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Masonry construction in active seismic regions
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ISBN: 0128210877 0128231963 9780128231968 9780128210871 Year: 2021 Publisher: Duxford, England : Woodhead Publishing,

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Masonry. --- Building --- Foundations --- Walls


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IFCEE 2021 : Earth Retention, Ground Improvement, and Seepage Control
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Reston, Virginia : American Society of Civil Engineers,

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Selected papers from the International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo 2021, held in Dallas, Texas, May 10-14, 2021. Sponsored by the International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC), the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), the Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA), and the Geo-Institute of ASCE.This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 53 peer-reviewed papers on seepage control, ground improvement, and earth retention.Topics include: deflections in earth retention structures; mechanically stabilized earth; tall walls; Texas and soft soils; advances in ground improvement materials; ground compaction; bio and bioinspired ground improvement; slurry walls; ground densification; and ground improvement for seismic and static reinforcement.GSP 324 will be of interest to engineering practitioners, researchers, geotechnologists, contractors, and equipment manufacturers and suppliers in the deep foundation industry.


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Dynamic interpretation of early cities in Ancient China
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ISBN: 9811623872 9811623864 Year: 2021 Publisher: Singapore : Springer,

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Termination of emergency with respect to the southern border of the United States and redirection of funds diverted to border wall construction : communication from the President of the United States transmitting a proclamation that terminates the national emergency first declared in proclamation 9844 of February 15, 2019 (declaring a national emergency concerning the southern border of the United States), pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622.
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Washington : U.S. Government Publishing Office,

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The ecologies of the building envelope : a material history and theory of architectural surfaces
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ISBN: 9781948765183 1948765187 Year: 2021 Publisher: New York: Actar,

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The Ecologies of the Building Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the facade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the facade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes) which are deployed on the building's surface. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the facade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope.

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Building envelope --- Building materials --- History. --- Environmental aspects. --- Surfaces. --- Peinture et décoration murales --- Murs extérieurs --- Murs-rideaux --- Construction durable --- Exterior walls --- Facades --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- External walls --- Walls --- Architectural fronts --- Fronts (Architecture) --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects --- Details --- 692.23 --- 72.038 --- 72.037 --- Gevelconstructies ; buitenmuren --- Architectuur ; socio-economische aspecten --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen ; buitenmuren, gevels --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 --- Mural painting and decoration --- Curtain walls --- Sustainable construction --- Façades --- 69 --- 691 --- 692 --- 574 --- Bouwtechniek --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Materialen (design) --- Constructie-elementen --- Ecologie & bioverscheidenheid --- 692.2 --- 691.504 --- 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades --- 691 Building materials. Building components --- Building materials. Building components --- 692.2 Walls. Partitions --- Walls. Partitions --- 691.504 Building materials and the environment. Sustainable building materials --- Building materials and the environment. Sustainable building materials --- Exterior walls - Social aspects --- Exterior walls - Economic aspects --- Building materials - Social aspects --- Building materials - Economic aspects --- Peinture et décoration murales --- Murs extérieurs


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Hadrian's Wall : creating division
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ISBN: 9781350105348 1350105341 9781350105355 135010535X Year: 2021 Publisher: London, UK Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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"Over its venerable history, Hadrian's Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the British landscape, both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border, recent research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation centuries in the making, and in fuelling an insurgency characterised by violent upheaval. Examining the everyday impact of the Wall over the three centuries it was in operation, Matthew Symonds sheds new light on its underexplored human story by discussing how the evidence speaks of a hard border scything through a previously open landscape and bringing dramatic change in its wake. The Roman soldiers posted to Hadrian's Wall were overwhelmingly recruits from the empire's occupied territories, and for them the frontier could be a place of fear and magic where supernatural protection was invoked during spells of guard duty. Since antiquity, the Wall has been exploited by powers craving the legitimacy that came with being accepted as the heirs of Rome: it helped forge notions of English and Scottish nationhood, and even provided a model of selfless cultural collaboration when the British Empire needed reassurance. It has also inspired creatives for centuries, appearing in a more or less recognisable guise in works ranging from Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Combining an archaeological analysis of the monument itself and an examination of its rich legacy and contemporary relevance, this volume presents a reliable, modern perspective on the Wall"--


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Eco-friendly building facade
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ISBN: 9789881468772 9881468779 Year: 2021 Publisher: Hong Kong, China : Artpower,

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In architecture, a facade is the skin of a building. This book demonstrates just how important this 'skin' is by illustrating its impact on energy efficiency. Sunlight, ventilation, low energy, noise minimisation, rainwater harvest, prefabricated components, flexibility, etc., all the environmental elements are taken into consideration in the design process and are illustrated here with sufficiently detailed images, drawings, and articles.


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Moisture and buildings : durability issues, health implications and strategies to mitigate the risks
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ISBN: 0128210982 0128210974 9780128210987 9780128210970 Year: 2021 Publisher: Duxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Kidlington, England : Woodhead Publishing,

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Variation de la richesse et de la composition spécifique de la bryoflore des murs en pierre sèche des Parcs Naturels des Deux Ourthes et Haute-Sûre Forêt d'Anlier
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Liège Université de Liège (ULiège)

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Les murs en pierre sèche sont des édifices anthropiques réalisés par la pose de pierres naturelles d’extraction locale sans matière liante. Ces constructions représentent un habitat secondaire pour la faune et la flore, et leur intérêt pour la biodiversité est croissant. Ce travail est réalisé dans le cadre du projet inter-régional « INTERREG VA Grande Région » visant la restauration, la protection et la valorisation de ce patrimoine. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de documenter la biodiversité des murs en pierre sèche, d’évaluer la contribution de ces structures au maintien d’une flore de haute valeur patrimoniale et de déterminer dans quelle mesure cette flore est indicatrice de l’âge du mur. En effet, la colonisation d’un nouvel habitat dans l’environnement implique typiquement différentes vagues de colonisation d’espèces présentant des capacités de dispersion décroissante et un degré de spécialisation écologique croissant. Dans ce contexte, différents modèles écologiques prédisent que la richesse spécifique augmente, atteint un optimum puis décroit avec le temps. Les bryophytes, en raison de leurs caractéristiques écophysiologiques, sont les éléments prépondérants de la richesse floristique des murs en pierre sèche. Ils sont utilisés ici comme modèle biologique afin de (1) décrire la relation entre la richesse spécifique et l’ancienneté des murs en pierre sèche et tester l’hypothèse d’une relation unimodale entre la richesse et l’ancienneté des murs, (2) identifier les séries dynamiques de colonisation et les espèces indicatrices associées aux différents stades de colonisation et (3) évaluer la contribution des murs en pierre sèche à la conservation du patrimoine floristique. L’étude s’est déroulée sur les territoires des Parcs Naturels des Deux Ourthes et Haute-Sûre Forêt d’Anlier. Nous avons identifié les espèces de bryophytes présentes sur 138 portions de murs de 10 mètres, dont 138 portions de faces verticales et 65 de faces horizontales. Les paramètres environnementaux des murs (pH, luminosité, orientation et capacité de rétention en eau) ont été mesurés. Nous avons observé une relation unimodale entre la richesse spécifique et l’ancienneté du mur, montrant qu’il existe un optimum de biodiversité pour les murs d’âge moyen qui correspond au stade pendant lequel les espèces pionnières et les espèces pérennes spécialisées cohabitent. Contrairement à la richesse spécifique qui est dépendante de l’ancienneté des murs, l’âge du mur n’explique la composition floristique que de manière secondaire par rapport aux filtres environnementaux, et en particulier, le pH de la roche. Nos résultats suggèrent que la richesse spécifique s’accumule sur les murs d’âge intermédiaire, sans qu’il soit possible de prédire avec précision quelles espèces vont en particulier participer aux communautés correspondantes. Nous émettons donc l’hypothèse qu’étant donné la diversité bryophytique régionale, il existe un cortège d’espèces capables de coloniser ce type de substrat secondaire et que cette colonisation se fait de manière largement arbitraire par rapport au temps. Nous avons recensé 9 espèces rares à l’échelle de l’Ardenne dont 4 sont rares en Wallonie et 1 est nouvelle pour le district ardennais. Toutes ces espèces ont été trouvées sur des murs d’âge intermédiaire. Le présent travail souligne l’importance de la conservation de ces édifices anthropiques qui abritent des espèces d’intérêt patrimonial et renforce la pertinence des objectifs du projet interrégional.


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Indian geotechnical conference 2019 : geotechnics for infrastructure development & urbanisation (GeoINDUS)
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ISBN: 9813365900 9813365897 Year: 2021 Publisher: Singapore : Springer,

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