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  • The Secrets of Hawthorn Place

    A heartfelt and charming dual-time story of the power of love

    by Jenni Keer ...
    'This is definitely up there as one of the best books that I have read. It's got a special place in my heart. Just amazing!' 5* reader review'Gorgeous! Exuberant writing, convincing, adorable characters, romance and a little whimsy' TRACY REES***Love will always find a way . . .***Discover the intriguing secrets of Hawthorn Place in this heartfelt dual-time novel, filled with warmth and charm, ... Read more

    €3.49

  • Fallen Crest Boxset

    by Tijan ...
    "Fallen Crest is a masterfully told story that keeps you on the edge of your seat and rooting for the bad guys." Teresa Mummert, New York Times and USA TODAY best selling author"Fallen Crest is one of my absolute favorite series! Tijan's characters are so dark, so intense, that you can't help but get sucked into their story. If you haven't read this series yet, you're missing out!" - K.A. Robinson ... Read more

    €5.99

  • The Village Inn of Secret Dreams

    The joyfully heartwarming read from Alison Sherlock

    by Alison Sherlock ...
    Series Book 3 - The Riverside Lane Series
    From the bestselling author of The Village Shop For Lonely HeartsAfter escaping her parents’ unhappy marriage to sleepy Cranbridge a long time ago, Belle Clarke dreams of staying at The Black Swan Inn forever.But with the rundown Inn threatened with closure, Belle may be forced to leave, unless a buyer can be found … quickly.So, when her oldest friend Pete Kennedy returns from working abroad with ... Read more

    €3.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conservation of Historic Buildings

    by Bernard Feilden ...
    Since its publication in 1982 Sir Bernard Feilden's Conservation of Historic Buildings has become the standard text for architects and others involved in the conservation of historic structures. Leading practitioners around the world have praised the book as being the most significant single volume on the subject to be published. This third edition revises and updates a classic book, including ... Read more

    €113.72

  • EnerPHit

    A Step by Step Guide to Low Energy Retrofit

    by James Traynor ...
    In order to meet UK Carbon reduction commitments for 2020 and 2050 building owners will be required to upgrade their buildings to meet an increasingly stringent set of energy performance requirements. In the absence of any clear advice from UK Government on how this can be achieved, the EnerPHit standard offers a very clear methodology. This is a practical guide that gives architects the tools to ... Read more

    €53.99

  • Building Design, Construction and Performance in Tropical Climates

    Edited by Mike Riley, Alison Cotgrave, Michael Farragher ...
    The design, construction and use of buildings in tropical climates pose specific challenges to built environment professionals. This text seeks to capture some of the key issues of technology and practice in the areas of building design, refurbishment, construction and facilities management in tropical regions.Using a consistent chapter structure throughout, and incorporating the latest research ... Read more

    €63.17

  • Naive Intention

    by von Ellrichshausen Pezo, Edwin van Gelder ...
    Introduced by an essay about the vague contradiction between intentionality and chance, necessity and accident, reason and futility, authorship and anonymity, the book presents a selection of images that inform Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s cross production between art, architecture and academia. Each page contains a single picture and a brief caption describing it.Beyond a comprehensive depiction of ... Read more

    €10.69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Geotechnics and Heritage

    Case Histories

    Edited by Emilio Bilotta, Alessandro Flora, Stefania Lirer, Carlo Viggiani ...
    Conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing modern civilization. It involves various cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economical and administrative factors, intertwining in inextricable patterns. The complexity of the topic is such that guidelines or recommendations for intervention techniques ... Read more

    €76.96

  • Intermediate Guide to Japanese Joinery: The Secret to Making Complex Japanese Joints and Furniture Using Affordable Tools

    by Jin Izuhara ...
    Are you a weekend hobby carpenter with a passion for creating high-quality pieces, but not quite the equipment budget to match?Would you like to know how to create Japanese joints using common tools?Japanese joinery is an ancient carpentry skill developed in a time before mass production when ingenuity and character of design still mattered. Now, you can revive this ancient art and introduce it to ... Read more

    €2.49

  • Vegetable Plants and their Fibres as Building Materials

    Proceedings of the Second International RILEM Symposium

    Edited by H.S. Sobral ...
    This book examines the state-of-the-art on plants and fibres as building materials for low cost construction, emphasizing their use, properties, fabrication, new procedures and future developments. It makes available research results on new techniques for fibre reinforcement and their use in concrete, stabilized clay and other matrices. Procedures for making vegetable fibres and wood-based ... Read more

    €41.34

  • Construction Materials Reference Book

    Edited by David Doran, Bob Cather ...
    This book is the definitive reference source for professionals involved in the conception, design and specification stages of a construction project. The theory and practical aspects of each material is covered, with an emphasis being placed on properties and appropriate use, enabling broader, deeper understanding of each material leading to greater confidence in their application. Containing ... Read more

    €149.34

  • Ethics

    by Benedictus de Spinoza ...
    Ethics Benedictus de Spinoza - Ethics (1908). This book, "Ethics", by James Hayden Tufts, John Dewey, is a replication of a book originally published before 1908. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible ... Read more

    €5.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Technology of Building Defects

    by John Hinks, Geoff Cook ...
    The Technology of Building Defects has been developed to provide a unique review of the subject. Defects are considered as part of the whole building rather than in isolation.General educational objectives are set out which offer the reader the opportunity of self-assessment. Each section is generously illustrated with photographs and diagrams, forming an accessible self contained review covering ... Read more

    €63.17

  • La Pelota, una herencia de México al mundo

    by Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación A.C., Cooperativa La Joplin, Justino Compeán, Decio de María, Guillermo Cantú, Luis Palma, Diego Suinaga, Iñigo Riestra, Carla Zarebska, Humberto Tachiquín ''Tachi'', Jacqui Lara, Ramón Torrente, Salvador Saura, Edicions de l'Eixample, Claudi Satué, Jaqueline Robinson, Fanny del Río, Ricardo Baduel ...
    En un fascinante recorrido de 220 páginas, a través de una selección de más de 300 imágenes de 65 archivos de América, Europa y Asia, la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol se propuso celebrar de forma inédita y lúdica una de las grandes aportaciones de México a la humanidad: la pelota. La primera mitad del libro recorre el origen remoto de esta afirmación: el simbolismo y el mito, la cultura y el arte ... Read more

    €4.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Where Did This Stone Come From?

    Hankins Stone Heritage Series, #1

    by Glenda Hankins ...
    Series Book 1 - Hankins Stone Heritage Series
    Where Did This Stone Come From? tells the remarkable story behind the stone walls of Mesa Verde National Park's Visitor and Research Center. Set within the landscapes of the American Southwest, this richly illustrated volume follows the journey of sandstone from the Four Corners region to its final place in a building designed to belong to the land itself.Through photographs, historical context, ... Read more

    €8.49

  • Advancing Wood Architecture

    A Computational Approach

    Edited by Achim Menges, Tobias Schwinn, Oliver David Krieg ...
    In light of environmental challenges architecture is facing, wood is no longer regarded as outmoded, nostalgic, and rooted in the past, but increasingly recognized as one of the most promising building materials for the future. Recent years have seen unprecedented innovation of new technologies for advancing wood architecture.Advancing Wood Architecture offers a comprehensive overview of the new ... Read more

    €63.17

  • Lineament: Material, Representation and the Physical Figure in Architectural Production

    Edited by Gail Peter Borden, Michael Meredith ...
    This comprehensive catalogue of contemporary work examines the renewed investment in the relationship between representation, materiality, and architecture. It assembles a range of diverse voices across various institutions, practices, generations, and geographies, through specific case studies that collectively present a broader theoretical intention. ... Read more

    €67.77

  • 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

    €109.12

  • Three Birds Renovations: Dream Home How-To

    by Bonnie Hindmarsh, Erin Cayless, Lana Taylor ...
    Australia's favourite Birds are back with BIGGER home transformations, BOLDER extensions, BREATHTAKING new builds and hundreds of new tips.Jam-packed with reno goodness, this book is a visual feast overflowing with ideas and inspiration from Three Birds projects in glorious detail, including their most ambitious new build to date: a family home that channels an idyllic island getaway (year-round ... Read more

    €12.49

  • 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

  • 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