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Sustainable High-Rise Buildings - Design, technology, and innovation (Hardcover): Kheir Al-Kodmany, Peng Du, Mir M. Ali Sustainable High-Rise Buildings - Design, technology, and innovation (Hardcover)
Kheir Al-Kodmany, Peng Du, Mir M. Ali
R4,104 R3,692 Discovery Miles 36 920 Save R412 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The rapid increase in urban population, land prices and land preservation, urban regeneration, as well as globalization and climate change have been forcing cities to build upward. High-rises can be part of a more sustainable solution if the construction and engineering challenges are addressed before construction starts. Smart technologies are being integrated in the digital environment to allow for better energy efficiency, safety and security, and to maximize the health and well-being of the occupants. Delivered by a team of world leading experts, this comprehensive edited book covers the state-of-the-art of advanced research, innovations, and future perspectives towards sustainable high-rise buildings. The book is structured in three parts from architecture to engineering and city planning including sustainable environmental systems, skybridges, curtain walling resiliency, tall timber buildings, sustainable structural engineering, core design and space efficiency. It also includes seismic design, mass-damping-based approaches, innovative bio-polymeric agro-based materials, high-rises versus sprawl, transit-oriented development, mobility and urban space networks, resilience thinking, and interdependence of tall buildings and the city. Architects, engineers, researchers, energy and facility managers, urban designers, project planners and developers, and smart building solutions experts as well as faculty members, postdocs, advanced students who are working in the fields of the built environment, building construction, system design, civil engineering, architecture, urban planning, smart cities, sustainability and resiliency and environmental engineering, and who are exploring sustainable building practices, will find this new advanced reference most useful and inspiring.

New Suburbanism: Sustainable Tall Building Development (Paperback): Kheir Al-Kodmany New Suburbanism: Sustainable Tall Building Development (Paperback)
Kheir Al-Kodmany
R1,506 Discovery Miles 15 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Much of the anticipated future growth in the United States will take place in suburbia. The critical challenge is how to accommodate this growth in a sustainable and resilient manner. This book explores the role of suburban tall as a viable, sustainable alternative to continued suburban sprawl. It identifies 10 spatial patterns in which tall buildings have been integrated into the American suburbs. The study concludes that the Tall Building and Transit-Oriented-Development (TB-TOD) model is the most appropriate to promote sustainable suburbanism. The findings are based on analyzing over 300 projects in 24 suburban communities within three major metropolitan areas including: Washington, DC, Miami, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois. The book furnishes planning strategies that address the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainable tall building development. It also discusses sustainable architectural design and site planning strategies and provides case studies of sustainable tall buildings that were successfully integrated into suburban settings.

Understanding Tall Buildings - A Theory of Placemaking (Hardcover): Kheir Al-Kodmany Understanding Tall Buildings - A Theory of Placemaking (Hardcover)
Kheir Al-Kodmany
R5,836 Discovery Miles 58 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, the rapid pace of tall building construction has fostered a certain kind of placelessness, with many new tall buildings being built out of scale, context and place. By analyzing hundreds of tall buildings and by providing hundreds of visuals that inspire, stimulate and engage, Understanding Tall Buildings contends that well-designed tall buildings can rejuvenate cities, ignite economic activity, support social life and boost city pride. Although this book does not claim to possess all the solutions, it does propose specific tall building design guidelines that may help to promote placemaking. Through this work, it is the author's hope that ill-conceived developments will become less common in the future and that good placemaking will become the norm, not the exception. This book is a must-read for students and practitioners working to create better tall buildings and better urban environments.

New Suburbanism: Sustainable Tall Building Development (Hardcover, New Ed): Kheir Al-Kodmany New Suburbanism: Sustainable Tall Building Development (Hardcover, New Ed)
Kheir Al-Kodmany
R4,941 Discovery Miles 49 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Much of the anticipated future growth in the United States will take place in suburbia. The critical challenge is how to accommodate this growth in a sustainable and resilient manner. This book explores the role of suburban tall as a viable, sustainable alternative to continued suburban sprawl. It identifies 10 spatial patterns in which tall buildings have been integrated into the American suburbs. The study concludes that the Tall Building and Transit-Oriented-Development (TB-TOD) model is the most appropriate to promote sustainable suburbanism. The findings are based on analyzing over 300 projects in 24 suburban communities within three major metropolitan areas including: Washington, DC, Miami, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois. The book furnishes planning strategies that address the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainable tall building development. It also discusses sustainable architectural design and site planning strategies and provides case studies of sustainable tall buildings that were successfully integrated into suburban settings.

Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow (Paperback): Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S.-K. Ting Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow (Paperback)
Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S.-K. Ting; Contributions by Yomna K Abdallah, Kheir Al-Kodmany, Julia Ann Baker, …
R915 Discovery Miles 9 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow examines the future of sustainable engineering and architecture. The contributors' analyses of sustainable solutions, such as wind and solar power, offer valuable insights for future policy-making, scholarship, and the management of energy-intensive facilities.

Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow (Hardcover): Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S.-K. Ting Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow (Hardcover)
Jacqueline A. Stagner, David S.-K. Ting; Contributions by Yomna K Abdallah, Kheir Al-Kodmany, Julia Ann Baker, …
R2,538 Discovery Miles 25 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sustainable Engineering for Life Tomorrow examines the future of sustainable engineering and architecture. The contributors' analyses of sustainable solutions, such as wind and solar power, offer valuable insights fur future policy-making, scholarship, and the management of energy-intensive facilities.

Tall Buildings and the City - Improving the Understanding of Placemaking, Imageability, and Tourism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020):... Tall Buildings and the City - Improving the Understanding of Placemaking, Imageability, and Tourism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Kheir Al-Kodmany
R2,667 Discovery Miles 26 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The chaotic proliferation of skyscrapers in many cities around the world is contributing to a decline in placemaking. This book examines the role of skyscrapers and open spaces in promoting placemaking in the city of Chicago. Chicago's skyscrapers tell an epic story of transformative architectural design, innovative engineering solutions, and bold entrepreneurial spirit. The city's public plazas and open spaces attract visitors, breathe life, and bring balance into the cityscape. Using locational data from social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, along with imagery from Google Earth, fieldwork, direct observations, in-depth surveys, and the combined insights from architectural and urban design literature, this study reveals the roles that socio-spatial clusters of skyscrapers, public spaces, architecture, and artwork play to enhance placemaking in Chicago. The study illustrates how Chicago, as the birthplace of skyscrapers, remains a leading city in tall building integration and innovation. Focusing on some of the finest urban places in America, including the Chicago River, the Magnificent Mile, and the Chicago Loop, the book offers meaningful architectural and urban design lessons that are transferable to emerging skyscraper cities around the globe.

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