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  • 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$ 22.66 SGD

  • Henry V

    by William Shakespeare ...
    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

    S$ 0.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secrets of Hawthorn Place

    A heartfelt and charming dual-time story of the power of love

    by Jenni Keer ...
    'This is definitely up there as one of the best books that I have read. It's got a special place in my heart. Just amazing!' 5* reader review'Gorgeous! Exuberant writing, convincing, adorable characters, romance and a little whimsy' TRACY REES***Love will always find a way . . .***Discover the intriguing secrets of Hawthorn Place in this heartfelt dual-time novel, filled with warmth and charm, ... Read more

    S$ 16.45 SGD

  • The Start Up Guide To Renovating For Wealth

    by Naomi Findlay ...
    Get the most out of your renovations and secure your financial freedom!This isn't your average book. The Start Up Guide To Renovating For Wealth has been designed to engage you in the initial steps you need to take if you are serious about creating wealth in your life by renovating property. It's a hands-on resource that empowers you to TAKE ACTION so you can achieve life-changing results.Written ... Read more

    S$ 11.22 SGD

  • Design Studio Vol. 2: Intelligent Control

    Disruptive Technologies

    Edited by Rob Hyde, Filippos Filippidis ...
    How should we train? What should we learn? What is our value? Disruptive technologies have increased speculation about what it means to be an architect. Innovations simultaneously offer great promise and potential risk to design practice. This volume identifies the game-changing trends driven by technology, and the opportunities they provide for architecture, urbanism and design. It advocates for ... Read more

    S$ 59.07 SGD

  • Bracket 2

    Goes Soft

    Edited by Neeraj Bhatia ...
    Series Book 2 - Bracket
    From soft politics, soft power and soft spaces to fluid territories, software and soft programming, Bracket 2 unpacks the use and role of responsive, indeterminate, flexible, and immaterial systems in design. In an era of declared crises--economic, ecological and climatic, among others--the notion of soft systems has gained increasing traction as a counterpoint to permanent, static and hard ... Read more

    S$ 19.83 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Protecting Suburban America

    Gentrification, Advocacy and the Historic Imaginary

    by Denise Lawrence-Zuniga ...
    Protecting Suburban America explores the dynamics and conflicts inherent in preserving historic twentieth-century suburban landscapes in America.Bridging architecture, anthropology, planning, and urban studies, its unique approach combines a study of historic preservation with multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, to shed fascinating light on issues of heritage, preservation, gentrification, class, ... Read more

    S$ 85.26 SGD

  • Demolishing Whitehall

    Leslie Martin, Harold Wilson and the Architecture of White Heat

    by Adam Sharr, Stephen Thornton ...
    This book is about a lost world, albeit one less than 50 years old. It is the story of a grand plan to demolish most of Whitehall, London’s historic government district, and replace it with a ziggurat-section megastructure built in concrete. In 1965 the architect Leslie Martin submitted a proposal to Charles Pannell, Minister of Public Building and Works in Harold Wilson’s Labour government, for ... Read more

    S$ 100.39 SGD

  • Limestone Industries of the Yorkshire Dales Second Edition

    by Dr David Johnson ...
    Limestone has been one of the most indispensable building materials in Britain since the Roman period, when it was widely used for mortar. It was in the medieval era that lime began to be used in farming, alongside marl, as a means of increasing the output of both arable crops and livestock. The impact of limestone extraction in the Yorkshire Dales, once one of the most productive quarrying areas ... Read more

    S$ 25.93 SGD

  • Dress Up Your Home!

    by Veronika Zubko, Olena Polkovska ...
    For those who have a great desire to learn how to make their home comfortable and aesthetically appealing, so that they always want to return there."The modern world of achievements and propaganda of total busyness robs many people of their inner right to have time for themselves, time to recharge.A favorite cup, a cozy chair, a family dinner from grandma's dinnerware set and in the evening - dim ... Read more

    S$ 19.61 SGD

  • The Louisiana Supreme Court Building: Lessons to be Learned from a Beaux-Arts Monstrosity in the French Quarter

    by Nora Goddard ...
    In the 1920s and 1930s many struggling cities were seduced by the monolithic, masculine nature of Beaux-arts style government buildings. Eager to appear more European, American cities became fans of rabid slum clearance initiatives that ironically erased some of their most authentically European communities. In this trend, the Louisiana Supreme Court building was designed in 1910 by the firm Brown ... Read more

    S$ 8.83 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Penitent Watchman

    by A. D Nieve ...
    Having pursuaded himself to be now kind of an idealist churchgoer and real believer, what he later on found out to be actually taking place within the circle of the believers was so appalling that he almost thought regretfully of the voyage of faith he had embarked on. But to his astonishment, the same things luring his fellows in faith happened to be the same holding sway on him. This was the ... Read more

    S$ 6.31 SGD

  • The Films of Charles and Ray Eames

    A Universal Sense of Expectation

    by Eric Schuldenfrei ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    The Films of Charles and Ray Eames traces the history of the Eameses’ work, examining their evolution away from the design of mass-produced goods and toward projects created as educational experiences. Closely examining how the Eameses described their work reveals how the films and exhibitions they generated were completely at odds with the earlier objectives exemplified in their furniture designs ... Read more

    S$ 100.39 SGD

  • Report: Leaky Homes in New Zealand and the issues related to illness and disease caused by fungi growth - Environmental Education, Education for the Environment, and Sustainable Architecture.

    by William Van Zyl ...
    Summary:In this report, the author addresses the 'leaky homes' issue from an architectural and health perspective. As an experienced Design and Visual Communication (DVC) teacher, the author looks at the water tightness of monolithic cladded walls ('hollow' walls). He extends his report and research to earth building practices (cob, straw bale, mudbricks, adobe, earth rammed, and more).The report ... Read more

    S$ 3.77 SGD

  • Umidità domestica. Cause, effetti, soluzioni

    by Marco Argiolas ...
    L'acqua è un bene prezioso, ma è anche responsabile dell'80% del degrado subito dalle costruzioni e, secondo un dato dell'Unione Europea, di oltre il 60% dei contenziosi nell'edilizia. Ecco quindi un libro completo ed esauriente sull'umidità domestica che, al di là di miti e preconcetti, spiega ogni fenomeno in termini di cause, effetti, e correttivi specifici, senza trascurare le modalità di ... Read more

    S$ 12.61 SGD

  • Design with Life

    by Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Terreform ONE ...
    Design with Life chronicles the breakthroughs and projects of a nonprofit that is defining resolute new directions in socio-ecological design and other deep-seated intersections of synthetic biology, architecture, and urban systems.In the challenging context of accelerating climate dynamics, the core discipline of architectural design is evolving and embracing new forms of action. New York-based ... Read more

    S$ 26.69 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Contractors Exposed

    How to Win in the Home Improvement Game

    by Martin S. Simmons ...
    This is a summary of what Contractors Exposed is and what the potential is for need and acceptance by not only the United States, by also the entire world. The book and the support of seminars, videos, and the internet provides for a powerful marketing tool for profit. First the book contains information found no where else. No other book has the principles provided here. It is concise, easy to ... Read more

    S$ 6.49 SGD

  • Altbausanierung - Die Komplettanleitung für Einsteiger: Von der Planung über die Sanierung und Modernisierung Schritt für Schritt zum erfolgreichen Projektabschluss - inkl. Finanzierungs-Guide

    by Moritz Buse ...
    Altbausanierung: Wie Sie Ihren Traum vom sanierten Wohnobjekt mit historischem Charme ganz einfach Schritt für Schritt verwirklichen Das schmucke Kleinod mit Stuckdecke ist endlich Ihres, aber beim Blick auf die Heizkosten wird Ihnen schwindlig? Sie haben ein herrliches Fachwerkhäuschen, das allerdings eine kleine Frischekur vertragen könnte? Dann wird es Zeit für eine Sanierung – und wie die ... Read more

    S$ 11.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Green Studio Handbook

    Strategies for Decarbonization

    by Alison G. Kwok, Walter T. Grondzik, Tom Hahn ...
    Making the complexities of green architecture accessible to the design studio, The Green Studio Handbook remains a must-read for current and future architects.The heart of this book provides 43 comprehensive design strategies covering the building envelope, lighting, heating, cooling, energy and electricity, and water and waste – each with a description, key architectural issues, implementation ... Read more

    S$ 123.77 SGD

  • Shell Structures for Architecture

    Form Finding and Optimization

    Edited by Sigrid Adriaenssens, Philippe Block, Diederik Veenendaal, Chris Williams ...
    *** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban ***Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to ... Read more

    S$ 92.14 SGD

  • Energy and Environment in Architecture

    A Technical Design Guide

    by Nick Baker, Koen Steemers ...
    A unique and revolutionary text which explains the principles behind the LT Method (2.1), a manual design tool developed in Cambridge by the BRE. The LT Method is a unique way of estimating the combined energy usage of lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation systems, to enable the designer to make comparisons between options at an early, strategic stage.In addition,Energy and Environment in ... Read more

    S$ 261.32 SGD

  • External Components

    by Michael Mcevoy ...
    Series series Mitchell's Building Series
    Analyses, in conjunction with Internal Components, the performance requirements of building components and the effectiveness of typical solutions. External components integrates logically with the theoretical aspects explored in other titles in the Mitchell's building series. It encourages evaluation of alternative methods for putting components together. ... Read more

    S$ 152.65 SGD

  • Inspecting and Diagnosing Disrepair

    by Patrick Reddin ...
    Inspecting and Diagnosing Disrepair provides housing officers, surveyors, landlords, tenants, lawyers and environmental health inspectors with the essential information they need to record, diagnose and remedy disrepair. Pat Reddin presents technical information methodically, including useful diagrams to help readers to develop an understanding of building materials and structures and to advise ... Read more

    S$ 121.02 SGD

  • Interiors Beyond Architecture

    Edited by Deborah Schneiderman, Amy Campos ...
    ***Winner of the 2019 IDEC Book Award***Interiors Beyond Architecture proposes an expanded impact for interior design that transcends the inside of buildings**,** analysing significant interiors that engage space outside of the disciplinary boundaries of architecture. It presents contemporary case studies from a historically nuanced and theoretically informed perspective, presenting a series of ... Read more

    S$ 93.51 SGD