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  • Kevin McCloud’s How to Make Your House a Home

    by Kevin McCloud ...
    Series Book 3 - Collins Shorts
    Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.Kevin McCloud’s advice for setting up or doing up your home. Kevin will show you the things worth spending your money on, and the things you might cut back on. Helpful and incisive advice on design, construction and style from the foremost voice in modern architectural design.Collins Shorts are a fresh look at the ebook short, with the emphasis on vibrant ... Read more

    €1.47

  • The Architecture Book

    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Architecture in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Architecture ... Read more

    €9.99

  • Architecture

    The Definitive Visual History

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Definitive Cultural Histories
    From ancient dwellings to modern high-tech skyscrapers, discover everything there is to know about the history of architecture worldwide.Covering over 6,000 years of human history, Architecture charts the most important developments in building materials, technology, design, and the social changes that have shaped the architectural landscape.Explore every significant architectural period and style ... Read more

    €11.99

  • Septic Tank Options & Alternatives

    Your guide to conventional, natural andeco-friendly methods & technologies

    Septic Tank Options & Alternatives is a user-friendly guide through the maze of selecting an eco-friendly sewage treatment option for your home. With so many different treatment systems and technologies available, it can be a challenge to make the choice that really reflects your values and priorities. This book lists conventional and alternative sewage treatment systems and outlines the pros and ... Read more

    €6.19

  • Illustrated Building Pocket Book

    Series series Routledge Pocket Books
    Building and architecture has developed a language of its own, with terms and jargon that can confuse an expert let alone an outsider. Misunderstandings over what a word means can be irritating but unimportant, but could in the worst cases be costly or even dangerous. Traditional building dictionaries rely on the reader to already know what the correct word is, and that's not always the case. ... Read more

    €60.87

  • Design Build with The Scarcity and Creativity Studio

    From its creation in January 2012, The Scarcity and Creativity Studio has developed a teaching method which reaffirms a commitment to architecture as a service to society, questions the idea of the individual creator in favour of collaborative design, and challenges the traditional master-student relationship.This book documents the projects and, in so doing, explains the practices and pedagogic ... Read more

    €40.20

  • The Art of Shaping the Metropolis

    by Pedro Ortiz ...
    A proven approach for addressing explosive metropolitan growth in an integrated and holistic manner“The book provides a basis for the contemplation of the old network paradigm of the megalopolis into the informational meshwork of the mega- or metacity of the future. The handbook’s review of the networked past is invaluable, while its projection of these networks into future plans raises very many ... Read more

    €53.78

  • La controverse Learning from Las Vegas

    Un retour sur l'émergence du postmodernisme en architecture

    Manifeste sur le postmodernisme architectural américainLa publication par les architectes américains Robert Venturi et Denise Scott Brown de Learning from Las Vegas, d’abord sous forme d’articles puis de livre, a entrainé à partir de 1968 une controverse sans équivalent dans l’histoire moderne de l’architecture. L’historien Stanislaus von Moos a parlé à ce propos d’« une polarisation de ... Read more

    €29.99

  • Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape

    Edited by Leonard J. Hopper ...
    Quick, reliable answers to your most common on-site questionsWhen you're in the field, you never know what you'll come across. The Graphic Standards Field Guide to Hardscape gives you fast access to the practical information you need when you're on-site and under pressure.Presented in a highly visual and easily portable format, the Field Guide is organized to follow a logical project sequence from ... Read more

    €70.99

  • The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

    Earth-sheltered building has existed since the heyday of Skara Brae in Scotland 5,000 years ago, and is used today by people around the world. If you have ever looked at your power bill in stunned disbelief, if you are interested in green building techniques, or if you want your home to stand out (or hide out), then this book is for you. With The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth ... Read more

    €11.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Furniture for Interior Design

    This comprehensive, practical guide explores how contemporary furniture is used within interior design to define a space, create division and enclosure, and alter or redefine circulation.Initial chapters illustrate the different contexts in which furniture is used, from the office and domestic interiors to retail and exhibition space; look at types of furniture, whether off-the-shelf or bespoke; ... Read more

    €3.99

  • 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

    €36.76

  • Grotte de Lascaux

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    Partez à la découverte de la grotte de Lascaux avec ce Grand Article Universalis !La découverte de Lascaux fit soudainement entrer l'art dans la préhistoire de l'humanité ; c'était en 1940, alors que les recherches préhistoriques nées en France et particulièrement développées dans le Périgord n'étaient pas encore centenaires…Un ouvrage spécialement conçu pour le numérique afin d’en savoir plus sur ... Read more

    €6.99

  • Zero Piranesi

    SAC Journal 5

    Series Book 5 - SAC Journal
    ZERO PIRANESI Giovanni Battista Piranesi's engravings, Campo Marzio dell'antica Roma of 1762, have a peculiar position within the discipline of ar- chitecture. With their dissemination, the folio collection of six etch- ings have till this day nurtured architects' speculations on the city. Since the Enlightenment, they - and in particular the Campo Marzio plan - have fuelled research, discussions ... Read more

    €14.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Architectural Styles You Can Identify - Architecture Reference & Specification Book | Children's Architecture Books

    Are you interested in architecture? Those archs and curves belong to an era. Identify different architectural styles with confidence. Use this wonderful reference book that includes pictures and features in every page. Extending your knowledge beyond your school curriculum is never a bad move. You’ll never know when stock knowledge will come in handy. Grab a copy now. ... Read more

    €3.36

  • Dictionary of Building and Civil Engineering

    English/French French/English

    by Don Montague ...
    This French–English and English–French dictionary lists over 20,000 specialist terms, covering architecture, building, civil engineering and property. It is written for all construction professionals working on projects overseas. This new edition has been revised and extended, as well as pruned, and serves as an invaluable reference source in an increasingly European marketplace. ... Read more

    €195.29

  • Sonic Wilderness: Wild Vinyl Records

    by Mark Harris ...
    Series Book 11 - The Practice of Theory and the Theory of Practice
    Sonic Wilderness accesses the critical value of unusual vinyl records that concern our relationship with nature. These wild records reveal unconventional perspectives on the entanglements of human life with animals, gardens and plants. They form a lyrical unconscious exposing the conventions and ideologies of popular music, their warped perspectives and acoustic radioactivity comprising a ... Read more

    €7.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Illustrated Guide to Door Hardware: Design, Specification, Selection

    by Scott Tobias ...
    Your one-stop, comprehensive guide to commercial doors and door hardware—from the brand you trustIllustrated Guide to Door Hardware: Design, Specification, Selection is the only book of its kind to compile all the relevant information regarding design, specifications, crafting, and reviewing shop drawings for door openings in one easy-to-access place. Content is presented consistently across ... Read more

    €93.99

  • Le logement contemporain

    Entre confort, désir et normes (1995-2012)

    De quelles façons la société a-t-elle influencé l'espace architectural ces dernières années en France ?Face aux changements remarquables de notre société comment la production du logement a-t-elle évolué ?Ce livre propose un bilan de l’habitation de ces dix-sept dernières années en France. Il s’interroge sur les façons dont architectes et maîtres d’ouvrage s’adaptent à notre temps, face à nos ... Read more

    €34.99

  • Liège

    Guide d'architecture moderne et contemporaine 1895-2014

    Que vous soyez professionnels de l'architecture ou passionnés d'urbanisme et de voyages, partez à la découverte de la Cité ardente !Ce premier guide d’architecture moderne et contemporaine consacré à Liège et à ses environs (arrondissements de Liège, Huy et Waremme), invite à regarder l’architecture autrement au travers d’une sélection de près de quatre cents projets illustrés de plans et situés ... Read more

    €34.99

  • L'architecture pratique

    Les ouvrages de massonnerie, charpenterie, menuiserie, serrurerie, plomberie, vitrerie, ardoise, tuille, pavé de grais & impression

    by Pierre Bullet ...
    L'architecture pratique de Pierre Bullet est un traité innovant qui se distingue par son approche méthodique et son langage clair, offrant une synthèse des connaissances architecturales de son époque. Écrit à la fin du XVIIe siècle, le livre éclaire le lecteur sur les principes fondamentaux de l'architecture, tout en s'inscrivant dans le mouvement classique qui caractérise cette période. Bullet ... Read more

    €1.99 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

    €36.99

  • Architectural Inventions

    Visionary Drawings

    Born out of the drawingbuilding.org online archive, Architectural Inventions presents a stunning visual study of impossible or speculative structures that exist only on paper. Soliciting the work of architects, designers, and artists of renown –as well as emerging talents from all over the world –Maximilian Goldfarb and Matt Bua have gathered an array of works that convey architectural ... Read more

    €15.99