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UNINA9910463014903321 |
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Cramer Johannes |
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Architecture in Existing Fabric : Planning, Design, Building / / Johannes Cramer, Stefan Breitling |
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Basel : , : Birkhäuser, , [2012] |
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©2007 |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Architectural design |
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration |
Architecture and history |
Historic buildings -- Remodeling for other use |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ARCHITECTURE AND THE EXISTING FABRIC -- ARCHITECTURE AND TIME -- THE PLANNING PROCESS -- PREPARATORY INVESTIGATIONS -- DESIGN STRATEGIES -- DETAIL PLANNING -- BUILDING WORKS -- SUSTAINABILITY -- Appendix |
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Architectural work on existing structures has become enormously important in recent years. For the majority of architects, this is where future market opportunities will lie. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field and is thus addressed to all practitioners, students, and building sponsors whose interest goes beyond an initial encounter with this wide ranging field of activity. Contradicting the conventional view that creative design work is the exclusive province of new building design, the authors offer a nuanced account of active and creative strategies for planning, design, and execution. Subjects considered range from town planning issues through the overall project cycle and its individual phases all the way to building management. Special focuses are the "grammar of design" as well as the issues arising through collaboration of different experts. In order to illuminate this broad and complex spectrum of topics, the |
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book incorporates thirty examples of projects from Europe and North America, in which buildings from a huge variety of periods - from the Middle Ages to the 1960's - are transferred into the present. |
Die architektonische Arbeit im Kontext bestehender Bauten hat in den letzten Jahren immens an Bedeutung gewonnen. Für den Großteil der Architekten werden hier die zukünftigen Marktchancen liegen. Das Buch bietet eine umfassende Orientierung für diesen Bereich und richtet sich damit an alle Praktiker, Studenten und Bauherren, deren Interesse über eine erste Begegnung mit dem großen Aufgabenfeld hinausgeht. Entgegen einer konventionellen Auffassung, dass das gestaltende Entwerfen den Neubau-Projekten vorbehalten sei, beschreiben die Autoren differenziert aktive, kreative Strategien für Planung, Entwurf und Ausführung. Die Themen reichen von städtebaulichen Fragen über den Projektablauf und die Leistungsphasen bis hin zum Gebäudemanagement. Besondere Schwerpunkte bilden Fragen der Zusammenarbeit der beteiligten Experten sowie eine "Grammatik des Entwerfens".Zur Erläuterung des weiten und komplexen Themenspektrums sind 30 Beispiele von Projekten aus Europa und Nordamerika eingebunden, bei denen Bauten aus unterschiedlichsten Entstehungszeiten - vom Mittelalter bis in die 1960'er Jahre - auf vorbildliche Weise "in die Gegenwart überführt" wurden. |
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UNINA9910825869303321 |
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Wiegand Wayne A. <1946-> |
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Part of our lives : a people's history of the American public library / / Wayne A. Wiegand |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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0-19-024802-5 |
0-19-024801-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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historisk fremstilling |
folkebibliotek |
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Public libraries - United States - History |
Libraries - United States - Public opinion - History |
Public opinion - United States - History |
Library users - United States - Attitudes - History |
Public libraries - Social aspects - United States - History |
Libraries and community - United States - History |
Libraries and society - United States - History |
Books and reading - United States - History |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. 'Improv'd the General Conversation of Americans': Social Libraries Before 1854 -- 2. For 'Plain People': The American Public Library,1854-1876 -- 3. 'The Best Reading for the Greatest Number at the least Cost': 1876-1893 -- 4. 'The Liberty to Read What They Will and When': 1893-1917 -- 5. 'Habitations on a Literary Map:' 1917-1929 -- 6. 'One Island of Refuge': 1929-1945 -- 7. 'Winning the Battles of Daily Life': 1945-1964 -- 8. 'An Individual Meaning to Each User': 1964-1980 -- 9. 'Library Paste is a Precious Part of Social Glue': 1980-2000 -- Epilogue. 2000-Present. |
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"Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public |
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libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Although library authorities have argued that the public library functions primarily as a civic institution necessary for maintaining democracy, generations of library patrons tell a different story. In Part of Our Lives, Wayne A. Wiegand delves into the heart of why Americans love their libraries. The book traces the history of the public library, featuring records and testimonies from as early as 1850. Rather than analyzing the words of library founders and managers, Wiegand listens to the voices of everyday patrons who cherished libraries. Drawing on newspaper articles, memoirs, and biographies, Part of Our Lives paints a clear and engaging picture of Americans who value libraries not only as civic institutions, but also as social spaces for promoting and maintaining community. Whether as a public space, a place for accessing information, or a home for reading material that helps patrons make sense of the world around them, the public library has a rich history of meaning for millions of Americans. From colonial times through the recent technological revolution, libraries have continuously adapted to better serve the needs of their communities. Wiegand goes on to demonstrate that, although cultural authorities (including some librarians) have often disparaged reading books considered not "serious" the commonplace reading materials users obtained from public libraries have had a transformative effect for many, including people like Ronald Reagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Oprah Winfrey. A bold challenge to conventional thinking about the American public library, Part of Our Lives is an insightful look into one of America's most beloved cultural institutions"-- |
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