Routes, Roads and Landscapes

Author: Brita Brenna
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351902385
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 487

Book Description
Routes and roads make their way into and across the landscape, defining it as landscape and making it accessible for many kinds of uses and perceptions. Bringing together outstanding scholars from cultural history, geography, philosophy, and a host of other disciplines, this collection examines the complex entanglement between routes and landscapes. It traces the changing conceptions of the landscape from the Enlightenment to the present day, looking at how movement has been facilitated, imagined and represented and how such movement, in turn, has conditioned understandings of the landscape. A particular focus is on the modern transportation landscape as it came into being with the canal, the railway, and the automobile. These modes of transport have had a profound impact on the perception and conceptualization of the modern landscape, a relationship investigated in detail by authors such as Gernot Böhme, Sarah Bonnemaison, Tim Cresswell, Finola O'Kane, Charlotte Klonk, Peter Merriman, Christine Macy, David Nye, Vittoria Di Palma, Charles Withers, and Thomas Zeller.

Dwell

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Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
At Dwell, we're staging a minor revolution. We think that it's possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture and products that are exceptionally well designed, and still be a regular human being. We think that good design is an integral part of real life. And that real life has been conspicuous by its absence in most design and architecture magazines.

Vertical

Author: Stephen Graham
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781689962
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545

Book Description
A revolutionary reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but must now be understood as a series of vertical strata that reach from the satellites that encircle our planet to the tunnels deep within the ground. In Vertical, Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level: how the geography of inequality, politics, and identity is determined in terms of above and below. Starting at the edge of earth’s atmosphere and, in a series of riveting studies, descending through each layer, Graham explores the world of drones, the city from the viewpoint of an aerial bomber, the design of sidewalks and the hidden depths of underground bunkers. He asks: why was Dubai built to be seen from Google Earth? How do the super-rich in São Paulo live in their penthouses far above the street? Why do London billionaires build vast subterranean basements? And how do the technology of elevators and subversive urban explorers shape life on the surface and subsurface of the earth? Vertical will make you look at the world around you anew: this is a revolution in understanding your place in the world.

Out There: Installations

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Category : Architects as artists
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description

"Bergmann's Team"

Author: George G. Pinneo
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1414022832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
Bergmann's Team continues Guy and Nita's effort to acquire a Human Team to assist Banderat and Striver engineers in diverting the comets threatening Earth. The core of their team: Guy, Nita and the Twins, demonstrate they can go EVA and perform well in space outside the Striver starship Dawn Star, surprising both Strivers and Banderat. They recruit NASA trained astronauts to join them; the Team moves up to "Terra House" aboard the starship for the interim, training before the comets reach Mars. Guy and the Twins rescue four young Banderat juveniles and put down a Banderat mutiny, freeing a captured Striver trooper, demonstrating Humans possess altruism and will fight when compelled. They augment their team and begin preparing Earth's governments for the oncoming comet storm. They make plans for post-comet business and plan for space tourism as one way to pay for routine access to orbital life and business.

Y08

Author: Luca Molinari
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
A quintessential Skira Architecture publication which presents Skira's point of view on world architecture.

Calibrations 3

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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
Covers architecture courses, student work, student prizes, elective studios, degrees presented, faculty, etc., for the year.

Distribia

Author: Ali Cheaib
Publisher: Ali Cheaib
ISBN: 0692077413
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 441

Book Description
Humanity's primary defining feature is our ability to design systems, but at the same time, such hallmark is our downfall because our systems have the potential for enslaving and destroying the human race. A system is a good servant but an evil master. Not realizing the dangers that lurk within systems, we foolishly enslaved humanity under ghoulish concepts. In this book, we tell the story of a cruel and oppressive system called tribalism. A master-slave social order, which endorsed two classes in society; one endured by abusing and enslaving the other for thousands of years, until the inevitable rise of distribia. Travel with us on a journey in time to a world free of tribalism. To a society free of representation, delegation, intermediation, centralization, and zoning to discover the beautiful way of life of distribia’s fascinating peer-to-peer society.

The Knowledge that can lead Man to an Eternal Life!

Author: Raphael Jones
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146534702X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
Ever wondered what it would feel like to acquire vast knowledge, advanced technology, enhanced spirituality, and even the fountain of youth?! Then wait no more!! Clan-X is the answer to all of this! But who or what is a Clan-X? Clan-X is a vast and advanced universal fighting force that travel the universe in search of planets to warn about the advanced impending doom and threat to the universe from opposition adversary forces. And in doing so, Clan-X offer them the benefits of all this advanced technology in return if the planet join Clan-X to help defend off this mass universal force. From the faster than light spaceships, to the advanced technology, to enhanced spirituality and even immortality; Clan-X come to these societies ready to share the goodness of all of this! And what’s even more amazing is that all of this can be attained right now at the hands of our finger tips!! To find out how the world will enjoy the benefits of all this technology, read more on the Clan-X publications following the timelines! There are even storylines and adventures to read, brought to you by the world of Clan-X! Get yours today!!

Introduction to English as a Second Language Workbook

Author: Peter Lucantoni
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107688817
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
Introduction to English as a Second Language Workbook accompanies the Coursebook (sold separately) in this Fourth edition series, and is presented in an accessible updated design. Each Workbook unit reinforces the topic and theme from the corresponding Coursebook unit, and provides additional practice in reading, writing and listening. Furthermore, each Workbook unit starts with a review of key vocabulary from the corresponding Coursebook unit, and contains a specific language focus.