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Structures and Construction in Historic Building Conservation
This book is the second in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: * Understanding Historic Building Conservation * Structures & Construction in Historic Building Conservation * Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation The …
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System CityInfrastructure and the Space of Flows
A radical shift is taking place in the way that society is thinking about cities, a change from the machine metaphors of the 20th century to mathematical models of the processes of biological and natural systems. From this new perspective, cities are regarded not simply as spatially extended material artefacts, but as complex systems that are analogous to living organisms, exhibiting many of th…
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The Architecture of Transgression
Transgression suggests operating beyond accepted norms and radically reinterpreting practice by pushing at the boundaries of both what architecture is, and what it could or even should be. The current economic crisis and accompanying political/social unrest has exacerbated the difficulty into which architecture has long been sliding: challenged by other professions and a culture of conservatism…
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The Architects' Handbook
The Architects' Handbook provides a comprehensive range of visual and technical information covering the great majority of building types likely to be encountered by architects, designers, building surveyors and others involved in the construction industry. It is organised by building type and concentrates very much on practical examples. Including over 300 case studies, the Handbook is org…
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The Design Quality ManualImproving Building Performance
Everyone involved in a building project wants to achieve a better building but design quality means different things to clients, users, architects, cost consultants and contractors. Negotiating design priorities is an important part of the development process. The Design Quality Manual helps give an objective evaluation of the qualitative aspects of design. Matrices with five defined levels o…
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Many NorthsSpacial Practice in a Polar Territory
"There are many norths in this North." – Louis-Edmond Hamelin, 1975Many Norths: Spatial Practice in a Polar Territory charts the unique spatial realities of Canada's Arctic region, an immense territory populated with small, dispersed communities. The region has undergone dramatic transformations in the name of sovereignty, aboriginal affairs management, resources, and trade, among others. For…
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Mobile TheaterArchitectural Counterculture on Stage
Taking as a starting point a design for a mobile theater made at the Architectural Association of London between 1970 and1971 by Spanish architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (born 1942), this book traces the architectural counterculture of that time and the relations with the alternative performing arts. Architect Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (1942) graduated in 1968 at Madrid School of Archite…
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Manual de construcción con fardos de pajaFundamentos, construcciones, ejemplos
La paja es un material de construcción económico y con muy buenas propiedades de aislamiento térmico que ha sido redescubierto en los últimos años. Como resultado de la mejora en esta nueva edición, los autores describen los métodos de construcción y las características estructurales importantes cuando se trata del material de construcción paja. De hecho, en libro se muestra, concreta…
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The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992 - 2012
Now almost 20 years old, the digital turn in architecture has already gone through several stages and phases. Architectural Design (AD) has captured them all – from folding to cyberspace, nonlinearity and hypersurfaces, from versioning to scripting, emergence, information modelling and parametricism. It has recorded and interpreted the spirit of the times with vivid documentary precision, fos…
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The Interior Design Productivity ToolboxChecklists and Best Practices to Mana…
Get organized and streamline your workflow with this A-Z accountability system. Design is only part of an interior designer's job—you're also responsible for scheduling client meetings, conducting design surveys, creating drawings and specs, and overseeing installation. Multiply by the number of projects on your plate, and you have a recipe for overwhelming disorganization. The Interior Desig…
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