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  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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

  • 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 €

  • The Passivhaus Designer’s Manual

    A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

    Edited by Christina Hopfe, Robert McLeod ...
    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

    68,18 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • 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 €

  • Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Building Innovations

    ICBI 2022

    Edited by Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Gulchohra Mammadova, Svitlana Sivitska, Akif Gasimov ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of building design and construction, by focusing on new design solutions for buildings and new technologies creation for construction, as presented by researchers and engineers at the 4th International Conference Building Innovations (ICBI), held in Poltava – Baku, Ukraine – Azerbaijan, on May 19-20, 2022. It covers ... Read more

    267,11 €

  • Giotto's Arena Chapel and the Triumph of Humility

    by Henrike Christiane Lange ...
    In this book, Henrike Lange takes the reader on a tour through one of the most beloved and celebrated monuments in the world – Giotto's Arena Chapel. Paying close attention to previously overlooked details, Lange offers an entirely new reading of the stunning frescoes in their spatial configuration. The author also asks fundamental questions that define the chapel's place in Western art history. ... Read more

    44,72 €

  • Las medidas de una casa

    Antropometría de la vivienda

    by Xavier Fonseca, Héctor Claramunt ...
    Esta obra imprescindible da al profesionista y al usuario, de manera clara y sencilla, todos los datos de la antropometría, análisis de mobiliario, diseño urbano, control ambiental, incluyendo el uso de energía solar, circulaciones y otros. Además, incluye un capítulo sobre las necesidades para conjuntos y zonas habitacionales. ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • Life Cycle Assessment

    Principles, Practice and Prospects

    Edited by Ralph E Horne, Tim Grant, Karli Verghese ...
    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has developed in Australia over the last 20 years into a technique for systematically identifying the resource flows and environmental impacts associated with the provision of products and services. Interest in LCA has accelerated alongside growing demand to assess and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across different manufacturing and service sectors. Life Cycle ... Read more

    22,14 €

  • Psychogeography of Education

    Understanding Spaces of Learning and Growth

    by Madhavi Sripathi, T. S. Leelavati, P. Venkata Subbaiah, K. Susmitha ...
    This book explores the ways in which spaces of learning and growth, both physical, social, and symbolic, shape cognition, emotion, behavior, and educational outcomes. With a combination of education, architectural, psychological, sustainability, and digital studies perspectives, it situates learning environments as dynamic agents that influence the development of learners, institutional culture, ... Read more

    51,13 €

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  • The Future of the Corpse

    Changing Ecologies of Death and Disposition

    Edited by Karla Rothstein, Christina Staudt ...
    This book reviews the spectrum of death, from when the living person turns to corpse until the person lives in the memory of mourners, and its impact on the ecology of the socio-cultural community and physical environment.This book demonstrates that American society today is in a pivotal period for re-imaging end-of-life care, funerary services, human disposition methods, memorializing, and ... Read more

    57,23 €

  • Approaching Regeneration of the Built Environment

    Between Research, Innovation and Challenges

    Edited by Saimir Shtylla, Hamid Rabiei ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book approaches three important aspects related with urban regeneration such as research, innovation and challenges. In light of its growing interdisciplinarity, the selected contributions extend the debate to the importance of the cooperation between various disciplines, attention to the latest design and technological trends, as well major inclusivity of citizens for a correct decision ... Read more

    266,16 €

  • America Latina. Vivere nella contemporaneità / América Latina. Vivir en la contemporaneidad / Latin America. Living in the Contemporary

    Visioni di architettura sostenibile / Visiones de arquitectura sostenible / Visions of sustainable architecture

    by AA. VV. ...
    Questo volume è il risultato di un progetto di ricerca sull’architettura sostenibile, la cui essenza attraversa il mondo professionale, accademico e produttivo dei 20 paesi del continente latinoamericano. È anche il catalogo della mostra presentata a Roma nell’anno 2024 nella Galleria Candido Portinari di Palazzo Pamphilj, Ambasciata del Brasile. Le sue pagine sono un insieme di progetti ... Read more

    35,99 €

  • Progettare per sopravvivere

    by Richard J. Neutra ...
    Translated by Claudio Cambon ...
    Esplorare il rapporto magico tra tutte le scienze umane invece di indagare solo l'ovvio e il contingente. È questa l'idea fondamentale che ha ispirato Progettare per sopravvivere, manifesto della mente curiosa di una tra le personalità più interessanti della storia dell'architettura del Novecento, e forse non solo di quella. Progettare significa esercitare un potere grandissimo e delicato, la cui ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • Towards Low and Positive Energy Buildings

    Thermal Comfort, Climate Change, and Energy Efficiency Approaches

    Edited by Marta Torres González, Carlos Rubio Bellido ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book evaluates the impact of climate conditions on adaptive strategies, diagnoses prosumers' energy patterns in Positive Energy Buildings, and assesses the social and global dimensions of energy poverty.Addressing the pressing challenges of energy efficiency and climate change adaptation, the book investigates the intricate realm of low and positive energy buildings, demonstrating innovative ... Read more

    152,63 €

  • Universities on Fire

    Higher Education in the Climate Crisis

    by Bryan Alexander ...
    Scientists agree that we are on the precipice of a global climate crisis. How will it transform colleges and universities?Winner of the Frederic W. Ness Book Award by the Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesIn 2019, intense fires in the San Francisco Bay Area closed universities and drove afflicted people to shelter at other campuses. At the same time, extraordinary fires ravaged ... Read more

    25,64 €

  • Houses with a Story

    Yoshida Seiji Art Works (japanese Original Edition)

    by Yoshida Seiji ...
    住んでみたい空想の家を30点以上収録！ 今までにない美術設定集!!物語に出てくるようなユニークな家とその設定を描き、人気を博した吉田誠治の同人誌『ものがたりの家』の決定版が登場!! 既刊『ものがたりの家 I・II』に掲載された全作品に加え、新作15作品、コマ割り絵本、線画、作品解説、メイキングなど、本書初公開となる内容も収録しています。ページをめくる度に新しい物語が始まるような、見て、読んで楽しい美術設定集です。吉田誠治：背景グラフィッカー、イラストレーター。多数のゲーム背景の他、コミックマーケット97の紙袋のイラストや、書籍『美しい情景イラストレーション』の装画などを手がける。初画集『吉田誠治作品集&パース徹底テクニック』（玄光社）発売中。京都精華大学非常勤講師。Imaginary houses you’ve always dreamed of living in...Renowned ... Read more

    26,01 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Design with Life

    by Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Terreform ONE ...
    Design with Life chronicles the breakthroughs and projects of a nonprofit that is defining resolute new directions in socio-ecological design and other deep-seated intersections of synthetic biology, architecture, and urban systems.In the challenging context of accelerating climate dynamics, the core discipline of architectural design is evolving and embracing new forms of action. New York-based ... Read more

    17,37 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sustainable Development Goals and Indian Cities

    Inclusion, Diversity and Citizen Rights

    Edited by Ashok Kumar, D.S. Meshram ...
    Series series Towards Sustainable Futures
    This book critically examines Sustainable Development Goals and cities in developing countries with special reference to climate change, inclusion, diversity, and citizen rights in India. It discusses global issues of sustainability and climate change in the context of rapid urbanisation and focuses on the role of equitable and just processes of urban development aimed at protecting social ... Read more

    49,91 €