Underground Cities: New Frontiers in Urban Living by John Endicott (English) Pap

Description: Underground Cities by John Endicott, Pamela Johnston, Nancy F. Lin Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Underground City explores how new ideas and technologies are transforming the ways we build and inhabit underground space and how these innovations can help to make our increasingly dense, climate-stressed cities both more resilient and more of a pleasure to live in. Publisher Description New ideas and technologies are transforming the ways we build and inhabit underground space. This book explores how these innovations can help to make our increasingly dense, climate-stressed cities both more resilient and more of a pleasure to live in. While it sets out practical design approaches, Underground Cities is not a technical manual. Designed for everyone with an interest in the future of our cities, it is beautifully illustrated and written in an accessible style that draws on the rich tradition of underworlds, both real and imagined, in art, history and poetry. Global in scope, the book ranges across continents as it surveys the vast expansion in the potential of the underground. The opening section, A New Frontier, looks at two pioneering cold-climate cities, Montreal and Helsinki, which developed new uses for the underground from the 1960s on. The closing section, Looking Forward, offers glimpses of the city of the future – of what we might be able to achieve in the next 50 or 60 years. Focusing on Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, it shows projects that are going deeper, achieving a greater synergy of uses and preparing the way for new urban forms.In between, it reviews a range of innovative ideas and presents buildings and projects by leading international architects and artists, among them Junya Ishigami, James Turrell, Dominique Perrault and Thomas Heatherwick, which highlight the advances in technology that are making it possible to bring the elements of nature – light, air, vegetation – deep underground. Works include a subterranean oasis, a refuge from the desert heat; a museum extension that deploys light and colour to define space; a multi-modal underground transport hub that evokes the arcades of nineteenth-century Paris, but with an added profusion of plants; and a troglodytic house and restaurant, sunk into the earth to create atmosphere. Author Biography As editor of AA Publications for almost three decades, Pamela Johnston has extensive experience of producing innovative, thought-provoking books with a broad visual appeal. John Endicott has specialised in geotechnical engineering since 1970 and has been practising in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia since 1975. Nancy F. Lin is the Head of Strategy & Growth and Chief of Staff for AECOMs Asia Pacific and is a civil engineer, architect and urban designer. Details ISBN 1848223587 ISBN-13 9781848223585 Title Underground Cities Author John Endicott, Pamela Johnston, Nancy F. Lin Format Paperback Year 2020 Pages 248 Publisher Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd GE_Item_ID:136600123; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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