New Books - April 2008

Appleton & Associates Inc., Architects.

By: Marc Appleton

From the publisher: The design work of Marc Appleton's practice is a collaborative process with its clients, inspired by and responsive to their specific desires and needs. Frequently, it draws upon the time-honoured traditions of vernacular architecture, subtly reinterpreting them to evoke a presence of the past.

NA737.A66 A4 2007 (Oversize).

Biophilic Design: the Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life

Edited By: Stephen R. Kellert, Judith H. Heerwagen, Martin L. Mador

From the publisher: Biophilic design is a new approach to sustainable development that incorporates the positive experience of nature into the design of the built environment. The definitive guide to this emerging practice of biophilic design, this book contains original and timely contributions from world-renowned scientists, designers, and practitioners on the theory, science, and practice of biophilic design.

NA2542.35 .B56 2008.

Building after Katrina: Visions for the Gulf Coast

Edited by: Betsy Roettger

From the publisher: In this vibrant collection, leading architects and theorists such as William Moorish, Robin Dripps, and Peter Waldman, among others, present innovative strategies developed with their students for rebuilding Gulf Coast communities.

TD159.5 .B85 2007 (Oversize).

Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia

Edited by: Donald Luxton

From the publisher: Printed in two colors throughout and richly illustrated with more than six hundred photographs and duotones of these architects’ most important works, Building the West tells the stories, discovers the hopes and aspirations, and celebrates the successes and accomplishments of the early architects of British Columbia as it illustrates their lives and careers, many of which extended along the North American west coast from California to Alaska. Starting before the first flood of colonists in the gold rush of 1858, it follows the lives of almost four hundred individuals first drawn to British Columbia by the opportunities of frontier settlement.

NA748 .B85 2007.

Business Improvement Districts and the Shape of American Cities

By: Jerry Mitchell

From the publisher: Jerry Mitchell provides a comprehensive analysis of business improvement districts (BIDs)--public-private partnerships that shape city places into enticing destinations for people to work, live, and have fun. Responsible for the revitalization of New York's Times Square and Seattle's Pioneer Square, BIDs operate in large cities and small towns throughout the United States. Mitchell examines the reasons for their emergence, the ways they are organized and financed, the types of services they provide, their performance, their advantages and disadvantages, and their future prospects.

HF5429.3 .M58 2008.

The Evolution of 20th-Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account

By: Kenneth Frampton

From the publisher: From Kenneth Frampton, the doyen of architectural history, comes The Evolution of 20th-Century Architecture: A Synoptic Account. In this radical new approach to the history of architecture, Frampton traces what he considers to be the most powerful four lines of architecture: the avant-garde (1887-1986), organic architecture (1910-1998), modern and national styles (1935-1998), and industrialization and prefabrication (1927-1990).

NA680 .F69 2007.

Fundamentals of Lighting

By: Susan Winchip

From the publisher: Many interior design programs at the technical and associate degree level offer only one course in lighting design, or incorporate the topic of lighting in a design studio. Fundamentals of Lighting addresses the lighting education needs of these specific programs. Focusing on the basics of lighting, this book explains the fundamentals of designing quality lighting environments within the context of the design process.

TK4175 .W563 2008.

Glorius Mud! Ancient and Contemporary Earthen Design and Construction in North Africa, Western Europe, the Near East, and Southwest Asia

By: Gus W. Van Beek

From the publisher: Glorious Mud! examines the purposes and construction techniques of mud architecture, one of the principal forms of building used over the last 13,000 years of human history.

TH1421 .V36 2008.

Gunyah Goondie + Wurley: The Aboriginal Architecture of Australia

By: Paul Memmott

From the publisher: Debunking the inaccurate popular notions of early Aboriginal architecture and settlement, this lavish volume explores the range and complexity of Aboriginal-designed structures, spaces, and territories, from minimalist shelters to permanent houses and villages. As a framework for ongoing debate and research on Aboriginal lifestyles and cultural heritage, the book additionally features a brief overview of post-1970 collaborative architecture between white Australian architects and Aboriginal clients, as well as an introduction to the work of the first Aboriginal graduates of university-based courses in architecture.

GT379 .M46 2007 (Oversize).

Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

By: D. Fairchild Ruggles

From the publisher: A comprehensive survey of Islamic gardens, from antiquity through to the present.

SB457.8 .R85 2008.

Natural Processes and Systems for Hazardous Waste Treatment

Edited by: Say Kee Ong et al.

From the publisher: New chemical compounds are constantly being created to meet specific industrial applications and for human uses. Release of these compounds into the environment is inevitable and their contamination of natural resources, as well as their effect on human health, remain an important global ecological concern. Many compounds degrade in the presence of various natural processes, so there is a need to understand whether new compounds will persist in the environment or will eventually break down innocuously. Natural Processes and Systems for Hazardous Waste Treatment discusses the various natural processes for the attenuation and degradation of hazardous compounds and these processes application in inexpensive natural systems. Major attenuation processes that are covered include: sorption and sequestration, biodegradation and assimilation processes, photo-processes, phyto-processes, oxidation-reduction, and physical processes.

TD1060 .N386 2008.

Pedal Power: the Quiet Rise of the Bicycle in American Public Life

By: J. Harry Wray

From the publisher: Dedicated to the idea that biking is an ongoing act of nondestructive living, Pedal Power shows why the dominance of the automobile is yesterday’s idea and edges us closer to a more democratic, multimodal transportation system so essential in the age of global warming. The bike, regarded as irrelevant to the 20th century, is making a comeback in the 21st.

HE308 .W73 2008.

Political Economies of Landscape Change: Places of Integrative Power

Edited By: James L. Wescoat, Jr. and Douglas M. Johnston

From the publisher: "Places of Power: Political Economies of Landscape Change" asks how politics and economics transform the landscapes we inhabit. This volume explores the connections between political economy and landscape change through a series of conceptual essays and case studies. In so doing, it speaks to a broad readership of landscape architects, geographers, and related fields of social and environmental research. The book consists of an introductory essay with nine chapters commissioned from leading geographers, landscape architects, political scientists, and economists, and a concluding essay on implications for future landscape inquiry and design.

GF90 .P65 2008.

Relax: Interiors for Human Wellness

By: Anneke Bokern et al.

From the publisher: In todays fast-moving world everyone welcomes a place to relax, feel good, to recharge their batteries. Wellness and body care are gaining importance, and not only among the rich and famous. A huge number of wellness facilities have opened in recent years. Some are outstanding examples of superb interior design. Relax showcases the hottest 32 designs.

NK2195.H43 R35 2007.

St. Louis Plans: the Ideal and the Real St. Louis

Edited by: Mark Tranel

From the publisher: he plans that have been made over the years by public, nonprofit, and civic agencies have given the St. Louis metropolitan area its shape and direction. This book presents a novel exploration of the region in terms of Harlan Bartholomew's theory that "the objective of a city plan is the improvement of living conditions, the stimulation of prosperity, and the creation of intangible values in added health, comfort, convenience, and community well-being."

HT168.S79 S38 2007.

Structures under Crash and Impact: Continuum Mechanics, Discretization and Experimental Characterization

By: Stefan Josef Hiermaier

From the publisher: Structures Under Crash and Impact: Continuum Mechanics, Discretization and Experimental Characterization examines the testing and modeling of materials and structures under dynamic loading conditions. Readers will find an in-depth analysis of the current mathematical modeling and simulation tools available for a variety of materials, in addition to both the benefits and limitations they pose in industrial design.

TA418.34 .H54 2008.

Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors

By: J. William Thompson

From the publisher: Published at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Sustainable Landscape Construction took a new approach to what was then a nearly new subject: how to construct outdoor environments based on principles of sustainability. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to include the most important developments in this landscape revolution, along with the latest scientific research in the field. It has been expanded to provide even more ideas for designing, building, and maintaining environmentally sensitive landscapes.

TH380 .T46 2008.

The Third Skin: Architecture, Technology & Environment

By: Scott Drake

From the publisher: This book provides an introduction to the principles of environmental performance in architecture. It explores the way aspects of the built environment are experienced by the occupants, and how that experience is interpreted in architectural design.

NA2542.35 .D73 2007.

Architectural Conservation: Principles and Practice

By: Aylin Orbasli

From the publisher: This book provides an introductory text for students in built environment disciplines, as well as those who manage or own historic properties, and those embarking upon architectural conservation professionally. It is designed to give an understanding of the main principles, materials and problems in the field of conservation and it features a number of case studies.

NA105 .O73 2008.

Cafes and Bars: the Architecture of Public Display

Edited By: Christoph Grafe and Franziska Bollerey

From the publisher: The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the last 30 years, in a time when these social spaces have contributed significantly to the rediscovery and reinvention of cities across Europe and North America. This volume presents and examines this significant urban architectural production, and discusses it against a background of the design of cafes and restaurants across the 19th and 20th centuries.

NA7855 .C34 2007.

Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan

Edited By: Carola Hein and Philippe Pelletier

From the publisher: Japan is known as a country in which a potent central power reigns over a compliant hierarchy and for planning this has meant strong centralized government control. Yet, examples of autonomy have always existed in the politics, society and economy of Japan and thrive today in various forms, particularly within urban areas. Following the growth and subsequent collapse of the bubble economy in the early 1990s, and in response to globalization, new trends towards local autonomy and political and economic decentralization are emerging that must be evaluated in the context of the larger socio-political system. Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan addresses this development, providing a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past, present and future of decentralization in Japan.

JS7373.A3 C57 2006.

Cost-effective Building: Economic Concepts and Constructions

Edited by Christian Schittich

From the publisher: This latest volume in the In Detail series turns the spotlight on projects otherwise overshadowed by the spectacular and extravagant buildings that fill the specialist journals: unvarnished, unpretentious buildings that, despite tight budgets, are clearly worked out to the last detail. They exemplify how, and by what measures, cost-effective planning and building are possible.

TH437 .C678 2007 (Oversize).

Design Management for Architects

By: Stephen Emmitt

From the publisher: Efficient design management depends on two inter-related areas: the management of the creative organization (practice management) and the management of the individual projects (project management). The book examines the relationship between the management of creative design projects and creative design offices from a practical perspective.

NA2750 .E46 2007.

Element

By: Cecil Balmond

From the publisher: A mesmerizing paean to the interconnectedness of science, art, and nature from one of the world's most innovative architects and structural engineers.

NK1520 .B35 2007.

Footbridges: Construction, Design, History

By: Ursula Baus & Mike Schlaich

From the publisher: Footbridges contains detailed presentations of 90 european bridges, with text, comprehensive and detail plans, and photographs taken especially for the volume. With projects by Arup, Jürg Conzett, Foster and Partners, Happold, Schlaich Bergermann and Partners, Wilkinson Eyre, Jiri Strasky and others.

TG428 .B38 2008 (Oversize).

Courtyard Houses: A Housing Typology

By: Bunter Pfeifer & Per Brauneck

NA7523 .P4813 2008.

Hyperborder: the Contemporary US-Mexico Border and its Future

By: Fernando Romero

From the publisher: Hyperborder provides the most nuanced portrait yet of this dynamic region. Author Fernando Romero presents a multidisciplinary perspective informed by interviews with numerous academics, researchers, and organizations.

F787 .R57 2008.

Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation

Edited By: Michael Forsyth

From the publisher: Here within a single volume is provided the essential information on the properties of traditional building materials. Each material is considered in the constructional sequence: wall materials, roof coverings, wood and timber framing, metals and finishes.

TA403.8 .M376 2008.

Renzo Piano Museums

By: Renzo Piano. Essay by Victoria Newhouse

From the publisher: Renzo Piano Museums presents a portfolio of eighteen museum projects, beginning with the revolutionary Pompidou Center in Paris and continuing to the most current designs for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo.

NA1123.P47 A4 2007 (Oversize).

Row Houses: a Housing Typology

By: Gunter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck

From the publisher: For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presentations of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure. The second volume is devoted to the various types of row house, a particularly widespread form of residential structure. A general discussion of the row as organizing principle - the row as urban building block, linear space, ways of handling corners - is followed by the systematic presentation of the different types.

NA7520 .P49 2008.

Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists

By: Leslie Umberger

From the publisher: The need to personalize our surroundings is a defining human characteristic. For some this need becomes a compulsion to transform their personal surroundings into works of art. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has undertaken the mission to preserve these environments, which are presented for the first time in Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds.

N6512.5.O87 U55 2007 (Oversize).

Syntax of Landscape: the Landscape Architecture of Peter Latz and Partners

By: Udo Weilacher

From the publisher: Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park in Germany, the Plateau de Kirchberg in Luxembourg, Parco Dora in Turin, Italy and numerous other projects designed and built by Peter Latz and Partners stand as examples of an up-to-date and intelligent approach to alternative environmental technologies and the reclamation of extensive industrial landscapes.

SB470.L38 W45 2008.

Transparent Plastics: Design and Technology

By: Simone Jeska

From the publisher: Recent years have seen the construction of buildings made of plastic, structures that are as attractive as they are unusual. After initial experiments in the 1970s, plastic is currently experiencing a tremendous boom. Originally used for temporary structures like the BMW Pavilion in Frankfurt, it is now employed in many permanent buildings as well, including the recent Catholic church in Radebeul by Staib/Behnisch. Projects presented include the Allianz Arena in Munich by Herzog & de Meuron, the Rocket Tower in Leicester by Grimshaw & Partners, the Paper Art Museum by Shigeru Ban in Shizuoka, Japan, and the public housing development Cité Manifeste in Mulhouse by Lacaton Vassal.

TA668 .J47 2008 (Oversize).

Waste Materials and By-products in Concrete

By: Rafat Siddique

From the publisher: Non-hazardous waste materials and by-products which are mostly landfilled can be used in making concrete and similar construction materials. This book gives a summary of this usage: one chapter is devoted to each material, comprising an introduction, chemical and physical properties, usage potential, and the impact of the material on the various properties of concrete. The waste materials and by-products covered in the book are; granulated blast furnace slag, metakaolin, waste and recycled plastics, scrap-tire, waste glass, coal fly ash, rice husk ash, municipal solid waste ash, wood ash, volcanic ash, cement kiln dust and foundry sand.

TD196.B85 S53 2007.

West 8, Mosaics

From the publisher: Rotterdam's West 8 is one of the leading urban landscape design ?rms working in Europe today. They have worked in close collaboration with architects Steven Holl, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, and many others. The new monograph West 8 presents provocative projects characterized by their willingness to engage with popular culture. Included are classics such as Chiswick Park in London as well as current projects such as the Buona Vista Park in Singapore, Luxury Village in Moscow, and the South Bank Jubilee Gardens in London.

NA9207 .W48 2008 (Oversize).

American Environmental Policy 1990-2006

By: Christopher McGrory Klyza

From the publisher: The "golden era" of American environmental lawmaking, between 1964 and 1980, saw twenty-two pieces of major environmental legislation (including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act) passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed into law by presidents of both parties. But since then environmental issues have divided the parties and engendered bitter interest-group politics, with most new proposals blocked by legislative gridlock. In this book, Christopher McGrory Klyza and David Sousa argue that this long-standing legislative stalemate at the national level has forced environmental policymaking onto other pathways, both inside and outside government. Despite the congressional impasse, they write, environmental policymaking today is vibrant and complex--although the results fall short of what is needed in the years ahead.

GE180 .K59 2008.

Ecological Restoration: Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession

By: Andre F. Clewell & James Aronson

From the publisher: The field of ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scientists and professional consultants. Ecological Restoration offers for the first time a unified vision of ecological restoration as a field of study, one that clearly states the discipline’s precepts and emphasizes issues of importance to those involved at all levels.

QH541.15.R45 C54 2007.

Forensic Procedures for Boundary and Title Investigation

By: Donald A. Wilson

From the publisher: This is the first book to present the application of investigative forensic techniques to the field of land boundary retracement. Covering basic logic, document research, and the interpretation of physical evidence on site, Forensic Procedures for Boundary and Title Investigation is an indispensable guide for surveyors faced with a difficult retracement having little or faulty evidence.

HD1181 .W55 2008.

Habitat Management for Conservation: a Handbook of Techniques

By: Malcolm Ausden

From the publisher: This is a practical handbook which describes the general principles and techniques of managing and creating habitats throughout the world.

QH75 .A97 2007.

Mother Earth and Uncle Sam: How Pollution and Hollow Government Hurt our Kids

By: Rena Steinzor

From the publisher: In this compelling study, Rena Steinzor highlights the ways in which the government, over the past twenty years, has failed to protect children from harm caused by toxic chemicals. She believes these failures—under-funding, excessive and misguided use of cost/benefit analysis, distortion of science, and devolution of regulatory authority—have produced a situation in which harm that could be reduced or eliminated instead persists.

RJ383 .S74 2008.

Modernism: the Lure of Heresy: From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond

By: Peter Gay

From the publisher: Beginning his epic study with Baudelaire, whose lurid poetry scandalized French stalwarts, Gay traces the revolutionary path of modernism from its Parisian origins to its emergence as the dominant cultural movement in world capitals such as Berlin and New York. A work unique in its breadth and brilliance, Modernism presents a thrilling pageant of heretics that includes (among others) Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, and D. W. Griffiths; James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T. S. Eliot; Walter Gropius, Arnold Schoenberg, and (of course!) Andy Warhol. Finally, Gay examines the hostility of totalitarian regimes to modernist freedom and the role of Pop Art in sounding the death knell of a movement that dominated Western culture for 120 years.

NX454.5.M63 G39 2008.