Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Methods & Materials

Innovative ideas, concepts and solutions for facade design, all exceptional in terms of urban development, architecture, technology and function, are presented using around 250 international buildings and projects from well-known architects, including Richard Meier, Daniel Libeskind, and Gehry Partners.

Using steel and concrete together utilizes the beneficial material properties of both elements. Concrete filled steel tubes represent a good example of a concrete - steel composite structure, and are particularly useful as columns in high rise buildings and bridge piers. They can be used in a range of fields, from civil and industrial construction through to the mining industry.

Several aspects of concrete filled tubes have received little coverage in existing design standards, design guides or relevant books, but are addressed here: construction methods or quality and their effect...

The design of supply pipework and systems in buildings requires an understanding of the relationships between water supply and disposal. Basics Water Cycles presents the fundamentals and technical background of sanitary installations, and explains clearly the key factors that must be considered in the design of water cycles in buildings.

Materialitat und Stofflichkeit von Gebauden und Konstruktionen sind ein wichtiger Aspekt des architektonischen Entwerfens. Der Umgang mit Materialien und deren Einsatz ist ein grundlegender Baustein der Architekturausbildung.

The book provides strategies for an energetically sensible and suitable approach to building conditioning as well as its design and constructional integration. How much the building itself can achieve in the context of the given climatic, topographical, and town-planning framework conditions and to what extent additional installations are required for conditioning all of these topics are discussed on the basis of case studies.

The main task of the classical architect is project planning, from basic evaluation to design all the way to execution planning, the call for bids, construction management, and completion of the building. This volume explains the individual planning steps in context, presents the networking of the various specialists involved in the project, and offers a clear and practical description of the various levels of organization.
Themes are - Planning steps from basic evaluation to handing over the keys, - Project participants (including the authorities, specialized planners, construction...

Die Verwendung neuartiger Materialien stellt einen wichtigen Trend in der Landschaftsarchitektur dar. Dazu gehoren z.B. biologisch abbaubare Geotextilien, superabsorbierende Polymere und Pflanzen, die sensitiv auf sich wandelnde Bodenbedingungen reagieren. Die verfugbaren Materialien und Technologien werden in ihrer teils experimentellen, teils ausgereiften Anwendung dargestellt.

Der Dach Atlas ist ein Konstruktionsfachbuch fur Architekten und Fachplaner. Er liefert neben grundsatzlichen Konstruktionsregeln einen Uberblick uber die Nutzungs- und Konstruktionsarten sowie die Regelaufbauten fur Fachdacher. Zusammen mit den wichtigsten Normen und Regelwerken runden Konstruktionsdarstellungen der wesentlichen Anschlusspunkte die Publikation ab.

Das von Lehmbauer Martin Rauch in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Architekten Roger Boltshauser in Schlins, Vorarlberg, errichtete Wohn- und Atelierhaus ist ein einzigartiges Beispiel fur das zeitgemasse Bauen mit Lehm. Das Buch dokumentiert die Entstehung des Lehmhauses, beschreibt die konstruktiven Details und zeigt die okologischen, baubiologischen und asthetischen Qualitaten des Baustoffs Lehm auf.

The first book devoted to the subject of how BIM affects individuals and organizations working within the ever-changing construction industry, BIM and Integrated Design discusses the implementation of building information modeling software as a cultural process with a focus on the technology's impact and transformative effect--both potentially...