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“henk engel”

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  • Renewing City Renewal

    A call for strong design

    by Henk Engel, Olof Van De Wal, Endry Van Velzen ...
    Between 1970 and 1990 the prewar districts of Dutch cities underwent an unparalleled process of renewal. What began as ‘building for the neighbourhood’ in protest against extensive demolition has now come to be known as ‘city renewal’. Large numbers of affordable dwellings and social facilities were created. However, businesses often disappeared, the quality of public space did not always improve ... Read more

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  • Formwork for Concrete Structures

    by Garold (Gary) Oberlender, Robert Peurifoy ...
    The definitive guide to formwork design, materials, and methods--fully updatedFormwork for Concrete Structures, Fourth Edition, provides current information on designing and building formwork and temporary structures during the construction process. Developed with the latest structural design recommendations by the National Design Specification (NDS 2005), the book covers recent advances in ... Read more

    $124.19 USD

  • Above the Fold

    Understanding the Principles of Successful Web Site Design

    by Brian D Miller ...
    This is a different kind of web design book. Above the Fold is not about timely design or technology trends; instead, this book is about the timeless fundamentals of effective communication within the context of web design. It is intended to help you, the reader, understand the considerations that web designers make when developing successful websites.Above the Fold is divided into three sections ... Read more

    $3.00 USD

  • Giovanni Pintori. The Stark Tension between Flair and Discretion.

    by Massimiliano Musina ...
    Giovanni Pintori (Tresnuraghes 1912–Milan 1999) was one of the best-known, widely admired and respected Italian designers worldwide. The winner of sought-after international awards, he designed impressive works that created the Olivetti image and were an emblematic reference in the history of 20th-century design. This book, the only in-depth monographic study of Pintori, investigates his life and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Experience Design

    Concepts and Case Studies

    Edited by Peter Benz ...
    How can we design better experiences? Experience Design brings together leading international scholars to provide a cross-section of critical thinking and professional practice within this emerging field. Contributors writing from theoretical, empirical and applied design perspectives address the meaning of 'experience'; draw on case studies to explore ways in which specific 'experiences' can be ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods

    Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster, Straw, Beer Cans, Bottles, Cordwood, and Many Other Low Cost Materials

    by Jon Nunan ...
    In the United States alone, the annual construction of over one million new homes causes a very substantial drain on natural resources. Today, approximately 60 percent of the timber cut down in our country is used for building homes. This book shows you how to identify, locate, and effectively use alternative building materials. You will learn about straw bale, cordwood, cob, adobe, rammed earth, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Craft of Use

    Post-Growth Fashion

    by Kate Fletcher ...
    This book explores the ‘craft of use’, the cultivated, ordinary and ingenious ideas and practices that promote satisfying and resourceful use of garments, presenting them as an alternative, dynamic, experiential frame with which to articulate and foster sustainability in the fashion sector.Here Kate Fletcher provides a broad imagining of sustainability in fashion that gives attention to tending ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Chair

    by Anne Massey ...
    Series series Objekt
    The chair: we sit on one every day in our homes, schools or offices. Yet how often do we think about the origins of the chair and its place in the world? After all, the human body is more suited to sitting on the ground than on a chair, and some chairs even cause back problems. Yet the chair is arguably an object that marks our place in the modern world: it holds our bodies above the floor and in ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Design Thinking for Visual Communication

    by Gavin Ambrose ...
    Series series Basics Design
    How do you start a design project? How can you generate ideas and concepts in response to a design brief? How do other designers do it? This book will answer all these questions and more.Now in its second edition, the highly popular Design Thinking for Visual Communication identifies methods and thought processes used by designers in order to start the process that eventually leads to a finished ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • In the Neighbourhood

    Spatial Design and Urban Activation

    by AA. VV. ...
    Neighbourhoods of contemporary cities are ‘hypersensitive’ and ‘fragile’ areas where dismantling and transformation processes generate fragmentation and displacement. Reconstruction and re-occupation of urban spaces guided by residents are becoming increasingly frequent in these places. This book presents some reflections on the role of design discipline in this fertile and proactive context, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Street Furniture Design

    Contesting Modernism in Post-War Britain

    by Eleanor Herring ...
    Eleanor Herring's unique study of street furniture in post-war Britain considers how objects which are now familiar parts of our urban environment were designed to populate public spaces. Herring explores the design of lampposts, post boxes, parking meters, and signage in the context of a government backed by various bodies keen to propagate 'good' modern design, in a Britain whose towns and ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

  • How to Quilting for Beginners: The Complete Easy Guide to Learn Quilting Quickly

    by Annie Ramsey ...
    Quilting involves many different skills apart from sewing. Some love creating and planning the design, some love the piecing, and others love the actual quilting, but everyone loves the finished product! If you’ve looked around a store that has quilting supplies, you’ve seen an awful lot of sometimes baffling equipment. Don’t be intimidated! You don’t need a lot of fancy stuff to make a quilt. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus