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The New Old House presents 18 private historic homes, from North
America to Europe, and traces the ingenious ways architects have
revitalized and refreshed them for a new generation. Most of the
renovations occurred in the last decade, but all of the homes have
origins reaching back into the past, in some cases hundreds of
years. Projects and firms featured include Greenwich House, Allan
Greenberg; Longbranch, Jim Olson; Astley Castle, Witherford Watson
Mann; Hunsett Mill, Acme; Cotswolds House, Richard Found; plus more
than a dozen others. These projects address such timely factors as
sustainability, multiculturalism, preservation, and style, and
demonstrate the unique beauty and elegance that comes from the
interweaving of modernity and history.
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Residential Towers
(Paperback)
Annette Gigon, Guyer Mike, Felix Jeru
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R1,769
Discovery Miles 17 690
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With the increasing densification of the cities, high-rise
accommodation is gaining in importance. Climatic, constructional
and social challenges have often led to highly innovative solutions
for the residential tower, as a recent architectural type that is
still constantly evolving. This selection of 80 architecturally
exemplary tower blocks on five continents makes it possible to
compare various different approaches. Buildings ranging in time
from the 1930s to the present are each portrayed with plans,
photographs and short texts, along with biographical notes on the
architects. The introduction and three essays discuss various
aspects of the development and significance of the residential
tower in the international context.
In one volume clear and thorough instructions on remodeling adobe
houses plus how to build an adobe fireplace. Illustrations and
practical instructions make working from this book a pleasure.
Designed for use by the most inexperienced person as well as the
professional builder. Based on 48 years of the author's experience.
A guide, with floor plans ranging from a small casita to larger
ones is given in this book, with several pluses. The smaller homes
are so arranged that they allow for growth as the family, or purse,
increases in size. Cabinet work throughout is in keeping and
suggestions for furniture designed to complement the house are
here. Plastering, the making of adobes, painting, plumbing,
wiring--all the things that must be taken into account are dealt
with in a practical manner that helps prevent costly errors.
esidential building energy efficiency is becoming increasingly
important in U.S. energy policy. Analyzing the effectiveness of
potential energy efficiency improvements in the residential sector
involves running whole building energy simulations for alternative
building designs. Such analysis requires detailed building design
characteristics including climate, fuel type, energy technologies,
and design improvements. For broad studies of the U.S. residential
sector, prototypical designs representing "typical" residential
buildings are necessary to provide the basis for this detailed
analysis. This report defines two prototype detached residential
house designs based on the 2009 International Energy Conservation
Code (IECC). These prototypes can be used as baselines from which
to analyze homes built to older IECC codes as well as to estimate
the energy savings and sustainability impacts from increasing
residential building energy efficiency beyond current state energy
codes. These prototypes can also be used as a framework for
developing additional prototype designs.
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