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Author: John Claudius Loudon
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Published: 1817
Total Pages: 146
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Author: John Claudius Loudon
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Published: 1817
Total Pages: 146
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Publisher: Actar D, Inc.
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 163840948X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ecologies of the Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the façade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the façade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes), which are deployed on the building's surface. In contrast to this, our material and environmental theory of the envelope proposes that the exponential development of building technologies since the mid-19th century, coupled with new techniques of management and regulation, have diminished the compositional and ornamental capacities of the envelope in favor of material, quantitative, and technical performances. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the façade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope.
Author: Robert B. Leuchars
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 384
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Published: 1824
Total Pages: 720
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tony Avent
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2003-07-11
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1604690186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Avent announced that he was quitting his job to build a specialty nursery, his former horticulture professor begged his student to reconsider, telling him he couldn't possibly make a profit "without doing something illegal." More than ten years and 20 nursery catalogs later, Avent owns a thriving national business with nearly 30 employees. He wrote So You Want to Start a Nursery to debunk myths about the ornamental-plants nursery business and what it takes to succeed, whether you're a backyard hobbyist or a wholesale grower. (And he still has a clean arrest record.) Assuming that the reader has some basic knowledge about how plants are grown, Avent focuses on the business and planning concerns of the nursery owner. While recounting humorous stories of his baptism by fire as a beginning nurseryman, Avent also provides a primer on the nursery industry as a whole, with discussions of the merits and disadvantages of retail, wholesale, mail-order, and liner operations, to name just a few. Readers of this book will obtain the tools they need to make a business plan of their own. This book is a must-read for horticulture students, industry insiders, and advanced gardeners who dream of turning their passion for plants into a job they love.
Author: Charles Linn
Publisher: Images Publishing
Published: 2014-01-17
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1864704950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA shift in the architecture industry’s focus in the last 20 years toward ecological concerns, long-term value, and user comfort has coincided with significant new developments in digital controls, actuators, shading typologies, building physics simulation capability, and material performance. This collision has afforded architects an expanded set of opportunities to create architecture that can respond directly to environmental conditions, resulting in innovative façade designs that quickly become landmarks for their cities. Authors Russell Fortmeyer and Charles Linn trace the historical development of active façades in modern architecture, and reveal how contemporary architects and consultants design and test these systems.
Author: Sir Joseph Paxton
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 384
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 474
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 464
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Published: 1870
Total Pages: 1426
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKVols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.