Green BIM: Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling

Meet the challenge of integrating Building Information Modeling and sustainability with this in-depth guide, which pairs these two revolutionary movements to create environmentally friendly design through a streamlined process. Written by an award-winning team that has gone beyond theory to lead the implementation of Green BIM projects, this comprehensive reference features practical strategies, techniques, and real-world expertise so that you can create sustainable BIM projects, no matter what their scale.

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Flyline Warbirds Spitfire MKXVI Indoor Starter Flight System Crimson Fury Vehicle

Check out the first system for multi-aircraft air combat!- A unique patented technology for complete flight control. Experiences a real adrenaline rush! Performs stunts, diving and much more!- Ultra-sensitive 2.4 GHz radio! Become a flying ace!- 2 channel

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Sky Streak Twin Pack

Balsa wood gliders are still some of the best flyers around, and for a few dollars you can put a plane together and have hours of fun. Balsa wood is a fast-growing, sustainable, renewable resource that naturally decomposes.

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5 Celestial Viewing Platforms in Urban Spaces

As we continue to congregate in increasingly urban, built-up, and densely populated areas, looking up at the sky has almost become a forgotten luxury. (When’s the last time you watched the sun set?) Bright city lights and pollution make it nearly impossible to see any sort of cosmic matter with the naked eye. To prevent the “big dipper” from becoming something we’ve only read about, a sort of mythical constellation, it is essential to take back our environmental awareness, and, perhaps, the pastime of stargazing — and you don’t have to leave the comforts of your big city to do it. Recently, Cardin Ramirez Julien + Ædifica teamed up to design Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium in Montréal, Canada’s second largest city. The site creates a trifecta of well-connected (physically and visually) cultural establishments — the Biodome, Olympic Stadium, and planetarium. Functionality and use rely heavily on the visitors and their desire to connect the experience of stargazing with the act of being in nature as a whole, ultimately creating a public space that serves as an escape within the city that patrons can call their own. Of course, this isn’t the only celestial viewing spot implanted into an urban space …

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A brand new all in one kit that gets artists started out the right way with an easy to use, affordable mat cutting system. Includes a 24 inch capacity base board, push style bevel cutting head, may knife, practice mat board and a copy of Logan’s How To Cut Mats book. Plus extra blades and a free instructional DVD.

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Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture

The architects of NRJA have been chosen to curate Latvia’s participation at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale. Based on the assertion that “there is (no) in Lativa,” the pavilion’s Unwritten will confront the lack of research and evaluation of Lativan post-war modernist architecture.

As the curators describe, the insufficient acknowledgment of Lativan post-war modernist architecture is the result of a tricky situation. On one hand, “there is an aversion to anything that occurred during the period of Soviet occupation,” while on the other “there is wave of uncritical nostalgia for the country’s youth and childhood, as well as the superficial hipster joy at the exotic Soviet heritage.”

Though many of these structures would have already achieved “monument” status in other countries, there has been no evaluation of their importance to Latvia’s architectural heritage. At the threat of demolition, these post-war buildings risk never being researched, leaving a period of Latvia’s architectural history unrecorded.

Thus the curators of Unwritten plan to highlight the modernism in Lativa and spark a global discussion that will hopefully result in the largest-ever database for post-war Latvian modernist architecture.

Join the discussion, here.

Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Restaurant “Sēnīte” (1967); Vidzeme highway 37.km / Linards Skuja, Andris Bite, G. Grīnbergs, R. Ozoliņš - Courtesy of The Museum of Architecture of Latvia
Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Museum of the Occupation of Latvia (1970); Latviešu strēlnieku square 1, Rīga / Gunārs Lūsis-Grīnbergs, Dzintars Driba, Valdis Albergs © P.Alunāns, itl.rtu.lv
Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Unwritten - exposition of Latvia in Arsenale as an analog representation of virtual information collection in real time and space. Over 2000 pages suspended in a frame fastened to existing beams, creating a sense of an information cloud that is moving in response to airflow. © NRJA
Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Restaurant "Jūras Pērle" - Latvian architectural heritage monument representing uncritical nostalgia of youth and childhood time. Demolished in 1994, a proof of modernism architecture absorption. (1965); Jūrmala, Latvia / Josifs Goldenbergs © Mechanik, wikimapia.org
Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Type project for gas station (1965); Daugavpils 74, Ogre © Zigmārs Jauja, NRJA
Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Railway station (1977); Dubulti, Jūrmala, Latvia / Ilya Yavein © Jānis Vilniņš, lv.wikipedia.org
Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Riga high-rises: Z-Towers (NRJA, 2004-2015), Preses nams (Jānis Vilciņš, Ābrams Misulovins, 1978), Saules akmens (ZENICO PROJEKTS, TECTUM, 2002-2004) © Uldis Lukševics, NRJA
Venice Biennale 2014: NRJA to Establish First-Ever Database of Latvian Post-War Modernist Architecture Former factory “Radiotehnika;” Kurzemes 3 Rīga, Latvia © Igors Nerušs, panoramio.com

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Architecture and Democracy

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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