Urban Transformations through Exceptional Architecture
Urban Transformations through Exceptional Architecture focusses on the nexus between architecturally exceptional projects and the city. It addresses the following questions: How can the complexity of these projects be comprehended? What roles do the political contexts play in the commissioning of such projects and what audiences do these projects serve? How has the granting of professional recognition for architects changed and what will this change mean to measures of exceptionality in archite...
Computational Architecture offers an overview of digital tools and techniques, such as twisting, lofting, triangulating, drilling, knotting, and framing, that were used systematically to explore spatial, structural, and geometrical conditions, leading to the emergence of abstract prototypes.
Ecological Inspirations (Contemporary Architecture & Interiors)
by Simone Schleifer
In the form of sketches, material proposals, and design examples for interior and exterior use, Ecological Inspirations shows exciting buildings that propose sustainable ecological solutions.
Notes on Practical Mechanical Drawing, Written for the Use of Students in Engineering Courses
by Victor T Wilson
The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.
The retail space is now recognized as the place where the enterprise enacts an important step in the process of value creation, not only from the economic point of view, but also regarding the relational processes it establishes with its users. The supply system of the enterprise is increasingly linked to the consistency of information, symbolic and sense assets. The organization of space, material and immaterial, leads to the creation of specific atmospheres in which displaying all the products...
The Kitchen
Das Buch erschliesst den Lesern die Kuche als zentralen Wohnraum des hauslichen Lebens. Die Autorinnen und Autoren untersuchen die Kuche - die sie in den 90er Jahren als modisch-reprasentatives Designobjekt ins Zentrum ruckte - in Bezug auf ihre architektonischen, kulturellen, sozialen sowie okonomischen Bedeutungen.
Architectural Drawing (Portfolio Skills: Architecture)
by David Dernie
This book is about design. Everybody does design, from artists to engineers, from interior designers to industrial designers. We design our days and we design our lives. This book presents the three universal activities that everyone uses, no matter who they are or what they do. These three activities are 1.) clarify an ambiguous project, 2.) generate ideas, and 3.) select one idea for implementation. This book also presents how the psychology of design impacts our effectiveness with each of the...
Shipping Container House Plans (Shipping Container Homes, #7)
by Sunny Chanday
Hebelstabwerke / Reciprocal Frameworks - Tradition and Innovation
by Udo Thonnissen
The fascination of reciprocal frameworks lies in the effortlessness and lightness of their seemingly interwoven elements. The diversity of the forms and patterns of these constructions are created by an interaction of mutually supporting members - a technique already exploited by master builders hundreds of years ago. The first part of the book examines the history of this load-bearing principle, which is little known today but stretches from Renaissance master architects such as Leonardo da Vin...
A Guide to the Indemnity and Insurance Aspects of Building Contracts
by Peter Madge
Etapes:International 10 (Etapes International S., #10)