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  • The New Carbon Architecture

    Building to Cool the Climate

    by Bruce King ...
    Soak up carbon into beautiful, healthy buildings that heal the climate"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren't enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when materials are mined, manufactured, and transported — comprising some 10% of global emissions. With the built environment doubling by 2030, buildings are a carbon ... Read more

    S$ 35.20 SGD

  • New Eco Homes

    New Ideas for Sustainable Living

    by Manel Gutierrez ...
    A stunning, full-color showcase of the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and eco-friendly design, featuring thirty-five diverse homes.Today’s architects, designers, building craftsman, and homeowners are becoming more environmentally conscious, choosing eco-friendly living spaces with small carbon footprints that are built with sustainable materials. New Eco Homes explores various ... Read more

    S$ 34.32 SGD

  • Building Information Modeling For Dummies

    by Stefan Mordue, Paul Swaddle, David Philp ...
    Everything you need to make the most of building information modelingIf you're looking to get involved in the world of BIM, but don't quite know where to start, Building Information Modeling For Dummies is your one-stop guide to collaborative building using one coherent system of computer models rather than as separate sets of drawings. Inside, you'll find an easy-to-follow introduction to BIM and ... Read more

    S$ 31.99 SGD

  • Seeing the Better City

    How to Explore, Observe, and Improve Urban Space

    by Charles R. Wolfe ...
    Finalist for a 2018 United Kingdom National Urban Design Award • A 2017 KUOW Public Radio 2017 End-of-Year Book ChoiceIn order to understand and improve cities today, personal observation remains as important as ever. While big data, digital mapping, and simulated cityscapes are valuable tools for understanding urban space, using them without on-the-ground, human impressions risks creating places ... Read more

    S$ 39.23 SGD

  • The City of Today is a Dying Thing

    In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow

    by Des Fitzgerald ...
    'Lively, irreverent and insightful.' Lauren Elkin'Like Jon Ronson on town planners ... E ndlessly funny, s eriously smart.' John GrindrodCities are bad for us: polluted, noisy and fundamentally unnatural. We need green space, not concrete. Trees, not tower blocks. So goes the argument. But is it true? What would the city of the future look like if we tried to build a better life from the ground up ... Read more

    S$ 20.59 SGD

  • Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures

    The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Castles and Cathedrals, Skyscrapers and Bridges, and So Much More...

    by Lee J. Ames ...
    Series series Draw 50
    Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Celebrated author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw famous structures from all over the world, as well as an igloo, a barn and silo, a windmill, and even a teepee. Ames's illustration style and renowned drawing method has made him a leader in the step-by-step ... Read more

    S$ 11.33 SGD

  • Humanise

    A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World

    by Thomas Heatherwick ...
    From one of the world's most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings.'This book is a super-accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that' GRAYSON PERRY*****Our world is losing its humanity.Too many developers care more about their shareholders than society. Too many politicians care more about ... Read more

    S$ 22.55 SGD

  • CS E10:2014 - Guidelines on Design Loads for Skyrise Greenery

    by angeliasia ...
    The Research branch of the Centre for Urban Greenery & Ecology, Singapore, engages in multidisciplinary research on the greening and ecology of cities. Through its key research programs on plants, ecology and social studies, it aims to enhance greenery planning, design and management in cities.CS E10:2014, Guidelines on Design Loads for Skyrise Greenery, identifies the basic requirements, ... Read more

    S$ 10.23 SGD

  • Force of Nature

    The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution

    by Edward Humes ...
    What happens when a renowned river guide teams up with the CEO of one of the largest and least Earth-friendly corporations in the world? When it's former Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott and white-water expert turned sustainability consultant Jib Ellison, the result is nothing less than a green business revolution.Wal-Mart—long the target of local businesses, labor advocates, and environmentalists who ... Read more

    S$ 24.08 SGD

  • Climate Action for Busy People

    by Cate Mingoya-LaFortune ...
    As unprecedented heat waves, storms of the century, and devastating fires impact cities across the country, the time to create climate resilient communities is now. While large-scale innovations in policy and technology are necessary to preserve the planet, the wisest and most lasting adaptation solutions originate at the local level. However, with something as large as the climate crisis, it can ... Read more

    S$ 28.11 SGD

  • Architecture and the Public World

    Kenneth Frampton

    by Kenneth Frampton ...
    Series series Radical Thinkers in Design
    This book brings together Kenneth Frampton's essays from the 1960s to today which epitomize his reflections on the historical–theoretical entanglements of architecture with place, the public realm, cultural identity, urban landscape and environment, and the political question of the “predicament” of architecture in the new Millennium.The essays explore Frampton's contention that architecture's ... Read more

    S$ 40.65 SGD

  • A Pattern Language

    Towns, Buildings, Construction

    by Christopher Alexander ...
    Series series Center for Environmental Structure Series
    You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental ... Read more

    S$ 60.27 SGD

  • Drawing and Illustrating Architecture

    A Step-by-Step Guide to the Art of Drawing and Illustrating Beautiful Buildings

    by Demi Lang ...
    An insightful and comprehensive guide to mastering the art of drawing and illustrating architecture.Inspiring architecture and beautiful buildings are all around us. Artists often gravitate toward building facades, doors, windows, and roofs that tell a story, convey history, and contain intricate detail. But learning to successfully capture these works on paper can be quite a challenge.Artist and ... Read more

    S$ 27.13 SGD

  • Enabling the City

    Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Encounters in Research and Practice

    Edited by Josefine Fokdal, Olivia Bina, Prue Chiles, Liis Ojamäe, Katrin Paadam ...
    Enabling the City is a collaborative book that focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contribute to urban transformation at a local level in the 21st century, striking a balance between enthusiastic support for such transformational potential and a cautious note regarding the persistent challenges to the ethos as well as the practice of inter ... Read more

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  • Building Construction Illustrated

    by Francis D. K. Ching ...
    The #1 visual guide to building construction principles, updated with the latest materials, methods, and systemsFor over four decades, Building Construction Illustrated has been the leading visual guide to the principles of building construction. Filled with rich illustrations and in-depth content by renowned author Francis D.K. Ching, it offers students and practicing professionals the ... Read more

    S$ 66.99 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 28.22 SGD

  • Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing: A Guide for Sustainable Entrepreneurs

    by Alan S. Gutterman ...
    Sustainable finance is a long-term approach to finance and investing, emphasizing long-term thinking, decision-making and value creation that considers environmental, social and governance ("ESG") issues. Sustainable finance has emerged in parallel to aggressive policy initiatives such as the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement of 2015 as it has become clear that ... Read more

    S$ 1.27 SGD

  • Green Building Illustrated

    by Francis D. K. Ching, Ian M. Shapiro ...
    FULLY ILLUSTRATED, UPDATED GUIDE TO THE STRATEGIC DESIGN OF GREEN BUILDINGSIn the tradition of Building Construction Illustrated, Francis D.K. Ching and Ian M. Shapiro offer a fully illustrated guide to the theory and practice of sustainable design. This guide provides architects, designers, and builders in the green design professional community a framework and detailed strategies for designing ... Read more

    S$ 61.99 SGD

  • The Big Book of Tiny Painting

    An Artist's Guide to Tiny Painting Outside in Ink and Watercolour

    by Leslie Stroz ...
    A complete outdoor painting course in ink and watercolour!Learn the art of painting big by going tiny. From building your pocket-sized art kit to conquering creative fears, acclaimed artist Leslie Stroz teaches you how to capture the essence of a place with just a few strokes of pen and brush.Packed with step-by-step guidance and expert tipsDiscover the key elements of tiny art: from Line and ... Read more

    S$ 18.08 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • OSINT Cracking Tools

    Maltego, Shodan, Aircrack-Ng, Recon-Ng

    by Rob Botwright ...
    Introducing the "OSINT Cracking Tools" Book BundleUnlock the Power of OSINT with Four Comprehensive GuidesAre you ready to dive into the world of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and take your investigative skills to new heights? Look no further than the "OSINT Cracking Tools" book bundle, where we present four essential guides that will equip you with the knowledge and expertise needed to excel ... Read more

    S$ 10.99 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cradle to Cradle

    by Michael Braungart, William McDonough ...
    Recycling is good, isn’t it?In this visionary book, chemist Michael Braungart and architect William McDonough challenge this status quo and put forward a manifesto for an intriguing and radically different philosophy of environmentalism."Reduce, reuse, recycle”. This is the standard “cradle to grave” manufacturing model dating back to the Industrial Revolution that we still follow today. In this ... Read more

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • 99%隱形的城市日常設計

    The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

    by 羅曼‧馬斯, 柯特‧科爾斯泰特 ...
    Translated by 高霈芬 ...
    Series series 地球觀
    猜猜看，你視而不見的城市美景有多少？大約99%這麼多！這是一本精美的城市指南，帶你重新發掘城市中「存在有多久，你就無視有多久」的精巧設置！　　★百貨公司跟高級大樓的旋轉門，除了美觀和趣味，難道還有其他功能？　　★所謂的「雲端」，是如何藏在「海底」的呢？　　★是哪個天才想到把在馬路畫中線，分開來往車輛與道路行人？　　★台北101的吉祥物，不只是101這三個數字的具象化，還是穩定這座超高摩天大樓的關鍵！　　一座享譽國際的知名巨大建築物，它的美感和建築設計其實只佔整體設計的百分之一。本書的任務就是揭秘設計中不為人知的隱藏故事。的確，一座摩天高樓令人讚嘆，並且為城市提供了美麗的天際線，但是建造背後99%的隱藏故事才是最精彩的部分。　　除了存在感強烈的巨大建築... ... Read more

    S$ 18.71 SGD

  • Energy-efficient Buildings in the Mediterranean: Challenges, Strategies, and Innovations

    Edited by Ioannis Vardopoulos, Constantinos Vassiliades ...
    Series series River Publishers Series in Energy Sustainability and Efficiency
    This volume reimagines the built environment not as a passive backdrop, but as a contested site where architecture, engineering, climate extremes, energy imperatives, and socio-economic inequalities converge. Sustainability is shown not as a universal mandate, but as a condition continually negotiated across uneven terrains of policy, design, and everyday inhabitation.Through contributions from ... Read more

    S$ 195.11 SGD

  • Desde la ciudad

    Pensar, diseñar y producir hoy la ciudad de mañana

    Edited by Rodrigo Vidal Rojas ...
    ¿Cómo entender la ciudad actual en toda su complejidad? ¿Cómo debemos pensar, diseñar y producir hoy la ciudad para que dentro de veinte a treinta años sea un lugar sostenible y grato para vivir? Este libro pretende contribuir a la elaboración de respuestas a estas y otras problemáticas adoptando una mirada urbana y arquitectónica desde la ciudad, que se desligue de la mirada tradicional hacia la ... Read more

    S$ 10.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus