Странные люди эти европейцы. Понастороили бы себе "хрущевок" и жили бы припеваючи. Нет, подавай им новые концепции в строительстве. Да позабористей (не в том смысле, что с забором). А архитекторы рады стараться. Иной раз смотришь на дом и думаешь:- неужели тут живут? Живут - да еще как!

Buildings are responsible for 50% of C02 emissions and their design has become the focus of intense technical scrutiny. Knowing how to build more technically efficient, or more ecologically and being able to assemble the social resources to do so requires different forms of knowledge and practice. There is wide contestation over the optimal pathyways to greener buildings design and great diversity in practices of sustainable architecture.

In this groundbreaking book, Wierzbicka demonstrates that every language has its "key concepts" and that these key concepts reflect the core values of the culture. Further, she argues that within a culture-independent analytical framework one can study, compare, and even explain cultures to outsiders through their key concepts. The framework Wierzbicka proposes is the well-known "natural semantic metalanguage" that she developed with her colleagues. For this study, Wierzbicka focuses on four languages and cultures: Japanese, Australian English, Polish, and Russian. She identifies "culture laden" words in each of these languages; these words are, in a sense, "untranslatable." She shows, however, that the words can be "explained" by means of the semantic metalanguage's hypothetical semantic primitives such as someone, something, do, happen, want, say, know, think, good, bad , etc.

This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a joined up approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of a building, the authors show the practical implications of the utility value of buildings. Starting by looking at how the relationship between form and function has been dealt with by different approaches to architecture from a historical perspective, it goes on to discuss how the desired functional quality and utility value of a building can be expressed in a brief and given a physical form by the architect. Finally, it advises on how to carry out post-occupancy evaluation and provides the architect with methods and techniques for testing whether the intended utility value of a building has been achieved.

The Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and Culture is a fine example of a subject-based professional dictionary. As its very title indicates, it recognizes that the often unrelated areas of race, ethnicity and culture are historically and theoretically inseparable. They feed off each other, and their study involves common conceptual and theoretical tools and forms a coherent area of investigation. The 200 entries cover nearly all the important concepts, and include terms borrowed from ordinary discourse and transformed into technical concepts as well as those specifically coined by social scientists.

Это один из наиболее часто цитируемых словарей во всей современной западной психо-аналитической литературе. Термины и понятия, представленные в нем, рассмотрены в рабочих рамках психоаналитической теории, прокомментировано их историческое развитие и от-ношение к другим терминам и понятиям. Хотя словарь основан прежде всего на фрейдовской теории, определения не опираются исключительно на труды Фрейда (за исключением тех случаев, где не были внесены никакие дополнения к тому, что было им сделано). Кроме того, в книгу включена группа тем, связанных с психоанализом. В нее входят основополагающие понятия и их вспомогательные термины, различные психические феномены, комплексы, сверхдетерминированные психические процессы, поведенческие проявления и действия, симптомы и нозологические единицы, принципы психического функционирования и аналити-ческого лечения. Отдельную группу составляют понятия, являющиеся предметом интенсив-ного психоаналитического исследования.

The castles of the eleventh and twelfth centuries remain among the most visible symbols of the Anglo-Norman world. This collection brings together for the first time some of the most significant articles in castle studies, with contributions from experts in history, archaeology and historic buildings.

Despite growing international awareness of the presence and significance of ruined buildings and archaeological sites, and the increasingly sophisticated technology available for the collection of data about them, these sites continue to be at risk across the globe. Conservation of Ruins defines and describes these risks, which range from neglect, to destructive archaeology, and even well-meaning intervention in the name of tourism.

Over 70 percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using natural materials, straw, cob, and earth-for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on labor rather than expensive and often environmentally-damaging outsourced materials.

Written by an authoritative team of experts, this book gives guidance as to the types of building stock offering greatest potential for conversion that are likely to be viable and sustainable. The team of authors includes historians, researchers, conservationists, designers and entrepreneurs. The book covers a wide range of issues from analysis of different types of industrial building and conservation policy to a useful illustrated case study section presenting successful initiatives in different environments and countries.

Work better and faster in Maya with the quick-hit tips and techniques in this practical book. Designed for busy Maya users, this guide offers dozens of how-tos, workarounds, and shortcuts culled from years of experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven production pipeline. You’ll discover tricks and timesavers on texturing particles, customizing Paint Effects brushes, modeling polygon faces, creating facial rigs with wire deformers, and much more-while useful, full-color illustrations reinforce the concepts. From modeling, animating, and rigging to texturing and lighting, this book will help you streamline workflow and improve your skills.

This book can be presented in two different ways - introducing a particular methodology to build adaptive Web sites and presenting the main concepts behind Web mining and then applying them to adaptive Web sites.

Origami novices will appreciate the organization of the book, which begins with basic techniques and progresses to deep and powerful tools for design, all based on simple, intuitive concepts like grafting, circle packing, and assembly of tiles.

This encyclopedia provides description and analysis of the terms, concepts, and issues of social and cultural anthropology. International in authorship and coverage, this accessible work is fully indexed and cross-referenced.

This new set helps students better understand commonly studied math concepts by illustrating their use in everyday life. Everyday tasks are designed to support the modern mathematics curriculum and contain examples related to the global economy.

Reading through this book it is obvious that Mr. Breen knows his stuff. The concepts are clearly presented and easy to understand. Individual techniques are broken down and explained with accompanying photographs. Individual techniques are not what this book is about. Its about the big picture. Reading it has given me a lot of ideas for improving my own practice. My only serious complaint with this book was that, upon finishing it, I was left wanting more.
Один из стилей, одна составляющих которого является техника джиткундо.

Originally published by the Radio Society of Great Britain, the projects were all chosen to be useful and straightforward, with the emphasis on practicality. In most cases the workings of the circuit are described, and the projects are backed up by small tutorials on the components and concepts employed. In the 21st century it may seem strange that few of the published circuits use integrated circuits (chips). This is intentional as it is much easier to understand how the circuit works when using discrete components.

The castles of the eleventh and twelfth centuries remain among the most visible symbols of the Anglo-Norman world. This collection brings together for the first time some of the most significant articles in castle studies, with contributions from experts in history, archaeology and historic buildings. Castles remain a controversial topic of academic debate and here equal weight is given to seminal articles that have defined the study of the subject while at the same time emphasising newer approaches to the fortresses of the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. The studies in this volume range from discussions of the residential and military role of the castle to architectural symbolism and royal attitudes to baronial fortification. The result is a survey that offers an in-depth analysis of castle-building during the eleventh and twelfth centuries but which also places Anglo-Norman castles within their broader social, architectural and political context