Download or read book Extreme Architecture written by Ruth Slavid and published by Laurence King. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases 45 recent buildings designed for challenging environments, giving valuable insights into the extremes of architectural thinking. Futhermore, in an increasingly unstable world, some of the lessons they teach about self-sufficiency may yet become more generally applicable.
Download or read book Extreme Architecture written by José María Minguet and published by Instituto Monsa de Ediciones. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los arquitectos se enfrentan a tareas difíciles cuando se les encarga el diseño de edificios y viviendas en situaciones extremas. La falta de espacio para construir en un mundo cada vez más globalizado y el relativamente nuevo interés en la sostenibilidad hacen que cada vez sea más difícil encontrar espacios para poder edificar. Terrenos en pendiente, suelos de formación mineral, suaves como la arena, en parcelas estrechas, o en ambientes con temperaturas extremas. Son propuestas y originales diseños según el terreno disponible.
Download or read book XS Extreme written by Phyllis Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers buildings at the edge of possibility. This book presents over forty projects with plans, drawings and photographs. It includes a reference section that gives architect and project information.
Download or read book Brain Bend written by Mister Mourao and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brain Bend features 25 wild, vibrant, architecturally themed mazes, along with black-and-white versions of the same artwork for coloring in. Includes maze solutions at the back of the book.
Download or read book Architects After Architecture written by Harriet Harriss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can you do with a degree in architecture? Where might it take you? What kind of challenges could you address? Architects After Architecture reframes architecture as a uniquely versatile way of acting on the world, far beyond that of designing buildings. In this volume, we meet forty practitioners through profiles, case studies, and interviews, who have used their architectural training in new and resourceful ways to tackle the climate crisis, work with refugees, advocate for diversity, start tech companies, become leading museum curators, tackle homelessness, draft public policy, become developers, design videogames, shape public discourse, and much more. Together, they describe a future of architecture that is diverse and engaged, expanding the limits of the discipline, and offering new paths forward in times of crisis. Whether you are an architecture student or a practicing architect considering a change, you’ll find this an encouraging and inspiring read. Please visit the Architects After Architecture website for more information, including future book launches and events: architectsafterarchitecture.com
Download or read book Habitation in Extreme Environments written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Architectural Forum written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Extreme Environment Electronics written by John D. Cressler and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfriendly to conventional electronic devices, circuits, and systems, extreme environments represent a serious challenge to designers and mission architects. The first truly comprehensive guide to this specialized field, Extreme Environment Electronics explains the essential aspects of designing and using devices, circuits, and electronic systems intended to operate in extreme environments, including across wide temperature ranges and in radiation-intense scenarios such as space. The Definitive Guide to Extreme Environment Electronics Featuring contributions by some of the world’s foremost experts in extreme environment electronics, the book provides in-depth information on a wide array of topics. It begins by describing the extreme conditions and then delves into a description of suitable semiconductor technologies and the modeling of devices within those technologies. It also discusses reliability issues and failure mechanisms that readers need to be aware of, as well as best practices for the design of these electronics. Continuing beyond just the "paper design" of building blocks, the book rounds out coverage of the design realization process with verification techniques and chapters on electronic packaging for extreme environments. The final set of chapters describes actual chip-level designs for applications in energy and space exploration. Requiring only a basic background in electronics, the book combines theoretical and practical aspects in each self-contained chapter. Appendices supply additional background material. With its broad coverage and depth, and the expertise of the contributing authors, this is an invaluable reference for engineers, scientists, and technical managers, as well as researchers and graduate students. A hands-on resource, it explores what is required to successfully operate electronics in the most demanding conditions.
Download or read book Extreme Minimalism written by Chris van Uffelen and published by Braun Publishing AG. This book was released on 2014 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pure shapes, simple lines, clear geometry -- minimalism focuses on the necessities. It places emphasis on a plain and obvious message rather than on superfluous details. A steel wave suggests movement and rapidity, plain glass introduces transparency, large openings are sources of space and light -- refinement has become the new means of expression. Each single detail becomes significant and a key element of the project. Shape, material and consistency exclusively at the service of function -- the result can be admired in these extremely innovative and honest contemporary buildings, which reveal minimalism as an attitude aiming at abstraction, functionalism and purification"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture written by Robert Venturi and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 1977 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Download or read book Extreme Collecting written by Graeme Were and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By exploring the processes of collecting, which challenge the bounds of normally acceptable practice, this book debates the practice of collecting ‘difficult’ objects, from a historical and contemporary perspective; and discusses the acquisition of objects related to war and genocide, and those purchased from the internet, as well as considering human remains, mass produced objects and illicitly traded antiquities. The aim is to apply a critical approach to the rigidity of museums in maintaining essentially nineteenth-century ideas of collecting; and to move towards identifying priorities for collection policies in museums, which are inclusive of acquiring ‘difficult’ objects. Much of the book engages with the question of the limits to the practice of collecting as a means to think through the implementation of new strategies.
Download or read book Extreme Programming Explained written by Kent Beck and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2004-11-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accountability. Transparency. Responsibility. These are not words that are often applied to software development. In this completely revised introduction to Extreme Programming (XP), Kent Beck describes how to improve your software development by integrating these highly desirable concepts into your daily development process. The first edition of Extreme Programming Explained is a classic. It won awards for its then-radical ideas for improving small-team development, such as having developers write automated tests for their own code and having the whole team plan weekly. Much has changed in five years. This completely rewritten second edition expands the scope of XP to teams of any size by suggesting a program of continuous improvement based on: Five core values consistent with excellence in software development Eleven principles for putting those values into action Thirteen primary and eleven corollary practices to help you push development past its current business and technical limitations Whether you have a small team that is already closely aligned with your customers or a large team in a gigantic or multinational organization, you will find in these pages a wealth of ideas to challenge, inspire, and encourage you and your team members to substantially improve your software development. You will discover how to: Involve the whole team–XP style Increase technical collaboration through pair programming and continuous integration Reduce defects through developer testing Align business and technical decisions through weekly and quarterly planning Improve teamwork by setting up an informative, shared workspace You will also find many other concrete ideas for improvement, all based on a philosophy that emphasizes simultaneously increasing the humanity and effectiveness of software development. Every team can improve. Every team can begin improving today. Improvement is possible–beyond what we can currently imagine. Extreme Programming Explained, Second Edition, offers ideas to fuel your improvement for years to come.
Download or read book XS written by Phyllis Richardson and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2001 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the celebration of small buildings, those unexpected structures that make us momentarily pause to ponder their meaning, or our own meaning, or simply to appreciate the elegance of their creation. From the spectrum of functions and styles of these structures, it is clear that size imposes no limits on creativity, and utility is no constraint to beauty. Thinking small is a wonderfully constructive exercise.
Download or read book Interiors Beyond Architecture written by Deborah Schneiderman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Winner of the 2019 IDEC Book Award*** Interiors Beyond Architecture proposes an expanded impact for interior design that transcends the inside of buildings, analysing significant interiors that engage space outside of the disciplinary boundaries of architecture. It presents contemporary case studies from a historically nuanced and theoretically informed perspective, presenting a series of often-radical propositions about the nature of the interior itself. Internationally renowned contributors from the UK, USA and New Zealand present ten typologically specific chapters including: Interiors Formed with Nature, Adaptively Reused Structures, Mobile Interiors, Inhabitable art, Interiors for Display and On Display, Film Sets, Infrastructural Interiors, Interiors for Extreme Environments, Interior Landscapes, and Exterior Interiors.
Download or read book Planning Extreme Programming written by Kent Beck and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2001 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without careful ongoing planning, the software development process can fall apart. Extreme Programming (XP) is a new programming discipline, or methodology, that is geared toward the way that the vast majority of software development projects are handled -- in small teams. In this new book, noted software engineers Kent Beck and Martin Fowler show the reader how to properly plan a software development project with XP in mind. The authors lay out a proven strategy that forces the reader to plan as their software project unfolds, and therefore avoid many of the nasty problems that can potentially spring up along the way.
Download or read book Extreme Fundamentals of Technology written by Bob Dukish and published by Bob Dukish. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory guide to basic science and engineering concepts.
Download or read book Architecture in the Digital Age written by Branko Kolarevic and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture in the Digital Age addresses contemporary architectural practice in which digital technologies are radically changing how buildings are conceived, designed and produced. It discusses the digitally-driven changes, their origins, and their effects by grounding them in actual practices already taking place, while simultaneously speculating about their wider implications for the future. The book offers a diverse set of ideas as to what is relevant today and what will be relevant tomorrow for emerging architectural practices of the digital age.
