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  • How to Build Shipping Container Homes With Plans

    by John Davidson ...
    TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION TO SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES:ADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES:DISADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES:CONTAINER SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS:NEW OR USED CONTAINER:PERMITS AND REGULATIONS:CHAPTER TWOFOUNDATION FOR SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES:SITE CONDITIONS:CLIMATE:MARKET FACTORS:BUILDING DESIGN:EXCAVATION AND FOOTINGS:TYPES OF MATERIALS USED FOR... ... Read more

    R49,69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • SAC Journal 2

    Mediated Architecture

    by Sanford Kwinter, Daniel Birnbaum, Maraike Bückling, Sebastian Oschatz, Mathias Wollin, Peter Trummer, Mirco Becker, Johan Bettum ...
    Series Book 2 - SAC Journal
    MEDIATED ARCHITECTURE: Vivid, Effervescent and Nervous, the second issue of the SAC JOURNAL, presents three projects de- signed at SAC during the last eight years. The three projects are: The Theatre of Immanence (2007), an installation and exhibition project in Städelschule's Portikus gallery; Digital Bodies (2013-14), an experimental research project; and Orkhēstra (2014), which was an ... Read more

    R309,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    R168,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 2015 International Building Code Illustrated Handbook

    by International Code Council ...
    An easy-to-use visual guide to the 2015 International Building Code®Thoroughly revised to reflect the International Code Council’s 2015 International Building Code®, this full-color guide makes it easy to understand and apply complex IBC® provisions and achieve compliance. With an emphasis on structural and fire- and life-safety requirements, this practical resource has been designed to save time ... Read more

    R1 850,11

  • Kevin McCloud’s Principles of Home

    Making a Place to Live

    by Kevin McCloud ...
    A practical paperback edition of the landmark design manifesto from the UK’s favourite design guru.In this inspirational yet also practical paperback Kevin explores all areas of domestic living, from materialism to sustainability, craftsmanship to comfort. Kevin’s beautifully written text brings insight and understanding to enjoying life in the 21st century, but crucially he offers detailed, ... Read more

    R267,82

  • ARQUITECTURA DE LAS SOMBRAS

    ILLUMINATI

    by Cristina Lobo, Manuel Rodsua ...
    Series series ILLUMINATI
    ¿Es la arquitectura un simple contenedor de actividades o una herramienta invisible de control?En Arquitectura de las Sombras, Cristina Lobo y Manuel Rodsua proponen una tesis fascinante y perturbadora: la proporción áurea no es solo un recurso estético, sino un alfabeto de autoridad que opera directamente sobre la psique del ciudadano. A través de un recorrido crítico por las grandes explanadas y ... Read more

    R166,03 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • idea journal: co-constructing body-environment

    vol. 17 no. 02 2020

    Edited by Julieanna Preston ...
    Series Book 2 - idea journal
    This special guest-edited issue extends the current discussions of art (inclusive of interior/ spatial design and architecture) as a process of social cognition and to address the gap between descriptions of embodied cognition and the co-construction of lived experience. Papers and exhibitions presented at the 2019 Bodies of Knowledge Conference have been advanced significantly as research ... Read more

    R295,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Embedding Resilience in the Built Environment Using the EU Taxonomy

    Edited by Elzbieta Rynska ...
    Taxonomy is the common name for an EU regulation that supports companies in sustainable environmental and climate action (Regulation [EU] No. 2020/852). It is a classification tool designed for investors, companies, and financial institutions to define the environmental impact of business activities and the requirements that organisations must meet to be considered as sustainable.The aim of this ... Read more

    R1 308,21

  • Key Buildings from Prehistory to the Present

    Plans, Sections, Elevations

    by Andrew Ballantyne ...
    Series series Plans, Sections and Elevations
    The latest in this successful series, this book features around 150 of the most important buildings in the history of world architecture – from the pyramids and Parthenon to some of the most significant works by recent architects.The buildings are organized by type – from places of worship and public buildings to houses – and are divided into nine chapters, each with an informative introduction ... Read more

    R714,71

  • Towards a Metropolitan Public Space Network

    Lessons, Projects and Prospects from Lisbon

    Edited by João Rafael Santos, Maria Matos Silva, Ana Beja da Costa ...
    Series series Project Thinking on Design
    This book explores the hypothesis that public space – if conceptualised, imagined, and shaped at the metropolitan scale, through innovative territorial design approaches – offers the possibility to interconnect and integrate various systems in search for synergic responses to emerging societal challenges that impact large, urbanised landscapes.The book offers a multidimensional and multi ... Read more

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  • Detail in Contemporary Hotel Design

    by Drew Plunkett, Olga Reid ...
    Series series Detailing for Interior Design
    Hotel interiors need to satisfy the imaginations of their customers and whet the appetite for a return visit or recommendation, and the design that gets the formula right will do as much to prolong the life of the business as the service delivered within the hotel. This book explores in detail 36 of the best recent hotel interior design schemes, featuring projects by leading architects from around ... Read more

    R828,45

  • Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations

    A beautiful book showcasing the UK's most impressive train stations and British architecture

    by Simon Jenkins ...
    Discover the architectural gems that are Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller'This is a cracker . . . a beautiful book' Chris EvansIt is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect ... Read more

    R303,24

  • Feng shui pour l'architecture

    by Simona Mainini ...
    Voici un guide méthodique tout en couleur destiné à tout public, avec des exemples pour vous aider à sélectionner l’emplacement, à développer le plan et à mettre des couleurs et des matériaux qui sont compatibles avec vous ou votre client. Mme Mainini a fait un travail exemplaire pour garder ce sujet très compliqué clair et concis pour les profanes.Avec son livre, Feng Shui pour l’architecture, ... Read more

    R260,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Small Practice and the Sole Practitioner

    by Marianne Davys Architects Ltd ...
    This book is a practical guide for students or those already running or thinking of running a small practice on how to set up and run a small architectural practice and how to run multiple small projects efficiently. It is split into three distinct sections: Part 1 begins with the practicalities of setting up a small architectural business; Part 2 goes into detail on how to run your small practice ... Read more

    R897,97

  • Healing Architecture 2025

    Ausgezeichnete Projekte

    by Oliver Herwig, Matteo Thun ...
    DER HEALING ARCHITECTURE AWARD ZEIGT WEGWEISENDE PROJEKTE, die Architektur als heilenden Faktor im Gesundheitswesen begreifen. In Zusammenarbeit mit führenden (Innen)Architektinnen und (Innen)Architekten präsentiert das Buch herausragende Beispiele, die innovative Raumkonzepte und zukunftsweisende Designlösungen vereinen. Mit beeindruckenden Fotografien und tiefgründigen Projektanalysen ist es ... Read more

    R1 399,00

  • Arquitetura sensorial

    A arte de projetar para todos os sentidos

    by Juliana Duarte Neves ...
    Lançado originalmente em 2017, o livro Arquitetura sensorial – A arte de projetar para todos os sentidos, de Juliana Duarte Neves, ganha segunda edição em 2024, revista e ampliada. Nesses seis anos houve inúmeros avanços nos estudos da arquitetura sensorial e muitas iniciativas de projetos focados em envolver emocionalmente o visitante, utilizando-se os princípios da arquitetura sensorial, que ... Read more

    R199,00

  • 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

    R1 333,86

  • Buildings that Changed History

    by DK ...
    Series series DK History Changers
    Explore the world's most fascinating historical and contemporary buildings, from ancient pyramids to hi-tech skyscrapers, in this essential guide to architecture.Buildings that Changed History gives you an overview of the history of architecture from the ancient world to the present day. It takes you on guided tours of more than 50 masterpieces of every architectural style, from the Great Pyramid ... Read more

    R483,45

  • Minimalism

    How To Live A Meaningful Life With A Minimalist Lifestyle; Design Your Life With More Of Less

    by Cary Millburn ...
    Learn that there is another way to live than collecting more stuff, burning through cash on things we don't need and filling our lives with time duties that we aren't enthusiastic about just to stay "occupied."Today only, get this bestseller for a special price.Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device.Minimalism is tied in with living a purposeful, essential and satisfying life ... Read more

    R49,69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inclusion Emergency

    Diversity in architecture

    Edited by Hannah Durham, Grace Choi ...
    Architecture is at a tipping point.Voices of the under-recognised are increasing in volume and are agitating for change. If we don’t collectively listen, re-adjust and change our outlook, we risk limiting the relevance of our profession in today’s society and, ultimately, the places we create.Capturing insight from leading voices in the profession, this book encourages understanding and reflection ... Read more

    R897,97

  • Creating Winning Bids

    by Basil Sawczuk ...
    'Creating Winning Bids' sets out the key stages in the production of a winning bid. Based on tried and tested methods, and using a simple step-by-step process, it will improve your chances of success in what can otherwise seem a daunting and complex process. Distilling the author’s experience of over 25 years of bidding in the public and private sectors, it is packed with practical tips about what ... Read more

    R923,37

  • Deployable Structures

    by Esther Rivas Adrover, Esther Rivas-Adrover ...
    Series series Form + Technique
    Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties – offering the potential to create truly transforming environments. This book looks at the cutting edge of the subject, examining the different types of deployable structures and numerous design approaches.Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, Deployable Structures is packed ... Read more

    R259,77

  • 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

    R1 231,24