1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459685803321

Autore

McGillick Paul

Titolo

Sustainable luxury : the new Singapore house, solutions for a livable future / / Paul McGillick ; photography by Masano Kawana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

North Clarendon Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4629-1515-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (518 p.)

Disciplina

690.0286

Soggetti

Ecological houses

Dwellings - Energy conservation

Sustainable living

Sustainable design

Architecture, Domestic - Singapore

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Content; INTRODUCTION: SUSTAINABLE LUXURY: IS IT A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?; TANGLIN HILL HOUSE (ECO:ID ARCHITECTS); NEIL ROAD SHOPHOUSE (EXPERIENCE DESIGN STUDIO, ONG&ONG); MANDAI COURTYARD HOUSE (ATELIER M+A); NAMLY DRIVE HOUSE (CHANG ARCHITECTS); OLIV APARTMENTS (W ARCHITECTS); ANDREW ROAD HOUSE (A D LAB); HOLLAND GROVE HOUSE (A D LAB); SEMBAWANG LONG HOUSES (FORMWERKZ); TREE HOUSE (FORMWERKZ); THE CORAL HOUSE (GUZ ARCHITECTS); WATER LILY HOUSE (GUZ ARCHITECTS); BELMONT ROAD HOUSE (CSYA); CHATSWORTH PARK HOUSE (ECO:ID ARCHITECTS); THOMSON HEIGHTS HOUSE (AAMER ARCHITECTS)

JALAN MAT JAMBOL HOUSE (ZARCH COLLABORATIVES)INTERLOCKING HOUSE (LATO DESIGN); TRAVERTINE DREAM HOUSE (WALLFLOWER ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN); BARNSTORM HOUSE; DAKOTA APARTMENT (JONATHAN POH); BAMBOO CURTAIN HOUSE (ECO:ID ARCHITECTS); SUNSET PLACE HOUSE (IP:LI ARCHITECTS); WATTEN RESIDENCES (IP:LI ARCHITECTS); THE GREEN COLLECTION (RT+Q ARCHITECTS);



VERANDAH HOUSE (RT+Q ARCHITECTS); THE CRANES (EXPERIENCE DESIGN STUDIO, ONG&ONG); CAIRNHILL ROAD SHOPHOUSE (RICHARDHO ARCHITECTS); THE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

Singapore is celebrated as one of the most livable cities in Asia, and Sustainable Luxury shows how the prosperous, forward-looking nation is pioneering innovative solutions for environmental, economic, social, and cultural issues faced the world over. Dr. Paul McGillick, the author of The Sustainable Asian House (Tuttle, 2013), presents twenty-seven recent residential projects created by Singapore's most talented architects to address the many complex and interconnected aspects of sustainability.Some of the homes featured here emphasize environmental needs, while others are concerned with pre

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794416803321

Titolo

Approaches to management of requirement specifications for nuclear facilities throughout their life cycle / / IAEA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vienna, Austria : , : International Atomic Energy Agency, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

92-0-126220-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 pages)

Disciplina

621.4807207577

Soggetti

Nuclear facilities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812588203321

Autore

Rhomberg Chris <1959->

Titolo

The broken table : the Detroit Newspaper Strike and the state of American labor / / Chris Rhomberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-61044-775-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 387 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

331.892/977434

Soggetti

Newspaper Strike, Detroit, Michigan, 1995-2000

Strikes and lockouts - Newspapers - Michigan - Detroit

Collective bargaining - Newspapers - Michigan - Detroit

Newspaper employees - Labor unions - Michigan - Detroit

Newspaper publishing - Michigan - Detroit

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Labor Day in America -- Worlds of work: economy and civil society. The industry: Gannett and Knight-Ridder -- Detroit: labor and community -- A "daily miracle": the life of the workplace -- The institutional regulation of labor. Proper channels: U.S. labor law and union-management relations -- The path to confrontation: the newspapers' joint operating agreement in Detroit -- Extraordinary measures: planning for war -- War of position: the 1995 contract negotiations -- The spaces of conflict. Worlds collide: the start of the strike -- Law and violence: permanent replacements and the control of collective action -- Theaters of engagement: state and civil society -- Waiting for justice: the return to work and the end of the strike -- Governing the workplace: American labor today. Conclusion: a signal juncture.

Sommario/riassunto

"In The Broken Table, Chris Rhomberg sees the Detroit strike as a historic collision of two opposing forces: a system in place since the New Deal governing disputes between labor and management and decades of increasingly aggressive corporate efforts to eliminate unions."--Jacket.