Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Professional Practice

The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services offers authoritative knowledge and industry insight to architects considering entry into the burgeoning practice of design-build project delivery. Written by architects and other professionals with expertise in risk management, law, ethics, finance, and contracts, this instructive guide addresses the roles architects can assume during a design-build project, including leading the project, acting as subcontractor, and forming a joint venture with a contractor.

Historically, the contributions of women architects to their profession have been minimized or overlooked. 'Designing Women' explores the tension that has existed between the architectural profession and its women members. It demonstrates the influence that these women have had on architecture in Canada, and links their so-called marginalization to the profession's restrictive and sometimes discriminatory practices.

Co-written by an architectural historian and a sociologist, this book provides a welcome blend of disciplinary approaches. The product of much original...

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 Behaglichkeit von Innenraumen hangt von der Temperatur, der Feuchtigkeit und der ausreichenden Versorgung mit Frischluft ab. Je nach Nutzung und klimatischen Bedingungen sind unterschiedlich komplexe technische Systeme dafur notwendig.
Basics Raumkonditionierung vermittelt ein Grundverstandnis fur diese Zusammenhange und erlautert anhand von Schemata die moglichen Stufen der Raumkonditionierung - von einfachen Prinzipien im Wohnungsbau bis hin zu vollstandiger Klimatisierung unabhangig von der Auenluft.

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• Anforderungen an die Raumluft...

An indispensable standard work for everyone involved in building with wood. This work uses plans, schematic drawings, and pictures to show the current and forward-looking state of the technology as applied in Switzerland, a leading country in the field of timber construction.