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This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis - on site or in the studio. It provides guidance on a range of tasks, from complying with the Building Regulations, including the recent revisions to Part L, to helping with planning, use of materials and detailing. Compact and easy to use, the Architect's Pocket Book has sold well over 65,000 copies to the nation's architects, architecture students, designers and construction professiona...

Taking an in-depth look at the mobile communications ecosystem, this book covers the two key components, i.e., Network and End-User Devices, in detail. Within the network, the sub components of radio access network, transmission network, core networks, services and OSS are discussed; component level discussion also features antenna diversity and interference cancellation techniques for smart wireless devices. The role of various standard development organizations and industry forums is highligh...

This book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training, and research. It gathers a selection of contributions to the 19th International Conference on Graphic Design in Architecture, EGA 2022, held on June 2-4, 2022, in Cartagena, Spain, with the motto: "Beyond drawings. The use of architectural graphics".

For thousands of years, architects have used models to invent, experiment and communicate. A world in miniature, such models are even more varied in their purposes and materials than their full-scale counterparts. This beautifully designed book explores the uniquely fascinating nature of the architectural model through 26 illustrated essays, one for each letter of the alphabet - from A for 'Ancient' (on the world's oldest models) to Z for 'Zoom' (on the photography of models). Unbound by the pra...

Originally devised as a guide for converting from imperial to metric measurements, 'The Metric Handbook' has since been totally transformed into a major international handbook of planning and design data. The second edition has been completely updated, with most chapters being totally rewritten, to meet the needs of the modern designer. The book contains nearly 50 chapters dealing with all the principal building types from airports, factories and warehouses, offices shops and hospitals, to scho...

"Helmut Schmid ... his typography has rhythm ... it is created by the eye and resembles a musical score." Wim Crouwel, Rotterdam After training as a typesetter, Helmut Schmid (b. 1942 in Ferlach, Austria) studied at the Schule fur Gestaltung in Basel. In 1976 he designed the campaign logo for the SPD campaign of Helmut Schmidt. After living in Dusseldorf, Berlin, Stockholm, Montreal, and Vancouver, Schmid settled in Osaka in 1981, where he has since lived and worked as an independent graphic des...

This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a 'joined up' approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of a building, the authors show the practical implications of the utility value of buildings. Starting by looking at how the relationship between form and function has been dealt with by different approaches to architecture from a historical perspective, it goes on to discuss how the desired functional quality and utili...

What architecture is to be found in a country that has no traditional building materials like wood or bricks, that builds its houses out of grass and clay? What heights did concrete construction reach? This book answers these and similar questions, accompanying an exhibition at the Deutsche Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt. Essays by experts illuminate the current situation of Icelandic architecture as well as presenting example projects.

The comprehensive guide to construction tolerances, newly revised and updated How much may a steel frame be out of plumb? What are the expected variations of a precast concrete panel? What is required to successfully detail finish materials on masonry? Updating and expanding on its popular first edition, the Handbook of Construction Tolerances, Second Edition remains the only comprehensive reference to the thousands of industry standard tolerances for the manufacture, fabrication, and installati...

Dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted design and style related media. Order in the Kitchen. Order in the Bathroom. Order in the Living Room. Order in the Bedroom. Order in the Common Areas. Order in the Study. Household organization is complicated but not impossible. Having everything within arm's reach is attainable by choosing good storage options. Success here often depends more on insight than budget, and clever use of space, colour, contrast, and similar. Various storage solutio...

Eine Entdeckungsreise durch die Epochen, Stile und Richtungen der Kunst - von der Hoehlenmalerei bis zur Gegenwart Ein Besuch in einer Kunstgalerie kann einen uberwaltigen - eine erstaunliche Parade von ratselhaften Bildern, Gegenstanden und Installationen, von Kunstlern und Kunstrichtungen, die uns kaum einen klaren Blick dafur vermitteln, wie das, was da alles zusammenhangt, auch zusammenpasst. Die 50 Schlusselideen Kunst helfen, den UEberblick zu behalten. Fur alle, die Schwierigkeiten haben...