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Building Inclusion: A Practical Guide to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Architecture and the Built Environment is just that - a manual to support and provide essential guidance to the profession on these key issues. Acknowledging that the existence...

The core idea for this book is the use of operative verbs as tools for designing space. These operative verbs abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms, allowing for an objective approach to create the foundation for subjective...

The Design and Installation Guide for Roof Tiling is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofing construction using clay or concrete tiles. It was written by a team of experts from the Roof Tile Association (RTA) and the...

This authoritative guide to the southwest corner of Wales by three local experts encompasses a wide sweep of history, from the rugged prehistoric remains that stud the distinctive windswept landscape overlooking the Atlantic to distinguished recent...

The aim of this book is to take the reader by the hand and show them exactly how to carry out various inspection techniques to identify the causes of damp in buildings. This is achieved by taking them through a variety of investigation methods using...

Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, facade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator: the book seeks to excavate the micro-narratives of building detail. The result is...

The classic, bestselling reference on architecture now revised and expanded! An essential one-volume reference of architectural topics using Francis D.K. Ching's signature presentation. It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate...

The Short Story of Architecture is a new and innovative guide to the subject of architecture that explores 50 key buildings, from the Great Pyramids to high-tech, sustainable skyscrapers. Accessible and concise, the book links the 50 key works to the...

Modern New York: The Illustrated Story of Architecture in the Five Boroughs from 1920 to Today takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through the changing fortunes of New York City throughout the last hundred years, from the heights of the Roaring...

As with the best-selling 'Architects Pocket Book' this title includes everyday information which the architect/designer normally has to find from a wide variety of sources and which is not always easily to hand.Focusing on kitchen design, this book is of...

"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Recover" is the sustainable guideline that has replaced the "Take, Make, Waste" attitude of the industrial age. Based on their background at the ETH Zurich and the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, the authors provide...

The Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with prototype modern homes that could be both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780671635Author Owen HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams) 780g

An indispensable tool for the initial stages of designing and planning a building project This new edition of the classic bestselling text provides, in one concise volume, the essential information needed as the basis for the more detailed design and...

Out of Architecture is both a call to reassess the architecture profession and its education, and a toolkit for graduates and working architects to untangle their skills, passions, and value from traditional architectural practice and consider alternate...

This fully revised and updated edition of Construction Contracts: Questions and Answers includes 300 questions and incorporates 42 new judicial decisions, the JCT 2016 updates and the RIBA Building Contracts and Professional Services Contracts 2018...

Apologies 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)...

Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property is the first book to introduce the process of technical due diligence (TDD) and examine the role of the building surveyor within the commercial property sector. The book outlines the...

Architecture is at a tipping point. Voices of the under-recognised are increasing in volume and are agitating for change. If we don't collectively listen, re-adjust and change our outlook, we risk limiting the relevance of our profession in today's...

All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable.Do you work on jobs between GBP50 and GBP50,000? Then this book is for you.Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's...

This an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us. It's about our obsession with collecting, the quest for authenticity and the creation of national identities. It's about Hitchcock's film sets and why we value imperfection. It's about...

A refreshed edition of the plain-speaking yet inspirational architecture primer that encourages the reader to take a broader look at the world around us and how we might shape it. Architecture is a discipline that requires constant collaboration with...

An essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the WestThis book provides vital insights into the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society. Drawing on his immense erudition and...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780670232Author Virginia McLeodFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King PublishingWeight(grams)...

In an age of glossy architectural visualizations and slick photography, today's media is saturated with images of projects mummified in their ideal, untouched, and unused state. Every design and technical publication on landscape architecture tries to...

This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders. The new edition of this successful title now includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders more accessible and to provide a...

Five Faces of Modernity is a series of semantic and cultural biographies of words that have taken on special significance in the last century and a half or so: modernity, avant-garde, decadence, kitsch, and postmodernism. The concept of modernity-the...

Ten years ago, Clare Nash was struggling with a common problem: how to be an architect and still have a life. With no job, no savings and no clients in the midst of a recession, Clare set up her own practice with little more than a few postcards in local...

The bestselling introduction to designing the written word Typographic Design: Form & Communication is the definitive reference for graphic designers, providing a comprehensive introduction to the visual word. Done well, typopgraphy can communicate so...

The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potentially most stimulating components of an architectural course. This classic text provides a complete guide to what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and what the major pitfalls are.This is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899618125Author Robert FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin Publications

Archaeology and its Discontents examines the state of archaeology today and its development throughout the twentieth century, making a powerful case for new approaches.Surveying the themes of twentieth-century archaeological theory, Barrett looks at...

The industry-standard guide to designing well-performing buildings Aesthetics are a vital part of good design. Great design emerges from a deep understanding of the functionality and constructability of details. Good details provide clear, complete, and...

This book combines the travel infrastructures of today with visitor centres, viewing platforms and holiday camps as its starting points, and shows how accessibility and intimacy of people and nature can be enhanced through the design of tourism...

Drawing on the work of a wide range of architects, artists and writers, this book considers the relations between the architect and the user, which it compares to the relations between the artist and viewer and the author and reader. The book's thesis is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786275677Author Mary Warner MarienFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Laurence King PublishingPublisher Laurence King Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648693703Author Sarah LebnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Sarah LebnerPublisher Sarah LebnerWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262026307Author Francois BlanciakFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm *...

The first book from designer Sara Story, who combines a global bohemian sensibility with a passion for art to curate clean but striking rooms that balance style with adventure. With a keen eye for art and having spent her childhood in Japan, Singapore,...