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THE NEW LIBERAL ART OF TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE: 1990 TO 2000 Today, interior designersToday, interior designers find themselves wo ...

ing only in the relationships people create with the things and the spaces around them. The relevance of Frederick Taylor’s theo ...

understanding of the role of the designer—the professional who makes it pos- sible for human beings to accomplish their goals in ...

Massey, Anne. Interior Design of the 20th Century. London: Thames and Hudson, 1990. Neuhart, John, Marilyn Neuhart, and Ray Eame ...

CHAPTER 48  Intelligent Interiors WILLIAM J. MITCHELL Copyright 2002 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of ...

T The focus of interior design has shifted, over the centuries, as succes- sive waves of technological innovation have taken eff ...

from the wind and the rain, and relief from the heat of the sun. The walls mitigated extremes of heat and cold by supplying insu ...

MACHINE-AGE INTERIORS: DOMINANCE OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS Now contrast this simpleNow contrast this simple, base-cas ...

waste. The garage would be no use without connection to a street system. Unlike the primitive dwelling considered earlier—which ...

wiring serves for lower-speed links; this is less demanding in its requirements than fiber, but the sheer number of cables may a ...

Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as the mechanical and electrical systems of buildings became increasingly ela ...

INTELLIGENT INTERIORS The activity that convertsThe activity that converts a merelynetworkedbuilding into an intelligent buildin ...

Control software relates the input from electronic sensors to the output from robotic effectors. In its simplest and most famili ...

CONNECTION TO GLOBAL NETWORKS Just as a building’s Just as a building’s internal plumbing is connected to the external water-sup ...

1990s. By the dawn of the new century, the Internet was functioning as a true global utility—though still very uneven in its geo ...

INTELLIGENT SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION As the utilities that supplyAs the utilities that supply a building become smarter in their o ...

filled with audio CDs and video DVDs, what is now needed is a fast con- nection to Napster or some equivalent. The effect on wor ...

sorts of capabilities are likely to be increasingly important as aging baby- boomers create unprecedented demand for medical ser ...

CHAPTER 62  The Professional Association JAMES P. CRAMER, Hon. AIA, Hon. IIDA Copyright 2002 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ...

T Throughout the history of interior design, sole designers, design studios and firms have been pioneers in leading and nurturin ...