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Author : Philip Steele
Release : 2020-02
Genre :
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Book Rating : 794/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cities in Layers by : Philip Steele
Download or read book Cities in Layers written by Philip Steele. This book was released on 2020-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Catherine Chambers
Release : 2017
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 201/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stickmen's Guide to Cities in Layers by : Catherine Chambers
Download or read book Stickmen's Guide to Cities in Layers written by Catherine Chambers. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel from the tops of skyscrapers to the depths of the subway system of a bustling city! Find out how people make use of each layer along the way.
Author : Mark Urizar
Release : 2012-04-20
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 989/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis City of Layers by : Mark Urizar
Download or read book City of Layers written by Mark Urizar. This book was released on 2012-04-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society seems to be tied irrevocably to long-term patterns of resource use, and to producing unassimilatable waste, emissions, and ongoing environmental degradation. There also are seemingly irresolvable dilemmas between humanity and nature, society and ecology, and utility and beauty, where each decision we make seems to cause some harm. To change from our present path and resolve these, we must have the courage to break from traditions and use our knowhow to progressively and creatively enhance the existing built form so a new built reality emerges, one that enriches people and possibly enables a sustainable future. This alternate path necessitates a holistic approach, one that can more effectively merge and better utilise the disciplines of architecture, engineering, art, sciences and business to integrate the many different parts within the built environment, and produce a vibrant, viable new whole. With this approach, we could begin to transform the built environment into an entity that virtually replicates and functions as a natural sustainable system. Every decision we make is important. What practices, processes, technologies are applied, to how built elements are designed, placed, structured, configured and interfaced, are all important. These determine what eventuates; the built form, architecture, and the ultimate ‘appropriateness’ of the resulting outcome. By determining what is ‘appropriate’, this book provides a retrospective view of the semi-static present built environment with its many in-place processes, issues, constraints, and opportunities, and postulates what is required by visualising the possible alternatives for the always growing built environment. These provide a useful insight into how the built form and urban life can be enhanced, and thereby also how humanity can use architecture to live in a more equitable balance, possibly in harmony and sustainably with nature.
Author : Catherine Chambers
Release : 2016-08-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 966/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stickmen's Guide to Earth's Atmosphere in Layers by : Catherine Chambers
Download or read book Stickmen's Guide to Earth's Atmosphere in Layers written by Catherine Chambers. This book was released on 2016-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teeter on the edge of outer space with the Stickmen. Then fly down, down, down to atmospheric layers that wrap around Earth. Follow the Stickmen to view the galaxies through the Hubble Space Telescope and stop by the International Space Station. The Stickmen will take you on a tour of satellites in orbit, aircraft riding jet streams, and storms in the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. With phenomenal facts, cool diagrams, and photos from space, this will be a dizzy, action-packed ride!
Author : David Sim
Release : 2019-08-20
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 186/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Soft City by : David Sim
Download or read book Soft City written by David Sim. This book was released on 2019-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relationships, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life. How do we move from the current reality in most cites—separated uses and lengthy commutes in single-occupancy vehicles that drain human, environmental, and community resources—to support a soft city approach? In Soft City David Sim, partner and creative director at Gehl, shows how this is possible, presenting ideas and graphic examples from around the globe. He draws from his vast design experience to make a case for a dense and diverse built environment at a human scale, which he presents through a series of observations of older and newer places, and a range of simple built phenomena, some traditional and some totally new inventions. Sim shows that increasing density is not enough. The soft city must consider the organization and layout of the built environment for more fluid movement and comfort, a diversity of building types, and thoughtful design to ensure a sustainable urban environment and society. Soft City begins with the big ideas of happiness and quality of life, and then shows how they are tied to the way we live. The heart of the book is highly visual and shows the building blocks for neighborhoods: building types and their organization and orientation; how we can get along as we get around a city; and living with the weather. As every citizen deals with the reality of a changing climate, Soft City explores how the built environment can adapt and respond. Soft City offers inspiration, ideas, and guidance for anyone interested in city building. Sim shows how to make any city more efficient, more livable, and better connected to the environment.
