Essential information for the design of college and university facilities Building Type Basics for College and University Facilities; Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the planning process and successfully complete the design of college and university buildings; large or small; on time and within budget. Award-winning architect and planner David J. Neuman and a roster of industry-leading contributors share their firsthand knowledge to guide you through all aspects of planning higher education facilities; including learning centers; academic buildings and professional schools; scientific research facilities; housing; athletics and recreation facilities; social and support facilities; and cultural centers. The book combines up-to-date coverage of essential issues related to campus planning; programming; and building design guidelines with detailed project examples. This new edition offers: Numerous photographs; diagrams; plans; and sections Updated project examples; including several buildings completed in the last decade Up-to-date coverage of sustainability and technology issues A new chapter on historic preservation; rehabilitation; and adaptive use of existing buildings New material on the influence of interdepartmental collaboration and renewed communication on the built environment for campuses This conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluable guide for busy; dedicated professionals who want to get educated quickly as they embark on a new project. Like every Building Type Basics book; it provides authoritative; up-to-date information instantly and saves professionals countless hours of research.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Its about as useful and well organized as you would expect for a ...By P.S. WoodsIts about as useful and well organized as you would expect for a reprint of unrelated magazine articles. There are plenty of tricks to pick up from this book. Just be realistic about what youre going to get from it; which is probably 3-5 general synth programming tricks. Its not going to teach you synth programming by ear. Its not going to advance your skill with a particular synth - in fact it is counterproductive in the way it obscures the authors general approach by scattering examples over a huge variety of different synths. I understand that argument that posits this approach as useful for underscoring the universal nature of old school synth programming; however that happens anyway in better resources that illustrate concepts using a a free/open synth that nobody uses in real life; and the schizophrenic synth-jumping actually obscures the more important consistency of concepts. This book is entertaining and helpful if you are already up to speed with basic synth programming by ear.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The original articles might have been good; pictures are too smallBy Michael M.The original articles might have been good; pictures are too small; and synth settings are very difficult to see. youre supposed to copy the synth settings; but the picture is black and white; and too small to even see what the setting are. You wont use the book.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Steal them all!!By Michael R.This book is a great resource for learning how to create all those great analog sounds of songs past. The book is actually a series of articles from Keyboard Magazine where each article describes in detail how to create some of the coolest most memorable synth sounds from a wide range of bands and performers. Sounds from The Who; Depeche Mode and Thomas Dolby are all included.Although the author uses several different soft synths to demonstrate the concepts you should be able to get the same results on most any of the soft synths on the market. What the individual articles give you is a foundation from which to build where you can hear a synthesizer sound and then take what you have learned from dissecting the patches in this book and re create it on your own. The best part of doing that is sometimes you happen upon "happy accidents" and come up with some cool; original sounds.