Download or read book Builders of the Vision written by Daniel Cardoso Llach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Builders of the Vision traces the intellectual history and contemporary practices of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Numerical Control since the years following World War II until today. Drawing from primary archival and ethnographic sources, it identifies and documents the crucial ideas shaping digital design technologies since the first numerical control and CAD systems were developed under US Air Force research contracts at MIT between 1949 and 1970: the cybernetic theorization of design as a human-machine endeavor; the vision of computers as "perfect slaves" taking care of the drudgery of physical labor; the techno-social utopias of computers as vehicles of democracy and social change; the entrepreneurial urge towards design and construction integration; and the managerial ideologies enabling today’s transnational geographies of practice. Examining the contrasting, and often conflicting, sensibilities that converge into CAD and BIM discourses - globalism, utopianism, entrepreneurialism, and architects’ desires for aesthetic liberation - Builders of the Vision shows that software systems and numerically controlled machines are not merely "instruments," or "tools," but rather versatile metaphors reconfiguring conceptions of design, materiality, work, and what it means to be creative. Crucially, by revealing software systems as socio-technical infrastructures that mediate the production of our built environments, author Daniel Cardoso Llach builds a strong case for the fields of architecture, media, and science and technology studies to critically engage with both the politics and the poetics of technology in design. Builders of the Vision will be essential reading for scholars and practitioners across disciplines interested in the increasingly complex socio-technical systems that go into imagining and building of our artifacts, buildings, and cities.
Download or read book Building with Vision written by Dan Imhoff and published by Wood Reduction Trilogy. This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part green building primer, part architectural photo essay, this is an essential resource for professionals and homeowners interested in the leading edge of environmental building. Imhoff traveled extensively to document and photograph beautiful and novel alternatives to wood intensive-building. Building with Vision is the first book to link residential building with forest impacts. Nearly 1.5 million new houses are built in the United States each year, 90 percent framed with wood, and the average house consuming an acre's worth of trees. But as Building with Vision shows, from framing and siding to new building systems and finish materials, there are many ways architects, contractors, and homeowners can make high-quality, resourceful, long-lasting and beautiful decisions. Details include building techniques as well as materials, including Styrofoam, steel, concrete, straw bales, rammed earth, adobe and much more.
Download or read book Stop Leading Start Building written by Robyn R. Jackson and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are a school administrator—a principal or maybe a district leader. You're doing everything "right"—poring over data, trying new strategies, launching annual initiatives, bringing in outside trainers. So why do the outcomes you seek still seem so far away? The problem isn't you; it's that you were trained in school leadership, and school leadership just isn’t up to the challenge. Each year, Robyn R. Jackson helps thousands of administrators stop wasting time and energy on flawed leadership approaches that succeed only with the right staff, students, parents, budget, and boss. As they have discovered, it's possible to transform your school with the people and resources you already have. The secret? Stop leading and start building! In this book, you'll learn to use Jackson's breakthrough Buildership Model™ to escape the "school improvement hamster wheel" and finally create the school your students and teachers deserve. The work involves a handful of simple shifts in how you approach . . . • Purpose: Instead of chasing tiny gains or the "next new thing" every year, you'll establish and use an ambitious vision, mission, and set of core values to galvanize your staff, keep everyone focused, and create true accountability for achieving your goals. • People: You’ll discover new ways to help every teacher grow one level in one domain in one year or less and, ultimately, develop high levels of both will and skill. • Pathway: Instead of trying to tackle every problem at once, you'll identify the biggest obstacle standing in your way right now and figure out exactly how to remove it once and for all. • Plan: You'll learn a new process for solution implementation that is iterative, cyclical, and capable of powering both short-term wins and ongoing transformation, year over year. When you stop leading and start building, you let go of the idea that you need to work harder to make your school "work better." You no longer settle for incremental improvement when what you really want is dramatic change and better learning outcomes for all. It's time to make the shift from leadership to buildership. Get ready to turn your school into a success story.
Download or read book Kingdom Builders written by Andrew Denton and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living a life of generosity is not reserved for rich people. It's the result of people who are "all in" for giving God permission to use them as a conduit of His blessing and provision. Kingdom Builders know that they are alive for a purpose bigger than themselves-a purpose committed to building His Kingdom and turning church vision into a magnificent global and local reality. Sharing from his own journey of living an "all in" life, and telling the inspiring story of how Kingdom Builders first started within Hillsong Church, Andrew Denton will encourage and challenge you to take bold, wise steps of faith that will lead you on a path beyond your wildest dreams.
Download or read book Builders of Empire written by Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They built some of the first communal structures on the empire's frontiers. The empire's most powerful proconsuls sought entrance into their lodges. Their public rituals drew dense crowds from Montreal to Madras. The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons were quintessential builders of empire, argues Jessica Harland-Jacobs. In this first study of the relationship between Freemasonry and British imperialism, Harland-Jacobs takes readers on a journey across two centuries and five continents, demonstrating that from the moment it left Britain's shores, Freemasonry proved central to the building and cohesion of the British Empire. The organization formally emerged in 1717 as a fraternity identified with the ideals of Enlightenment cosmopolitanism, such as universal brotherhood, sociability, tolerance, and benevolence. As Freemasonry spread to Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australasia, and Africa, the group's claims of cosmopolitan brotherhood were put to the test. Harland-Jacobs examines the brotherhood's role in diverse colonial settings and the impact of the empire on the brotherhood; in the process, she addresses issues of globalization, supranational identities, imperial power, fraternalism, and masculinity. By tracking an important, identifiable institution across the wide chronological and geographical expanse of the British Empire, Builders of Empire makes a significant contribution to transnational history as well as the history of the Freemasons and imperial Britain.
Download or read book The Lean Builder A Builder s Guide to Applying Lean Tools in the Field written by Joe Donarumo and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Brooks, a young superintendent with ProCon Builders, has been given responsibility for the largest and most complicated project of his career. He struggles with all of the common difficulties in construction -- lack of communication, coordination issues, and other kinds of wasteful occurrences that rob his project of time and money, while leaving him and his team frustrated and overworked. Luckily, his friend, mentor, and co-worker, Alan Phillips, brings the benefit of his experience and his knowledge of Lean Construction tools and processes to help Sam learn valuable skills for improving the operation of his project. Together, Sam and Alan discuss the merits and explore the practical applications of: Daily Huddles Visual Communication The "Eight Wastes" Managing Constraints Pull Planning The Last Planner System(TM) Percent Plan Complete
Download or read book Systems Ultra written by Georgina Voss and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TOOLBOX FOR COMPREHENDING — AND CHANGING — THE WORLD Systems Ultra explores how we experience complex systems: the mesh of things, people, and ideas interacting to produce their own patterns and behaviours. What does it mean when a car which runs on code drives dangerously? What does massmarket graphics software tell us about the workplace politics of architects? And, in these human-made systems, which phenomena are designed, and which are emergent? In a world of networked technologies, global supply chains, and supranational regulations, there are growing calls for a new kind of literacy around systems and their ramifications. At the same time, we are often told these systems are impossible to fully comprehend and are far beyond our control. Drawing on field research and artistic practice around the industrial settings of ports, air traffic control, architectural software, payment platforms in adult entertainment, and car crash testing, Georgina Voss argues that complex systems can be approached as sites of revelation around scale, time, materiality, deviance, and breakages. With humour and guile, she tells the story of what ‘systems’ have come to mean, how they have been sold to us, and the real-world consequences of the power that flows through them. Systems Ultra goes beyond narratives of technological exceptionalism to explore how we experience the complex systems which influence our lives, how to understand them more clearly, and, perhaps, how to change them.
Download or read book Value Match Selling for Home Builders written by William J. Nowell and published by Builderbooks. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book, home building professionals will learn how to build a rapport with prospective home buyers. Nowell's emphasis on questioning strategies and listening skills helps salespeople build relationships with potential customers and meet prospective buyer's specific needs.
Download or read book Bridge Builders written by Maria Keckler and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful fable that delivers a simple but highly effective blueprint for communication success in business and beyond. How we choose to communicate determines the difference between success and failure—in all of our endeavors. Bridge Builders is a compelling fable of self-discovery about Daniel Reed’s journey from ordinary communicator to inspirational Bridge Builder. It’s about the power of crafting messages through the eyes of our audience. It’s about learning to craft our message differently as others’ needs become the impetus behind our message. No matter who you are or what you do, incorporating key Bridge Builder principles and best practices will revitalize your vision for the way you connect with people. Bridge Builders gives you the strategic tools you need to connect to the hearts and minds of your audiences and achieve the objectives that are important to you.
Download or read book A Biography of the Pixel written by Alvy Ray Smith and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pixel as the organizing principle of all pictures, from cave paintings to Toy Story. The Great Digital Convergence of all media types into one universal digital medium occurred, with little fanfare, at the recent turn of the millennium. The bit became the universal medium, and the pixel--a particular packaging of bits--conquered the world. Henceforward, nearly every picture in the world would be composed of pixels--cell phone pictures, app interfaces, Mars Rover transmissions, book illustrations, videogames. In A Biography of the Pixel, Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith argues that the pixel is the organizing principle of most modern media, and he presents a few simple but profound ideas that unify the dazzling varieties of digital image making. Smith's story of the pixel's development begins with Fourier waves, proceeds through Turing machines, and ends with the first digital movies from Pixar, DreamWorks, and Blue Sky. Today, almost all the pictures we encounter are digital--mediated by the pixel and irretrievably separated from their media; museums and kindergartens are two of the last outposts of the analog. Smith explains, engagingly and accessibly, how pictures composed of invisible stuff become visible--that is, how digital pixels convert to analog display elements. Taking the special case of digital movies to represent all of Digital Light (his term for pictures constructed of pixels), and drawing on his decades of work in the field, Smith approaches his subject from multiple angles--art, technology, entertainment, business, and history. A Biography of the Pixel is essential reading for anyone who has watched a video on a cell phone, played a videogame, or seen a movie. 400 pages of annotations, prepared by the author and available online, provide an invaluable resource for readers.
Download or read book Builders of Our Country written by Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Builders Association written by Shannon Jackson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated history and critical appraisal of The Builders Association, an award-winning intermedia performance company, with detailed accounts of its major productions. This book begins with the building of a house, and the building of a company while building the house. It expands to look at the ideas found in various rooms, some of which expanded into virtual space while they still were grounded in the lives of the artists in the house. —from the preface by Marianne Weems The Builders Association, an award-winning intermedia performance company founded in 1994, develops its work in extended collaborations with artists and designers, working through performance, video, architecture, sound, and text to integrate live performance with other media. Its work is not only cross-media but cross-genre—fiction and nonfiction, unorthodox retellings of classic tales and multimedia stagings of contemporary events. This book offers a generously illustrated history and critical appraisal of The Builders Association, written by Shannon Jackson, a leading theater scholar, and Marianne Weems, the founder and artistic director of the company. It also includes critical meditations from such artists and scholars as Elizabeth Diller, Pico Iyer, Saskia Sassen, Kate Valk, and many others. Technological wizardry in the theater has a long history, going back to the deus ex machina of ancient Greek drama. The Builders Association makes its technological dependence visible, putting backstage technologies center stage and presenting architectural assemblies of screens and bodies. Jackson and Weems explore a series of major productions—from MASTER BUILDER (Ibsen by way of Gordon Matta-Clark) to SUPERVISION (an exploration of dataveillance) to HOUSE/DIVIDED (the foreclosure crisis juxtaposed with the Joads of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath). Each work is described through a series of steps, including “R&D,” “Operating Systems,” “Storyboard,” and “Rehearsal/Assembly.” The Builders Association not only traces the evolution of an intermedial aesthetic practice but also tells a story about how a group makes the risky decision to make art in the first place.
Download or read book The Visionbuilders Manual written by Margaret J. Shepherd and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the skills to establish a vision and follow it through to a successful outcome for yourself or your company, career, or cause. How do Success Heroes succeed in all of life all at once? They live from Vision. Vision inspires you right through your fears and opens the door to pain-free success. But you need the right contemplative and action skills to make your vision real. Want visionary success for yourself, your company, career, or cause? TheVisionbuilders’ Manual is your skill-building guidebook. You’ll gain these skills: How to discover the right vision for right now How to develop the success mindset that prevents self-sabotage How to build a vision first in your mind, then bring it to life How to activate both sides of your brain and your inner spirit How to discipline your mind so you’re focused and strong How to harness principles that govern how your mindset creates experiences
Download or read book Lifestyle Builders written by Tom Sylvester and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A how-to guide for preparing your personal life for entrepreneurship—from a successful couple who has been there. Most people have two lives: the one that they are living and the one that they want to live. Today, there is more opportunity than ever for anyone to create their ideal life through entrepreneurship. After overcoming the obstacles of building three businesses with one spouse still in a 9-5 job and working together as a married couple while raising two young kids, Tom and Ariana Sylvester have cracked the code and developed a framework on how to successfully do business and life—together. In Lifestyle Builders,Tom and Ariana guide current and aspiring entrepreneurs through the major aspects of making it happen with a simple step-by-step process, including getting clear on what the ideal life looks like, mapping out personal and business financials, and teaching readers how to organize and run their business to support their ideal lifestyle. Lifestyle Builders shows those seeking the entrepreneurial lifestyle how to unlock the secrets to making the ideal life a reality, even those who are busy and seriously lacking time and money. It’s time to join the movement of Lifestyle Builders today!
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Download or read book Kingdom Builders Playbook written by Ryan Bourque CPA MBT CKA and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are each called by our unique gifts and abilities to be part of the body of Christ. It’s up to you to explore what your gifts are and how they can further God’s kingdom here on earth. Being a kingdom builder isn’t just a term; it speaks to the heart of who you are as a Christian leader and steward. It’s a calling of the highest order for those given the gifts of leadership and generosity. In Kingdom Builders’ Playbook, author Ryan Bourque offers a definitive guide to growth in leadership and stewardship for high-capacity Christians. Unparalleled in its approach to stewardship, it delves into the fundamental questions of life’s meaning, guides you in uncovering your true purpose, and provides practical ways to put your gifts into action. Bourque encourages you to be a kingdom builder in every aspect of your life. Hold your time, talent, and treasure with open hands and use them to advance God’s kingdom. The information presented in Kingdom Builders’ Playbook offers principles, strategies, and examples to inspire and equip you to be a faithful steward of God’s blessings and make an impact in the world around you.
Download or read book James Hoban Anthology written by and published by . This book was released on 2022-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
