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  • Building a Home in a Silo

    The author found an abandoned, 50-year-old grain silo and made it into a 5-story round house. In this true story he tells his challenges and triumphs in completing this difficult task of transformation without any blueprints. Numerous photographs from the project are shown so the reader can visualize this unique building project. ... Read more

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  • Changing Cultures

    European Perspectives on the History of Portland Cement and Reinforced Concrete, 19th and 20th Centuries

    Edited by João Mascarenhas-Mateus ...
    The construction practices we employ in our daily life in European societies today were shaped by major changes in the past, such as the introduction and dissemination of Portland cement and reinforced concrete, a development that constitutes a fundamental chapter in the history of construction in the 19th and 20th centuries. Such changes were boosted by several innovations in the fields of ... Read more

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  • Formulations

    Architecture, Mathematics, Culture

    by Andrew Witt ...
    Series series Writing Architecture
    An investigation of mathematics as it was drawn, encoded, imagined, and interpreted by architects on the eve of digitization in the mid-twentieth century.In Formulations, Andrew Witt examines the visual, methodological, and cultural intersections between architecture and mathematics. The linkages Witt explores involve not the mystic transcendence of numbers invoked throughout architectural history ... Read more

    ₹1,898.14

  • Designing for Designers (Routledge Revivals)

    Lessons Learned from Schools of Architecture

    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

    ₹7,501.27

  • 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

    Get 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from drawing lines to color theory—in this classic architecture book.These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory—provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often ... Read more

    ₹947.41

  • Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio

    The Only Primer You’ll Ever Need

    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

    ₹8,410.66

  • Sustainable Construction Materials

    Glass Cullet

    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    This book is the fourth, in the series of five, on sustainable construction materials and like the previous three, it is also different to the norm. Its uniqueness lies in using the newly developed, Analytical Systemisation Method, in building the data-matrix sourced from 751 publications, contributed by 1402 authors from 513 institutions in 51 countries, from 1970 to 2017, on the subject of ... Read more

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  • Adapting Buildings for Changing Uses

    Guidelines for Change of Use Refurbishment

    by David Kincaid ...
    Adapting Building for Changing Uses discusses the comprehensive refurbishment of buildings to enable them to be used for purposes different to those originally intended.For those involved in the often risky business of conversion of buildings from one type of use to another, Adapting Building for Changing Uses provides secure guidance on which uses may be best suited to a particular location. This ... Read more

    ₹12,161.86

  • Inspections and Reports on Dwellings: Assessing Age

    by Philip Santo ...
    Identifying the age of a property is a fundamental step in understanding its form of construction and in being prepared to differentiate between the characteristic defects of that age of property and defects which are more unusual and may warrant particular care in investigation and assessment. This second edition of Inspections and Reports on Dwellings: Assessing Age updates the market context ... Read more

    ₹11,025.13

  • Gauged Brickwork

    by Gerard Lynch ...
    Gauged brickwork is a term used to describe the superior finish required in the details of an important brickwork elevation, such as moulded reveals, arches, string courses and other forms of ornamentation. This is achieved through shaping the individual bricks to produce a high degree of regularity, accurate dimensions and extreme fineness in the joints. This practical handbook combines simple ... Read more

    ₹18,982.24

  • 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

    ₹10,002.08

  • The Return of Nature

    Sustaining Architecture in the Face of Sustainability

    Edited by Erika Naginski, Preston Cohen ...
    The Return of Nature asks you to critique your conception of nature and your approach to architectural sustainability and green design. What do the terms mean? Are they de facto design requirements? Or are they unintended design replacements? The book is divided into five parts giving you multiple viewpoints on the role of the relations between architecture, nature, technology, and culture. A ... Read more

    ₹7,955.97

  • CITA Complex Modelling

    CITA Complex Modelling investigates the infrastructures of architectural design models. By questioning the tools for integrating information across the expanded digital design chain, the book asks how to support feedback between different scales of design engagement moving from material design, across design, simulation and analysis to specification and fabrication. The book conveys the findings ... Read more

    ₹649.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advanced Quantitative Research Methods for Urban Planners

    Edited by Reid Ewing, Keunhyun Park ...
    Advanced Quantitative Research Methods for Urban Planners provides fundamental knowledge and hands-on techniques about research, such as research topics and key journals in the planning field, advice for technical writing, and advanced quantitative methodologies.This book aims to provide the reader with a comprehensive and detailed understanding of advanced quantitative methods and to provide ... Read more

    ₹7,160.26

  • Autoclaved Aerated Concrete - Properties, Testing and Design

    by S. Aroni ...
    This is a comprehensive guide to autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) for designers, specifiers, users and manufacturers. It provides a model code of practice for the structural use of AAC and provides designers with a complete guide to the structural use of AAC in structural applications in building. ... Read more

    ₹60,815.00

  • Digital Records, Heritage Conservation and Post-earthquake Re-construction in Chile

    Series series Routledge Research in Architectural Conservation and Historic Preservation
    The conservation of built heritage implies constant intervention. One form of intervention is reconstruction, which, in the context of disasters, usually tries to bring buildings and places back to their previous state and is contested in heritage discourses. This book challenges reconstruction as a replica to physically preserve damaged built heritage by critically examining a context of constant ... Read more

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  • Ville numérique

    La qualité urbaine en question

    Comment la ville numérique affecte-t-elle la qualité, l’attractivité et la vitalité des territoires ? Comment les objets connectés urbains sont-ils appréhendés ? Remettent-ils en cause nos représentations de la ville et nos perceptions des paysages urbains ?Dans le contexte de la promotion de la ville numérique, Emeline Bailly et Dorothée Marchand interrogent les implications de son essor sur la ... Read more

    ₹2,999.00

  • Situate, Manipulate, Fabricate

    An Anthology of the Influences on Architectural Design and Production

    Edited by Chad Schwartz ...
    This anthology of selected works outlines three critical instigators of architecture, all tied directly to the tectonic makeup of our built environment – place, material, and assembly. These catalysts provide the organizational framework for a collection of essays discussing their significant influence on the processes of architectural design and construction.With content from a diverse collection ... Read more

    ₹6,932.91

  • Upkeep, Repair, and Maintenance in Adaptive Interiors

    This volume explores issues of repair, maintenance, sustenance, and adaptation within the context of interior design and its histories.The contributions to this volume celebrate critical analysis of past and present work as well as potentials for upkeeping the built environment, sustaining our histories and cultures, and maintaining our shared resources as we face radical shifts in the ways in ... Read more

    ₹7,160.26

  • Henry V

    Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in 1599. It is based on the life of King Henry V of England, and focuses on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, part 1 and Henry IV, part 2. The original audiences would thus have already been ... Read more

    ₹77.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Site Analysis Essentials

    An architect's guide

    How do I follow a brief? What is the site’s context? What’s its history and what is adjacent to it now? How have other designers responded to similar site conditions? Conducting a site analysis is an essential part of the design process. Through careful examination, observation and documentation, you can cultivate a deeper understanding of the place you are designing. Designed to help students ... Read more

    ₹4,200.21

  • Operações Unitárias Na Indústria Química

    Este livro é redigido para estudantes da Engenharia Química. Os assuntos: fluxo de matéria, transporte de fluidos, scale-up, números adimensionais e análise dimensional, fluxo de calor, trocadores de calor, métodos mecânicos e térmicos de separação e purificação, são abordados em cinco capítulos de maneira simplificada e intuitiva. As fórmulas matemáticas mais importantes são devidamente derivadas ... Read more

    ₹619.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fracture and Damage of Concrete and Rock - FDCR-2

    Edited by H.P. Rossmanith ...
    This book forms the Proceedings of the International Conference held in Vienna in November 1992 dealing with ageing, fatigue and fracture of concrete and concrete structures. Special sections cover demolition and recycling, and anchorage engineering. As well as selected international contributions, five specially invited plenary papers are included ... Read more

    ₹11,252.48

  • Composite Steel Structures

    Advances, design and construction

    Edited by R. Narayanan ...
    The constant need for cost-effective structural forms has led to the increasing use of composite construction, and a substantial amount of research effort is currently being spent in developing techniques for combining concrete and steel effectively. Significant economies in this form of construction have been observed, especially in bridges and building floors. Codes of Practice on composite ... Read more

    ₹69,340.47