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- Dream states : smart cities, technology, and the pursuit of urban utopias / by Lorinc, John,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year. But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities--one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies. Smart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago, Dream States unpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places."--- Subjects: City planning; Smart cities.; Urban policy.; Urbanization.;
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- If walls could speak : my life in architecture / by Safdie, Moshe,1938-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures-from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal known as "Habitat" and the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel, to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas and the Marina Bay Sands development and extraordinary Jewel Changi airport interior garden and waterfall in Singapore. For Safdie, the way a space functions is fundamental; he is deeply committed to architecture as a social force for good, believing that any challenge, including extreme population density and environmental distress, can be addressed with solutions that enhance community and uplift the human spirit. Safdie always refers to the "silent client" an architect mustultimately serve: the people who live, work in, or experience a building. If Walls Could Speak takes readers behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks and works-"from thespark of imagination through the design process, the model-making, the politics, the engineering, the materials." Relating memorable stories about what has inspired him-from childhoods in Israel and Montreal to the projects and personalities worldwide that have captured his imagination-Safdie reveals the complex interplay that underpins every project and his vision for the role architecture can and should play in society at large. Illustrated throughout with drawings, sketches, photographs, and documentsfrom his firm's voluminous archives that illuminate his stories, If Walls Could Speak ends with a chapter outlining seven projects Safdie would pursue around the world if resources and will were no issue and the choices were his to make. A book like no other, If Walls Could Speak will forever change the way you look at and appreciate any built structure"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Safdie, Moshe, 1938-; Architects;
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- Secrets of Britain's great cathedrals [videorecording] / by Beveridge, Peter(Peter J.),television producer,television director.; Callow, Simon,1949-narrator.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.;
Dominating the landscape for centuries, ancient cathedrals and abbeys reflect Britain's turbulent history through their architectural grandeur. The film explores cathedrals and abbeys found throughout England and Wales, featuring interviews with historians and experts and breathtaking footage filming their legendary facades and soaring interior spaces.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.- Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Historical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Abbeys; Cathedrals;
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- Life off grid [videorecording] / by Taggart, Jonathan,film director,screenwriter.; Vannini, Phillip,film producer,screenwriter.; Filmhub (Firm),publisher.;
A two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every territory who have made the choice to disconnect. A film about people who have chosen to build their lives around renewable energy, with beautiful, inspiring, and often challenging results.E.DVD ; stereophonic.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Alternative lifestyles; Self-reliant living; Architecture, Domestic; Simplicity.; Renewable energy sources.; Sustainable living;
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