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Urban design

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Advanced Building Technologies: Searchable collection of information on technologies and practices designed to improve the energy efficiency of commercial and residential buildings. Methods relate to building structure, finishes and furnishings, heating and cooling, plumbing and waterheating, lighting, load management, electricity production, ventilation and air quality, site services, and motors and equipment. Discusses the benefits, limitations, application, experience, and cost for each technology.
Author: Enermodal Engineering
Subjects: architecture education, construction, energy consumption, urban design
DeweyClass: 690
Resource type: documents, productinfo
Arcosanti: An experimental town in the high desert of Arizona. When complete, Arcosanti will house 7000 people, demonstrating ways to improve urban conditions and lessen the impact on the earth.
Author: Cosanti Foundation
Subjects: architectural research, deserts, environmental philosophy, urban design
DeweyClass: 720
Resource type: documents, images
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development: Green Buildings: Detailed information for environmentally conscious architects, engineers, and builders. Discusses possible benefits of the 'green building' in relation to the impact that design, construction, and maintenance procedures have had upon the environment. Offers access to full text publications on topics such as building principles and programs, rating systems, affordable housing, and codes and ordinances.
Author: Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development, Department of Energy
Subjects: construction, urban design
DeweyClass: 690
Resource type: documents
CIBSE: The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers: Institution researching and publishing information about the built environment. Offers guidance on how to choose a building services engineer, and information about services such as heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, lighting, security, fire protection, lifts, information technology highways (within buildings), and sanitation.
Author: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Subjects: construction, interior design, urban design
DeweyClass: 690
Resource type: institution
Cities / Buildings Database: Searchable image database of cities and buildings from over 50 countries. Photographs can be accessed by entering a range of parameters including title, site, date of construction, materials, or style. Additional databases can be selected such as the Eric A Hegg Photograph Collection, William E Meed Collection, and the James Patrick Lee Collection.
Author: University of Washington
Subjects: construction, urban design
DeweyClass: 690
Resource type: images
Civic Trust: Charity devoted to enhancing the quality of life in Britain's cities, towns and villages. Includes details of trust activities, which include regeneration projects, heritage open days and the Civic Trust Awards scheme.
Author: Civic Trust
Subjects: community and youth studies, urban design
DeweyClass: 307
Resource type: documents
Cyburbia: Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Centre: A directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, urbanism and other topics related to the built environment. Cyburbia also contains information about architecture and planning related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas.
Author: State University of New York Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning
Subjects: architecture links, planning, urban design
DeweyClass: 720
Resource type: index
Demand Side Management and Urban Infrastructure Provision: Set of briefing papers and details of publications from an ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme research project. This research reconnects urban policy to infrastructure management by highlighting how the adoption of supply-led or more demand-responsive modes of infrastructure provision critically shapes the intensity, and so the relative environmental impact, of networked services in contemporary cities.
Author: Guy, Simon & Marvin, Simon
Subjects: urban design
DeweyClass: 307
Resource type: articles
Intute: social sciences - social geography: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to social geography.
Author: Intute
Subjects: geography links, planning, urban design
DeweyClass: 307
Resource type: index
Master Builder: Monthly publication by the Federation of Master Builders, which represents all medium and small sized building companies in the UK. Topics covered include brown field development, the art of period renovation and designing to minimise storm damage.
Author: Federation of Master Builders
Subjects: construction, urban design
DeweyClass: 690
Resource type: journal
Modern Ruins: Photographic collection depicting modern ruins located throughout the world. Ellis Island, Airplane Graveyard, Rockaways' Playland, and Roosevelt Stadium are among the featured sites.
Author: Buehler, Phillip
Subjects: construction, urban design
DeweyClass: 690
Resource type: documents, images
RUDI: Resource for Urban Design Information: Information resource covering all aspects of urban design including city profiles, case studies, design guides, original essays, events, organisations and other links Also home pages for Urban Design Group and Urban Design Alliance (UDAL).
Author: Resource for Urban Design Information, Oxford Brookes University
Subjects: architectural research, planning, urban design
DeweyClass: 711
Resource type: bibliography, documents, essays, images, journal
Skyscraper Museum: Documents the architectural style of New York, considering the design, technology, creation, and functionality of skyscrapers. Provides access to an exhibition archive, a collection of historical documents and collaborative projects, a timeline showing construction dates of the world's tallest buildings, and information for visitors.
Author: Willis, Carol
Subjects: construction, united states museums, urban design
DeweyClass: 720.483
Resource type: museum
SkyscraperPage.com: Directory of skyscrapers searchable by geographical location, architect, year, type of building, address, and status (built, construction, proposed, vision, cancelled or destroyed). In addition to these search parameters, results returned comprise a scaled diagram of each structure, roof and pinnacle heights, and number of floors.
Author: SkyscraperPage.com
Subjects: construction, urban design
DeweyClass: 720.483
Resource type: images, reference data
UKBORDERS: United Kingdom Boundary Outline and Reference Database for Education and Research Study. This service is dedicated to providing digital boundary datasets of the UK (including 1971, 1981, 1991 Census; administrative; electoral; historic and environmental boundaries) which can be downloaded to a PC for analysis in Geographical Information Systems. A subscription is required.
Author: EDINA, Edinburgh University
Subjects: geographical data, united kingdom, urban design
DeweyClass: 912.41
Resource type: reference data
Urban Forum Online: An umbrella body for community and voluntary groups with interests in urban and regional policy, especially regeneration.
Author: Urban Forum Online
Subjects: community and youth studies, urban design
DeweyClass: 307
Resource type: documents
URBED: Urban and Economic Development Group: The Urban and Economic Development Group is a not-for-profit urban regeneration consultancy. Founded in 1976, the group has pioneered many of the urban regeneration techniques which have since become commonplace, such as managed workspace.
Author: URBED MMI
Subjects: urban design
DeweyClass: 307
Resource type: promotion