How Did They Build That? Airport

How Did They Build That? Airport

Author: Matt Mullins

Publisher: Cherry Lake

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1602796939

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This title discusses how airports are built, from runway design and construction to terminal and security.


How Did They Build That? Stadium

How Did They Build That? Stadium

Author: Matt Mullins

Publisher: Cherry Lake

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1602796963

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This title discusses how sports stadiums are built, including engineering, design and construction.


How Did They Build That? School

How Did They Build That? School

Author: Matt Mullins

Publisher: Cherry Lake

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1602796947

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This title discusses how schools are built, including engineering, design and construction.


How Did They Build That? Dam

How Did They Build That? Dam

Author: Matt Mullins

Publisher: Cherry Lake

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1602796955

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This title discusses how damns are built, including engineering, design and construction.


How Did They Build That? Tunnel

How Did They Build That? Tunnel

Author: Vicky Franchino

Publisher: Cherry Lake

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1602796912

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This title discusses how tunnels are built, from planning and excavation to construction to site design.


Airport Urbanism

Airport Urbanism

Author: Max Hirsh

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2016-03-15

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1452950393

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Thirty years ago, few residents of Asian cities had ever been on a plane, much less outside their home countries. Today, flying, and flying abroad, is commonplace. How has this leap in cross-border mobility affected the design and use of such cities? And how is it accelerating broader socioeconomic and political changes in Asian societies? In Airport Urbanism, Max Hirsh undertakes an unprecedented study of airport infrastructure in five Asian cities—Bangkok, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. Through this lens he examines the exponential increase in international air traffic and its implications for the planning and design of the contemporary city. By investigating the low-cost, informal, and transborder transport systems used by new members of the flying public—such as migrant workers, retirees, and Asia’s emerging middle class—he uncovers an architecture of incipient global mobility that has been inconspicuously inserted into places not typically associated with the infrastructure of international air travel. Drawing on material gathered in restricted zones of airports and border control facilities, Hirsh provides a fascinating, up-close view of the mechanics of cross-border mobility. Moreover, his personal experience of growing up and living on three continents inflects his analyses with unique insight into the practicalities of international migration and into the mindset of people on the move.


Drawing Futures

Drawing Futures

Author: Bob Sheil

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1911307266

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Drawing Futures brings together international designers and artists for speculations in contemporary drawing for art and architecture.Despite numerous developments in technological manufacture and computational design that provide new grounds for designers, the act of drawing still plays a central role as a vehicle for speculation. There is a rich and long history of drawing tied to innovations in technology as well as to revolutions in our philosophical understanding of the world. In reflection of a society now underpinned by computational networks and interfaces allowing hitherto unprecedented views of the world, the changing status of the drawing and its representation as a political act demands a platform for reflection and innovation. Drawing Futures will present a compendium of projects, writings and interviews that critically reassess the act of drawing and where its future may lie.Drawing Futures focuses on the discussion of how the field of drawing may expand synchronously alongside technological and computational developments. The book coincides with an international conference of the same name, taking place at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, in November 2016. Bringing together practitioners from many creative fields, the book discusses how drawing is changing in relation to new technologies for the production and dissemination of ideas.