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Archispeak: An Illustrated Guide to Archit Design Terms

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Archispeak: An Illustrated Guide to Archit Design Terms

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Widely used in architectural circles in the heat of discussion, the recurrent use of particular words and terms has evolved a language of design jargon. Commonly found in architectural literature and journalism, in critical design debate and especially in student project reviews, Archispeak can seem insular and perplexing to others and — particularly to the new architectural student — often incomprehensible.

Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction, Second Edition

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Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction, Second Edition

This study book complements training with a structured approach to give students the tools to allow positive safety management within the construction industry.” – John Lacey, FIOSH, RSP, FSIA, MASSE, Past President of IOSH and the Past Chairman of the Construction Specialist Group “This reference book is an excellent study aid for those engaging in the new NEBOSH Construction Certificate syllabus. The text of this book is well laid out and easy to read. It follows a logical sequence similar to that instigated on a project – namely planning through implementation to review.” – Lawrence Webb, MIOSH, RSP, AIEMA, Costain Limited & International SHE Manager

Introduction to Urban Housing Design: At Home in the City

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Introduction to Urban Housing Design: At Home in the City

This clear and concise guide is the ideal introduction to contemporary housing design for students and professionals of architecture, urban design and planning. With the increasing commitment to sustainable design and with an ever-increasing demand for houses in urban areas, housing design has taken on a new and crucial role in urban planning.

Multi-Family Housing: The Art of Sharing

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Multi-Family Housing: The Art of Sharing

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Multi-family housing is acknowledged as a complex residential building type. The architect’s design must foster a sense of comunity in an urban setting, while also accomodating the need for a resident’s individual space. This new volume documents more than 30 multi-family housing projects from around North America in full-colour photography accompanied by descriptive text. These multi-family projects represent some of the latest design trends in high-density living.

After the Earth Quakes: Elastic Rebound on an Urban Planet

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After the Earth Quakes: Elastic Rebound on an Urban Planet

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Earthquakes rank among the most terrifying natural disasters faced by mankind. Out of a clear blue sky-or worse, a jet black one-comes shaking strong enough to hurl furniture across the room, human bodies out of bed, and entire houses off of their foundations. When the dust settles, the immediate aftermath of an earthquake in an urbanized society can be profound. Phone and water supplies can be disrupted for days, fires erupt, and even a small number of overpass collapses can snarl traffic for months. However, when one examines the collective responses of developed societies to major earthquake disasters in recent historic times, a somewhat surprising theme emerges: not only determination, but resilience; not only resilience, but acceptance; not only acceptance, but astonishingly, humor. Elastic rebound is one of the most basic tenets of modern earthquake science, the term that scientists use to describe the build-up and release of energy along faults.

Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History

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Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History

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Drawing on theories of place, consumption and identity, Sarah Chaplin details the evolution of the love hotel in urban Japan since the 1950s. Love hotels emerged in the late 1950s following a ban of licensed prostitution, then were extremely popular in the 1970s, were then legislated against in the 1980s and are now perceived as ‘leisure’, ‘fashion’ or ‘boutique’ hotels.