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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

  • Principal Designer's Handbook

    Guide to the CDM Regulations 2015

    by Association for Project Safety ...
    The new CDM regulations came into force on 6th April 2015 changing the face of pre-construction health and safety management on construction projects, large and small. This handbook provides a comprehensive road map to undertaking the new Principal Designer role brings pre-construction health and safety risk management into the hands of architects and other designers. Offering authoritative and ... Read more

    RM 325.21

  • The Berlin Tenement and the City

    by Katharina Borsi ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architectural History
    The Berlin Tenement and the City describes the development of the Berlin tenement from 1860 to 1914, showing how it became both Berlin’s standard housing type and its principal urban component – the city’s ubiquitous typology. In contrast to earlier historical categorizations of the tenement as a ‘rental barrack,’ here it is described as an evolving typology that dynamically responded to the ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Landscape Architecture

    An Introduction

    by Robert Holden, Jamie Liversedge ...
    Aimed at prospective and new students, this book gives a comprehensive introduction to the nature and practice of landscape architecture, the professional skills required and the latest developments.After discussing the history of the profession, the book explains the design process through principles such as hierarchy, human scale, unity, harmony, asymmetry, colour, form and texture. It looks at ... Read more

    RM 102.89

  • Work–Life Balance

    by Janice Arenofsky ...
    Series series Health and Medical Issues Today
    This powerful resource investigates how a positive work–life balance can help create engaged, productive employees, how imbalances in work–life balance create serious issues for workers, and identifies different ways to greatly improve one's work–life balance.Of the 35 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), all except the United States provide nationwide ... Read more

    RM 149.79

  • Curated in China

    Manipulating the City through the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture

    by Monica Naso ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Curated in China: Manipulating the City through the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture provides an in-depth observation of an architecture and urbanism exhibition with transformative objectives. It uses simultaneous narratives to explore scales and perspectives and the layered spatial and political agency that an ephemeral event – the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Period Homes - Styles & Original Features

    An Easy Reference Guide

    by Trevor Yorke ...
    Series series Britain's Architectural History
    Are you ready to step inside the world of period homes? To unlock the secrets of the iconic buildings we see throughout the cities, towns and villages of Britain? Then this is the book for you.Period homes are all around us. Not only are they charming homes for those lucky enough to live in them, but they also give the community in which they're set a distinguished character and a link with the ... Read more

    RM 19.56 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American House Styles

    A Concise Guide

    by John Milnes Baker ...
    “An engaging historical account and an attractive, practical resource.” —BooklistColonial, Neoclassical, Queen Anne, Craftsman—what distinguishes one architectural style from another? This unique book will allow readers to recognize the architectural features and style of virtually any house they encounter. Here, architect John Milnes Baker explains the historical, cultural, and technical ... Read more

    RM 74.99

  • La Naturaleza Vibrazional Cósmica. Un sendero filtrado por la Visión Sónica de la Realidad.

    by Marko Guglielmi Reimmortal ...
    La Naturaleza Vibrazional Cósmica: un camino filtrado por la Visión Sónica de la Realidad. Este no es un libro para leer pasivamente, es una invitación a sintonizarte con las frecuencias de la existencia, a percibir la belleza de la vida como una sinfonía para escuchar y con la cual entrar en comunión. Un viaje de descubrimiento donde la ciencia, la tradición y la percepción convergen, guiándonos ... Read more

    RM 7.80

  • Eficiencia y productividad en arquitectura

    by Lorenzo Barnó Martínez, Agnieszka Stepien ...
    ¿Cómo aprender a ser un arquitecto productivo y eficiente en el día a día? Los profesionales de la arquitectura saben lo difícil que es culminar satisfactoriamente un proyecto por la dedicación que requiere y la diversidad de tareas que implica. La tendencia a asumir más compromisos de los que se pueden realizar, las jornadas de trabajo interminables y a contra reloj para cumplir con los plazos de ... Read more

    RM 37.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Theorizing Built Form and Culture

    The Legacy of Amos Rapoport

    Edited by Kapila D. Silva, Nisha A. Fernando ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    In this collection of essays, Theorizing Built Form and Culture: The Legacy of Amos Rapoport – a felicitation volume to celebrate the significance of Professor Amos Rapoport's lifelong scholarship – scholars from around the world discuss the analytical relevance, expansion, and continuing application of these contributions in developing an advanced understanding of mutual relationships between ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • 150 Best of the Best House Ideas

    by Francesc Zamora ...
    Packed with hundreds of pages of beautiful and inspirational color photographs of homes from around the world, a visually stunning resource and guide-part of the successful 150 Best series-featuring the latest in modern home construction and design.A comprehensive collection of single-family houses created by some of the most distinguished international architects and designers, 150 Best of the ... Read more

    RM 59.79

  • Encounters with Architecture

    Insights from a Hundred Places

    by Howard Davis ...
    The hundred places of this book were visited over several decades, and played an important role in Davis’s career. Insights come from everyday places and famous landmarks: some beautiful, some the product of fine craftsmanship, some active places of gathering or commerce, some quiet places of contemplation. All stayed in the author’s memory, helping build the framework of his understandings of ... Read more

    RM 203.83

  • The Death of Urbanism

    Transitions through five stages of grief

    by Marcus White, Nano Langenheim ...
    Series Book 7 - The Practice of Theory and the Theory of Practice
    Koolhaas pronounced urbanism dead in 1995. Since then, urban design has struggled to come to terms with this and other losses including environmental stability, af- fordable housing, design control, and urban amenity. This book explores urban design paradigms transitioning through a misappropriation of Kübler-Ross' "five stages of grief" – from pro-sprawl 'denial', NIMBY 'anger', revisionist ... Read more

    RM 31.79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Universal Principles of Interior Design

    100 Ways to Develop Innovative Ideas, Enhance Usability, and Design Effective Solutions

    by Chris Grimley, Kelly Harris Smith ...
    Series series Rockport Universal
    Explore 100 concepts and guidelines that are critical to a successful visualization and application of interior design.Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, Universal Principles of Interior Design pairs clear explanations of every topic with visual examples of it applied in practice. By considering these concepts and examples, you can learn to make more informed and ultimately better design ... Read more

    RM 112.99

  • Plumbing Licensing Study Guide

    by Rex Miller, Mark R. Miller ...
    This book is designed for use as both a text and study guide for those students taking the licensing test in plumbing. Because of the large number of residential dwellings under construction and planned for the near future, this is a growing area. Well trained and knowledgeable plumbers are urgently needed in most of the individual United States and Canada. The field of plumbers, pipefitters, and ... Read more

    RM 211.59

  • Quiero ser arquitecto

    by Alberto Campo Baeza ...
    Este es un libro peligroso porque quien lo lea admirará la arquitectura, tanto que seguramente querrá ser arquitecto, o querrá poner a uno en su vida. Esto solo lo podría transmitir alguien que no pueda ocultar que, para él, es la profesión “más bonita del mundo”. Así, el autor describe cómo se construye esa personalidad tan característica de los arquitectos que, más allá de las estructuras y los ... Read more

    RM 44.89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • Exhibition Design Second Edition

    An Introduction

    by Philip Hughes ...
    Exhibition Design describes the skills needed to become an exhibition designer, including: developing a brief and working with clients; design principles for graphics, circulation, lighting, and accessibility; presenting ideas to clients; and the practicalities of production.A wealth of visual material includes photographs of completed exhibitions by world-renowned designers, concept drawings, ... Read more

    RM 122.19

  • AIA Guide to Chicago

    by American Institute of Architects Chicago, Chicago Architecture Center, Landmarks Illinois, Cynthia Weese, FAIA ...
    Chicago’s architecture attracts visitors from around the globe. The fourth edition of the AIA Guide to Chicago is the best portable resource for exploring this most breathtaking and dynamic of cityscapes. The editors offer entries on new destinations like the Riverwalk, the St. Regis Chicago, and The 606 as well as updated descriptions of Willis Tower and other refreshed landmarks. Thirty-four ... Read more

    RM 45.19

  • CAD Fundamentals for Architecture

    by Elys John ...
    Series series Portfolio Skills
    Computer-aided design (CAD) is the dominant design and drawing tool used in architecture, and all students need to acquire basic skills in using it. This book explains the key CAD skills required to create plans, 3D models and perspectives. Detailed text and hundreds of screengrabs and visuals are used to demonstrate the various techniques and processes.2D skills are shown using AutoCAD, SketchUp ... Read more

    RM 102.89

  • Luigi Moretti

    Lessons of SPAZIO

    by Roberto Podda ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Luigi Moretti: Lessons of SPAZIO focuses on the theoretical work of the Italian architect Luigi Moretti (Rome, 1906–1973). It does so selectively, focusing on the editorials he published between 1950 and 1953 as editor-in-chief of the magazine SPAZIO, as well as a further essay on parametric architecture, published in 1971–1972, in the first issue of the magazine MOEBIUS, directed by his friend ... Read more

    RM 243.04

  • Routledge Critical Companion to Race and Architecture

    Edited by Felipe Hernández, Itohan Osayimwese ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This book explores the malleability of race as a construct, one subject to continuous redefinitions in different times, cultures and places. While race has been deployed historically to establish hierarchies in a modern-colonial world, it also has acquired the capacity to challenge those hierarchies, enabling critical engagements with epistemic positions that have been excluded from univocal ... Read more

    RM 270.48

  • How to Write a Historic Structure Report

    by David Arbogast ...
    A one-of-a-kind, step-by-step guide to compiling an HSR—a document crucial to every professional working on a historic property.Any architect, engineer, or preservation professional renovating a historic property must be familiar with the historic structure report (HSR)—a document that evaluates all aspects of a property to minimize damage during restoration. The only book of its kind, this ... Read more

    RM 69.79