Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation

Funicular structures are structural skeletons designed using methodologies that analyze the flow and direction of forces, which can be categorized as compression, tension, or a combination of both. They are not only elegant, resembling naturally...

Design is a process requiring both rigour and freedom; focus and expansion. Yet how does the concept - the 'intention' - become a built project? This accessible book acts as a storytelling toolkit, taking designers through a tried-and-tested process for...

This book argues for the value of the material prototype as a critical site of design innovation, through a series of design and architectural case studies. Illustrated by physical objects such as chairs, columns, and building facades, these full-scale...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638400417Author Cameron WuFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers

This book explores and affirms the emergent symbiosis between videogames and architecture, including insights from a diverse range of disciplines.With contributions from authorities in both architecture and videogame industries, it examines how...

The current phase of capitalist development manifests itself through a very diverse range of spatial byproducts: data centers, warehouses, container terminals, logistics parks, and many others. Generally considered as mediocre and banal examples that sit...

This book investigates the spaces where architecture and computer science share a common set of assumptions and goals, using methods and objectives from architecture, ethnography, and human-computer interaction (HCI).Architecture and HCI depend on and...

Updated to cover the latest cutting-edge developments in the field and now in full color, Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introduces AI for designers and explores its seismic impact on the future of architecture and design.From smart...

This ninth edition of Best of Austria offers a survey of the creative and economic achievements of Austrian architecture firms and the country's building culture in general, exemplified by the projects and people who have been awarded national and...

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...

Updated to cover the latest cutting-edge developments in the field and now in full color, Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introduces AI for designers and explores its seismic impact on the future of architecture and design.From smart...

In 2022, Princeton University inaugurated Yeh College and New College West and introduced a new addition to its extensive collection of site-responsive campus art installations. The Home We Share is a series of three colourful, joyous and playful space...

This is the first time an overview of the theories and practice of urban design has been offered. Covering a 50-year span, the book seeks to identify built urban design projects and traces the evolution and separation of American urban design theories up...

This book is the first comprehensive overview of the pioneering works, events, and people that contributed to the paradigm shift defined by computation in architecture.Only recently has computation fostered profound new ways of designing, fabricating,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492567314Author Gideon BoieFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Vlaams ArchitectuurinstituutPublisher Vlaams ArchitectuurinstituutWeight(grams)...

This is an essential guide for architecture and design students struggling to put together an effective portfolio.There is too often a haphazard approach to architecture portfolio design and creation. Without a fundamental understanding of basic graphic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549110Author Michelle JaJa ChangFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632407900Author Drew MorganFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 803gDimensions(mm)...

"For Harlem is where he worked and where he struggled and fought-his home of homes, where his heart was, and where his people are." Nearly sixty years since the martyrdom of Malcolm X, these words from Ossie Davis's eulogy remind us that Malcolm's...

Design competitions are an indispensable element of quality assurance in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, engineering, and arts. This book provides a wealth of practical and formal information on all issues related to the organization...

Cities are infinite cultural hyper-objects that contain layers of history, of contemporary life, of material, capital, infrastructure, of future dreams of what may come. We sometimes call these dreams "urban design plans" - two-dimensional drawings that...

A compelling account of the project to transform post-war Manchester, revealing the clash between utopian vision and compromised reality. Urban renewal in Britain was thrilling in its vision, yet partial and incomplete in its implementation. For the...

Throughout the twentieth century architectural models served as the miniature playgrounds in which the future of Britain's built environment was imagined, and in drawing from the evidence provided by those models today, this book considers how...

In South Louisiana, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, water-and the history of controlling it-is omnipresent. Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana glimpses the vulnerabilities and possibilities...

This book brings together five vacation homes in Sweden designed by Stockholm-based architect Mikael Bergquist. Realised over more than two decades, they are all located in the Swedish countryside and rooted in the Nordic tradition of timber construction...

Designing for Empathy: The Architecture of Connections in Learning Environments explores the intersections between human development theories and spatial perception, and proposes design strategies for creating learning environments that catalyse empathy...

"Expand your mind and look good doing it with these new boundary-bending works of theoretical exploration by some of the field's premier thinkers." - The Architect's Newspaper Emerging technologies of design and production have transformed the role of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788416248551Author Inaki BergeraFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint La FabricaPublisher La Fabrica

This book examines morphogenetic processes based on a combination of digital and analogue modeling and manufacturing techniques. Traditional physical modelling techniques were combined with digital 3d modelling and manufacturing technologies, informing...

Filled with superb full-colour photography and detailed architectural plans and drawings Efficient Offices brings together a range of architectural projects from across Europe - including two from the CERN facilities in France - that showcase some of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789076714691Author Steven JacobsFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Exhibitions InternationalPublisher Exhibitions InternationalWeight(grams)...

The book is dedicated to a fresh and interesting building - that can be classified as a little exhibition pavilion. Watching the old images kindly provided by the Franco Albini Foundation Archive, many theoretical and practical aspects of these works do...

Processes of Reflexive Design differentiates between various facets and intersections of the genesis, transformation, and interaction of design and research in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. How do systematisation work and...

SketchUp for Interior Design Practical guide addressing the specific needs of interior planners and explaining the latest features of the professional, subscription-based version of SketchUp. SketchUp for Interior Design, Second Edition shows interior...

The first in a new series called A5 in which important figures in the history of design will be made accessible to a broader audience. The graphic artist Hans Hillmann is one of Germany's most important poster designers and illustrators who, as a...

Hyperirrealism is a merger of the disciplines of science and art for research in architecture. Hyperirrealism embodies architecture design that blends architecture, sculpture, digital imaging, mathematics and aesthetics simultaneously. Hyperirrealism is...

From BIM (building information modeling) to RFID (radio frequency identification) to BAS (building automation and control systems), facility managers of today's commercial buildings are often asked to work with a variety of technologies without any...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781118133521Author RSMeansFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint R.S. Means Company LtdPublisher R.S. Means Company LtdWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 269mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876292617Author RSMeansFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint R.S. Means Company LtdPublisher R.S. Means Company LtdWeight(grams) 1479gDimensions(mm)...

Graphics for Architecture Kevin Forseth with David Vaughan A thorough understanding of design drawing enhances the designer's ability to reason out difficult graphic constructions and to select or create appropriate means for depicting buildings and...