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Basics Architecture eBook Series

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  • Basics Architecture 02: Construction & Materiality

    by Professor Lorraine Farrelly ...
    Series series Basics Architecture
    Basics Architecture 02: Construction & Materiality is an in-depth exploration of the key materials used in modern architecture. The book covers materials including stone and brick, concrete, timber, glass, steel and composites. It examines their history, development and practical application in contemporary architecture.Discussion is supported by a variety of case studies and examples of work ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Representational Techniques for Architecture

    by Nicola Crowson, Professor Lorraine Farrelly ...
    Series series Basics Architecture
    The techniques used to represent architectural design are examined in Representational Techniques for Architecture. A broad array of methodologies for developing architectural ideas are described, ranging from two- and three-dimensional conceptual sketches, through to the working drawings required for the construction of buildings. The book offers a range of practical drawing methods, showing how ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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    Designing for 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, and Personal Fabrication

    by Jesse Harrington Au, Emily Gertz ...
    If you've arrived at a stage in your creative life where you're ready to do more with your computer, it's time to learn how to combine its power with new advances in computer-aided design (CAD) and fabrication to make something awesome--in three dimensions!The free suite of Autodesk 123D software offers all the tools you need to capture or design three-dimensional objects and characters. This book ... Read more

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  • Design Thinking

    Understanding How Designers Think and Work

    by Prof. Nigel Cross ...
    Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious "design ability".Focusing on what designers do when they design, Design Thinking is structured around a series of in-depth case studies of outstanding and expert designers at work, interwoven with overviews and analyses. The range covered reflects the breadth of Design, from ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Understanding Land Development

    A Project-Based Approach

    by Eddo Coiacetto ...
    This book draws on the author’s considerable expertise in land development processes and planning, and planning education. It takes a learning-by-doing studio approach and shows how to undertake a development feasibility study in three main stages: the preliminary proposal, a design and finally, a full report with a financially appraised proposal.Understanding Land Development shows how to tackle ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Traces Of Peter Rice

    Edited by Kevin Barry ...
    Lilliput Press is delighted to be reissuing Traces of Peter Rice for the first time in paperback. This book is a collaborative enterprise, British, French and Irish, representing the countries where Peter Rice passed most of his life and the cultures that formed him. These essays and cameos range widely across his career and legacy. Family, friends, scholars and colleagues write about his work, ... Read more

    $12.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The BIM Manager's Handbook, Part 3

    Focus on Technology

    by Dominik Holzer ...
    ePart 3: Focus on Technology: How do you ensure your organisation gets the most out of the BIM technology available? Dedicated to the main technology-related aspects of a BIM Manager’s role, this ePart explains how to establish and manage an organisation’s BIM-related tool-ecology and how to use BIM in order to link from design to fabrication. What do BIM Managers need to do in order ensure their ... Read more

    $52.95 USD

  • Structure and Form in Design

    Critical Ideas for Creative Practice

    by Michael Hann ...
    This book provides a critical examination of structure and form in design, covering a range of topics of great value to students and practitioners engaged in any of the specialist decorative arts and design disciplines. The complexities of two-dimensional phenomena are explained and illustrated in detail, while various three-dimensional forms are also discussed.In the context of the decorative ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Wind Tunnel Testing of High-Rise Buildings

    by Peter Irwin, Roy Denoon, David Scott ...
    Since the 1960s, wind tunnel testing has become a commonly used tool in the design of tall buildings. It was pioneered, in large part, during the design of the World Trade Center Towers in New York. Since those early days of wind engineering, wind tunnel testing techniques have developed in sophistication, but these techniques are not widely understood by the designers using the results. As a ... Read more

    $67.99 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

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  • Bauhaus Construct

    Fashioning Identity, Discourse and Modernism

    Edited by Jeffrey Saletnik, Robin Schuldenfrei ...
    Reconsidering the status and meaning of Bauhaus objects in relation to the multiple re-tellings of the school’s history, this volume positions art objects of the Bauhaus within the theoretical, artistic, historical, and cultural concerns in which they were produced and received.Contributions from leading scholars writing in the field today – including Frederic J. Schwartz, Magdalena Droste, and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    by William East ...
    This unique tool provides a fresh approach to construction scheduling by focusing on ways in which the Critical Path Method (CPM) can be used to answer the important questions that arise on virtually every construction project.Critical Path Method (CPM) Tutor for Construction Planning and Scheduling helps commercial contractors meet today’s ever-increasing demands to improve operational efficiency ... Read more

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