1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790873003321

Titolo

Bollinger + Grohmann / / with contributions by, Christian Brensing [and nine others] ; editors, Christian Schittich, Peter Cachola Schmal ; English translation and proofreading, Christina McKenna [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

München : , : Detail, Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation, , 2013

ISBN

3-95553-142-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

DETAIL engineering

Detail engineering ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

BrensingChristian

SchittichChristian

Cachola SchmalPeter <1960->

MckennaChristina

Disciplina

720

Soggetti

Architecture, Modern - 20th century

Architecture, Modern - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Preface -- An interview with Klaus Bollinger and Manfred Grohmann -- Process - Städel Museum -- Below the green hill - the new Städel Museum -- About the magic of the structure -- Building with and within existing buildings -- A new culture of building with and within existing buildings -- Fundamental conditions for building with existing buildings -- The attitude to existing buildings -- Process - European Central Bank building -- Symbolic metamorphoses - the European Central Bank building -- "We use everything that's there for functional reasons for the support structure." -- "The fairest in the land must also be good with figures" -- Innovative building shells -- Integral planning of innovative building shells -- Design process - from sketches to implementation -- Facade design in dialogue -- Process - Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center -- Squaring the snake - Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center -- An algorithm opens the window -- The stony road to the Emirates -- Energy planning and sustainability --



Energy-efficient urban rehabilitation and climate protection -- Energy-efficient buildings -- Knowledge transfer for international projects -- Interview with the architects involved in the Fès project -- Projects on an urban-planning level -- Process - Rolex Learning Center -- A clear view up to Mont Blanc - the Rolex Learning Center -- Generating geometries -- Flow of force as a design parameter -- Computational structures -- Projects and people -- Catalogue of projects -- People -- Picture credits -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

From the design competition to planning: Architects and engineers as a team from the very beginning

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910659110903321

Autore

Ferguson Charles D

Titolo

Nuclear energy / / Charles D. Ferguson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Library of Congress, Science, Technology & Business Division, Science Reference Services, , [2011]

ISBN

0-19-979299-2

1-283-09813-X

9786613098139

0-19-979245-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

What everyone needs to know

Disciplina

333.792/4

Soggetti

Nuclear energy

Bibliographies.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Fundamentals; 2 Energy Security and Costs of Building Power Plants; 3 Climate Change; 4 Proliferation; 5 Safety; 6 Physical Security; 7 Radioactive Waste Management; 8 Sustainable Energy; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the



commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980's. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japanese nuclear crisis of 2011, sentiment about nuclear power underwent a marked change. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning...