Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation

This textbook has been written keeping in mind the requirements of BIM and plant industries. The author has specifically covered a number of pain-points that the users face on day-to-day basis in their work. Real-world BIM and Plant models have been used as tutorials in this book. You will be able to find various similarities between the models used in this textbook and your current projects. This will allow you to apply the concepts learned in this textbook to your day-to-day work.

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Digital Design Exercises for Architecture Students teaches you the basics of digital design and fabrication tools with creative design exercises, featuring over 200 illustrations, which emphasize process and evaluation as key to designing in digital mediums. The book is software neutral, letting you choose the software with which to edit raster and vector graphics and to model digital objects. The clear, jargon-free introductions to key concepts and terms help you experiment and build your digital media skills. During the fabrication exercises you will learn strategies for laser...

Even the most inventive and revolutionary architects of today owe debts to the past, often to the distant past when architecture really was being invented for the first time. Architects depend on their own imaginations for personal insights and originality but their ideas may be stimulated (consciously or subliminally) by particularly powerful buildings from history. The Ten Most Influential Buildings in History: Architecture s Archetypes identifies ten architectural archetypes that have been sources of inspiration for architects through the centuries. Each archetype is...

From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events.

Three new chapters present evidence of escalating rates of environmental change. The authors explore the growing urgency for mitigation and adaptation responses that deal with the resulting challenges.

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Das Standardwerk zu Adrian Frutigers Schaffen: Alle Schriften - vom Entwurf bis zur Vermarktung - werden abgebildet und mit Bezug zu Technik sowie zu artverwandten Schriften analysiert.

From the parking lot to the exam room, doctors can improve the physical surroundings for their patients, yet often they do not. Given the numerous and varied duties doctors must perform, it may fall to the design profession to implement changes, many based on research, to improve healthcare experiences. From location and layout to furnishings and positive distractions, this book provides evidence-based information about the physical environment to help doctors and those who design medical workspaces improve the experience of health care.

Along with its research base, a special...

Guide to the LEED Green Associate V4 Exam is a comprehensive study guide for the LEED Green Associate v4 exam. Written by a LEED expert and consultant who actually passed the exam, this guide provides a first-hand account of preparation strategies that work. The book is designed to work with how people study, organized for quick navigation, with sample questions and flashcards throughout. The companion website offers additional study aids, including more sample test questions and...

The digital expansion of construction, simulation and design methods in architecture is increasingly being complemented by a sensual dimension. GAM.10 focuses on the current forms of this novel world of design experiences and sheds light on the role of intuition in the dialogue between a person and digital design devices.

Die zeichnerische Umsetzung, Darstellung und Prasentation von Entwurfsideen zahlt -trotz CAD - immer noch zu den elementaren handwerklichen Voraussetzungen des Architekturberufs. Die zeichnerische Skizze bleibt weiterhin wichtigstes Arbeitsmittel im Entwurfsprozess und bildet die unverwechselbare "Handschrift" des Archtitekten. Das Buch setzt an bei den elementaren Schwierigkeiten des Anfangers und prasentiert unkompliziert den Vorgang der Bildfindung in seinen Einzelschritten: Andenken/Anskizzieren - Konzipieren/Konstruieren - Komplettieren/Prasentieren. Angesprochen werden dabei...

Despite their often remarkable performance, new and 'disruptive' technologies often meet with resistance from the general public. Design - sometimes assumed to play a purely aesthetic role - is central in making revolutionary technology acceptable to society. Mastering design allows technological breakthroughs to transcend the innovation stage and to enter daily life.

In this clear and accessible book, Nicolas Henchoz and Yves Mirande offer a new vision for the discipline. A wide range of practical case studies examine how the principles discussed in the book can renew the...