1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783639403321

Autore

Cook Deborah <1954-, >

Titolo

Adorno, Habermas, and the search for a rational society / / Deborah Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-31251-2

1-134-31252-0

0-203-69257-8

1-280-02543-3

0-203-41745-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 40

Disciplina

193

301/.01

Soggetti

Critical theory

Frankfurt school of sociology

Sociology - Philosophy

Rationalism

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 (p. [211]-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Society; Reification; Reason; Critique; Emancipation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring the premises shared by both critical theorists, along with their profound disagreements about social conditions today, this book defends Adorno against Habermas' influential criticisms of his account of Western society.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797285903321

Autore

Pfeifer Günter

Titolo

Residential buildings : a typology / / Günter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland : , : Birkhäuser Verlag, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-0356-0353-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Disciplina

728

Soggetti

Architect-designed houses

Architecture, Domestic

Architecture

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

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Designing with typologies today -- Introduction -- Floor plan types -- Shared courtyard house -- L-shaped house -- Group of L-shaped houses -- Patio house -- Atrium-type house -- Introduction -- Floor plan types -- Without staircase -- Longitudinal staircase -- Transversal staircase -- Longitudinal split-level -- Transversal split-level -- Back-to-back -- Front-to-back -- Back-to-back, “vis-à-vis” -- Two-zone house -- Introduction -- Floor plan types -- Row -- Twin row -- Single-aspect row -- Perimeter block – continuous -- Perimeter block – perforated -- Infill -- Introduction -- Floor plan types -- Semi-detached -- Communal staircase access -- Courtyard access -- Hybrid -- High-rise -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits

Sommario/riassunto

The systematic development of building types is an important task in housing construction. A deeper understanding of the underlying building types is mandatory, both for individual designs and for the wider application and variation of tried-and-tested structures. The authors have developed an innovative, drawing-based approach for unfolding the potentials of several existing building types for the future of urban housing. The first part is dedicated to the courtyard house, in which the courtyard is used as a private outside living space. The second part deals with the popular form of the terraced house and



discusses aspects of corner solutions or terraced developments as an urban design element. In the third part, the townhouse is discussed with view to variants such as single-story and apartment buildings, including aspects of privacy and public access, as well as living and working. Finally, the detached house type is considered in its potential to provide all-directional orientation of the living space. The array of solutions is presented consistently in floorplans and cross-sections drawn to scale. In a new introduction to this all-in-one compendium the authors discuss the implications of the typological approach for today's housing design.