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Thomas Thwaites ist Anfang dreißig und seine Freunde benehmen sich in ihren gut bezahlten Bürojobs wie Erwachsene, während er mit zunehmender Verzweiflung versucht, als freiberuflicher Designer in London ein Bankkonto zu eröffnen. Was liegt da näher als eine sorgenfreie Auszeit von den Nöten des menschlichen Daseins? Doch welche Spezies lebt schon frei von größeren Sorgen? Ausgestattet mit einem Stipendium begibt sich Thwaites auf eine ebenso aberwitzige wie erkenntnisreiche Reise: zu Schamaninnen und Neurowissenschaftlern, zu Tierverhaltensforschern und Philosophen - und...

Nearly all glass makers (unless they are blowing glass) need moulds
which can go in the kiln, as part of the process of creating their
work. Currently glass students and makers get their expertise and
recipes from lots of different sources, picking out the relevant bits
and pieces which they need from other glass and ceramic books. This
book aims to introduce all the mould-making techniques for casting
glass, with detailed information on materials, recipes for mould mixes,
methods and applications. It helps the student to learn which methods
are appropriate for...

The need for a human-orientated approach to urbanism is well understood, and yet all too often this dimension remains lacking in urban design. In this book the authors argue for and develop socially restorative urbanism - a new conceptual framework laying the foundations for innovative ways of thinking about the relationship between the urban spatial structure and social processes to re-introduce a more explicit people-centred element into urban place-making and its adaptation.

Focusing on this interplay between humans and the built environment, two new concepts are...

What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive, lively and safe?

Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design answers this question by providing the analytical tools and practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable solutions to the design and management of urban environments. The book calls into question the capability of quick-fix development solutions to provide the establishment of fixed communities and suggests a more time-conscious and evolutionary approach.

This is the first...