Author: Neil BarofskyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451684959
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Includes a new foreword to the paperback edition.
Bailout
Author: Neil BarofskyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451684959
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Includes a new foreword to the paperback edition.
America's Main Street
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the District of ColumbiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Old Executive Office Building
Author: Downtowns
Author: Michael A. BurayidiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134573391
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This collection evaluates the various strategies that different cities have used when attempting to economically revitalize downtown areas.
Building Reuse
Author: Kathryn Rogers MerlinoPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295742356
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
How to reimagine existing buildings to create a more sustainable future The construction and operation of buildings is responsible for 41 percent of all primary energy use and 48 percent of all carbon emissions, and the impact of the demolition and removal of an older building can greatly diminish the advantages of adding green technologies to new construction. In Building Reuse, Kathryn Rogers Merlino makes an impassioned case that truly sustainable design requires reusing and reimagining existing buildings. Additionally, Merlino calls for a more expansive view of preservation that goes beyond keeping only the most distinctive structures based on their historical and cultural significance to embrace the creative reuse of even unremarkable buildings for their environmental value. Building Reuse includes a compelling range of case studies—from a private home to an eighteen-story office building—all located in the Pacific Northwest, a region with a long history of sustainable design and urban growth policies that have made reuse projects feasible. Reusing existing buildings can be challenging to accomplish, but changing the way we think about environmentally conscious architecture has the potential to significantly reduce energy consumption, carbon emissions, and waste.
Washington's Main Street
Author: Jeremy Louis KorrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital Beltway
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
Washington at Home
Author: Kathryn S. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Washington, D.C., conjures images of marble monuments, national memorials, and world-class museums. To many, the world beyond the National Mall is invisible. Yet within an area of only 68 square miles lies a residential city of diversity, beauty, and charm. In the long-awaited update of her 1988 classic Washington at Home, Kathryn Schneider Smith and a team of historians, journalists, folklorists, museum professionals, and others who know the city intimately offer a fresh look at the social history of this intriguing city through the prism of 26 diverse neighborhoods. Lavishly illustrated with engaging historical photographs and maps, Washington at Home introduces readers to the famous residents, colorful characters, distinct flavors, and important events that helped shape the city beyond the federal façade. This second edition adds six new neighborhoods from all parts of the city. Extensive notes make the book invaluable for those doing their own research as well as the more casual reader. Journalists, historians, politicians, residents, real estate agents, and students regularly consult Washington at Home as the standard resource on the social history of Washington, D.C. This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation’s capital.
Main Street
Author: Carole RifkindPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Urban history can be "read" on Main Street and every Main Street has its own story to tell. Many factors shaped urban America--the expanding frontier, the development of transportation, industrialization and the exploration of natural resources and suburbanization, to name a few--and these were reflected in the appearance of the landscape, the impact of built forms and the patterns of growth and change. Covering from 1850 to 1975 and containing 259 contemporary photographs of American villages, towns and cities, this book is a vivid profile of architecture and building styles, of life, activity and commerce. The author explores the roots and traditions of American town-building, showing historical, regional and cultural similarities and variations.--From publisher description.
Revitalizing Main Street
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891336044
Category : Central business districts
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
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