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The Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design: Perspectives, Practices and Applicationsexplores the merging relationship between physical and virtual spaces in planning and urban design. Technological advances such as smart sensors, interactive screens, locative media and evolving computation...

First published in 1992, this book is about making connections that may lead towards a new professionalism, since the past several decades have given rise mainly to new kinds of specialists in the areas of programming, evaluation, and participation. The implications for such integration are far reaching,...

Envisioning Networked Urban Mobilities brings together scientific reflections on the relations of art and urban mobilities and artistic research on the topic. The editors open the book by setting out the concept grounded in the exhibition curated by Aslak Aamot Kjærulff and refers to earlier work...

Scientific Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Art - Architecture / History of Construction, , language: English, abstract: To understand the technological, aesthetical and symbolic value of the surviving timber framed walls and to plan their restoration and protection, historical documentation...

The best-selling guide…now completely updated to include online tutorials! Basic Perspective Drawing introduces students, both those in formal design courses and self-learners, to the basic principles and techniques of perspective drawing. Clear and accessible illustrations show how to construct...

Extrait : "Ecrire une histoire générale de l'art et de la fortification depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours est un des beaux sujets livrés aux recherches des archéologues, et nous ne devons pas désespérer de le voir entreprendre ; mais on doit convenir qu'un pareil sujet exigerait des connaissances...

Cet ouvrage est le condensé des recherches qui ont été réalisées à l’Ensa de Limoges entre 2011 et 2014 autour d’un axe de recherche « céramique et espace urbain ». La recherche s’est articulée entre un colloque et des mises à l’épreuve au travers d’ateliers de travail avec des...

Designing Cultures of Care brings together an international selection of design researchers who, through a variety of design approaches, are exploring the ways in which design intersects with cultures of care. Unique in its focus and disciplinary diversity, this edited collection develops an...

Central to human life and experience, habitation forms a context for enquiry within many disciplines. This collection brings together perspectives on human habitation in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, social history, material culture, literature, art and design, and architecture. Significant...

The PIN–UP Interviews* *is a compilation of over 50 of the most fascinating interviews from PIN-UP magazine since its first issue was published in October 2006. Serious, yet accessible, featuring the elegant and modern aesthetic PIN-UP’s readers have come to expect, there is no comparable...

Queering the Interior problematizes the familiar space of 'home'. It deploys a queer lens to view domestic interiors and conventions and uncovers some of the complexities of homemaking for queer people. Each of the book's six sections focuses on a different room or space inside the home. The...

Art can come in may styles and the technique to create each one can vary depending on the artist and the era. In this book, we're going to study art history from Impressionism to Post-Impressionism. What are the differences between them? How do you tell one from the other? What are examples of art produced? Know the answers and more from the pages of this book.

The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands....

Here William S. B. Dana, B.S., presents an in-depth and precise depiction of the breathtaking architectural masterpieces known as the Swiss Chalets. The culmination of elaborate conversations with the designers, the builders, and the experts on these spectacular buildings, here is a piece of design...