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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

  • 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

    €66.82

  • 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

    €114.05

  • 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

    €54.15

  • How to Enjoy Architecture

    A Guide for Everyone

    by Charles Holland ...
    Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architectureArchitecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of habit. Our reactions towards the buildings that surround us are often culturally generated, and we experience them in ways that are immediate but often mundane. ... Read more

    €17.19

  • Smart Buildings

    Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology to Improve Energy-Efficiency and Environmental Performance

    by Marco Casini ...
    Smart Buildings: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology to Improve Energy Efficiency and Environmental Performance presents a thorough analysis of the latest advancements in construction materials and building design that are applied to maximize building efficiency in both new and existing buildings. After a brief introduction on the issues concerning the design process in the third millennium, ... Read more

    €125.00

  • Sustainable Thermal Storage Systems Planning Design and Operations

    by Lucas Hyman ...
    A practical guide to SUSTAINABLE THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEMSSustainable Thermal Storage Systems: Planning, Design, and Operations offers proven techniques for reducing energy costs, on-peak demand, capital costs, and pollution using thermal storage systems. Written by an expert in the field, this book discusses sustainability requirements, advantages and disadvantages of various systems, and the ... Read more

    €87.29

  • The Art of Money Getting

    by P.t. Barnum ...
    Don't Mistake Your Vocation - Select the Right Location - Avoid Debt - Persevere - Whatever You Do, Do It with All Your Might - Use the Best Tools - Don't Get Above Your Business - Learn Something Useful - Let Hope Predominate, But Be Not Too Visionary - Do Not Scatter Your Powers - Be Systematic - Read the Newspapers - Beware Of "Outside Operations" - Don't Indorse Without Security - Advertise ... Read more

    €0.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Funicular Structures

    The Art of Building Efficiently

    by Damon Bolhassani ...
    Funicular structures are structural skeletons designed using methodologies that analyze the flow and direction of forces, which can be categorized as compression, tension, or a combination of both. They are not only elegant, resembling naturally occurring forms, but also highly efficient and can be built with minimal use of relatively low-strength materials, thus minimizing their negative ... Read more

    €50.68

  • Watts Pocket Handbook

    The Essential Guide to Property and Construction

    Edited by Trevor Rushton ...
    This milestone 30th edition of the Watts Pocket Handbook has had a thorough overhaul and renews its commitment to share industry knowledge by providing technical and legal information across a comprehensive spread of property and construction topics.The Handbook provides specialist information and guidance on a vast selection of related subjects including:Environmental and sustainability issues ... Read more

    €36.86

  • Building and Unbuilding the City Museum

    From Le Corbusier to Ahmedabad

    Edited by Sarosh Anklesaria, Lily Chi ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Sanskar Kendra stands as one of Le Corbusier's lesser-known architectural achievements, a cultural center designed for post-independence Ahmedabad that now faces an uncertain future. This book examines Sanskar Kendra both as a physical artifact and as a site of broader cultural debates.Originally conceived as a Citizens' Cultural Center to serve India's emerging modern society, the building was ... Read more

    €55.29

  • Haus voller Aufgaben

    Familie und Wohnen im Wandel

    by Caspar Edelhain ...
    Familienhäuser vereinten lange Schlaf, Arbeit und Versorgung unter einem Dach. Das Buch zeigt, wie getrennte Räume neue Vorstellungen von Privatheit schufen. ... Read more

    €9.99

  • 智慧楼宇实践

    by 张徐 ...
    本书分为两篇8章：第一篇的内容包括智慧楼宇概述、智慧楼宇在世界各地的发展情况、智慧楼宇的支撑技术；第二篇的内容包括智慧楼宇子系统的建设、建筑设备管理系统的建设、智慧楼宇安防系统的建设、智慧楼宇能效管理系统的建设、智慧楼宇综合管理系统的建设。通过阅读本书，读者能切身体会到智慧楼宇建设构成的方方面面以及国内外智慧楼宇的建设成果，以及我国在智慧楼宇领域的努力方向及建设思路。本书供从事智慧楼宇实践的产品生产厂商、智慧楼宇建设的负责人、智慧楼宇方案提供商及相关从业人员阅读和参考。 ... Read more

    €21.03

  • Henry VI (Complete Plays)

    by William Shakespeare ...
    The First Part of King Henry the Sixth is history play by William Shakespeare, believed written in approximately 1588–1590. It is the first in the cycle of four plays often referred to as "The First Tetralogy". The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, or Henry VI, Part 2, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed written in approximately 1590-91. It is the second part of the trilogy on ... Read more

    €0.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Edifici storici in conglomerato cementizio armato: Vulnerabilità e verifica sismica

    by Giovanni Morabito, Stefano Podestà ...
    Il volume analizza, sotto l’aspetto del rischio sismico, gli edifici storici in conglomerato cementizio armato. Il dimensionamento e la conseguente sicurezza di tali edifici si basano su regole e criteri connessi a singoli brevetti, in quanto risalenti a un’epoca in cui la tecnologia del materiale era ancora in nuce. Lo studio si è posto il fine di rinvenire, attraverso l’esame di un campione ... Read more

    €21.99

  • Ecosmart Design: Innovation in Manufacturing and Housing

    by Saidjon Nekov ...
    In a world defined by environmental urgency and technological possibility, EcoSmart Design explores how innovation can become a force for regeneration — not depletion.Blending science, architecture, ethics, and digital intelligence, this book offers a visionary roadmap for reimagining how we build, produce, and live. From green manufacturing and circular product design to biophilic architecture ... Read more

    €34.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La storia che r(esiste)

    Approcci alla conservazione e valorizzazione dei ruderi

    by Federica Ribera, Pasquale Cucco ...
    La rovina non è pura massa amorfa abbandonata ai margini della modernità, ma è materia sempre nuova, detentrice di valori immortali, che fungono di volta in volta da monito, insegnamento e ispirazione. Il volume raccoglie riflessioni ideali e operative sul tema della rovina, nei suoi aspetti storico-culturali, di conservazione e valorizzazione, e presenta numerosi casi studio e applicazioni in ... Read more

    €30.99

  • Codesign e arquitetura para a saúde

    by Michele Caixeta, Gabriela Camelo, Marcio Fabricio ...
    Codesign e arquitetura para a saúde é um livro planejado para orientar projetistas e pesquisadores no envolvimento efetivo de usuários no processo de projeto, através da compilação de resultados de diversas pesquisas nesta temática, em âmbito nacional e internacional, dirigidas por seus autores. O codesign tem o papel de ampliar a comunicação entre os usuários e os profissionais de projetos, ... Read more

    €10.99

  • Basic Quantitative Research Methods for Urban Planners

    Edited by Reid Ewing, Keunhyun Park ...
    Series series APA Planning Essentials
    In most planning practice and research, planners work with quantitative data. By summarizing, analyzing, and presenting data, planners create stories and narratives that explain various planning issues. Particularly, in the era of big data and data mining, there is a stronger demand in planning practice and research to increase capacity for data-driven storytelling.Basic Quantitative Research ... Read more

    €44.92

  • Unique Sustainable Bach: A Design Brief

    by William Van Zyl ...
    Who is this book for?For Design and Visual Communication teachers and students. Students aged 16 to 18 years old. New Zealand context. Design and Visual Communication - NCEA Level 3. Spatial Design Brief.Two design briefs are included:BRIEF 1: Design a Unique Sustainable BachBRIEF 2: Design an exhibition for your unique sustainable bach (holiday home) in a room in the Waikato Museum, which w... ... Read more

    €1.99

  • Materials

    An environmental primer

    Edited by Hattie Hartman, Joe Jack Williams ...
    The environmental impacts of construction are momentous. How can architects minimise these by making responsible material choices? Material choices have a global impact. The design and construction industry are responsible for 39% of all carbon emissions in the world. Despite the great desire among architects to address this, it can be difficult to compare materials directly, let alone understand ... Read more

    €51.84

  • InnovatiON-Architecture

    Design, Laboratory, Technology, and Emotion

    by Eduardo Gutiérrez, Jordi Fernández ...
    Compiles ON-A work philosophy: a constant search for innovative ad hoc solutions for each project, using the most updated technologies and design research.This book exposes and collects the innovations developed through 15 years of work at ON-A, through lengthy conversations between its founders and directors (Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández) and the editor. This is not a usual monograph, ... Read more

    €20.59 or Free with Kobo Plus