The Weight of the Image : Teaching Design and Computing in Architecture

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"The radical restructuring of the field of architecture made possible by recent developments in computer design cannot be understated*for the first time in history architects have been able to move from a top-down vision to a more organic, bottom-up vision. The OEnsect-view' model developed by the ancient Greeks projecting grids on to the face of the earth is clearly the most enduring example of this top-down order, which has been slightly modified by Renaissance perspective and then Modernist collage. Now, in the era of cyber-design, architects have the opportunity to plan works where order is not imposed form up above, but instead emerges from the inside out. The Weight of the Image documents the fourth Master Class organized at the Netherlands Architecture Institute, where Lars Spuybroek (of NOX) and Bob Lang (Ove Arup) have developed a lucid and intelligent method of design where the OEmerging view' and the OErojected view' constantly alternate, and in the book they explain the procedure in full detail."

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Called "essentially practical & practically essential," Ross Lowell's critically acclaimed Matters of Light & Depth is now being published by Lowel-Light. Filled with illustrations, photographs, and decades of real world experience, the book has become a valuable resource for all those interested in expanding their knowledge of lighting.

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Great guide for great lighting.......2007-03-29

In a few words, this book is a must read for begginers and proffesional individuals that find themselves quite lost within the vast challenges of visual arts.It is a great guide for capturing great lighting into film,video or any other medium. Mr.Ross Lowell has set some high standards and has created numerous great lighting techniques, which shares with us, inside his well organised book.
My only comment will reffer to the small print in the letters of the book.
Great!!

One of my favorite lighting books!.......2007-02-17

Let me say up front that I view the book from the prospective of a photographer, though it does cover film and video lighting also. This book is an easy read and offers a great balance technical information and practical applications of technique. The exercises presented at the end of the book work well to illustrate many of the lessons in previous chapters and show the reader first-hand the subtleties of lighting technique. "Matters of Light & Depth" is in my top ten favorite photography books along with "Creative Still Life Photography" By Bruce Pendleton, and "Learning to Light: Easy and Affordable Techniques for the Photographer" by Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz

Great book on lighting.......2007-02-09

It is wonderful book on lighting with lot of practical advice. I very much liked the descripion of geting started with lighting - by standing where you plan to place the light and imagine what a hard light would do and a soft light would do from that position and place light based on that visualization. Also, the chapter on 'Method lighting' is very interesting.

Excellent Survey & Starting Point.......2007-01-04

This is a great starter book to get if you have never done any lighting before - whether for video, cinema, or still photography. Lots of great tips and tricks that typically are missing from other lighting books. Lowell takes the concepts and precepts of lighting and presents them in abstract form so that you can adapt them to whatever lighting situation you may have. This book may not work for you if you are the kind of person who needs step by step how-to in order to get things done - in fact it is debatable that ANY book could do so effectively because every shoot is unique. But if you are good at thinking intuitively and abstractly then his presentation of the material is great because it teaches principals (with some examples) and not technique.
My one complaint is the typsetting of the book. The use of a modern typeface makes reading difficult (looks like a bodoni variant). The publishers should really re-publish the book to make it more legible.

depth of the matter is...........2006-03-10

this is one of those quick fix reads to get when you feel a little burned out from your j.o.b. and need a pick me up. I opened this book and instantly started to remember stuff I learned years ago or even when I started doing this. With the combination of remembering and going through this book I started to get the creative bug again. It's hard to believe I already know most of the matterial in the book, until it is in front of me in text. This book is a huge "block" breaker. Get it.

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This study examines fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues of social change in Latin America in the context of detailed empirical analysis. It challenges the major assumptions and propositions that underlie globalization theory, reworking and fine tuning the concepts of imperialism and social class as relevant to understanding the "new world order." The study centers on the structural features of Latin America and the state policies reconcentrating power in the capitalist class at the expense of labor. It also critically surveys the contradictory tendencies of concentrated wealth and power and the emergence of new socio-political movements and alternative development strategies to the dominant paradigm.

Globalization and Antiglobalization: Dynamics of Change in the New World Order (The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series)

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Globalization and Antiglobalization: Dynamics of Change in the New World Order (The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series)

Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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A Brief History of Neoliberalism

ASIN: 0754634892

Latin America: The Dynamics of Social Change.

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Latin America: The Dynamics of Social Change.
Stefan A. Halper
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0312473206

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Grab a bagel, put your inbox on hold for a moment and read a "memo" that will give you a lift for your entire week. The Monday Memo.com is packed with succinct, life-based anecdotes certain to help you start your week right. It is written by a business professional for all those engaged in the business of living. So schedule a couple of minute each Monday for an uplifting memo that will rejuvenate your mind and jump-start your week.

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Weekday news you can use.......2000-03-13

Even if you love your job, you often start your Monday with a sense of dread. The weekend gave you some rest time . . . some family time. Now it's your nose to the grindstone and your shoulder to the wheel.

But then along comes a book that can sit right on your desk. Once you're sitting in your office chair, trying to prepare your mind for a new week, you can pick it up and turn to one of the short inspirations.

I've done this and it's exactly what I need. The stories and the profound truths they contain, last for the week.

Try this yourself. You'll see.

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This work is available on its own or as part of the 7 volume set Selected Works of R. D. Laing

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A mish-mash of brilliance.......2002-05-10

I own an older version of this, with the Henry More sculpture on the cover. A collection of lectures, altered for book form. Kind of a messy format but not as polemical as the more popular The Politics of Experience.

Notable for some very obvious but otherwise-by-others neglected observations: standard doctors are called in to intervene in medical emergencies; psychiatrists are called in to intervene in social crises PRESUMED to be caused by medical emergencies. What's endearingly called the medical model is not some magical talisman kept in a velvet case until use; it's the set of procedures in which all doctors are trained. Laing just believed it was inadequate when applied to social situations, ones in which some ONE is the problem & if that some ONE "gets right," everything'll be OK.

Whether you believe that a real medical malady called mental illness has a genuine pathological etiology that can be diagnosed & treated, the fact remains that one gets diagonsed on the basis of conduct & not on the basis of that medical malady.

As in the much better-formatted "Sanity, Madness & Family," Laing shows us that once we see what people in those situations are trying to do & what they're succeeding at doing, it's difficult to understand why any one person in that situation gets diagnosed at all.

Ya right your a what? A psychologist?.......2001-06-17

I could never get this book. It took my twenty years of reading the Divided Self to fully understand this author. This book was also titled the bird of paradise, but is not the book the other reviewer thought it was, that was also a book by RD Laing but with another author and also had the word *family* in the title. This book originally was not like an accounting of families but philosophical and psychiatric speculation. This book is all fine for someone studying psychology or psychiatry but for fellow consumers of mental health or their families I would say avoid this rather weighty tome.

Empirical and positivistic.......2000-08-15

This book is strange of his writings. It is composed simply of interviews about patients and their families. These interviews were recorded by the tape recorders or the hidden observers. It's all of this book. All conversations or their situations, however, talk something important to us silently. No theoretical comments are added, but only the fact. Let the theoretical considerations trusted to others in other places. By understanding the malicious situations of the patients, it will show us the important method of the observation about our unconscious situations of conflicts.

Empirical and positivistic.......2000-08-15

The Politics Of The Family And Other Essays

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The Politics Of The Family And Other Essays
R. D. Laing
Manufacturer: Vintage Books / Random House
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000IWVSZQ

The Homeless of Ironweed: Blossoms on the Crag

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The Homeless of Ironweed: Blossoms on the Crag
Benedict Giamo
Manufacturer: University of Iowa Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0877455597

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The Politics of the Family and Other Essays
R. D. Laing
Manufacturer: New York: Pantheon Books, 1971,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OMGR1A

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Women in a Man's World, Crying: Essays
Vicki Covington
Manufacturer: University Alabama Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0817311599

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The Politics of the Family and Other Essays
R.D. and Esterson, A. Laing
Manufacturer: Tavistock Publications
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ASIN: B000NPEUH6

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Politics of the Family and Other Essays.

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ASIN: B000ICPQ36

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Politics of the Family and Other Essays.

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ASIN: B000ICKJ56

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Here's a story of espionage, think tanks, power brokers, a drunk nameed "Curveball," and Douglas Feith, the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy whose Office of Special Plans oversaw the enormous manipulations and failures of intelligence that led to the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq.

This is another entry into The Informed Citizen Series, which covers American issues with a voice that does not come from elected officials, the television and radio news networks, or the major print media. In this book, Allison Hantschel (Athenae of First-Draft.com) pulls together blog entries from some of the Internet's most relied-upon bloggers, including Jerome Doolittle, Josh Marshall, Matthew Yglesias, John Aravosis, and many others to fill in necessary details to a key part of the story of how and why the U.S. is in Iraq.

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Opens your eyes into the murky world of the the US gov.......2007-09-13

Politics breeds corruption and Feith and his cronies embody how they are corrupting not just the US but also having negative impact on the world. This book brings this to the forefront in just 134 pages but does it so well. If you didn't know how we're being "done" over welcome to the entrance of a rather large and winding rabbit hole.

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The sight of an eagle--powerful and majestic--gliding across the sky, is unforgettable. If you've ever watched one swoop silently to a river to pluck out a fish in a single, flawless motion, you cannot help but be mesmerized.

Eagles: Masters of the Sky blends natural history and legend with spectacular color photography. It is an unparalleled collection that will leave readers packing their bags and heading for the river bluffs of Minnesota, the rain forests of South America, and the wilds of Alaska in hopes of viewing these magnificent birds in their natural habitats. This compelling introduction presents information on the twenty-five species of North American and European owls--from the elegant snowy to the majestic eagle owl.

Also recommended: Eagles, Raptors, Owls, North American Wading Birds, Loons.

Writer and photographer Rebecca L. Grambo is also the author of Voyageur Press' Eagles, and of The Nature of Foxes from Sierra Club Books/Greystone Books. She is the President of Grambo Photography and Design Inc.

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