The use of outriggers in tall buildings is a common practice to reduce response under dynamic loading. Viscous dampers have been implemented between the outrigger and the perimeter columns, to reduce vibrations without increasing the stiffness of the structure. This damped outrigger concept has been implemented for reducing vibrations produced by strong winds. However, its behaviour under strong earthquakes has been not yet properly investigated. Strong earthquakes introduce larger amount of ...

Founded in 1995 in memory of the April Revolution in 1960 and the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980, the Gwangju Biennale is one of the oldest and most renowned modern art biennales in Asia. Under the direction of such prominent curators as Yong-woo Lee, Massimiliano Gioni, Okwui Enwezor, Charles Esche, Hou Hanru, Hong-hee Kim, Kwangsoo Oh, Wan-kyoung Dung, Young-chul Lee, Kerry Brougher, Suk-won Chang, and Harald Szeemann, Gwangju Biennale has established itself as a major play...

Rebuild by Design (RBD) was developed for the 'Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force' after hurricane Sandy hit the North-East Coast of the United States in October-November, 2012. Using an innovative, designdriven process based on the design competition model, Rebuild by Design places local communities and civic leaders at the heart of a robust, interdisciplinary creative process to generate implementable solutions for a more resilient region. This book aims not so much to illus...

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In het honderdste nummer van OASE dient de langdurige samenwerking van het tijdschrift met grafisch ontwerper Karel Martens als uitgangspunt voor onderzoek naar de relatie tussen architectuurtijdschriften en grafisch ontwerp. Daarmee wordt het traditionele idee van het architectuurtijdschrift als loutere drager van informatie ter discussie gesteld en aangetoond dat het een bepalende rol speelt bij het overbrengen van de boodschap.

Marshall McLuhans beroemde uitspraak ...

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In de moderne stad verplaatst zicht het leven van alledag zich steeds meer naar de binnenkant van gebouwen. De interieurs van de warenhuizen, markthallen, administratiegebouwen, musea of theaters worden onderdeel van de ervaring van de stedeling. Iedere binnenwereld van de stad heeft haar eigen karakter sfeer en representatieve architectonische taal waarmee de specifieke maatschappelijke betekenis wordt aangeduid. In de hedendaagse praktijk zijn deze verschillen grote...

Architectural firms can be regarded as creative professional service firms. As such, architects need to navigate creative, professional and commercial goals, while simultaneously attempting to fulfil client, user and societal needs. This complex process is becoming increasingly difficult, as the historically established role of architects has become more blurred, contested and heterogeneous. While attempting to reclaim their role or to take on new roles in collaborations with other actors, ar...

The 17th conference (2016, Delft) of the International Planning History Society (IPHS) and its proceedings place presentations from different continents and on varied topics side by side, providing insight into state-of-the art research in the field of planning history and offering a glimpse of new approaches, themes, papers and books to come. VOLUME 05: Historical Perspectives

De mooiste en gaafste middeleeuwse kerken van Europa staan onder andere in het vlakke land van Groningen en het noorden van Drenthe. Ze behoren tot de vroegste getuigenissen van de christelijke cultuur in het

Noorden. Architectuurkenner Peter Karstkarel brengt in dit ambitieuze boek een overzicht van deze juweeltjes. Hij bezocht 136 monumentale kerken in beide provincies. Dit leverde uitvoerige beschrijvingen op, met adembenemende foto's van exterieur en interieur. Het geheel wordt gecomplete...

The fantastic works of Antoni Gaudí and the Amsterdam School still appeal to the imagination. And although the architects never met each other, they were children of the same period. They looked for beauty and individuality in a world which was becoming increasingly functional and impersonal.

At the heart of their designs are nature and its organic forms, craftsmanship and traditional materials. At the same time, though, they did not turn their backs on modernity, embracing new techniques an...