Award-winning Green Roof Designs

Название: International Award-winning Pools, Spas, & Water Environments III
ISBN: 0764341022 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764341021
Издательство: Schiffer
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Цена: 38710.00 T
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Описание: Revel in the extraordinary expressions of water-inspired architecture known as AquaTekture! Discover the vision and construction challenges imaginative designers faced to craft the inspirational designs shown here. Unconventional, daring, and creative are only some of the words used to describe these pools, spas, and water environments. Now in its third year, the Global AquaTekture Visionary Awards (GAVA) features 59 exceptional installations. View magnificent visions of artisans who garnered these coveted awards. Over 190 color photos take you on a private tour around the globe to view awe-inspiring, prized design applications. Enjoy projects that exemplify AquaTekture, including water-inspired architecture from exclusive residences in Australia, Acapulco, and Austin, to the Swarovski Crystal Sparkling Hill Resort holistic spa in Canada and Francis Ford Coppolas Winery in California.

Автор: Eric Maddern
Название: The Cow on the Roof
ISBN: 1845075919 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781845075910
Издательство: Frances Lincoln
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Цена: 6060.00 T
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Описание: Every day Shon goes out to plough the fields, while his wife Sian works at home in the farmyard. Shon feels he does all the work, so his wife suggests they swap work for the day. Shon looks forward to an easy time of it, with very little to do, but he is in for a surprise... This well-known European folk tale carries a message for us all: count your blessings, and stick to what you do best!

Название: Taking the Flower Show Home Award Winning Designs from Concept to Completion
ISBN: 0764344307 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764344305
Издательство: Schiffer
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Цена: 49600.00 T
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Описание: Cutting-edge floral artists Bill Schaffer and Kristine Kratt share an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their creative process and offer detailed, helpful steps to assist the reader in creating their own designs at home. Theyve selected six of their stunning award-winning installations to thoroughly analyze, taking the reader from the moment of conception, with original sketches and drafts, to the insertion of the final stem in the finished design. In this extensively and beautifully photographed compendium, these veteran flower show exhibitors reveal the excitement and challenge of realizing large scale artistic visions and the "think fast" moments of resourcefulness that they demand. The final chapter includes all you need to bring the show home to you, with construction tips, ideas, material lists and flower selection, and insightful techniques to help you create floral designs of your own.

Автор: Earth Pledge
Название: Green Roofs: Ecological Design &Construction
ISBN: 0764321897 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764321894
Издательство: Schiffer
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Цена: 44760.00 T
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Описание: -- Cooling cities -- Reducing energy demand -- Containing water runoff -- Preserving wildlife habitat -- Enhancing urban well-being These are a few of the many reasons why green roofs are sprouting in cities around the world. Examine possibilities for city-wide green roof development through 335 color photographs, 40 case studies of exemplary green roof building projects, and 7 municipal case studies describing green roofs in Berlin, Tokyo, London, Portland, Chicago, Toronto, and New York. This book details the ecological benefits, technical requirements, architectural history, and design possibilities of vegetated rooftops. Green Roofs: Ecological Design and Construction will inform and inspire communities, designers, building owners, and local leaders by showcasing the environmental and aesthetic potential of green roofs around the world. William McDonough, an architect and leader of the sustainable development movement, provides an opening essay that considers green roofs as part of a larger project to harmonize the natural and built environments.

Название: Roofed theatres of classical antiquity
ISBN: 0300046855 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300046854
Издательство: Wiley yUP
Цена: 231000.00 T
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Описание: This book explores the roofed theatre sites of classical antiquity. George Izenour examines 24 Greek, Graeco-Hellenistic, and Roman buildings. He provides architectural drawings of their probable original appearance and discusses how these huge spaces were spanned and what the precise effects might have been on sound, lightingd ventilation. Basing his discusssion on the principles of classical architecure and on his observations and site photogrpahs of ancient theatre ruins, Izenour explores the structure and design of classical roofing systems, seating systems, sight lines to the stage, lighting and acoustics. He also offers a comparison of ancient and modern roofed theatre design. In the eight appendices he addresses subjects that range from the remodeling of Graeco-Hellenistic outdoor theatres to the drop-curtain-movable-painted-scenery controversy in the Roman theatre.

Автор: Fletcher David
Название: Rooftop Garden Design
ISBN: 1864706465 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781864706468
Издательство: ACC-distribution titles
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Цена: 19250.00 T
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Описание: This Richly Illustrated Book Provides A Comprehensive Guide To Contemporary Trends In Rooftop Garden Design, And Provides Definitive Theory And Design Industry Knowledge.

Автор: Tsarouhas Gina
Название: Skybars and Rooftop Restaurants: Enjoying the High Life
ISBN: 1864705833 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781864705836
Издательство: Images
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Цена: 41800.00 T
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Описание: A guide to international rooftop restaurants and skybars.

Автор: Roth, Manuela
Название: Masterpieces: Roof Architecture + Design
ISBN: 3037681136 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783037681138
Издательство: Thames & Hudson
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Цена: 38500.00 T
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Описание: Affordable building lots in central locations in the large cities and metropolises are rare. When there are no available gaps in the urban structure, attic conversions and extensions are an interesting and favored form of redensification. This title explores approximately 60 attic projects, as extensions, conversions, or new construction.

Автор: Herbet
Название: Green Walls Green Roofs
ISBN: 1864705523 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781864705522
Издательство: Images
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Цена: 25040.00 T
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Описание: At the Material Research Society Spring 2013 meeting, held in San Francisco April 1-5, 2013, three symposia were held focusing on thermal-to-electric energy conversion and thermal transport: Symposium H: Nanoscale Thermoelectrics - Materials and Transport Phenomena - II, Symposium I: Materials for Solid-State Refrigeration, and Symposium V: Nanoscale Heat Transport - From Fundamentals to Devices.