1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784256103321

Titolo

Structures [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Roberto di Giulio, Zivko Bozinovski, Leo G.W. Verhoef

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands, : IOS Press, c2007

ISBN

6610934878

1-280-93487-5

9786610934874

1-4294-9227-9

1-60750-240-2

600-00-0384-6

1-4337-0863-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Research in architectural engineering series ; ; v. 4

Cost C16, improving the quality of existing urban building envelopes

Altri autori (Persone)

Di GiulioRoberto

BozinovskiZivko

VerhoefL. G. W

Disciplina

728

Soggetti

Architecture, Domestic - Conservation and restoration - Europe

Architecture, Domestic - Europe

Buildings - Europe

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

Title page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Utrillo Building Rehabilitation Project; Change of Identity of ``Geldershoofd'' in Amsterdam - Bijlmermeer; Techniques for Adaptation of the Structures of a Multi-storey Family House in Florence; A Future for WBS 70;  The Franz-Stenzer Building Block as Case Study; Creating Flexibility for Better Use of Space in Dwellings in Multi-storey Buildings; Restoration of the `Planeten flats' in Helmond; Rebuilding Modern Housing for Increased Sustainability

Enlargement of Balconies and Upgrading of Existing Residential Building Daskal Kamcev street number 1 in SkopjeEnlargement of Balconies of Existing Residential Building ``Karpos'' in Skopje;



Techniques of Structural Alterations and Improvements in Relation to the Urban Building Envelope - Malta; Adding an Extra Storey; New Facade Combined With Inside Rebuilding; Reconstruction, Enlargement, Adding Storeys and Revitalization; Adding Two Storeys to Existing Building; Annex of Attics on Flat Roofs of Urban Residential Buildings; Case study Siersteenlaan, Groningen - Vinkhuizen, The Netherlands

Adaptations and Improvements on a Refugee Estate in CyprusExternally Bonded Steel or Carbon Fibre Reinforcement; Balconies, Loggias and Different Thin-walled Units in Large Panel Buildings; Recycling Prefabricated Building Components for Future Generations; Reuse Possibilities of Dismantled Building Elements from Pre-fabricated Concrete Buildings; Typical Measures on Load Bearing Building Elements During Modernisation; Safety Evaluation of External Sandwich Panels in Large-panel Buildings; Refurbishment of Multi-storey Residential Building in Relation to the Building Envelopes; Conclusions

COST C16 Management CommitteeCOST C16 Working Group Members

Sommario/riassunto

As a result of changes in the composition of the population, society changes continuously with respect to various factors including age-structure, family composition and the availability of energy. Changes lead to situations that are reflected in the commissioning of buildings, which is gradually shifted from new construction to the reuse and renovation of existing buildings. The adaptation of buildings often requires the modification of facades and the construction behind. The scope of this action within the COST Transport and Urban Development Domain is to improve techniques and methods for



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164949303321

Autore

Searls Damion

Titolo

The Inkblots : Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, : The Crown Publishing Group, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8041-3655-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 pages)

Disciplina

616.890092 B

Soggetti

Rorschach Test

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Tea leaves -- All becomes movement and life -- Klex -- I want to read people -- Extraordinary discoveries and warring worlds -- A path of one's own -- Little inkblots full of shapes -- Hermann Rorschach feels his brain being sliced apart -- The darkest and most elaborate delusions -- Pebbles in a riverbed -- A very simple experiment -- It provokes interest and head-shaking everywhere -- The psychology he sees is his psychology -- Right on the threshold to a better future -- The inkblots come to America -- Fascinating, stunning, creative, dominant -- The queen of tests -- Iconic as a stethoscope -- The Nazi Rorschachs -- A crisis of images -- The system -- Different people see different things -- Beyond true or false -- Looking ahead -- The Rorschach test is not a Rorschach test -- Appendix: The Rorschach family -- Hermann Rorschach's character / Olga Rorschach-Shtempelin.

Sommario/riassunto

The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR *  New York Post  *  Sunday Times  (UK) *  Irish Independent In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind: a set of ten carefully designed.