Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories

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Planning to initiate designs for government, academic, and private research laboratories? Here's the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion.

Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details,
Combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, energy, cost, and safety issues that are unique to research laboratories.

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Highly informative and quite interesting.......2001-10-12

Extremely informative book on the planning, design, construction, and renovation of high-tech laboratories. Very thorough; covers academic, government, and private industry labs and the specific needs of each. Excellent photos and drawings; the material is presented in a way that makes it easily understood by non-architects.

Building Type Basics for Housing (Building Type Basics)

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Robert Chandler , John Clancy , David Dixon , Joan Goody , Geoffrey Wooding , and Jean Lawrence
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ASIN: 0471319309

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Finally, a nuts-and-bolts guide to all the design considerations for a variety of housing-from planning and site layout to building design. Complete with descriptive illustrations, this useful resource offers essential information, guidelines, and planning concepts for building projects for single-family detached units; townhouses; multi-family; mid-rise and high-rise buildings; and housing in mixed-use buildings.

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The classic reference work on the arcades, passages, and galleries of late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and America, Arcades opens with an account of the architectural and social history of the arcade and a discussion of its typological development. The core of the book is a descriptive catalog of nearly 300 arcades, listed alphabetically by city, and illustrated with some 200 plans and drawings and 265 photographs.

Johann Friedrich Geist is a practicing architect who teaches architectural theory and history at the School of Art in Berlin.

The President's House (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))

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Inside the White House by a Famous First Daughter
The Story of the White House, By A Famous First Daughter
A Good Beginning. . .

The President's House (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))
Margaret Truman
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ASIN: 0375433457
Release Date: 2003-11-04

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As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting–but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence, part goldfish bowl, and part national shrine, the White House is both the most important address in America and the most intensely scrutinized. In this splendid blend of the personal and historic, Margaret Truman offers an unforgettable tour of “the president’s house” across the span of two centuries.

Opened (though not finished) in 1800 and originally dubbed a “palace,” the White House has been fascinating from day one. In Thomas Jefferson’s day, it was a reeking construction site where congressmen complained of the hazards of open rubbish pits. Andrew Jackson’s supporters, descending twenty thousand strong from the backwoods of Kentucky and Tennessee, nearly destroyed the place during his first inaugural. Teddy Roosevelt expanded it, Jackie Kennedy and Pat Nixon redecorated it. Through all the vicissitudes of its history, the White House has transformed the characters, and often the fates, of its powerful occupants.

In The President’s House, Margaret Truman takes us behind the scenes, into the deepest recesses and onto the airiest balconies, as she reveals what it feels like to live in the White House. Here are hilarious stories of Teddy Roosevelt’s rambunctious children tossing spitballs at presidential portraits–as well as a heartbreaking account of the tragedy that befell President Coolidge’s young son, Calvin, Jr. Here, too, is the real story of the Lincoln Bedroom and the thrilling narrative of how first lady Dolley Madison rescued a priceless portrait of George Washington and a copy of the Declaration of Independence before British soldiers torched the White House in 1814.

Today the 132-room White House operates as an exotic combination of first-class hotel and fortress, with 1,600 dedicated workers, an annual budget over $1 billion, and a kitchen that can handle anything from an intimate dinner for four to a reception for 2,400. But ghosts of the past still walk its august corridors–including a phantom whose visit President Harry S Truman described to his daughter in eerie detail.

From the basement swarming with reporters to the Situation Room crammed with sophisticated technology to the Oval Office where the president receives the world’s leaders, the White House is a beehive of relentless activity, deal-making, intrigue, gossip, and of course history in the making. In this evocative and insightful book, Margaret Truman combines high-stakes drama with the unique perspective of an insider. The ultimate guided tour of the nation’s most famous dwelling, The President’s House is truly a national treasure.

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Very Informative and Entertaining.......2006-03-11

I listened to the Audio CD version of this book.

In terms of strong historical value, there is not a lot to this book. It really is pretty fluffy in its tone and approach. Margaret Truman is a credible source however and she does make it very entertaining to listen to.

The organization is interesting. The language is conversational. You'll come away with better knowledge of the White House, its residence and our Nations History.

A fun and insightful read.... .......2004-08-06

While Margaret Truman isn't on the same level as Ken Burns, Shelby Foote or other historians her books are a fun read. Who better to tell you about the White House than someone whose parents spent seven years in residence (although due to renovations it was not technically seven years - they spent some time at the Blair House).

She crafts a nice balance between telling you little known stories about the former first families while sprinkling in her opinions; much like a chef would throw a dash of spice into a recipe. One of the most pleasant surprises is that she is bi-partisan in her narrative. If she is wry in her observations about some of the first families, it is based more on her observations of character rather than party loyalty. She speaks glowingly of some of the Republican inhabitants - most notably the Coolidges.

I definitely recommend this book for those who love historical trivia. Plus much of the reading material (White House pets for example)can be shared with kids for those times that you'd like bedtime reading to be a little more stimulating than "Captain Underpants" or "The Day my Butt went Psycho"

Inside the White House by a Famous First Daughter.......2004-03-04

Margaret Truman is, of course, the daughter of President Harry Truman and his wife Bess. She is the most prolific writing child of any American Chief Executiv. Margaret Truman has written several mysteries and histories about life in Washington which are written in a popular style easy to understand and enjoy.
As Ms. Truman opens the door to our White House she lets us discover the fascinating men and women who have lived at 1600
Pennyslvania Avenue. She discusses such various topics as:

1. White House Weddings.
2. Relations between the Presidents and the Media
3. The Children of Presidents who have lived in the White House
4. White House Presidential Pets
5. The kooks and crazies who have tried (and in some cases been successful) in assasinating our chief executive.
6. She describes the growth of the White House from its first occupancy by John and Abigal Adams in 1800. The history of the White House building, grounds, gardens and additions are discussed.
7. How the routine of a White House day changed with every administration-when they awoke to what they liked for dinner!
Ms. Truman has written in a charmingly simple style which is nevertheless based on her well done historical research. This is a book anyone regardless of age or party affiliation could enjoy.
I recommend it highly!

The Story of the White House, By A Famous First Daughter.......2003-12-15

Former First Daughter Margaret Truman offers the reader an entertaining, anecdotal account of life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Her focus is on the White House as a home, though its role as a seat of power is not neglected. As a result, you can expect to learn more here about the first wives, children, doormen, Secret Service agents, maids, gardeners, cooks and others who have lived and labored behind these famous walls..although the presidents themselves aren't entirely overlooked.

The exterior the White House presents to the world has changed little in two centuries...but the interior has been undergoing an almost constant process of destruction and renewal. We learn about the 1814 torching of the president's house by invading British troops; the addition of greenhouses, which gave way to the west wing at the beginning of the 20th century; almost constant sprees of redecoration and reconfiguring of the public and family rooms, all of which culminated in the complete reconstruction of the White House during the Truman years.

There are chapters about the rambunctious children, the unusual pets, the glamorous weddings, riotous inaugural balls and other historic events that have enlivened this historic mansion. You will get a sense of the behind-the-scenes preparation that goes into welcoming a visiting head of state or similar dignitary. There are two sections of illustrations, one in color, that further help the reader share in Truman's wonder and appreciation of this historic house.--William C. Hall

A Good Beginning. . ........2003-12-01

This book certainly reminds one of Mrs. Daniel's mysteries. I have read her various publications on her parents and I consider them to be better reads.

However, Mrs. Daniel does an excellent job of organizing her work, and the break-down of the chapters here is excellent. I didn't read the book in order, but picked the chapters in which I was most interested first!

I'm a history reader, though, and found very little in this book that was news. Save her personal recollections, I think I've seen this information elsewhere, and in greater detail. The book is very 'readable', though, and I managed to polish it off in two evenings, easily. This will likely broaden its appeal to its intended audience.

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Available again in paperback, this first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. Here Nikolaus Pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society. He describes twenty types of buildings ranging from the most monumental to the least, from the most ideal to the most utilitarian. More than seven hundred illustrations illuminate the text.

Both Europe and America have been covered with examples chosen largely from the nineteenth century, the crucial period for diversification. Included are national monuments, libraries, theaters, hospitals, prisons, factories, hotels, and many other public buildings; churches and private dwellings have been excluded for practical reasons. The author is concerned not only with the evolution of each type in response to social and architectural change, but also with differing attitudes toward function, materials, and style.

Historic Architecture in Alabama: A Primer of Styles and Types, 1810-1930

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Historic Architecture in Alabama: A Primer of Styles and Types, 1810-1930
Robert S. Gamble
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Buildings and Power: The Origin of Modern Building Types

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It's about micro & macro-power within architecture

Buildings and Power: The Origin of Modern Building Types
Thomas A Markus
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ASIN: 041507665X

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Buildings and Power shifts the focus of architectural debate from the dominant themes of art and technology to an analysis of meaning in terms of social relations. Buildings are primarily social objects. Their forms provide answers to questions we ask about ourselves questions of power, order, classification and function. Everything about a building has social meaning its form, function, and spatial structure are each capable of analysis. This study focuses on the emergence of new building types during the critical period between the Enlightenment and the French and Industrial Revolutions.

The types are divided between those which control relations between people directly, such as schools and institutions, those which reproduce knowledge, such as museums and libraries, and those which are used for production and exchange, such as stores. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps and plans, Buildings and Power analyzes architectural form, function and space to explore the reproduction and the subversion of power in the modern world. It provokes questions about the ways we design, build, and imagine our environment, and the ways in which architecture can confine or liberate our lives.

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It's about micro & macro-power within architecture.......2002-02-08

I'm 26 - a postgraduate student who's writing the thesis-design of architecture at Depart. of Postgraduate Arch. - Bandung Institute of Technlogy - Indonesia.
To tell the inside meaning of this book trully is to tell you about the concept of power of Foucault's. If you have interest in fields of philosophy, culture studies and architecture that related each other, this book can helpfully to explained how far architecture had infiltrated by the power, both power of institution or power of individuals. Like Edward T. Hall on 'The Hidden Dimension' this book explained the relation between individuals and institution within architecture more specific, it's mean how programmatic (function) and form (type or typology) had polluted by 'outsider-mission' of architecture we called power !
It can be more brighten your mind if you had the Foucault's 'Discipline and Punish - The birth of prison'. This book speak the same topic but the different are the medium. On Markus we can see how architecture polluted by 'the power' but on Foucault's we've told how 'the bodies' can be the object of power. And surprisely this Foucault's tell us how the power conquers the bodies from times to times even in Architecture of Prisons, Schools, Hospitals and Workshops ! Foucault's took the model of prison of Jeremy Bentham's PANOPTICON to explain the model of power wich implied to the bodies in every area of live and logos that he named PANOPTICISM, including within architecture !
Both Bentham's Panopticon or Foucault's Panopticism were talked about power within opposite perspective, and now we have Markus that has the same ideas to Foucault's thinking. Markus had juxtaposed the relation of power within every type of general-use building from the age of enlightenment within the text, diagram or figure that absolutely clear and enlight our knowledge and mind . It focused how programmatic being used by the power to guiding bodies to it's or his goals first by the sequences, and how the type of buildings 'bracketted' bodies in its or his (power) motive.
Finally, this books tell us how the inter-textuality within architecture that we can find power or social life's episteme inside. I use this book as main source of idea after Bentham's and Foucault's to write my design thesis on 'Architecture Without Frontier - A revisionary design to panopticism within architecture' wich still have writing/design 'till september 2002.

Historic Architecture in Alabama: A Guide to Styles and Types, 1810-1930

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Historic Architecture in Alabama: A Guide to Styles and Types, 1810-1930
Robert Gamble
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Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type

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Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type
Georg H. Kohlmaier , and Barna vonSartory
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The Glasshouse

ASIN: 0262610701

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The glasshouses of the nineteenth century represent a remarkable confluence of opposites in architecture and technology. The architecture was designed to create an artificial climate in which people could return to paradise, and yet the technical means employed were also basic to the century's developing industrial grime -the other side of paradise. Enriched by more than 700 illustrations, Houses of Glass chronicles these pristine structures as they evolved from hothouses into exhibition halls, ballrooms, and theaters.

Georg Kohlmaier is an architect and Barna von Sartory a sculptor. They have collaborated on many books and articles on contemporary architecture.

Buildings and Plans For the A. Ahlstrom Company, Varkaus, and Early Type Houses 1937-1939: Buildings & Plans for the A. Ahlstrom Company in Varkaus, & ... 1937SH1939 (Garland Architectural Archives)

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Buildings and Plans For the A. Ahlstrom Company, Varkaus, and Early Type Houses 1937-1939: Buildings & Plans for the A. Ahlstrom Company in Varkaus, & ... 1937SH1939 (Garland Architectural Archives)
Alvar, F Aalto
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Craft designer Rebecca Carter really believes that anyone can stencil, and her careful and detailed coverage of the subject proves her right. Her discussion of preliminaries is excellent: not only does she name the various paint choices, for instance, but she lists the advantages and disadvantages of each and indicates the proper type of applicator. She inventories and describes all the other supplies, explains how to prepare different surfaces for paint, teaches highlighting and shading, and does not neglect the crafter's least favorite activity, cleanup time. The two dozen step-by-step projects are smartly conceived as a series of answers to a multitude of topic-driven questions and result in finished products such as boxes, lamps, and small furnishings. "How do I add shading to the stenciling?" for example, introduces us to the process with a miniature chest of drawers adorned with shaded fruits. "How do I stencil on fabric?" yields a leaf-bedecked table runner; a question about stenciling on concrete produces an attractive garden stepping stone, and "How can I alter the design of my stencil?" generates ways to tape off unwanted areas and reposition the stencil. Each project includes a full materials list, color photo, and tips for success and troubleshooting. The book's final section is an impressive gallery of designs by various stencil artists, showcasing their talents in full-room settings. --Amy Handy

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“Emphasizes practical techniques using purchased stencils and a variety of applicators and paints. Techniques are described through a series of easy projects for decorating furniture and household items.”—Library Journal. “Easy projects and lots of step-by-step photos....You’ll gain confidence with each page.”—Quick & Easy Crafts.

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STENCILLING FOR THE FIR ST TIME.......2005-09-07

THIS BOOK IS EXTREMELY WELL ORGANIZED AS WELL AS INFORMATIVE. I AM USING IT AS A TEXT BOOK FOR A CLASS I AM TEACHING

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