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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 €

  • La fin du ciment

    Les bonnes et les mauvaises raisons d'une technologie sans avenir

    by Raffaele Piero Galli ...
    "Nous concevons et construisons en béton, comme si rien n'existait. Aujourd’hui, nous prenons pour acquis sa participation à la construction, après avoir presque totalement oublié qu’avant son apparition, nous avions beaucoup et très bien construit depuis très longtemps."Le professeur Raffaele Piero Galli illustre à travers la chimie, l’histoire, l’expérience et exemples concrets pour lesquels le ... Read more

    4,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Guide to Socially-Informed Research for Architects and Designers

    by Michelle Janning ...
    This book offers an efficient set of step-by-step tips and overarching lessons about how to gather useful, meaningful, and socially-informed data about clients’ and other stakeholders' experiences in architecture and interior design professions.In this guide, author Michelle Janning helps the design professional conduct ongoing evaluation of design projects, create useful pre- and post-design ... Read more

    42,61 €

  • Oxymoron and Pleonasm Conversation on American Critical

    Conversations on American Critical and Projective Theory of Architecture

    Edited by Monika Mitasova ...
    Monika Mitasova interviewed an influential group of current American theorists, historians and practitioners proposing critical and projective architecture, respectively, which forms the first book that brings those perspectives together to show the state of current critical and projective theory, practice and new alternative actions of designing architecture.Interviewed theorists: Kenneth ... Read more

    15,47 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brandschutz

    by Wolfgang Schrader ...
    Ratgeber und Veröffentlichungen zum Thema Brandschutz sind Legion. Was fehlt, ist die knappe, auf das Wesentliche beschränkte Information. Dies aber tut not, weil es in der Praxis immer wieder zu Problemen kommt. Zum einen fehlen die rechtlichen und technischen Kenntnisse, zum anderen eine effektive Schnittstellenplanung.Dieses E-Book, das auch als Hörbuch zur Verfügung steht, wendet sich speziell ... Read more

    7,99 €

  • Coastal Ocean Space Utilization 3

    by R.B. Abel, S. Connell, N. Della Croce ...
    Arising out of The Third International Symposium held in New Jersey, this book represents the state-of-the-art in ocean management. From the Baltic to the Caribbean, from the Adriatic to the Atlantic, the problems of ocean management are fully discussed, and proposals made to meet the challenges of the next decade. This book will be of immense inte ... Read more

    57,22 €

  • Water Wells - Monitoring, Maintenance, Rehabilitation

    Proceedings of the International Groundwater Engineering Conference, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK

    Edited by P. Howsam ...
    Throughout the world, boreholes and tubewells operate inefficiently or have been abandoned. Diagnosis of the problems requires hydrogeological and operational information, which is often not available because appropriate monitoring has not taken place. Guidelines on cost effective monitoring and maintenance need to be established; information on su ... Read more

    82,79 €

  • Urban data

    Tools and methods towards the algorithmic city

    by AA. VV. ...
    The proposed contributions create a theoretical and operative framework for new digital technologies and analyse the implication on urban design and modelling at different scales of the datization. Urban Data is characterized by a huge variety of approaches and examples supported by the peculiar experiences both theoretical and practical of the chosen panel of authors. NOTA DELL'EDITORE: la ... Read more

    29,99 €

  • Structural Competency for Architects

    by Hollee Hitchcock Becker ...
    Structural Competency for Architects is a comprehensive volume covering topics from structural systems and typologies to statics, strength of materials, and component design. The book includes everything you need to know about structures for the design of components, as well as the logic for design of structural patterns, and selection of structural typologies.Organized into six key modules, each ... Read more

    115,67 €

  • Properties of Fresh Concrete

    Proceedings of the International RILEM Colloquium

    Edited by H.J. Wierig ...
    This book presents new information on concrete properties and production in the light of the widespread use of ready mixed concrete and new concreting materials. This book forms the Proceedings of the RILEM Colloquium held in Hanover, West Germany in October 1990. Papers from 18 countries in Europe, North America and the Far East are included. ... Read more

    474,90 €

  • Designed to Perform

    An Illustrated Guide to Delivering Energy Efficient Homes

    by Tom Dollard ...
    How do we ensure sustainable buildings perform as intended? The performance gap between predicted and actual energy use in new homes has been identified as key problem by government and industry experts. This updated edition is an illustrated practical design guide to delivering better energy performance in all types of new build homes. It introduces readers to the concept of the performance gap ... Read more

    38,97 €

  • Data Visualization for Design Thinking

    Applied Mapping

    by Winifred E. Newman ...
    Data Visualization for Design Thinking helps you make better maps. Treating maps as applied research, you’ll be able to understand how to map sites, places, ideas, and projects, revealing the complex relationships between what you represent, your thinking, the technology you use, the culture you belong to, and your aesthetic practices. More than 100 examples illustrated with over 200 color images ... Read more

    73,05 €

  • Good Practice Guide

    Business Resilience

    by Mark Kemp ...
    Architecture can be a high risk and low-income profession. Planning to manage risks is essential. Workloads tend to be cyclical and managing lean periods and booms whilst being prepared for the next downturn is a key requirement. This book is a how-to guide to build business resilience into your architectural practice, offering methods for managing business-critical events and crises. It shows you ... Read more

    38,95 €

  • La autoconstrucción de una casa

    Edilicia de la vivienda

    by Xavier Fonseca, Armando Fonseca ...
    La autoconstrucción de una casa es un manual que detalla el proceso para edificar una vivienda desde la preparación del terreno, pasando por la excavación, los cimientos, los drenajes, los muros, la instalación eléctrica hasta llegar a los terminados.Esta obra de la colección ¡… una casa! es una herramienta imprescindible para asesorar técnicamente a arquitectos, ingenieros, estudiantes de ... Read more

    15,99 €

  • 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 €

  • Dilectis Hispaniae - Guía de la España Olvidada

    by Jorge Lucendo ...
    El libro «Dilectis Hispaniae» -Guía de la España Olvidada-, recoge todos los monumentos históricos más emblemáticos de eso que se ha dado en llamar «La España del Recuerdo». Nuestro rico Patrimonio Histórico Cultural se queja de abandono en muchas ocasiones, en la mayoría de ellas por desconocimiento del valor de esos edificios o monumentos, y en otros muchas, por falta de medios económicos para ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • HAPM Workmanship Checklists

    by Construction Audit Ltd. ...
    The HAPM Workmanship Checklists fills an important gap in the current information provision in the industry, providing guidance for those engaged in site inspections during the course of building works. Its unique checklist format, designed for use on site, is complimented by extensive references to sources of guidance, standards and legislative in ... Read more

    298,33 €

  • Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

    by Yves Weinand ...
    Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structuresoutlines a new design methodology for digitally fabricated spatial timber plate structures, presented with examples from recent construction projects. It proposes an innovative and sustainable design methodology, algorithmic geometry processing, structural optimization, and digital fabrication; technology transfer and construction are formulated ... Read more

    54,78 €

  • Sealants in Construction

    by Jerome Klosowski, Andreas T. Wolf ...
    The last two decades have seen enormous advances in the technology and application of building sealants. This book provides essential reading for anyone connected with building sealants in the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects related to building sealants ranging from how to choose sealants and how to determine the key sealant properties and joint design for various ... Read more

    207,01 €

  • Self-Assembly Lab

    Experiments in Programming Matter

    by Skylar Tibbits ...
    What if structures could build themselves or adapt to fluctuating environments? Skylar Tibbits, Director of the Self-Assembly Lab in the Department of Architecture at MIT, Cambridge, MA, crosses the boundaries between architecture, biology, materials science and the arts, to envision a world where material components can self-assemble to provide adapting structures and optimized fabrication ... Read more

    64,53 €

  • Inclusive Design

    Implementation and Evaluation

    by Jordana L. Maisel, Edward Steinfeld, Megan Basnak, Korydon Smith, M. Beth Tauke ...
    Series series PocketArchitecture
    As part of the PocketArchitecture Series, this volume focuses on inclusive design and its allied fields—ergonomics, accessibility, and participatory design. This book aims for the direct application of inclusive design concepts and technical information into architectural and interior design practices, construction, facilities management, and property development. A central goal is to illustrate ... Read more

    43,82 €

  • Green Building Handbook: Volume 2

    A Guide to Building Products and their Impact on the Environment

    by Tom Woolley, Sam Kimmins ...
    This key handbook provides a detailed reference for environmentally concerned purchasers of building products, and complements the Green Building Handbook Vol 1. Following the format of the original, this book discusses current issues in green building before moving on to consider eight building component types: fencing products, flat roofing membranes, glazing products, electrical wiring, ... Read more

    146,12 €

  • Energiesparendes Bauen und Sanieren

    Neutrale Information für mehr Energieeffizienz

    by Thomas Königstein ...
    Series series Bau-Rat
    Der Autor zeigt verständlich und anwendungsorientiert, dass Energieeinsparung weder beim Neubau noch bei der Sanierung Einschränkung und Verzicht, sondern Behaglichkeit, Qualitätssteigerung, Werterhaltung und Klimaschutz bedeutet. Mehr denn je geht es um den Klimaschutz. Bis 2030 sollen die Emissionen von Treibhausgasen gegenüber 1990 um mindestens 55 Prozent sinken, bis 2050 soll Deutschland ... Read more

    23,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Introduction to Natural and Man-made Disasters and Their Effects on Buildings

    by Roxanna McDonald ...
    This is a comprehensive guide to all types of natural and man made disasters and their effect on buildings. It gives overall guidance and a basic technical understanding of prevention, mitigation and management of disaster, and outlines a checklist of preventive design elements for each situation. Every category is illustrated with a case study which pin points the essential information that is ... Read more

    66,96 €