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A Politics of Space
(2024)What is the value of architecture? Why should we care about the design of our built and unbuilt environment? In this essay, Hans Teerds urges the (un)built environment is not neutral, but is the context of daily life – and as such determines how we live, work, move, meet (or avoid) one another. Therewith, the (un)built environment not only impact individual lives, but also shapes the vitality of human communities. It is in space that ...Monograph -
Hammer 1
(2024)Mit Hammer 1, einer Wohnbebauung im historischen Basler Arbeiterquartier Matthäus, betrat das heute als Diener & Diener Architekten weltweit anerkannte Schweizer Büro 1978 erstmals die Bühne. Die in verschiedener Hinsicht einzigartige Anlage ist ein Meilenstein des Wohnungsbaus in der Schweiz, dessen Strahlkraft weit über die Grenzen des Landes hinausreicht. Komplex und feinfühlig zugleich ist sie eine der ersten Wohnbauten grossen ...Monograph -
Bibliography of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Engineering
(2024)Authors of technical papers may have reservations to set up a Reference Section. Often, this section is incomplete or outdated, the relevant citations may be missing, or they are incomplete in the bibliographic details. Based on a large collection of both technical and historical papers and books, this work presents the author’s collection in hydraulics and hydraulic engineering. It may serve to all who are fascinated of the past, present ...Monograph -
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Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing
(2024)Written by a leading global expert on human cognition, productive failure, and learning methods, Productive Failure shows you how to design the experience of failing. Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity and learn more deeply. When carefully curated, failure can become a signal for learning, not the noise detracting ...Monograph -
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Rivers of Change. A Story of Eroding Villages
(2024)Rivers of Change takes you on a captivating photographic journey, delving into one of the quintessential questions of the 21st century: How will human societies adapt to the rapidly accelerating climatic changes? This book, born out of an extensive research project, amplifies the voices of communities in Bangladesh living on the frontline of dramatic environmental changes. It not only showcases their vulnerability but also unveils their ...Monograph -
Giedion and America
(2024)Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968), one of the main protagonists of the architectural avant-garde in Europe, paradoxically achieved this reputation in America, far from his homeland. Nearly all of Giedion’s books written after his initial stay at Harvard University were published in English long before they became available in his native German. Reto Geiser sheds new light on Giedion’s life and reassesses his work through the lens of cultural ...Monograph