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Discover new approaches to green design and sustainable building with this comprehensive guide There's a substantial amount of information designers and architects need to understand about sustainability and commercial projects, especially as expectations for...
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Wiley
Parution :
2014-07-30
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In the face of growing needs and problems around urbanization, the sustainable development of cities does not lie only in technology, research and innovation. Sustainable local development also results from a combination of different elements related to the development...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2014-07-25
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Despite the exaggerated news of the untimely 'death of the detail' by Greg Lynn, the architectural detail is now more lifelike and active than ever before. In this era of digital design and production technologies, new materials, parametrics, building information...
Editeur :
Academy Press
Parution :
2014-07-16
Collection :
Architectural Design
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El presente libro está constituido por la suma de artículos que surgen de una misma fuente: la labor colectiva del grupo de investigación «La aventura de viajar y sus escrituras». Debe leerse como un recorrido por el imaginario urbano en un paseo-lectura que desarrolla...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-07-15
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THE IDEA OF A WORLD OF 10 BILLION PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM WILL BE LIVING IN RAPIDLY EXPANDING CITIES, CAN BE A TERRIFYING PROPSECT. Add to that the effects of climate change and the scarcity of water, energy and food, and it sounds like a bleak future. Without innovation...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2014-06-27
Collection :
All That Matters
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SUSTAINABLE USE of Wood in Construction Sustainable Use of Wood in Construction There is a great deal of innovation in the use of wood in construction, from impressive modern buildings to new construction products that reduce build times and improve building...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-06-19
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THE UPDATED DEFINITIVE REFERENCE ON MEDICAL AND DENTAL OFFICE DESIGN Medical and Dental Space Planning is an indispensable guide to the myriad of details that make a medical or dental practice efficient and productive. The unique needs of more than thirty specialties,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-06-13
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Once condemned by Modernism and compared to a ‘crime’ by Adolf Loos, ornament has made a spectacular return in contemporary architecture. This is typified by the works of well-known architects such as Herzog & de Meuron, Sauerbruch Hutton, Farshid Moussavi Architecture...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-05-29
Collection :
Architectural Design Primer
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Luke Him Sau/Lu Qianshou (1904–1991) is best known internationally and in China as the architect of the iconic Bank of China Headquarters in Shanghai. One of the first Chinese students to be trained at the Architectural Association in London in the late 1920s, Luke’s...
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Wiley
Parution :
2014-05-29
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Drawing The Motive Force of Architecture Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book by one of its greatest proponents, Peter Cook, is an established classic. It exudes Cook’s delight and his wide-ranging, catholic tastes...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-05-28
Collection :
Architectural Design Primer
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A highly illustrated reference tool, this handbook provides comparative visual analysis of major urban extensions and masterplans around the world. It places an important new emphasis on the processes and structures that influence urban form, highlighting the...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-05-16
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“Becoming an Architect will inspire future architects, career consultants, and human resources professionals alike, providing all the information you’ll need to make intelligent decisions about careers in architecture.” —From the Foreword by Helene Combs Dreiling, FAIA,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-05-15
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Office design has changed significantly over the last few years and is now one of the most innovative areas of interior design. It used to be the case that only the public spaces of an office were creatively designed, but increasingly the staff areas are seen as key...
Editeur :
Laurence King Publishing
Parution :
2014-05-12
Collection :
Detailing for Interior Design
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Although highly ambitious and sophisticated, most attempts at using robotic processes in architecture remain the exception; little more than prototypes or even failures at a larger scale. This is because the general approach is either to automate existing manual...
Editeur :
Academy Press
Parution :
2014-05-09
Collection :
Architectural Design
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The bright future and exciting possibilities of BIM Many architects and engineers regard BIM as a disruptive force, changing the way building professionals design, build, and ultimately manage a built structure. With its emphasis on continuing advances in BIM research,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-05-02
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Highlights how architecture needs to rise to the challenge of a demographic revolution As people sixty-five and older constitute an ever increasingly proportion of population in most industrialized nations, the design of housing and other built provisions needs to be...
Editeur :
Academy Press
Parution :
2014-04-28
Collection :
Architectural Design
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Urban areas have been caught up in a turbulent process of transformation over the past 50 years and changes have been rapid, with issues such as mobility, nature, water management, energy use and public space featuring prominently.
In each Olympic year since 1988, the...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-04-15
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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to urban design, from a historical overview and basic principles to practical design concepts and strategies. It discusses the demographic, environmental, economic, and social issues that influence the decision-making and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2014-04-14
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This comprehensive guide on historic garden and landscape conservation will help landscape professionals familiarise themselves with what the conservation of historic gardens, garden structures and designed landscapes encompasses. The aim of the series is to introduce...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-04-03
Collection :
Historic Building Conservation
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A pioneering title, High Definition explores the onslaught of new and highly accurate digital metrology tools in large- and small-scale 3-D scanning and 3-D modelling. Capable of measuring space to an accuracy of less than 1 mm, these tools offer unprecedented precision...
Editeur :
Academy Press
Parution :
2014-03-14
Collection :
Architectural Design
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