Methods & Materials

This book brings together some of the finest academics in the field to address important questions around the way in which people experience their physical environments, including temperature, light, air-quality, acoustics and so forth. It is of...

The school is developing into a full-time model in many countries, with homework help, a cafeteria and recreational activities. Pioneering pedagogical methods of instruction and learning are bringing with them changing planning requirements. Just as the...

An exhaustive and resounding masterpiece of architectural publishing, this volume, Rizzoli s seventh on Morphosis and its founder, architect Thom Mayne, features the work of the award-winning interdisciplinary architectural and design practice through a...

Discover BIM: A better way to build better buildings Building Information Modeling (BIM) offers a novel approach to design, construction, and facility management in which a digital representation of the building product and process is used to facilitate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905959143Author Tim PullenFormat PaperbackPage Count 271Imprint Ovolo Publishing LtdPublisher Ovolo Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 491gDimensions(mm) 240mm...

Manufacturing Architecture is the first reference guide to customising repetitive manufacturing for architects. Clear diagrams and narratives explain twenty of the most common manufacturing processes for typical building components. Case studies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543002Author Andrew WittFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300248173Author Fabio BarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 216g

In Architecture Unbound, noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini proposes that our current architectural landscape ultimately emerged from transgressive and progressive art movements that had roiled Europe before and after World War I. By the 1960s,...

Although steel and glass dominate modern cities, Britain boasts innumerable beautiful examples of more traditional construction methods. Many date from the period before easy nationwide transportation, when materials were usually grown or extracted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905959082Author "Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine"Format HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Ovolo Publishing LtdPublisher Ovolo Publishing LtdDimensions(mm)...

Timber is one of the most elementary and oldest building materials used by mankind, and has still not lost any of its attractiveness and topicality. In many cultural spheres and climate zones, the primary construction methods of domestic architecture...

Building Surveys has been a trusted guide for both students and professionals for nearly 40 years, evolving throughout its nine editions to address the challenges and responsibilities of the building surveying role. It covers everything needed for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607965244Author D C BeardFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The 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...

Bridges the gap between design speculation and scientific reality, and between contemporary design thinking and the traditional engineering approaches which currently dominate bio technologies Offers a blueprint for experimental design strategies and...

Engineering services within buildings account for ongoing energy use, greenhouse gas contribution and life safety provisions. This fully updated sixth edition of David Chadderton's leading textbook is the perfect preparation for those intending to enter...

Leading art historians, architects, designers, artists, and urbanists share new perspectives on this visionary architect's material legacyLina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) is renowned for her boldly modernist designs like the Sao Paulo Museum of Art and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899558791Author GestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

It is understood that Mies van der Rohe is one of the most important architects of the Modern movement. But how do Mies' ideas on architecture and on the logic of construction relate to his built - and sometimes unbuilt - oeuvre? This book investigates...

Decisions regarding the supporting structure have an influence on the design of a building as well as an economic and ecological impact. The creation of great and innovative buildings requires close collaboration of architects, clients and structural...

Building and constructing barns, outhouses, A-frames, greenhouses, outdoor recreation sites, boat landings, and more. Homesteading is a lifestyle that people around the world gravitate toward-and for good reason. In today's high-stress world, many people...

Spencer Fung is never without a sketchbook or a pencil. Inspiration and ideas can strike at any moment, and often the smallest thing that catches his eye impels him to capture it on paper. Whether it is designing private houses, restaurants, hotels,...

New materials and technologies play a significant role in architecture and design. Environmentally compatible materials and production methods are demanded just as much as smoothly functioning recycling management. In addition, trends like...

Legal Competence in Environmental Health assists the environmental health professional in understanding the operation of English law and navigating through some of its complexities. It covers those aspects of the work which are regulated by legal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788190409681Author Bharat DaveFormat PaperbackImprint Sid Research CellPublisher Sid Research CellWeight(grams) 399g

Composing Architecture and Interior Design introduces different ways of creating architectural space. It explains how to compose architectural and interior design spaces step by step - starting in the first years of architecture and interior design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423665885Author Cathy Purple CherryFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

'Somerville knows more about wooden barn construction than almost anyone alive.'-The Telegraph 'A joyful reminder of why nature, being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for the soul.'-Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year...

The Masters of Concrete Shells Concrete shell construction started to become popular in the mid-20th century. Technically advanced designs with conspicuous expressiveness began to appear all over the world. With three typical protagonists - Felix...

Originally published in 1948, and edited by the artist John Piper, An English Farmhouse is Geoffrey Grigson's careful survey of the old English farmhouse, and its associated buildings, whether made from sarsen, thatch, timber, tile or brick. Grigson...

Apologies 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

Almost three tons of concrete are produced each year for every person on the planet; only water is consumed more per head of population. Now used almost universally in modern construction, concrete polarizes opinion: provoking intense loathing and...

This book is the second in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: Understanding Historic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451548259Author Liz NicklusFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 255mm * 202mm * 5mm

Farm and Rural Building Conversions provides a detailed record of types of rural buildings and advice for conversion , including retention of period features where appropriate. Sympathetic conversion that ensures this record of rural life is not lost...

In the course of a ten-month invited competition Mark Foster Gage Architects, using tools ranging from artificial intelligence to 3D fractal software, re-invented the design languages of the ancient Nabatean civilisation located on the Arabian Peninsula...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911339342Author ,Kurt OferFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Black Dog PressPublisher Black Dog Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857247199Author Stephanie CristelloFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1480g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907414503Author Gustav MetzgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Bedford PressPublisher Architectural Association Publications