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This outstanding collection of hitherto unpublished work, written over the last fifteen years of the author's life, reveals the development and maturation of his ideas about sociology and art, and specifically about the relationship between them. Grafia sees in the artistic traditions of Western society the sociological sources of our sense of cultural form, as well as cultural and intellectual meaning. He discusses theories of art and theories of artists as they have changed over time, although the book is neither a history of art nor a criticism of specific artistic works. Rather, it is...

Dieses von Fachexperten geschriebene Werk umfasst alle wesentlichen Schritte und Elemente des Projektmanagements von Strassen- und Eisenbahnprojekten und fullt damit eine seit langem offene Literaturlucke fur die Praxis. Behandelt werden alle Prozesse der Planung, der Erarbeitung des Baurechts mit der Einbeziehung des Umfelds, der Organisation der Finanzierung, der Bauvorbereitung und der Baudurchfuhrung aus Sicht der Bauherren und ihrer Planer. Wesentliche Elemente sind u.a. Projektcontrolling, Risikomanagement, Termin- und Kostenplanung, Stakeholdermanagement, Planrechtsverfahren,...

Precast reinforced and prestressed concrete frames provide a high strength, stable, durable and robust solution for any multi-storey structure, and are widely regarded as a high quality, economic and architecturally versatile technology for the construction of multi-storey buildings. The resulting buildings satisfy a wide range of commercial and industrial needs. Precast concrete buildings behave in a different way to those where the concrete is cast in-situ, with the components subject to different forces and movements. These factors are explored in detail in the second edition of...

Author Patrik Schumacher offers innovative treatment that enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arsenal of concepts facilitating both detailed analysis and insightful comparisons with other domains, such as art, science and politics. He explores how the various modes of communication comprising architecture depend...