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Author: American Institute of Architects. San Francisco Chapter
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joan E. Draper
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeffrey T. Tilman
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780393731781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArthur Brown Jr. (1874-1957) is one of the most important, yet underpublished, architects of the twentieth century.
Author: Stephen Tobriner
Publisher: Heyday.ORIM
Published: 2015-05-01
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 1597143286
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“The first history of seismic engineering in San Francisco . . . spiced with survivor and eyewitness accounts. ”—Midwest Book Review For the past one hundred and fifty years, architects and engineers have quietly been learning from each quake and designing newer earthquake-resistant building techniques and applying them in an ongoing effort to save San Francisco. Bracing for Disaster is a fresh appraisal of a city responding to repeated devastation. In the language of a skilled teacher, Tobriner examines what really happened during the city’s earthquakes—which buildings were damaged, which survived, and who were the unsung heroes. Filled with more than two hundred photographs, diagrams, and illustrations, this is a revealing look at the history of buildings by a true expert, and it offers lessons not just for San Francisco but for any city beset by natural disasters. “The real saga is how a fast-growing city grapples with the reality that it has more to worry about than fires and fog. The core of the story is fairly technical, rooted in the crude intuitive ways in which builders reacted to a seismic threat they could neither measure nor define. But Tobriner crafts the story well.”—SFGate
Author: Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center
Publisher: Association of Research Libr
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprises excerpts from committee reports, manuals, plans, and case histories; and includes documents on; (1) disaster preparedness, (Cornell University, Yale University, Stanford University, and University of Rochester); (2) protecting people and property, (Northwestern University, John Crerar Library, Cornell University, and University of Houston); (3) salvaging library materials, (New York Public Library, McMaster University, University of California-Riverside, and the National Library of Medicine); and (4) three case studies: The Memorial Day Steam Cleaning" (Northwestern University), "Report on the July 11, 1976 Flood" (Cornell University), and an excerpt from the Stanford-Lockheed Meyer Library Flood Report" (Stanford University).
Author: Byron Kuth
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2010-03-31
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781568988658
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA monograph on SF-based architects Kuth/Ranieri. The book is organized into three distinct sections. Ila Berman introduces the monograph with her essay, 'Paradoxical Matters', and provides additional text insertions that appear on selected projects throughout the volume.
Author: Transportation Research Board
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2005-01-11
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 0309094984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTRB Special Report 282: Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence reviews the broad trends affecting the relationships among physical activity, health, transportation, and land use; summarizes what is known about these relationships, including the strength and magnitude of any causal connections; examines implications for policy; and recommends priorities for future research.
Author: Daniel Burnham
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1878271415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlan of Chicago reproduces all 143 plates from the original, 48 in color. It also contains a plate of City Hall, rendered in color by Jules Guérin, that was omitted from the 1909 edition. Kristen Schaffer's new introductino examines Burham's handwritten draft of the book focusing on those parts that were edited out of the publication, to suggest a reinterpretation of the plan."--Book jacket.
