Building Stata: The Design and Construction of Frank O. Gehry's Stata Center at MIT

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This stunning, lavishly illustrated book chronicles the entire planning and construction process of the Frank Gehry-designed Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT. Taking us from the historical background and architectural context at MIT through the interaction of the clients' needs and the architect's vision to the choice of building materials and construction methods, Building Stata offers a uniquely detailed look at the evolution of a major work by a master architect.

The purpose of the Stata Center is to bring the "intelligence sciences"--computer science, artificial intelligence, information and decision systems, linguistics, and philosophy--together into a space that emphasizes research-focused collaboration. Frank Gehry's design integrates flexible and interconnected workspaces and incorporates a series of steps from public to private space, with places for social and intellectual interaction on lower levels giving way to space for study and contemplation on the upper floors; thus a two-level warehouse-like space is topped by two towers. The Center is wrapped around a series of outdoor terraces visible from a central court in both towers. The characteristic Gehry curves are clad in metal, the more block-like elements in brick.

The architectural drawings and photographs -- 300 of them in color -- in Building Stata document the making of the Stata Center from concept to concrete reality. The photographs by Richard Sobol portray a work in progress, evoking the beauty of its architectural form and capturing the telling detail -- the building's sculptured shape against a clear blue sky, or construction workers perched on a massive curve of metal.

Gehry's new building at the MIT.(Book Review): An article from: Architectural Science Review

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Gehry's new building at the MIT.(Book Review): An article from: Architectural Science Review

Manufacturer: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
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This digital document is an article from Architectural Science Review, published by University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture on December 1, 2004. The length of the article is 650 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Gehry's new building at the MIT.(Book Review)
Publication: Architectural Science Review (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
Volume: 47 Issue: 4 Page: 404(1)

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BUILDING STATA; THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FRANK O. GEHRY'S STATA CENTER AT MIT

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BUILDING STATA; THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FRANK O. GEHRY'S STATA CENTER AT MIT
Nancy E., author; Richard M. Sobol, photos; Frank O. Gehry (Commentary) Joyce
Manufacturer: MIT Press Cambridge MA and London
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Comparative Urban Law is divided into a series of discussion topics, offering descriptions of the American response to specific urban problems and contrasting the American experience with approaches from other nations. Seeking to offer readers, including those with no experience in the field, a wide range of discussion topics to suit their interests, the selected subjects range from traditional planning techniques such as zoning and "smart growth" management systems to affordable housing, transportation, economic development, and urban revitalization. Other topics topics such as land use controls and land development laws in different countries are also included. This book also contains sufficient textual introductions and discussions of the topics so that the book can also be read by those simply interested in the field, or by readers searching for a lively discussion of contemporary problems. A teacher's manual is forthcoming.

An introduction to master plan legislation

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An introduction to master plan legislation
J. B Milner
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Introduction to Redevelopment
Allan A. Robertson , and Martin C. Coren
Manufacturer: California Redevelopment Assn
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This is an important book for those interested in understanding the fundamentals about a complex and powerful process utilized by three-fourths of the cities and counties in the State of California. Redevelopment agencies are the primary agencies of local government in California that have the legal authority, on-going funding, and mission to reverse the deleterious effects of physical and economic conditions of blight. Utilizing long-proven methods and leading-edge ideas to rebuild neighborhoods and business districts, redevelopment in California has grown to be the most comprehensive and successful state framework for the public sector to work directly with private property owners, business owners, investors, developers and tenants to revitalize declining areas of a local community.

Because the California redevelopment process is over 50 years old, it has been amended many times by the state legislature to ensure that redevelopment meets the current needs of the citizens of California. As California has changed, so has redevelopment. Although the mission of redevelopment to eliminate the cancer of blight and revitalize communities remains the same as when the process was first enacted into law in 1945, the redevelopment process has proven to be not only remarkably adaptable to the current situation, but anticipative of the future needs of California cities and counties. Numerous communities have avoided the ravages of slums and decay because elected and appointed officials have exercise the leadership to educate their citizens about the benefits of actively working with private individuals and organizations to rebuild deteriorating areas of their community. Although redevelopment is controversial at times, the process is a time-proven success for those communities that exercise foresight and patient administration by conscientious officials representing the citizens of their community.

Because redevelopment law is complicated, it is often misunderstood. The purpose of Introduction to Redevelopment is to demystify the redevelopment process. There are many aspects of redevelopment that practitioners must understand in order to effectively use redevelopment to improve a community. The authors of the various chapters and case studies will share their vast experience in redevelopment through factual explanation, advice and examples that will enlighten the uninitiated and stimulate those experienced in the process. If one is willing to invest the time and effort needed to learn the principles and practice of redevelopment, it will prove to be a relatively straightforward process.

I encourage you to not only read this text, but tour the state of California. See first hand the tremendous improvements that benefit the lives of Californians every day because an obscure process called redevelopment has been sensibly used to renew declining parts of the cities throughout the state. Your tour will also bring home the fact that the war against blight is not won and that redevelopment must continue to be utilized if the communities of California are to be safe, healthy and prosperous. The people of California are optimistic as we look toward the new century. Redevelopment will continue to contribute to this optimism. This text will explain how redevelopment works for the people of California.

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An introduction to the nature and functions of the local planning board: A programmed-instruction booklet
Ronald H Rosenberg
Manufacturer: Institute of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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William A Davis
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Steer clear of golf injuries once and for all with this expert fitness and prevention program.

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The essential elements of a proper workout to lower your scores—including warm-up, conditioning, and strength training.
The pluses and minuses of a variety of gadgets that promise to improve your game.

A complete guide to golf injuries, from head to toe—how to recognize them and how to heal them.

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An ounce of prevention..........2000-04-07

This book is the best book I've ever read on golf related injuries. This book is a must for anyone who wants to enjoy playing golf for a lifetime. This book not only prescribes treatment for existing injuries, but also gives valuable advice on how to avoid them. Pick it up.

Average on basics, weak on prevention.......1999-12-16

My impression was a review of what I have heard from each therapist I've visited such as ice, stretch it, strengthen it. If I had never head that advice, I would find the book better than 2 stars.

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Following the Guidon!

A beautifully written book

"Rose Colored Glasses' AND "Little Life on the Priairie"

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"Boots and Saddles" Or, Life in Dakota With General Custer
Elizabeth B. Custer
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The wild west from a wife's perspective! Mrs. Custer describes her life on the plains with the General until his disastrous defeat at Little Big Horn. She nursed frostbitten soldiers, camped among the Sioux, and saw the capture of Rain-in-the Face. All the while she maintained a home - no mean feat in a land of punishing blizzards, scorching summers and few amenities. And she gives us quite a different picture of the Custer we are used to today.

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The wild west from a wife's perspective! Mrs. Custer describes her life on the plains with the General until his disastrous defeat at Little Big Horn.

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Following the Guidon!.......2006-01-17

This is the first of three books George Armstrong Custer's widow Elizabeth Bacon Custer (EBC hereafter) wrote about her life with the General. It begins with Custer and the 7th being assigned to North Dakota, and ends with the expedition which led to the Battle of the Little Bighorn. EBC is a good writer within the limitations of the "style" of 1880s-1890s nonfiction. One has to allow for the fact that for her, G. A. Custer was the tallest, strongest, smartest, wittiest, bravest and most omnicompetent man alive. [It's worth pointing out that she often also describes all the troopers riding with Custer as "physically perfect, absolutely splendid specimens of manhood in its prime."] Also following the style of the period, EBC almost entirely omits the names of those she writes about. But otherwise her word-portrait of the life of an officer's wife in the utter desolation of the frontier forts during the Plains Indian Wars is effective, vivid and often moving.

There are so many good stories here I don't want to spoil any by hinting at them. The most famous is EBC's account of "Old Nash," a Mexican laundress who earned several small fortunes with her expert sewing and tailoring, was much sought-after as a marriage partner despite her dark complexion and broad shoulders, and who turned out to be the best midwife around... despite....

A few of the many things that impressed me with EBC's powers of observations--- When the great chiefs and warriors of the plains came to visit Custer, she noted that they (contrary to modern stereotype) were physically almost completely undeveloped, with geek-like pipestem arms... and she understood the reason: that males among the Plains indians did essentially no physical labor whatsoever. Another fine passage involves the relationship between Custer and his favorite indian scout, the famous Bloody Knife. According to EBC Bloody Knife was relentlessly sarcastic concerning the skills and abilities of white men, and Custer in particular. When on a hunting expedition with Custer, Bloody Knife would keep up a running narrative of belitting remarks concerning Custer's unfamiliarity with and incompetence with firearms. As soon as Custer got off a good shot, Bloody Knife would fall silent and express his admiration with a brief smile, which Custer obviously treasured far more than many sentences of insincere and overdone flattery. It reminds me a bit of a comment supposedly made by Wyatt Earp about his great friend Doc Holliday: "He can always make me laugh!"

There is no gossip about Custer's notoriously poor relations with many of the other officers and men of the 7th Cavalry. EBC defends this by saying that Custer deliberately did not tell her of feuds and enemies, because he wanted her as hostess to treat all members of the 7th with equal courtesy. However, this excuse is contradicted within the book by extracts from letters written to her by Custer, which refer to feuds and enemies in ways that would have made no sense if EBC were not fully informed,

Recommended for anyone curious about the life of Cavalry officers, troopers and their families on the "rim of empire" in the 1870s.

A beautifully written book.......2003-03-30

There are so few well written and personally lived books about the people of the northern great plains, but this is one of them. Mrs. Custer gives intimate details of life in the cavalry and the Dakotas of a time now gone.
She tells of blizzards, heat, insects, dangers and people in a most readable way that draws the reader in. This is a special book that speaks to the plainsman's heart.

"Rose Colored Glasses' AND "Little Life on the Priairie".......2001-06-28

Althought the opinions of Custer and life with the calvary are viewed through (very) rosy glasses, Mrs. G.A. Custer is a witty and prolific writer. She also gives little-known insight into everyday happenings in life on the prairie and how women survived the journey. Particularly interesting are the dynamics of relationships between women when living literally in the middle of nowhere, surviving the harshest of climates, with few friends, the same friends, for extended times. Also interesting is the relationship between people of color and the white soldiers. Custer is an enigma, and readers should read this book but also others ("Son of the Morning Star" is the best thus far) to get a glimpse at the man. Libby Custer falls into poetic verse at times, but this can be refreshing - there are not many writings of women in these times available.

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This is really a question insteadof a review. I have a copy of Boots and Saddles written by Elizabeth B. Custer. The copyright is 1885, by Harper & Brothers. The first page has a note wrote on it "To my friend Richard Dec 25th 1890 then a signature of the giver M L Malis ? Would you know anything about this particular book?

"Boots and saddles": Or, Life in Dakota with General Custer (The Western frontier library)

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"Boots and saddles": Or, Life in Dakota with General Custer (The Western frontier library)
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Boots and Saddles or, Life in Dakota with General Custer

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Boots and Saddles or, Life in Dakota with General Custer
Elizabeth B.; Stewart, Jane R. (Intro) Custer
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"Boots And Saddles" (or, Life in Dakota with General Custer)

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1966 University Of Oklahoma Press. Hardcover, 281 pages. The honeymoon of Elizabeth Bacon and George Armstrong Custer was interrupted in 1864 by his call to duty with the Army of the Potomac. She begged to be allowed to go along, and this set the pattern of her future life. From that time on, she accompanied General Custer on all of his major assignments, aside from the summer Indian campaigns-"The only woman," she said, "who always rode with the regiment."...

"Boots and Saddles" or Life in Dakota with General Custer, With Portrait and Map. First Edition 1885

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"Boots and Saddles" or Life in Dakota with General Custer, With Portrait and Map. First Edition 1885
Elizabeth B. Custer
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"Boots and Saddles" or, Life in Dakota with General Custer
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"Boots and Saddles" or, Life in Dakota with General Custer
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