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  • 101 Things I Didn't Learn In Architecture School

    And wish I had known before my first job

    by Sarah Lebner ...
    Your first architecture job can involve a very steep learning curve.This book helps students and graduates of architecture kick-start their career and shave months off their professional development.This book will help you:Understand construction basics so you can avoid embarrassing situations and quickly understand instructions.Grasp an overview of the industry and business of architecture so ... Read more

    RM 35.25

  • 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

    RM 31.79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Building Material Estimates and Rates Build Up

    Second Edition

    by Moremi Mareka ...
    The script is entitled Building Estimates and Rates Build Up .and aims at empowering Technical educators, Technical, Brigades and Community colleges students, Apprentices and individuals in the building profession with the necessary skill and knowledge. As an experienced professional in the building industry, quantity surveyor( building material estimator) and a former lecturer for technical ... Read more

    RM 34.09

  • Photography, Architecture, and the Modern Italian Landscape

    Primitivism and Progress

    by Lindsay Harris ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Photography, Architecture, and the Modern Italian Landscape explores the impact of photography at a pivotal moment in Italian architecture and culture, focusing on the period between 1910 and the mid-1970s.The book analyzes architectural photographs taken by Italian cultural figures who helped transform the Italian landscape into what we know today. This study charts the oscillation of Italians’ ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Renewing Design with Communities

    Another Way of Building

    Edited by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji, Snehanshu Mukherjee ...
    This book looks at alternative ways of analyzing traditional and contemporary architectural design and building practices in South Asia with a special focus on India. It showcases how collaborative projects between architects and local communities and drawing from local building traditions can lead to sustainable and equitable practices in architecture.The volume includes an analysis of projects ... Read more

    RM 227.36

  • Retrospective Columns

    Ionic Capitals and Perceptions of the Past in Greek Architecture

    by Samuel Holzman ...
    An innovative study of how and why ancient Greek builders sometimes combined older and contemporary carving styles when making capitalsThe Ionic order of ancient Greek architecture gradually evolved over the course of the sixth century BCE. In Retrospective Columns, Samuel Holzman examines an overlooked group of nine Ionic monuments that are varied in design but have capitals that combine the ... Read more

    RM 183.49

  • Architect's Legal Pocket Book

    by Matthew Cousins ...
    Series series Routledge Pocket Books
    A little book that’s big on information, the Architect’s Legal Pocket Book is the definitive reference guide on legal issues for architects and architectural students. This handy pocket guide covers key legal principles which will help you to quickly understand the law and where to go for further information.Now in its third edition, this bestselling book has been fully updated throughout to ... Read more

    RM 180.31

  • A Practical Research Process for Developing a Sustainable Built Environment in Emerging Economies

    by Andrew Ebekozien, Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala ...
    Series series Routledge Research Collections for Construction in Developing Countries
    A Practical Research Process for Developing a Sustainable Built Environment in Emerging Economies aims to fill the dearth of practical research guidance and reference material with specific focus on the built environment in developing countries. Global policy agendas such as Agenda 2030 (the SDGs) highlight the importance and growth of research and knowledge from emerging nations who are ... Read more

    RM 921.34

  • Architectural Precedents

    Historic Case Studies on Spatial Density and Seclusion

    Edited by Rubén Alcolea ...
    The use of historical precedents as references has been widely used in modern and contemporary architectural practices. "Architectural Precedents: Historic Case Studies on Spatial Density and Seclusion" presents a set of examples to look at as a generative source for students and practitioners, pointing to universal compositional principles such as structure, symmetry, scale and density. This ... Read more

    RM 39.21

  • Technophoria

    by Niklas Maak ...
    Translated by Isabel García Adánez ...
    Turek trabaja para una empresa que construye smart cities. Su jefe está obsesionado con un proyecto que estuvo a punto de llevarse a la práctica en el siglo pasado: inundar la depresión de Qattara en Egipto con agua del Mediterráneo. Si fuera posible podría descender el nivel de los océanos, convertir el desierto en una región fértil, frenar el cambio climático y, en el trayecto, ganar miles de ... Read more

    RM 49.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Constructing Building Integrity

    Raising Standards Through Professionalism

    Edited by Katja Cooper, Hugh Breakey, Charles Sampford, Peter Gow, Keith Hampson ...
    Series series Spon Research
    Constructing Building Integrity examines how ethical and professional standards can be raised in the residential apartment sector. Recent incidents in a number of countries, culminating in London’s Grenfell Tower inferno that claimed 72 lives, have highlighted systemic failures in the building industry’s professional and regulatory standards frameworks. These disasters raise serious questions over ... Read more

    RM 921.34

  • Party Wall Disputes

    The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and Beyond - Legal Coherence, Disputes and Management

    by Laura Lintott ...
    An accessible roadmap to the complexities of party wall disputesParty Wall Disputes: The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and Beyond - Legal Coherence and Dispute Management meets the need for a roadmap to the main areas of law and fact relevant to party wall disputes:Statutes, including a detailed analysis of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and other relevant legislation,Property rights, such... ... Read more

    RM 352.79

  • Thinking about Architecture

    An Introduction to Architectural Theory

    by Colin Davies ...
    In order to understand architecture in all its cultural complexity it is necessary to grasp such basic concepts as representation, form and space. The aim of this book is to provide teachers, students, practising architects and general readers with a set of ideas that will enrich their conversation, their writing, and above all their thinking about architecture.The book is divided into eight ... Read more

    RM 80.39

  • Urban Labyrinths

    Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America

    by Pablo Meninato, Gregory Marinic ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America examines intervention initiatives in informal settlements in Latin American cities as social, spatial, architectural, and cultural processes.From the mid-20th century to the present, Latin America and other regions in the Global South have experienced a remarkable demographic trend, with millions of people ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Craft Theory and Contemporary Architecture

    by Grant Alford ...
    This book offers a comprehensive exploration of craft theory in relation to contemporary architecture. Craft is an old and familiar idea, but the line between craft and art or craft and mere manufacturing, for example, is notoriously hard to describe. In architecture, a similarly blurred line between the design process, on the one hand, and the physical making of buildings, on the other, lies at ... Read more

    RM 227.36

  • Minimalism

    How To Live A Meaningful Life With A Minimalist Lifestyle; Design Your Life With More Of Less

    by Cary Millburn ...
    Learn that there is another way to live than collecting more stuff, burning through cash on things we don't need and filling our lives with time duties that we aren't enthusiastic about just to stay "occupied."Today only, get this bestseller for a special price.Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device.Minimalism is tied in with living a purposeful, essential and satisfying life ... Read more

    RM 11.72 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Traumhäuser

    Die schönsten Einfamilienhäuser für jedes Budget und jedes Grundstück

    by Wolfgang Bachmann, Katharina Matzig ...
    Die 100 schönsten Einfamilienhäuser der letzten Jahre versammelt in einem Werk: Ob kleines Haus am Hang oder opulentes Haus mit Pool, ob aus Holz, Beton oder Ziegel – für jeden Geschmack und jede Situation ist das Passende dabei. So unterschiedlich die vorgestellten Häuser sind, so haben sie doch eines gemein: Sie wurden von den besten Architekten entworfen und zeugen von einer herausragenden ... Read more

    RM 80.39

  • Architecture in the Baltic States

    Cities, Landscapes and Heritage of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

    Edited by Marco Falsetti ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    This book explores the architecture of the Baltic States, a region still relatively unexplored in architectural literature. Nevertheless, this collection of chapters provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the urban architectural environment of the three countries that make up the Baltic region: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.Organised in three parts, with each part focusing on one of the ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Trans Structures: Fluid Architecture and Liquid Engineering

    by Matyas Gutai ...
    Architecture is based upon the misconception that strong is stable, both in sense of energy and structure, as an unchanged state of microclimate would require more material or insulation. Trans-structures are the opposite: building elements with the response-ability to change according to external conditions in order to maintain stability in terms of structure and/or energy. In this type of ... Read more

    RM 41.69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Innovation District Planning

    Concept, Framework, Practice

    by Tan Yigitcanlar, Surabhi Pancholi, Niusha Esmaeilpoorarabi, Rosemary Adu-McVie ...
    This book aims to fill the knowledge gap on how to plan, develop and manage innovation districts that are competitive in terms of both productivity and quality of living, justifying the massive investment put into place and at the same time doing both in a delicate and harmonious way.There is a need for smart urban land use that is wired with both hard infrastructures (e.g., telecommunication and ... Read more

    RM 215.59

  • International Directory of Building Research Information and Development Organizations

    by Studies and Documentation International Council for Building Research ...
    Every entry follows a standard pattern: after the address and telephone number of the institution there is a brief description of its history and financial support, followed by the names of the senior staff, total number of staff, the institution's structure and services, its main research programmes and a list of its publications. For this new edition a subject index has been added, allowing the ... Read more

    RM 215.59

  • Haus und Auto

    by Andreas K. Vetter ...
    Haus und Auto ist ein absolutes Muss für Autoliebhaber und Fans spektakulärer Architektur! Rund 45 innovative Beispiele zeigen, wie man seinen vierrädrigen Freund – oder gar seine ganze Sammlung – präsentiert und ihm die gebührende Aufmerksamkeit einräumt. In diesem Buch wird nicht einfach geparkt, vielmehr wird für das Auto eine architektonisch herausragende Räumlichkeit geschaffen, in der es ... Read more

    RM 141.49

  • Professional Ethics in Construction and Surveying

    by Greg Watts, Jason Challender, Anthony Higham, Peter McDermott ...
    This textbook responds to the increasing demand for practical, industry aligned, ethical practices in quantity surveying, construction management and related AEC professions. Professional Ethics for Construction and Surveying addresses how existing ethical standards can be pragmatically applied to both private and contracting practice, with case studies aligned with the ethical requirements of the ... Read more

    RM 258.72

  • An Architect’S Guide to Engineered Shading Solutions

    The Next Generation in Window Coverings

    by Neil Perry Gordon ...
    If youre a member of the architectural and design community who still consider window coverings as an afterthought, then you need to learn more about the emerging field of engineered shading solutions. Engineered shading solutions are sustainable systems for interior and exterior window coverings that engage the latest technologies to control heat, glare, and light. Window coverings have evolved ... Read more

    RM 31.79