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Integrated Strategies in Architecture
ISBN: 9780415360845 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This key text presents students with a holistic view of the building design process, bridging the gap between the theory and practice of constructing and assembling buildings. Integrated Strategies in Architecture encourages and enables students to gain a sound understanding of the purpose of buildings, the specialisms that contribute and the available technology. Zunde and Bougdah thoroughly introduce and expose the concepts and technologies that underlie the design process, setting current design in context as part of an evolutionary process, exemplified through historic... This key text presents students with a holistic view of the building design process, bridging the gap between the theory and practice of constructi... |
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Structural Defects Reference Manual for Low-Rise Buildings
ISBN: 9780419257905 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a building suffers structural damage, the causes of that damage have to be properly identified before any remedial work can be undertaken. This reference manual has been written to assist professionals and students involved in building construction to identify causes of structural failure. Each chapter addresses design, materials and workmanship factors which contribute to structural defects. The main structural elements - roof, walls, floors and foundations - are all covered and illustrated by case studies. The book also contains relevant data and guidance to show how all the different...
When a building suffers structural damage, the causes of that damage have to be properly identified before any remedial work can be undertaken. This r...
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930,57 |
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The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction: English-Spanish/Spanish-English
ISBN: 9780471122463 / Angielski / Twarda / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction: English-Spanish/Spanish-English offers the first bilingual update of civil engineering terminology in forty years. With more than 50,000 entries in each language, it provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of industrial disciplines, including architecture, engineering, surveying, building, heavy construction, and municipal engineering.
Entries include technical terms and phrases not found in any general translation dictionary--many of these are taken directly from The Contractor's Dictionary by L. F. Webster,... The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction: English-Spanish/Spanish-English offers the first bilingual update of civil engineering ter...
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736,97 |
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Simplified Site Engineering
ISBN: 9780471179870 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A concise, highly accessible source for site engineering basics.
This updated edition of Parker's classic text introduces the basic issues, tasks, and problems of site engineering to students and professionals who need to understand the significance of surveying data. It presents the fundamentals of site engineering --surveying and mapping, drainage, slope stabilization, and basic structures --and explains in detail the solutions to a wide variety of problems, including: * Interpretation of deed descriptions * Dimensioning buildings and sites when angles are other... A concise, highly accessible source for site engineering basics.
This updated edition of Parker's classic text introduces the basic issue... |
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427,64 |
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Programming for Design: From Theory to Practice
ISBN: 9780471196457 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Architectural programming refers to the process of information gathering, analysis, and concept development involved in defining a design problem. This book is a guide to the process. It is divided into two parts: the first part covers analytical, synthetical, organizational, and communication skills; and the second focuses on an actual programming project.
Architectural programming refers to the process of information gathering, analysis, and concept development involved in defining a design problem. Thi...
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396,71 |
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The Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes: Using Masterspec to Evaluate, Select, and Specify Materials
ISBN: 9780471227663 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From ARCOM and The American Institute of Architects
A complete visual guide to choosing and using finish materials In this unique guide, the authors of MASTERSPEC and Architectural Graphic Standards join forces to offer architects vital single-source access to the unbiased information they need to evaluate, select, and specify the best finish materials for any job. This powerful visual resource combines hundreds of illustrations from Architectural Graphic Standards with corresponding building material performance and specification information from AIA's... From ARCOM and The American Institute of Architects
A complete visual guide to choosing and using finish materials In this u... |
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711,20 |
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Traditional Details: For Building Restoration, Renovation, and Rehabilitation
ISBN: 9780471247616 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a collection of period building details designed to assist people working on buildings constructed in the first half of this century. It features highlights from the first four editions of Architectural Graphic Standards (published between 1932 and 1951). Included are more than 2600 details, including material on brick paving, old stock sizes of steel and lumber, architectural terra cotta, and plumbing fixtures.
This is a collection of period building details designed to assist people working on buildings constructed in the first half of this century. It featu...
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396,71 |
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Interior Landscape Dictionary
ISBN: 9780471284826 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Practically all books written on interior landscape address the needs of home gardeners or the more detailed needs of business owners and researchers.
Practically all books written on interior landscape address the needs of home gardeners or the more detailed needs of business owners and researchers....
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360,62 |
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Poetics of Architecture: Theory of Design
ISBN: 9780471285304 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In order for a book to succeed in presenting a theory of architecture, it must address aspects of imagination and creativity as well as the channels one can use to achieve truly significant architectural design. Poetics of Architecture explores the fundamental theories of Modern and Postmodern design and attempts to reconcile all that is worthwhile in these two movements into a new inclusivist attitude toward architecture. Anthony C. Antoniades looks at the many intangible and tangible channels one can harness in creating architectural design. By opening up architecture to the full range of...
In order for a book to succeed in presenting a theory of architecture, it must address aspects of imagination and creativity as well as the channels o...
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342,59 |
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Principles of Two-Dimensional Design
ISBN: 9780471289609 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding the elements of two-dimensional design and the infinite options available in organizing choices made are at the core of this book. Wong surveys all concepts of forms and structures, covering most situations in two-dimensional composition, formal or informal.
Understanding the elements of two-dimensional design and the infinite options available in organizing choices made are at the core of this book. Wong ...
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200,80 |
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Understanding Infrastructure: Guide for Architects and Planners
ISBN: 9780471505464 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban Water Infrastructure Planning, Management, and Operations Neil S. Grigg ." discusses the factors that lead to effective management of water systems in urban areas." --Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation Unique in its orientation for managers, Urban Water Infrastructure focuses on the productive management of urban water systems by laying out its discussion in terms of the system as a whole, how a system's component elements work together, how much they cost to build and operate, and the sociopolitical forces that guide the productive operation. This easily accessible...
Urban Water Infrastructure Planning, Management, and Operations Neil S. Grigg ." discusses the factors that lead to effective management of water syst...
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680,26 |
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Construction in Cold Regions: A Guide for Planners, Engineers, Contractors, and Managers
ISBN: 9780471525035 / Angielski / Twarda / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written as a reference on effective engineering practice for construction activities in Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions. It is based on many sources around the world including the Soviet Union and China where people live and work in very low temperatures.
Written as a reference on effective engineering practice for construction activities in Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions. It is based on many sources aro...
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1108,17 |
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Dealing With Builders
ISBN: 9780595363513 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Dealing With Builders" is a comprehensive how-to manual for both novice and seasoned buyers of homes. The book walks a prospective purchaser, step by step, through the myriad stages, financial arrangements, and documents with which he or she will have to develop a comprehensive familiarity in order to shepherd the process of building a new home or buying an existing one to a successful conclusion. It also introduces the reader to the various professionals - including foremen, supervisors, salespersons, lenders, and others - whose interactions with a buyer and with each other must be...
"Dealing With Builders" is a comprehensive how-to manual for both novice and seasoned buyers of homes. The book walks a prospective purchaser, step by...
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46,05 |
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The Classical Orders of Architecture
ISBN: 9780750661249 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders. The new edition of this successful title now includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders more accessible and to provide a valuable reference for designers. The inclusion of both 100-part and 96-part systems of proportion is underpinned by an essay on James Gibbs - one of the 18th century authors of standardized proportioning systems - and his influence in America. Along with additional plates, this book gives a clear introduction to those not familiar with the...
This is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the Classical Orders. The new edition of this successful title now includes the ...
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293,81 |
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Canadian Art and Architecture: An Annotated Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations
ISBN: 9780810845275 / Angielski / Twarda / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book identifies 1765 theses or dissertations dealing with Canadian art or built architecture in Canada, excluding studio projects and works on landscape architecture. Chronologically, these works cover a time span from 1924 to 1999.
This book identifies 1765 theses or dissertations dealing with Canadian art or built architecture in Canada, excluding studio projects and works on la...
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999,14 |
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A Little Better Than Plumb: The Biography of a House
ISBN: 9780813108339 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A warm and humorous account of the trials of creating a place to call home. To longtime Giles fans and new readers alike, these reminiscences of family, friends, a river, and a roof offer a charming visit to rural Kentucky in the late 1950s. A warm and humorous account of the trials of creating a place to call home. To longtime Giles fans and new readers alike, these reminiscences of fa... |
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78,36 |
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Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and Construction
ISBN: 9780816511242 / Angielski / Miękka / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Earth is the oldest and most widely used building material in the world today. It's abundant, inexpensive, and energy-efficient. But if you're building with earth, simplicity of material needn't be an excuse for poor planning. Paul Graham McHenry, author of the best-selling Adobe - Build It Yourself, here provides the most complete, accurate, and factual source of technical information on building with earth. Lavishly illustrated with scores of photographs and drawings, Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings spells out details of: - soil selection
- adobe brick manufacturing -... Earth is the oldest and most widely used building material in the world today. It's abundant, inexpensive, and energy-efficient. But if you're ...
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132,18 |
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Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism
ISBN: 9780822307679 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Five Faces of Modernity" is a series of semantic and cultural biographies of words that have taken on special significance in the last century and a half or so: "modernity," "avant-garde," "decadence," "kitsch," and "postmodernism." The concept of modernity--the notion that we, the living, are different and somehow superior to our predecessors and that our civilization is likely to be succeeded by one even superior to ours--is a relatively recent Western invention and one whose time may already have passed, if we believe its postmodern challengers. Calinescu documents the rise of cultural...
"Five Faces of Modernity" is a series of semantic and cultural biographies of words that have taken on special significance in the last century and a ...
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117,50 |
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Discovering Church Architecture: A Glossary of Terms
ISBN: 9780852633281 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book helps to identify ecclesiastical architecture. It is a dictionary explaining in simple language over 600 terms likely to be encountered on a church visits and is illustrated with more than 300 drawings.
This book helps to identify ecclesiastical architecture. It is a dictionary explaining in simple language over 600 terms likely to be encountered on a...
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25,73 |
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An Architectural Guidebook to Portland
ISBN: 9780870711916 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A graceful combination of eccentric and traditional architecture. Portland, Oregon, is a city widely known for its civic planning, preservation of historic buildings, attractiveness, and inviting atmosphere. Within the five-mile downtown district can be found skyscrapers, nineteenth-century cast-iron-front buildings, a riverfront park, old brick warehouses and breweries still in operation, a train station with a 150-foot clock tower, five bridges, and a rich assortment of museums, government buildings, and shops. With more than 250 entries, this comprehensive guide includes the following:...
A graceful combination of eccentric and traditional architecture. Portland, Oregon, is a city widely known for its civic planning, preservation of his...
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88,11 |