Drivers of Change

Drivers of Change PDF

Author: Chris Luebkeman

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783791342245

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What will the world look like in 2050? How secure is your water supply? Can we all be consumers? When does waste become a resource? These are just some of the provocative questions posed by this collection of cards focused on why and how our world is changing. Conceived and designed by the Foresight, Innovation and Incubation team at Arup, the influential consulting firm that advises on all aspects of the built environment, this card set features seven topics that have been chosen as headings for further discussion: energy, waste, climate change, water, demographics, urbanization and poverty. The 189 cards are divided into five domains known as the STEEP framework: societal, technological, economic, environmental, and political. Each card represents a single driver of change-for instance urban migration, ageing population, austerity-along with a challenging and thought-provoking question. The flip side of the card provides pertinent data to expand on the question, as well as maps, graphs, and other illustrations. An accompanying booklet offers tips on how to use these cards independently or in a group setting. Whether brainstorming for new ideas or facilitating a discussion, these graphically sophisticated cards are an excellent resource for anyone interested in the future of technology, design and sustainability or indeed the way we might live in the years to come.

The Architect's Engineer

The Architect's Engineer PDF

Author: Sir Nigel Thompson

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1476685894

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Sir Nigel Thompson walked to school around the bomb craters of the London Blitz--it made him want to build things, rather than knock them down. After studying structural engineering in Africa, he worked on hospitals and theaters in London, and later headed the team that designed University of Qatar. He went on to design Embankment Place, a massive office complex built over London's Charing Cross railway station. Turning from building to rebuilding, he explored construction opportunities for British firms during the Gulf War, in Kuwait's still-burning oil fields. Following the 1999 bombing of Serbia and Kosovo, he led a reconstruction task force in Kosovo at the request of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, for which he was knighted. Thompson's memoir details his long career in architectural design and construction, and in restorative development.