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  • 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 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • Christian 6. og Frederik 5.'s gravkapel i Roskilde Domkirke

    by N.L. Høyen ...
    "Christian 6. og Frederik 5.'s gravkapel i Roskilde Domkirke" er en historisk oversigt over Christian 6. og Frederik 5.’s gravkapeller i Roskilde Domkirke. Artiklen rummer historien om bygningernes konstruktion med grundige beskrivelser af hver af de syv raderinger af kapellets plan og forbindelse med domkirken. N.L. Høyen har anvendt historiske kilder til sin denne artikels fremstilling af ... Read more

    5,14 €

  • The Adaptive Nature of Design Ethics Discourse

    by Philippe d’Anjou ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    How do designers navigate the ethical discursive territories of design thinking and practice when the same common terms they consistently use across the different design ethics paradigms—like fair, right, good—convey different meanings? Delving into the dynamic and adaptable nature of ethical language and terminology in design, The Adaptive Nature of Design Ethics Discourse argues that it is ... Read more

    56,00 €

  • Applied Pharmaceutical Science and Microbiology

    Novel Green Chemistry Methods and Natural Products

    Edited by Debarshi Kar Mahapatra, Swati Gokul Talele, A. K. Haghi ...
    This volume on applied pharmaceutical science and microbiology looks at the latest research on the applications of natural products for drug uses. It focuses on understanding how to apply the principles of novel green chemistry methods in the vital area of pharmaceuticals and covers the important aspects of green microbial technology in the pharmaceutical industry. Chapters include studies on the ... Read more

    159,52 €

  • Architectural Drawings

    by Paulo Zavala ...
    You will see many different techniques of drafting in this book. Drawings are the medium in architectural practice to communicate an idea. Those drawings are the answers to the challenges I went through to solve architectural issues that came with the practice of the profession. These drawings were produced under very different approaches to the main subject and from sketches to renderings. A few ... Read more

    8,47 €

  • Sustentabilidade e Direito

    Sua Conformação com o Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social para Cidadania Empresarial

    by Carlos Alexandre Lorga ...
    A "sustentabilidade" pode adotar diversas definições. Todas com identidades próximas no que se refere as suas finalidades. Em sua essência abrange a busca pelo equilíbrio entre desenvolvimento econômico e bem-estar social. No contexto da Cidadania Empresarial, a sustentabilidade se manifesta como um compromisso estratégico das organizações para com a sociedade. As empresas que adotam a ... Read more

    11,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Post-Occupancy Evaluation (Routledge Revivals)

    by Wolfgang F. E. Preiser, Edward White, Harvey Rabinowitz ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Post-occupancy evaluation, focusing on building’s occupants and their needs, provides insight into the consequences of past design decisions and forms a sound basis for creating better buildings in the future.This book, first published in 1988, includes a review of the evolution of the field, a conceptual frame-work for POE, and pragmatic information on planning, conducting, and reporting POEs. ... Read more

    51,13 €

  • Energy-Wise Landscape Design

    A New Approach for your Home and Garden

    by Sue Reed ...
    An inspiring instructional handbook for transforming idealism into social changeThe pursuit of freedom and justice is a timeless one, but new activists may not know where to begin, while more experienced ones often become jaded or fatigued. The task of constructing a new society, free from oppression and inequality, can be overwhelming. Tools for facilitating motivation, engagement, and ... Read more

    19,28 €

  • Secrets of Success for Architects in China

    Insights from the Men and Women who Built Modern China

    by Crombie Gavin, Fabio Cibati ...
    Why should you read this book?If you are a young, or not so young design professional and you want to not only work in China but downright prosper and succeed then this book is essential.It’s a distillation of wisdom from the men and women who have been in the trenches and the mud and rebuilt a country. This book is packed with advice, insights, tips and tricks from 25 of the world leaders in ... Read more

    19,07 €

  • Resistant City: Histories, Maps And The Architecture Of Development

    by Eunice Mei Feng Seng ...
    This vivid book is an inquiry into the stagnation between the development of architectural practice and the progress in urban modernization. It is about islands as territories of resistance. It is about dense places where multitudes dwell in perennial contestations with the city on every front. It is about the histories, tactics and spaces of everyday survival within the hegemonic sway of global ... Read more

    24,05 €

  • Play and the City

    How to Create Places and Spaces To Help Us Thrive

    by Alex Bonham ...
    Play is essential, for children but also adults. It's how we relax and revitalise ourselves, build and maintain friendships, try new things, learn and innovate.Cities have always been sites of play, bringing people together and pushing the boundaries of what is humanly possible. And now we need our cities to encourage and facilitate play of all kinds more than ever. If we want a world for our ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Indoor Sound Environment and Acoustic Perception

    by Qi Meng, Yue Wu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book mainly presents the state-of-the-art development in indoor sound environment. Not simply introducing the research on the acoustic environment or noise level of indoor building, the book considers the differences in the function of buildings and the perception of acoustic environment, as well as the relationship between sound quality and health and behavior. The book includes the ... Read more

    152,63 €

  • Exploring Autodesk Revit 2021 for Architecture, 17th Edition

    by Sham Tickoo ...
    Exploring Autodesk Revit 2021 for Architecture is a comprehensive book written to cater to the needs of the students and the professionals who are involved in Building Information Modeling (BIM) Profession. Revit 2021 book is a gateway to power, skill, and competence in the field of architecture and interior presentations, drawings, and documentations. In this book, the author has emphasized on ... Read more

    29,49 €

  • Finding San Carlino

    Collected Perspectives on the Geometry of the Baroque

    Edited by Adil Mansure, Skender Luarasi ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architectural History
    The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, also called San Carlino, is an architectural artefact that continues to attract numerous hypotheses and geometric analyses attempting to explain its form and meaning. Numerous investigations have attempted to reveal its underlying geometrical principles, without, however, reaching a consensus. Finding San Carlino presents an edited collection of ... Read more

    57,22 €

  • 奇想·建筑

    by 王斯旻、王雪诗、白非 ...
    对于建筑学生、建筑设计爱好者、青年设计师三个群体，一本青年设计思想合集于这个充斥大师经典案例集锦的单调世界是一抹艳丽的色彩。我们所接触到的这些青年设计师，尚不敢攀比几十年经验的设计大师，但接受最顶尖教育、在最顶尖事务所工作的他们，毋庸置疑是青年设计师中的佼佼者。学习大师，是感受建筑的终极魅力；而学习《奇想》，是了解自己的水平，了解同年龄段领跑者的风采。 建筑不仅需要实践的考验，也需要思想的碰撞，《奇想建筑》就想补充这个空白。 ... Read more

    18,99 €

  • Cities and Natural Process

    A Basis for Sustainability

    by Michael Hough ...
    Cities and Natural Process is a book for all concerned with the future of our cities, their design and sustainability, and our quality of life within them. Michael Hough describes how economic and technological values have squeezed any real sense of nature out of the modern city, the ways in which this has led to a divisive separation of countryside and city, wasted much of the city's resources, ... Read more

    66,96 €