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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
At the end of the 1980's a new architectural sensibility challenged the prevailing post-modern attitude. This film documents explosive and seemingly chaotic structures from Vienna to L.A., and interviews those who pursue its aesthetic issues. Filmed on location with the architects and at the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Deconstructivist architecture, which was curated by Philip Johnson.
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she'll be damned if she loses her future. Her plan: to buy, beg, or lie her way out of corporate indenture and find a cure. When her crew salvages a genocidal weapon from a ravaged starship above a dead colony, Ash uncovers a conspiracy of corporate intrigue and betrayal that threatens to turn her into a living weapon."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Biltmore's parkland in Asheville, dozens of...
Publisher
Audiovisiva
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Italiano
Description
8 architects, 8 houses, 8 stories, 8 paradigms of contemporary living. The diary of an exploration into the houses and private spaces of 8 protagonists of world architecture: Shigeru Ban, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Daniel Libeskind and Bijoy Jain / Studio Mumbai.
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A first person account of genocide through the eyes of survivors. Included are new exclusive interviews with experts who graphically illustrate the real connection between historical 'denial' with present day mass exterminations in conflict zones around the world. ARCHITECTS OF DENIAL warns that those responsible for genocides who are not brought to justice and confronted with the truth of their crimes, will only set the stage for more worldwide massacres...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were jointly awarded the 2001 Pritzker Prize, their profession's highest honour, for combining "the artistry of an age-old profession with the fresh approach of a new century's technical capabilities". Over the past twenty years they have been involved in finding inventive architectural solutions to building a diverse range of projects - domestic, municipal and commercial - from a modest switching...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"African-American architects have been designing and building houses and public buildings since 1865. Although many of these structures survive today, the architects themselves are virtually unknown. This unique reference work brings their lives and work to light for the first time. Written by 100 experts ranging from architectural historians to archivists, this book contains 160 biographical, A-Z entries on African-American architects from the era...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explore AWS from the architect’s perspective, focusing on the foundations you need to build scalable and reliable cloud-based application architectures.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the most widely used cloud platforms, and the top pick for many organizations looking to scale and reduce costs by adopting a cloud infrastructure strategy. This course explores AWS from the architect’s perspective, focusing on the foundations you need to build...
Author
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Independent readers will learn all about nature's most amazing builders in this new leveled reader from National Geographic Kids.
Ever wondered why beavers build dams? Or how spiders weave their intricate webs? In this reader, you'll meet brilliant birds, inventive insects, and amazing mammals that all share a special skill. Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this leveled reader introduces kids to the most extreme engineers of the...
Ever wondered why beavers build dams? Or how spiders weave their intricate webs? In this reader, you'll meet brilliant birds, inventive insects, and amazing mammals that all share a special skill. Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this leveled reader introduces kids to the most extreme engineers of the...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Discover how to transition to an Azure environment as an AWS pro. Learn how the two platforms compare, and explore key cloud services in both Azure and AWS.
You're already familiar with the ways in which Amazon Web Services (AWS) can help you enhance your development sprint cycles and scale your business. But how does another cloud computing leader, Microsoft Azure, compare? In this course, David Santana helps IT professionals interested in adopting...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Chicago is famous for its role in fostering modern architecture, owing to the legacy of Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright in the late 1900s, and Mies van der Rohe in the mid-20th Century. Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang, gave the epithet "Chicago School" a new meaning. Gang, who started her architectural practice in Chicago in 1997, completed Aqua, an 82-story apartment tower, overlooking the city's Millennium Park in 2009. She differentiated...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Filmed as the GDR crumbled, this somber, finely drawn portrait of life in East Berlin depicts a young architect whose life and goals are strangled by communist dogma represented by the older generation. One of the first fiction films to deal with both the GDR and unification period. Daniel feels like a stranger in his own land. His architectural plans for a new development have been rejected for not complying with standardized designs. His colleagues...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use AWS advanced security services, techniques, and tools to secure cloud-based architecture.
Regulations like GDPR have made security a top priority for every organization. Luckily, Amazon Web Services offers a plethora of tools for securing cloud-based architecture. This course teaches IT pros how to use AWS advanced security services, techniques, and tools to protect their users, data, apps, and infrastructure. Instructor Lynn Langit...
Author
Language
English
Description
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a BBC One and HBO Max limited four-part series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo (Selma; Les Misérables)
“A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child) that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune, and another woman’s mysterious...
“A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child) that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune, and another woman’s mysterious...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Produced at roughly the same time as The New Modernists 9 American Architects, this film examines an equally interesting selection of European architects. Critic Kenneth Frampton sees this group of architects, working from Seville to Finland, understanding and interacting with the ideas and structures of Aalto, Saarinen and Mies to form a confident new European identity
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
How do architects go about creating a retreat for themselves? With a combination of knowledge and years of experience that results in a home worth retreating to. An exclusive look at three architects' ideas of perfect serenity. 1. Sweet Pond, Architect Jack Diamond's personal house in Lunenburg, NS. 2. Architect Nathalie Grenon's personal retreat in Chianti offers visitors a view of traditional Italian charm. 3. Bark Lake Residence, Architect Rene´e...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This open-ended series intends to introduce the work of emerging architects building on the principles of Modernism while evolving a new language drawn from politics, film, literature, theory and the state of the world. This film looks at nine American-based innovators and their work for housing projects, commercial architecture, private houses and renovations, across time zones from New York to L.A. to Japan and beyond.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Explore the BIM Execution Plan from an architect’s perspective. Learn how to standardize your organization’s BIM practices and maximize project quality, consistency, and results.
BIM has changed how architectural projects are won and produced. A BIM Execution Plan (BIM-EP) is a critical document for standardizing your organization’s BIM practices. It can help increase project quality, consistency, and results, while improving your team’s...
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