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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 €

  • Ambiente costruito e salute.

    Linee d’indirizzo di igiene e sicurezza in ambito residenziale

    by Daniela D'Alessandro, Stefano Capolongo ...
    Il volume intende fornire un quadro aggiornato sul ruolo della qualità degli ambienti di vita nel garantire e mantenere la salute. Vengono descritte le interazioni edilizia-ambiente, con particolare riguardo agli impatti del settore abitativo e alle possibili strategie di risparmio energetico, e sono riportate alcune schede esplicative di supporto alla progettazione degli edifici residenziali, per ... Read more

    37,99 €

  • La autogestión de una casa

    Morfología de la vivienda

    by Xavier Fonseca, Armando Fonseca ...
    La autogestión de una casa es una guía donde se describe paso a paso cómo materializar el sueño de tener un hogar propio. Explica qué es el diseño, para qué sirven los planos, cómo se elige el terreno, qué se incluye en los costos y mucho más. Todo esto desde un enfoque social y autogestivo sustentado en el derecho humano a una vivienda digna.Esta obra de la colección ¡… una casa! es una ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • 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 €

  • La città della cura

    ovvero, perché una madre ne sa una più dell’urbanista

    by Annalisa Marinelli ...
    La città della cura è la città dei corpi nella loro plurale vulnerabilità, con le loro relazioni e la loro fame di bellezza. Le nostre città sono ancora molto distanti da questo traguardo. Quello che manca sembra essere proprio uno sguardo capace di partire da un altro paradigma, un modello che tenga conto delle relazioni che reggono in equilibrio l’integrità della vita delle persone.La cura è il ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • 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 €

  • Zinc Surfaces

    A Guide to Alloys, Finishes, Fabrication, and Maintenance in Architecture and Art

    by L. William Zahner ...
    Series series Architectural Metals Series
    ZINC SURFACESTHE LEADING RESOURCE FOR ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, AND ARTISTS WORKING WITH ZINCZinc Surfaces: A Guide to Alloys, Finishes, Fabrication and Maintenance in Architecture and Art combines the latest guidance and information about zinc surfaces into a single and comprehensive resource for architects and artists everywhere.The fifth book in the author’s authoritative Architectural Metals ... Read more

    68,99 €

  • 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 €

  • Learning and living.

    Abitare lo Student Housing

    by Oscar Eugenio Bellini, Stefano Bellintani, Andrea Ciaramella, Maria Luisa Del Gatto ...
    Le residenze universitarie rappresentano un’attrezzatura in grado di unire società, cultura e servizi. L’evidente carenza di offerta, e la scarsa disponibilità di risorse da impiegare per la loro realizzazione, costituisce oggi un gap che mette in difficoltà molti Paesi, tra cui il nostro. Il volume affronta il tema della residenza temporanea per studenti, prendendo in esame le differenti ... Read more

    32,99 €

  • 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 €

  • Quality Control of Concrete Structures

    Proceedings of the Second International RILEM/CEB Symposium

    Edited by H. Lambotte, L. Taerwe ...
    This book details the latest information on the applied methods and techniques being used for quality control of concrete construction worldwide. The book forms the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Quality Control on Concrete Structures, held in Belgium, June 1991. ... Read more

    476,31 €

  • 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 €

  • Buried Rigid Pipes

    by OC Young, JJ Trott ...
    This book is specifically concerned with pipes of rigid materials and provides some information on 'flexible' pipes that are available and on their behaviour and use as being of value to the engineer in making an initial choice. ... Read more

    85,48 €

  • Building the Future

    Innovation in design, materials and construction

    Edited by G.S.T. Armer, J.L. Clarke, F.K. Garas ...
    This book forms the proceedings of the international seminar held by the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Building Research Establishment in Brighton in April 1993. It brings together contributions from 20 countries on recent innovations in building and construction. ... Read more

    323,65 €

  • 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 €

  • The Architect's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for Building Design 4/e

    by John Patten ("Pat") Guthrie ...
    The Essentials of Building Design--at Your Fingertips!Fully updated with the 2009 IBC International Building Code, this practical guide delivers the key data you need in every step of an architectural project--from initial planning and estimating through design and completion. The Architect's Portable Handbook, Fourth Edition, provides the latest code and cost information, along with a wealth of ... Read more

    52,46 €

  • 築覺 II：閱讀東京建築（增訂版）

    by 建築遊人 ...
    Series Book 2 - 築覺
    東京表參道上那一列國際品牌旗艦店，同時也是聞名國際的「建築博物館」，陳列著安藤忠雄、伊東豊雄、妹島和世與西澤立衛（SANAA）、MVRDV、Herzog & de Meuron、青木淳、隈研吾等國際級大師的作品，連同街頭的國立代代木競技場，在這一條不出一千米長的街道便出現了六座普立茲克建築獎得獎者的作品。東京建築對我們來說絕不陌生，更是建築系學生的朝聖之地。日本建築師設計嚴謹，除了對美學的追求外，對物料選材和細節設計尤其講究，對施工要求更是一絲不苟。當我們閱讀東京建築時，也在感受日本建築師及工程師對建築設計的熱誠與執著。 ... Read more

    12,90 €

  • Réparer sa Toiture

    by Collection Plus Simple la Vie ...
    Des techniques pratiques et des conseils avisés vous guident à travers chaque étape, de l'identification des problèmes de pourriture à la consolidation structurelle, en passant par la prévention future des dommages. Avec ce guide, vous aurez les connaissances nécessaires pour protéger et prolonger la durée de vie de votre toiture, assurant ainsi la sécurité et la durabilité de votre maison. ... Read more

    8,49 €

  • Storming the Old Boys' Citadel

    Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America

    by Carla Blank, Tania Martin ...
    “Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a connection even exists between the two words. Some women didn’t agree. Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1823-1902) is credited with works built in the present states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and British Columbia. Born Esther ... Read more

    19,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Città immaginate

    Riuso e nuove forme dell’abitare

    by Marco Gissara, Maura Percoco, Emilia Rosmini ...
    Processi e pratiche di appropriazione e riappropriazione dei luoghi pervadono le nostre città; negli spazi urbani interstiziali e residuali riaffiorano dando forma a realtà parallele, di certo non prive di ambiguità. Quali messaggi e quanti temi vi sono contenuti? Quali le ragioni di occupazioni abitative, spazi sociali autogestiti e autorecuperi? Come porsi di fronte a logiche e modi insoliti di ... Read more

    10,99 €