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  • Fallen Crest Boxset

    by Tijan ...
    "Fallen Crest is a masterfully told story that keeps you on the edge of your seat and rooting for the bad guys." Teresa Mummert, New York Times and USA TODAY best selling author"Fallen Crest is one of my absolute favorite series! Tijan's characters are so dark, so intense, that you can't help but get sucked into their story. If you haven't read this series yet, you're missing out!" - K.A. Robinson ... Read more

    R116,17

  • TEMPLE MANAGEMENT IN THE ĀGAMA-S

    With Special Reference To Kāmikāgama

    by Dr. Deepa Duraiswamy ...
    For at least 1500 years, temple design, construction and worship have followed the canon of the āgama-s. Shouldn’t temple management also follow the āgama-s?Steeped in a history of more than two millennia, the real bequest of India’s ancient temples is that they are still living sacred spaces. The gods that were invoked in these temples more than a thousand years ago, continue to reside in the ... Read more

    R19,64

  • 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

  • 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

    R227,34

  • Fantastic Ferrocement - For Practical, permanent Elven Architecture, Follies, Fairy Gardens and Other Virtuous Ventures

    by Peter Harris ...
    If you have ever wanted to sculpt or build in a permanent material that is extremely strong and can be moulded to any shape, ferrocement is the medium for you - and this concise book shows you how.Tools, techniques and sample projects - a garden pot, angel, dome, and more - are all logically described and illustrated. The many photos showing the building of Cafe Eutopia by the author and his ... Read more

    R99,55 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Three Birds Renovations

    400+ renovation and styling secrets revealed

    by Erin Cayless, Bonnie Hindmarsh, Lana Taylor ...
    Holy reno inspo!Before & aftersStyling how-to'sMoney-saving reno tips'Australia's most fabulous renovators' Real Living magazineWhen best friends Erin, Bonnie and Lana ditched their corporate careers to start Three Birds Renovations, they were rookie renovators with big ideas. Today, with many incredible house transformations under their toolbelt, they're a power trio turning neighbourhood ugly ... Read more

    R300,71

  • 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

    by Matthew Frederick ...
    Get 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from drawing lines to color theory—in this classic architecture book.These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory—provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often ... Read more

    R305,08

  • 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

  • Conservação preventiva de edifícios históricos

    princípios e práticas

    by Carla Maria Teixeira Coelho, Cláudia S. Rodrigues de Carvalho ...
    A obra "Conservação preventiva de edifícios históricos: princípios e práticas" apresenta um panorama do avanço da conservação preventiva no Brasil, mostrando como essa abordagem passou a integrar gradualmente cursos universitários, pesquisas especializadas e políticas públicas de preservação. O livro destaca iniciativas como o Programa de Gestão de Riscos ao Patrimônio Musealizado do Ibram e a ... Read more

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  • Outcast Visionary

    Yurii Pavlovich Spegal'skii and the Reconstruction of Pskov

    by Larry Cothren ...
    Outcast Visionary: Yu. P. Spegal'skii and the Reconstruction of Pskov, is the first comprehensive, critical biography in any language of this outstanding man, a native of one of Russia's oldest and most beautiful cities, Pskov. It is the story of one man's love and passion for Pskov's architectural and cultural heritage and the struggles he endured to try and save that heritage. Spegal'skii (1909 ... Read more

    R477,62 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Age of Glass

    A Cultural History of Glass in Modern and Contemporary Architecture

    by Mr Stephen Eskilson ...
    Glass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic resonance in the modern era.The Age of Glass explores the cultural and technological ascension of glass in modern and contemporary architecture. Showing how the use of glass is driven as much by changing ... Read more

    R508,40

  • Preservation in Action

    Ten Stories Of Stewardship: Restoration, Rehabilitation, Renovation, Adaptation, and Reuse

    by Anne Crofoot Kuckro ...
    Anne Crofoot Kuckro and Lee Kuckro are recipients of the 2025 Harlan H. Griswold Award for Historic Preservation, from Preservation ConnecticutPreservation in Action is the first publication that tells the compelling story of Old Wethersfield, Connecticut's largest and oldest historic district in its oldest town. Based on original research, with stunning photography and handsome design, through ... Read more

    R366,84

  • The Design and Installation Guide for Roof Tiling

    by The Roof Tile Association, The National Federation of Roofing Contractors ...
    The Design and Installation Guide for Roof Tiling is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofing construction using clay or concrete tiles. It was written by a team of experts from the Roof Tile Association (RTA) and the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC), the representative trade associations for pitched roofing. This book is in line with British and ... Read more

    R1 231,24

  • Assembly

    Matter, Lineament, and Aggregated Systems in Architectural Production

    Edited by Gail Peter Borden, Michael Meredith ...
    Part-to-part relationships and the approach to governing their sensibilities is at the root of all architecture. The need for engaging in a dialogue around these systems is essential to contemporary architectural discourse and practice. Assembly builds on and extends the investigations of materials and representation techniques in the editors’ previous books, Matter and Lineament. This book uses a ... Read more

    R1 051,65

  • Indiana's Covered Bridges

    Covered Bridges of North America, #3

    by Harold Stiver ...
    Series Book 3 - Covered Bridges of North America
    UPDATED FOR 2024!!Indiana's Covered BridgesA Source book for Travelers, Photographers, ExplorersDescriptions to all of Indiana's 92 Remaining Historic Covered Bridges, as well as photosGPS PositionsWritten Driving DirectionsBasic Info for each SiteA Self Guided Tour of all 31 of Parke County BridgesTruss types described and illustratedShort History of Covered Bridges ... Read more

    R149,41 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digital Fabrication and the Design Build Studio

    Edited by William Carpenter, Arief Setiawan, Christopher Welty ...
    This book explores the connection between digital fabrication and the design build studio in both academic and professional studios.The book presents 17 essays and cases studies from well-known scholars and practitioners, including Kengo Kuma, Joseph Choma, Dan Rockhill, Keith Zawistowski, and Marie Zawistowski, whose theoretical and practical work addresses design build at various levels. Four ... Read more

    R1 102,96

  • Street-by-Street Retrofit

    A Future for Architecture

    by Mike McEvoy ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Architecture
    For many years, it has been recognised that improving the energy performance of the existing housing stock is vital if energy demand is to be reduced to combat climate change. The art of retrofit is posited as a way forward beyond today’s weak pseudo-Modernist architecture – all that is left – the final echo of Modernism’s original utopian impulse.Central to the book is the presentation of ... Read more

    R1 231,24

  • Materials

    by Alan Everett, C. M. H Barritt ...
    Series series Mitchell's Building Series
    A well-known and respected standard reference, this fifth edition provides a thorough treatment of the properties of building materials and their manufacture, both on-site and in the factory. ... Read more

    R2 257,49

  • Virtual and Augmented Reality for Architecture and Design

    Edited by Elisângela Vilar, Ernesto Filgueiras, Francisco Rebelo ...
    Virtual Reality (VR) is the paradigm wherein people use a computer to interact with something which is not real but provides a real-life experience. It is one of the most advanced interfaces between users and computers, where people can interact with a virtual model in real-time allowing them to visualize and manipulate representations of the real world. Together with Augmented Reality (AR), which ... Read more

    R1 308,21

  • Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property

    by Adrian Tagg ...
    Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property is the first book to introduce the process of technical due diligence (TDD) and examine the role of the building surveyor within the commercial property sector. The book outlines the processes that the surveyor must go through when performing a TDD inspection and report and, most importantly, covers in detail the typical ... Read more

    R1 616,08

  • No Games Chicago

    How A Small Group of Citizens Derailed the City’s 2016 Olympic Bid

    by Tom Tresser ...
    Promoted as a prestigious economic opportunity and often aggressively sought by local leaders, hosting a modern Olympics can in fact be a “city-killer” that racks up billions of dollars in over-budget expenses, degrades the environment, and shreds civil liberties. This book recounts the successful efforts of grassroots organization No Games Chicago to derail Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer ... Read more

    R1 410,83

  • 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

    R1 487,80

  • Timber Decay in Buildings

    The Conservation Approach to Treatment

    by Brian Ridout ...
    This is the first book to tackle all the issues relating to timber decay. It presents the facts and explores timber decay problems through case studies. These are illustrated with clear self-explanatory photographs for the reader to use as a diagnostic aid. Section 1 discusses timber as a living material, Section 2 deals with decay organisms and their habitat requirements. Section 3 moves on to ... Read more

    R5 079,67

  • Architecture and Justice

    Judicial Meanings in the Public Realm

    by Jonathan Simon ...
    Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of criminology, international law, philosophy and architectural history and theory, this book examines the interrelationships between architecture and justice, highlighting the provocative and curiously ambiguous juncture between the two. Illustrated by a range of disparate and diverse case studies, it draws out the formal language of justice, and ... Read more

    R1 590,43