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Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 is a comprehensive book which provides practising engineers and specialist contractors with detailed information and in-depth guidance on the design of timber structures based on the common rules and rules for buildings in Eurocode 5 - Part 1-1. It will also be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil and structural engineering.
The book provides a step-by-step approach to the design of all of the most commonly used timber elements and connections using solid timber, glued laminated timber or wood based structural products. It features numerous detailed worked examples, and incorporates the requirements of the UK National Annex.
It covers the strength and stiffness properties of timber and its reconstituted and engineered products; the key requirements of Eurocode 0, Eurocode 1 and Eurocode 5 - Part 1-1; the design of beams and columns of solid timber, glued laminated, composite and thin-webbed sections; the lateral stability requirements of timber structures; and the design of mechanical connections subjected to lateral and/or axial forces as well as rigid and semi-rigid connections subjected to a moment.
By Jack Porteous, Abdy Kermani”Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5″
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 1405146389
Publication Date: 2008-01-10
Format: PDF
Number of pages: 560
Language: English
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This is the definitive guide to drywall, now updated and revised. Longtime drywall contractor Myron Ferguson spells out the full range of information on installation and materials. You’ll learn everything from how to choose the best wallboard for any job to tips and tricks for creating attractive textured finishes. Ferguson covers new tools, materials and techniques that make the job go quicker and are easier for homeowners to get great results, such as new types of corner tape that give professional looking results with little experience or skill required.
You’ll discover how to: lay out and panel rooms with the fewest possible seams make curves and archways panel irregular walls make invisible seams “excellent . . . . [the author] gives you everything you need to know about tools, materials, installation and finishing. And there are plenty of terrific tips in this book.”– Popular Mechanics
Myron R. Ferguson “Drywall: Professional Techniques for Walls & Ceilings”
Publisher: Taunton
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
ISBN: 156158133X
Number of pages: 144
Format: PDF
Size: 37.6 MB
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To continue developing existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in the field of residential building. A deeper understanding of the underlying types is indispensable for the success of the individual design, as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied in a wide variety of situations.
For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presentations of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure.
The first volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types - cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc.
The second volume is devoted to the various types of row house, a particularly widespread form of residential structure. A general discussion of the row as organizing principle - the row as urban building block, linear space, ways of handling corners - is followed by the systematic presentation of the different types.
Within each type, variants are distinguished according to how they organize space, their number of floors, etc. The range of possible solutions is presented in uniform ground plans newly drawn to scale.
Row Houses: A Housing Typology
By Günter Pfeifer, Per Brauneck
* Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
* Number Of Pages: 112
* Publication Date: 2007-12-11
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3764378387
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783764378387
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From Native American sites in New Mexico and Arizona to the ancient earthworks of the Mississippi Valley to the most fashionable contemporary buildings of Chicago and New York, American architecture is incredibly varied. In this revolutionary interpretation, Upton examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. 109 illustrations. 40 linecuts
Architecture in the United States (Oxford History of Art)
By Dell Upton
* Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
* Number Of Pages: 336
* Publication Date: 1998-06-25
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019284217X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780192842176
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The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio was one of the most influential figures that the field of architecture has ever produced. For classical architects, the term Palladian stands for a vocabulary of architectural forms embodying perfection and beauty. Of even greater significance than Palladio’s buildings is his treatise I quattro libri dell’architettura (The Four Books On Architecture), the most successful architectural treatise of the Renaissance and one of the two or three most important books in the literature of architecture. First published in Italian in 1570, it has been translated into every major Western language.
This is the first English translation of Palladio in over 250 years, making it the only translation available in modern English. Until now, English-language readers have had to rely mostly on a facsimile of Isaac Ware’s 1738 translation and the eighteenth-century engravings prepared for that text. This new translation by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield contains Palladio’s original woodcuts, reproduced in facsimile and positioned correctly, adjacent to the text. The book also contains a glossary that explains technical terms in their original context, a bibliography of recent Palladio research, and an introduction to Palladio and his times.
The First Book discusses building materials and techniques, as well as the five orders of architecture: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. Palladio describes the characteristics of each order and illustrates them. The Second Book discusses private town houses and country estates, almost all designed by Palladio. The Third Book discusses streets, bridges, piazzas, and basilicas, most of ancient Roman origin. The Fourth Book discusses ancient Roman temples, including the Pantheon.
The Four Books on Architecture By Andrea Palladio
* Publisher: The MIT Press
* Number Of Pages: 436
* Publication Date: 1997-06-13
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0262161621
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780262161626
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Although the UK’s Building Regulations are complex and lengthy, their essential features are relatively straightforward. Simon Polley brings his brief and practical guide up to date, in line with the significant recent changes to the regulations. Written by an industry practitioner, this practical guide is well laid out, jargon-free and easy to use. It is an excellent introduction to the UK’s Building Regulations for students as well as for professionals. This fourth edition is up to date as of early 2008 and sees full updates in line with changes to Parts L and F and the revisions to Part B.
Understanding the Building Regulations
By Simon Polley
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis
* Number Of Pages: 296
* Publication Date: 2008-10-13
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415452724
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415452724
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Bamboo materials are well available in the world. Bamboo has much shorter maturity than trees, thus can be harvested with shorter cycles of plantation. Despite the fact that human society has a long history of using bamboo, there is still a lack of modern and industrialized application of bamboo materials in construction. Promoting the application of bamboo in construction could provide a potential solution to the sustainable, green and environment-friendly development of construction industry.”Modern Bamboo Structures” is the first of its kind covering the applications of bamboo materials in modern structures. The following topics are covered in this book: properties of bamboo materials and components; design, experimental testing, and ****ysis of bamboo structures and components; modern bamboo buildings and bridges; composites of bamboo, timber and other materials; bamboo reinforced concrete; comparative studies of timber and bamboo structures; adhesives, joints, and engineered bamboo products; environmental, sustainability and ecological issues; and, structural and constructional applications of other natural and non-conventional materials.These proceedings of the First International Conference on Modern Bamboo Structures (ICBS-2007, Changsha, China, 28-30 October 2007) include the state-of-the-art on materials, design, analysis, testing, manufacturing, and construction of modern bamboo structures. “Modern Bamboo Structures” will be essential for researchers, engineers and administrators involved in structural engineering, civil engineering, agriculture engineering, forestry, environmental engineering and urban development.
Modern Bamboo Structures:
Proceedings of the First International Conference
By Yan Xiao
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis
* Number Of Pages: 312
* Publication Date: 2008-08-12
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 041547597X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415475976
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This new textbook for students and practitioners of surveying and town planning, as well as other built environment professionals with an interest in the processes of property development, provides a modern view of site assembly, town planning policies and development risk, environment issues, master planning and design. The principal focus of the book is on the reuse of urban land, including treatment options, and regeneration of the built environment, whilst not ignoring greenfield development.
The book is divided into four parts:
(1) the development process and planning policies
(2) site assessment, risk analysis and remediation of contaminated land
(3) feasibility studies and financial appraisals
(4) design issues
Land, Development and Design
By Paul Syms
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
* Number Of Pages: 360
* Publication Date: 1991-01-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0632064846
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780632064847
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This book sets out a series of concepts of street structure and offers a framework for design of street networks. It addresses issues of sustainable transport and urbanism whilst introducing new methods assisting ****ysis and design. International streetgrid case studies are ****yses and suggest preferred types of street, network and hierarchy. This authoritative new text informs the design debate on street pattern and is set to become the definitive text on the topic.
Streets and Patterns: The Structure of Urban Geometry
By Stephen Marshall
* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 224
* Publication Date: 2004-12-23
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415317509
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415317504
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This new edition of an informative and accessible book guides building surveyors and facilities managers through the key aspects of property maintenance and continues to be of value to both students and practitioners.
With the increasing cost of new-build, effective maintenance of existing building stock is becoming ever more important and building maintenance work now represents nearly half of total construction output in the UK.
Building Maintenance Management provides a comprehensive profile of the many aspects of property maintenance. This second edition has been updated throughout, with sections on outsourcing; maintenance planning; benchmarking and KPIs; and current trends in procurement routes (including partnering and the growth of PFI) integrated into the text. There is also a new chapter on the changing context within which maintenance is carried out, largely concerned with its relationship to facilities management. More coverage is given of maintenance organisations and there are major updates to relevant aspects of health and safety and to contract forms.
Building Maintenance Management
By Barrie Chanter, Peter Swallow
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
* Number Of Pages: 336
* Publication Date: 2007-09-04
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405135069
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405135061
* Binding: Paperback
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How can you tell if the materials and components you are specifying have a low environmental impact? A full life-cycle assessment is a complex, time-consuming and expensive process; the environmental ratings summarised in this Guide provide a quick and easy way for designers and specifiers to assess their options.
The relative environmental performance of over 250 materials and components have been assessed in this guide, using carefully researched, quantitative data derived from the BRE Environmental Database. A wide range of alternative specifications are provided for:
· walls
· floor systems
· floor finishes
· roofs
· windows
· doors
· ceilings
· paints
· insulation
· landscaping.
The performance of each specification is measured against a range of environmental impacts including:
· climate change
· toxicity
· fossil fuel and ozone depletion
· levels of emissions and pollutants
· mineral and water extraction.
Environmental performance is indicated by a simple to use A-B-C rating system. To further aid specifiers, guidance on capital coasts, typical replacement intervals and information on recycling is also provided for each material and component.
An important part of BREEAM, the BRE’s widely accepted scheme to improve the environmental performance of buildings, The Green Guide to Specification is an essential tool for architects, surveyors, building managers and property owners seeking to reduce the environmental impacts of building materials through informed choice.
The Green Guide to Specification: An Environmental Profiling System for Building Materials and Components
By Jane Anderson, David Shiers, Mike Sinclair
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
* Number Of Pages: 112
* Publication Date: 1991-01-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0632059613
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780632059614
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This book investigates the perception and appropriation of places across intervals of time and culture. The particular concern of the volume is to bring together fresh empirical research and animate it by contact with theoretical sophistication, without letting that overwhelm the material. The chapters establish the continuity of a particular physical object under discussion and show it in at least two different historical perspectives, in which recognizable features are shown in different lights. The results are often surprising, because we tend to have an idea of a historic place as having an enduring meaning, so it can be rewarding to learn about earlier constructions of meaning that involve the same building.
Architecture as Experience: Radical Change in Spatial Practice
By Dana Arnold
* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 256
* Publication Date: 2004-04-28
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415301599
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415301596
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The chance of being claimed against is now a major risk factor for every building designer, engineer, quantity surveyor and project manager. Apart from the cases that go to court, many other claims are settled before they reach that stage. The cost of insurance to meet claims is now a substantial component of every practice’s overheads. Sensible risk management can identify the potential sources of claims, reduce their likelihood, warn of impending trouble and control how the claim is to be defended.
This book explains how to plan a risk management strategy and suggests techniques that can supplement the practice’s existing management procedures without imposing unnecessary bureaucracy. It attaches as much importance to the interaction of risk between members of the design team as to the risk profile of the practice itself.
The first part defines risk and its origins, discusses how risk can arise in the various professions and types of practice, and how it interacts between the professions, compares quality assurance with risk management, and advises on the relations between the practice, its insurers and its lawyers. It concludes with advice on how to create a risk strategy and system for the office.
The second part is devoted to techniques and covers: setting up the appointment; creation of the team; managing the project; the risks of CDM; the complications of procurement; and drafting, awarding and administering the building contract. Risk implications of the major contract forms are discussed in detail. It concludes with advice on the handling of claims.
The book contains references to a number of legal cases to illustrate the risks discussed. It is recommended reading not only for the individual professions (architect, engineer, QS, project manger), but for all of them collectively in understanding how the risk of one profession can become the risk of any of his fellow team members.
Avoiding Claims in Building Design: Risk Management in Practice
By Malcolm Taylor
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2000-06-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0632053267
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780632053261
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Steelwork offers the opportunity for architectural expression, as well as being structurally versatile and adaptable material. Good detailing is vital because it affects structural performance, costs, buildability and, perhaps most importantly, appearance. While the choice of the structural form is often the province of the structural engineer, architects should have a broad appreciation of the factors leading to the selection of the structure and its details. Traditionally, most detailing of connections is the responsibility of the steelwork fabricator, but for exposed steelwork, detailing is of much more interest to the architect, as it impacts on the aesthetics of the structure. In this respect it is important that designers appreciate the common fabrication and erection techniques, which may exert a strong influence on the method and approach to the detailing of modern steelwork in buildings.
Architectural Design in Steel
By Mark Lawson
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 2003-12-29
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419244905
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419244905
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Here’s the essential information you need to initiate designs for preschools and kindergartens as well as elementary, middle, and high schools.
* Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details.
* Combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, acoustic, traffic, and safety issues that are unique to school buildings with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion.
Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools
By Bradford Perkins, Stephen Kliment
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 368
* Publication Date: 2000-12-12
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 047132700X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471327004
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With more than 20,000 words and terms individually defined, the Dictionary offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields.
The innovative and detailed cross-referencing system allows readers to track down elusive definitions from general subject headings. Starting from only the vaguest idea of the word required, a reader can quickly track down precisely the term they are looking for.
The book is illustrated with stunning drawings that provide a visual as well as a textual definition of both key concepts and subtle differences in meaning.
Davies and Jokiniemi’s work sets a new standard for reference books for all those interested in the buildings that surround us.
* Comprehensive coverage of architecture and building terms
* Detailed and innovative cross-referencing system
* Beautifully illustrated with detailed technical drawings
Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
By Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 736
* Publication Date: 2008-07-23
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750685026
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750685023
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This book is unique in its attempt to explore the many ways we have of thinking about buildings. In particular it raises questions about the kinds of knowledge we have and will need in designing, making and enjoying our buildings. At the very least this book provides an overview of the fragmented construction industry, making it a vital purchase for all construction related students. However, the author has written for a wider audience making the book an essential guide for those interested in the form of buildings or the deliberate ways in which people build them.
Idea of Building: Thought and Action in the Design and Production of Buildings
By S. Groak
* Publisher: Spon Press
* Number Of Pages: 249
* Publication Date: 1990-12-31
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419178309
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419178309
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Written by a leading specialist, this book addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings. Fully revised to take into account new developments over the last decade, this edition encorperates the latest environmental issues. As new materials and processes are gradually introduced into the building industry, manufacturers respond to the demand for new technology to relate changes in performance requirements. The book is illustrated throughout with photographs and line drawings.
Cladding of Buildings: 3rd Edition
By Alan Brookes
* Publisher: Spon Press
* Number Of Pages: 180
* Publication Date: 1998-07-09
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419221700
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419221708
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This book is an international collection of essays by leading architects, artists and theorists of locality and space. New work by celebrated contributors including Mark Auge, Kryzstof Wodiczko, Anthony Vidler, Lebbeus Woods and Zaha Hadid is juxtaposed with seminal essays by Bernard Tschumi and Doreen Massey. This book will appeal to urbanists, geographers, artists, architects, cultural historians and theorists.
Architecturally Speaking: Practices of Art, Architecture and the Everyday
By Alan Read
* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 304
* Publication Date: 2000-11-02
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 041523543X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415235433
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Solar energy is set to play an ever-increasing role in generating the form and affecting the appearance and construction of buildings. This new guide provides an overview of how PVs work and how they are incorporated in the design of buildings.
Photovoltaics And Architecture
By Randall Thomas
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis
* Number Of Pages: 168
* Publication Date: 2001-04-12
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415231825
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415231824
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Packed with stunning images this is an indispensable visual guide illustrating and explaining current fabrication processes and material transformation. Providing a documentary of an eclectic range of fabrication techniques, this is the ideal reference for designers who wish to learn more about the materials and current technologies in material production available to them.
Featuring the work of 12 fabricators based in the UK, the case studies displayed range from manufacture of complex wire rope, the processes of metal spinning, large-scale composite casting, to computer controlled sheet steel fabrication. With a full knowledge of how the materials are transformed, this book provides readers with a greater ability to employ material processes for their own designs and to better understand material fabrication. This is a book that provides information on contemporary technology and design inspiration in abundance.
* A visual introduction to the latest material fabrication techniques
* Provides inspiration to architects and designers looking for new materials to realize their designs
* Hundreds of photographs, working drawings and technical details provide a comprehensive and beautiful outline of the subject
Fabrication: The Designers Guide
By Peter Silver, William McLean
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 192
* Publication Date: 2006-03-22
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750665580
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750665582.
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In this completely updated and redesigned edition of the essential and long-established Stadia, the authors offer their unrivalled expertise to all professionals who commission, plan, design, and manage high-quality sports venues.
This fourth edition features over twenty case studies of recent projects in Europe, America, Australia, China and Japan, and the technical sections contain substantial new information on master planning and designing for the disabled.
In addition to a wide array of international information sources, the authors were able to draw on the experience of the design firm that delivered the 1999 Cardiff Millennium stadium, the 2000 Sydney Olympic stadium, the 2002 Reliant stadium in Houston, the 2005 Nanjing Sports Park, the new grandstand for Ascot Racecourse, and the recently completed Wembley stadium.
* Written by the internationally recognized global leaders in sport architecture, HOK.
* Includes the very latest projects in a wealth of international case studies
* Covers all technical aspects on designing new stadia as well as altering existing buildings
Stadia, Fourth Edition: A Design and Development Guide
By Geraint John
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 320
* Publication Date: 2007-01-29
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 075066844X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750668446
Green building is the fastest-growing trend to hit since the Internet, bringing with it an enormous range of new products, systems, and technologies. Green Building A to Z is an informative, technically accurate, and highly visual guide to green building, for both decision-makers and interested citizens. It begins with an introduction to the importance of green buildings and a brief history of the green building movement, outlines the benefits and costs of green buildings, and shows how you can influence the spread of green buildings. The book touches on key issues, such as enhancing water conservation, reducing energy use, and creating a conservation economy.
The book examines all aspects of green buildings, including:
* Architecture 2030
* Locally sourced materials
* Natural ventilation
* Solar energy
* Zero-net-energy buildings
More than just a reference, this book emphasizes the importance of green buildings and green developments for a sustainable future. It will be an invaluable resource for businesspeople, homeowners, product manufacturers, developers, building industry professionals, and government officials.
Jerry Yudelson is a professional engineer with an MBA. He has trained three thousand people in the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, and has chaired Greenbuild, the world’s largest green building conference, for the past four years. The founder of a green building consulting firm, he is the author of three books on green building marketing and an advisor to manufacturers, venture capital firms, design firms, and developers.
Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building
By Jerry Yudelson
* Publisher: New Society Publishers
* Number Of Pages: 240
* Publication Date: 2007-10-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0865715726
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780865715721
* Binding: Paperback
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The city is more than just a sum of its buildings; it is the sum of its communities. The most successful urban communities are very often those that are the most diverse - in terms of income, age, family structure and ethnicity - and yet poor urban design and planning can stifle the very diversity that makes communities successful.
Just as poor urban design can lead to sterile monoculture, successful planning can support the conditions needed for diverse communities. Emily Talen explores the linkage between urban forms and social diversity, and how one impacts the other. Learning the lessons from past successes and failures, and building from detailed case studies of different neighborhoods, Design for Diversity provides urban designers and architects with design strategies and tools to ensure that their work sustains and nurtures social diversity.
* Explores the link between urban form and social diversity
* Based on detailed studies of socially diverse neighborhoods in cities
* Outlines urban design strategies to support diverse communities
Design for Diversity: Exploring Socially Mixed Neighborhoods
By Emily Talen
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 256
* Publication Date: 2008-03-12
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750681179
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750681179
* Binding: Paperback
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Introduction to Residential Layout is ideal for students and practitioners of urban design, planning, engineering, architecture and landscape seeking a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of designing and laying out residential areas.
Mike Biddulph provides a clear and coherent framework from which he offers comprehensive practical advice for designers of housing developments. Referring to a wealth of international examples, this is a richly illustrated, accessible resource covering the whole range of issues that should be considered by
anyone engaging in the planning and design of a new residential scheme.
A successful residential development must work on many levels - financial, social and environmental. This book includes ****ysis of commercial viability, the importance of place making, environmental sustainability and designing accessibility. Mike Biddulph details successful approaches to designing out crime and maximising permeability as part of an integrated approach to urban design.
Highly illustrated throughout, this work will show you how to turn design aspirations and principles into practical design solutions. Written without preconceptions, Introduction to Residential Design
highlights the strengths and weaknesses of particular design solutions to encourage both depth of thought and creativity.
Mike Biddulph is Senior Lecturer in Urban Design at Cardiff University
* The only textbook that provides practical design advice sourced from principles of residential layout design
* Comprehensive coverage of urban design theory gives an ideal introduction to the subject
* Encompasses sustainability, accessibility and holistic design - all the key concerns in designing the built environment.
Introduction to Residential Layout
By Mike Biddulph
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 224
* Publication Date: 2006-12-20
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750662050
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750662055
* Binding: Paperback
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What if environmentally damaged landscapes could not only be remediated from an ecological standpoint, but also designed to replenish an entire community as well as the nature surrounding it? The Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design incorporates ecology, engineering, sociology, and design elements into a new paradigm for environmental restoration and the renewal of urban and cultural sites.
This is the first resource in the field to examine the collaborative roles of scientists, landscape architects, and urban planners in transforming degraded landscapes into sustainable communities for both people and wildlife. Top practitioners and theorists from different fields and perspectives contribute innovative case studies that converge in their emphasis on new uses for reclaimed land, rather than a return to its original state.
In addition, this book is one in only a handful to address the system conditions necessary for the repair of severely degraded landscapes, especially in an urban context. It elucidates the most suitable remediation strategies for treating degraded environments such as industrial landfills, mining sites, buried urban rivers, heavily polluted or effectively destroyed wetlands, Superfund sites, and abandoned factories.
Bringing the perspectives of landscape architects, scientists, and urban planners to a wider audience, the Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design demonstrates how ecological landscape restoration processes can facilitate sociological and urban renewal initiatives.
Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design (Integrative Studies in Water Management & Land Devt)
By Robert L. France
* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 488
* Publication Date: 2007-10-18
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849391881
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849391880
* Binding: Hardcover
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This Design and Development Guide is an essential book for those who are involved in the initiation, planning, design and building of facilities for the various performing arts, from local to metropolitan locations. It includes the stages in the development, decisions to be taken, information requirements, feasibility and advice necessary in the design and development of a new or adapted building.
Part one of this guide provides the background information about the organisation of the performing arts, the prevailing issues, the client and various building types. In the second part, the author deals with the components of design and development, identifying the roles of the client, advisors and consultants, the stages to be achieved, including client’s proposal feasibility, the process of briefing, design and building and eventually hand-over and opening night, with a consideration of the building use. Studies include the assessment of demand, site requirements, initial brief, building design and financial viability. Information requirements, as design standards, for the auditorium and platform/stage, and the support facilities, are included. Separate studies focus on the adaptation of existing buildings and provision for children and young persons.
THE CONTENT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF PERFORMING ARTS (CLASSICAL MUSIC, POP/ROCK, JAZZ, MUSICALS, DANCE, DRAMA) AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ON EACH AS AN ART FROM AND NECESSITIES TO HOUSE PERFORMANCES.
* Comprehensive view of design and development including assessment of demand, site requirement, initial brief, building design and financial viability
* Coverage includes all categories including classical music, pop/ rock, jazz, musicals, dance and drama
* Links information to the design process and sequence of decision-making.
Buildings for the Performing Arts, Second Edition: A Design and Development Guide
By Ian Appleton
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 296
* Publication Date: 2008-03-07
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750668350
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750668354
* Binding: Paperback
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The architect’s interest in continuing education has increased as a result of the national trend of state initiatives requiring continuing education for architect registration.
Architect’s Essentials of Professional Development assists registered architects and architecture firms in designing their own professional development programme in the context of professional practice.
* Information on this subject is in high demand
* Covers strategic planning, programme design and assessment while taking into consideration the culture of different design firms
* Assessment worksheets and questionnaires allow readers to personalise their books while discovering and implementing their own professional development goals and strategies
* Practical, applied, concise, affordable and user-friendly
Architect’s Essentials of Professional Development (The Architect’s Essentials of Professional Practice)
By Jean R. Valence
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 272
* Publication Date: 2003-07-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471236918
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471236917
* Binding: Paperback
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The definitive resource for designer-led projects
The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services offers authoritative knowledge and industry insight to architects considering entry into the burgeoning practice of design-build project delivery. Written by architects and other professionals with expertise in risk management, law, ethics, finance, and contracts, this instructive guide addresses the roles architects can assume during a design-build project, including leading the project, acting as subcontractor, and forming a joint venture with a contractor.
Developed by the AIA Design-Build Professional Interest Area, this book offers the real-world expertise of thirty industry leaders from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, who share their experience and know-how on such topics as:
* Starting out in design-build
* Risks and rewards of design-build delivery
* Succeeding in a design-build practice
* Design-build education
* Essential practice information
* Ethics and licensing laws
State laws regulating both architects and contractors are summarized to help busy firms bring design-build projects through to successful completion in a variety of jurisdictions.
The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services is the most complete, definitive resource for architects, contractors, and attorneys involved in designer-led projects
The Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services
By The American Institute of Architects
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 448
* Publication Date: 2003-05-05
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471218421
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471218425
* Binding: Hardcover
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In this collection of interrogatory essays, Francis Duffy argues that the success of the architectural profession in post-war Britain is directly related to its stewardship of the intellectual property that he calls “architectural knowledge.” The backdrop to this debate is the author’s term of presidency of the RIBA between 1993 and 1995.
Architectural Knowledge: The Idea of a Profession
By Francis Duffy
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis
* Number Of Pages: 217
* Publication Date: 1998-11-11
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419210008
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419210009
* Binding: Paperback
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A revision of the architectural classic on design analysis
Precedents in Architecture, Third Edition provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that illuminates the works of leading architects and aids architects and designers in creating their own designs.
Thirty-one leading architects are represented in this updated Third Edition in examinations of more than 100 structures assessed through a diagrammatic technique that is applicable to any structure. This impressive collection includes sixteen new buildings and eight innovative architects distinguished by the strength, quality, and interest of their designs. Readers will find valuable guidance in analyzing architectural history as an evolutionary process by exploring the commonality of design ideas reflected in a broad range of structures by internationally renowned architects.
Both novices and seasoned professionals will find Precedents in Architecture, Third Edition a very useful tool for enriching their design vocabulary and for the ongoing assessment of buildings found in today’s evolving landscape
Precedents in Architecture: Analytic Diagrams, Formative Ideas, and Partis
By Roger H. Clark, Michael Pause
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 320
* Publication Date: 2004-11-12
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471479748
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471479741
* Binding: Paperback
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This unique book addresses the issue of sustainability from the point of view of landscape architecture, dealing with professional practices of planners, designers and landscape managers.
This second edition contains updated and new material reflecting the developments in the field during the last five years, addressing the relationship between landscape architecture and sustainability in a comprehensive way.
Much in the text is underpinned by landscape ecology, in contrast to the idea of landscape as only appealing to the eye or aspiring cerebrally to be fine art. As this exceptional cast of contributors argue, landscape is and must be much more than this; landscape architecture is about making places which are biologically wholesome, socially just and spiritually rewarding.
Landscape and Sustainability establishes that the sustainability agenda needs a new mindset among professionals. The question to be answered first and foremost is, is it sustainable? The chapters in the book move progressively from theory to practice, from the global to the local scale and from issues of policy and planning through to detailed design and implementation and on to long-term maintenance and management. The contributors raise and re-examine a complex array of research, policy and professional issues and agendas to contribute to the necessary ongoing debate about the future of both landscape and sustainability
Landscape and Sustainability: Second Edition
By Maggie Roe
* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 320
* Publication Date: 2007-09-19
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415404436
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415404433
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The new, updated edition of the successful book on interior design
Interior Design Visual Presentation, Second Edition is fully revised to include the latest material on CAD, digital portfolios, resume preparation, and Web page design. It remains the only comprehensive guide to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior designer, with coverage of design graphics, models, and presentation techniques in one complete volume.
Approaches to the planning, layout, and design of interior spaces are presented through highly visual, step-by-step instructions, supplemented with more than forty pages of full-color illustrations, exercises at the end of each chapter, and dozens of new projects. With the serious designer in mind, it includes a diverse range of sample work, from student designers as well as well-known design firms such as Ellerbee and Beckett Architects and MS Architects.
Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models & Presentation Techniques, Second Edition
By Maureen Mitton
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 202
* Publication Date: 2003-07-10
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471225525
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471225522
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From ARCOM and The American Institute of Architects
A complete visual guide to choosing and using finish materials
In this unique guide, the authors of MASTERSPEC and Architectural Graphic Standards join forces to offer architects vital single-source access to the unbiased information they need to evaluate, select, and specify the best finish materials for any job.
This powerful visual resource combines hundreds of illustrations from Architectural Graphic Standards with corresponding building material performance and specification information from AIA’s MASTERSPEC, published by ARCOM. Use this book during the schematic and design development phases of a project and as an indispensable aid for product selection and specification.
Essential for architects, interior designers, and building designers, this vital reference provides information to make informed decisions about specific design goals, such as affordability, environmental friendliness, durability, fire resistance, and esthetic success. Features include:
* Unique source of independent, in-depth building product performance information-the one source that gives you reliable building product information before you consult with manufacturers
* Covers a full range of standard finish materials and includes selection criteria, details, typical product sizes, and installation and maintenance data
* Provides current standards based on research by government, association, and independent testing organizations as well as the input of experienced architects and specifiers
“Architectural Graphic Standards has served the design community for decades as a virtual ‘bible’ for architectural detailing. MASTERSPEC Evaluations have long comprised one of the best resources available for building product selection and specification. Consolidating the strong points of both into this new desktop reference is an act of sheer brilliance!”
-Martin M. Bloomenthal, FAIA, CCS, CSI, Principal, The Hillier Group, Princeton, New Jersey.
The Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes:
Using MASTERSPEC to Evaluate, Select, and Specify Materials
By ARCOM, The American Institute of Architects
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 288
* Publication Date: 2002-08-12
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471227668
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471227663
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London is a living architectural exhibition. This handy pocket guide:
* aids navigation of the city’s greatest sights with a clear map-based format
* features more than 260 buildings, with full notes and references
* provides a superb full colour photographic record of the capital
London’s Contemporary Architecture is a practical and highly illustrated guide to the best modern buildings. Now in its fourth edition, this location-based book has been fully updated to cover the latest additions to the London skyline.
This guide looks at London district by district. It identifies the buildings most worth visiting and offers essential information about the selected architectural gems. Packed with fascinating informative commentary and useful location maps, it also includes examples of London’s finer older buildings that are found near to the key contemporary sites.
* Explores more than 260 of London’s key modern buildings in full colour
* Clear map based format provides a tour of the city
* Provides an easy to use guide to expand your knowledge of London’s architecture
London’s Contemporary Architecture, Fourth Edition: An Explorer’s Guide
By Kenneth Allinson
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 264
* Publication Date: 2006-05-25
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750668741
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750668743
* Binding: Paperback
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This book, organised in an extremely-user friendly manner, equips the landscape architect with all of the required knowledge in business and law. It is of great value to Landscape architects throughout their academic and professional life.
Landscape architecture students will find this book vital to their education and it will also be useful for landscape students on non-professional programmes who wish to understand the regulatory and planning backgrounds to their studies and for students on technical-type landscape programmes.
It is compulsory reading for everyone preparing for the new Pathway to Chartership examination. Not only will it help you pass the exam but you will, along with the thousands of fully-qualified landscape architects in the UK, find it an extremely time-saving reference in your busy working lives.
* Highly recommended by the Landscape Institute as preparation for the compulsory Pathway to Chartership
* Helps readers to build an understanding of the legal and commercial environment of landscape architecture in the UK
* Updated to include new legislation and current practice
Professional Practice for Landscape Architects, Second Edition
By Nicola Garmory, Clare Winsch, Rachel Tennant
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 312
* Publication Date: 2007-03-21
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750669020
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750669023
* Binding: Paperback
Expert technical guidance for the earliest stages of building design
This laborsaving resource reduces complex engineering and building code information to simple approximations that can be easily incorporated into initial design explorations. It helps architects prepare buildable preliminary designs as a realistic basis for the more detailed design development stage that will follow.
Completely revised to reference the new International Building Code, this fully updated Third Edition responds to the growing interest in sustainable design solutions with a new section on daylighting. Like its predecessors, this new edition offers quick access to reliable rules of thumb that offer vital help for:
* Selecting, configuring, and sizing the structural system
* Selecting heating and cooling systems
* Configuring and sizing mechanical and electrical systems
* Configuring and sizing egress systems
* Designing within building code height and area limitations
The Architect’s Studio Companion, Third Edition is a recommended study reference for the Building Planning section of the Architect’s Registration Exam and an invaluable source book that can save architects time and effort throughout their careers.
The Architect’s Studio Companion, 3rd Edition
By Edward Allen, Joseph Iano
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 416
* Publication Date: 2001-07-27
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471392359
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471392354
* Binding: Hardcover
The tropical belt - where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located - forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. The context for architecture here is fraught with conflicts between tradition and modernization, massive influx of rural poor into urban areas, poorly managed rapid urban development as well as the cultural and social strain of globalization.
Many local and overseas architects, planners and city fathers are interested in the social and environmental dimensions of these areas that contribute towards short terms solutions and long term sustainable developments. This book, developed from the first conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture, supplies a wealth of information from experts worldwide covering the cultural, environmental and technical aspects of thinking, researching and designing for the tropics.
* Provides a holistic view of the subject, covering both technical and cultural issues
* Includes a variety of tropical case studies by an international team of experts
* Essential reading for architects wishing to develop their skills, technology and knowledge of these rapidly changing cities.
Tropical Sustainable Architecture: Social and Environmental Dimensions
By Joo Hwa Bay, Boon Lay Ong
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 512
* Publication Date: 2006-09-26
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750667974
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750667975
* Binding: Paperback
Buildings are responsible for 50% of C02 emissions and their design has become the focus of intense technical scrutiny. Knowing how to build more technically efficient, or more ecologically and being able to assemble the social resources to do so requires different forms of knowledge and practice. There is wide contestation over the optimal pathways to greener buildings design and great diversity in practices of sustainable architecture.
This edited book brings together leading researchers from across the European Union and North America to both illustrate the diversity of practice and to provide a critical commentary on this key debate. The reader is provided with an introduction to competing perspectives on the sustainable architecture debate; international exemplars of differing practice and an overview of new theoretical and methodological resources for understanding and meeting the conceptual, social and technical challenges of sustainable architecture.
Sustainable Architectures: Cultures and Natures in Europe and North America
By Simon Guy
* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 269
* Publication Date: 2005-02-10
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415700450
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415700450
Widely used in architectural circles in the heat of discussion, the recurrent use of particular words and terms has evolved a language of design jargon. Commonly found in architectural literature and journalism, in critical design debate and especially in student project reviews, Archispeak can seem insular and perplexing to others and — particularly to the new architectural student — often incomprehensible.
There is a need to translate architectural design concepts into spoken and written commentary — each word in use embodying a precise and universally accepted architectural meaning. If we explore the vocabulary of this language we gain insight to design good practice and to collective understanding of what constitutes a refined architecture. This unique illustrated guide will help students understand the nuances of this specialized language and help them in communicating their own design ideas.
Archispeak: An Illustrated Guide to Archit Design Terms
By Tom Porter
* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 208
* Publication Date: 2004-10-28
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415300126
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415300124
Has globalization replaced colonization as a threat to the heritage and identity of the Middle East City of the twenty-first century? How did colonial influences change the urban form of the Arab capitals? And is today’s hybridization of architectural and urban discourse affecting the development of the cities, their spatial planning and design?
These are just some of the questions addressed by Yasser Elsheshtawy and his contributors using case study material for a diverse range of cities in the Arab world, included Algiers, Lake Tunis, Cairo, Khartoum, Baghdad, Sana’a and Dubai.
Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope
By Y. Elsheshtawy
* Publisher: Routledge
* Number Of Pages: 272
* Publication Date: 2004-08-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415304008
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415304009
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1 Introduction
Alan J.Broo
kesDominique Poole
2 Exploring, rehearsing, delivering
Mike Davies
3 Concept before calculation
Tony Hunt
4 A process-oriented architecture
David Kirkland
5 Material innovation and the development of form
Mark Lovell
6 More than architecture: David Marks and Julia Barfield
Dominique Poole
7 An engineer’s perspective
Mike Cook
8 Touch the earth l
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htly: Richard Horden
Dominique Poole
9 Production processes, sources and uses of materials: Eva Jiricna
Alan J.Brookes
10 Constructing the ephemeral- innovation in the use of glass
Luke Lowings an
d James Carpenter
11 The tradition of the primitive with modern materials- an Australian perspective 139
Chris Clarke
12 A pass
ion for building: Volkwin Marg
Alan J.Brookes
13 The incredible lightness of being
Chris Wilkinson
Authors: Alan J.Brookes and Dominique Poole
Publisher: Spon Press, First published 2004
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Part I: Airports and airport systems
1 Airports and airport systems: An introduction
2 Airports and airport systems: Organization
3 Airports and airport systems: A historical and legislative perspective
Part II: The components of the airport
4 The airfield
5 Airspace and air traffic control
6 Airport terminals and ground access
Part III: Airport operations and financial management
7 Airport operations management under FAR Part 139
8 Airport security
9 Airport financial management
Part IV: Airport public administration and planning
10 The economic, political, and social role of airports
11 Airport planning
12 Airport capacity and delay
13 The future of airport management
Authors: Alexander T. Wells & Seth B. Young
Publisher: McGraw Hill, 5th edition 2004
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Contents:
CHAPTER 1 Photovoltaic Basics
1.1 PV array systems and PV applications
1.2 Solar radiation
1.3 The photovoltaic effect and how solar cells work
1.4 Solar cell types
1.5 Electrical properties of solar cells
CHAPTER 2 PV Modules and Other Component s of Gr id-Connected Systems
2.1 PV modules
2.2 PV array combiner/junction boxes, string diodes and fuses
2.3 Grid-connected inverters
2.4 Cabling, wiring and connection systems
2.5 Direct current load switch (DC main switch)
2.6 AC switch disconnector
CHAPTER 3 Si t e Surveys and Shading Analysis
3.1 On-site visit and site survey
3.2 Consulting with the customer
3.4 Shading analysis
3.5 Shade analysis tools using software
3.6 Shading, PV-array configuration and system concept
3.7 Shading with free-standing/rack-mounted PV arrays
3.7.1 Reducing the mutual shading losses of rack-mounted PV modules
3.8 Checklists for building survey
CHAPTER 4 Planning and Sizing Gr id-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
4.1 System size and module choice
4.2 System concepts
4.3 Inverter installation site
4.4 Sizing the inverter
4.5 Selecting and sizing cables for grid-tied PV systems
4.6 Selection and sizing of the PV array combiner/junction box and the DC main disconnect/isolator switch
4.7 Lightning protection, earthing/grounding and surge protection
CHAPTER 5 System Sizing, Design and Simulation Sof tware
5.1 Use of sizing, design and simulation programs
5.2 Checking the simulation results
5.3 Simulation of shading
5.4 Market overview and classification
5.5 Programme descriptions
CHAPTER 6 Mount ing Systems and Building Integration
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Roof Basics
6.2.1 The roofs tasks
6.3 Sloping roofs
6.4 Flat roofs
6.5 Facade basics
6.6 Photovoltaic facades
6.9 Mounting systems for free-standing installations
CHAPTER 7 Installing, Commissioning and Operat ing Gr id-Connected Photovol taic Systems
7.1 General installation notes
7.2 Example installation of a grid-connected PV system
7.3 Guarantee 283
7.4 Breakdowns, typical faults and maintenance for PV systems
7.5 Troubleshooting
7.6 Monitoring operating data and presentation
7.7 Long-term experience and quality
CHAPTER 8 Stand-alone Photovoltaic Systems
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Modules in stand-alone PV systems
8.3 Batteries in stand-alone PV systems
8.4 Charge controllers
8.5 Stand-alone inverters
8.6 Planning and designing stand-alone systems
8.7 Measuring electricity consumption
8.8 Sizing the PV array
8.9 Sizing of the cable cross sections
8.10 Battery sizing
8.11 Use of an inverter
8.12 Photovoltaics in decentral electricity grids/mini-grids
CHAPTER 9 Economics and Envi ronmental Issues
9.1 Cost trends
9.2 Technological trends
9.3 Economic Assessment
9.4 Environmental impact
CHAPTER 10 Market ing and Promotion
10.1 Marketing PV: The basics
10.2 Greater success through systematic marketing
10.3 A good sales talk is fun
10.3.1 What does ’successful selling’ mean?
Author: The German Energy Society
Publisher: First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2008
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Introduction: Basic Design Parameters
I.1 Human factors: anthropomorphics
I.2 Human factors: basic human comfort
I.3 Environment: basic climatology
I.4 Environment: solar geometry
Chapter 1 - Pre-design
1.1 Programming and program/brief analysis
1.2 Site analysis
1.3 Site and buildi
ng ecology
Chapter 2 - Circulation
2.1 Life safety
2.2 Accessibility
2.3 Stairs
2.4 Elevators and escalators
Chapter 3 - Materials
3.1 Materials: wood
3.2 Materials: ma
sonry
3.3 Materials: steel
3.4 Materials: glass
3.5 Materials: concrete
3.6 Materials: aluminum
Chapter 4 - Structural Design
4.1 Forces and loads
4.2 Stresses
4.3 Shear and bending
4.4 Shape and strength: beams
4.5 Column design
4.6 Slabs and plates
4.7 Foundations
4.8 Frames
4.9 Long-span structures
4.10 Appendix: Structural sizing charts for preliminary design
Chapter 5 - Building Components
5.1 Building envelope I: small scale
5.2 Curtain walls
5.3 Interior finish materials
5.4 Site design and construction (written by Heidi Hohmann)
5.5 Detailing
5.6 Custom fabrication
Chapter 6 - Building Services
6.1 Environmental control: passive ventilation
6.2 Environmental control: active ventilation
6.3 Environmental control: illumination
6.4 Plumbing
6.5 Environmental control: acoustics
6.6 Electrical and data services
Authors: Jason Alread and Thomas Leslie
Publisher: Architectural Press, First Edition 2007
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In this 3rd edition of his bestselling book, Simon Polley brings his brief and practical guide fully up-to-date for Spon, with a number of key changes across the book and the addition of an excellent new section. Written by this leading industry practioner, Understanding Building Regulations is well laid out, jargon-free, eay to use, and a great alternative to John Stephenson’s much larger and weightier The Building Regulations Explained. It is an excellent introduction for students as
well as for professionals who want a first-rate entry-level text.
Understanding the Building Regulations
By Simon Polley
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis
* Number Of Pages: 280
* Publication Date: 2005-08-08
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415349176
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415349178
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This well illustrated text forms a critical appraisal of the place and direction of architecture and urban design in a new world order at the start of the 21st century.
The book defines architectural and environmental goals for the New Age by ****ysing recent contemporary work for its responsiveness to important social and environmental issues and comparing it to successful precedents in architecture. It argues that this new sustainable approach to architecture should be recognised as a new development of mainstream architectural history.
This practical guide illustrates current social and natural resource issues to aid architects in their approach to future design.
Environmental economics is presented as a potential bridge over the divide between the expectations of the business sector and the concerns of environmental lobbies. Through examples and case studies, an accessible ****ysis of carefully researched data, drawn from primary sources over four continents, allows the author to outline the current urgency for architects and urban designers to respond with real commitment to current and future changing contexts.
This book expresses a holistic vision and proposes a value system in response to the diagnosis. It includes: sound architectural and environmental ethics; end user involvement in the design process and technological advances aimed at sustainable resource use.
Includes international case studies from Europe, North America, the Developing world including South Africa, South America and Central Asia.
* Contains 240 images of the world’s most important buildings that have had an impact on architectural and urban design in the last decade.
* Discover the evolution of design through best practice across four continents in this accessible narrative.
* Explore shifting social, environmental, technological, economic and political issues and their relation to the role of architects, designers and developers in the new millennium.
Architecture and the Urban Environment: A Vision for the New Age
By Derek Thomas
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 224
* Publication Date: 2002-06-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750654627
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750654623
Guide C: Reference Data contains the basic physical data and calculations which form the crucial part of building services engineer background reference material.
Expanded and updated throughout, the book contains sections on the properties of humid air, water and steam, on heat transfer, the flow of fluids in pipes and ducts, and fuels and combustion, ending with a comprehensive section on units, mathematical and miscellaneous data. There are extensive and easy-to-follow tables and graphs.
·Essential reference tool for all professional building services engineers
·Easy to follow tables and graphs make the data accessible for all professionals
·Provides you with all the necessary data to make informed decisions.
CIBSE Guide C: Reference Data
By CIBSE
* Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
* Number Of Pages: 250
* Publication Date: 2001-08-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750653604
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750653602
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Part I-Drawing, Equipment, and Fundamentals
CHAPTER 1 DRAWING AS COMMUNICATION
Drawing for Idea Generation
Drawing as a Design and Presentation Media
Drawing as Guide for Construction
CHAPTER 2 DRAFTING EQUIPMENT AND ITS CARE
Drawing Tables and Surfaces
Drawing Papers and Plastic Films
Pencils, Leads, and Pens
Parallel Bar, T-Square, and Drafting Machines
Triangles, Templates, and Compasses
Scales
Erasers, Erasing Shields, and Brushes
Additional Equipment
CHAPTER 3 DRAWING AND DRAFTING FUNDAMENTALS
Starting the Drawing
Line Types
Drafting Standards, Abbreviations, and Symbols
Lettering
CHAPTER 4 DRAWING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Multiview Drawings
Single-view Drawings
Perspective Drawings
Part II-Contract Documents
CHAPTER 5 CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND CONTRACTS
Specifications
Contracts
Construction Drawings
Guidelines for Preparing Construction Drawings
Drawing Conventions and Representations
CHAPTER 6 FLOOR PLANS
Scale of Floor Plans
Drafting Standards
Dimensioning Floor Plans
Designation of Materials
Checklist for Floor Plans
CHAPTER 7 ELEVATIONS
Exterior Elevations
Interior Elevations
Scale of Interior Elevations
Drafting Standards for Interior Elevations
Designation of Materials
Dimensioning Elevations
Checklist for Interior Elevations
CHAPTER 8 SECTIONS
Types of Section Drawings
Drafting Standards
Building Sections
Sections of Interior Spaces
Wall Sections
Detail and Object Sections
Checklist for Section Drawings
CHAPTER 9 SPECIALTY DRAWINGS AND DETAILS
Purpose of Specialty Drawings
Stairs and Ramps
Millwork
Cabinetry
Fireplaces
CHAPTER 10 SCHEDULES
Door Schedules
Checklist for Door Schedules
Window Schedules
Checklist for Window Schedules
Finish Schedules
Checklist for Finish Schedules
Other Schedules
CHAPTER 11 FINISH PLANS
Scale of Finish Plans
Drafting Standards for Finish Plans
Designation of Materials in Finish Plans
Dimensioning Finish Plans
Checklist for Finish Plans
CHAPTER 12 FURNITURE INSTALLATION PLANS
Scale of Furniture Installation Plans
Drafting Standards for Furniture Installation Plans
Dimensioning Furniture Installation Plans
Designation of Materials
Checklist for Furniture Installation Plans
CHAPTER 13 FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT PLANS
Scale of Drawings
Drafting Standards
Designation of Materials
Dimensioning of Furnishings and Equipment Plans
Checklist for Furnishings and Equipment Plans
CHAPTER 14 REFLECTED CEILING AND ELECTRICAL PLANS
Reflected Ceiling Plans
Electrical Plans
CHAPTER 15 MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING PLANS
Mechanical (HVAC) Plans
Plumbing Plans
Drafting Standards for Plumbing Drawings
CHAPTER 16 REPRODUCTION METHODS AND COMPUTERS
Reproductions of Drawings
Using Computers for Design, Communication, and Drafting
Appendix A MasterFormatTM Level Two Numbers and Titles
Appendix B Section Format Outline
Appendix C Sample ADA Guidelines
Appendix D Abbreviations for Construction Drawings
Authors: W. OTIE KILMER and ROSEMARY KILMER
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2003
Size: 23.66 MB
Format: SFXed pdf
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SimCloth is a simple cloth plugin for discreet 3dsmax™ capable of simulating different kinds of fabrics, as well as rigid bodies. SimCloth supports full collision and self-collision detection and response.
Best of all - SimCloth is free. Version 3 is also open source so that you can modify it to suit your needs.
Version 3 of SimCloth is quite an improvement over previous versions; simulation is many times faster, more stable and accurate. Not all features of the previous versions are implemented yet, but they will be added gradually.
For 3dsmax: 6,7,8,9,2008,2009
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Providing an overview of specifying, from selecting materials and products to writing the specification documents, Specifying Buildings is a new guide to this important part of the construction process. Where it differs from most books is in covering the management of the specification process, making sure that the design intent is transferred to the building assembly as specified.
Covering a wide range of practices, Stephen Emmitt and David Yeomans have ensured the book has global relevance with specific differences between UK, Australia and the US identified. Case studies demonstrate how specifying works in practice. This book will prove invaluable to students of building, construction and architecture as well as professionals in the industry.
* Improve your skills by learning not only how to write a specification but also how to manage the specification process
* Deepen your understanding with a comprehensive overview of the specifying process from selecting materials and products to writing the specification
* Gain an insight into practice with real-world case studies
Specifying Buildings: A Design Management Perspective
By David T Yeomans
* Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
* Number Of Pages: 224
* Publication Date: 2001-10-10
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 075064849X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750648493
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The Architect’s Legal Handbook is the established leading textbook on law for architectural students and most widely used reference on the law for architects in practice.
This eighth edition includes all the latest developments in the law that effect an architect’s work. A key addition is a greatly expanded section on adjudication - a topic that has become hugely important in the last few years. The book also builds on the comprehensive coverage of all UK law, with editors for Scotland and Northern Ireland expanding their sections.
*The most important legal book for student and professional architects.
*Newly expanded chapter on Adjudication, reflecting recent developments.
*Comprehensive update of all topics provide the reader with an essential reference
Architect’s Legal Handbook, Eighth Edition
By Anthony Speaight
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 456
* Publication Date: 2004-09-03
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750661305
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750661300
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Building on his pioneering work on the management of technology and innovation in his first book, Managing the Flow of Technology, Thomas J. Allen of MIT has joined with award-winning German architect Gunter Henn of HENN Architekten to produce a book that explores the combined use of two management tools to make the innovation process most effective: organizational structure and physical space. They present research demonstrating how organizational structure and physical space each affect communication among peoplein this case, engineers, scientists, and others in technical organizationsand they illustrate how organizations can transform both to increase the transfer of technical knowledge and maximize the communication for inspiration that is central to the innovation process. Allen and Henn illustrate their points with discussions of well-known buildings around the world, including Audis corporate headquarters, Steelcases corporate design center, and the Corning Glass Becker building, as well as several of Gunter Henns own projects, including the Skoda automotive factory in the Czech Republic and the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Allen and Henn then demonstrate the principles developed in their work by discussing in detail one example in which organizational structure and physical space were combined successfully to promote innovation with impressive results: HENN Architektens Project House for the BMW Group Research and Innovation Centre in Munich, cited by Business Week (April 24, 2006) in naming BMW one of the worlds most innovative companies.
Professor Thomas Allen is the originator of the Allen curve. In the late 1970s, Tom Allen undertook a project to determine how the distance between engineers offices coincided with the level of regular technical communication between them. The results of that research, now known as the Allen Curve, revealed a distinct correlation between distance and frequency of communication (i.e. the more distance there is between people 50 meters or more to be exact the less they will communicate). This principle has been incorporated into forward-thinking commercial design ever since, in, for example, The Decker Engineering Building in New York, the Steelcase Corporate Development Center in Michigan, and BMWs Research Center in Germany.
*Professor Allen of MIT is known worldwide for “the Allen curve” which is taught and cited in all management literature about innovation
*Gunter Henn is a renowned architect in Germany known for his innovative industrial building designs such as BMW projecthaus and the Skoda factory
*Shows in clear terms–based on actual research and implementation–how managers can organize the work, workers, and their physical space to maximize the potential for innovation.
The Organization and Architecture of Innovation: Managing the Flow of Technology
By Thomas J. Allen, Gunter Henn
* Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
* Number Of Pages: 136
* Publication Date: 2006-10-19
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750682361
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750682367
Architecture and Identity: Proceedings of the regional seminar in the series Exploring Architecture in Islamic cultures
* Publisher: Published for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture by Concept Media
* Number Of Pages: 104
* Publication Date: 1983
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9971843692
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789971843694
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This landmark anthology surveys the major developments and trends in architecture from Vitruvius to Gottfried Semper. It is the first volume to make available in one place the major statements in English, German, French, and Italian that constructed architecture as a field.
In charting the progress of architecture from its earliest days until the second half of the nineteenth century, Mallgrave brings together over 200 classic essays in the field. These cover Classicism, the Gothic period, Neoclassicism, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and major themes including industry, ornament, style, and tectonics.
Architectural Theory: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870 – along with the forthcoming second volume, covering 1870 to 2000 – is an indispensable reference for any student or scholar of architecture. Organized thematically, it features general and section introductions and headnotes to each essay written by a renowned expert on architectural theory.
Architectural Theory: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870
By Harry Francis Mallgrave
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Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
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Number Of Pages: 616
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Publication Date: 2005-08-01
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ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405102578
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ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405102575
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The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of technical disciplines. The definitions are designed to be of use to professionals in architecture, engineering, surveying, building, construction, forestry, mining, and public works. Entries include terms, concepts, names, abbreviations, tools, and techniques common to these disciplines, and virtually all terms and their functions were supplied by working professionals and experts in each field.
More than 30,000 definitions and descriptions, including many that are not covered in other dictionaries
* Written with the support and assistance of nearly 100 manufacturers, trade associations, government agencies, and specialists
* All terms arranged alphabetically; many grouped according to logical common topics; thoroughly cross-referenced
* All weights, volumes, and spatial dimensions presented in both metric and non metric values (conversion factors included).
The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction is an indispensable resource for civil engineers, contractors and subcontractors, architects, construction administrators, consultants, and students. It also offers assistance to professionals without technical training who need to become familiar with this terminology, including bankers, attorneys, insurers, regulators, and inspectors.
The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction (Wiley Professional)
By L. F. Webster
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 688
* Publication Date: 1997-04-10
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471181153
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471181156
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Reflecting the latest FAA, ICAO, and IATA recommendations and guidelines, and mirroring the changing climate of air travel in the 1990s, Airport Engineering, Third Edition is the single most informative guide to mastering the state of the art in airport engineering and design. And also by the same authors… Transportation Engineering Planning and Design Third Edition Paul H. Wright and Norman Ashford This book gives a balanced treatment of all modes of transportation—highways, railways and guideways, pipelines, airports, and ports and harbors. Transportation Engineering, Third Edition is divided into six parts:
* Part 1—Introduces the transportation system of the United States
* Part 2—Deals with the operation and control of the vehicles that use the physical transport systems
* Part 3—Examines transportation planning
* Part 4—Explains the design of land transportation facilities
* Part 5—Describes the planning procedures and design criteria for air transportation facilities
* Part 6—Covers water transportation facilities
Complete with an excellent list of references at the end of each chapter for readers who waist to study a transportation problem in greater detail, Transportation Engineering, Third Edition is the definitive textbook for students taking undergraduate transportation courses in civil engineering and city planning. 1989
Airport Engineering
By Norman J. Ashford, Paul H. Wright
* Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
* Number Of Pages: 536
* Publication Date: 1992-02
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471527556
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This new revised Third Edition of Airport Engineering, the basic classroom text for airport planning and design, shows professionals and students such key essentials as:
* The structure and organization of air transport
* Forecasting of air transport demand, using both traditional and new methods
* Airport systems planning
* Airport master planning
* Air traffic control, lighting, and signing
* Airport capacity and configuration
* Passenger terminal
* Air cargo facilities
* Airport access
* Designing for safety
* Environmental impact of airports
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Elaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums—ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles—were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these buildings were razed long ago, and those that remain stand as grim reminders of an often cruel system. For much of the nineteenth century, however, these asylums epitomized the widely held belief among doctors and social reformers that insanity was a curable disease and that environment—architecture in particular—was the most effective means of treatment.
In The Architecture of Madness, Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from America’s earliest purpose—built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. At the center of Yanni’s inquiry is Dr. Thomas Kirkbride, a Pennsylvania-born Quaker, who in the 1840s devised a novel way to house the mentally diseased that emphasized segregation by severity of illness, ease of treatment and surveillance, and ventilation. After the Civil War, American architects designed Kirkbride-plan hospitals across the country.
Before the end of the century, interest in the Kirkbride plan had begun to decline. Many of the asylums had deteriorated into human warehouses, strengthening arguments against the monolithic structures advocated by Kirkbride. At the same time, the medical profession began embracing a more neurological approach to mental disease that considered architecture as largely irrelevant to its treatment.
Generously illustrated, The Architecture of Madness is a fresh and original look at the American medical establishment’s century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills.
Carla Yanni is associate professor of art history at Rutgers University and the author of Nature’s Museums: Victorian Science and the Architecture of Display.
# Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
# Number Of Pages: 256
# Publication Date: 2007-04-19
# ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816649391
# ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816649396
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Building with wood has enjoyed a remarkable revival in recent?years. Technically ingenious and aesthetically demanding buildings?by architects such as Thomas Herzog or Santiago Calatrava derive?their special character from wood. Modern building techniques?are enhancing the structural possiblities of this traditional?material and in the context of current ecological debates, wood?– the natural and renewable building material – is gaining?even greater importance.
Building in Wood: Construction and Details
By Gotz Gutdeutsch
* Publisher: Birkhauser (Architectural)
* Number Of Pages: 150
* Publication Date: 1997-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0817652779
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780817652777
* Binding: Hardcover
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The building of a university campus is an extremely challenging you can extensive study of a variety of styles of universities from around the world. This excellent reference portrays expert architects and their work in designing outstanding educational establishments.
* Full of impressive colour and black and white images
* Features the most influential architects of this century
* The range of styles and philosophies covered in this book will prove an indispensable reference in assisting you with planning and designing architecture of the learning environment.
Expert architects showcase their work including:
* Foster Partners - Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
* Henri Gaudin - Amiens, France
* Antoine Predock - UCSC, California, USA
* Stirling Wilford - Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
* John Outram, Rice University, Texas, USA
* Eduardo Souta de Moura - Aveiro University, Portugal
* Michael Hopkins - Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK
University Builders
By Martin Pearce
* Publisher: Academy Press
* Number Of Pages: 224
* Publication Date: 2001-06-27
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471988340
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471988342
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The most thorough working guide to environmental
engineering ever put together, this new edition
of Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering
updates you on the latest tools, techniques, and
regulations in the field. You get indispensable
guidance on every aspect of the profession from
leading experts, from an introduction to practices
to specific air, water, and waste treatment and
handling methods. Inside this book you’ll find
stepwise guidance to help you provide services
from project management to value engineering, plus
help with every aspect of air, water, and waste
management. With hundreds of useful tables and
charts, and convenient access to all the day-to-day
technical, professional, and regulatory information
you need, Standard Handbook of Environmental
Engineering is an essential referenceNyour one-stop
source for professional guidance.
By Robert A. Corbitt
Hardcover: 1216 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; 2 Sub edition (November 30, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0070131600
ISBN-13: 978-0070131606
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Hamzah & Yeang : Ecology of the Sky (The Millennium Series)
Ivor Richards
Publisher: Images Publishing Group
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 2001-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1864700955
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781864700954
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Move beyond the basics of Revit and BIM and redefine your designs with this new edition of Mastering Revit Architecture. With updated coverage of Revit Architecture 2009 features, this comprehensive guide will help you discover best practices and tips that will make your projects smoother and their implementation easier. You’ll learn how applying key Revit and BIM priniciples to your designs will increase your productivity and improve your workflow plus develop a more thorough understanding of topics like design options and features, advanced modeling, and presentation techniques with the clear explanations and practical examples found in this book.
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Photoshop CS4 Extended : GOLD edition. This version includes hundreds of outstanding and breathtaking brushes, which will turn you into a real graphics artist in no time! Working Keygen inside will activate this fantastic program within seconds.
Create powerful images with the professional standard!
Adobe Photoshop - the essential software for perfecting your images, Adobe Photoshop CS4 now offers productivity and workflow enhancements, powerful new editing tools, and breakthrough compositing capabilities.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 software accelerates your path from imagination to imagery. Ideal for photographers, graphic designers, and web designers, the professional standard delivers new features such as automatic layer alignment and blending that enable advanced compositing. Live filters boost the comprehensive, nondestructive editing toolset for increased flexibility. And a streamlined interface and new timesaving tools make your work flow faster.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended software delivers all the features in Photoshop CS4, plus new features for working with 3D imagery, motion-based content, and advanced image analysis. If you work in film, video, multimedia, 3D, manufacturing, architecture, engineering, medicine, or science, Photoshop Extended is for you.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 software takes advantage of the latest graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware to deliver superior performance. The software offers a smooth pan and zoom experience that allows users to easily edit images at the highest magnification while maintaining clarity. The new Canvas Rotation tool makes it simple to rotate and work on an image from any angle. Photoshop CS4 helps keep work areas clutter-free with a new unified application frame, tab-based interface and self-adjusting panels that make it easy to quickly access advanced tools, and provide a more fluid way to interact with the application.
Adobe CS4 Extended includes all the new features of Photoshop CS4 plus the ability to manipulate 3D imagery easier than ever before. Now, creativity knows no bounds, as users can paint directly on 3D models and surfaces, merge 2-D files onto 3D images and animate 3D objects. The 3D engine has been rebuilt from the ground up to provide faster performance, allow editing of properties like light and the ability to create more realistic renderings with a new high-quality ray-tracer. Video professionals have the ability to turn any 3D object into a video display zone and can animate 3D objects and properties with ease. In addition, the core motion graphics editing has been improved with more efficient single-key shortcuts.
Photoshop users may take a while to move to the new 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4, but it’s an important development; meanwhile, CS4 offers plenty of other significant upgrades to keep 32-bit users happy.
Photoshop now comes in both 32 - and 64-bit Windows Vista versions. The 64-bit edition will allow PCs with lots of RAM to work on very large images with less hard-disk swapping (ideally, no swapping at all), thus speeding up operations. With the shrinking amount of RAM available to modern PCs (due to a 4GB limit on 32-bit Windows versions and those operating systems’ increasing hunger for RAM), that’s a significant update.
Overall product features
* Revolutionary new features, a fluid user experience, and improved access to the unrivaled power of Photoshop
* A more intuitive user interface and new nondestructive editing features that put you in control, including the new Adjustments and Masks panels
*New and revolutionary Content-Aware Scaling, advanced auto-blending that extends depth of field, and industry-leading editing and compositing with reengineered color-correction tools
* Significant productivity enhancements that provide increased flexibility and enable you to leverage the power of today’s faster graphics processors
* Breakthrough 3D editing and compositing capabilities and improved video controls to dramatically expand your creative options
* Comprehensive image analysis with enhanced measurement and counting tools, as well as support for DICOM images and MATLAB processing routines
New and enhanced features:
Unrivaled editing
* Adjustments panel for live, nondestructive image adjustment
* Masks panel for creating editable, feathered, density-controlled masks
* Content-Aware Scaling
* Enhanced auto-blending of images
* Enhanced auto-alignment of layers
* 360-degree panoramas
* Extended depth of field
* Better raw image processing
* Enhanced expert retouching
Increased productivity
* Smoother panning and zooming and fluid canvas rotation
* Industry-leading color correction with reengineered Dodge, Burn, and Sponge
* Efficient file management with new Adobe Bridge CS4
* Tighter integration with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
* Adobe Kuler for color harmony creation and sharing
* N-up and multiple document view
* More powerful printing options
* Superior performance on very large images
* Multi-Touch support on Mac laptops
* Adobe Community Help
Breakthrough 3D, motion graphics, and image analysis
* Direct painting on 3D objects
* Easy conversion from 2D to 3D
* Editable 3D properties (scene, materials, meshes, lights)
* High-quality output with new ray-tracing rendering engine
* 2D and 3D image compositing
* 3D object animation
* 3D/video support
* New, high-performance, nonmodal 3D engine
* Volume rendering
* Single-key shortcuts for editing motion graphics
* Preview and export of audio content and frame comments
* Quantitative data extraction
* Enhanced Count tool
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Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global company and the future of a major city? Building the Gherkin chronicles the design, planning and construction of the controversial Swiss Re building, an ‘ecological skyscraper’ designed by renowned British architect Norman Foster.
Just a month and a day after the World Trade Center attack in New York, the first steel beam of 30 St Mary Axe (as its officially known) was erected in London on a site that had seen two previous IRA bombings. One question was on everyone’s mind: was it the right time and place to build a new iconic tower?
Sparking further controversy was the building’s design. Meant to address spatial, environmental, and social concerns, its unique design was so radical that it quickly became the target of ridicule in the British press, earning its nickname, ‘the erotic gherkin.’
Building the Gherkin is a fascinating documentary that covers the four-and-a-half year development period. Documenting everything from the initial blueprint design to the give-and-take between client and architect to the furnishing of the workspace, the film provides an essential, rarely-presented, overview of the entire architectural process.
So has the Gherkin become the landmark they all dreamt of? Since its completion in 2004, the building has won a number of prestigious architecture awards, and was voted the most admired new building in the world by fellow architects. But perhaps more importantly, the Gherkin has punctured the zeitgeist. It has been prominently featured in two Hollywood films (Woody Allen’s Match Point and Basic Instinct 2), a comic book, a video game, and has even been blown up by aliens in a popular British science-fiction television series.
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Polymodeling is a modeling technique used in 3d modeling. Unlike box modeling, or other forms of modeling where you start out with a basic form or primitive object that determines the mass of an object, artists can use the polygon (the basic building block of all of the primitives available in 3ds Max). This approach allows for more control over the flow, placement and detail of the meshes that are built. Placement of vertices/points, edges and all other sub-elements that build our models is determined by the user, rather than pre-determined by a computer generated primitive.
Publisher: Focal Press
Publication Date: 2008-10-03
ISBN: 0240810929
Number of pages: 288
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Darren Brooker
Publisher: Focal Press
Publication Date: 2008-11-10
ISBN: 024052117X
Number of pages: 416
Format: PDF
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Certified by Autodesk, Darren Brooker’s new edition teaches the production techniques behind real-world work. The tutorials take you from the fundamentals of lighting, right through to advanced techniques.
* Everything you need to learn the art of CG lighting in one easy-to-use volume
* Free trial software and detailed tutorials take you through every step of the CG lighting process
* Learn the art and science of lighting CG environments the Autodesk-certified way
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Roger Flanagan, George Norman “Risk Management and Construction”
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 1993-08-27
ISBN: 0632028165
Number of pages: 224
Format: PDF
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The construction industry is subject to more risk and uncertainty than perhaps any other industry. Yet, surprisingly, managerial techniques used to identify, analyse and respond to risk were not applied in the industry until the 80’s. Existing texts deal with the theoretical concepts of risk and the techniques that identify and manage it. This book provides a set of tools that enable these management techniques to be put into practice in the construction industry.
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Pete Draper “Deconstructing the Elements with 3ds Max, 3rd Edition: Create natural fire, earth, air and water without plug-ins”
Publisher: Focal Press
Publication Date: 2008-10-24
ISBN: 0240521269
Number of pages: 368 pages
Format: PDF
Size: 12.7 MB
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3ds Max is the leading 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution for artists, schools, and production environments. The unique tutorial approach of this book permits readers to learn essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create CG environments by recreating the earth’s elements of earth, air, fire and water. No extra plug-ins are required to perform the exercises. Draper studies the real world and then simulates it with 3ds Max -a unique approach that reflects classical art training.”Deconstructing the Elements” allows artists to recreate natural effects using Autodesk® 3ds Max®. This new edition boasts all new tutorials. All editorial content is updated to be current with the current version of 3ds Max. Inspirational images cover every page as the author shares his professional insight, detailing the how and why of each effect, ensuring the reader a complete understanding of all the processes involved.
Donald P. Coduto “Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (2nd Edition)”
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 2000-07-20
ISBN: 0135897068
Number of pages: 883
Format: PDF
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Using a design-oriented approach that addresses geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering, this book explores practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. It explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems. Covers general principles (performance requirements, soil mechanics, site exploration and characterization); shallow foundations (bearing capacity, settlement, spread footings — geotechnical design, spread footings — structural design, mats); deep foundations (axial load capacity — full-scale load tests, static methods, dynamic methods; lateral load capacity; structural design; special topics (foundations on weak and compressible soils, foundation on expansive soils, foundations on collapsible soils); and earth retaining structures (lateral earth pressures, cantilever retaining walls, sheet pile walls, soldier pile walls, internally stabilized earth retaining structures).
For geotechnical engineers, soils engineers, structural engineers, and foundation engineers.
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