Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context,his text considers Paxton's Crystal Palace, McKim, Mead & White'sennsylvania Station and Dutert's Palais des Machines. It includes speciallyroduced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed andut together. The text explains why a knowledge of these structures is vitalo an understanding of the history of architecture, as, together theseuildings, with their innovative approaches to design and new technology,aved the way for the modern architectural movement.
Focusing on the Royal Festival Hall's architectural significance, this monograph explores its design within the context of post-war Britain, highlighting its acoustic innovations and technological advancements. It features a wealth of illustrations, photographs, and technical details, making it a valuable resource for architects, engineers, and music enthusiasts alike. The revised edition commemorates the building's 50th anniversary, including an additional chapter that chronicles its ongoing legacy and development.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh is Scotland's most celebrated architect, designer and artist. This illustrated guide explores his remarkable legacy of buildings, interiors, designs and paintings.
"Based on research of some of the world's most customer-intensive firms, John McKean shows how to develop an iterative system of customer and operational understanding and value creation rather than the cycles of price and promotion schemes. The author documents the tumultuous battles fought to achieve the change and the resulting bottom-line payback." "While the world is caught in the never-ending cycle of price wars, loyalty schemes, and promotional battles, a small group of firms have broken from the frenzy and focused on developing a long-term approach toward understanding and creating value for customers and shareholders simultaneously. This book will show you at point-blank range where and how the masters have placed their bets in the following elements of customer information competency: people skills, processes, organization structure, culture, leadership, information, and technology. The author is then able to show us the bottom line benefits for loyality, marketing, profitability, customer retention, lifetime value, market share vs. customer share, and alliances and thus the real benefits of becoming and Information Master."--Jacket
