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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oversized cloth hardcover, 384 pages, copiously illustrated, glossy paper, NOT ex-library. Weight 1740g. Mild handling wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows light edgewear (a couple of short nicks, a bit of creasing). -- "The making of places that seek a dialogue with creation, with the hope of encouraging the people who experience our spaces to unconsciously perceive them. This book is an appeal for less egomanism and more modest spirituality in architecture." -- "The new Campus WU project was launched in 2005 within the academic setting of the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The project culminated in 2013 with the handing over of the finished university complex within its budgetary framework of ?500 million. It is the largest University of Economics in the EU with a population of 25,000 students, teachers and staff and is moving into a neighbourhood with approx. 100,000 inhabitants. This is where future generations of economists will be trained." -- "The new campus had its groundbreaking ceremony in October 2009. Close to the Prater public park, and next to the exhibition centre of Vienna, the campus features 6 main building complexes resting on approximately 25 acres (10 ha). The master plan was created by BUSarchitektur under the guidance of the architect Laura P. Spinadel. The buildings of the campus are designed by architectural firms from Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Austria. The dominant element of the campus is the Library & Learning Center, which was planned by Zaha Hadid. Construction began in June 2010 and paved the way for the largest campus for business sciences in Europe. With a total investment of 492 million Euros and a planned construction period of 3 years, the project was concluded in 2013. Campus WU is situated close to the public transport hub Praterstern and is serviced by two stations of the underground line U2 and a number of buses. The LLC has five cores, each with a different complex geometry. The core walls are inclined at different angles and so are the corners which are also rounded with different radii. MEVA has developed and uses both standard and special formwork, or a combination of both, to meet the forming requirements for these complex building parts. Steel formwork, for example, is used for rounded corners if required for structural reasons. Trapezoidal areas of inclined cylindrical corner areas are poured with special Mammut 350 wall formwork panels and special designs of MEVA's circular column formwork Circo are used for the tilted and rounded corners. The WU moved to the new site in September 2013, which is located at Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.".