Electronic Books

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A Language of Contemporary Architecture : An Index of Topology and Typology / Rafael Luna, Dongwoo Yim

Provides an index of ideas, theories, projects, and definitions that string into a methodology for evaluating the contemporary ...

Architectonics and Parametric Thinking : Computational Modeling for Beginning Design / Frank Jacobus, Angie Carpenter, Rachel Smith Loerts

Architectonics and Parametric Thinking begins by clearly positioning the potentials of parametric design through a series ...

Architectural Structures : Visualizing Load Flow Geometrically / Edmond Saliklis

Presents an alternative approach to understanding structural engineering load flow using a visually engaging and three-dimensional ...

Architectural Structures : Visualizing Load Flow Geometrically / Edmond Saliklis

Presents an alternative approach to understanding structural engineering load flow using a visually engaging and three-dimensional ...

Architectural Terra Cotta : Design Concepts, Techniques and Applications / Donald Corner, John Rowell

Examines the evolution of terra cotta and prepares architects and builders to make new, creative uses of the timeless material. ...

Architectural Tiles : Conservation and Restoration / Lesley Durbin

It not only contains new and up to date information on materials, practical methods, and historical research but also reflects ...

Building Systems in Interior Design / Sam Hurt

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

Building Theories : Architecture as the Art of Building / Franca Trubiano

Discusses the content of treatises, essays, articles, and letters by those who have been, throughout history, committed to ...

Building from Tradition: Local Materials and Methods in Contemporary Architecture / Elizabeth Golden

Examines the recent resurgence of interest in the handmade building and the use of local and renewable materials in contemporary ...

Chudley and Greeno's Building Construction Handbook / Roy Chudley, Roger Greeno, Karl Kovac

The principles and processes of construction are explained with the concepts of design included where appropriate. Extensive ...

Coding, shaping, making : experiments in form and form-making / Haresh Lalvani

Combines inspiration from architecture, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and computation to look towards the future ...

Design Build with The Scarcity and Creativity Studio / Christian Hermansen Cordua, Solveig Sandness

Scarcity and Creativity Studio has developed a teaching method which reaffirms a commitment to architecture as a service ...

Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice / Dominik Holzer

Offers rare insights about how these firms apply technology to purposefully disrupt and support their creative design processes ...

Design of Hybrid Structures : Where Steel Profiles Meet Concrete / Andre Plumier, Herve Degee

Focuses on design approaches for concrete structures reinforced in an unconventional way by steel profiles. It explains force ...

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures / Yves Weinand

Outlines a new design methodology for digitally fabricated spatial timber plate structures, presented with examples from ...

Design to Value : The architecture of holistic design and creative technology / Mark Bryden, John Dyson, Jaimie Johnston, Martin Wood

Design to Value is a commitment to process above all else. Well understood and applied in the manufacturing industries, its ...

Designed to perform : an illustrated guide to delivering energy efficient homes / Tom Dollard

The performance gap between predicted and actual energy use in new homes has been identified as key problem by government ...

Designing Tall Buildings : Structure as Architecture / Mark Sarkisian

Advises you to consider the influence of a particular site's geology, wind conditions, and seismicity. Using this contextual ...

Doors : History, Repair and Conservation / Michael Tutton, James W.P. Campbell

Guides you through the function, history, development, care, repair and conservation of doors by chapter authors who are ...

Finite Element Analysis for Building Assessment : Advanced Use and Practical Recommendations / Paulo B. Lourenço, Angelo Gaetani

Existing structures represent a heterogeneous category in the global built environment as often characterized by the presence ...

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