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  • Urban Design Futures

    Edited by Malcolm Moor, Jon Rowland ...
    The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance. Urban design has moved from marginality to mainstream. The principles espoused by urban designers over the past thirty years are now accepted as key to a better urban environment and as we move towards greater sustainability, different ideas are emerging ... Read more

    Free

  • Sustainability in Interior Design

    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 €

  • Architecture 101

    From Frank Gehry to Ziggurats, an Essential Guide to Building Styles and Materials

    by Nicole Bridge ...
    Series series Adams 101 Series
    **A crash course in designing and constructing buildingsToo often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of architecture into tedious discourse that would put even Frank Gehry to sleep.** Architecture 101 cuts out the boring explanations, and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you explore the world's greatest structures.Featuring only the most important facts, building ... Read more

    1,13 €

  • Dictionary of Architectural and Building Technology

    A comprehensive summary of the vocabulary used across the building industry, from the preparation of an architectural brief, through creative and technical design, to construction technology and facilities management. The latest edition has several substantially revised entries as well as many new additions, including new illustrations and terms. Covering a range of disciplines across architecture ... Read more

    101,36 €

  • Design Energy Simulation for Architects

    Guide to 3D Graphics

    Leading architectural firms are now using in-house design simulation to help make more sustainable design decisions. Taking advantage of these new tools requires understanding of what can be done with simulation, how to do it, and how to interpret the results.This software-agnostic book, which is intended for you to use as a professional architect, shows you how to reduce the energy use of all ... Read more

    81,82 €

  • Kevin McCloud’s Principles of Home

    Making a Place to Live

    by Kevin McCloud ...
    A practical paperback edition of the landmark design manifesto from the UK’s favourite design guru.In this inspirational yet also practical paperback Kevin explores all areas of domestic living, from materialism to sustainability, craftsmanship to comfort. Kevin’s beautifully written text brings insight and understanding to enjoying life in the 21st century, but crucially he offers detailed, ... Read more

    15,89 €

  • Drawing for Urban Design

    Series series Portfolio Skills
    Architects and urban planners need to describe cities in the course of their work, be it through maps, diagrams, sketches, computer renderings or models. Drawing for Urban Design explores a wide range of ways to represent the city, from freehand sketching to sophisticated computer models.The book provides a practical introduction to these techniques for students while explaining the processes ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Key Interiors since 1900

    This book defines the history of modern interior design through the reuse of existing buildings. This approach allows the history of the interior to be viewed as separate from the history of architecture and instead enables the interior to develop its own historical narrative.The book is organized around six thematic chapters: home, work, retail, display, leisure and culture. Each one comprises a ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • TECHSMART All-Star Edition

    The Perfect Storm System Evolved

    This is not luck. It never was. What you’re holding is a system built on structure, discipline, and time—where capital is allocated with purpose, protected with rules, and rotated into strength. The market doesn’t reward those who guess—it rewards those who understand how capital moves and have the discipline to follow a proven process. Only the best qualify. Only the best of the best get funded. ... Read more

    3,63 €

  • Architectures of Care

    From the Intimate to the Common

    Edited by Brittany Utting ...
    Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons.Typical definitions of care center around the maintenance of a livable life, encompassing everything from shelter and welfare to health and safety. Architecture plays a fundamental role in ... Read more

    53,73 €

  • Inflection 03: New Order

    Journal of the Melbourne School of Design

    Series Book 3 - Inflection
    In the context of recent global political and economic disruption, architecture seems no longer equipped to address the demands of contem- porary society as an isolated discipline. One solution offered in this crisis of relevance is the notion of transdisciplinarity characterised by the hybridisa- tion of distinct disciplines. Transdisciplinarity is the New Order. In ection Volume 3 explores the ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • The A to Z of Architecture

    Series series The A to Z Guide Series
    Architecture, which can be understood in its most basic sense as a form of enclosure created with an aesthetic intent, first made its appearance in the Prehistoric Age. From its earliest developments, architecture changed over time and in different cultures in response to changing cultural needs, aesthetic interests, materials, and techniques.The A to Z of Architecture provides information on ... Read more

    42,28 €

  • Understanding the NEC4 Term Service Contract

    A Practical Handbook

    Series series Understanding Construction
    Use of the NEC4 suite of contracts continues to grow and the new edition of Understanding the NEC4 Term Service Contract includes significant additional materials and changes since its original publication immediately after the initial release of the NEC4 contracts. Experienced authors and construction contracts specialists Kelvin Hughes and Patrick Waterhouse have added numerous practical ... Read more

    68,38 €

  • Valences of Historiography

    Essays on Architectural History

    Edited by Gevork Hartoonian ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    The compiled essays offer various themes and ways of approaching historiography. Each chapter probes the state of contemporary theorization of architecture histories, working toward the theme of critically re-writing history. Essential to each author's contribution are specific traditions created by the mole of history burrowing through the past. This book concerns the historian's conjectures ... Read more

    58,61 €

  • Arieh Sharon and Modern Architecture in Israel

    Building Social Pragmatism

    by Eran Neuman ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architectural History
    Arieh Sharon and Modern Architecture in Israel: Building Social Pragmatism offers the first comprehensive survey of the work of Arieh Sharon and analyzes and discusses his designs and plans in relation to the emergence of the State of Israel.A graduate of the Bauhaus, Sharon worked for a few years at the office of Hannes Mayer before returning to Mandatory Palestine. There, he established his ... Read more

    52,50 €

  • Three Hundred Years of French Architecture 1494-1794

    First published in 1936, this volume contains a classic treatise on French architecture, focusing on the period between 1494 and 1794. French architecture ranks high among France's many accomplishments, and this fascinating exploration of its history and development describes some of the most notable examples and designers in the country’s colourful history. Not to be missed by those with an ... Read more

    9,11 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vacant Land Regeneration

    Novel Strategies for Maximizing Local Impact

    Edited by Rui Zhu, Galen Newman ...
    Vacant Land Regeneration: Novel Strategies for Maximizing Local Impact provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of vacant land regeneration through the lens of influential research, groundbreaking case studies, and future trends, and equips readers with the knowledge needed to transform vacant spaces into valuable community assets. In a rapidly evolving world, regenerating vacant and ... Read more

    53,73 €

  • Mario Roberto Álvarez

    Arquitectura, forma y cuidad

    Este libro busca ser un incentivo a mirar en profundidad tres obras claves de quien fuera uno de los más grandes arquitectos argentinos del sigo XX, Mario Roberto Álvarez. Unas páginas que nos ayuden a develar los valores de estas obras y que a su vez nos permitan aprender de ellas. Un recorrido por sus obras, con la mirada puesta en las relaciones entre arquitectura y ciudad.¿Hay un interés real ... Read more

    9,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Get Your House Right

    Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

    Even as oversized McMansions continue to elbow their way into tiny lots nationwide, a much different trend has taken shape. This return to traditional architectural principles venerates qualities that once were taken for granted in home design: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and even sustainability. Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning ... Read more

    7,99 €

  • Luigi Moretti

    Lessons of SPAZIO

    by Roberto Podda ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Luigi Moretti: Lessons of SPAZIO focuses on the theoretical work of the Italian architect Luigi Moretti (Rome, 1906–1973). It does so selectively, focusing on the editorials he published between 1950 and 1953 as editor-in-chief of the magazine SPAZIO, as well as a further essay on parametric architecture, published in 1971–1972, in the first issue of the magazine MOEBIUS, directed by his friend ... Read more

    58,61 €

  • In-Canto Lapidum

    Armonia, musica e proporzioni

    by Armando Rossi ...
    Series Book 1 - I Saggi
    Il più antico spartito in pietra del mondo è inciso sulle absidi di una chiesa calabrese. E nessuno lo sapeva.Per quasi mille anni le stelle scolpite sulle absidi bizantino-normanne di Santa Maria del Patire, a Corigliano Rossano, sono state considerate puro ornamento decorativo. Quindici rosette tutte diverse, disposte in una sequenza che nessuno aveva mai saputo spiegare.L'architetto Armando ... Read more

    10,00 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modern Buildings in Britain

    A Gazetteer

    The definitive illustrated guide to modern British architecture, from one of the most acclaimed critics at work todayModernism is now a century old, and its consequences are all around us, built into our everyday lived environments. Its place in Britain's history is fiercely contested, and its role in our future is the subject of ongoing controversy - but modernist buildings have undoubtedly ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • Prefactibilidad de proyectos arquitectónicos

    Propuestas para desarrollar proyectos inmobiliarios surgen constantemente. "Gestar" un proyecto es sin duda el sueño de todo profesional recién egresado, pero es también la preocupación constante de la empresa consolidada con muchos años de experiencia. Sin embargo, la mayoría de esas iniciativas se quedan por el camino y muy pocas son las que vemos finalmente como realizaciones arquitectónicas. ... Read more

    1,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • RIBA Architect's Handbook of Practice Management

    9th Edition

    by Nigel Ostime ...
    The professional architect’s business management bible now encompasses the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 to reflect the very latest practice in today’s cutting-edge architectural environment.With an emphasis on the practical aspects of working as an architect, the 9th edition combines clear and comprehensive guidance with a focus on new directions in practice management which will give a modern practice ... Read more

    67,16 €