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Robert J. Shiller Illustrator: NA: Irrational Exuberance, New Age International (P) Limited 2010 ISBN: 9788122418767

New Hardcover NA In this timely and prescient update of his celebrated 2000 bestseller, Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller returns to the topic gained him international fame: market volatility. Shiller breaks new ground in this second edition by laying out in even clearer and starker terms the market excesses that continue to destabilize the economy and disrupt our lives. Having predicted the stock market collapse that began just one month after the first edition was published, he now expands the book to cover other markets that have become volatile, particularly the recently red-hot housing market. He includes a full chapter on domestic and international housing prices in historical perspective. Shiller amasses impressive evidence to support his argument that the recent housing market boom bears many similarities to the stock market bubble of the late 1990s, and may eventually be followed by declining home prices for years to come, After stocks plummeted when the bubble burst in 2000, investors moved their money into housing. This precipitated the inflated real estate prices not only in America but around the world, Shiller maintains. Hence, irrational exuberance did not disappear-it merely reappeared in other settings. Building on the original edition Shiller draws out the psychological origins of volatility in financial markets this time folding real estate into his analysis. He broadens the evidence that investing in capital market of all kinds in the modern free-market economy is inherently unstable-subject to the profoundly human influences captured in Alan Greenspan?s now-famous phrase, irrational exuberance. The ultimate solution to this troubling condition, he maintains would involve better-designed public institutions such as a revamped social security system, new forms of insurance to protect people?s incomes and homes, and a broader array of investment options. As was true of its predecessor, the second edition of Irrational Exuberance is destined to be widely read, discussed, and debated. Printed Pages: 332. 2nd edition

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International Building Exhibition Berlin 1987. Architecture and Urbanism. 1987 May Extra Edition. - Tokyo: a + u Publishing, 1987.
Berlin has a history of using building exhibitions to try and find solutions for creating humane living conditions in the city. The present International Building Exhibition (Internationale Bauausstellung, IBA) has three predecessors. In 1910 a large planning competition was launched in an attempt to give form to the city which was growing at such a colossal pace. In 1931 the international building exhibition surveyed the results of the public building projects of the twenties, the exemplary housing developments which Berlin, like Frankfurt and Vienna, all of which had Social Democratic local governments, had created in response to the housing misery of the time. In 1957 international architects participated in the "Interbau", where a whole section of the city which had been destroyed during the war was rebuilt.Besitzvermerk. Umschlag leicht bestossen, sonst gutes Exemplar. -

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No author. Architecture Magazine 11/02 Issue. New York: VNU Business Media, 2002.

NEAR FINE. 104 pages. November 2002 issue. Volume 91 Number 11. The magazine, in illustrated wrapper, has minor shelf wear, has two closed tears on bottom edge. COVER: Move over New Urbanists: MVRDV is in town. The Dutch firm rethinks community planning at a 119-unit housing development in the new suburb off The Hague. Houses clad in a single material from head to toe are set in a staggered arrangement that established a level of complexity uncommon in most large-scale developments. HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS; EASY LIVING Prize Winner Pollari X Somol in Los Angeles by Bay Brown; WAYS AND MEANS Prize Winner Diamon and Schmitt Architects in Toronto by Alan G. Brake; ART HOUSE Prize Winner Morris Sato Studio in Northwestern Connecticut by Abby Bussel; ELEVATED STUDY Honorable Mention by Carlos Jiminez Studio in Austin, Texas by Lawrence W. Speck; DOUBLE DUTCH Two projects in the Netherlands by MVRDV subvert convetional housing typologies by Aaron Betsky; LIGHT TOUCH A prefabricated house in Finland supports diverse family configurations, community, and the environment by C.C. Sullivan; SAFE HAVE Disasters and war have left millions homeless around the world. Can the architect help? By Cathy Lang Ho; NEWS New Design teams tackle Ground Zero; Meier's Rome project goes forward; Chicago builds universal houseg; AGENDA Hejduk still inspiring; Betsky hugs the ground; reflections on the building of the French state; ON THE BOARDS Palazzo Congressi, Rome, Italy, by Massimiliano Fuksas Architect by Paul Bennett; PROTEST The home-buying public thinks bigger is better but they are wrong by Lawrence W. Cheek; SCIENCE FAIR Architecture and engineering students push the envelope of solar design under the nose of an oil-friendly administration. By Bradford McKee; DOCOMOMO GOES TO PARIS An international preservation group works to save modernist masterpieces by Liane LeFaivre; ARCHITECTURE'S CARNIVALE Vies from NEXT, the Venice Biennale's Eight International Architecture Exhibition by Catherine Slessor. Paperback condition: Near Fine in Wraps

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Feddersen, Eckhard; Lüdtke, Insa: Living for the Elderly A Design Manual, BIRKHÄUSER ARCHITEKTUR, 059 ISBN: 3764388714
Quality living in old age is one of the important topics of our time. Architects and builders can contribute innovative types of housing, intelligent concepts for barrier-free buildings, and advanced systems of care for people who are fragile or suffering from dementia. Intelligent design solutions can push back the limits on housing and care, on residential architecture and care facilities, on individual, collective, and assisted forms of housing, and even on the various phases of life in favor of a comprehensive trend toward integrated forms of housing.This volume in the series Design Manuals optimizes the concept, content, and presentation of the series to improve its use by the customer. A third of the volume provides detailed expert information from around fifteen contributors, including general questions of energy management and sustainability, open space, and product design. A section of examples provides a building typology, presenting approximately forty international buildings in analyses of up to eight pages that offer exemplary solutions for multigenerational buildings, assisted living, housing for people with dementia and other special target groups, old persons' homes, nursing homes, and integrated projects. TOC:PRINCIPLES.- Foreword.- Universal design - a declaration of independence.- Housing and living in old age.- The changing pattern of life phases, roles and needs.- Dementia as a form of being.- On withdrawal and acceptance - contributions from medicine and psychology.- Living and dying.- Dismantling a taboo: living in a hospice.- The elderly in societies.- Different approaches to dealing with demographic developments - an international comparison of its perception and possible solutions.- Safety - Security - Orientation.- The essence of dwelling and its analogies in the urban realm.- Interior architecture and product design.- Approaches to outfitting, retrofitting and conversion.- Sheltered housing, communal housing ...- Different models and approaches (including care concepts).- PROCESSES.- Developing holistic architectural solutions: Interdisciplinary teamwork and heterogeneous client structures.- Designing for people with dementia: Safety and security as design parameters.- Technical installations and construction.- Sustainability / Climate / Energy.- Operators, trustees, clients.- Housing industry and health care services; banks and investors. Project management, cost controlling.- Outsourcing services.- Focussing on the resident.- Quality management, users studies and interviews as a basis for the design process.- TYPOLOGIES / CASE STUDIES.- Introduction (detailing selection, structure, typologies etc.).- Structure of the project section.- Residential typologies (approx. 20 case studies).- Agency: housing industry.- Residential categories.- What requirements should floor plans fulfil for residential housing for the elderly (Starting point: 2-room apartment).- Nursing home typologies (approx. 20 case studies).- Agency: health care and social services.- Typical floor plan configurations.- Centralised and decentralised solutions, functional programmes, group sizes etc.

NEUBUCH! 2009. 240 p. w. 600 b&w and 200 col. figs. 33 cm

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