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2021 International Building Code® Illustrated Handbook ; 1st Edition / By N/A International Code Council, Douglas W. Thornburg, Chris Kimball

A full-color guide makes it easy to understand and apply complex IBC® provisions and achieve compliance. With an emphasis ...

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A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering : An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance / Dejan Mumovic, Mat Santamouris

Equips students with the tools they will need to tackle the challenges of sustainable building design and engineering. The ...

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Adaptable Architecture: Theory and practice / Robert Schmidt, Simon Austin, James Pinder

provides thought-provoking and inquisitive insights into how we can prolong the useful life of buildings by designing them ...

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978-3-031-09695-2
Advanced Materials in Smart Building Skins for Sustainability: From Nano to Macroscale / Julian Wang, Donglu Shi, Yehao Song

Demonstrates the importance of smart and dynamic building skins in in sustainable buildings Provides the scientific basis ...

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Architecture and Agriculture : A Rural Design Guide / Dewey Thorbeck

Presents architectural guidelines for buildings designed and constructed in rural landscapes by emphasizing their connections ...

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Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East / Hassan Radoine

Provides a foundation for understanding the critical context of architecture and design in this region. It does this by: presenting ...

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978-981-13-3747-5
Bio-based Building Skin

This book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’ ...

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Blast effects on buildings

Provides the latest practical guidance on designing buildings to optimise their resilience to blast loading. Focused specifically ...

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Building Performance Analysis / Pieter de Wilde

presents a comprehensive and systematic overview of the subject. It provides a working definition of building performance, ...

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978-3-030-74390-1
Building Physics : Heat, Ventilation, Moisture, Light, Sound, Fire, and Urban Microclimate / SaSo Medved

Presents the theoretical background of building physics, dealing with the evaluation of physical phenomena related to heat ...

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Building Systems for Interior Designers, 3rd Edition / Corky Binggeli

The ultimate interior designer's guide to building systems and safety Building Systems for Interior Designers, Third Edition ...

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Building Systems in Interior Design / Sam Hurt

takes an entirely new approach to teaching this essential topic for Architects, Designers and Building Engineers. Written ...

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978-0-387-78835-7
Buildings : Theory and Applications

This book treats Jacques Tits's beautiful theory of buildings, making that theory accessible to readers with minimal background. ...

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978-3-030-33687-5
Buildings for Education A Multidisciplinary Overview of The Design of School Buildings

This book presents theoretical and practical research relating to the vast, publicly financed program for the construction ...

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978-3-030-49202-1
Case Studies in Building Rehabilitation / J.M.P.Q. Delgado

Presents recent research and practical insights relating to building pathology. As such it contributes toward the systematization ...

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9780081011287
Cost-Effective Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting : Materials, Technologies, Optimization and Case Studies / Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Claes Goeran Granqvist, Bjørn Peter Jelle, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli, Nicola Bianco, Jarek Kurnitski

The building sector is responsible for high energy consumption and its global demand is expected to grow as each day there ...

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978-3-030-19412-3
Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

The book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview ...

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Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings for Seismic Performance : Practical Deterministic and Probabilistic Approaches / Mark Aschheim, Enrique Hernández-Montes, Dimitrios Vamvatsikos

Presents an elegant, simple and theoretically coherent design framework. Required strength is determined on the basis of ...

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Designers' Guide to Eurocode 1: Actions on Buildings: EN1991-1-1 and -1-3 TO -1-7

Provides comprehensive guidance in the form of design aids, indications for the most convenient design procedures and worked ...

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Designing Commercial Interiors, 3rd Edition / Christine M. Piotrowski

A practical, comprehensive resource for commercial interior design Designing Commercial Interiors is the industry standard ...

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