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Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East (2019)
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Wiedmann, F., & Salama, A. M. (2019). Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East. I. B. Tauris

Human history has seen many settlements transformed or built entirely by expatriate work forces and foreigners arriving from various places. Recent migration patterns in the Gulf have led to emerging 'airport societies' on unprecedented scales. Most... Read More about Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf: Urban Transformation in the Middle East.

Drawing on Architecture: The Object of Lines, 1970–1990 (2018)
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Kauffman, J. (2018). Drawing on Architecture: The Object of Lines, 1970–1990. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press). https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11370.001.0001

How architectural drawings emerged as aesthetic objects, promoted by a network of galleries, collectors, and institutions, and how this changed the understanding of architecture. Prior to the 1970s, buildings were commonly understood to be the goa... Read More about Drawing on Architecture: The Object of Lines, 1970–1990.

Tribology: Friction and wear of engineering materials (2017)
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Hutchings, I., & Shipway, P. (2017). Tribology: Friction and wear of engineering materials. (2nd). Butterworth-Heinemann

© 2017 Ian Hutchings and Philip Shipway. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Tribology: Friction and Wear of Engineering Materials, Second Edition covers the fundamentals of tribology and the tribological response of all classes of materi... Read More about Tribology: Friction and wear of engineering materials.

Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft (2016)
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Chilton, J., & Tang, G. (2016). Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315773872

Throughout history, people have constructed simple timber lattice shelters such as the tepee or yurt, covered with animal skins, leaves, grasses and woven fabrics. Over the last fifty years, more sophisticated ‘webs of wood’ have emerged, with timber... Read More about Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft.

ChileGlobal Seminars UK 2013-2014 (2014)
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Devilat, B., Wagemann, E., Stuardo, M., Brablec, D., & Soza, C. (Eds.). ChileGlobal Seminars UK 2013-2014

This book gathers the presentations given at the ChileGlobal Seminars UK since its creation in 2013 until 2014 in London. ChileGlobal Seminars UK is a series of seminars organised by Chileans studying and/or working in the UK with the support of Chil... Read More about ChileGlobal Seminars UK 2013-2014.

Applied Creep Mechanics (2013)
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Hyde, T. H., Sun, W., & Hyde, C. J. (2013). Applied Creep Mechanics. McGraw-Hill