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Shelter by Lloyd Kahn 9780936070117
Booksplease Price: £26.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936070117Author Lloyd KahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Publisher Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 907g -
Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World by Thomas Heatherwick 9780241389799
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.75From 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... -
Oak–Framed Buildings by Rupert Newman
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £16.85Oak-framed Buildings is a practical and inspiring guide to their design and construction, written by expert craftsman Rupert Newman. Oak-framed buildings have been with us for centuries and they are here to stay. They are beautiful, durable and... -
Inspired by Light: A design guide to transforming the home by Sally Storey 9781859469057
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £34.40Lighting has undergone a revolution in recent years, with new tools and technologies at our disposal: never before have there been so many options to achieve the transformative effects of light. Yet all too often, lighting - which does not just enable... -
Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid by Marianne Cusato 9781402791031
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.30This title includes a foreword by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. Sick of McMansions? Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form,... -
Studio Craft & Technique for Architects Second Edition by Miriam Delaney
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £18.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913947712Author Anne GormanFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)... -
RIBA Health and Safety Guide 2023 by Dieter Bentley-Gockmann 9781915722010
RRP: £29.00Booksplease Price: £24.77To ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of health and safety knowledge and the life safety of building users, the RIBA has introduced an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum to test for competency. This guide is designed to... -
Building with Cob: A Step-by-Step Guide by Adam Weismann
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £22.67The ancient method of cob building uses a simple mixture of clay sub-soil, aggregate, straw and water to create solid structural walls built without shuttering or forms, onto a stone plinth. It is now undergoing a renaissance as an 'eco-friendly'... -
Aalto in Detail: A catalogue of components by Celine Dietziker
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £25.69For the Aalto Moment in Your Projects This carefully curated catalog celebrates the rich detail in the work of Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto. Every support, railing, and handle is the result of intensive formal and functional research. The authors... -
RIBA Conservation Guide Marion Barter 9781914124877
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £29.49This is an essential guide for those taking either the RIBA Conservation Register Course or another building conservation course. Taking as its starting point the ICOMOS Education and Training Guidelines, the internationally-recognised set of criteria,... -
The Art of the Stonemason by Ian Cramb
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.87Author Ian Cramb was a fifth-generation stonemason who relied on traditional methods to create and restore beautiful stone structures. In this do-it-yourself manual for homeowners, masonry contractors, and restoration specialists, Cramb drew on his fifty... -
Designed to Perform: An Illustrated Guide to Delivering Energy Efficient Homes by Tom Dollard
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £27.13How do we ensure sustainable buildings perform as intended? The performance gap between predicted and actual energy use in new homes has been identified as a key problem by government and industry experts. This updated edition is an illustrated... -
Drawing Attention: Architecture in the Age of Social Media by Hamza Shaikh
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.56How did you do that drawing? What software did you use? What’s your process? You may have found yourself asking these questions about a striking architectural drawing. In recent years, social media has become a primary source of expression for... -
Designing for the Climate Emergency: A Guide for Architecture Students by Sofie Pelsmakers
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £29.99Climate change is not distant. It is underway. We are in the midst of a climate emergency. Architects can - and must be - part of the radical change needed, and we must understand the impact of local decisions on the global scale. This book guides you... -
Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture Virginia McLeod 9781856697408
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £31.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781856697408Author Virginia McLeodFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 1590g -
Foundations on Rock: Engineering Practice, Second Edition by Duncan C. Wyllie
RRP: £64.99Booksplease Price: £57.09This second edition of the successful Foundations on Rock presents an up-to-date practical reference book describing current engineering practice in the investigation, design and construction of foundations on rock. An extra chapter on Tension... -
Reintroducing Materials to Design for Sustainability: Design Process and Educational Practice by Mette Bak-Andersen
RRP: £32.99Booksplease Price: £29.26Reintroducing Materials for Sustainable Design provides instrumental theory and practical guidance to bring materials back into a central role in the design process and education.To create designs that are sustainable and respond to current... -
The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every Architect Should Know Andrea Simitch 9781592538584
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £20.70In order to master the foundation of architecture, you must first master the basic building blocks of its language; the definitions, function, and usage. The Language of Architecture provides students and professional architects with the basic elements... -
The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy by Mr David Cheshire
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £28.40This book is a call to arms to all architects, designers and built environment professionals. To avoid a climate catastrophe and achieve a regenerative built environment, the use of new materials and any excess waste in resources need to be cut out from... -
Materials: An environmental primer by Hattie Hartman 9781915722218
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £38.43The environmental impacts of construction are momentous. How can architects minimise these by making responsible material choices? Material choices have a global impact. The design and construction industry are responsible for 39% of all carbon emissions... -
100 Contemporary Wood Buildings Philip Jodidio 9783836561563
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.25Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits,... -
Building Information Modeling For Dummies Stefan Mordue 9781119060055
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £19.47Everything you need to make the most of building information modeling If you're looking to get involved in the world of BIM, but don't quite know where to start, Building Information Modeling For Dummies is your one-stop guide to collaborative building... -
Managing the Brief for Better Design by Alastair Blyth
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £49.22Briefing is not just presenting a set of documents to the design team; it is a process of developing a deep understanding about client needs. This book provides both inspiration to clients and a framework for practitioners. The coverage extends beyond... -
Future Office: Next-generation workplace design by Nicola Gillen
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £33.90The office is dead. Long live the office. Despite decades of predictions that the office is on the verge of extinction, it is surviving and thriving. Of course things are changing. And changing fast. Digital technologies are transforming not only the... -
Period Homes - Styles & Original Features: An Easy Reference Guide Trevor Yorke 9781846744020
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £5.35Are you ready to step inside the world of period homes? To unlock the secrets of the iconic buildings we see throughout the cities, towns and villages of Britain? Then this is the book for you. Period homes are all around us. Not only are they... -
Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture Mark R. Cruvellier 9780415731942
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £51.58This book contains a unique collection of various perspectives on the relationship between structures and the forms and spaces of architecture. As such it provides students and professionals alike with an essential sourcebook that can be mined for visual... -
The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building by Johan van Lengen
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £16.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936070421Author Johan van LengenFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Publisher Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The House of Green by Gestalten 9783967041408
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £28.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967041408Author GestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten VerlagWeight(grams) 1610gDimensions(mm) 296mm * 232mm *... -
BIG little house: Small Houses Designed by Architects by Donna Kacmar
RRP: £43.99Booksplease Price: £41.38What are the challenges architects face when designing dwelling spaces of a limited size? And what can these projects tell us about architecture - and architectural principles - in general?In BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar... -
Reinforced Concrete Designer's Handbook by Charles E. Reynolds 9780419258308
RRP: £76.99Booksplease Price: £70.81This classic and essential work has been thoroughly revised and updated in line with the requirements of new codes and standards which have been introduced in recent years, including the new Eurocode as well as up-to-date British Standards.It provides a... -
Slate Roof Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the World's Finest Roof by Joseph Jenkins 9780964425828
RRP: £37.50Booksplease Price: £26.62Joseph Jenkins climbed on his first slate roof in 1968, authored the first edition of The Slate Roof Bible in 1997, and published the second edition in 2003. Both editions received national awards. Now, a dozen years later, Jenkins is still very active... -
RIBA Climate Guide by Mina Hasman
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £34.40Climate change is a threat to humankind, which requires immediate action. The built environment has a vital role to play in responding to the climate and biodiversity emergencies. There is a pressing need for architects and industry professionals to... -
Aluminium Design and Construction by John Dwight
RRP: £64.99Booksplease Price: £51.79Provides a practical design guide to the structural use of aluminium. The first chapters outline basic aluminium technology and the advantages of using aluminium in many structural applications. The major part of the book deals with structural design and... -
Brutalism Reinvented by Agata Toromanoff
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £26.18From luxury apartment towers to offices, places of worship to museums, brutalist architecture is having a 21st-century moment- and this book is here to explore the new interpretations of the style. Designed with the same bold aesthetic that informed Le... -
Architecture Research Building: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020 by Achim Menges
RRP: £43.50Booksplease Price: £38.99How can the fundamental digital change taking place in design and construction be actively used to bring about cultural change in architecture? By exploring robotic production methods and innovative material developments, Achim Menges and Jan Knippers... -
Building Structures: understanding the basics Malcolm Millais 9781138119758
RRP: £49.99Booksplease Price: £46.27This is a one-stop book for knowing everything important about building structures. Self-contained and with no prerequisites needed, it is suitable for both general readers and building professionals. follow the history of structural understanding; ... -
Hand Hewn: The Traditions, Tools and Enduring Beauty of Timber Framing by Jack A. Sobon 9781635860009
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £23.23Hand Hewn is a gorgeous celebration of the traditions and artistry of timber-frame building, a 7,000-year-old craft that holds an enduring attraction for its simple elegance and resilience. Internationally renowned timber-frame architect and craftsman... -
Rendering with Pen and Ink by Robert W. Gill
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.05'Rendering' is the reproduction or representation of an architect's design in the form of a drawing of the building as it will appear, complete with accessory details such as trees, traffic and people. It is also much used in preparing drawings for... -
Essence of Place: Design for the Tropics by Eleena Jamil 9781911339519
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £20.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911339519Author Eleena JamilFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Artifice PressPublisher Artifice Press -
How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone by Charles Holland 9780300263930
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.03Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of habit. Our...