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  • Cities After Crisis

    Reinventing Neighborhood Design from the Ground-Up

    by Carlos Vazquez ...
    Cities After Crisis shows how urbanism and urban design is redefining cities after the global health, economic, and environmental crises of the past decades. The book details how these crises have led to a new urban vision—from avantgarde modern design to an artisan aesthetic that calls for simplicity and the everyday, from the sustainable development paradigm to a resilient vision that defends de ... Read more

    Free

  • The BIM Manager's Handbook, Part 1

    Best Practice BIM

    by Dominik Holzer ...
    ePart 1 Best Practice BIM: Seeking to get BIM right? This ePart provides a touchstone for good practice by introducing a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which represent benchmarks for successful BIM implementation. It explains what good BIM looks like and the pitfalls to avoid with ‘bad BIM’ and ‘pseudo BIM’. It highlights the part that the BIM Manager can play in achieving excellence ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • 200 Types of House Plans as per Vastu Shastra

    by AS Sethu Pathi ...
    This book contains 200 varieties of house plans as per Vastu Shastra. As per Vastu Shastra the main door of the house facing towards East, West and North direction is very good. East and North direction considering very good in Vastu Shastra. Main door facing towards south direction is very bad so we must want to avoid that direction. So in this book I included house plans as per Vastu Shastra, ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • AutoCAD 2019 For Architectural Design

    by Tutorial Books ...
    Learn to design Home Plans in AutoCADIn this book, you will discover the process evolved in modeling a Home in AutoCAD from hand drawn sketches to a completed two storied home. You will start by importing hand sketches, and then create two dimensional floor plans and elevations. Later, you will move on to 3D modeling and create exterior and interior walls, doors, balcony, windows, stairs, and ... Read more

    20,99 €

  • The BIM Manager's Handbook, Part 2

    Change Management

    by Dominik Holzer ...
    ePart 2 Change Management: A BIM Manager might be hired for their technical skills, but their success relies heavily on their ability to be an agent of change within their organisation, facilitating transition to BIM processes and mentoring staff through the cultural and procedural shifts. This ePart outlines strategies to manage an organisation’s transition to BIM successfully and to master ... Read more

    37,95 €

  • Cozy Minimalist Home

    More Style, Less Stuff

    by Myquillyn Smith ...
    Go beyond décor trends to make your home beautiful, stylish, and comfortable. . .on any budget.Writing for the hands-on woman who'd rather move her own furniture than hire a designer, Myquillyn Smith--author of the *The Nesting Place--*helps you think through every room in your house, one purposeful design decision at a time. With people, priorities, and purpose in mind, you can create a warm, ... Read more

    15,57 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Earth 2035

    by Tom Orrowchild ...
    Earth2035 is a compelling and visionary nonfiction work exploring humanity's role in the survival of Earth and its ecosystems. Through a philosophical and scientific lens, the book presents the challenges facing our planet-climate change, overpopulation, unsustainable growth, pollution, and biodiversity loss-while proposing intelligent, actionable solutions through global cooperation. Using the ... Read more

    6,35 €

  • Curbing Traffic

    The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives

    by Chris Bruntlett, Melissa Bruntlett ...
    In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the biking city as residents rather than as visitors. A year earlier they had become unofficial ambassadors for Dutch cities with the publication of their first book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint ... Read more

    22,89 €

  • Sustainability in Interior Design

    by Siân Moxon, Sian Moxon ...
    Series series Portfolio Skills
    The environmental impact of interior architecture and design practice is immense. This book highlights the need for designers to adapt the way they work and relearn lessons that have been lost.Contrary to many preconceptions, sustainable design can be sophisticated and stylish. And by its nature, a sustainable approach means considering the whole life cycle of a project and therefore improving the ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Passivhaus Designer's Manual

    A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

    Edited by Christina Hopfe ...
    Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world, with almost 50,000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types, the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards, Passivhaus provides a robust ‘fabric first’ approach ... Read more

    64,53 €

  • فن العمارة

    by هيجل ...
    Translated by جورج طرابيشي ...
    يقدم هذا الكتاب، ترجمة جورج طرابيشي، لموسوعة علم الجمال الهيغلي عبر ثلاثيَّة الفنون الثلاثة، التي تُشكل علم الجمال، وهي: فن العمارة وفن النَّحت وفن الرَّسم، علم الجمال الذي نحتاج إلى دراسة فلسفته بعمق، لأنه يُشكل الحياة الروحية للإنسان، وهو ما تعتبره بعض الفلسفات بالبناء الفوقي العقلي، وما بين هذه الفنون الثلاثة من وحدة جماليَّة، فالعمارة ليست مجرد جدران وأبواب إنما فن يرتبط ارتباطاً مباشراً بفن ... Read more

    7,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Power in Architecture

    From a Materialistic, Phenomenological, and Post-Structuralist Perspective

    Edited by Mateja Kurir ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Architecture has always been a decisive manifestation of power. This volume represents an attempt to question and reflect on the relationship between power and architecture from three philosophical perspectives: materialistic, phenomenological and post-structuralist.This collection opens an interdisciplinary investigation that aims to reflect on architecture and its interconnectedness with power ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Spoil Island

    Reading the Makeshift Archipelago

    by Charlie Hailey ...
    Series series Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space
    Is there an allure of spoiled places? Spoil islands are overlooked places that combine dirt with paradise, waste-land with “brave new world,” and wildness with human intervention. Although they are mundane products of dredging, these islands form an uninvestigated archipelago that demonstrates the potential value and contested re-valuation of landscapes of waste. To explore these islands, Spoil ... Read more

    113,52 €

  • Design as Communication

    An Architectural History of Christian Universities in China

    by Yinrui Xie ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    This book explores the architectural history of Christian universities in China, revealing how quasi‑colonial power interaction and cross‑cultural communication of meaning were channelled through religious and educational architecture in modern China.The Christian universities in China witnessed an experimental representation of Chinese architectural identity, as the country – subject to an ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Housing, Architecture and the Edge Condition

    Dublin is building, 1935 - 1975

    by Ellen Rowley ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    This book presents an architectural overview of Dublin’s mass-housing building boom from the 1930s to the 1970s. During this period, Dublin Corporation built tens of thousands of two-storey houses, developing whole communities from virgin sites and green fields at the city’s edge, while tentatively building four-storey flat blocks in the city centre. Author Ellen Rowley examines how and why this ... Read more

    57,22 €

  • Building Condition Surveys

    A Practical and Concise Introduction

    by Mike Hoxley ...
    Condition surveys are becoming increasingly important and standardised in approach but are a high risk service with the potential for legal consequences if mistakes are made. Professionals therefore require clear, up-to-date advice on how to inspect and report accurately and this book provides a one-stop shop of uniquely practical, concise and accessible guidance written by one of the leading ... Read more

    42,62 €

  • Managing Environmentally Sustainable Innovation

    Insights from the Construction Industry

    by Bart Bossink ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology
    A paradigm shift is happening at this moment. Firms and consumers are aware of the fact that they cause environmental pollution, depletion of resources and are responsible for the dangers involved. At the same time awareness is growing that they need to and will develop the appropriate solutions in the time to come. The idea that sustainable, cyclic businesses are more logical than consumption ... Read more

    49,91 €

  • Energy-Sustainable Advanced Materials

    Edited by Mark Alston, Timothy N. Lambert ...
    This book highlights progress towards the capture, storage, and utilization of energy through the development of advanced materials and systems based on abundant elements, materials, and commodities. Energy is critical to human sustainability and a global-scale deployment of renewable energy systems will be required. Hence, the chapters integrate the fundamental aspects that enable the technical ... Read more

    143,09 €

  • The Appearance of the Form

    Four Essays on the Position Designing takes between People and Things

    by N.J. Habraken ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1985 this book explores, in four interwoven essays, the many ways human life and built form interact and the place that professional designing takes in this interaction. Together, the essays touch on a number of ideas: the idea that our position in space relative to the thing we are designing determines the methods we apply when designing it; the idea that designing is ... Read more

    38,95 €

  • Restorative Cities

    urban design for mental health and wellbeing

    by Jenny Roe, Layla McCay ...
    Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban design ... Read more

    27,23 €

  • The Intuitive Home

    by HowtoAlex ...
    "The Intuitive Home" is a comprehensive guide to designing living spaces that prioritize psychological well-being over conventional aesthetics. Rooted in environmental psychology, the book introduces a sensory-driven approach to home design, emphasizing functionality, emotional resonance, and adaptability. Structured like a Shakespearean play (with "Acts"), it explores how spaces influence mood, ... Read more

    4,49 €

  • The Poisoned Home

    by Christopher Penn ...
    The Home You Love Is Slowly Killing YouThe phrase "home sweet home" represents a comforting ideal, but the reality for many is far from idyllic. A troubling paradox exists in America: the place meant for safety and comfort—our homes—contributes to a silent sickness epidemic. We are creating some of the most chemically laden dwellings in the world, and the consequences are profound. Minute by ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Cities

    Joining Forces for Change

    Edited by Merritt Polk ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism
    At the current time, many issues and problems within sustainable urban development are managed within traditional disciplinary and organizational structures. However, problems such as, climate change, resource constraints, poverty and social tensions all exceed current compartmentalization of policy-making, administration and knowledge production. This book provides a better understanding of how ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure

    Select Proceedings of ICRDSI 2019

    Edited by Bibhuti Bhusan Das, Salim Barbhuiya, Rishi Gupta, Purnachandra Saha ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI) 2019. The topics span over all major disciplines of civil engineering with regard to sustainable development of infrastructure and innovation in construction materials, especially concrete. The book covers numerical and analytical studies on various ... Read more

    256,62 €