"Through evidence-based research and international case studies, this book focuses on the effects that dangerous defects have on the housing consumer"--
"In 1919 the Social Democrat city council of Vienna initiated a radical program of reforms designed to reshape the city's infrastructure along socialist lines. The centerpiece and most enduring achievement of "Red" Vienna was the construction of the Wiener Gemeindebauten, 400 co…
"Through 12 case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the USA, this book focuses on the housing reconstruction process after an earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, flood or fire. Design of post-disaster housing is not simply replacing the destroyed house b…
""I wanted to make this house much more in glass, but the client did not like that. I had great trouble."" "With this single remark, Mies van der Rohe condemned Haus Lange, along with its neighbor, Haus Esters, to the dustbin of the modern master's legacy. Forty-five yeas after …
Presents 2 villas, now museums, designed by Mies van der Rohe. A further understanding is given by examining specific on-site interventions by artists Yves Klein, Sol LeWitt, Richard Serra and Ernst Caramelle.
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Ground floor planning and living space requirements have changed little over the past decade, but the selected case studies and their graphic presentation have been updated to satisfy the demands of today's audience.
1. Bouwen 2. Structuur van de bouwnijverheid 3. Bouwproces 4. De opdrachtgevende bouw 5. De opdrachtnemende bouw 6. De overheid als regelgever 7. Bouworganisatievormen 8. De bouw op middellange termijn
Large-scale urban development projects aim to create better places in underused or deteriorated areas. For their realisation, cooperation between planning authorities and market parties is indispensable. This book focuses on the development agreements that these parties close. I…