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Full-Text Articles in Architecture
Bau, January 17-21, Munich, Jim Roche
Bau, January 17-21, Munich, Jim Roche
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This bi-annual five-day event is one of the
leading and biggest trade fares of architecture,
materials, building systems and craft skills in
the world. Held in the huge Messe München
Trade Fair Center in eastern Munich and
stretching over 17 gigantic halls each the size
of a football pitch, it offers a truly rich display of
the latest innovations in building technology.
The Very Basics Of Sustainability - An Alternative Viewpoint (Slides With Audio) (Large File! To Speed Up Download, Right-Click On "Download" Link To Save To Own Pc.), Jim Mcgovern
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This presentation sets out the very basics of ‘sustainability’, although a definition of sustainability is not attempted. Some of the very basics are the context in which the Earth and humankind exist in space and time, the Earth’s climate, the Earth’s population and humankind’s options and choices. The author advocates keeping an open mind on all available options, including the use of oil, gas, coal, tar sands, carbon capture and sequestration, nuclear power etc., as well as the technologies that are more widely considered ‘green’. The author also argues that, in addressing the challenges that humankind faces, globally concerted effort …
Towards The Poetic, Noel Brady
Towards The Poetic, Noel Brady
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The thesis purports to build a theory for the analysis and synthesis of architecture. It identifies a poetic strutcure which contextualises the production of arhcitecture while aspiring towards universal themes of dwelling and belonging. Using a number of case studies it uses deep reading of the artefacts to confirm the theoretical concepts.