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  • Building Support Structures, 2nd Ed., Analysis and Design with SAP2000 Software

    by Wolfgang Schueller ...
    This textbook provides a unique and comprehensive perspective on the analysis and design of building structures. Striving to bridge the gap between how engineers and architects view structural support, this book’s numerous examples employing SAP2000 illustrate how modern analysis software can provide a common language for understanding and exploring structural behavior. Using an organic approach ... Read more

    12,49 €

  • L'arte della costruzione in pietra

    Chiese di Puglia con cupole in asse dall'XI al XVI secolo

    by AA. VV. ...
    Il tema vastissimo della costruzione in pietra affrontato in una particolare tipologia regionale, quella delle chiese con cupole in asse, si apre, in questo volume, a considerazioni che investono la produzione architettonica nel suo complesso, senza rinnegare la continuità con una tradizione storiografica che accomuna il corretto inquadramento storico dell'edificio alla conservazione dei ... Read more

    23,99 €

  • Journey to a Straw Bale House

    The Long Road to Santa Rita in an Old Hispano Neighborhood on the Northern Edge of New Mexico

    by F. Harlan Flint ...
    This tale is the author's life ramble that led to the adventure of building a cabin in the northern New Mexico wilderness. The place, called Santa Rita by its founders, was the site of a tiny settlement built by Hispano homesteaders a century earlier. One of Flint's new neighbors was Baudelio Garcia, a descendant of original pioneers. Garcia partnered with the author to take on the unfamiliar task ... Read more

    6,46 €

  • Learning from Bryant Park

    Revitalizing Cities, Towns, and Public Spaces

    by Andrew M. Manshel ...
    By the 1970s, 42nd Street in New York was widely perceived to be unsafe, a neighborhood thought to be populated largely by drug dealers, porn shops, and muggers. But in 1979, civic leaders developed a long-term vision for revitalizing one especially blighted block, Bryant Park. The reopening of the park in the 1990s helped inject new vitality into midtown Manhattan and served as a model for many ... Read more

    19,71 €

  • The Politics of Parametricism

    Digital Technologies in Architecture

    Edited by Matthew Poole, Manuel Shvartzberg ...
    Over the last decade, 'parametricism' has been heralded as a new avant-garde in the industries of architecture, urban design, and industrial design, regarded by many as the next grand style in the history of architecture, heir to postmodernism and deconstruction. From buildings to cities, the built environment is increasingly addressed, designed and constructed using digital software based on ... Read more

    30,41 €

  • Supporto e(’) Immagine

    VIII congresso internazionale colore e conservazione

    by Barbara Caranza ...
    Il presente volume raccoglie i contributi presentati durante l’ottava edizione del congresso internazionale COLORE E CONSERVAZIONE 2018, dal titolo SUPPORTO e(‘) IMMAGINE- Problematiche di consolidamento e di conservazione dei supporti nei dipinti contemporanei. Nell’ambito del restauro delle opere contemporanee si incontra terreno fertile per la nucleazione di nuovi dubbi, perché molti aspetti ... Read more

    9,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Il palazzo Forcella de Seta a Palermo

    Analisi architettonica per il Restauro

    by Luciano Cessari, Elena Gigliarelli ...
    Lo studio del Palazzo Forcella De Seta a Palermo è stato realizzato all'interno del Progetto INFORMCatalog” che si è svolto a Palermo dal 2002 al 2004.La Regione Siciliana, con il sostegno del Fondo Sociale Europeo, ha finanziato questa iniziativa diretta “alla formazione e all'inserimento nel mercato del lavoro di operatori specializzati nel rilievo, catalogazione, conservazione e valorizzazione ... Read more

    21,99 €

  • Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Cementitious Construction Materials

    Edited by F. Pacheco-Torgal, Caijun Shi, Angel Palomo ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Cementitious Construction Materials – Second Edition follows on the success of the previous edition and provides an up-to-date review on recent research developments on cementitious construction materials based on carbon dioxide storage. Along with the addition of an entire new section on bio- sequestration. Brand new chapters are included on carbonation methods ... Read more

    219,62 €

  • The Louisiana Supreme Court Building: Lessons to be Learned from a Beaux-Arts Monstrosity in the French Quarter

    by Nora Goddard ...
    In the 1920s and 1930s many struggling cities were seduced by the monolithic, masculine nature of Beaux-arts style government buildings. Eager to appear more European, American cities became fans of rabid slum clearance initiatives that ironically erased some of their most authentically European communities. In this trend, the Louisiana Supreme Court building was designed in 1910 by the firm Brown ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • Big Bim Little Bim - the Practical Approach to Building Information Modeling - Integrated Practice Done the Right Way!

    by Finith Jernigan ...
    The breakthrough book BIG BIM little bim gives practical approaches that architects, engineers, owners, educators, students and builders can understand and apply today. Based on twenty years of successful integrated projects, this book will help you to cut through the hype to achieve clarity about integrated practice and building information modeling. ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • 2009 International Plumbing Codes Handbook

    by R. Dodge Woodson ...
    A Complete Guide to the 2009 International Plumbing CodesFully updated to reflect the changes in the International Code Council 2009 International Plumbing Code, this authoritative volume follows the IPC chapter by chapter. Master plumber, master gasfitter, and bestselling author R. Dodge Woodson puts the International Plumbing Code and the Private Sewage Disposal Code into plain English for easy ... Read more

    52,35 €

  • Integrating Innovation in Architecture

    Design, Methods and Technology for Progressive Practice and Research

    by Ajla Aksamija ...
    Series series AD Smart
    Today’s design professionals are faced with challenges on all fronts. They need not only to keep in step with rapid technological changes and the current revolution in design and construction processes, but to lead the industry. This means actively seeking to innovate through design research, raising the bar in building performance and adopting advanced technologies in their practice. In a ... Read more

    45,99 €

  • Architecture In Use

    by DJM van der Voordt, HBR van Wegen ...
    This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a ‘joined up’ approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of a building, the authors show the practical implications of the utility value of buildings. Starting by looking at how the relationship between form and function has been dealt with by different approaches to ... Read more

    48,84 €

  • Modern Apartment Design

    Edited by Guy Marriage ...
    Modern Apartment Design provides guidelines to the design of modern apartment buildings as well as a summation of current cutting-edge practice in engineered timber construction.The book covers a brief history of apartment buildings around the world, with a broad outline of different types of apartment blocks. It has a strong focus on the design and actual construction of apartment buildings, ... Read more

    Was 51,28 € Now 45,18 €

  • Design Professional's Guide to Zero Net Energy Buildings

    by Charles Eley ...
    In the United States, direct energy use in buildings accounts for 39% of carbon dioxide emissions per year—more than any other sector. Buildings contribute to a changing climate and warming of the earth in ways that will significantly affect future generations. Zero net energy (ZNE) buildings are a practical and cost-effective way to reduce our energy needs, employ clean solar and wind ... Read more

    31,37 €

  • Getting Rid of Graffiti

    A practical guide to graffiti removal and anti-graffiti protection

    by Maurice J. Whitford ...
    This book provides, for the first time, clear, authoritative guidance on removing graffiti and protecting surfaces from further attack. ... Read more

    62,27 €

  • Thermal Comfort in Hot Dry Climates

    Traditional Dwellings in Iran

    by Ahmadreza Foruzanmehr ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    With increases in global temperatures, the risk of overheating is expected to rise around the world. This results in a much higher dependency upon energy-intensive cooling systems and air-conditioners to provide thermal comfort, but how sustainable is this in a world where problems with the production of electricity are predicted?Vernacular houses in hot and dry central Iran have been adapted to ... Read more

    62,27 €

  • Modern Movement Heritage

    Edited by Allen Cunningham ...
    This collection of essays serves as an introduction to modern architectural heritage and the specific problems related to the conservation of modern structures. It covers policy, planning and construction. A selection of case studies elaborates on these issues and illustrates how problems have been addressed. This volume celebrates the first 5 years of DoCoMoMo's role and influence in this ... Read more

    120,90 €

  • Architect's Pocket Book

    by Jonathan Hetreed, Ann Ross, Charlotte Baden-Powell ...
    Series series Routledge Pocket Books
    This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis – on-site or in the studio. It provides clear guidance and invaluable detail on a wide range of issues, from planning policy through environmental design to complying with Building Regulations, from structural and services matters to materials characteristics and detailing. This sixth ... Read more

    Was 41,51 € Now 36,63 €

  • Textile in Architecture

    From the Middle Ages to Modernism

    Edited by Didem Ekici, Patricia Blessing, Basile Baudez ...
    This book investigates the interconnections between textile and architecture via a variety of case studies from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century and from diverse geographic contexts.Among the oldest human technologies, building and weaving have intertwined histories. Textile structures go back to Palaeolithic times and are still in use today and textile furnishings have long been used ... Read more

    Was 52,50 € Now 46,40 €

  • Building Services and Equipment

    Volume 2

    by F. Hall ...
    A widely acclaimed trilogy that has become established as the leading work in this field as well as taking account of current Building Regulations, Codes of Practice and recent technological advances. Special attention has been paid to the reduction of fuel costs and environmental factors. This volume covers pipe-sizing for hot and cold water installations, fine control systems, fire detactor ... Read more

    86,70 €

  • Masonry Design and Detailing Sixth Edition

    by Christine Beall ...
    Build a Solid Foundation in Masonry EssentialsFocusing on brick and concrete block masonry, Masonry Design and Detailing, Sixth Edition is fully up to date with current MSJC codes and the latest LEED and sustainable materials and practices. Information on moisture and air management, adhered stone masonry veneer, and forensic investigations has been added. Featuring comprehensive coverage of the ... Read more

    101,54 €

  • Open and Industrialised Building

    Edited by A. Sarja ...
    There is clearly potential for the industrial production of open buildings, buildings where the parts which are designed to allow a high degree of freedom for layout, construction and adaptation. Industrialized open building has the potential to radically cut building costs and construction time. This book focuses on product and production systematics and information systematics, and begins with ... Read more

    86,70 €

  • Adaptable Architecture

    Theory and practice

    by Robert Schmidt III, Simon Austin ...
    Adaptable Architecture provides thought-provoking and inquisitive insights into how we can prolong the useful life of buildings by designing them to be more adaptable, and hence create a more sustainable built environment. The book provides a theoretical foundation counterpointed by the experiences and ideas of those involved in the design and use of buildings. It explains many approaches to ... Read more

    75,71 €