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Urban sprawl is one of the most important types of land-use changes currently affecting Europe. It increasingly creates major impacts on the environment (via surface sealing, emissions by transport and ecosystem fragmentation); on the social structure of an area (by...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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This book provides over 160 model letters, with commentary for use with all the main JCT 2005 building contracts. It concentrates on problems which can arise during a project, and draws on the author's extensive experience as a contracts consultant. It is a companion to...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Everyone involved in a building project wants to achieve a better building but design quality means different things to clients, users, architects, cost consultants and contractors. Negotiating design priorities is an important part of the development process. The...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Please make the most of what you find in this volume, but please don’t use it merely to achieve compliance. Use it to spark creativity, humanity and urbanity in the buildings and public spaces we all use every day, so nobody need feel “this place isn’t for me” and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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This book is the second in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: Understanding Historic Building Conservation...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
Historic Building Conservation
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This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Professional landscapers and all those involved in creating green spaces have long been in need of a book that is a guide to plant specification, but also makes sense of plants and their cultivation. Plant User Handbook is for practitioners who are professionally...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Architects and contract administrators spend a great deal of time writing letters of various types. Many of them are routine and repetitive in character, but they require proper consideration if potentially dangerous liability situations are to be avoided. This book...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Sustainable Urban Planning introduces the principles and practices behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability. This timely text introduces the principles and practice behind urban and regional planning in the context of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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The Department of Building Technology at the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft is studying and developing cardboard as a potential building material on a broad, systematic and, where possible, comprehensive basis.The guiding research question is: “How can cardboard be...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-01-15
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The construction industry is a vibrant and active industry.The building sector is responsible for creating, modifying and improving the living environment of humanity. On the other hand, construction and buildings have considerable environmental impacts, consuming a...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2007-08-15
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Provides a "real-world" perspective on the preparation of construction documents. * Highly visual book with extensive drawings and details. * Essential reference for NCIDQ examination.
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2006-12-26
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Now available in an updated and expanded third edition, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors incorporates the latest standards for interior projects. The book presents the International Building Code, Life Safety Code, NFPA 5000, ICC/ANSI accessibility standard, and many...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2006-12-26
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A general trend in our modern society is a growing complexity. It is therefore logical that in most countries there has been a definite tendency to give weight to issues of adapting also the physical space to this complexity and to find methods to do this in an...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2006-10-11
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Lighting is a basic, yet difficult-to-master, element of interior design, andLighting Design Basics provides the information you need in a concise, highly visual format. Two leading designers, both with decades of experience, offer straightforward coverage of concepts...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2006-07-21
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The contributions presented are reflecting the ongoing efforts to redefine the discipline of urbanism under globally changing conditions.The conditions of urban development are changing rapidly; technological transformations, new transportation and distribution systems,...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2006-04-15
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About this book The International conference on Design &., Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning is organised bi-annually by the Eindhoven......
Editeur :
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Parution :
2005
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Interactivity is the catchword for a wide range of innovative solutions that concept designers and engineers are developing in every area of technology and...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser-Verlag
Parution :
2005
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An "anatomical" study of building systems integration with guidelines for practical applications Through a systems approach to buildings, Integrated Buildings: The Systems Basis of Architecture details the practice of integration to bridge the gap between the design...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2004-01-27
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