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On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects (Univocal)

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Design for Construction: Tectonic Imagination in Contemporary Architecture

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The Elements of Construction: N. Clifford Ricker, Architecture, and the University of Illinois

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Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan

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In July 2014, seven months after I stepped down as transportation commissioner when a new mayor came into office, a work team from New York City’s Department of Transportation added a footnote to Manhattan’s urban history: working with ...more

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“Although building science has been taught in schools of architecture for quite some time, the knowledge and understanding it encompasses are still not part of students’ and architects’ cognitive framework and design intuition.”
― William W. Braham, Architecture and Energy: Performance and Style

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“Energy efficiency is a tactic for slowing the process of overshooting environmental limits, but the urgent work facing our civilization is to use the time we gain to build richer, more resilient kinds of buildings that serve the common good.”
― William W. Braham, Architecture and Energy: Performance and Style

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“Saving civilization is not a spectator sport. Each”
― Lester Russell Brown, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

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“We are still beholden to ecological laws, the same as any other life-form.”
― Janine M. Benyus, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

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“Now we can rediscover these natural treasures, restoring the ecology to create a greener environment”
― John Gallagher, Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City

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