Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Professional Practice

Basics Urban Analysis is a new addition to the module on city planning. Building on the elements of cities as described in the volume Basics Urban Building Blocks, it provides techniques for analyzing cities. As a basis for city planning and architectural design work, a solid understanding of the existing and surrounding urban structures is indispensable. This volume not only explains the possible approaches; it also describes in practical terms how to implement those approaches in the areas analyzed and how to evaluate the data one has collected.

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...

Entwerfer und Konstrukteure finden sich durch kinetische Bauteile vor neue Herausforderungen gestellt: Wie konnen wir den Energiebedarf von Gebauden kontrollieren und reduzieren? Wie konnen wir die Nutzungsmoglicheiten erweitern? Und wir konnen wir dynamische Bewegungen in Gebauden abbilden, aufnehmen und lenken?

Die kompakte historische europaische Stadt lost sich auf und macht einer ganz anderen, weltweit sich ausbreitenden Stadtform Platz: Der verstadterten Landschaft oder der verlandschafteten Stadt, die Sieverts mit dem Begriff Zwischenstadt kennzeichnet.

From idea to product

In the construction sector, demand is steadily increasing for innovative products. Product Development and Architecture presents selected examples that illustrate how the planning disciplines can contribute to such innovations in building. Introductory essays comprehensively explain the thematic and methodological framework. Case studies exemplify the transformation of ideas into prototypes or products.
Creating dynamics, shifting boundaries, building and expanding networks, conserving resources, developing and optimizing planning...

Leben und Wohnen, auf ein Minimum reduziert, fasziniert seit Generationen: Der Schriftsteller Thoreau lebte 1845 - 1847 in einer selbst gebauten Hutte im Wald. Le Corbusier baute 1952 fur seine Frau und sich eine Hutte an der Cote d'Azur. Davon inspiriert, baute Urs Peter Fluckiger mit seinen Studenten eine okologisch und okonomisch nachhaltige -Cabin- in der texanischen Prarie. Alle drei Projekte eint die Idee des minimalen Raumes und dessen Bezug zur umliegenden Natur. Das Buch analysiert in Text, Zeichnungen und Fotografien die 3 Projekte und zeigt Parallelen und Zusammenhange auf. In...

This volume presents various ways to put construction works out to tender. In addition, it explains in practical terms how to describe construction work and how to prepare all of the documentation required for a complete invitation to tender.

Basics Architekturfotografie erklart die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Fotografie, der Bildanalyse und der Bildbearbeitung und gibt Tipps und Hinweise fur die eigene Arbeit.

In formulating a design concept into a viable plan, architects oscillate constantly between two planes of observation: the actual design task in the context of planning typologies such as residential buildings, office buildings, museum, or airport, and the individual room, meaning the kitchen, office, classroom, sanitary rooms, storage rooms, and so on.

Planning Architecture offers architects and students a thought-out planning tool, in which two main sections reciprocally complement one another: the "spaces" and the "typologies" between which the planner can flexibly...

In formulating a design concept into a viable plan, architects oscillate constantly between two planes of observation: the actual design task in the context of planning typologies such as residential buildings, office buildings, museum, or airport, and the individual room, meaning the kitchen, office, classroom, sanitary rooms, storage rooms, and so on.

Planning Architecture offers architects and students a thought-out planning tool, in which two main sections reciprocally complement one another: the "spaces" and the "typologies" between which the planner can flexibly...

Wood and new wood materials are remarkable for their sustainability through the life-cycle, but planners and builders need certainty. Wood in Building Construction covers innovative and time-honored forms of wood construction in a compact handbook, combining theory with practice. It clearly describes traditional building methods and new trends in architecture with wood. An essential handbook for planners, engineers, contractors, and students.