The Royal Academy of Music is one of the most prestigious conservatoires in the world, training generations of eminent musicians for all parts of the profession. Its alumni include Henry Wood, John Barbirolli, Myra Hess, Felicity Lott, Simon Rattle, Harrison Birtwistle, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Max Richter and Jacob Collier. Royal Academy graduates populate all the great orchestras, opera houses and musical theatre venues of the world, including the London Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway in New York and the West End. They are players, singers, composers, conductors, curators, animateurs and teachers. Approaching its bicentenary, the Royal Academy is Britain's oldest conservatoire. An international organisation from its foundation, it has just completed a transformative programme of new building at the heart of its Marylebone Road site. Bright ancillary spaces, refurbished studios and two exceptional additions designed by Ian Ritchie Architects, the Susie Sainsbury Theatre and the Angela Burgess Recital Hall, have already won major national and international awards for their breath-taking designs and outstanding acoustics, ideal for talented young singers, instrumentalists and composers. Recent decades have seen the Royal Academy extend its interests to jazz, musical theatre and vital outreach, educational and celebrated collaborative projects to foster future generations of musicians and music lovers. This book reveals how virtuoso architecture and technology have brilliantly fused the Academy's famous Edwardian building with the modern institution's creative values and aspirations as it moves towards its third century.

In response to the 1845 Lunacy Act, initial, and what appeared to be perfunctory discussions took place in 1846 on the need for Newcastle to build its own asylum for pauper lunatics. It wasn't until 1863 however, that proper consideration was given for the first time on whether the city should indeed build its own asylum or at least look into possible alternatives. When it eventually opened in 1869, the high ideals associated with such a venture were superseded almost from the outset by the need for enlargement to address the continual problems of overcrowding. This subsequently led to an almost constant programme of expansion that saw the asylum grow ever bigger in size over the next few decades. In the 1960's - almost one hundred years later - proposals were put forward for a programme of closure that would herald the end of the asylum era. These proposals, in effect, were to be the precursor of care in the community initiatives which would eventually see the demise of mental hospitals such as St. Nicholas - although this would take many years to come to fruition. The physical manifestation of this process, for example, only began to have an impact from the early 1980's onwards through the gradual contraction and displacement of hospital services as they became increasingly community-based. St Nicholas Hospital has had a long and varied history in its role as both lunatic asylum and psychiatric hospital. Nevertheless, despite various references to its presence in a number of local histories, its past has never been fully investigated in any great depth - until now. This book attempts to encapsulate the origins and history of Newcastle's lunatic asylum in its entirety, from first opening in 1869 until what may be regarded as its eventual demise in 2001.

If we looked at Nature as a model for design, we could find that in its intelligence everything is connected. This connectivity is expressed on the smallest electron arrangement to largest macroscopic stellar alignment. Everything seems to produce an effect on something else, a connection... a link between its surroundings... a relation to its Whole. Quietly, the World with its equilibrium, is telling us what harmony and balance really are... and patiently how to achieve them... Listening to this "never-ending" conversation that happens in Nature, enhances our designs, the way we think and the way we live life. In architecture we could use buildings that use energy more efficiently; buildings that react to environment with the sensitivity of a natural organism; buildings that act a little more like they are part of Nature rather than a complete separate organism from the environment. The possibility exists, that buildings can become better at the conversation with our natural surroundings. This thesis will try to uncover the readability of nature and will project a design that explains how to react to Nature in architectural terms.

This title offers a visually stunning look at the latest trends and innovations in architecture and design for small retail spaces. Filled with stunning full-colour photography, "Plus Shops" offers a unique look at some of the most innovative and original design ideas and architectural work created specifically for small retail spaces - both newly built and renovated. Whether you're a shop owner looking to update your premises, a designer looking for the latest trends, or an architect needing a little bit of inspiration, this is a must-have volume.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Essential information for the design of banks and financial institutions

Building Type Basics for Banks and Financial Institutions is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the design process and successfully complete the design for a bank or financial institution, large or small, on time and within budget. A renowned architect in the field shares his firsthand knowledge in order to guide architects, planners, engineers, and their clients through all aspects of the design of banking facilities.

This comprehensive guide features a number of recently constructed and renovated banks--from small neighborhood branches to large headquarters. It highlights design issues as well as planning and zoning, office space versus customer space, and overall security.

Building Type Basics for Banks and Financial Institutions begins with a basic overview of the history of banking and financial institutions, then explores the classic designs of the past along with the important considerations involved in building modern banks, including drive-up lanes, ATM facilities, and high-tech teller stations.

This quick reference:

Addresses key questions that arise when launching a banking facility design project

Offers insight from an architect with more than forty years of experience in the design of more than one hundred banks

Provides the best contemporary examples complete with photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details

Not only does this book offer current, authoritative information, its comprehensive coverage and logical organization also save you countless hours of research.

Building Type Basics books provide architects with the essentials needed to jump-start specialized facilities design. Each volume features leading experts in the field who address the issues that shape the early phases of a project in a convenient, easy-to-use format.

HOMER L. WILLIAMS, D.ARCH, FAIA, is principal of Williams Spurgeon Kuhl & Freshnock Architects (WSKF) in North Kansas City, Missouri. He has more than four decades of experience in the design of more than one hundred bank and financial service projects. He is a past president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), and received his doctorate in architecture at the University of Hawaii.

Chapter titles are ...(1) General and Background Information ...(2) Failure Modes and Wedge Sliding Analysis ...(3) Stability Requirements - Load Conditions, Site Information, Safety Factors, Seismic Stability, etc. ...(4) Loads and Loading Conditions including Water Loading Conditions, Uplift Loads, Earthquake Loading Conditions, etc. ...(5) Soil Forces and Single Wedge Sliding Analysis ...(6) Stability Considerations and Analytical Methods, including Advanced Analysis ...(7) Evaluating and Improving Stability of Existing Structures, supplemented with Case Histories ...(8) Anchoring Structures - Tensioned Anchor Loads, Structural Anchor Design, Stress and Load Testing, and Monitoring Structural Anchors.

Johannes Kister, Reinhard Scheithauer (until 2020) and Susanne Gross have been running their offices in Cologne since 1992 and Leipzig since 2007, as well as recently opening a Berlin branch. The three protagonists have produced remarkable, inspiring buildings, including the major, sculptural facility of the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven (2005), which impresses with its solid, haptic materiality. Text in English and German.

In Grateful Memory Of The Soldiers And Sailors Of That Town Who Served In The War For The Preservation Of The Union.

In Grateful Memory Of The Soldiers And Sailors Of That Town Who Served In The War For The Preservation Of The Union.

Over 60 images relating to the U.S. Capitol building can be found in this full-color paperback. Part of Applewood's Pictorial America series, the book features images drawn from historical sources and includes prints, paintings, illustrations, and photographs. This small gem is the ideal gift for anyone interested in a concise and compelling visual history of the of one of the most important landmarks in our nation's heritage.

Theatres and auditoriums, even small ones that are meant to support performance, are highly complex buildings. In this book, two professional theatre design and engineering consultants explore the keys to making these buildings successful.

"An invaluable addition to the library of all who in any way are involved in court services or courthouse design and construction. It will be a definitive reference on current and future bridging between judicial administration and space management of court facilities."-- Leonard S. Parker, chairman, The Leonard Parker Associates, Architects, Inc., Minneapolis

"A book that every court administrator in the country should read and study. Dr. Wong has pulled together the adage that 'form follows function' in a work that will affect the design of every courthouse."-- J. William Lockhart, courts administrator, Sixth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida

This important work integrates, for the first time, information from the fields of judicial administration and architecture, offering professionals in both areas significant benefits in the planning, programming, and design of courthouses that are responsive to the changing needs of the U.S. judicial system. The culmination of the lifework of F. Michael Wong, one of the nation's preeminent authorities on judicial facility projects, the book provides invaluable information for the collaboration of judges and judicial staff with architects, engineers, and planners.

The author examines the slow changes in the judicial system and in the design of courthouses in the United States prior to the 1970s and the rapid changes in the areas of courthouse security, technologies, and environmental systems over the past three decades. He suggests more efficient and cost-effective strategies that call for collaborative efforts between the judiciary and the legislative and executive branches of government in the implementation of projects. In addition, he integrates aspects of judicial administration such as case processing, jury records, and personnel and budget management with space management philosophies and concepts.

"Judicial Administration and Space Management" will serve as an indispensable resource and reference for all architectural and law libraries, for architectural and planning offices, and for administrative offices of the judicial system at federal, state, and local levels.

Contributors: William G. Bohn, Ernest L. Friesen, Robert C. Harrall, Harry O. Lawson, Benjamin S. Mackoff, Larry P. Polansky, Ernest H. Short, Robert W. Tobin, Phillip B. Winberry, and F. Michael Wong

F. Michael Wong, president and CEO of Space Management Consultants, Inc., and president of the F. Michael Wong Foundation, is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). He has programmed, planned, and designed judicial facility projects throughout the United States, including the Minnesota Judicial Building, the Alabama Judicial Building, and the Pinellas County Criminal Courts Complex. He was instrumental in publication of "The American Courthouse" and "Space Management and the Courts--Design Handbook" and was the principal consultant for the 1991 revision of the "U.S. Courts Design Guide." In May 2000, he received the AIA Collaborative Achievement Honors Award and, in June, the AIA California Council's Research and Technology Honors Award.

The Rule, the Bible, and the Council focuses on the decoration of a Benedictine library conceived and executed within a few years of the conclusion of the Council of Trent. The Abbey at Praglia, near Padua, commissioned work from Paolo Veronese and Tintoretto as well as Battista Zelotti. The authors reconstruct the 16th-century library room using physical, on-site evidence, extant documents concerning the furnishings, measurements of the paintings, and early descriptions to re-create with computer technology the room furnished and decorated in 1562 -- ca. 1570. Zelotti's 24 paintings on canvas for the Library at Praglia show a sensitive and clear articulation of the doctrinal intent planned by the erudite Benedictine patrons.

This is the story of a house, ""Brierfield,"" and incidentally of a man, Jefferson Davis, and his family. The author traces the story of ""Brierfield"" from its construction in the antebellum period to its final disappearance in the twentieth century, a victim of war, floods, and fire. Most people associate Jefferson Davis with ""Beauvoir,"" his home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the years after 1865, but ""Brierfield"" was his home during the most productive years of his life. We see Davis here as a young planter, a United States Representative and Senator, a Mexican War hero, United States Secretary of War, and President of the Confederate States of America. The tangled web of relationships involving Davis, his second wife, Varina Howell of Natchez, and his older brother and substitute father, Joseph Davis of nearby ""Hurricane Plantation,"" unfolds against the physical setting of ""Brierfield.

With the new fifth edition of his ""Checklist of Library Building Design Considerations"", William Sannwald guides librarians and other members of a building design team through the stages of the design process. Planning construction of a new library facility or renovation of an existing one can be a daunting task. With the new fifth edition of his ""Checklist of Library Building Design Considerations"", veteran library administrator and construction consultant William Sannwald guides librarians and other members of a building design team through the stages of the design process. Updated materials include: a new chapter on sustainable design, including issues of site selection, air quality, and energy and water efficiency; new sections on wireless networking, information commons and media production and presentation labs; updated treatment of special collections and materials handling systems; and, a new section on disaster planning.It also contains DA Accessibility Guidelines section reorganized to match structure of the federal statute. Because construction projects are complex and sometimes unwieldy, Sannwald's checklist format provides a clear, concise way of itemizing the issues, helping your construction project run as smoothly as possible!