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Die Zukunft ostdeutscher Großwohnsiedlungen: Fallstudie Halle-Silberhöhe
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 14.19In der Arbeit geht es um den Umgang mit Bevölkerungsrückgängen in ostdeutschen Großwohnsiedlungen anhand der beispielhaften Darstellung in Halle-Silberhöhe. Der Stadtteil hat die größten Bevölkerungsrückgänge zu beklagen, zahlreiche Abrisse wurden im Rahmen des Programms Stadtumbau-Ost vorgenommen. Zudem hat der Stadtteil eine mehrheitlich sozial schwache... more...
Ringstraße ist überall: Texte über Architektur und Stadt 1992-2007 (German Edition)
Springer 2008; US$ 49.95Warum vergolden die Österreicher ihre Baudenkmäler selbst dann, wenn sie zu Staub zerfallen? Wieso bauen die Deutschen ihren Automobilen Tempel? Und was passiert, wenn Ernst Neufert in Graz auf Buster Keaton trifft? Seit 1992 bereichern die Texte Christian Kühns im Feuilleton der Tageszeitung ?Die Presse", das als Leitindex der österreichischen Architekturentwicklung... more...
Piazza San Marco
Profile 2010; US$ 14.38Piazza San Marco is a dynamic open space organically connected to the buildings which frame it. It shows how much is lost if the ensemble is divided into the individual structures of Doges Palace, Basilica of San Marco, Campanile and so on, each marvell more...
Terror and Wonder
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 18.00For nearly twenty years now, Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune has explored how architecture captures our imagination and engages our deepest emotions. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and writer of the widely read Cityscapes blog, Kamin treats his subjects not only as works of art but also as symbols of the cultural and political... more...
M. Kempinski & Co.
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 36.02Hauptbeschreibung Die Geschichte des jüdischen Unternehmens M. Kempinski ", zum andern ein Beitrag zur jüdischen Wirtschaftsgeschichte Berlins. Obwohl zwei Drittel aller deutschen Juden in Berlin lebten und die Stadt die führende Industrie- und Handelsmetropole des Landes war, ist das jüdische Wirtschaftsleben der Stadt sowie dessen Auslöschung bislang... more...
Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011
Wiley 2010; US$ 49.99Revit all-stars present a fast, focused introduction to Revit functions, tools, and concepts Hailed for its ease of use, power, and sophistication, Revit is the industry-leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software package. Introducing Revit Architecture provides a thorough overview of Revit's concepts, interface conventions, tools, and... more...
Towards a New Architect
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95After three years of education, architecture students have to start out on their first year of practical training as the initial step in a career in the professional world--all too often without enough clear advice to make sure that their first step is in the right direction. Towards a New Architect helps you to make the right moves. It explores how... more...
The Cultural Landscape & Heritage Paradox
Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 69.95About understanding and managing the archaeological-historical landscape and its heritage, in the Netherlands and in Europe. more...
Sustainable Design of Research Laboratories
Wiley 2010; US$ 90.00Architecture, Sustainable Design A comprehensive book on the sustainable design of research laboratories Today's research laboratories are complex and difficult building types to design, and making them sustainable adds more obstacles. Written by members of the well-known firm KlingStubbins, under the guidance of its Directors of Laboratory Planning,... more...
Third World Modernism
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 53.95This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War. The topics look at modernism?s part in the transnational development of building technologies and the construction of national and cultural identity. Architectural modernism is far more... more...









