi lichtplaner" in
Munchen. Er ist langjahriges Mitglied im Vorstand der LiTG e.V. und
wurde 2007 als Professor an die TH Rosenheim berufen.
Originally from Chicago, Ryan W. Kennihan has been working in
Dublin since 2007 and has taught at various universities. His
architecture is reserved, peaceful and elegant. Each building is a
little gem, where every detail reflects the architecture. For
instance the Vita Family Center in Roscommon assumes the volume and
appearance of the surrounding traditional buildings, while varying
the details in an astute and subtle way. Text in English and
German.
The book is not a typical guidebook, nor a generic history tale and
not even a disguised autobiography. It is a listing of select pairs
of buildings that each articulates a formal and abstract concept
that is part of the culture of architecture, spelled with a capital
a. The main idea of the book is to hide the bitter pill of academic
formal analysis in a dollop of sugary personal anecdotes and
humour. Hopefully, this will be creating unexpected juxtapositions
that might elicit shock and new perceptions, cancelling the sleepy
accepted dogma we all live under. The essays will be paring the
famous and the infamous, the profound and the absurd, the beloved
and the forgotten, the monstrous and the miniscule.
The Basics Interior Design series comprises a collection of titles
examining the application of interior design principles to
different types of space. Packed with cutting-edge examples and
fully illustrated with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery, they
offer an essential introduction to the subject. This second edition
of Retail Design examines the latest developments in the
contemporary retail design sector worldwide. It guides the reader
step by step through the retail design process, providing
strategies that can produce a successful retail space and a design
that is appropriate for the brand, product, consumer and retailer.
A new chapter exploring consumer behaviour is combined with clear
explanations of branding and identity, to provide the starting
point for the design concept. The relationship between the interior
and its context, site and setting is then examined, alongside
in-depth investigations of layout, circulation and pace and other
design considerations. Fully updated with new international case
studies and expanded coverage on sustainability, interactivity, and
innovative design concepts - this new edition of Retail Design
offers cutting-edge insights into the practice of contemporary
retail design and shows designers how to meet and exceed the
expectations of today's clients and consumers.
A visually rich survey of two hundred years of Alabama fine arts
and artists. Alabama artists have been an integral part of the
story of the state, reflecting a wide-ranging and multihued sense
of place through images of the land and its people. Quilts,
pottery, visionary paintings, sculpture, photography, folk art, and
abstract art have all contributed to diverse visions of Alabama's
culture and environment. The works of art included in this volume
have all emerged from a distinctive milieu that has nourished the
creation of powerful visual expressions, statements that are both
universal and indigenous. Published to coincide with the state's
bicentennial, Alabama Creates: 200 Years of Art and Artists
features ninety-four of Alabama's most accomplished, noteworthy,
and influential practitioners of the fine arts from 1819 to the
present. The book highlights a wide range of artists who worked in
the state, from its early days to its current and contemporary
scene, exhibiting the full scope and breadth of Alabama art. This
retrospective volume features biographical sketches and
representative examples of each artist's most masterful works.
Alabamians like Gay Burke, William Christenberry, Roger Brown,
Thornton Dial, Frank Fleming, the Gee's Bend Quilters, Lonnie,
Holley, Dale Kennington, Charlie Lucas, Kerry James Marshall, David
Parrish, and Bill Traylor are compared and considered with other
nationally significant artists. Alabama Creates is divided into
four historical periods, each spanning roughly fifty years and
introduced by editor Elliot Knight. Knight contextualizes each era
with information about the development of Alabama art museums and
institutions and the evolution of college and university art
departments. The book also contains an overview of the state's
artistic heritage by Gail Andrews, director emerita of the
Birmingham Museum of Art. Alabama Creates conveys in a sweeping and
captivating way the depth of talent, the range of creativity, and
the lasting contributions these artists have made to Alabama's
extraordinarily rich visual and artistic heritage.
As the nation's oldest serving detectives, we know more about
London than almost anyone. After all, we've been walking its
streets and impulsively arresting its citizens for decades. Who
better to take you through its less savoury side? We'll be chatting
about odd buildings, odder characters, lost venues, forgotten
disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures and
hidden pubs. We'll be making all sorts of odd connections and
showing you why it's almost impossible to separate fact from
fiction in London. With the help of some of our more disreputable
friends, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in his or her
own dodgy field, we'll explain why some streets have genders, why
only two Londoners got to meet Dracula, how a department store and
a prison played tricks on your mind, when a theatre got stranded in
the past, how a building vanished in plain sight, what excited
Charlotte Brontë about the city and where the devils hide in
London. We hope to capture something of the city's restless spirit
by wilfully wandering off course, and it goes without saying that
we'll bluff and bamboozle you along the way but that's all part of
the fun. History is what you remember. London is what you forget
(and we've forgotten a lot). So please do join us on this magical
mystery tour of our city. Who knows where we'll end up?
The latest revised volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides,
covering Birmingham and the towns and settlements of the Black
Country This fully revised account of the buildings of the City of
Birmingham, its suburbs and outskirts, and the adjacent Black
Country explores an area rich in Victorian and Edwardian
architecture. Even the small towns of the Black Country supported
local architects with their own distinctive styles, such as C. W.
D. Joynson in Darlaston and A. T. Butler in Cradley Heath. Much
West Midlands industry was organized in small to medium-sized
firms, resulting in a rich and diverse streetscape and canalscape.
The Arts and Crafts tradition also established deep roots in the
area, resulting in masterpieces such as Lethaby's Eagle Insurance
in Birmingham and Wolverhampton's Wightwick Manor, as well as a
host of fine villas and churches. Older buildings of national
significance include the grand Jacobean mansion of Aston Hall,
Thomas Archer's Birmingham Cathedral, and such unexpected delights
as the neoclassical barn in Solihull by Sir John Soane. Featuring
new color photography and numerous maps and text illustrations,
this volume will transform understanding and enjoyment of the
architecture of this key English region.
Kindergarten & School Plans has more than 140 floor plans,
sections, sketches and elevations, as well as all the construction
details for a total of 22 projects. The structures whose designs
are included in this publication share the same function:
education. Today more than ever, the function of these buildings is
decisive in helping the well-being and development of students.
These structures remind us of both the importance of the service
they provide to society, and the need for them to accomplish their
purpose in the best possible way. There is no greater evolution
than adapting to the new times that we are living.
Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition
(English/German) Wo sich wahrend des NS-Regimes die Zentralen der
Gestapo, der SS und des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes befanden, ist
mitten in Berlin ein Lern- und Erinnerungsort mit jahrlich mehr als
einer Million Besucher*innen entstanden. In diesem Band berichtet
Historiker Andreas Nachama, von 1994 bis 2019 Direktor der Stiftung
Topographie des Terrors, von seinen ersten persoenlichen
Begegnungen mit dem Ort und zeichnet den Weg von der Entstehung und
Etablierung der Topographie des Terrors nach, an der er seit den
1980er-Jahren entscheidend mitwirkte. Die Architektin und
Ausstellungsgestalterin Ursula Wilms und der Landschaftsarchitekt
Heinz W. Hallmann legen die Leitgedanken ihres Entwurfs fur die
Neugestaltung der Topographie des Terrors dar - ein Gesamtkonzept
aus Architektur, Landschaftsarchitektur und Ausstellungsgestaltung.
Erstmals werden in dem Band die Fotografien Friederike von Rauchs
veroeffentlicht, in denen die Kunstlerin die Atmosphare des Ortes
kurz vor dessen Fertigstellung im Jahr 2010 festgehalten hat.
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