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Buildings without Architects: A Global Guide to Everyday Architecture
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John May (Author)
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Anthony Reid (Editor)
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Rizzoli (Editor)
A wonderfully informative reference on vernacular styles, from adobe pueblos and Pennsylvania barns to Mongolian yurts and Indonesian stilt houses.
This small but comprehensive book documents the rich cultural past of vernacular building styles, from Irish sod houses to sub-Saharan wattle-and-daub huts and redwoods treehouses. It offers inspiration for home woodworking enthusiasts as well as architects, conservationists, and anyone interested in energy-efficient building and sustainability. The variety and ingenuity of the world?s vernacular building traditions are richly illustrated, and the materials and techniques are explored. With examples from every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressively handmade finished products through diagrams, cross-sections, and photographs. Unlike modern buildings that rely on industrially produced materials and specialized tools and techniques, the everyday architecture featured here represents a rapidly disappearing genre of handcrafted and beautifully composed structures that are irretrievably "of their place." These structures are the work of unsung and often anonymous builders that combine artistic beauty, practical form, and necessity.
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Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
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Klaus Kemp (Author)
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Klaus Kemp (Editor)
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Keiko Ueki-polet (Editor)
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Die Gestalten Verlag (Editor)
In the more than 40 years that he spent working at Braun, Dieter Rams established himself as one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. His elegantly clear visual language not only defined product design for decades, but also our fundamental understanding of what design is and what it can and
should do. Dieter Rams created ten rules of design more than twenty years ago. Sometimes referred to as the ten commandments, they are just as relevant today: Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design helps a product to be understood. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is durable. Good design is consistent to the last detail. Good design is environmentally friendly. Good design is as little design
as possible. Less and More elucidates the design philosophy of Dieter Rams. The book contains images of hundreds of Rams's products as well as his sketches and models from Braun stereo systems and electric shavers to the chairs and shelving systems that he created for Vitsoe and his own company sdr+. In addition to the rich visual presentation of his designs, the book contains new texts by international design experts that explain how the work was created,
describe its timeless quality, and put it into current context. In this way, the work of Dieter Rams is given a contemporary reevaluation that is especially useful in light of the rediscovery of functionalism and rationalism in today s design. Less and More shows us the possibilities that design opens for both the manufacturer and the consumer as a means of making our lives better through attractive, functional solutions that also save resources.
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Guide to Green Building Rating Systems (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design)
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Linda Reeder (Author)
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Wiley (Editor)
The one-stop guide for choosing a green building rating system Today, sustainability is a growing concern for the architects, designers, builders, and owners of commercial and residential buildings. Meeting the requirements of a rating system provides a metric to evaluate and set priorities. But the variety and complexity of methods available to assess the eco-friendliness of a building can seem overwhelming. Guide to Green Building Rating Systems informs readers about the rating system selection process. Comparing essential issues such as cost, ease of use, and building performance, this book offers solid guidance that will help readers find the rating system that best fits their needs. This easy-to-follow reference includes: An overview of the major national rating systems, including LEED®, Green Globes®, the National Green Building Standard, and ENERGY STAR® An in-depth look at each rating system, including its evolution, objectives, point structure, levels of certification, benefits, and shortcomings How the ratings systems work for different types of buildings?commercial, multi-family residential, and single-family residential construction Illustrated case studies from different climate regions with project descriptions, cost data, and lessons learned by design teams, constructors, and owners An overview of local, regional, and international rating systems Guide to Green Building Rating Systems demystifies complex material, making this book an essential reference for building professionals engaged in, or wishing to pursue, sustainable building practices.
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ecoDesign: The Sourcebook: Third Fully Revised Edition
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Alastair Fuad-Luke (Author)
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Chronicle Books (Editor)
With this revised edition, ecoDesign cements its reputation as the definitive guide to recycled, recyclable, renewable, and energy-efficient products. From fashion and furniture to cars and cosmetics, this copiously illustrated and easy-to-use sourcebook showcases hundreds of examples of great design, all created with the earth's future firmly in mind. Each entry includes detailed product information, while a vast resource section that lists manufacturers, design studios, and organizations makes it easy for consumers to find and use these innovative products. Fully revised for this third edition with entirely new entries and updated manufacturer info, ecoDesign contains all the resources to craft a smartly sustainable (and supremely stylish!) future.
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Almanac of Architecture & Design 2010 (Almanac of Architecture and Design)
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DesignIntelligence (Author)
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James P. Cramer (Editor)
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Jane Paradise Wolford (Editor)
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Greenway Communications (Editor)
An authoritative reference on architecture and design statistics for a decade, the 11th annual edition of the Almanac of Architecture & Design makes a major breakthrough. For the first time ever, the Almanac presents the DI 333 a ranking of the top design firms in North America, accompanied by a detailed directory of more than 800 leading architecture and design firms. This is in addition to the substantive factbook readers have come to rely on, including statistics about firms, facts about buildings by type, extensive awards listings, compelling profiles of individuals, and other essential resources. Highlights of the Almanac of Architecture & Design 2010: - DI 333 ranking of North America's top firms - America s Leading Architecture & Design Firms Directory - Noteworthy firm anniversaries and statistics - Extensive award listings - Obituaries - Building types directory - Resources on green design and historic preservation - Design resources directory, including salary and compensation guide
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The Function of Form
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Farshid Moussavi (Author)
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Daniel Lopez (Editor)
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Garrick Ambrose (Editor)
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Ben Fortunato (Editor)
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Ryan R. Ludwig (Editor)
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Ahmadreza Schricker (Editor)
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Actar and Harvard Graduate School of Design (Editor)
The Function of Form explores the production of singular affects through systems that relate form and content. This is an essential graphic manual on structural systems and their capacity to produce a variety of forms. Extracting their base geometric unit, a wide range of historical projects from the Medieval to the present are used as systems to proliferate different forms. The book distinguishes tessellation from modulation as a type of flexible system for producing complex repetition through diverse parts. The research presented aims to move architectural experiments away from 'mechanistic' notions of systems for re-producing forms, to 'machinic' notions of systems that determine how parts of an architectural problem interrelate and multiply. This open nature of transversal systems leads to new actualized forms and novel affects.
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Toy Instruments
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Eric Schneider (Author)
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Mark Batty Publisher (Editor)
Toy Instruments comprises an eye-popping collection of musical toys made between the 1950s and today. In theory, all of these toys are meant to excite children about learning how to play an instrument. What becomes clear, however, though the photographs and text, however, is that these products could be as much fun for adults as children, especially for adults with their own musical interests.
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Lester Beall: Trailblazer of American Graphic Design
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R. Roger Remington (Author)
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W.W. Norton & Co. (Editor)
Lester Beall, who died in 1969, was the first graphic designer to receive a one-man exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (in 1937) and was awarded the 1993 Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Institute of Graphic Artists, a sign of his importance in American graphic design.
In full color, this book documents the work of his pioneering 44-year career-advertising, corporate-identity programs, product styling, packaging, exhibits, murals, annual reports, posters, books, and magazines for a wide range of clients, including the U.S. government, the International Paper Company, Martin Marietta Corporation, and many others. .
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Inventors and Inventions
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Black Dog Publishing (Editor)
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Black Dog Publishing (Editor)
Inventors and Inventions takes a refreshing look into the fascinating history of inventors and inventions. With encyclopaedic breadth, the book follows a diverse list of inventions from their earliest manifestations through to their most current incarnations, whilst also revealing how some of today?s greatest inventions came about by accident or chance.
From the arcane beginnings of the frisbee, to the role of Muybridge?s eccentric moving-picture photography in the development of cinema, Inventors and Inventions considers how and why these inventions came about, who was responsible for them and what their subsequent impact has been. Often overlooked inventors are also discussed, giving them their rightful place amongst the celebrated minds from the past; while controversies regarding attribution are exposed and explored.
Inventors and Inventions is an engaging and thought-provoking book sure to
delight and educate readers of all ages.
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Industrial Design, Competition and Globalization
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Grete Rusten (Editor)
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John Bryson (Editor)
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Palgrave Macmillan (Editor)
Design plays an increasingly important role in the competitiveness of firms. Increasingly price-based competition is being replaced by business models based around design and added value. Given the importance of design in corporate competitiveness, this book explores the importance of industrial design within the contemporary economy.
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