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Manual for Urban Design Second and revised edition of the successful edition with new projects Urban design is based on planning and design principles that need to meet functional demands on the one hand, but on the other hand bring the design...

What does it take to obtain significant measurement results in thermographic examinations? These guidelines convey in condensed form the authors' many years of experience in detecting thermal engineering defects and structural damage such as thermal...

A young architect's search for new architectural values in a time of economic crisis. I paused at the stoop and thought this could be the basis of a good book. The story of a young man who went deep into the bowels of the academy in order to understand...

New modes of practice are now emerging in architecture. Rural Studio, Exyzt, Muf, Assemble and many more have led the way by challenging conventional ideas of 'The Architect' and reclaiming the notion of architecture as something public that should work...

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...

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 title presents the fundamental principals behind the conception and design of built space and their effect on coping with illness. One of the key questions to be answered is how architecture can contribute to healing. Put another way, how does the...

In this comprehensive book, Professor Randy Deutsch has unlocked and laid bare the twenty-first century codice nascosto of architecture. It is data. Big data. Data as driver...This book offers us the chance to become informed and knowledgeable pursuers...

Construction Cost Estimating equips a new generation of students and early-career professionals with the skills they need to bid successfully on projects. From developing bid strategies to submitting a completed bid, this innovative textbook introduces...

With nearly 80 years of experience in integrating architecture and engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's (SOM) work remains groundbreaking, especially when it comes to designing supertalls. Besides addressing the question of "how high can you go", as...

Much has been written about Building Information Modelling (BIM) driving collaboration and innovation, but how will future quality managers and engineers develop digital capabilities in augmented and video realities, with business intelligence platforms,...

If you can set up your laptop anywhere, what is the meaning of the dedicated workspace? New Work, New Workspace argues that designated space is still needed, but that it is changing fast.As collaborative interaction is favoured over individual toil,...

Architecture is commonplace. We inhabit it and use it; it is constantly present; it serves as foreground and background and usually has a story to tell. Numerous volumes are devoted to its typology, history, construction, and design. But apart from its...

This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in the field. It takes stock of developments since the publication of Koskela's (1992) Application of the New...

Conceptual Landscapes explores the dilemma faced in the early moments of design thinking through a gradient of work in landscape and environmental design media by both emerging and well-established designers and educators of landscape architecture. It...

This book introduces students, practitioners, and laypeople to a comfortable approach to learning landscape architectural design free of design jargon and derived from their existing knowledge. A step-by-step process has readers consider their knowledge...

Reintroducing 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...

"Where do you turn if you are an architect or student wanting to deepen those skill sets that will make you a more successful professional? Well, taking a look at Ava Abramowitz's new book, "The Architect's Essentials of Negotiation" will be a step in...

Using aspects of structural behaviour, good design practice and effective computational techniques to illustrate the importance of the fundamental theoretical concepts presented, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis and design...

Modern to Classic II: Residential Estates by Landry Design Group explores the Los Angeles firm's recent work, defined by an eclectic range of references and styles. Emphasizing the unique stories that inform each of the projects, the monograph's 15...

LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology introduces the concept of the research design laboratory in which funded research and trans-disciplinary participants achieve radical advances in science, design, and applied architectural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948765176Author Leon van SchaikFormat PaperbackPage Count 139Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar Publishers

Whether it be as translucent sheets, broadly stretched membranes, and inflated foil cushions or in graceful, organic curves, architecture today is utilizing plastics in the most disparate forms and for a wide variety of purposes. Innovative technical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037682579Author Christine Nickl-WellerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Braun Publishing AGPublisher Braun Publishing AGWeight(grams) 1080g

This book is an approachable guide for students and professionals to learn parametric modeling through the lens of architectonics, allowing readers to pair fundamental ideas about architecture with parametric thinking.Architectonics and Parametric...

Accessible architecture is about much more than wide doorways and low-placed light switches. Accessibility means independent and self-reliant living and mobility for people of all ages and in any situation in life. Enabling this requires a clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783753301358Author Peter SwinnenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Housing the Future - Alternative Approaches for Tomorrow offers three perspectives on the problems of housing today with an eye on tomorrow. It brings together world-leading practising architects with academics from seven countries and teams of...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789383419845Author Vishakha KawathekarFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Copal Publishing GroupPublisher Copal Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 168g

Technical lands are spaces united by their "exceptional" status—their remote locations, delimited boundaries, secured accessibility, and vigilant management. Designating land as "technical" is thus a political act. Doing so entails dividing,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939123053Author R ChadorkafouriFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Supreme CenturyPublisher Supreme CenturyWeight(grams) 676g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085893Author Roel de Ridder, Leo Van Broeck, Tine HensFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute...

For some time now, the subject of cooperation in the context of development aid has featured in the education of architects. However, up to now there have hardly been any attempts to critically place the work of architects and urban designers in this...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789383419166Author Anuradha ChatterjeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Copal Publishing GroupPublisher Copal Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 159g

This book is a guide to computational design for landscape architects replete with extensive tutorials. It introduces algorithmic approaches for modeling and designing landscapes. The aim of this book is to use algorithms to understand and design...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462085558Author Kirsten HannemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)

This is the first in a series of books from the Yale School of Architecture that studies the collaborative process between architects and developers. It documents the work of a studio of professional and student architects and developers made possible by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Technology/Computers) 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780979569906Author Finith E Jernigan AiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint...