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Design & Drafting eBooks

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  • How Design Makes the World

    by Scott Berkun ...
    "Everything you use, from your home to your smartphone, from highways to supermarkets, was designed by someone. What did they get right? Where did they go wrong? And what can we learn from how these experts think that can help us improve our own lives?In How Design Makes The World, bestselling author and designer Scott Berkun reveals how designers, from software engineers to city planners, have ... Read more

    ₹468.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Freehand Drawing and Discovery

    Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers

    by James Richards ...
    Features access to video tutorials!Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, Freehand Drawing and Discovery uses an array of cross-disciplinary examples to help readers develop their drawing skills. Taking a "both/and" approach, this book provides step-by-step guidance on drawing tools and techniques ... Read more

    ₹6,163.00

  • Biomimicry in Architecture

    by Michael Pawlyn ...
    When searching for genuinely sustainable building design and technology - designs that go beyond conventional sustainability to be truly restorative - we often find that nature got there first. Over 3.5 billion years of natural history have evolved innumerable examples of forms, systems, and processes that can be applied to modern green design.For architects, urban designers and product designers, ... Read more

    ₹5,347.25

  • 110 South Facing House Plans as per Vastu Shastra Principles

    by AS Sethu Pathi ...
    In this book, you get the south-facing house plans as per vastu Shastra. A south-facing house is the one in which the main entrance door open in the south direction. Many people believe that a south-facing house is bad. But the truth is not all the south-facing house is bad. If we make south-facing houses as per vastu Shastra principles, we will get more wealth, a relaxing and prosperous life, ... Read more

    ₹750.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Recycled Thoughts

    by Jo Roderick ...
    Just how Green is Green? Recycled Thoughts will change your views on current environmental challenges. We can no longer afford to ignore the obvious because it is inconvenient.Logos, slogans, and Carbon Footprints are not Magic Filters that clean up our environment. These concepts are often abused for self-promotion and greed!Together we can address these urgent issues! We have the power to ... Read more

    Free

  • Solar Power Demystified: The Beginners Guide To Solar Power, Energy Independence And Lower Bills

    by Lacho Pop, MSE, Dimi Avram, MSE ...
    The book 'Solar Power Demystified: The Beginners Guide To Solar Power, Energy Independence And Lower Bills' introduces you to the world of solar electric panels and systems.It reveals you the reasons why photovoltaic solar panels are continuing to gain worldwide popularity and are becoming more important as a source of renewable energy.You can see the question "To go or not to go solar?" discussed ... Read more

    Free

  • Places of the Soul

    Architecture and environmental design as a healing art

    by Christopher Day ...
    For Christopher Day, architecture isn’t just about the appearance of buildings but how they’re experienced as places to be in. Occupants’ experience can differ radically from designers’ intentions as their concerns and thinking differ. Additionally, multi-sensory ambience, spatial sequential experience and embodied spirit resonate in the human soul. Sustainable design means much more than energy ... Read more

    ₹5,565.63

  • Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

    An Assessment of Health Risk Factors

    by Mateja Dovjak, Andreja Kukec ...
    The open access book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of relevant sources of literature and user complaints that clearly demonstrate the consequences of lack of attention to health in current building design and planning. Current designing of energy-efficient buildings is mainly focused on looking at energy problems ... Read more

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  • My Life in Design

    by Gauri Khan ...
    Gauri Khan strikes the perfect balance between her sense of design and personality, and factors in the clients' brief while transforming a space into something that the user can truly call their own. She uses her quiet, elegant style and charming-yet-sophisticated aesthetic to create a space the client can enjoy. A common thread that runs right through the process is the meticulous attention to ... Read more

    ₹718.37

  • Creating a Roadmap Towards Circularity in the Built Environment

    Edited by Luís Bragança, Meri Cvetkovska, Rand Askar, Viorel Ungureanu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This open access book summarizes the research being pursued as part of the COST Action CA21103 titled "Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment" (Circular B), which aims to define the methodology to develop a common circularity framework for inclusive application and assessment in new and existing buildings to support decision-making for all value chain stakeholders and appraise ... Read more

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  • Interior Detailing

    Concept to Construction

    by David Kent Ballast ...
    The all-in-one interior detailing guide that unites creative and technical aspectsA well-executed interior space requires the successful combination of the creative and the technical. Interior Detailing bridges the gap between design and construction, and shows how to develop and transform design concepts into details that meet the constraints, functional requirements, and constructability issues ... Read more

    ₹7,295.00

  • The Sustainable City

    by Steven Cohen, Dong Guo ...
    Living sustainably is not just about preserving the wilderness or keeping nature pristine. The transition to a green economy depends on cities. Economic, technological, and cultural forces are moving people out of rural areas and into urban areas. If we are to avert climate catastrophe, we will need our cities to coexist with nature without destroying it. Urbanization holds the key to long-term ... Read more

    ₹1,947.70

  • 150 East Facing House Plans As Per Vastu Shastra

    by AS Sethu Pathi ...
    In this book, you get the East-facing house plans as per vastu Shastra. The East-facing house is the one in which the main entrance door open in the East direction. East Direction is one of the most auspicious direction according to the Vastu Shastra. Sunrises from the east, it gives more powerful positive energy to the house facing east direction. The people who live in the east direction will ... Read more

    ₹937.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Homesick

    Why I Live in a Shed

    by Catrina Davies ...
    The story of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home'You will marvel at the beauty of this book' George Monbiot'Incredibly moving**' Raynor Winn**Aged thirty-one, Catrina Davies was renting a box-room in a house in Bristol, which she shared with four other adults and a child. Working several jobs and never knowing if she could make the rent, she felt like she ... Read more

    ₹741.03

  • Naturally Animated Architecture: Using The Movements Of The Sun, Wind, And Rain To Bring Indoor Spaces And Sustainable Practices To Life

    by Kevin Nute ...
    This video-augmented book explains how the natural movements of the sun, wind and rain can be used to improve the well-being of people in buildings and raise awareness of sustainable living practices. In demonstrating how buildings can be designed to reconcile their traditional role as shelter from the elements with the active inclusion of their movement, the book shows how, in the process of ... Read more

    ₹1,922.21

  • Advances in Steel and Steel–Concrete Composite Structures

    Bridging Science and Industry

    Edited by Wojciech Lorenc, Dariusz Czepiżak, Piotr Kozioł, Marian A. Giżejowski, Jakub Marcinowski, Eugeniusz Hotała ...
    Advances in Steel and Steel–Concrete Composite Structures: Bridging Science and Industry presents the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Metal Structures (ICMS 2025), held on May 28–30, 2025 in Wrocław, Poland. The volume reflects the conference theme “Science for Industry” and brings together contributions from leading researchers and practitioners in structural engineering.This ... Read more

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  • Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio

    The Only Primer You’ll Ever Need

    by Margaret Fletcher ...
    Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio helps you learn the art of designing a compelling and effective architectural portfolio. Margaret Fletcher categorizes the architectural portfolio design process into a step-by-step method that you can manage and understand. The full-color book includes 400 portfolio examples from 55 designers, along with more than 50 diagrams, and a set of 48 design actions ... Read more

    ₹7,599.62

  • Planning and Designing Healthcare Facilities

    A Lean, Innovative, and Evidence-Based Approach

    Edited by Paul Lillrank, Vijai Kumar Singh ...
    The planning and design of healthcare facilities has evolved over the previous decades from "function follows design" to "design follows function." Facilities stressed the functions of healthcare providers but patient experience was not fully considered. The design process has now crucially evolved, and currently, the impression a hospital conveys to its patients and community is the primary ... Read more

    ₹8,027.83

  • Design, When Everybody Designs

    An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation

    by Ezio Manzini ...
    Translated by Rachel Coad ...
    Series series Design Thinking, Design Theory
    The role of design, both expert and nonexpert, in the ongoing wave of social innovation toward sustainability.In a changing world everyone designs: each individual person and each collective subject, from enterprises to institutions, from communities to cities and regions, must define and enhance a life project. Sometimes these projects generate unprecedented solutions; sometimes they converge on ... Read more

    ₹1,169.60

  • Designing for Designers (Routledge Revivals)

    Lessons Learned from Schools of Architecture

    by Wolfgang F. E. Preiser, Jack Nasar, Thomas Fisher ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 2007, this book examines the designs of seventeen architecture and design schools and answers questions such as: How has architectural education evolved and what is its future? Are architectural schools discernible types of designs and what are their effects on those who experience them? What lessons can be learned from evaluations of recently completed school buildings and what ... Read more

    ₹6,743.21

  • Building Services Handbook

    by Fred Hall, Roger Greeno ...
    The tenth edition of Hall and Greeno's leading textbook has been reviewed and updated in relation to the latest building, wiring and water regulations, new technology and new legislation. For this edition, new updates include electric vehicle charging, overheating in buildings, waste water treatment, energy performance certification, mechanical ventilation, food waste recycling, electro-magnetic ... Read more

    ₹7,064.36

  • No Miracles Needed

    How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air

    by Mark Z. Jacobson ...
    The world needs to turn away from fossil fuels and use clean, renewable sources of energy as soon as we can. Failure to do so will cause catastrophic climate damage sooner than you might think, leading to loss of biodiversity and economic and political instability. But all is not lost! We still have time to save the planet without resorting to 'miracle' technologies. We need to wave goodbye to ... Read more

    ₹5,164.26

  • Design Education for a Sustainable Future

    by Rob Fleming ...
    Sustainability is a powerful force that is fundamentally reshaping humanity’s relationship to the natural world and is ushering in the Age of Integration. The move from well-intentioned environmental friendliness to the higher bar of integral sustainability and regenerative design demands a new type of design professional, one that is deeply collaborative, ethically grounded, empathically ... Read more

    ₹7,599.62

  • The Complete Student Design Presentation Sourcebook for the Practice of Architectural Engineering

    by Ata Asheghi ...
    A complete sourcebook for how to create architectural and building design presentations. With design strategy chapters using the right media for applications in architectural engineering design. Intended for beginner, intermediate, and advanced studies in architectural engineering. A great sourcebook for students, professors, and professionals. ... Read more

    ₹284.60