Professional Practice

Housing Fit for Purpose sets out a research-focused approach to looking at the challenges facing the built environment in approaching the design, construction and management of housing. This book uses original research by the author on housing...

For a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared. Yet the number of women working as architects remains stubbornly low, and the higher one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996539326Author Matt DonleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Bizfound, LLCPublisher Bizfound, LLCWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983500193Author Michael E GerberFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Michael E. Gerber CompaniesPublisher Michael E. Gerber CompaniesWeight(grams)...

Professionalism is not automatic with qualification. It is decided by the manner in which you carry out your professional life - the conduct and qualities that you bring to your role. In architecture, it is founded on the principles of honesty, integrity...

In this significantly revised third edition, Designing Zero Carbon Buildings combines embodied and operational emissions into a structured approach for achieving zero emissions by a specific year with certainty.Simulation and quantitative methods are...

This is your essential one stop shop for information on starting and running a practice. Case studies and advice from practitioners, big and small, run alongside outlines of all the key topics, to give you an insight into the problems and challenges...

The Cannibal's Cookbook fiercely consumes the body of past cyclopean constructions. It assembles, re-packages, and offers this latent knowledge for your contemporary consumption. It is a manual for the hungry, for those who are not satiated by the...

The Italian architect, historian, and restorer Gustavo Giovannoni (1873-1947) was a key figure in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and conservation during the first half of the twentieth century. A traditionalist largely neglected by the proponents...

Research shows that high-performing organisations focus on diversity and inclusion (D&I). In any workplace, it is important to both understand and recognise the benefits that having a D&I workforce provides. It is integral to developing people within an...

This book sets out the urgent changes to practices and behaviours required to build a new building safety regime in the UK and prevent a similar tragedy to the fire at Grenfell Tower from reoccurring. The inquiry into the fire and the independent Hackitt...

If 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...

Once Upon a China is an unconventional architectural story of great beauty, empathy, honour and sadness. The chapters are ingenious reimaginations of 'Dream of the Red Mansion', 'Journey to the West ', 'The Water Margin', and 'Romance of the Three...

Architecture can be a high risk and low-income profession. Planning to manage risks is essential. Workloads tend to be cyclical and managing lean periods and booms whilst being prepared for the next downturn is a key requirement. This book is a how-to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788409257119Format PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint AvisaPublisher Avisa

Earth, in common use for architectural construction for thousands of years, has in the past thirty years attracted renewed attention as a healthy, environment-friendly and economical building material. What needs to be considered in this context? The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788409297634Format PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint AvisaPublisher Avisa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948765572Author Manuel GausaFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers

* The first book aimed at mid-career architects looking to leave the profession * Provides guidance from career consultants based on a wealth of experience exclusively working with architects at their firm, Out of Architecture. * Written in an...

Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice lifts the curtain to unveil how eleven world-leading design studios integrate technology (such as computational design, BIM, and digital fabrication) as part of their day-to-day design exploration...

Fully revised and updated to align with the 2022 Building Safety Act and the requirements of clause 11F (competence: general requirement) under Part 2A of the Building Regulations, the RIBA Domestic Professional Services Contract is for the appointment...

What does it mean for architecture to be a truly collaborative venture where plants and other species also exercise their agency? This would mean to make architecture receptive-physically, premised on creating spaces for accommodating multispecies; and...

In That's Brutal, What's Modern: The Smithsons, Banham, and the Mies-Image, Mark Linder offers a new understanding of New Brutalism as a consequential, generative, and still pertinent episode in the history of imaging practices in architecture. His core...

The latest edition of the JCT Guide series is an essential resource for architects working with the JCT Design & Build Contract 2024. Organised by topic, this guide offers a clear, practical breakdown of the contract's provisions, procedures and party...

Architects are finding the procurement landscape increasingly complex and competitive. This book shows practitioners the ways that fees are calculated, negotiated and managed. It will increase your understanding of the different fee-earning roles for...

This book tells the story of communal living forms from about 1850 until the present day. The projects featured in this book are divided according to the motivations of their creators and users –economic, political, and social. The book also contains...

How does light transform the objects it shines upon? What are the consequences of such meta- morphoses on architectural thought? Book of Hours seeks to answer these questions. To this end, it presents the architect Frida Escobedo's research on the...

Looking Forward to Monday Morning is a collection of essays that weaves together stories from Daniel Frisch's thirty-year (plus) residential architecture practice. The essays focus on design and technology, anecdote and philosophy, entrepreneurship and...

Studio 804 is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation that operates as a nine-month academic-year studio. It is a fully synthesized educational experience that focuses on the research and development of inventive building solutions to address the pressing...

In this stunning book, Isay Weinfeld, the photographer and architect behind the hit Instagram account @isayweinfeld presents a retrospective of years of whimsical photographs taken on Sunday walks through Sao Paulo that showcase his wit and eye for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085756Author Mark Proosten, Jorge Meja HernndezFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi...

A city planner, an architect and a historian trace the urban development of this outstanding city and analyse its architecture in urban and historical contexts from its origins in the pre Islamic period to the situation today. The authors did extensive...

An essential guide for a firm of any size to effectively position itself in the marketplace For an architecture or design firm to survive and prosper in the new economy, it needs to redefine and reinvigorate its position in the marketplace. With dozens...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is the world's foremost authority on tall buildings. This book chronicles the annual awards process, in which the CTBUH recognizes outstanding tall buildings and design innovations that advance the...

This book is a wide-ranging exploration of PR and communication in the construction industry, with a strong emphasis on communications theory, strategy and technique.The editors begin with an introduction to the UK construction industry and its supply...

This compelling resource, which was first published in 1993, was the first book on facility programming to design parameters and specifications over a broad range of project types. The book's practical, how-to approach is exceedingly beneficial to...

This handy book brings together a wealth of useful information that building surveyors need on-site or in the office. It provides clear guidance and fundamental principles in key practice areas such as building pathology, building performance, and...

The Client Role in Successful Construction Projects is a practical guide for clients on how to initiate, procure and manage construction projects and developments. This book is written from the perspective of the client initiating a construction project...

Built environment professionals considering whether to embark on the design and construction or retrofit of a fully 'sustainable' or 'green' build need to know the financial implications of their decisions. What are their financial options? What are the...

This book details some of the most important and interesting questions raised about the NEC4 family of contracts and provides clear, comprehensive answers to those questions.Written by an NEC expert with over 20 years' experience using, advising and...