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At the beginning of one's architecture studies, there are many unknowns: what is really important? how do I brainstorm a design idea? how can this idea be depicted and ultimately implemented? BASICS is a series that imparts fundamental knowledge in compact individual volumes as well as in topical compendiums. It offers precise, step-by-step discussions, systematically covering the most important material pertaining to a given topic. Tailored to the needs of students, the series addresses all key subject areas, including design, architectural presentation, construction, professional practice, building services, landscape architecture, and urbanism.

At the beginning of one's architecture studies, there are many unknowns: what is really important? how do I brainstorm a design idea? how can this idea be depicted and ultimately implemented? BASICS is a series that imparts fundamental knowledge in compact individual volumes as well as in topical compendiums. It offers precise, step-by-step discussions, systematically covering the most important material pertaining to a given topic. Tailored to the needs of students, the series addresses all key subject areas, including design, architectural presentation, construction, professional practice, building services, landscape architecture, and urbanism.

Warum vergolden die OEsterreicher ihre Baudenkmaler selbst dann, wenn sie zu Staub zerfallen? Wieso bauen die Deutschen ihren Automobilen Tempel? Seit 1992 bereichern die Texte Christian Kuhns im Feuilleton der Tageszeitung "Die Presse" die kr

This contributed volume is the result of a July 2010 workshop at the University of Wuppertal Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies which brought together world-wide experts from physics, philosophy and history, in order to address a set of questions first posed in the 1950s: How do we compare spacetime theories? How do we judge, objectively, which is the "best" theory? Is there even a unique answer to this question?The goal of the workshop, and of this book, is to contribute to the development of a meta-theory of spacetime theories. Such a meta-theory would reveal insights about specific spacetime theories by distilling their essential similarities and differences, deliver a framework for a class of theories that could be helpful as a blueprint to build other meta-theories, and provide a higher level viewpoint for judging which theory most accurately describes nature. But rather than drawing a map in broad strokes, the focus is on particularly rich regions in the "space of spacetime theories."This work will be of interest to physicists, as well as philosophers and historians of science working with or interested in General Relativity and/or Space, Time and Gravitation more generally.

Lie Groups: Structures, Actions, and Representations, In Honor of Joseph A. Wolf on the Occasion of his 75th Birthday consists of invited expository and research articles on new developments arising from Wolf's profound contributions to mathematics. Due to Professor Wolf's broad interests, outstanding mathematicians and scholars in a wide spectrum of mathematical fields contributed to the volume.  Algebraic, geometric, and analytic methods are employed. More precisely, finite groups and classical finite dimensional, as well as infinite-dimensional Lie groups, and algebras play a role. Actions on classical symmetric spaces, and on abstract homogeneous and representation spaces are discussed. Contributions in the area of representation theory involve numerous viewpoints, including that of algebraic groups and various analytic aspects of harmonic analysis. Contributors D. Akhiezer                         T. OshimaA. Andrada                         I. PacharoniM. L. Barberis                    F. RicciL. Barchini                            S. RosenbergI. Dotti                                  N. ShimenoM. Eastwood                     J. TiraoV. Fischer                            S. TreneerT. Kobayashi                       C.T.C. WallA. Korányi                           D. WallaceB. Kostant                           K. WiboontonP. Kostelec                          F. XuK.-H. Neeb                          O. YakimovaG. Olafsson                         R. ZierauB. Ørsted

Funktionalanalysis hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einer der wesentlichen Grundlagen der modernen angewandten Mathematik entwickelt, von der Theorie und Numerik von Differentialgleichungen über Optimierung und Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie bis zu medizinischer Bildgebung und mathematischer Bildverarbeitung.Das vorliegende Lehrbuch bietet eine kompakte Einführung in die Theorie und ist begleitend für eine vierstündige Vorlesung im Bachelorstudium konzipiert. Es spannt den Bogen von den topologischen Grundlagen aus der Analysis-Grundvorlesung bis zur Spektraltheorie in Hilberträumen; besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird dabei den zentralen Resultaten über Dualräume und schwache Konvergenz geschenkt.

The first of its kind, this focused textbook serves as a self-contained resource for teaching from scratch the fundamental mathematics of Fourier analysis and illustrating some of its most current, interesting applications, including medical imaging and radar processing. Developed by the author from extensive classroom teaching experience, it provides a breadth of theory that allows students to appreciate the utility of the subject, but at as accessible a depth as possible. With myriad applications included, this book can be adapted to a one or two semester course in Fourier Analysis or serve as the basis for independent study.Applied Fourier Analysis assumes no prior knowledge of analysis from its readers, and begins by making the transition from linear algebra to functional analysis. It goes on to cover basic Fourier series and Fourier transforms before delving into applications in sampling and interpolation theory, digital communications, radar processing, medical imaging, and heat and wave equations. For all applications, ample practice exercises are given throughout, with collections of more in-depth problems built up into exploratory chapter projects.   Illuminating videos are available on Springer.com and Link.Springer.com that present animated visualizations of several concepts.The content of the book itself is limited to what students will need to deal with in these fields, and avoids spending undue time studying proofs or building toward more abstract concepts. The book is perhaps best suited for courses aimed at upper division undergraduates and early graduates in mathematics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, physics, and other natural sciences, but in general it is a highly valuable resource for introducing a broad range of students to Fourier analysis.

Ein schier unerschöpflicher Erfindungsdrang zeichnet das umfangreiche OEuvre des Architekten Karl Schwanzer (1918-1975) ebenso aus wie die Liebe zum Handwerk und die Wahl der Materialien. Was bleibt von seinen Werken? Was ist verschwunden? Wie verändert sich die Bausubstanz im Lauf der Jahre? Stefan Oláh hat sich auf diese Spurensuche begeben. Als Architekturfotograf hält er das Gegenwärtige der Bauten fest, Jahrzehnte nach ihrer Errichtung: Nahsichtige Ausschnitte verdichten die Haltung des Architekten im Bild. Die Präzision der farbigen Großbildaufnahmen korrespondiert mit Schwanzers raffinierter Gestaltung. So versteht sich der Band als visueller Kommentar zu seinem baukünstlerischen Schaffen, das auch Entwürfe für Möbel umfasst.

Architektur ist die Kunst, Räume zu artikulieren. Auch für den Maßstab der Stadt, von der Türschwelle bis zur Region, geht es um die Architektur urbaner Räume. Diese sind Gegenstand des architektonischen Entwurfs, der ein Repertoire spezifischer Mittel schöpferisch einsetzt, so dass wir Städte als räumlich gestaltet erleben. Dieses architektonische Repertoire wird hier beschrieben. Entwurf und urban design finden wieder Eingang in die Urbanistik.

In the context of tight budgets, complex geometries, high energy efficiency, and flexible user functions mean that the requirements for technical details, and their execution in modern buildings, are very exacting.