Civic Builders

Author : Curtis W. Fentress
Publisher : Academy Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civic Builders written by Curtis W. Fentress and published by Academy Press. This book was released on 2002-08-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civic Builders is the latest edition in the successful Builders Series, and contains international coverage of government buildings and city halls. Commencing with an introduction on the history of civic buildings, this volume goes on to showcase 30 contemporary case studies by world renown architects, including Foster and Partners, Richard Meir and Helmut Jahn. Each project is fully illustrated by the incorporation of texts, plans and photos of civic buildings. Civic Builders stands alone in its study of contemporary civic buildings and provides vital information and inspiration for architects and engineers involved in this building type. The first book to focus entirely on contemporary civic buildings. Features works by a wide selection of architects, from the world renowned to the little known. Each project is covered comprehensively with text, plans drawings and photographs Invaluable source of information and inspiration for architects and engineers involved in the design of civic buildings

Author : Dr. Alfred O. Taylor Jr.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781480911345
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridge Builders of Nauck/Green Valley written by Dr. Alfred O. Taylor Jr. and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arlington County, Virginia's oldest African American community, the Nauck community, which dates back to 1844, is rich in history and abundant with bridge builders, both past and present, who have made local and national contributions while fighting for their right to experience a good quality of life. Bridge Builders of Nauck/Green Valley: Past and Present is a compilation of the stories, interviews, and biographies of these extraordinary African Americans who pursued and found success, despite the laws at the time that limited their access to everything from home loans to education. The perseverance of the pioneers of Nauck is alive through their accomplishments, triumphs, and achievements. Whether in their own words, the words of their loved ones, or through history books, Taylor's labor of love seeks to memorialize the important work these African Americans have achieved and the legacy they leave for future generations. Said Taylor, "Ordinary Nauck/Green Valley residents surviving Jim Crow Laws, lacking financial backing, becoming economically independent, educating themselves and their children, fighting for freedom, and remembering from whence they came should be an inspiration to all to celebrate and continue sharing future, ordinary resident's accomplishments." About the Author Dr. Alfred O. Taylor Jr. was born and raised in Arlington County, Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Technical Teacher Training, a Master of Arts in Administration and Supervision of Adult Education, and a Doctorate of Education from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Administration of Higher Education. Taylor served as Assistant Dean for the College of Professional Studies (and was later named Acting Dean). Taylor retired from the University of the District of Columbia after thirty-one years of service. Taylor is still active in his community and religious community, serving as President of the Nauck Civic Association and as Chairman of the Deacon's Ministry at the Macedonia Baptist Church, among many others. Taylor and his wife, Delores, a retired D.C. Public Schools teacher, have two children, three grandsons, and two great-granddaughters. He hopes that Nauck/Green Valley: Past and Present will become a living document that will be continuously supplemented as future generations of "Nauckians" make their contributions to society.

Author : Swati Chattopadhyay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317802284
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City Halls and Civic Materialism written by Swati Chattopadhyay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town hall or city hall as a place of local governance is historically related to the founding of cities in medieval Europe. As the space of representative civic authority it aimed to set the terms of public space and engagement with the citizenry. In subsequent centuries, as the idea and built form travelled beyond Europe to become an established institution across the globe, the parameters of civic representation changed and the town hall was forced to negotiate new notions of urbanism and public space. City Halls and Civic Materialism: Towards a Global History of Urban Public Space utilizes the town hall in its global historical incarnations as bases to probe these changing ideas of urban public space. The essays in this volume provide an analysis of the architecture, iconography, and spatial relations that constitute the town hall to explore its historical ability to accommodate the "public" in different political and social contexts, in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas, as the relation between citizens and civic authority had to be revisited with the universal franchise, under fascism, after the devastation of the world wars, decolonization, and most recently, with the neo-liberal restructuring of cities. As a global phenomenon, the town hall challenges the idea that nationalism, imperialism, democracy, the idea of citizenship – concepts that frame the relation between the individual and the body politic -- travel the globe in modular forms, or in predictable trajectories from the West to East, North to South. Collectively the essays argue that if the town hall has historically been connected with the articulation of bourgeois civil society, then the town hall as a global spatial type -- architectural space, urban monument, and space of governance -- holds a mirror to the promise and limits of civil society.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1132 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George F. Nellist
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders written by George F. Nellist and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
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Download or read book The Modern City written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eleanor Curtis
Publisher : Academy Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book School Builders written by Eleanor Curtis and published by Academy Press. This book was released on 2003-03-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational policies and trends are continually changing, and consequently design briefs for school buildings are also in a constant state of flux. School Builders introduces 29 school projects from across the globe, each of which bears testimony to the many changes affecting school buildings. Through these projects, the book also presents a number of pressing and sensitive issues relevant to architects, school governors and anyone else involved in school design. Representing the work of an international range of architects, the featured buildings cover a wide range of briefs: from the technology-led classroom to the sustainable 'green' school; from the tight urban site to wide expansive fields; from the small to the large; from children's involvement to the community's involvement; from state to private; and from safety and security to freedom and horizons. Within this range of issues, new technologies emerge as the main driving force behind the most rapid changes in school design. Technology has allowed schools and learning to change, in terms of both the physical space and the type of activity taking place within it. School buildings must therefore offer more and more flexibility in their design: they need to be able to accommodate potential changes concerning technology, demographics, sustainability policies, urban regeneration, safety and security, and all within (mostly) public budgets - and on top of this, to do so using creative design solutions. The buildings featured here will offer inspiration to anyone seeking to tackle these complex issues of school architecture.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Michigan Contractor & Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edgar Cole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Sobriety written by Edgar Cole and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 152 pages
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