Автор: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Издательство: Earthscan Publications Ltd
Год издания: 2005
Количество страниц: 224
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
More than 900 million people currently live in urban slums and the number is growing as rapid urbanization continues in the developing world. This Millennium Project Task Force Report urges countries to strengthen their focus on the growing urban crisis and improving the lives of slum dwellers. Proposed are specific investments and policy changes required at local and national levels to create a vibrant, equitable and productive urban environment.
Автор: John S. Reynolds, Walter T. Grondzik, Alison G. Kwok
Год издания: 2006
Количество страниц: 1744
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings has been a fixture in architecture and construction firms all over the world for more than half a century. It has launched the careers of generations of students and served as a reliable reference for seasoned professionals. Continuing its proud heritage, this Tenth Edition provides thorough coverage of the latest in the theory and practice of environmental control system design. This bestselling book encompasses mechanical and electrical systems for buildings of all sizes, featuring design guidelines and detailed design procedures for every topic covered and supported by more than 2,200 illustrations��over 225 new to this edition! It also includes information on acoustics, current technologies, new and emerging design trends, and updated codes and standards��and its superb illustrations, tables, and high-quality photographs provide a quick reference for both students and busy professionals. Parts are interchangeable
Автор: Michael Van Valkenburgh
Издательство: Princeton Architectural
Год издания: 2005
Количество страниц: 176
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
In the field of landscape architecture, there is no more distinguished voice than Michael Van Valkenburgh, and it therefore seems appropriate that we begin this new Source Books in Landscape series with his recently completed Allegheny Riverfront Park project for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As part of the citys efforts to restore its downtown district and riverfront, Van Valkenburgh, along with artists Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil, developed an ambitious plan to reform the wasted land along the river into an urban refuge. The celebrated collaboration between landscape architect and artist produced a thoughtful, useful, and beautiful park that has successfully renewed the citys core.Source Books in Landscape Architecture, produced in collaboration with Ohio State University, will provide detailed documentation of important new projects, following its development from conception through completion using sketches, drawings, models, renderings, working drawings, and photographs.
Автор: Wolgang F.Preiser, Jacqueline Vischer
Издательство: Preiser
Год издания: 2004
Количество страниц: 226
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The building performance evaluation (BPE) framework emphasizes an evaluative stance throughout the six phases of the building delivery and life cycle: (1) strategic planning/needs analysis; (2) program review; (3) design review; (4) post-construction evaluation/review; (5) post-occupancy evaluation; and, (6) facilities management review/adaptive reuse.
The lessons learned from positive and negative building performance are fed into future building delivery cycles. The case studies illustrate how this basic methodology has been adapted to a range of cultural contexts, and indicates the positive results of building performance assessment in a wide range of situations.Practical advice on assessing and monitoring building performance.
Автор: Srinivasan Chandrasekaran
Год издания: 2009
Количество страниц: 258
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
Tools to Safeguard New Buildings and Assess Existing Ones Nonlinear analysis methods such as static pushover are globally considered a reliable tool for seismic and structural assessment. But the accuracy of seismic capacity estimates—which can prevent catastrophic loss of life and astronomical damage repair costs—depends on the use of the correct basic input parameters.
Seismic Design Aids for Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures simplifies the estimation of those vital parameters. Many design engineers make the relatively common mistake of using default properties of materials as input to nonlinear analyses without realizing that any minor variation in the nonlinear characteristics of constitutive materials, such as concrete and steel, could result in a solution error that leads to incorrect assessment or interpretation.
Streamlined Analysis Using a Mathematical Model To achieve a more accurate pushover analysis and improve general performance-based design, this book reassesses some key inputs, including axial force-bending moment yield interaction, moment-curvature, and moment-rotation characteristics. It analyzes these boundaries using a detailed mathematical model of reinforced concrete sections based on international codes, and then proposes design curves and tables derived from the authors’ studies using a variety of nonlinear tools, computer programs, and software. The text reviews relevant literature and describes mathematical modeling, detailing numerical procedures step by step.
Including supplementary online material that can be used to compute any parameter, this reference delineates nonlinear properties of materials so that they can be used instantly for seismic analysis without having to solve cumbersome equations.
Автор: Knaack, Ulrich, et al.
Издательство: Birkh?user Basel
Год издания: 2007
Количество страниц: 135
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
This book demonstrates the principles of facade construction. Guidelines are suggested for good detailing. The installation procedures are described for the most common materials Cglass, wood, steel, concrete, and aluminum. Numerous drawings made specially for the book explain the principles of the individual types of facade which are then illustrated with built examples. Эта книга свидетельствует о принципах строительства фасадов. Руководящие принципы предлагаются для хорошей детализации. Установка процедуры описаны наиболее распространенные материалы Cglass, дерево, сталь, бетон и алюминий. Многочисленные рисунки сделаны специально для книги, объяснить принципы отдельных типов фасадов, которые затем иллюстрируются примерами со встроенной.
Автор: Antonin Kazda, Robert E. Caves
Издательство: Elsevier Science
Год издания: 2007
Количество страниц: 538
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The annual number of airline passengers has continued to increase in the past decade, putting great strain on the airports. Increasing volumes of passengers and freight will continue making demands for expansion of airport facilities and construction of new airports. Traditionally airport design and airport operation have been treated separately, yet they are closely related and influence each other. Poor design adversely affects operation; sound understanding of operation is needed to enable good design. The aim of this book is to present a new and integrated approach to the two. Ежегодное число авиапассажиров, продолжает увеличиваться в течение последнего десятилетия, оказывают большое давление на аэропорты. Увеличения объемов пассажирских и грузовых будет и впредь вносить требования для расширения аэропортов и строительство новых аэропортов. Традиционно дизайн аэропорт и аэропорт операции были рассматриваться отдельно, однако они тесно связаны и влияют друг на друга. Бедный дизайн негативно сказывается на работе; глубокого понимания операции необходимы для обеспечения хорошего дизайна. Цель этой книги заключается в представлении новых и комплексный подход к двум.
Автор: Keith Moskow
Издательство: McGraw-Hill Professional
Год издания: 2008
Количество страниц: 208
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
A vital working tool for all building professionals interested in green architecture and construction, Sustainable Facilities presents an in-depth look at 20 facilities that were designed for environmental organizations and were constructed and now operate using green building methods and materials.
Featuring contributions by leading architects in green building, this expert resource examines each building_from planning through operations covering new construction, energy-efficient design, operational cost savings, historic preservation, renovation and expansion, land conservation, and LEED ratings.
Автор: Michael Van Valkenburgh
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2009
Количество страниц: 734
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Reflecting the historic first European seismic code, this professional book focuses on seismic design, assessment and retrofitting of concrete buildings, with thorough reference to, and application of, EN-Eurocode 8. Following the publication of EN-Eurocode 8 in 2004-05, 30 countries are now introducing this European standard for seismic design, for application in parallel with existing national standards (till March 2010) and exclusively after that. Eurocode 8 is also expected to influence standards in countries outside Europe, or at the least, to be applied there for important facilities. Owing to the increasing awareness of the threat posed by existing buildings substandard and deficient buildings and the lack of national or international standards for assessment and retrofitting, its impact in that field is expected to be major.
Автор: Publisher
Издательство: State University of New York Press
Год издания: 2008
Количество страниц: 298
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
A history of the reconstruction of Fort Stanwix, New York, by the National Park Service.Using extensive documentation and oral history interviews, historian Joan M. Zenzen examines the full sweep of the site's history by looking back at the 1777 siege that helped turn the tide at Saratoga, describing political commemorations during the turn of the twentieth century, detailing events leading to urban renewal and fort reconstruction in the 1970s, and explaining how the park's superintendents have managed this fort. She also discusses four important themes in historic preservationauthenticity, reconstruction, reenactment, and memoryto understand the processes that resulted in the establishment of Fort Stanwix National Monument. Tied to these themes is the idea of partnerships, a key ingredient that has kept the national park site engaged with such local communities as Rome businesses, Oneida Six Nations, New York State historic sites, regional tourism boards, and reenactment groups.
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