Age of Concrete is a history of the making of houses and homes in the suburbios of Maputo (Lourenco Marques), Mozambique, from the late 1940s to the present. Often dismissed as undifferentiated, ahistorical “slums,” these neighborhoods are in fact an open-air archive that reveals some of people’s highest aspirations. At first people built in reeds. Then they built in wood and zinc panels. And finally, even when it was illegal, they risked buil ...
During his campaign for the presidency, one of Donald Trump's signature promises was that he would build a "great great wall? on the border between the United States and Mexico, and Mexico was going to pay for it. A year and a half into his term, with only a few prototype segments erected, the wall is the 2,000-mile multibillion-dollar elephant in the room of contemporary American life. In The Great Great Wall, architectural historian and c ...
В учебнике освещаются теоретические основы, современное состояние, опыт, проблемы и перспективы одной из наиболее важных областей науки и проектирования, получивших развитие в последние десятилетия. Значение территориального планирования особенно велико для решения задач, связанных с анализом пространственных особенностей и стратегических аспектов развития расселения в стране как основы территориально-градостроительной политики. Соответствует ак ...
В учебном пособии излагаются сведения о методах и средствах, направленных на повышение эффективности при управлении проектами в архитектурном проектировании и строительстве зданий и сооружений на территории Российской Федерации, через призму субъектно-объектных отношений. Основное внимание уделено способам преодоления проблем, возникающих при организации архитектурного проектирования и доведения объекта архитектурного творчества до реально постр ...
Duluth's majestic Glensheen Mansion, featuring thirty-nine ornate rooms and expansive landscaped grounds. Minneapolis's stunning Purcell-Cutts House, a showplace of finely crafted woodwork of Prairie School design. Stevens County's Trantow Log Cabin, built in the German style with dovetailed log corners. Minnesota has a remarkable array of house museums, each with its own unique history and architectural significance. Min ...
Perhaps your museum's archives have run out of space, or its public programs have outgrown their facility. Perhaps a generous donor or an energetic campaign has provided the funding for a renovation, a new wing, or a new building. Whatever the circumstances, small and midsized museums can find themselves taking on a construction project. But those responsible for seeing that it's done right—board members, museum profess ...
HISTORY®'s «Lone Star Restoration» star, Brent Hull is a master craftsman, and hands-on preservationist. Hull—a Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalist for architectural non-fiction—challenges us to consider the impact our decisions will have when building a house. What do our homes say about us? What stories are they telling? Are they declarations of integrity, beauty, and heritage? Or do they suggest we have lost our sense of value, cr ...
