Reusing railroad stations report (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Educational Facilities Laboratories New York 1975 oblong 4to. 79 pages. wraps moderately age toned. corners lightly creased.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. First Printing [Stated]. 78, [2] pages. Illustrations. Photo Credits. Some page soiling noted. Name in ink on title page. Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes: Stations: A Man-Made Resource and Historical Background: An Age of Steam, Steel and Exploitation. Early guide to the preservation and restoration of railroad stations. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos showing both the interiors and exteriors of stations all across the country as well as some being torn down. The Educational Facilities Laboratories (EFL), an independent research organization established by the Ford Foundation, opened in 1958. Its purpose was to help schools and colleges maximize the quality and utility of their facilities, stimulate research, and disseminate information useful to those who select sites, plan, design, construct, modernize, equip, and finance educational structures. Over its 28-year existence, EFL spurred innovation in school architecture by sponsoring research projects and programs, holding conferences, and awarding grants to school districts, colleges, and nonprofit organizations. Committed to spreading the word of such advancement, EFL distributed widely copies of its publications on research, experimentation, and emerging trends. EFL carried on an active publishing program, following its charter for the "dissemination of knowledge regarding educational facilities." It recognized that efforts to produce superior facilities and equipment for education would have little impact if such developments were not communicated to architects, educators, governing boards, and the public. Architect William Brubaker described school construction in the 1960s as dominated by the research and extension activities of EFL. He attributed the exciting partnership between it and the schools as having an impact on school design nationwide and in Canada. "Thousands of educators, planners, engineers, and architects were influenced by EFL, and that influence continues today". Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates' (HHPA) was an internationally recognized American architecture firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Established by Hugh Hardy, Malcolm Holzman and Norman Pfeiffer in 1967 in New York, HHPA was noted for its innovative public buildings, and received over 100 national design awards, including the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Firm Award in 1981. After the firm disbanded in August 2004, each of the partners established a successor firm.…

Quer-8°, 79 S., zahlr. s/w Abb., Brosch., Min. gebrauchsspurig, sonst tadell. 2. Aufl. Text engl. 1100 gr. Schlagworte: Architektur - Allgemein, EisenbahnenTechnik.