Conserving Buildings: A Manual of Techniques and Materials
ISBN: 9780471509448 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The updated paperback edition of Weaver's landmark work--the essential manual on materials and procedures for restoring buildings Conserving Buildings, Revised Edition, is the ideal resource for anyone involved in the maintenance, restoration, or rehabilitation of historic buildings. The book combines practical information on the characteristics, composition, and deterioration of building materials with detailed coverage of state-of-the-art conservation methods, fully updated in this edition with current developments in research and practice. The book contains: The updated paperback edition of Weaver's landmark work--the essential manual on materials and procedures for restoring buildings
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420,15 zł |
Egress Design Solutions: A Guide to Evacuation and Crowd Management Planning
ISBN: 9780471719564 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The architect's primary source for information on designing for egress, evacuation, and life safety, Egress Design Solutions, Emergency Evacuation and Crowd Management Planning, is written by proven experts on egress issues. Meacham and Tubbs are engineers with Arup, an international firm with a stellar reputation for quality design and engineering. Their book examines egress solutions in terms of both prescriptive and performance-based code issues. A portion of the book focuses on techniques for providing egress design solutions and for coordinating egress systems with other critical...
The architect's primary source for information on designing for egress, evacuation, and life safety, Egress Design Solutions, Emergency Evacuation ...
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660,39 zł |
Clay and Cob Buildings
ISBN: 9780747805793 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Habitations have been fashioned from unfired earth since antiquity, and with the technique continuing to be widely employed in Britain until the nineteenth century there is a tremendous range of historical examples available for viewing and study. They are to be found across the islands- though known by various names, such as East Anglia's 'clay lump' and Buckinghamshire's 'witchert' -and their ubiquity means that an appreciation of these often-overlooked buildings can greatly contribute to the general pleasures of travel in Britain. John McCann here describes the various processes of...
Habitations have been fashioned from unfired earth since antiquity, and with the technique continuing to be widely employed in Britain until the ninet...
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38,17 zł |
Elementary Behaviour of Composite Steel and Concrete Structural Members
ISBN: 9780750632690 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study describes the basic analysis techniques required for standard forms of composite steel and concrete members. In particular, the analysis techniques required for non-standard forms of construction are treated.
This study describes the basic analysis techniques required for standard forms of composite steel and concrete members. In particular, the analysis te...
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285,23 zł |
Designing for the Disabled: The New Paradigm
ISBN: 9780750634427 / Angielski / Twarda / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since it was first published in 1963, Selwyn Goldsmith's Designing for the Disabled has become a standard text for practising architects around the world. Now, as a new book with a radical new vision, comes his Designing for the Disabled: A New Paradigm. This book should be of interest to architects in rethinking the methodology of designing for the disabled.
Since it was first published in 1963, Selwyn Goldsmith's Designing for the Disabled has become a standard text for practising architects around the wo...
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648,38 zł |
Architecture, Technology and Process
ISBN: 9780750637923 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Argues that underlying technical changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines, as well as the world we live in.
Argues that underlying technical changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines, as wel...
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217,80 zł |
Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone
ISBN: 9780750638982 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the problems which beset the practical conservation of stone buildings is the fragmentation of the disciplines involved. This book, with both volumes one paperback, brings these disciplines together by the involvement of contributors with different experiences and approaches to the same material.
One of the problems which beset the practical conservation of stone buildings is the fragmentation of the disciplines involved. This book, with both v...
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700,25 zł |
Concrete Design to EN 1992
ISBN: 9780750650595 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The transition from national standards for concrete structural design to Eurocode EN 1992 is the biggest change to concrete design for decades.
This new edition of Concrete Design explains the key differences between BS8110 and EN1992, and teaches the fundamentals of the design of concrete structures to comply with the Eurocodes. With many illustrations and worked examples, this accessible textbook teaches the essentials of concrete design to EN1992 to students and professionals alike. * Full coverage of the concrete structural Eurocode * Detailed worked examples and tutorial... The transition from national standards for concrete structural design to Eurocode EN 1992 is the biggest change to concrete design for decades.
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404,53 zł |
Consensus Design
ISBN: 9780750656054 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Consensus Design offers a practical step by step guide to co-design; an increasingly important consideration for architects as they compete for work.
The text moves from identifying the methodology of the process to developing a series of principles and practical steps which illustrate how consensus design can be established. For easy reference, flow charts show the process of achieving consensus design and include variations for different types of project and different groups of people. It gives clear timings so that agreements can be reached within a... Consensus Design offers a practical step by step guide to co-design; an increasingly important consideration for architects as they compete for work.<...
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217,80 zł |
Architectural Model as Machine: A New View of Models from Antiquity to the Present Day
ISBN: 9780750656344 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the history and significance of models in architecture from the magic of the Egyptian scale model to the present day.Through this description of the relationship between architecture and the scale model, Smith demonstrates the most effective process between concept and 'machine', between the idea and the final building. The great value of this book is to reveal the nature of the scale model and to unlock the tremendous potential of this design tool as a thinking and...
This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the history and signifi...
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305,98 zł |
Architecture Design Notebook
ISBN: 9780750656696 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handbook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical, where the skills required for designing at undergraduate level are clearly demonstrated.
This handbook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical, where the skills required for designing at undergraduate level are cl...
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191,87 zł |
Transport Terminals and Modal Interchanges: Planning and Design
ISBN: 9780750656931 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to review a trend in transport systems which has only recently come of age: the multi-modal interchange. Separate modes of transport are being linked through 'joined-up thinking', and transport designers and authorities are only now able to exploit interchange opportunities. This book presents examples of how these new opportunities have been planned and designed, and outlines how transfer and mobility can be improved in the future. Blow takes the airport as the focal point of true multi-modal passenger terminals and presents the development of these buildings as...
This is the first book to review a trend in transport systems which has only recently come of age: the multi-modal interchange. Separate modes of tran...
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414,91 zł |
Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process
ISBN: 9780750657167 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process introduces the reader to new developments in the computer modelling of design form in contemporary architectural practice through a series of detailed case studies. The book illustrates how evolving design practices use and exploit the potential of new computing technologies in a wide range of areas and application.A central thesis of this book is that technology follows design demand, rather than design adjusting to available new technology. Designers are not merely passive recipients of prescribed computing tools and techniques....
Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process introduces the reader to new developments in the computer modelling of design form in contemp...
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248,92 zł |
Architects' Drawings
ISBN: 9780750657198 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The sketch is a window into the architects mind. As creative designers, architects are interested in how other architects, particularly successful ones, think through the use of drawings to approach their work. Historically designers have sought inspiration for their own work through an insight into the minds and workings of people they often regard as geniuses. This collection of sketches aims to provide this insight. Here for the first time, a wide range of world famous architects' sketches from the Renaissance to the present day can be seen in a single volume. The sketches have been...
The sketch is a window into the architects mind. As creative designers, architects are interested in how other architects, particularly successful one...
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752,12 zł |
Access for Disabled People to Arts Premises: The Journey Sequence: The Journey Sequence
ISBN: 9780750657792 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Illustrating actual building design solutions that have been created to improve accessibility for disabled patrons and performers, the 'Journey Sequence' outlines the best examples of design innovation produced in response to new and upcoming legislation. A knowledge of how to design for the disabled can be crucial in winning contracts and having designs accepted. This book shows how the practical implications have already been successfully approached. Covering the whole sequence from parking, to entry, and including details of facilities for the visually and hearing impaired users, advice is...
Illustrating actual building design solutions that have been created to improve accessibility for disabled patrons and performers, the 'Journey Sequen...
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700,25 zł |
Solar House: A Guide for the Solar
ISBN: 9780750658317 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering the full life span of the project, from siting issues through specific design features to maintenance of the property and equipment, this is a comprehensive guide to designing, planning and building a solar house. It also informs about the technology and methods for maintenance of the solar home.
Covering the full life span of the project, from siting issues through specific design features to maintenance of the property and equipment, this is ...
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285,23 zł |
Introduction to Urban Housing Design
ISBN: 9780750659024 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This clear and concise guide is the ideal introduction to contemporary housing design for students and professionals of architecture, urban design and planning. With the increasing commitment to sustainable design and with an ever-increasing demand for houses in urban areas, housing design has taken on a new and crucial role in urban planning. This guide introduces the reader to the key aspects of housing design, and outlines the discussion about form and planning of urban housing. Using chapter summaries and with many illustrations, it presents contemporary concerns such as energy efficient...
This clear and concise guide is the ideal introduction to contemporary housing design for students and professionals of architecture, urban design and...
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217,80 zł |
Smart Materials and Technologies: For the Architecture and Design Professions
ISBN: 9780750662253 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new"smart" or "intelligent" materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problemsin building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diversebut largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few architects have access toinformation about the types or properties of these new materials or technologies.Two of the leading experts in this field - Addington and Schodek - have solved thisproblem by incorporating all the relevant information of all the latest technologiesavailable to...
Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new"smart" or "intelligent" materials and technologies for solutions to l...
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373,41 zł |
Material Architecture
ISBN: 9780750664974 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Composed of a series of essays, this book deals with the broad issues affecting the nature of architectural materials and provides a focused review of the state of the art materials. It also provides designers with the tools they need to evaluate and select from the thousands of different materials that are available to them. The book is organized into three sections; 'Time' looks at how the materials used in architectural design have changed over the years showing how we have come to use the materials we do in contemporary design. 'Materials' covers all five material families; metals,...
Composed of a series of essays, this book deals with the broad issues affecting the nature of architectural materials and provides a focused review of...
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295,61 zł |
Fabrication
ISBN: 9780750665582 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Packed with stunning images taken by photographer Alastair Thain, this is an indispensable visual guide illustrating and explaining contemporary fabrication processes and material transformation. Providing a documentary of the latest developments in fabrication techniques, this is the ideal reference for designers who wish to learn more about the materials and new technologies in material production available to them. Featuring the work of 20 fabricators based in the UK, the case studies displayed range from manufacture of complex wire rope, the processes of metal spinning, large-scale...
Packed with stunning images taken by photographer Alastair Thain, this is an indispensable visual guide illustrating and explaining contemporary fabri...
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238,55 zł |