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  • Risk: An Introduction

    The Concepts of Risk, Danger and Chance

    by Ben Ale ...
    Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management.Aided by over ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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  • Passive House Details

    Solutions for High-Performance Design

    Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings. The objective of this book is to provide design goals, research, analysis, systems, details, and inspiring images of some of the most energy-efficient, carbon-neutral, healthy, and satisfying buildings currently built in the region. Other topics included: heat transfer, moisture ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes

    Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

    Earth-sheltered building has existed since the heyday of Skara Brae in Scotland 5,000 years ago, and is used today by people around the world. If you’ve ever looked at your power bill in stunned disbelief and are interested in green building techniques, The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes is for you. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Passive House in Different Climates

    The Path to Net Zero

    Passive House in Different Climates introduces the seven Passive House principles, to help you create super-insulated, airtight buildings that require minimal energy use to heat, cool, dehumidify, and ventilate, with superior indoor air quality and year-round comfort. Seventeen case studies in four climate zones---marine, cold and very cold, mixed-dry and hot-dry, and mixed-humid and hot-humid-- ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Structural Fire Loads: Theory and Principles

    by Leo Razdolsky ...
    Tested techniques for designing fire-resistant structuresStructural Fire Loads bridges the gap between prescriptive and performance-based methods for the design of fire-resistant buildings. The book streamlines complex computer analyses so that an approximate analytical expression can be easily used in structural fire load analysis and design.Simplified versions of energy, mass, and momentum ... Read more

    $117.89 USD

  • Architecture Technology for Engineers

    This Architecture Technology for Engineers book is a basic principles for first year architecture students. The benefit to engineers, this book will help to have a better understanding the reason behind the architecture ideas and design. This book consists of 12 chapters cover overall knowledge of architecture structure such as monolithic, frame and shell, how to conduct a site surveys, sketching, ... Read more

    $39.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Architect's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for Building Design 4/e

    by John Guthrie ...
    The Essentials of Building Design--at Your Fingertips!Fully updated with the 2009 IBC International Building Code, this practical guide delivers the key data you need in every step of an architectural project--from initial planning and estimating through design and completion. The Architect's Portable Handbook, Fourth Edition, provides the latest code and cost information, along with a wealth of ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Feminist Practices

    Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in Architecture

    Edited by Lori A. Brown ...
    Women continue to be extremely under-represented in the architectural profession. Despite equal numbers of male and female students entering architectural studies, there is at least 17-25% attrition of female students and not all remaining become practicing architects. In both the academic and the professional fields of architecture, positions of power and authority are almost entirely male, and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Captive Insurance in Plain English

    This is written to be the readers first book on captive insurance. It avoids legal and industry jargon, instead using straightforward language to quickly and efficiently explain how captives started and how a business can use a captive insurer to supplement its existing risk management program. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Steel Design

    Series series Architect's Guidebooks to Structures
    Steel Design covers steel design fundamentals for architects and engineers, such as tension elements, flexural elements, shear and torsion, compression elements, connections, and lateral design. As part of the Architect’s Guidebooks to Structures series it provides a comprehensive overview using both imperial and metric units of measurement. Each chapter includes design steps, rules of thumb, and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Advancing Wood Architecture

    A Computational Approach

    In light of environmental challenges architecture is facing, wood is no longer regarded as outmoded, nostalgic, and rooted in the past, but increasingly recognized as one of the most promising building materials for the future. Recent years have seen unprecedented innovation of new technologies for advancing wood architecture.Advancing Wood Architecture offers a comprehensive overview of the new ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Introduction to Structures

    Edited by Paul McMullin, Jonathan Price ...
    Series series Architect's Guidebooks to Structures
    Introduction to Structures - the lead book in the Architect’s Guidebook to Structures series - presents structures in simple, accessible fashion through beautiful illustrations, worked examples, and from the perspective of practicing professionals with a combined experience of over 75 years.It introduces the student to, and reminds the practitioner of, fundamental structural design principles. ... Read more

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