Buildings

A building, or edifice, is a structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term building compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. …

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Publications

MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The poetic memorialization of the Maghribī city illuminates the ways in which exilic Maghribī poets constructed idealized images of their native cities from the ninth to nineteenth centuries CE. The …

most prosperous and thriving, with the perfect buildings.”8 However, he turned dramatically into elegy populated, prosperous and thriving with the per- fect buildings.”70 Remarkably, aside from lines 39-42, lamenting described their cities’ iconic structures and buildings. Examining “the intersection between nos- talgic first glance, the omission of the once-majestic buildings and iconic structures from Ibn Rashīq’s nūniyyah prosperous and thriving, with the most perfect buildings,” remains conspicuously absent from Ibn Sharaf


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

Prisoners’ Bodies investigates the history of the Irish ordinary prisoners’ movement and how it was shaped by public discourse, highlighting the lived experiences of individual people in prison.

daily prison population. However, the principal buildings were almost all more than a century old: Portlaoise one dominant conceptual framework … The prison buildings, legislation, sentencing options, etc. reflect


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English

“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …

deliberately discarded (e.g., middens, inside buildings or other structures, in burials). Finding evidence


DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English

“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …

to be relocated as key groups abandoned their buildings and moved on. From relationships to organiza- around campus amid pastel- coloured low- rise buildings, we marvelled at the palm trees, cacti, and wild- conditions were finally acknowledged. Many of the buildings, like the mess hall, are no longer standing.


Fraser Institute · 29 October 2024 English

This essay examines the implications of decarbonizing Canada’s electricity grid by replacing existing fossil fuel-based generation with clean energy sources. In 2023, clean energy sources—including hydro, nuclear, and wind—produced 497.6 …

demands across transportation, industry, and buildings. This bulletin explores a critical aspect of this new demands across transport, indus- try, and buildings (Canadian Electricity Advisory Council, 2024)


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 25 October 2024 English

Between Composers unveils the previously unpublished correspondence between Canadian composers Norma Beecroft and Harry Somers from 1959 to 1960. The letters detail the downfall of their romance, trace their artistic …

rolling countryside and hedges and old, old buildings, strangely enough with television aerials. We


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 October 2024 English

Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage …

placards in the windows and entranceways of the buildings, each of differing shapes, sizes, and effectiveness struggles for air between the completely forgettable buildings sur- rounding it. It looks distinctly like that architec- ture takes place, transitioning from taller buildings to those on a more human scale. Going down the depending on the light of day, foreshad- owing the buildings that lie beyond. In the middle of the square stands Calle Pintores. Terraced, nineteenth-century buildings with the odd modern protrusion line the street


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 21 October 2024 English

While IISD's reputation as a convenor, a trusted thought leader, and a go-to source on key issues within the sustainable development field is stronger than ever, the work happening outside …

residual Leasehold improvements Remaining term Buildings 20 years, no residualInternational Institute Leasehold improvements 266 248 244 223 Buildings 1,683 360 1,289 276 Construction-in-progress — 4 — Leasehold improvements 22 — — — Buildings 394 — 399 — Construction-in-progress 757


CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 16 October 2024 English

As the Government of Alberta studies how to structure funding for independent schools in Alberta’s School Construction Accelerator Program, this brief outlines several considerations for the program’s design

society. The ownership of independent school buildings by the government would be contrary to the nature capital they invest in (ex. new buildings, conversions of existing buildings, modular classrooms) while still


DDN: Dundurn Press · 15 October 2024 English

Now you can cheer for the Habs every day of the year! The Montreal Canadiens are one of the most storied franchises in hockey. No club has won more Stanley …

earlier, the Forum was one of the most iconic buildings in hockey and was the backdrop to 12 Stanley


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