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  • Urban Design: Street and Square

    by Cliff Moughtin ...
    This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principal features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This includes the arrangement, design and details of ... Read more

    R1 616,08

  • Solar Power Demystified: The Beginners Guide To Solar Power, Energy Independence And Lower Bills

    by Lacho Pop, MSE, Dimi Avram, MSE ...
    The book 'Solar Power Demystified: The Beginners Guide To Solar Power, Energy Independence And Lower Bills' introduces you to the world of solar electric panels and systems.It reveals you the reasons why photovoltaic solar panels are continuing to gain worldwide popularity and are becoming more important as a source of renewable energy.You can see the question "To go or not to go solar?" discussed ... Read more

    Free

  • South African House Plans 2

    by inhouseplans (Pty) Ltd ...
    One of the more appealing ways to obtain the house of your dreams is to buy a stand and have it built according to your own requirements. Following on from the success of the first book, South Africa House Plans, this book is for people who plan to build their own homes or just wish to browse for ideas. South African Hosue Plans 2 features 121 house plans ranging from 24 m2 to 566 m2 in eight ... Read more

    R284,04

  • 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

    R341,54

  • Progressive Steps in Architectural Drawing - A Step-by-Step Method for Student Draughtsmen Together with Details of Construction and Design

    by George W. Seaman ...
    "Progressive Steps in Architectural Drawing" is a step-by-step guide originally untended for young student draftsmen. It outlines a systematic method for architectural drawing and offers useful information on construction and design. It aims to provide a full and comprehensive foundation in architectural drawing that will prove invaluable to students and beginners. Contents include: "Professional ... Read more

    R107,51 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Terrarium City

    by Nicholas Sheffield ...
    This exposition presents the blueprint for a future city. Its detailed design is a complete overhaul of contemporary layouts and bestows numerous new benefits. Some of the highlights are: every residential property overlooks a park; pedestrians never cross the path of a vehicle; commuters travel from point to point without encountering an intersection; nobody walks from their car to their ... Read more

    Free

  • Rethinking Plastics in Product Design

    A Guide to Sustainable Transitions for the Environmental Emergency

    by Geoff Isaac ...
    This book addresses the urgent need to reduce our use of virgin fossil plastics. It provides a framework for designers and manufacturers to re-evaluate their use of plastics and promotes the use of alternative materials with lower environmental impacts.Lightweight, strong and cheap plastics are often the obvious choice when designing consumer durables, but their use is resulting in devastating ... Read more

    R480,92

  • 3D CAD with Autodesk 123D

    Designing for 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and Personal Fabrication

    by Jesse Harrington Au, Emily Gertz ...
    If you've arrived at a stage in your creative life where you're ready to do more with your computer, it's time to learn how to combine its power with new advances in computer-aided design (CAD) and fabrication to make something awesome--in three dimensions!The free suite of Autodesk 123D software offers all the tools you need to capture or design three-dimensional objects and characters. This book ... Read more

    R259,77

  • PERSPECTIVE: Using the Grid System for Interior Design Sketching

    From plan view to sketch

    by Donald Gerds ...
    PERSPECTIVE: Using the Grid System for Interior Design SketchingThis electronic book is a rewrite of the original paper book, rewritten by the author Donald Gerds, for electronic reading devices. Both books teach basic perspective drawing using the grid system with a focus on doing interior design. The grid system is a simple and efficient way of learning perspective quickly and accurately with a ... Read more

    R57,15

  • How Buildings Work

    The Natural Order of Architecture

    by Edward Allen, Edward Allen ...
    Illustrated with hundreds of illuminating line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building's function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies--and why some buildings do this so much better than others. Drawing on things he's learned from the many buildings he himself designed (and in some cases built with his own ... Read more

    R535,08

  • Basics Architecture 03: Architectural Design

    by Ms. Jane Anderson ...
    Series series Basics Architecture
    Basics Architecture 03: Architectural Design explains the process of designing architectural projects. It describes the design studio and the activities that take place there.The architectural design process is as diverse as the people who practise it; all architects follows their own individual design process. In this dynamic new text the realities of the design process and the relationship ... Read more

    R494,72

  • Introduction to Architectural Technology Third Edition

    by Pete Silver, Will McLean ...
    Understanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. This book clearly explains the core aspects of architectural technology: structural physics, structural elements and forms, heating, lighting, environmental control and computer modelling. The third edition includes six new case studies, more on structural types, new information on ... Read more

    R714,71

  • Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces

    Contemplative Landscapes

    by Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo ...
    Urban parks and gardens are where people go to reconnect with nature and destress. But do they all provide the same benefits or are some better than others? What specific attributes set some green spaces apart? Can we objectively measure their impact on mental health and well-being? If so, how do we use this evidence to guide the design of mentally healthy cities?The Contemplative Landscape Model ... Read more

    R923,37

  • Contemporary Co-housing in Europe

    Towards Sustainable Cities?

    Edited by Pernilla Hagbert, Henrik Gutzon Larsen, Håkan Thörn, Cathrin Wasshede ...
    This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development.Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The primary aim of this book is to critically explore co-housing in the context of wider social, economic, political and environmental developments. This volume fills a gap in the literature by contextualising co-housing and ... Read more

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  • Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape

    by Brad Lancaster ...
    Turn water scarcity into water abundance; as you enable your home, yard, school, place of worship, and/or neighborhood to generate more resources and life! Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition, is the best-selling, award-winning guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement a diverse array of highly effective and inexpensive strategies, which harvest and ... Read more

    R498,42

  • Urban Blue Spaces

    Planning and Design for Water, Health and Well-Being

    Edited by Simon Bell, Lora E. Fleming, James Grellier, Friedrich Kuhlmann, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Mathew P. White ...
    This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cities ... Read more

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  • 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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  • Vastu Shastra : The Complete Guide

    by Nilimma Chouhan ...
    VASTU SHASTRA :: THE COMPLETE GUIDEA Practical Handbook for Harmonizing Space, Energy & LifeVaastu Shastra is one of the most ancient sciences of architecture and environmental alignment, originating from the Vedic knowledge system of India. It teaches us how the balance of the five elements—Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space—combined with the correct use of directions, shapes, and proportions, ... Read more

    R91,41 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sustainable Retrofit and Facilities Management

    by Paul Appleby ...
    Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per cent reduction by 2050, when twenty-eight million buildings that currently exist will still be standing; this represents a challenge to improve the energy efficiency of more than one building per minute between now and 2050! This is a problem that ... Read more

    R1 282,55

  • Landscapes of Housing

    Design and Planning in the History of Environmental Thought

    Edited by Jeanne Haffner ...
    In the twenty-first century, housing has become a site of ecological experimentation and environmental remediation. From the vantage point of contemporary architecture, conservation concerns and emergent building science technologies support one another, with new processes and materials deployed to reduce energy usage, water consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions. Landscapes of Housing examines ... Read more

    R1 077,30

  • Architectural Exaptation

    When Function Follows Form

    by Alessandro Melis, Telmo Pievani, Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    Architectural Exaptation: When Function Follows Form focuses on the significance and the originality of the study of exaptation. It presents exaptation as an opportunity to extend architectural design towards more sustainable approaches aimed at enforcing urban resilience.The use of exaptation’s definition in architecture supports the heuristic value of cross-disciplinary studies on biology and ... Read more

    R1 231,24

  • Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Building Innovations

    ICBI 2022

    Edited by Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Gulchohra Mammadova, Svitlana Sivitska, Akif Gasimov ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of building design and construction, by focusing on new design solutions for buildings and new technologies creation for construction, as presented by researchers and engineers at the 4th International Conference Building Innovations (ICBI), held in Poltava – Baku, Ukraine – Azerbaijan, on May 19-20, 2022. It covers ... Read more

    R4 987,77

  • Crime Prevention Through Housing Design

    Edited by Dr Paul Stollard ...
    This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourhood has different problems which require unique solutions, the process which leads to the solutions will be the same.This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and ... Read more

    R2 539,71

  • The Apatani Way of Life

    Shaping a Culture Through Bamboo, Cane and Land Use

    by Ritu Varuni ...
    This book celebrates the heritage of the distinctive Apatani community of the north-eastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. It explores the fascinating indigenous knowledge of field and forest and a uniquely sustainable and enduring way of life that continues to evolve in the modern context. The book tells the story of how a material culture was shaped around bamboo and cane ... Read more

    R564,18