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Learn to Timber Frame by Will Beemer 9781612126685
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £14.97The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners! Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-colour photos, detailed... -
Silt Sand and Slurry: Dredging, Sediment, and the Worlds We Are Making by The Dredge Research Collaborative 9781954081840
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £31.08Silt Sand and Slurry is a visually rich investigation into where, why, and how sediment is central to the future of America’s coasts. Sediment is an unseen infrastructure that shapes and enables modern life. Silt is scooped from sea floors to deepen... -
Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World by Thomas Heatherwick 9780241389799
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.70From 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: £16.80Oak-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
Booksplease Price: £40.58Lighting 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: £15.46This 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: £18.05Apologies 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
Booksplease Price: £29.43To 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... -
Timber-Framed Building Explained by Trevor Yorke 9781846742200
RRP: £7.95Booksplease Price: £7.04Timber framed buildings, whether they are medieval halls, barns, grand houses, or picturesque cottages, form one of the most delightful features of our historic towns and countryside. They catch our imagination as we admire the skill and craft of the... -
Building with Cob: A Step-by-Step Guide by Adam Weismann
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £21.47The 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: £25.46For 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... -
Thinking Through Twentieth-Century Architecture Nicholas Ray (University of Liverpool, UK) 9781032156125
RRP: £33.99Booksplease Price: £30.24***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***Thinking Through Twentieth-Century Architecture connects the practice of architecture with its recent history and its theoretical origins - those philosophical ideas that lay behind modernism and... -
RIBA Conservation Guide Marion Barter 9781914124877
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £34.94This 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,... -
Structure As Architecture: A Source Book for Architects and Structural Engineers by Andrew Charleson 9780415644594
RRP: £53.99Booksplease Price: £47.27Structure as Architecture presents a comprehensive analysis of the indispensable role of structure in architecture. An exploration, as well as a celebration, of structure, the book draws on a series of design studies and case study examples to illustrate... -
Designing the Forest and other Mass Timber Futures by Lindsey Wikstrom 9781032023946
RRP: £31.99Booksplease Price: £28.54If we want to continue existing on this earth, an era of renewable energy and materials is urgently needed. What role could mass timber, with its potential to replace concrete and steel, have in ensuring the planet's survival? This book retraces wood's... -
Drawing Attention: Architecture in the Age of Social Media by Hamza Shaikh
Booksplease Price: £30.40How 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... -
Architecture Design Notebook A Peter Fawcett 9780750656696
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £32.78Architecture Design Notebook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical. Dealing systematically with the core design curriculum, it clearly demonstrates the skills required for designing at undergraduate level. Providing students... -
Straw Bale Building Details: An Illustrated Guide for Design and Construction by CASBA
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £19.69The devil is in the details-the science and art of designing and building durable, efficient, straw bale buildings Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics, while using a typically local and... -
Residential Property Appraisal by Phil Parnham 9780419225706 [USED COPY]
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £3.49Residential Property Appraisal is a handbook not only for students studying surverying but also for surveyors and others involved in the appraisal of residential property for lending purposes. It focuses on the distinct professional competencies required... -
Residential Property Appraisal by Phil Parnham 9780419225706
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £48.12Residential Property Appraisal is a handbook not only for students studying surverying but also for surveyors and others involved in the appraisal of residential property for lending purposes. It focuses on the distinct professional competencies required... -
Architect's Guide to Running a Job by Ronald Green
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £37.04Best practice is the concern of this book. An architect has to be an administrator as well as designer, and smooth economical administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be acheived.The... -
Detail in Contemporary Glass Architecture Virginia McLeod 9781856697408
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £31.06Apologies 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 -
Designing for the Climate Emergency: A Guide for Architecture Students by Sofie Pelsmakers
Booksplease Price: £35.74Climate 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... -
Building Information Modeling For Dummies Stefan Mordue 9781119060055
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £18.63Everything 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... -
The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher
RRP: £27.00Booksplease Price: £19.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112709Author Kate AscherFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 275mm *... -
The Art of the Stonemason by Ian Cramb
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.72Author 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... -
Bridge Deck Behaviour by E. C. Hambly
RRP: £61.99Booksplease Price: £53.61This book describes the underlying behaviour of steel and concrete bridge decks. It shows how complex structures can be analysed with physical reasoning and relatively simple computer models and without complicated mathematics.Book InformationISBN... -
Building Structures: understanding the basics Malcolm Millais 9781138119758
RRP: £49.99Booksplease Price: £44.50This 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; ... -
The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every Architect Should Know Andrea Simitch 9781592538584
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £19.85In 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... -
Materials: An environmental primer by Hattie Hartman 9781915722218
Booksplease Price: £45.42The 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... -
The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy by Mr David Cheshire
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £33.97This 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... -
100 Contemporary Wood Buildings Philip Jodidio 9783836561563
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.20Not 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,... -
How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone by Charles Holland 9780300263930
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.13Charles 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... -
Future Office: Next-generation workplace design by Nicola Gillen
Booksplease Price: £40.08The 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... -
Computational Drawing: From Foundational Exercises to Theories of Representation by Carl Lostritto
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £19.53This book explores computation, specifically the craft of writing computer code, as a medium for drawing. Exercises, essays, algorithms, diagrams and drawings are woven together to offer instruction, insight and theories that are valuable to practising... -
The House of Green by Gestalten 9783967041408
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £28.39Apologies 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: £38.84What 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... -
RIBA Climate Guide by Mina Hasman
Booksplease Price: £40.58Climate 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... -
Architecture Research Building: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020 by Achim Menges
RRP: £43.50Booksplease Price: £38.80How 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... -
Shelter II by Lloyd Kahn 9780936070490
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £17.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936070490Author Lloyd KahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Publisher Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 566g