Reflections on the Hancock Concept - ctbuh
... of the building can be readily observed. The essential character of the structure is created by the continuity of the exterior diagonal X-bracing on each face of the building. It is this three-dimensionality that makes it perform like a single tube structure in contrast to earlier systems that place ...
... of the building can be readily observed. The essential character of the structure is created by the continuity of the exterior diagonal X-bracing on each face of the building. It is this three-dimensionality that makes it perform like a single tube structure in contrast to earlier systems that place ...
Liège “Boogy Woogy”
... regional. This makes it an ideal location to work and live in a high quality urban environment. The new urban conditions have the potential to transform the Guillemin district in an attractive vibrant area at day and night. ...
... regional. This makes it an ideal location to work and live in a high quality urban environment. The new urban conditions have the potential to transform the Guillemin district in an attractive vibrant area at day and night. ...
I. Lesson 3: Seismic Solutions
... line. This means that we have to design our buildings to be safer during an earthquake. • Students are encouraged to perform material load tests on any materials they want to use. This is not required but recommended. 5. Discuss journals as an engineering tool. The following are suggested questions ...
... line. This means that we have to design our buildings to be safer during an earthquake. • Students are encouraged to perform material load tests on any materials they want to use. This is not required but recommended. 5. Discuss journals as an engineering tool. The following are suggested questions ...
Perception and the Problem with Preserving Modernist Architecture: 2 Columbus Circle Lauren Vollono
... typology and time. The initial reception of Edward Durrell Stone’s Gallery of Modern Art was one of disgust in New York, both for its ideological stance against abstraction and its architectural historicism against dominant modernist trends. While the building continued to take on many different mea ...
... typology and time. The initial reception of Edward Durrell Stone’s Gallery of Modern Art was one of disgust in New York, both for its ideological stance against abstraction and its architectural historicism against dominant modernist trends. While the building continued to take on many different mea ...
Higher and Higher: Amazing Skyscrapers Grade level
... Three points: Students worked together well in their groups, created a skyscraper that was visually and factually accurate, displayed creativity and careful planning, and adhered to the required scale. Students also found many interesting facts about their skyscraper. Two points: Students worked to ...
... Three points: Students worked together well in their groups, created a skyscraper that was visually and factually accurate, displayed creativity and careful planning, and adhered to the required scale. Students also found many interesting facts about their skyscraper. Two points: Students worked to ...
Aalborg Universitet Strategies for Integrative Building Design
... an effective integration of the architectural and HVAC designs.The integrated design approach achieves this improved energy utilization due to the relationship that exists between the building, its architecture and the HVAC equipment. Besides this the integrated design approach also achieves an impr ...
... an effective integration of the architectural and HVAC designs.The integrated design approach achieves this improved energy utilization due to the relationship that exists between the building, its architecture and the HVAC equipment. Besides this the integrated design approach also achieves an impr ...
The High-rise as a Retirement Community - ctbuh
... "Our cities are getting denser than the model of the traditional central business district with surrounding mid-rise neighborhoods. The traditional uses for high-rises are also evolving. …The Clare is the first high-rise retirement and skilled care community to address building code issues within th ...
... "Our cities are getting denser than the model of the traditional central business district with surrounding mid-rise neighborhoods. The traditional uses for high-rises are also evolving. …The Clare is the first high-rise retirement and skilled care community to address building code issues within th ...
The Shard – Reading and Passive Voice Practice
... paragraphs. This is task number 1 on the worksheet. (The correct order is: New building, new name; History; Construction; For the public.) 4. Passive practice task 2: Students read the first two paragraphs again in more detail, and decide which options are correct. Students who finish early could de ...
... paragraphs. This is task number 1 on the worksheet. (The correct order is: New building, new name; History; Construction; For the public.) 4. Passive practice task 2: Students read the first two paragraphs again in more detail, and decide which options are correct. Students who finish early could de ...
Broschüre Exkursion Slowenien final_jb.cdr
... 1920s. Its protagonists were architects who studied in Vienna with Professor Peter Behrens, or were Pleènik`s disciples who later turned away from their master. They gathered around the Arhitektura magazine (Ljubljana 1931-1934) and published a few instructive books in an attempt to introduce new id ...
... 1920s. Its protagonists were architects who studied in Vienna with Professor Peter Behrens, or were Pleènik`s disciples who later turned away from their master. They gathered around the Arhitektura magazine (Ljubljana 1931-1934) and published a few instructive books in an attempt to introduce new id ...
study on the history and architecture
... to express their idea to apply traditional architectural elements in the design of modern buildings of colonial Dutch architecture. The pioneer of this trend were: Henri Maclaine Pont and the well-known architect and city planner Thomas Karsten. These two- architects can be considered as a pioneer w ...
... to express their idea to apply traditional architectural elements in the design of modern buildings of colonial Dutch architecture. The pioneer of this trend were: Henri Maclaine Pont and the well-known architect and city planner Thomas Karsten. These two- architects can be considered as a pioneer w ...
The Role of Geometry and Proportions in Shaping the
... Iranian architecture is found not in form, but in perceiving and creating space. The main feature of traditional Iranian architecture can be defined as the production of a space for living. In other words, architecture is first formed in the mind of the architect and is then expressed and is finally ...
... Iranian architecture is found not in form, but in perceiving and creating space. The main feature of traditional Iranian architecture can be defined as the production of a space for living. In other words, architecture is first formed in the mind of the architect and is then expressed and is finally ...
Cognitive Maps, Docile Bodies and Ecological
... jurisdictional issue had to be sorted out. In other words, who has the claim to this 16-acre plot of ground and who gets to determine what the social stakes are in its future? By the laws of man, there are three deeply entangled entities who hold “title” in the broad sense. The Port Authority of New ...
... jurisdictional issue had to be sorted out. In other words, who has the claim to this 16-acre plot of ground and who gets to determine what the social stakes are in its future? By the laws of man, there are three deeply entangled entities who hold “title” in the broad sense. The Port Authority of New ...
IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... clients, now realize the terrific impact buildings have on the natural environment. As sustainable design becomes widely accepted, a new form of sustainability such as Biomimicry was advanced to achieve a sustainable future (Berkebile & McLennan, 2004, [6]). In this context Biomimicry as a sustainab ...
... clients, now realize the terrific impact buildings have on the natural environment. As sustainable design becomes widely accepted, a new form of sustainability such as Biomimicry was advanced to achieve a sustainable future (Berkebile & McLennan, 2004, [6]). In this context Biomimicry as a sustainab ...
Change over Time: Neatline and the Study of Architectural History
... Architecture is usually studied from the perspective of a single moment in time, typically the moment when the building is completed and brand new. This approach reflects the modern interest in design as something complete reflecting a creative process working with a ...
... Architecture is usually studied from the perspective of a single moment in time, typically the moment when the building is completed and brand new. This approach reflects the modern interest in design as something complete reflecting a creative process working with a ...
Contemporary Architecture of Egypt
... Menia University. Three other departments of architecture at private higher institutes have been established in the same period. Also, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology has constituted two other departments, one in Alexandria (1994-1995) and a recent one in Cairo (1999). For the first time ...
... Menia University. Three other departments of architecture at private higher institutes have been established in the same period. Also, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology has constituted two other departments, one in Alexandria (1994-1995) and a recent one in Cairo (1999). For the first time ...
Dunning Thornton Consultants Ltd
... structure is equivalent to a new building, in all respects. The building will still contain old, brittle materials. So while the risk of collapse of a well retrofitted building should be no greater than for a new building, the onset of damage resulting in costly repairs or demolition may be sooner t ...
... structure is equivalent to a new building, in all respects. The building will still contain old, brittle materials. So while the risk of collapse of a well retrofitted building should be no greater than for a new building, the onset of damage resulting in costly repairs or demolition may be sooner t ...
Summer 2005 Newsletter
... failure; the problem was the skylights, which expanded at a different rate than the wood. The third solution did the job; it was to use the proven technology of the day: tar shingles. It was not an elegant solution, but Fuller knew that technological developments would someday provide a good way to ...
... failure; the problem was the skylights, which expanded at a different rate than the wood. The third solution did the job; it was to use the proven technology of the day: tar shingles. It was not an elegant solution, but Fuller knew that technological developments would someday provide a good way to ...
Discovering Why Skyscrapers Are Built in Detroit and Tokyo
... erase or chalkboard: What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the three types of squares you were in? Make a list of their answers on the board to be used for the next activity. (Example: There is more room to stretch out in the rural square, yet there are more people to talk to in the u ...
... erase or chalkboard: What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the three types of squares you were in? Make a list of their answers on the board to be used for the next activity. (Example: There is more room to stretch out in the rural square, yet there are more people to talk to in the u ...
Menara Mesiniaga
... educated in England. He received his PHDs in Psychology and Biology. His thesis research centered on environmental biology and ecology as well as their interaction with built forms. Additionally, his work centered on energy use and performance within the tropical climate. His goal was to achieve the ...
... educated in England. He received his PHDs in Psychology and Biology. His thesis research centered on environmental biology and ecology as well as their interaction with built forms. Additionally, his work centered on energy use and performance within the tropical climate. His goal was to achieve the ...
Adobe Photoshop PDF - ACH Foam Technologies
... brought all construction materials up through the freight elevator. “We were able to work with the EPS foam manufacturer to have all the pieces of foam cut to a specific length, allowing laborers to transport the foam to the 11th floor on the elevator and then walk it through a series of corridors o ...
... brought all construction materials up through the freight elevator. “We were able to work with the EPS foam manufacturer to have all the pieces of foam cut to a specific length, allowing laborers to transport the foam to the 11th floor on the elevator and then walk it through a series of corridors o ...
Design Principles and Strategies for Lifespan-Based Building
... surrounding environmental conditions. For example, the need to add an additional floor to a house or an office building. In yet other cases, change becomes necessary in response to different performance requirements for passage, movement or organization of people and the distribution of goods within ...
... surrounding environmental conditions. For example, the need to add an additional floor to a house or an office building. In yet other cases, change becomes necessary in response to different performance requirements for passage, movement or organization of people and the distribution of goods within ...
Patkau Architects — The 1995 John Dinkeloo
... and some as a bird. As a result, the building has ach ieved a level of sign ificance within th eir community which in some ways is not open to us. The schoo l was built by the members of the band who had no construction experience. They did not know that the building was difficu lt but merely said, ...
... and some as a bird. As a result, the building has ach ieved a level of sign ificance within th eir community which in some ways is not open to us. The schoo l was built by the members of the band who had no construction experience. They did not know that the building was difficu lt but merely said, ...
FINANCIAL & PHYSICAL PLANNING MINUTES April 18, 2006
... and planned renovations to existing buildings. The future of the current University Bookstore building was discussed. Committee members expressed concern over the potential loss of useable space – and its replacement cost – for what appear to be aesthetic reasons. Mike Gower noted other issues, incl ...
... and planned renovations to existing buildings. The future of the current University Bookstore building was discussed. Committee members expressed concern over the potential loss of useable space – and its replacement cost – for what appear to be aesthetic reasons. Mike Gower noted other issues, incl ...
Reiter_Eco-adaptive architecture
... The well-known Darwinian evolutionary theory (1859) introduced natural selection as the most important mechanism of evolutionary processes at every level from biological systems, including species, individual organisms… to molecules such as DNA or proteins. In architecture we observe similar evoluti ...
... The well-known Darwinian evolutionary theory (1859) introduced natural selection as the most important mechanism of evolutionary processes at every level from biological systems, including species, individual organisms… to molecules such as DNA or proteins. In architecture we observe similar evoluti ...
Architectural Design Methodology for Tall Office Buildings based on
... resource for architects during the early phases of the design process. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate design factors of a tall office building based on climate conditions by means of measurement of annual energy consumption of a building. It will indicate the consistency of the interre ...
... resource for architects during the early phases of the design process. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate design factors of a tall office building based on climate conditions by means of measurement of annual energy consumption of a building. It will indicate the consistency of the interre ...