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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
PDF in RAR ~ 85.7 MB
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
For more info, visit:www.adobe.com
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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
Format:PDF
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Darren Brooker
Publisher: Focal Press
Publication Date: 2008-11-10
ISBN: 024052117X
Number of pages: 416
Format: PDF
14.74MB
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Book Description:
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
Size: 8.1 Mb
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Book Description:
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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Book Description:
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
Size: 35.9 Mb
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Book Description:
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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Bunkspeed’s HyperShot delivers revolutionary, interactive 3D rendering. It’s real time, for everyone, from anywhere – even your laptop. See instant global illumination and physics-based materials on models come alive, right before your eyes…with stunning photographic results.
Science based and patent-pending, HyperShot equips you to simply load your models and environments, then see high-tech automation in action. Or scale up and customize completely. From industrial design to marketing photography, satisfy your needs for stellar speed and utmost quality.
So real, you can skip physical prototypes. Designs are rendered on the fly. What used to require daunting effort, time and expertise can now be done by anyone on your team. In minutes, not hours or days.
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SketchUp is slowly moving away from being a simple 3d modeling tool to the much more complex building information modeling (BIM).
SketchUp Pro 7.0 contains the following new features:
* Dynamic Components: Create components with parametric behaviors like a stair which automatically adds more steps when resized or a cabinet whose doors can open and close.
* Assign your own attributes to components and generate tabular reports from your sketchUp models.
* 2D Edges: Two lines crossing in a single plane will break into four segments at their point of intersection.
* Component browser support for 3D-galerie: The components browser allows you to find and download models and collections right inside form SketchUp Pro.
* LayOut 2.0: Provides simple tools to place, arrange, title and annotate SketchUp models to assemble presentation and documentation graphics for print and screen. The additional
program has got new features like working with vector rendering, editable paths and many more.
* StyleBuilder 1.0: Create your own personal drawing style for SketchUp Pro.
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In Beijing a building like no other has emerged. It is a bold experiment in architecture and a cutting-edge vision of construction eco-engineering. When Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympics the eyes of the world will be riveted on this building. Its official name is the National Aquatics Centre but in the world of mega-architecture it is reverently known as the Water Cube. It’s a brilliant fantasia of steel and plastic a honeycomb of 22,000 steel beams supporting pillows of high tech plastic inflated onto shimmering translucent bubbles. Go behind the scenes to learn more about the vision that saw the creation of a building destined to become one this century’s leading architectural feats.
Witness the Bahrain World Trade Centre. Two 50-storey glass “”sails”" rise over 240 metres into the sky along the shores of the Persian Gulf. This unique architectural marvel is powered in part by a revolutionary new means for a building this size - wind. This is the world’s first large-scale integration of wind turbines into a skyscraper. Three massive turbines supply clean power to the buildings. Explore the science behind the concept and discover how engineers and construction crews tackle this audacious project. In an oil-rich region of the world, the team transforms the vision to reality and looks to the future, committed to a renewable energy source of mega proportions.
It’s the most expensive railway tunnel ever built a product of endless surveying, giant boring machines, and a massive gamble. The Channel Tunnel connecting England and France is now a huge success, but there was a time when it was the tunnel nobody wanted.
Berlin’s Grand Central will, literally and figuratively, reconnect East and West Germany, ushering in a new era of unification. Step into this megawork-in-progress as engineers race to complete Europe’s largest train station before millions arrive for the World Cup football tournament.
The 450-meter Petronas Towers, the tallest twin towers on the planet, pushed the outer limits of construction technology and stand as a symbol of Malaysian pride and modernity. But building the towers was a construction challenge like no other, and the six-year endeavor turned out to be a high-risk project with a hugely ambitious schedule.
Speeding at 430 kph, a futuristic magnetic levitation train links the Pudong International Airport with Shanghai’s Longyang Road Station. The 30 km journey between air strip and financial district is now only an eight minute joyride. As the world’s first commercial electromagnetic levitation train system, MAGLEV combines the technology of conventional rail and the time advantages of air travel to produce a safe, energy efficient and low-maintenance form of transport that could change the face of 21st century travel.
All scripts for 3dsmax 2009:
Include:
77059 BlobMesh_Max2009.zip
38400 BlurVColor.dlm
48640 BlurVColor_64.dlm
47922 Carrera_Max2009.zip
28672 ColorPolyByVerts.dlm
336344 ColorPolyByVertsSetup_1.1c.exe
35328 ColorPolyByVerts_64.dlm
601199 CounterText_v4.1.26.11_x86.exe
44983 CrossSectionObject_Max2009.zip
84947 Dem2Max_Max2009.zip
462446 Displays-b1b_RC1.zip
28125 Ego_Max2009.zip
27136 ExtendedMultiPassMotionBlur.dlv
32256 ExtendedMultiPassMotionBlur_64.dlv
67753 ForceViewer_Max2009.zip
462335 grassomatic_Max2009.zip
64392 Greeble2009.zip
796933 gwIvy_v0.9b-max-guruware.zip
103116 Hair_Max2009.zip
42507 HSpline_Max2009.zip
42043 Ky_AdjustColor11.zip
45864 Ky_DistanceFade11.zip
41861 Ky_GCorrector11.zip
64179 Ky_MilkyWay11.zip
38798 Ky_ReplaceID11.zip
49996 Ky_SurfaceBlur11.zip
39092 Ky_Throughout11.zip
64996 Ky_Trail11.zip
74883 Lightmesh_Max2009.zip
45568 MapToVColor.dlm
58368 MapToVColor_64.dlm
302877 maxtrax_Max2009.zip
302877 maxtrax_Max2009_2.zip
123467 Moebius_Max2009.zip
36297 mrGeomShaderObject_Max2009.zip
34304 MultiIDMap2.dlt
40448 MultiIDMap2_64.dlt
86562 NullHelper_Max2009.zip
99030 ParticleFlowToolsFreebiesMax2009×64.zip
190042 ParticlePlus_Max2009.zip
35867 ParticleSpline_Max2009.zip
62178 Photometer_Max2009.zip
254615 proteus_Max2009.zip
194048 RPMframeInfo.dlv
313344 RPMframeInfo_64.dlv
51444 SgiLogo_Max2009.zip
2252956 simcloth3.rar
294924 Snake.rar
76854 Spider_Max2009.zip
268152 Spiral.rar
35328 SplineMesher.dlm
45568 SplineMesher_64.dlm
798939 SPP_Max2009.zip
29184 SSPropagate.dlm
37376 SSPropagate_64.dlm
57169 Sticks_Max2009.zip
58390 ToyTrain_Max2009.zip
31232 TranslucencyMod.dlm
36352 TranslucencyMod_64.dlm
89701 XidMary_Max2009.zip
Vray 1.50 SP2 Advanced x86 / x64 2009
Full versions with working crack.
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This version:
1. No Watermarks.
2. No resetting during work.
3. It keep most of the settings on save (not the AA related but GI and all the rest).
4. Not slower than previous versions.
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When you choose renderer in Max it calling ” SP2 demo” cause crack was made from demo version. DR working fine.
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File Size - 63.78 MB
when install, check:
1) Workstation (full)
2) Local license server
3) UNCHECK Install WIBU key drivers
After installation replace .dll file in Max root folder and .dlr file in /plugins folder.
Easily access full editing power
Take greater advantage of all that Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 Extended offers with a more intuitive user interface and nondestructive editing freedom so you can achieve the highest quality results.
-Revolutionary, nondestructive image editing
-Professional color and tone control
-Intelligent image editing and enhancement
-Advanced compositing
Work more efficiently
Be more productive by taking advantage of smooth integration with other Adobe software and enhancements that leverage the power of today’s faster graphics processors.
-Efficient and flexible work environment
-Streamlined workflow
-Online services
Edit 3D and motion-based images
Enjoy breakthrough enhancements that let you work with 3D content and video frames. New 3D capabilities and improved video controls dramatically expand your creative options.
-Comprehensive 3D image editing
-Video and animation design
Analyze images with precision
With Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended, you get additional measurement and counting tools, as well as support for DICOM images and MATLAB processing routines.
-Measurement, counting, and edit-tracking tools
-Support for manufacturing, medical, and scientific workflows
System requirements:
Windows
-1.8GHz or faster processor
-Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista)
-512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
-1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
-1,024×768 display (1,280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
-Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
-DVD-ROM drive
-QuickTime 7.2 software required for multimedia features
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A fun modifier 3d max plug-in useful for generating random detail
for spaceship models, cityscapes, Death Stars…
unzip, place file Greeble .dlm in max stdplugs folder.
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What is Batzal Software Roof Designer?
Roof Designer is a new plug-in, currently only for Autodesk 3D Studio Max which helps architecture visualizers to model roofs.
The Work Process
Roof Designer lets the user constrain mesh faces to geometrical planes, making all of the face’s vertices reside on one flat surface.
Roof Designer automatically texture the output and can even put mesh tiles, of the user’s choice, on it.
This process takes no more than few minutes, a fraction of the time that it takes to get the same results without it.
Evaluation Period
The Roof Designer plug-in gives an evaluation period of 14 days to test its capabilities. although can’t be used commercially, the plug-in is fully functional during that time. After 14 days the plug-in will be locked until a License Activation Code will be supplied. The License Activation Code can be purchased in this website.
Support
Roof Designer comes with a documentation file, explaining every control and dialog of it. the documentation file also has a tutorial for getting started. This site has an online troubleshooting forum for peers and development team support. it’s also possible to contact the development team through E-mail, check the Contacts section for that…
*Quick Modeling of the roof poly shape using constraints.
* Automatic unwraping and material ID.
* An option to arrange mesh tiles on the created roof.
* An option to put mesh edge shingles between tile plates.
* Several built in shingles and tiles.
* An option to create you own custom shingles and tiles.
* An easy to use user interface with real-time display enhancements.
* Splines exported from edges of the roof edges can be used for various proposes such as gutters for example.
* Roofs model can now be taken out of other polygonal models.
* Material IDs can be randomized
* Vista compatible.
* Supports all unit types.
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Revit Architecture has revolutionized how architects design, develop, and deliver projects—and now you can join the revolution with this expert guide. Authored by a team of Revit aficionados and experts, this in-depth book uses clear explanations, detailed tutorials, and practical examples to show you how to best implement Revit in the real world. Starting with a focused look at the basics of Revit and Building Information Modeling (BIM), you’ll move quickly into setting up and customizing your Revit tools, preparing your office/project templates and settings, creating your library of components, and much more.
Tatjana Dzambazova, Greg Demchak, Eddy Krygiel
ISBN: 978-0-470-14483-1
Paperback
720 pages
November 2007
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Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series aired on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel which features futuristic and ongoing engineering projects.
Discovery Channel - Extreme Engineering [Season 2]
English | Xvid | MP3 | 128kbps | ~500MB | RS.com
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EPISODE 1: Turning Torso
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EPISDE 2: Venice Flood Gates
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EPISODE 3: Container Ships
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EPISODE 4: Oakland Bay Bridge
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EPISODE 5: Iceland Tunnels
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EPISODE 6: Offshore Oil Platforms
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EPISODE 7: Copper River Bridge
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EPISODE 8: Millau Viaduct
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In the city that never sleeps, one architect’s dream for a greener future has been realised. The One Bryant Park building in New York City is not only going to be the second tallest building in the city, but is set to be one of the most energy efficient skyscrapers in the world. Richard Cook and his team take on an exhilarating challenge to transform the modern approach to green technology. His vision to break new ground in the arena of environmentally conscious skyscrapers is a significant step forward in a city known for massive energy consumption. Follow the trials and triumphs of erecting a skyscraper whose blueprints might just map out a new design for our planet’s future.
What do you get if you take sixty thousand tons of steel, 260,000 cubic meters of concrete, 2000 dedicated Chinese workers and the best design brains in the business? The Shanghai World Financial Centre. At 101 floors high it will not only be the tallest building on the Chinese mainland but one that can withstand the toughest challenges Planet Earth can throw at a skyscraper… and even deadlier human threats.
The California Academy of Sciences is a design marvel. Not only is it the world’s largest green public building, it is also designed to work with one of nature’s greatest forces: earthquakes
Contents:
SECTION I. LIFTS, ELEVATORS, ESCALATORSAND MOVINGWALKWAYS/TRAVELATORS
Chapter 1. Definitions of systems and notations for lifts/elevators/escalators and moving walkways
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definitions for lifts
1.3 Major international symbols related to lifts/elevators and escalators
1.4 Symbols (based on classical methods of analysis/design)
1.5 Symbols (based on modern methods of analysis)
1.6 Symbols (used in Part 1.1 of Eurocode 3)
1.6.1 Latin upper case letters
1.6.2 Greek upper case letters
1.6.3 Latin lower case letters
1.6.4 Greek lower case letters
1.7 References, codified methods and standards
Chapter 2. Specifications for the design of lifts or elevators
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Initial design estimate
2.3 Electric lifts
2.3.1 Introduction
2.3.2 Lift wells, car frames and counterweights
2.3.2.1 Specifications
2.3.2.2 Guides, buffers and final limit switches
2.3.2.3 Forces during safety gear operation
2.3.3 Headroom, pit and landing depth
2.3.4 Machine and pulley rooms
2.3.5 Landing doors
2.3.5.1 Introduction
2.3.5.2 Structural and mechanical strength
2.3.6 Compensating ropes
2.3.6.1 Suspension, compensation, safety gear and overspeed governor
2.3.6.2 Overspeed governor ropes
2.3.6.3 Suspension ropes and their connections – American practice
2.4 Hydraulic lifts
2.4.1 Introduction
2.4.2 Mechanical equipment
2.4.2.1 Roped hydraulic elevators
2.4.2.2 Car buffers or bumpers
2.4.2.3 Valves
2.4.2.4 Cylinders
2.4.2.5 Plungers
2.4.2.5.1 Calculations of stresses and deflections in car frame and platform members
2.4.2.6 Driving machines
2.5 Design data and formulas
2.5.1 Introduction to basic formulas
2.5.2 Hydraulic machines and piping
2.5.3 Gravity stopping distances
2.5.4 Factors of safety for suspension wire ropes for power elevators
2.5.4.1 Impact on buffer supports
2.6 Elevators in emergency
2.6.1 An Overview of elevator use for emergency evacuation
2.6.2 Protected elevators for egress and access during fires in tall buildings
2.6.2.1 EEES Protection
2.6.3 Conclusions
Chapter 3. Design specifications for escalators, moving walkways or travelators
3.1 Introduction to escalators
3.2 List of symbols based on The European Standard EN115
3.3 Definitions and general specifications
3.4 Rated loads on escalators
3.5 Structural analysis of escalators – parameters and loadings
3.6 The finite element analysis of escalators steps
3.7 Travelators or moving walkways
3.7.1 Introduction
3.7.2 Machinery
3.7.3 Speed, acceleration, and maximum rate of change of acceleration
3.7.4 Treadways
3.7.5 Emergency stopping, dE
3.7.6 Balustrade
3.8 Routine inspection and tests of escalators and moving walks
3.8.1 Inspection and test periods
3.8.2 Inspection and test requirements
3.8.3 Periodic inspection and tests of escalators and moving walks/travelators/autowalks
3.8.4 Acceptance inspection of escalators and moving walks
3.8.5 Inspection and test requirements for altered installations
SECTION II. LIFTS/ELEVATORS – PLANNING,ANALYSISAND DESIGN OF COMPONENTS
Chapter 4. Belt and rope drives
4.1 Belt drive – general introduction
4.2 Velocity ratio
4.2.1 Slip of belt calculating velocity ratio
4.3 Compound belt drive
4.4 Length of belt: open drive
4.5 Length of belt: crossed drive
4.6 Transmission of power
4.7 Centrifugal tension
4.8 Rope drive
Chapter 5. Design analysis of lift elements and components
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Elevator rope data
5.3 Factor of safety for elevator ropes
5.4 Rope termination
5.5 Specific pressure in ropes
5.6 Rope elongation
5.7 Types of drives and traction
5.7.1 Introduction
5.7.2 Traction of forces on sheave
5.8 Lifting and elevator machines
5.8.1 Definitions
5.8.2 Elevator machines
5.8.2.1 General elevator machines
5.8.2.1.1 General
5.8.2.1.2 The capacity and choice of worm diameter
5.8.2.1.3 Thermal performance
5.8.3 Brake and braking systems
5.8.3.1 Introduction
5.8.3.2 Braking torque
5.9 Counterweight, car guide and car frame
5.9.1 Introduction to counterweight
5.9.2 Guide-rails
5.9.2.1 Introduction
5.9.2.2 Analysis of guide rails
5.9.2.3 Forces acting on guide rails under normal operation
5.9.3 Types of guide shoes
5.9.4 Codified methods on stresses in guide rails
5.9.5 American standard safety code A17.1
5.10 Design analysis for buffers
5.10.1 Introduction
5.10.2 Energy accumulation buffers
5.10.3 Energy dissipation buffers
5.10.4 Polyurethane buffers of energy accumulation under reaction force
5.11 Design Analysis of car frames
5.11.1 Introduction
5.11.2 Design analysis of the car frame
5.11.2.1 Cross-heads
5.11.2.2 Distortion of frame parts under loads
5.12 Doors and door dynamics
5.12.1 Introduction
5.13 Door dynamics
5.13.1 Kinetic energy of the doors
5.13.2 Door closure force
5.13.3 Doors closed under continuous control
5.13.4 Door weight
5.13.5 Door closing time
Chapter 6. Lift/elevator travel analysis
6.1 Introduction
Chapter 7. Maximum and minimum stopping distances of car and counterweight (Based on US-A17.1)
7.1 Introduction
Chapter 8. Elements of super structures – finite element analysis
8.1 Belt calculations
8.1.1 Belt capacity
8.2 Finite element analysis
8.2.1 Finite element analysis of gears and platforms for the travelators
8.2.1.1 Contact of involute teeth
8.2.1.2 Step covers and platform
8.3 References
SECTION III. TRAVELATORSAND MOVINGWALKWAYS –ANALYSIS FOR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
Chapter 9. General data on travelators/walkways/autowalks: fire analysis of their components
9.1 General introduction
9.2 Rubber belt passenger conveyor type 55 – Schindler 9500
9.3 Fujitec GS 8000 series autowalk
9.4 Fire and escalators/travelators
9.4.1 Introduction
9.4.2 Loading and restraints
9.4.3 Temperature–time relation
9.4.4 Material properties
9.4.4.1 Steel in Escalators/Travelators
9.4.4.2 Calculations of fire resistance of steel members in travelators
9.4.4.3 Additional methods of protection for hollow columns
9.4.4.4 Summary of empirical equations for steel columns fully protected against fire (USA)
9.4.4.5 Examples in steel structures
References/bibliography
Chapter 10. Elements for supporting structures
10.1 Trusses supporting travelators
10.1.1. Influence lines method
10.1.2. Forces in redundant bars by influence diagrams
10.1.3. Maximum bending moments and shear forces
10.1.4. Flexibility method of analysis
Appendix I Supporting analysis and computer programs using finite element
IA Material and structural matrices for finite element analysis
IB Element types, shape function, derivatives, stiffness matrices
IC Dynamic finite-element analysis
ID Criteria for convergence and acceleration
Appendix II Computer programs
Appendix III Dynamic finite element analysis formulations super element and substructuring
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1 Around the Corner: A Photo Essay
Lucy R. Lippard
2 Claiming the Site: Evolving Social–Legal Conceptions of Ownership and Property
Harvey M. Jacobs
3 From Place to Site: Negotiating Narrative Complexity
Robert A. Beauregard
4 Groundwork
Robin Dripps
5 Site Citations: The Grounds of Modern Landscape Architecture
Elizabeth Meyer
6 Shifting Sites
Kristina Hill
7 Contested Contexts
Sandy Isenstadt
8 The Suppressed Site: Revealing the Influence of Site on Two Purist Works
Wendy Redfield
9 Neighborhoods Apart: Site/Non-Sight and Suburban Apartments
Paul Mitchell Hess
10 Study Areas, Sites, and the Geographic Approach to Public Action
Peter Marcuse
11 Defining Urban Sites
Andrea Kahn
12 High-Performance Sites
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1 Regions and land mosaics
A framework
Terms and concepts to reveal urban regions
Regions
Land-mosaic perspective and landscape ecology
Spatial scales and their attributes
2 Planning land
Planning and land management
Conservation planning
Planned cities
Urban-region planning
3 Economic dimensions and socio-cultural patterns
Growth, regulatory, and ecological economics
Economics in time, space, and footprints
Social patterns
Culture
4 Natural systems and greenspaces
Ecosystem, community, and population ecology
Freshwater and marine coast ecology
Earth and soil
Microclimate and air pollutants
Greenspaces
5 Thirty-eight urban regions
Selecting cities, determining boundaries, mapping regions
Key spatial attributes
Thirty-eight urban regions mapped
Place-name synopses of the regions
Broad patterns of the urban-region set
6 Nature, food, and water
Spatial analysis for patterns
Nature in urban regions
Food in urban regions
Water in urban regions
7 Built systems, built areas, and whole regions
Natural systems within and next to built areas
Built systems
Built areas
Whole regions
8 Urbanization models and the regions
Land-change patterns and models
Four urbanization models
Models applied to case studies
Urbanization options evaluated with 18 attributes and 38 regions
9 Basic principles for molding land mosaics
Patch sizes, edges, and habitats
Natural processes, corridors, and networks
Transportation modes
Communities and development
Land mosaics and landscape change
10 The Barcelona Region’s land mosaic
Perspective and approach
Nature, food, and water
Built areas and systems
Three plan options for the region
Reflections two years later
11 Gathering the pieces
Settings and forms of urban regions
Ability to extrapolate the Barcelona solutions
Local communities, ecology, and planning
Good, bad, and interesting patterns in urban regions
12 Big pictures
Garden-to-gaia, urban sustainability, disasters
Climate change, species extinction, water scarcity
Big-ideas–regulation–treaties–policy–governance, megacities,
sense of place
Awakening to the urban tsunami
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CHAPTER 1: HAUSSMANNIEN PARIS: 1853–82
CHAPTER 2: LONDON: THE GARDEN CITIES, 1905–25
CHAPTER 3: THE EXTENSION OF AMSTERDAM: 1913–34
CHAPTER 4: THE NEW FRANKFURT AND ERNST MAY: 1925–30
CHAPTER 5: LE CORBUSIER AND THE CITE ´ RADIEUSE
CHAPTER 6: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE BLOCK AND THE PRACTICE OF SPACE
CHAPTER 7: THE DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFUSION OF ARCHITECTURAL MODELS
CHAPTER 8: BUILDING THE CITY: 1975–95
CHAPTER 9: AN ANGLO-AMERICAN POSTSCRIPT
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Author: Charles E. Aguar and Berdeana Aguar
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1. Introduction:F orces That Shaped theY oung Architect
2. The Emergent Years:1889–1897
3. The Oak Park Studio Years:1897–1909
4. The Pivotal Years:1909–1915
5. The California Years:A Search for New Direction, 1916–1923
6. The Closing Years of an Era:1923–1929
7. The Depression Years—A Time for Reflection, 1929–1937
8. The Taliesin Fellowship Years—The Era of Usonia:1937–1959
9. Afterword
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Author: Stephen Emmitt
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PARTI: A PRIMER
1 Setting the agenda
2 Evolving architectural technology
3 Constructive links
4 A question of detail
PART II; THE BUILDING AND THE PROCESS
5 Planning for life
6 Regulations, codes and standards
7 Healthy, safe and secure buildings
8 The art of detailing
9 Product selection
10 Communicating design intent
11 Assembling the parts
12 Building performance and durability
PART III: SYNTHESIS
13 The language of detail
14 Technological innovation
15 Towards a theory for practice
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List of Illustrations
Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
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Author: Jonathan Hill
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CHAPTER 1 Building an Architect Mark Cousins
CHAPTER 2 Curriculum Vitae: The Architect’s Cultural Capital: Educational Practices and Financial Investments Katerina Rüedi
CHAPTER 3 ResponseAbility: The Ability to Provoke or Provide Response Lesley Naa Norle Lokko
CHAPTER 4 Architecture of the Impure Community Jeremy Till
CHAPTER 5 Contaminating Contemplation Fat
CHAPTER 6 Space Within Carlos Villanueva Brandt
CHAPTER 7 Shared Ground Muf ArtArchitecture
CHAPTER 8 An Other Architect Jonathan Hill
CHAPTER 9 The Landscape of Luxury Paul Davies
CHAPTER 10 The Knowing and Subverting Reader Ben Godber
CHAPTER 11 Body Architecture: Skateboarding and the Creation of Super-Architectural Space lain Borden
CHAPTER 12 Striking Home: The Telematic Assault on Identity Philip Tabor
CHAPTER 13 Doing It, (Un)Doing It, (Over)Doing It Yourself: Rhetorics of Architectural Abuse Jane Rendell
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01 Transport and Travel in the Last 40 Years
The era of the car
Current patterns and trends
International comparisons
Conclusions
02 The Evolution of Transport Planning: the 1960s and 1970s
Introduction to the transport planning process
The development of the land-use transport study: the 1960s
Rejection of the 1960s approach 30
The re-emergence of the land-use transport study: the 1970s
Conclusions
03 Developments in Planning Analysis and Evaluation
Parallels in land-use analysis
Evaluation in planning and transport
Evaluation and the environment in the 1980s and 1990s
04 Radical Policy Change
The market alternative to transport provision –the Conservative years
The lessons from the Conservative years
05 Contemporary Transport Policy
Introduction
Transport and the environment
Transport and sustainable development
The third way
Conclusions
06 The Limitations of Transport Planning
The theoretical arguments
The limitations of the transport planning model
The response in the 1970s and 1980s
The response since 1990
Renaissance in the 1990s and 2000s?
07 Overseas Experience
Introduction
Transport policy in the European Union
Transport planning in Germany
Transport planning in France
Transport planning in the Netherlands
European approaches to evaluation in transport
Transport Planning in the United States
Conclusions
08 Transport Agenda 21: the Way Forward
Introduction
The new agenda
The new challenge
Into the new millennium
Implications for analysis methods
09 The Role of Transport Planning
Introduction
The market–state relationship
The funding of transport investment
The planning framework
10 Conclusions
Ethics in transport planning
Infrastructure and finance
The future leisure society
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Part I Principles
1 Sustainable and Ethical
Development, Planning and Sustainability
Property, Interests and Neomodernity
Property
Interests
Neomodernity
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Practice ethics
With Sustainable and Ethical Intent
2 Knowledge Power Outcomes: The Theory Fundamentals
How Planning Works
Traditional-Lineal Planning
The Radical-Multiplex Approach
Progressive Change
Part II Practice
3 Charter for Conservation with Development
Backgrounding
Foregrounding
Resource Exploitation and Discard Dynamics
Socio-Environmentalism: The New Reality
The political ecology of scale shifts
Resource Guardianship: Principles into Practice
The Soft Pathways Matrix
The New Culture: Balanced Harmony
4 Growth Pattern Management
Multiplier Principles
Growth Pattern Information Needs
Data assembly and raw data analysis
Linkage and pattern analyses
Rural-urban understandings
Growth Management Basics
Project propagation (generation)
Risk assessment and risk management
Project implementation
Macro Practice Patterns
‘Ownerships’ and ‘rights’
Urban-rural growth patterning
Coastal zone management
Agriculture and forestry
Tourism
Unemployment alleviation
Waste disposal management
Growth Pattern Policy Directions
5 Urban Growth Management
Yesterday’s Solutions, Today’s Problems
Suburbia and Ex-urbia Costed
Urban Reforms: Options and Actions
Urban social arrangement and style
Ex-urban sprawl control
Small-town conservation with development
Water’s edge urbanization
ECO-village ideals
Raw land suburbanization
Urban retrofit compaction and clustering
Shopping as a lesiure activity
The Delivery of Outcome
Balanced Urban Living
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Part One THEORIES
1 WORLDS IN THE CITY: FROM WONDERS OF MODERN DESIGN TO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
2 INTERROGATING GLOBAL CULTURE(S)
3 CULTURES AND SPACES OF POSTCOLONIAL KNOWLEDGES
4 THE TIMES AND SPACES OF MODERNITY
5 WRITING TRANSNATIONAL PLANNING HISTORIES:
THE DIALECTICS OF DUAL DEVELOPMENT
Part Two HISTORIES
6 SUBURB/ETHNOBURB/GLOBURB: THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY MODERNITIES
7 VILLAFICATION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CHINESE CITIES
8 IMAGINING THE WORLD AT HOME: THE DISTANT SPACES OF THE INDIAN CITY
9 TRANSNATIONAL DELHI REVISITED: THE SPATIAL LANGUAGE OF THREE MODERNITIES
10 IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM AND ARCHITECTS OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN BRITAIN
Part Three PASTS/PRESENTS/FUTURES
11 WAYS OF SEEING: SERENDIPITY, VISUALITY, EXPERIENCE
AFTERWORD
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Author: Brian Edwards
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2008
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Contents:
Chapter 1
The benefits of drawing
Part One
Guiding Principles
Chapter 2
Why draw?
Chapter 3
Choosing the subject
Part Two
Techniques
Chapter 4
Perspective
Chapter 5
Line and shade
Chapter 6
Composition
Chapter 7
The importance of practice
Chapter 8
From sketch to plan making and documentary investigation
Chapter 9
Sequential sketches
Chapter 10
Drawing and photography
(with Susan Fahy)
Part Three
Case Studies in Drawing
Chapter 11
Towns, townscapes and squares
Chapter 12
Streets, lanes and footpaths
Chapter 13
Landmarks, skyline and
city image
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Gateways, entrances and
doorways
Chapter 15
The façades of buildings
Chapter 16
Machinery, function and
modernism
Chapter 17
Landscape
Chapter 18
Sustainability
Chapter 19
History and archaeology
Chapter 20
Interiors
Chapter 21
Using drawing to analyse an urban area
Case study 1
The Merchant City, Glasgow
Case study 2
The Bastide towns, France
Case study 3
Japanese urbanism
Part Four
The Way Forward
Chapter 22
Exploration through the sketchbook– some suitable subjects
Chapter 23
From sketch to design
Chapter 24
Designing through drawing
Chapter 25
Drawing in architectural practice
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Number Of Pages: 164
Publication Date: 2001-04-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750647930
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750647939
Binding: Paperback
and practitioners of architecture and structural engineering. MacDonald
explains the basic principles of structure and describes the ranges of
structure types in current use. Furthermore, the book links these
topics directly with the activity of architectural design and
criticism. An update of the first edition, ‘Structure and Architecture
2ed’ includes a revised opening chapter, and a new section that
discusses prominent buildings constructed since the last edition was
published in 1994.
detailed topics back to the whole structure and building. He aims to
answer the questions: What are architectural structures? How does one
define the difference between the structure of a building and all of
the other components and elements of which it consists? What are the
requirements of structures? What is involved in their design? An
understanding of the concepts involved in answering these questions and
an appreciation of how the structure of a building functions enhances
the ability of an individual to appreciate its architectural quality.
This book is unique in that it discusses the structural component of
architectural design in the context of visual and stylistic issues.
Allows students to acquire a vocabulary covering the entire range of structure types and their appropriate use
Generously
illustrated with many examples taken from contemporary buildings giving
tips on how to evaluate architectural structures
Rating: 5
Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning
By Wenche Dramstad, James D. Olson, Richard T.T. Forman
Publisher: Island Press
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: 1996-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1559635142
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781559635141
Binding: Paperback
Landscape ecology has emerged in the past decade as an important and
useful tool for land-use planners and landscape architects. While
professionals and scholars have begun to incorporate aspects of this
new field into their work, there remains a need for a summary of key
principles and how they might be applied in design and planning.
This volume fills that need. It is a concise handbook that lists and
illustrates key principles in the field, presenting specific examples
of how the principles can be applied in a range of scales and diverse
types of landscapes around the world.
Chapters cover:
patches - size, number, and location
edges and boundaries
corridors and connectivity
mosaics
summaries of case studies from around the world
Summary: Good refresher or introduction
Rating: 4
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Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer
By William M. Peña, Steven A. Parshall
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2001-07-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471126209
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471126201
Binding: Paperback
Uniform Building Code 1997, Volume 1: Administrative, Fire- and Life-Safety, and Field Inspection Provision
By International Code Council
Publisher: International Conference of Building Official
Number Of Pages: 442
Publication Date: 1997-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 188459087X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781884590870
Binding: Paperback
The book was purchased in CD rom form. There is
key word searches for specific items. Every builder needing a permit to
start constuction should know this book well. Another company that puts
out a similar book is called Boca. They supliment and overlap the UBC.
Both are handy, but very over priced.
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Uniform Building Code 1997 (Uniform Building Code Vol 3: Material, Testing and Installation Standards)
By International Code Council
Publisher: International Conference of Building Official
Number Of Pages: 836
Publication Date: 1997-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1884590918
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781884590917
Binding: Paperback
Uniform Building Code 1997: Structural Engineering Design Provisions (Uniform Building Code Vol 2: Structural Engineering Design Provisions)
by International Code Council
Uniform Building Code 1997: Structural
Engineering Design Provisions (Uniform Building Code Vol 2: Structural
Engineering Design Provisions)
By International Code Council
Publisher: International Conference of Building Officials
Number Of Pages: 492
Publication Date: 1997-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1884590896
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781884590894
Binding: Paperback
Summary: Excellent Resource Book
Rating: 5
For anybody in the construction, engineering, design, or code
enforcement/verification fields this book is a must. It is an excellent
reference & resource book with tons of valuable information.
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Number Of Pages: 653
Publication Date: 2006-11-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1572181761
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781572181762
Binding: Paperback
54th Annual Edition - Current
building costs for residential, commercial, and industrial construction.
Estimated prices for every common building material. Provides manhours,
recommended crew, and gives the labor cost for installation. Includes a CD-ROM
with an electronic version of the book with National Estimator, a stand-alone
Windows estimating program, plus an interactive multimedia video that shows how
to use the disk to compile construction cost estimates. Revised annually.
Included with National Estimator
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Job Cost Wizard - turns estimates
into invoices and exports both in QuickBooks Free Online Technical Support -
for the National Estimator Software Free Monthly National Estimator Updates -
Updates to the 2006 costbooks and zip code modification factors are updated monthly.
Monthly price updates on the Web are free and automatic all during 2006. You’ll
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The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture–so massive size: 373.73MB Download link: Building Systems for Interior Designers by Corky Binggeti "Building Systems for Interior Designers" Topics covered include:
By Editors of Phaidon Press
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Number Of Pages: 824
Publication Date: 2004-05-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0714843121
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780714843124
Binding: Hardcover
that it comes in its own plastic carrying case–is one of the rare
publishing events that lives up to its hype. The book showcases 1,052
buildings completed since January 1998 with thousands of well-chosen
color photographs plans, elevations, and cross-sections. Major elements
of each project are described in elegantly succinct texts. Rather than
simply pay lip service to the concept of "world" architecture, this
book ranges throughout 75 countries on six continents. And although the
big names in the field are here–Rafael Moneo and Herzog & De
Meuron are each represented by nine projects; Tadeo Ando with eight,
Frank Gehry with six–the focus is on the ingenuity and diversity of
contemporary architecture, regardless of the fame of its creator. 
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Building Systems for Interior Designers is the first book to explain
technical building systems and engineering issues in a clear and
accessible way to interior designers. The technical knowledge and
vocabulary presented here allow interior designers to communicate more
effectively with architects, engineers, and contractors while
collaborating on projects, leading to more accurate solutions for
problems related to a broad range of other building considerations with
an impact on interior design. Information on sustainable design is
integrated throughout the book, making it a relevant tool for current
and emerging trends in building design…
Written in a straightforward, nontechnical style that maintains depth
and accuracy, this book is the first complete text applicable to
interior design courses and provides thorough preparation for the NCIDQ
exam. Engaging, clear illustrations support the text, which is
accessible to those without a math or physics background.
Heating and air conditioning systems
Environmental issues
Water and waste
Thermal comfort
HVAC systems
Electricity
Lighting
Security and communications systems
Fire safety
Transportation systems
With numerous case examples illustrating how interior designers apply
this material in the real world, Building Systems for Interior
Designers is a valuable book for students, as well as a practical
desktop reference for professionals.
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Designing with Structural Steel A Guide for Architects
Designing with Structural Steel A Guide for Architects
American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. | 2nd edition, 2002 | ISBN 1564240525 | PDF | Pages: 374 | 2.5 MB
The purpose of this Guide is to provide architects with the tools
needed to feel more comfortable and confident working with structural
steel in building projects. With a greater understanding of the
characteristics and inherent benefits of structural steel, architects
will be prepared to better utilize steel as a framing material. Some of
the strengths structural steel offers in building design is high
resiliency and performance under harsh and difficult conditions, i.e.,
earthquakes and hurricanes. Steel offers the ability to span great
distances with slenderness and grace. Steel can be shaped to achieve
curved forms and goes up quickly to meet tough construction schedules
in almost any weather condition. Steel can be easily modified in the
future to satisfy changing requirements. And with virtually all
structural steel produced in the United States today made from recycled
cars and other steel products, steel offers environmental
sustainability for the future.
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Design of Masonry Structures
Design of Masonry Structures
Taylor & Francis | 272 pages | ISBN: 0419215603 | Jan. 1997 | PDF | 5Mb
Interest in stuctural masonary has increased significantly in recent
years. As a result more advanced codes of practice for the design of
buildings in brickwork have been introduced in many countries. Design
of Masonary Structures covers in particular the structure and content
of the British code BS 5628 and the Eurocode EC6. Although the book is
written with reference to the British and European codes, the
principles described have general application and exemplify structural
masonry design based on a limit state approach. The opening chapter
provides a sound understanding of materials properties and relevent
structural principles, the basis for successful use of any design code.
Next the author gives a detailed description of the British and
European codes.The design of elements under compression, shear and
lateral load is discussed, as are reinforced and prestressed members
and masonry walls acting compositely with reinforced concrete or steel
structures.
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Architectural Detailing: Function - Constructibility - Aesthetics
By Edward Allen, Patrick Rand,
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2006-11-10
Sales Rank: 166948
ISBN / ASIN: 0471488178
EAN: 9780471488170
Binding: Paperback
Manufacturer: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
Average Rating: 4
This edition of the industry standard on architectural detailing
includes new sections covering analysis and modification of existing
details and design of new details, both basic and advanced. Revised to
address sustainability and to reflect the International Building Code®,
Architectural Detailing continues to deliver reliable, insightful
information on how to design details that will be water- and airtight,
control the flows of heat and water vapor, adjust to all kinds of
movement, age gracefully, be easy to construct, and still look good.
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Building Envelope and Interior Finishes Databook
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional A one-stop resource for residential or commercial construction Download links: F1 or
Number Of Pages: 752
Publication Date: 2000-10-16
Sales Rank: 785205
ISBN / ASIN: 0071360220
EAN: 9780071360227
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
Studio: McGraw-Hill Professional
projects, Construction Building Envelope and Interior Finishes Databook
gives you instant access to hundreds of tables, specifications, charts,
diagrams, and illustrations covering materials and components most
frequently used on a typical job. In easy-to-understand language,
construction pro Sidney M. Levy covers: *Interior metal stud
specifications, design data and typical details…drywall
installation…and fire and sound ratings *Structural steel,
cast-in-place concrete and masonry structural systems, with details,
specifications, and illustrations of component parts *Masonry shapes,
patterns, installations tips and practices, with an illustrated guide
to reinforcing specifications and materials *Roofing types and
materials…flashing and waterproofing details *Finishes including
plastic laminates…resilient flooring… painting specifications…and
installation guidelines +more..
Multiunit Housing (Architectural Design)
Publisher: Books Nippan Download link: F1 or
Number Of Pages: 239
Publication Date: 1997-01
Sales Rank: 3120442
ISBN / ASIN: 8492160640
EAN: 9788492160648
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Books Nippan
Studio: Books Nippan
Sustainable Building Design Book 2005
Architecture Sustainable Building Design The 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference in Tokyo, Student Download link:
PDF | 100 Pages | 8.95 MB | ISBN 0471486604 <—WRONG ISBN —There is none!
Publisher: Tokyo University Press 2005
Session 23-29 September 2005, Tokyo, Japan, with 95 project from all
the world - very interesting work.
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2006 International Building Code
International Code Council
"2006 International Building Code - Softcover Version: Softcover
Version (International Building Code)"
Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning | Pages: 666 | 2006-03-06 | ISBN: 1580012515 | PDF | 22 Mb
The 2006 International Building Code® addresses
the design and installation of building systems through requirements
that emphasize performance. Fully compatible with all the International
Codes, the 2006 edition provides up-to-date, comprehensive coverage
that establishes minimum regulations for building systems using
prescriptive and performance-related provisions. Content is founded on
broad-based principles that make possible the use of materials and
building designs. Structural as well as fire- and life-safety
provisions covering seismic, wind, accessibility, egress, occupancy,
roofs, and more are included.
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Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning
Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space
By Joseph (Edt)/ Panero, Julius/ De Chiara
Publisher: McGraw-Hill 1/6/2001
Number Of Pages:
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN-10 / ASIN: B000MBW4RY
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Foundations of Interior Design - CD-Rom Version
Publisher: Fairchild Publications Review: A Must Have Book For Professional And Academic Sources , it gives Download links:
Number Of Pages: 498
Publication Date: 2005-12-30
Sales Rank: 307591
ISBN / ASIN: 1563672863
EAN: 9781563672866
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Fairchild Publications
Studio: Fairchild Publications
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Millau Bridge
It is the world’s tallest bridge, at 343 m tall at its highest pillar,
the Millau Viaduct in Southern France is almost a third taller than any
other bridge in the world. A freeway in the sky, the bridge crosses the
river Tarn in France and can save travelers almost an hour of travel
between France and the Mediterranean. It also removes the traffic
congestion once faced in the town of Millau. The episode documents the
difficulties that the crew had to faced, and the challenging processes
that were used in its construction. The documentary contains a few
words from the mayor of Millau, Jacques Godfrain, the bridge architect,
Norman Foster, and designer, Michel Virlogeux
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Dubai’s Palm Island
An enormous project is underway in the Arabian Gulf that will change
the face of the coastline. It is so vast that it can be seen from
space. Palm Jumeirah, one of the most audacious engineering projects
the world has ever seen, is an artificial island in the shape of a
massive palm tree. A breathtaking megastructure and an ambitious
engineering feat, Palm Jumeirah is part of an even bigger plan to
transform Dubai into one of the world’s premiere tourist destinations.
But with only a few years to create this paradise island, it’s a race
against time. Besides the construction of the island, there is also the
challenge of building a small city, including 4,500 luxury houses and
apartments, 29 hotels, miles of roads, and all the utilities required
by the thousands of people who will be living on and using this island
including water, electricity, gas and sewage. The project is due for
completion in 2008 - are they on course to meet their deadline? And
what other megastructures has the Sheikh planned for Dubai?
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Hoover Dam
Throughout human history, mankind has built monuments to its ingenuity
and skill. In Egypt it was the Pyramids. Rome, built the Colosseum. The
Greeks built the Acropolis. The great cathedrals of Europe raised the
skills of their builders to unequalled heights, creating awe inspiring
structures. In the Americas, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde and the
high mountain city of Machu Pichu speak to the skill and ingenuity of
their builders. In the modern era, it’s buildings that reach near half
a mile into the sky, bridges that stretch enormous distances in a
single span, and machines that extend mankind’s reach far into space.
One monument that must surely be counted among the great achievements
of mankind is Hoover Dam.
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Kansai International Airport
Located 5 km off the coast of Osaka, Japan, is the Kansai International
Airport. The airport is built entirely on a man-made island, 4 km long
and 1 km wide. The only link between the island and Osaka is by the
world’s longest 2-tiered bridge. Although the airport is built to
withstand earthquakes and typhoons, the artificial island itself is
sinking faster than anticipated. The episode looks at the various
measures that are taken to keep the airport ‘afloat’, and the various
facilities and services available to keep the airport running.
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Tau Tona - City Of Gold
Located near Johannesburg, South Africa, the Tau Tona is a gold mine.
The Tau Tona is the main economic life blood of Johannesburg, supplying
half the world’s gold needs. It is the deepest and largest working mine
in the world. Its main shaft is 3.6 km deep and consists of 800 km of
tunneling. This episode gives viewers a tour of the dynamic systems
involved in maintaining a working environment deep in the earth. It
also provides a glimpse of what life as a mine worker is like in Tau
Tona. Risking heat exhaustion, and with 10 earthquakes a day, the
miners work through narrow tunnels to extract gold from a 25 cm thick
gold vein
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Impossible Bridges Greece - Rio-Antirio Bridge
The Rio-Antirio bridge is a cable-stayed bridge near Patra on the
Peloponnese, linking the towns of Rio and Antirrio on the western
mainland Greece, thus connecting with the rest of Europe.
The bridge dramatically improves access to and from the Peloponnese,
which could previously be reached only by ferry or via the isthmus of
Corinth at its extreme east end. It has a length of 2252 m (2882 m
including the access bridges); as it consists entirely of five
cable-stayed spans and four pylons, and it is one of the world’s
longest cable-stayed suspended decks. Its width is 28 meters — it has
two vehicle lanes per direction, an emergency lane and a pedestrian
walkway.
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Itaipu Dam
In the Paraná River of South America, lies the Itaipú Dam. Costing 20
billion dollars, the Itaipú Dam is the world’s largest and most
powerful hydroelectric power plant. It is a representation of the
efforts and accomplishment of two countries, Brazil and Paraguay. The
episode examines the efforts undertaken and the sacrifices made to
construct the dam, including how the largest diversion channel was
constructed to divert water from the world’s 7th largest river away
from the main construction site.
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Sears Tower
For 20 years, the Sears Tower held the record for the world’s tallest
building. Completed in 1973, the 110 stories high building is almost
half a kilometer tall. And it still holds the record for having the
world’s highest antenna. John Zils, structural engineer and designer of
this mega-structure shares some of the secrets about the tower. And get
a behind-the-scenes look at some of the various systems and controls
that are vital to the building, like security monitoring, the
elevators, and the water and power distribution to the various levels,
and even the machines that cleans the windows.
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Port Of Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam is a marine freeway and one of the busiest ports.
And on this particular day, the Harbour Control’s skills and machines
are put to the test when three most challenging ships in the world:
‘The Berge Star’, ‘The Savana Express’ and ‘The Mighty Servant III’,
respectively known as ‘The Mega Deep’, ‘The Mega Wide’ and ‘The Mega
Tall’ are received.
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Golden Gate Bridge
In 1906, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 rocked San Francisco. An
earthquake of similar or greater proportions is expected to occur in
San Francisco again, and soon. The episode takes a look at the efforts
that are being made to retrofit and strengthen America’s most
recognized bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, before the next big
earthquake happens. It also gives a brief history about the
construction of the suspension bridge, and the people who were involved
in its construction.
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Time-saver Standards For Urban Design
ISBN 0-07-068507-X
Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Architectural Design Portable Handbook
By Andy Pressman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: 2001-02-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071352147
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071352147
Binding: Paperback
Integrate key information to facilitate optimal design solutions
Essential for any working architect, Architectural Design Portable
Handbook guides you through projects every step of the way,
summarizing, synthesizing, and systematizing the core tasks of design.
Developed by noted architect Andy Pressman, this handy take-along
reference is certain to become an indispensable tool. You’ll find
value-added features such as quick tips and case studies, quotes from
leading architects, checklists, and a customizable layout that
encourages you to add your own helpful notes and reminders. And that’s
in addition to expert, time- and error-sparing information on:
* Design strategies
* Site analysis methods
* The use of CAD and other graphics
* Working with clients
* User-needs evaluation
* Data compilation
* Concept development
* Exploring design alternatives
* Computing and design
* Presentations
* More!
Essential for any working architect, Architectural Design Portable
Handbook guides you through projects every step of the way,
summarizing, synthesizing, and systematizing the core tasks of design.
Developed by noted architect Andy Pressman, this handy take-along
reference is certain to become an indispensable tool.
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Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design
Contents:
PART 1 Heat: The Thermal Environment
PART 2 Light: The Luminous Environment
PART 3 Sound: The Sonic Environment
PART 4 Resources References
By Steven Szokolay
* Publisher: Architectural Press
* Number Of Pages: 320
* Publication Date: 2003-10
* ISBN / ASIN: 0750658495
* EAN: 9780750658492
Size:5.12 MB
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