Michael Sorkin - Twenty Minutes in Manhattan

  • Michael Sorkin - Twenty Minutes in Manhattan
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books | 2009-06-30 | ISBN: 1861894287 | PDF | 272 pages | 5.83 MB
  • The walk from my apartment in Greenwich Village to my studio in Tribeca takes about twenty minutes, depending upon the route and whether I stop for a coffee and the Times. Invariably, though, it begins with a trip down the stairs.
  • And so sets out architecture critic Michael Sorkin on his daily walk from his home in a Manhattan old-law-style tenement building. Sorkin has followed the same path for over fifteen years, a route that has allowed him to observe the startling transformations in New York during this period of great change. Twenty Minutes in Manhattan is his personal, anecdotal account of his casual encounters with the physical space and social dimensions of this unparalleled city.
  • From the social gathering place of the city stoop to Washington Square Park, Sorkin’s walk takes the reader on a wry, humorous journey past local characters, neighborhood stores and bodegas, landmark buildings, and overlooked streets. His perambulations offer him—and the reader—opportunities to not only engage with his surroundings but to consider a wide range of issues that fascinate Sorkin as an architect, urbanist, and New Yorker. Whether he is despairing at street garbage or marveling at elevator etiquette, Twenty Minutes in Manhattan offers a testing ground for his ideas of how the city can be newly imagined and designed, addressing such issues as the crisis of the environment, free expression and public space, historic preservation, and the future of the neighborhood as a concept.
  • Inspired by Sorkin’s close, attentive relationship to his beloved city, Twenty Minutes in Manhattan is in the end a valentine to the idea of the city that ultimately offers a practical set of solutions that are relevant to not only the preservation and improvement of New York but to urban environments everywhere.
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Facilities Planning for School Library Media and Technology Centers, 2nd edition

  • Steven M. Baule, "Facilities Planning for School Library Media and Technology Centers, 2nd edition"
  • Linworth Publishing | ISBN: 1586832948 | April 1, 2007 | 144 pages | PDF | 1.4 MB
  • Plan, design, and build the library of your dreams! Use this step-by-step guide to remodel or build your new library ·This book includes a collection of case studies providing guidance from practitioners on common facilities issues ·This must-have resource will become your research foundation as you plan your new library ·Included in this volume are ready-to-use sample tools and floor plans! Learn the keys to success for school facilities of the future: flexibility, planning, expendability, and security. This step-by-step guide offers all the technological and practical information needed to make a functional, enduring, and accommodating library for the future. Written by a practicing school superintendent, this book includes checklists, forms, and timelines to guide you in your library planning journey. Use this book to become the leader on your facilities planning team today!
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SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN BOOK

  • SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN BOOK
  • sb05tokyo | September 23, 2005 | ASIN: B000SEKRJW | 100 pages | PDF | English | 9 MB
  • Focusing on green building as it applies to larger commercial, institutional buildings, Sustainable Construction provides a complete introduction to the design and construction of high-performance green buildings. By providing a thorough grounding on the subject, this insightful guide encourages you to realize the ecological and economic benefits of green building.
  • Whether you're an industry professional, building owner, or real estate developer, you'll gain the knowledge you need to test any of the myriad decisions that have to be made in design and construction -- from materials selection to considering the use of natural systems for wastewater processing.
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Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings (Repost)

  • Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience | ISBN: 0471549150 | edition 1992 | PDF | 768 pages | 15,9 mb
  • Emphasizes actual structural design, not analysis, of multistory buildings for seismic resistance. Strong emphasis is placed on specific detailing requirements for construction. Fundamental design principles are presented to create buildings that respond to a wide range of potential seismic forces, which are illustrated by numerous detailed examples. The discussion includes the design of reinforced concrete ductile frames, structural walls, dual systems, reinforced masonry structures, buildings with restricted ductility and foundation walls. In addition to the examples, full design calculations are given for three prototype structures.
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Frank A. Stasiowski - Architect's Essentials of Winning Proposals

  • Frank A. Stasiowski - Architect's Essentials of Winning Proposals
  • Wiley | 2003 | ISBN: 0471272418 | Pages: 224 | PDF | 0.6 Mb
  • The Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice Series provides substantive information on the business of architecture and its affiliated professions to maintain and improve the quality of the professional and business environment
  • Architects and designers are usually required to prepare and submit proposals in order to secure new business and the success of these proposals has a direct impact on the success or failure of any given firm
  • * Architectural firms spend an average of £'000s preparing proposals. This guide offers full coverage of how to create a proposal that will get the job
  • * Looks at how to personalise proposals as well as effectively targetting it to maximise success rates
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AutoCAD: Professional Tips and Techniques (repost)

  • Lynn Allen, Scott Onstott, "AutoCAD: Professional Tips and Techniques"
  • Wiley Publishing | 2007 | ISBN: 0470084545 | 339 pages | PDF | 17 MB
  • Two AutoCAD experts distill years of combined experience into hundreds of the most useful AutoCAD tips and techniques you'll ever find. Fun, easy to read, and packed with information, this beautiful guide equips you with inside tricks on critical AutoCAD features and functions--all in fast, easy-to-digest nuggets. Discover keyboard shortcuts and little-known system variables or punch up your style with expert tips on visualizing, publishing, and 3D modeling. No matter what your experience level, you're sure to increase productivity and master professional-level techniques with this lively, practical book.
  • * Tweak Windows(r) and AutoCAD to get the UI you want
  • * Handle layers and select objects like a pro
  • * Create dimensions, hatch patterns, and text correctly the first time
  • * Comprehend the complexities of Sheet Sets and Paperspace
  • * Unleash the power of dynamic blocks
  • * Get visualization tips from the experts
  • * Plot or publish in the background while you keep drawing
  • * Take control of AutoCAD with customization techniques
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Emerald Architecture: Case Studies in Green Building

  • Emerald Architecture: Case Studies in Green Building
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional | 2008-04-21 | ISBN: 0071544119 | PDF | 166 pages | 52.10 MB
  • Improve Your Green Design Skills with 24 Full-Color Case Studies of Sustainable Structures and Facilities!
  • Turn to Emerald Architecture for a full-color collection of 24 in-depth case studies of sustainable structures and facilities.
  • Packed with more than 200 design-inspiring photos and illustrations, this beautiful architectural guide presents design data and specifications from a wide variety of projects, including schools, offices, labs, libraries, government buildings, and even a summer camp.
  • For each case study, the book gives a description of the building, how it works, and how successful it has been. In addition, each case study includes architectural details, elevations, and floor plans…photos and illustrations…site plans…product sources and credits…key building parameters…charts for tracking climate and rainfall…and LEED scores and ratings.
  • Written by the experts at GreenSource Magazine, Emerald Architecture provides:
  • A one-stop source for green architectural data and design inspiration
  • 24 in-depth case studies of sustainable structures
  • More than 200 beautiful photos and illustrations
  • Details, plans, charts, diagrams, and elevations
  • Key parameters, such as location, square footage, cost, carbon footprint, and energy use
  • Charts for tracking climate and rainfall to forecast energy needs
  • Source and product information to maximize research and planning
  • A vital tool for everyone who wants to capitalize on the latest advances in sustainable design and construction, Emerald Architecture presents an abundance of “hard” information on the planning, design, and methods for green structures.
  • The sustainability movement in architecture is gaining tremendous momentum every year, especially now that buildings can be rated with LEED and their operations tracked for effectiveness. However, the building industry is still in need of “hard” information about the planning, design, products, and methods for sustainable structures.
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The Seismic Design Handbook, 2 Ed

  • Farzad Naeim, "The Seismic Design Handbook, 2 Ed"
  • Springer | 2001 | ISBN: 0792373014 | 848 pages | PDF | 86,5 MB
  • A complete guide to the design of earthquake resistant structures, with up-to-date information on planning, analysis and design. Provides engineers, architects, developers and other professionals with a bridge between theories and concepts of seismic design and their implementation. DLC: Earthquake-resistant design--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Communicating Process Architectures 2009 - WoTUG-32, Volume 67 Concurrent Systems Engineering Series

  • H.W. Roebbers, J.F. Broenink - Communicating Process Architectures 2009 - WoTUG-32, Volume 67 Concurrent Systems Engineering Series
  • IOS Press | ISBN: 1607500655 | 2009-11-15 | PDF | 420 pages | 3.35 Mb
  • This book is a collection of the papers presented at the 32nd Communicating Process Architecture conference (CPA), held at the Technical University Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from the 1st to the 4th of November 2009. Concurrency is a fundamental mechanism of the universe, existing in all structures and at all levels of granularity.
  • To be useful in this universe, any computer system has to model and reflect an appropriate level of abstraction. For simplicity, therefore, the system needs to be concurrent - so that this modeling is obvious and correct. Today, the commercial reality of multicore processors means that concurrency issues can no longer be ducked if applications are going to be able to exploit more than an ever-diminishing fraction of their power. This is a second, but very forceful reason to take this subject seriously. We need theory and programming technology that turns this around and makes concurrency an elementary part of the everyday toolkit of every software engineer. This is what these proceedings are all about. Subjects covered in this volume include: system design and implementation for both hardware and software; tools for concurrent programming languages, libraries and run-time kernels; and formal methods and applications.
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Dynamics of Structures: A Primer

  • Anil K. Chopra, "Dynamics of Structures: A Primer"
  • Earthquake Engineering Research | 1981 | ISBN: 0960504443 | 126 pages | PDF | 4,3 MB
  • This monograph provides the nonspecialist in dynamics of structures with the basic concepts and knowledge needed to understand the response of structures to earthquake excitation. It presents structural dynamics concepts and analysis procedures in elastic and inelastic response of structures that in one form or the other are utilized in design codes and seismic evaluations guidelines.
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Bjorn Berge - The Ecology of Building Materials, Second Edition

  • Bjorn Berge - The Ecology of Building Materials, Second Edition
  • Publisher: Architectural Press | 2009-04-08 | ISBN: 1856175375 | PDF | 448 pages | 10.27 MB
  • The Ecology of Building Materials explores key questions surrounding sustainability of building materials. With legislation such as the Code for Sustainable Homes being introduced to regulate the required sustainability of new builds, it is essential that sustainability starts with the raw materials of a project. The book provides technical data to enable architects to choose the most appropriate sustainable materials for a project, as well as providing information and guidance on a wide range of issues such as recycling, Life Cycle Analysis, and manufacturers' environmental claims.
  • Berge's book, translated from the Norwegian by Chris Butters and Filip Henley, offers safe and environmentally friendly options, to avoid high consumption of energy and materials in building. It provides an essential and easy-to-use reference guide to this complex subject for the building industry professional.
  • * Fully updated with increased focus on climate change issues
  • * Technical data allows an informed choice of the most appropriate and environmentally friendly building materials
  • * Details methods for recycling and reuse of materials.
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J. C. Moughtin, Paola Signoretta Laurea, Kate McMahon Moughtin - Urban Design: Health and the Therapeutic Environment

  • J. C. Moughtin, Paola Signoretta Laurea, Kate McMahon Moughtin - Urban Design: Health and the Therapeutic Environment
  • Publisher: Architectural Press | 2009-04-16 | ISBN: 1856176142 | PDF | 280 pages | 6.86 MB
  • Urban Design: Health and the Therapeutic Environment shows how the theory and practice of urban design and planning impact on public health issues and sustainable development. With cities increasingly crowded and the need for new homes paramount, Moughtin explores the concept of what makes a physically and psychologically 'healthy' environment.
  • The book sets out the history and development of the healthy city, from the English spa town to standards of health care in Cuba. Health and the Therapeutic Environment outlines best practice for healthy and sustainable urban design and provides a reference tool for architects, urban designers and planners.
  • * As a new text in the established Urban Design series, Health and the Therapeutic Environment will allow students and practitioners to expand their knowledge gained from other series books and follow Moughtin?s established methodology for exploring issues of health and sustainable development.
  • * UK case material shows how theory of design is put into practice, allowing readers to apply the principles of urban design to real life examples.
  • * Theoretical underpinning of urban design practice allows the reader to gain a complete knowledge base.
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Civil Engineering Formulas

  • Tyler G. Hicks, "Civil Engineering Formulas"
  • McGraw-Hill Professional | 2001 | ISBN: 0071356126 | 350 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB
  • Indispensable portable reference for all practicing civil engineers and students
  • Now you can get a single compilation of all essential civil engineering formulas and equations in one easy-to-use portable reference. More than three-quarters of the material in Tyler Hicks Civil Engineering Formulas Pocket Guide is in the form of formulas, tables, and graphs, presented in SI and USCS formats. Each chapter, offering collections of problems and calculations, gives you quick reference to a well-defined topic:
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Zbigniew Bromberek - Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the Tropics

  • Zbigniew Bromberek - Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the Tropics
  • Publisher: Architectural Press | 2009-03-11 | ISBN: 0750657936 | PDF | 256 pages | 10.66 MB
  • Eco-Resorts is the first design guide for low-impact, environmentally friendly tourist resorts in the tropics. The book is the first to offer architects practical, detailed guidance in developing resort buildings that work with a tropical climate and meet the needs and expectations of the client and building inhabitants.
  • The book includes both architectural design and material solutions, supported by theoretical principles, to present a sustainable approach to resort design. It shows how tropical resort buildings do not necessarily require high energy input, in compliance with green building standards. Case studies show how principles of sustainable design have been successfully applied in tropical environments.
  • * Case studies from the US, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia illustrate international and relevant best practice in resort design
  • * Gives practical guidance on all aspects of designing a low impact tourist resort, with particular focus on climatic issues
  • * Author offers industry insider knowledge, due to his many years' relevant experience in architectural practice designing sustainable resorts for the tropical climates
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Hollies: The Genus Ilex

  • Hollies: The Genus Ilex
  • Publisher: Timber Press | ISBN: 088192380X | edition 1997 | CHM | 619 pages | 15,5 mb
  • If given the exciting task of designing a new landscape--whether a small space garden or vast acreage--it is likely the majority of gardeners will consider including hollies. Galle's guide to the genus Ilex presents a delightfully balanced yet comprehensive study of these remarkably varied plants. After a bit of legend and lore by a founder of the Holly Society of America, informative chapters reveal myriad ways to use hollies in the garden, for topiaries, and as bonsai. In addition to providing extensive botanical background, an expansive section describes hundreds of species in a definitive format, with the book's final section devoted to recommendations for culture and propagation. Galle provides home gardeners with the advice necessary to select plants of appropriate size, hardiness, and cultural requirements. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings.
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Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse

  • Heather Kinkade-Levario "Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse"
  • Published by New Society Publishers | Publication date : June 2007 | ISBN : 0865715807 | PDF | 253 pages | English | 15.4 MB
  • In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil. The entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing structures but must plan our new developments differently.
  • Design for Water is an accessible and clearly written guide to alternate water collection, with a focus on rainwater harvesting in the urban environment.
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  • * Outlines the process of water collection from multiple sources-landscape, residential, commercial, industrial, school, park, and municipal systems
  • * Provides numerous case studies
  • * Details the assembly and actual application of equipment
  • * Includes specific details, schematics, and references
  • All aspects of rainwater harvesting are outlined, including passive and active system setup, storage, storm water reuse, distribution, purification, analysis, and filtration. There is even a section on rainwater harvesting for wildlife.
  • In addition to rainwater, there are several affordable and accessible alternate sources, including cooling tower bleed-off water, air conditioning condensate, gray water, and fog collection. D esign for Water is geared to providing those making development decisions and guidelines with the information they need to set up passive harvesting techniques. The book will especially appeal to engineers, landscape architects, municipal decision-makers, developers, and landowners.
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Mastering Cisco Routers

  • Mastering Cisco Routers
  • Sybex | June-15-2002 | ISBN: 0782141072 | 704 pages | PDF | 10MB
  • Here's the book Cisco router administrators need to get the job done. Focussing on critical tasks and day-to-day management requirements, this revised edition of the highly acclaimed Mastering Cisco Routers includes the latest information on the new 7000 family of Cisco routers, wireless networking, and advanced security topics.
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Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World

  • Martin J. Pasqualetti, Paul Gipe & Robert W. Righter "Wind Power in View: Energy Landscapes in a Crowded World"
  • Published by Academic Press | Publication date : February 2002 | ISBN : 0125463340 | PDF | 247 pages | English | 12.46 MB
  • More than ever, travelers are encountering a different sort of landscape, one not only of nature but of technology. “Wind Power in View” is the first authoritative discourse on the aesthetic impact of wind turbines on the landscape and what can be done about it. It is a detailed and thoroughly illustrated discussion of the issue from several different perspectives. The book also provides an overview of the status of wind energy at the dawn of the new millennium, examines some of the ongoing battles, and offers guidelines on minimizing its visual impact.
  • Taking examples from the United States, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain and Sweden, “Wind Power in View” is the first book to tackle the thorny land use questions raised by wind energy's hard won respectability. What will be the future of wind energy? Will it be welcomed as savior, or will it be opposed as a new-age intrusion on open space and landscape preservation? These 11 essays, international in nature and written by objective experts, address landscape issues in creative, original ways.
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Ten Houses: Wheeler Kearns Architects (Ten Houses) (Repost)

  • Ten Houses: Wheeler Kearns Architects (Ten Houses)
  • Publisher: Rockport Publishers | pages: 119 | 1999 | ISBN: 1564964930 | PDF | 51,9 mb
  • Firm Profile: Wheeler Kearns Architects seeks out small- to medium-sized projects with intellectually challenging programs and involved clients. The firm enjoys these projects, typically institutional or residential, because they best utilize its talents and coincide with established goals. Holding fast to this groundwork has proved valuable as Wheeler Kearns Architects has gained recognition. Early notice for its residential work in 1989 by the AIA's Chicago Chapter was followed in 1992 by the AIA's national publication, Architecture, when it included Wheeler Kearns Architects in their list of nine national firms of "emerging talent." The firm operates a Website at [http://wkarch.com] that not only distributes project information among consultants and clients, but also has portions open to the general public and is periodically updated.
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Arts and Humanities through the Eras Vol 1 - 5

  • Arts and Humanities through the Eras Vol 1 - 5
  • Publisher: Gale | ISBN: 078765695X | edition 2004 | PDF | 2250 pages | 74,3 mb
  • Over the last two decades the historical focus has shifted from viewing events in a simple historical context to a more integrative perspective. This set offers a multidimensional picture of primarily Western civilization, covering Ancient Egypt (2675-332 B.C.E.), Ancient Greece and Rome (1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E.), Medieval Europe (814-1450 C.E.), Renaissance Europe (1300-1600 C.E.), and The Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment (1600-1800 C.E.). Similar in organization to Gale's American Eras and World Eras lines, the work exposes readers to each historical period through the study of nine different arts and humanities topics: "Architecture and Design," "Dance," "Fashion," "Literature," "Music," "Philosophy," "Religion," "Theater," and "Visual Arts." Each topic area is treated in a different chapter, but the connections between topics are highlighted both in the text and through cross-referencing. The result is a broader and more inclusive picture of the culture of each period, emphasizing connections between, for example, religion, dance, and literature or between the visual arts and architecture.
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Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings ( ANSI/ASHRAE 189.1-2009 )

  • Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings ( ANSI/ASHRAE 189.1-2009 )
  • American Society | 22-Jan-2010 | ISBN: 9781104123369 | 128 pages | PDF | 1.1MB
  • The provisions of this standard do not apply to single-family houses, multi-family structures of three stories or fewer above grade, manufactured houses (mobile homes) and manufactured houses (modular), or buildings that use none of the following: electricity, fossil fuel, or water. This standard shall not be used to circumvent any safety, health, or environmental requirements.
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Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age

  • John C. McEnroe Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age
  • University of Texas Press | 2010 | ISBN : 0292721935 | 220 pages | PDF | 49 MB
  • Ever since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated at the site of the Palace at Knossos in the early twentieth century, scholars and visitors have been drawn to the architecture of Bronze Age Crete. Much of the attraction comes from the geographical and historical uniqueness of the island. Equidistant from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Minoan Crete is on the shifting conceptual border between East and West, and chronologically suspended between history and prehistory. In this culturally dynamic context, architecture provided more than physical shelter; it embodied meaning. Architecture was a medium through which Minoans constructed their notions of social, ethnic, and historical identity: the buildings tell us about how the Minoans saw themselves, and how they wanted to be seen by others.
  • Architecture of Minoan Crete is the first comprehensive study of the entire range of Minoan architecture--including houses, palaces, tombs, and cities--from 7000 BC to 1100 BC. John C. McEnroe synthesizes the vast literature on Minoan Crete, with particular emphasis on the important discoveries of the past twenty years, to provide an up-to-date account of Minoan architecture. His accessible writing style, skillful architectural drawings of houses and palaces, site maps, and color photographs make this book inviting for general readers and visitors to Crete, as well as scholars.
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21st Century Homes

  • 21st Century Homes
  • Publisher: Panache Partners | 2009 | ISBN: N/A | 30 Pages | 5MB | True PDF
  • A collection of exquisite residential creations, 21st Century Homes will showcase the work of up to 70 architects. The book is a sister to the highly acclaimed Visions of Design, which features North America's foremost interior designers. 21st Century Homes is the perfect format for regionally and nationally celebrated architects to gain international exposure.
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Reinforced Concrete Structures

  • Robert Park, Thomas Paulay, "Reinforced Concrete Structures"
  • Wiley | 1975 | ISBN: 0471659177, 0471046558 | 800 pages | PDF | 32,8 MB
  • Sets out basic theory for the behavior of reinforced concrete structural elements and structures in considerable depth. Emphasizes behavior at the ultimate load, and, in particular, aspects of the seismic design of reinforced concrete structures. Based on American practice, but also examines European practice.
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Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Re-Post)

  • Kaki Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer "Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques"
  • Published by New Society Publishers | Publication date : June 2004 | ISBN : 0865715076 | PDF | 281 pages | English | 12.1 MB
  • Building with earthbags is gutsy. Gutsy because only the brave take up a construction method so different from the conventional. Gutsy because people build homes with this technique when they’ve just learned it. Gutsy because the materials are basic, elemental, primal. And gutsy, indeed, because this construction system resembles, in form and assembly, nothing other than our own intestines!
  • Earthbag Building is the first comprehensive guide to all the tools, tricks, and techniques for building with bags filled with earth or earthbags. Having been introduced to sandbag construction by the renowned Nader Khalili in 1993, the authors developed this "Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique" over the last decade. A reliable method for constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched and domed structures of great beauty-in any region, and at home, in developing countries, or in emergency relief work.
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Japanese Accents in Western Interiors

  • Landers Rao, Jean Mahoney, Toshiaki Sakuma, "Japanese Accents in Western Interiors"
  • Shufunotomo Co | 1987 | ISBN: 4079746822 | 167 pages | Djvu | 8,9 MB
  • A treasure chest of ideas on how to use Japanese antiques in Western surroundings. The authors highlight 77 different kinds of antiques and folkcraft playing new aesthetic roles in 45 lovely Western-style homes. With 144 full-color photos, this landmark book, the first of its kind, is an essential introduction to the wide ranging field of Japanese artifacts. Also included is a list of craft and antique markets in Japan and sources for Japanese articles in the U.S. and Canada.
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  • "A beautiful book, excellently and lovingly made and appropriately priced. What a perfect gift for so many friends round the world, especially when there exists a deep and growing interest in the flavor of Japanese decor throughout the West... Certainly the decorating book you need to make Japan a part of your life in a way that is both a pleasure to view and a joy to live with. A thoroughly recommended addition to any Japanophile's bookshelf." -- Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, March 1988
  • "Even if you're not an art lover, you will surely be fascinated by creative Westerners' ideas applied to Japan's treasures, often made out of bamboo, clay, paper and other humble indigenous materials...It not only serves as a guide for shopping but is also meant as an overview of Japanese culture." -- Japanese Economic Journal, October 29, 1988
  • "Japanese Accents in Western Interiors has been a surprise best seller for a book of its type both across the Pacific and in Japan. It has created a surge of interest among Japanese who are more used to thinking of their cultural heritage as simply old-fashioned, and who are startled to find foreigners more appreciative than themselves." -- Asia Magazine, Hong Kong
  • "One of the main benefits of the book, along with its excellent photography, is the way in which it demonstrates just how one can incorporate Japanese items into a Western homes without any major clash of culture or utility." -- Daily Yomiuri, June 5, 1988
  • "To me, the whole point of reading about design is to derive inspiration from new ideas, and if you share that perspective, I can heartily recommend a book that's filled with unusual but still practical solutions." -- The Palm Beach Post, April 8, 1990
  • "With sales in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia, the book has proved to be one of the 73-year-old Tokyo publisher's most successful English language books to date." -- The Japan Times, May 28, 1989
  • Rao and Mahoney were surprised to discover that their book, first published in Japan and intended as a general background to help the many foreigners transferred to Japan...was a hit among the Japanese themselves. Although the book concentrates on Japanese artifacts, the ideas would apply to any ethnic designs." -- New York Daily News, October 13, 1988
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Robert L. Feller - Accelerated Aging: Photochemical and Thermal Aspects

  • Robert L. Feller - Accelerated Aging: Photochemical and Thermal Aspects
  • Publisher: Getty Publications | 1995-03-02 | ISBN: 0892361255 | PDF | 296 pages | 5.48 MB
  • Written by a renowned expert in the field, this book presents an overview of the results of research using accelerated aging tests. The emphasis is on the chemical aspects of photochemical stability, but thermally initiated deterioration is also discussed. Although not a "how-to" book, it does introduce the reasoning, limitations, and principles underlying the concept of accelerated aging. An extensive bibliography provides conservators and conservation scientists with an invaluable source for further research and exploration.
  • The Getty Conservation Institute, an operating program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, is committed to raising public awareness of the importance of preserving cultural heritage worldwide and to furthering scientific knowledge and professional practice in the field of conservation. The Institute conducts research, training, documentation, and conservation activities in several major areas including objects and collections, archaeological sites and monuments, and historic buildings and sites.
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Design for Gardens

  • Design for Gardens
  • Publisher: Timber Press | ISBN: 0881924415 | edition 2000 | CHM | 217 pages | 11,1 mb
  • The essential elements of good garden design--form, layout, and balance between colors and textures--are all thoroughly covered in this newest book by landscape architect and writer Hudak (Gardening with Perennials Month by Month). An opening chapter on garden innovations through the centuries leads the way to chapters on evaluating, planning, and designing one's own garden. Hudak pays particular attention to individual details such as incorporating water features, fences, hedges, terraces, etc., and devotes detailed sections to each. He then discusses specific types of plants, such as evergreens and perennials, and shows how these plants should effectively be used in the landscape design.
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Urban Construction Project Management

  • Urban Construction Project Management (McGraw-Hill Construction Series) by Richard Lambeck, John Eschemuller
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional | Number Of Pages: 480 | Publication Date: 2008-11-06 | ISBN-10: 0071544682 | PDF | 8 Mb
  • Get Proven Solutions to the Unique Problems of Construction Management in Urban Environments
  • Filled with hands-on advice from two seasoned project management experts, Urban Construction Project Management provides a wealth of proven solutions to the common problems of construction management in urban environments. The book includes cutting-edge information about working on small sites, public safety, the permit process, coordinating with utility companies, dealing with adjacent properties, and many other topics.
  • This indispensable construction management tool uses numerous illustrations, photographs, charts, tables, and diagrams to clarify the critical issues involved in today's urban construction projects. The authors present timely guidance on testing…safety…logistics…building code compliance… scheduling and procurement…subcontractors and the bidding process… insurance and bonds…renovation and demolition…costs…claims…design-build…green construction…and more. Urban Construction Project Management features:
  • * Practical, step-by-step methods for meeting the unique challenges of today's complex urban construction projects
  • * Checklists and forms-such as Request for Information (RFI) logs, meeting minutes, and contact lists-that enable readers to put information into practice quickly and easily
  • * A wide range of visual materials, including illustrations, photographs, schedules, charts, tables, and diagrams
  • Successfully Manage Every Aspect of Urban Construction Projects
  • • Project Organization • Problem Solving • Testing • Permits • Utilities • Safety • Logistics • Layouts • Drawings • Contracts • Insurance and Bonds • Underpinning • Security • Building Codes • Renovation and Demolition • Communications • Meetings • Logs and Reports • Schedules • Subcontractors and the Bidding Process • Costs • Claims • Design-Build • Requisitions • Punch List • Close-Outs • Technology • Green Construction
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Foundation Design

  • Wayne C. Teng, "Foundation Design"
  • Prentice-Hall, Inc | 1962 | ISBN: 0133298051, 0876920334 | 466 pages | PDF | 29,8 MB
  • Wayne C. Teng was born in Szechwan, China, in 1921. He came to the United States in 1945 to obtain a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Illinois. After earning his degree, Teng went on to publish Foundation Engineering, and found his own company. Teng & Associates Inc. originally specialized in structural design of tall buildings and long span bridges, but eventually expanded into all aspects of civil engineering. Teng taught civil engineering at both the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1989, a scholarship was established in Teng's name to assist one sophomore or junior in civil engineering each year. Teng died in August of 1999.
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Sustainable Facilities: Green Design, Construction, and Operations (Repost)

  • Sustainable Facilities: Green Design, Construction, and Operations By Keith Moskow
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional 2008 | 250 Pages | ISBN: 007149474X | PDF | 46 MB
  • Let a Team of Leading Architects Take You through 20 Large-Scale, Sustainable Facilities Designed with Green Methods and Materials!
  • A vital working tool for all building professionals interested in green architecture and construction, Sustainable Facilities presents an in-depth look at 20 facilities that were designed for environmental organizations and were constructed and now operate using green building methods and materials.
  • Featuring contributions by leading architects in green building, this expert resource examines each building_from planning through operations-- covering new construction, energy-efficient design, operational cost savings, historic preservation, renovation and expansion, land conservation, and LEED ratings.
  • Packed with 200 black & white and full-color illustrations, Sustainable Facilities takes readers through the Woods Hole Research Center… Chesapeake Bay Foundation Environmental Center…Conservation Law Foundation Headquarters… Marion Art and Environmental Center… …Thoreau Center for Sustainability… California EPA Headquarters Building…Forestech Centre…Institute for Forestry and Nature Research…and many other facilities. This skills-building reference features:
  • Discussions of 20 facilities_from planning to operations
  • Contributions by leading architects in green building
  • Answers to FAQs about sustainable methods and materials
  • Guidance on the advantages and obstacles involved with green projects
  • Methods for weighing up-front costs against operating costs for facilities
  • Essential for architects, engineers, and contractors, Sustainable Facilities presents state-of-the-art guidance on all the materials, methods, and costs needed for success in green design and building.
  • A groundbreaking resource in the literature of green architecture and construction, Sustainable Facilities offers building professionals everywhere a compelling, in-depth look at 20 facilities that were designed for environmental organizations and were constructed and now operate using green building methods and materials.
  • Written by award-winning architect Keith Moskow, together with a team of leading architects in green building, the book focuses on the unique challenges of each building—from planning through operations-- covering new construction, energy-efficient design, operational cost savings, historic preservation, renovation and expansion, land conservation, and LEED ratings.
  • Sustainable Facilities also explores the advantages and obstacles building teams face on green projects, and explains how to weigh up-front costs against operating costs for facilities.

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New Architecture and Technology (Repost)

  • New Architecture and Technology By Gyula Sebestyen, Christopher Pollington
  • Publisher: Architectural Press 2003 | 180 Pages | ISBN: 0750651644 | PDF | 8 MB
  • Many books have covered the topics of architecture, materials and technology. 'New Architecture and Technology' is the first to explore the interrelation between these three subjects. It illustrates the impact of modern technology and materials on architecture.

  • The book explores the technical progress of building showing how developments, both past and present, are influenced by design methods. It provides a survey of contemporary architecture, as affected by construction technology. It also explores aspects of building technology within the context of general industrial, social and economic developments. The reader will acquire a vocabulary covering the entire range of structure types and learn a new approach to understanding the development of design.

  • * Understand the relationship between technology and architecture
  • * Gain an insight into the evolution of architectural structures
  • * Learn about the design process behind well-known contemporary buildings as input to your future designs

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Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings

  • Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings
  • Publisher: UPNE | pages: 223 | 1997 | ISBN: 0874517710 | CHM | 10,7 mb
  • A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape.
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  • Richard Klingner, "Masonry Structural Design"
  • McGraw-Hill Professional | 2010 | ISBN: 007163830X | 588 pages | PDF | 10,3 MB
  • A Complete Guide to Masonry Materials and Structural Design
  • Written by the former chair of the Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC), this authoritative volume covers the design of masonry structures using the 2009 International Building Code and the 2008 MSJC Code and Specification.
  • Masonry Structural Design emphasizes the strength design of masonry and includes allowable-stress provisions. Innovations such as autoclaved aerated concrete masonry (AAC) are also discussed. Real-world case studies featuring a low-rise building with reinforced concrete masonry and a four-story building with clay masonry illustrate the techniques presented in this comprehensive resource.
  • Coverage includes:
  • •Basic structural behavior and design of low-rise, bearing wall buildings
  • •Materials used in masonry construction
  • •Code basis for structural design of masonry buildings, including seismic design
  • •Introduction of MSJC treatment of structural design
  • •Strength design of reinforced and unreinforced masonry elements
  • •Allowable-stress design of reinforced and unreinforced masonry elements
  • •Comparison of design by the allowable-stress approach versus the strength approach
  • •Lateral load analysis of shear wall structure
  • •Design and detailing of floor and roof diaphragms
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Design Research Now: Essays and Selected Projects

  • Ralf Michel, "Design Research Now: Essays and Selected Projects"
  • Birkhäuser Architecture | 2007 | ISBN: 3764384719 | 254 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB
  • Design is becoming a recognised academic discipline, and design research is the driving force behind this transformation. Design Research Now Essays and Selected Projects charts the field of design research with introductory essays and selected research projects. The authors of the essays, all leading international design scholars, stake out positions on the most important issues of design research. They locate the significance of design research at the interface with technological development, describe what makes it a necessary ingredient of the continued development of the design disciplines, and assign it a seminal role in the relevant developments
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  • The essays are supplemented by the presentation of recently completed research projects from universities in the Netherlands, the UK and Italy.
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System Landschaft / Landscape as a System (German/English Edition)

  • System Landschaft / Landscape as a System: Zeitgenassische deutsche Landschaftsarchitektur / Contemporary German Landscape Architecture (German and English Edition) By Bund Deutscher
  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture 2009 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 3034600798 | PDF | 48 MB
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Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations

  • Bernard Hertlein and Allen Davis "Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations"
  • Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | Publication date : October 2006 | ISBN : 0470848502 | PDF | 290 pages | English |7.9 MB
  • Nondestructive Testing involves the use of methods such as wave propagation, electromagnetism, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity to test structural integrity and thereby allow nondestructive assessment of structures and the possibility of structural failures before they occur. The book covers different techniques designed to provide information about the integrity and quality of the material that makes up a deep foundation.
  • Nondestructive Testing methods are used at all stages of a structure's life - from new construction quality control to residual lifetime prediction, and even during the monitoring of demolition. In addition, Nondestructive Testing is being increasingly specified in deep foundation projects, though often without a good understanding of its limitations and with the result that methods are often misused. In order to be able to specify an appropriate method, or to recognize an inappropriate specification, it is necessary for the engineer, specifier and/or contractor to understand the capabilities and limitations of each of the methods currently in use.
  • Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations:
  • * Describes the most commonly used deep foundation construction techniques, including typical use of material
  • * Provides a brief history of the development of commercially available nondestructive methods
  • * Summarises each method's capabilities and limitations
  • * Acts as a one stop reference drawing together resources only previously available in conference proceedings and journal papers
  • This manual will prove to be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of all practitioners in civil/structural and geotechnical engineering and architecture. It will also provide a valuable insight into this highly technical field for university researchers, lecturers and postgraduate students in civil/structural and geotechnical engineering.
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Design and Construction – Building in Value (Re-Post)

  • Rick Best and Gerard de Valence "Design and Construction – Building in Value"
  • Published by Butterworth-Heinemann | Publication date : December 2002 | ISBN : 0750651490 | PDF | 519 pages | English | 6.5 MB
  • The design and construction of buildings is a lengthy and expensive process, and those who commission buildings are continually looking for ways to improve the efficiency of the process. In this book, the 2nd in the Building in Value series, a broad range of topics related to the processes of design and construction are explored by an international group of experts. The overall aim of the book is to look at ways that clients can improve the value for money outcomes of their decisions to construct buildings.
  • The book is aimed at students studying in many areas related to the construction industry including architecture, construction management, civil engineering and quantity surveying, and should also be of interest to many in the industry including project managers, property developers, building contractors and cost engineers.
  • *How to improve your value for money when commissioning buildings.
  • *Written by international experts.
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Thinking Architecture

  • Peter Zumthor, "Thinking Architecture"
  • Birkhäuser Basel | 2006 | ISBN: 3764374977 | 64 pages | PDF | 10,4 MB
  • In order to design a building with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction. In these essays Peter Zumthor expresses his motivation in designing buildings, which speak to our emotions and understanding in so many ways, and possess a powerful and unmistakable presence and personality.
  • This book, whose first edition has been out of print for years, has been expanded to include three new essays: "Does Beauty Have a Form?,” "The Magic of the Real,” and "Light in the Landscape.” It has been freshly illustrated throughout with new color photographs of Zumthor’s new home and studio in Haldenstein, taken specially for this edition by Laura Padgett, and received a new typography by Hannele Grönlund.
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Perspective Drawing Handbook

  • Joseph D'Amelio, "Perspective Drawing Handbook"
  • Dover Publications | 2004 | ISBN: 0486432084 | 96 pages | PDF | 43,8 MB
  • Concise, thoughtfully written text on drawing and sketching, accompanied by more than 150 simply drawn illustrations, provides important information on such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective. Illustrations depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level.
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Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray

  • Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray By Roger Cusson, Jamie Cardoso
  • Publisher: Focal Press 2007 | 344 Pages | ISBN: 0240809122 | PDF | 101 MB
  • Bring new realism to your visualizations with a command of the 3ds Max toolset. Three step-by-step tutorials demonstrate exterior and interior, day and night lighting scenes. You learn the nuts and bolts of importing models from CAD programs, lighting, applying mr shaders and materials, and optimizing your renders. Mental ray is made simple with an accessible description of its tools.
  • * Color reproductions illustrate a wide array of subtle techniques.
  • * mental ray is made easy with accesible demonstations.
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Architectural Detailing: Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics

  • Architectural Detailing: Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics By Edward Allen
  • Publisher: Wiley 1992 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0471547921 | PDF | 42 MB
  • Describes systematically and in readily usable form the principles by which good architectural details are designed. The principles are laid out in 83 brief but profusely illustrated ``detail patterns''. The first section examines each of the patterns and illustrates several instances of its use. The latter part demonstrates the execution of these patterns in the design of key details for three different buildings types. Extensively illustrated.
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Working Drawings Handbook

  • Working Drawings Handbook By Keith Styles
  • Publisher: Architectural Press 1995 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 0750624949 | PDF | 8 MB
  • An essential tool for students, architects and architectural technologists covering every aspect of drawing preparation
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Spirit and Place (Repost)

  • Spirit and Place By Christopher Day
  • Publisher: Architectural Press 2003 | 253 Pages | ISBN: 0750653590 | PDF | 18 MB
  • Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially.

  • Spirit & Place shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how to create places that are nourishing psychologically and physically, to soul and spirit as well as body.

  • This book's unique arguments identify important, but often unrecognised, principles and illustrate their applicability in a wide range of situations, price-ranges and climates. It shows how to reconcile the apparently incompatible demands of environmental, economic and social sustainability; how to moderate climate to make places of delight, and realign social pressures so places both support society and maximise economic viability. Thought provoking and easy to understand, Christopher Day uses everyday examples to relate his theories to practice and our experience.

  • * Learn from Day's 30 years experience of the ecological debate
  • * Provides important technical information regarding sustainability
  • * Comprehensively outlines the issues in an easy to understand and inspiring style

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Architecture Design Notebook (Repost)

  • Architecture Design Notebook By A Peter Fawcett BA.
  • Publisher: Architectural Press 2003 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 0750656697 | PDF | 5 MB
  • Architecture Design Notebook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical. Dealing systematically with the core design curriculum, it clearly demonstrates the skills required for designing at undergraduate level.

  • Providing students with fundamental maxims of design, and a framework within which they can approach their work, this book supports undergraduates as they learn to produce solutions to design challenges.

  • This vital design companion underpins the cornerstone of an architectural undergraduates' studies - studio design projects. With over 100 sketches included, the book inspires student's design ideas.

  • This updated edition includes new sections on green architecture, urban space typology, and the virtual building.

  • A. Peter Fawcett is an architect and critic who combines teaching with sporadic practice; he is currently Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Nottingham and visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln. In recent years his work has been placed in architectural competitions and has been hung at the Royal Academy and Royal Ulster Academy.

  • * Covers information from the core design curriculum in one comprehensive guide.
  • * Over 100 sketches provide ideal inspiration for studio design projects.
  • * Designed for student-centered learning, the new edition includes "green" design and an introduction to urban design techniques.

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The Architecture of Green Economic Policies

  • P.K. Rao, "The Architecture of Green Economic Policies"
  • Springer | 2010 | ISBN: 3642051073 | 340 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
  • The role of environmental analysis in economic policy making has remained largely limited despite vast literature on environmental economics and governance. An effective integration of economic and environmental sciences with pragmatic design of institutions and policies is still urgently needed for practical use. This book offers a policy framework for economic policies that meaningfully integrate environmental and ecological resource factors. Based on analyses and new insights on sustainable development, this book provides pragmatic approaches for economic policy formulation and implementation, as well as for institutional reform. Thematic aspects include trade and environment, poverty and environment, recognition and accounting of factor limitations beyond traditional economic analyses, and an efficient choice of market and regulatory regimes for effective economic, environmental and social governance.
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Building Your Straw Bale Home

  • Brian Hodge "Building Your Straw Bale Home"
  • Published by CSIRO Publishing | Publication date : September 2006 | ISBN : 0643092420 | PDF | 281 pages | English | 5.7 MB
  • This practical guide is written especially for the owner-builder and provides step-by-step instructions supported by diagrams and photographs.
  • It covers the construction process from site preparation through to foundations, concrete slabs, strip footings and stumps. Special techniques for straw bale construction and the integration of these techniques with those of conventional house building are also covered, including floors, timber wall-frames, ceilings and roof framing. Advice is offered on plumbing and electrical work in a straw bale house.
  • Straw bale is a renewable resource. Compared with timber, which is regenerated typically every 20 to 30 years, straw is generated once or twice per year. As long as people need grain as a food source, straw will be generated as a by-product. Straw in many parts of the world is still regarded as a waste. Even its disposal has become an environmental issue, like burning in the field. On the other hand, straw has certain excellent properties as a building material, such as its thermal capacity. In baled form, it keeps its integrity reasonably well. Once rendered, straw is durable and strong.
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Stadia: A Design and Development Guide, 4th Edition (Re-Post)

Geraint John, Rod Sheaard and Ben Vickery "Stadia: A Design and Development Guide, 4th Edition"
Published by Architectural Press | Publication date : January 2007 | ISBN : 075066844X | PDF | 321 pages | English | 13.8 MB

In this completely updated and redesigned edition of the essential and long-established Stadia, the authors offer their unrivalled expertise to all professionals who commission, plan, design, and manage high-quality sports venues. This 4th edition features over twenty case studies of recent projects in Europe, America, Australia, China and Japan, and the technical sections contain substantial new information on master planning and designing for the disabled.
In addition to a wide array of international information sources, the authors were able to draw on the experience of the design firm that delivered the 1999 Cardiff Millennium stadium, the 2000 Sydney Olympic stadium, the 2002 Reliant stadium in Houston, the 2005 Nanjing Sports Park, the new grandstand for Ascot Racecourse, and the recently completed Wembley stadium.

Some of the highlighted features :
• Written by the internationally recognized global leaders in sport architecture, HOK.
• Includes the very latest projects in a wealth of international case studies
• Covers all technical aspects on designing new stadia as well as altering existing buildings

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History, 3 Volume Set

  • James M. Steele, "The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History, 3 Volume Set"
  • Greenwood | 2009 | ISBN: 0313337888 | 864 pages | PDF | 14,1 MB
  • The house, throughout history, in every place in the world, has been built to provide shelter from the elements. The dwellings that have resulted are as different as the people that have built them, the social norms that prevailed at the time and place in which they were built and the natural environment that they adapted to. Studying them now in a comprehensive way allows us to understand the social, political, economic and religious conditions that existed for their inhabitants. They are a three-dimensional record of culture. Twenty-four pages of color images, along with black and white images through three volumes, illustrate the homes of people throughout the world. The volumes cover ancient times to the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, and the Post-Industrial Revolution to the Present.
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Site Planning and Design Handbook (Repost)

  • Site Planning and Design Handbook By Thomas Russ
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional 2002 | 560 Pages | ISBN: 0071377840 | PDF | 11 MB
  • This is a complete site planning handbook reflecting the challenges and concerns of the new millennium. "Site Planning and Design Handbook" bridges the gap between the traditional methods of site planning and design and our growing awareness of sustainability issues. Meticulously written and heavily illustrated with construction details and graphic standards, the Handbook offers thorough, detailed coverage of: site analysis, environmental assessment, grading, design for traffic control, open space design, project management issues, including permitting and quality assurance, historic landscapes, preserving trees, storm water management, and materials specifications and standards.Author Thomas Russ, a registered landscape architect and environmental manager, skillfully blends the technical as well as artistic aspects of site design to generate creativity and efficiency in both realms. Russ provides standards and guidelines that will support a design choice and provide a basis for educating clients and the public. "Site Planning and Design Handbook" is the perfect vehicle for landscape architects, civil engineers, architects, and planners and developers who want to successfully create within the 'new design paradigm'.

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Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies are Poised to Transform Building Construction

  • Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies are Poised to Transform Building Construction By Stephen Kieran
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional 2003 | 175 Pages | ISBN: 007143321X | PDF | 37 MB
  • This thought-provoking book presents a compelling argument for moving architecture from a part-by-part, linear approach to an integrated one that brings together technology, materials, and production methods. Using examples from several industries that have successfully made the change to an integrated component approach, these visionary authors lay the groundwork for a dramatic and much-needed change in the building industry.

  • * Packed with graphics that illustrate how and why change is needed
  • * Examples from the auto, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries illustrating how to improve quality while saving time and money
  • * Redefines the roles of architects, materials scientists, process engineers, and contractors

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Assessing Building Performance (Repost)

  • Assessing Building Performance By Wolfgang F E Preiser, Jacqueline C Vischer
  • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann 2004 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0750661747 | PDF | 4 MB
  • An international perspective of assessing building performance.

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Herman Hertzberger Lessons for Students in Architecture

  • Herman Hertzberger Lessons for Students in Architecture By Herman Hertzberger
  • Publisher: 010 Publishers 2005 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 9064505624 | PDF | 37 MB
  • This is a broad elaboration of the esteemed Dutch architect's lectures, given since 1973 at Delft University, crafted by the architect himself. It is divided into three parts: Public Domain, Making Space Leaving Space, and Inviting Form. More than 750 illustrations give broad insight into Hertzberger's "library"- as well as to those sources in which he finds inspiration. A book that will provide inspiration to anyone interested in design and architecture.

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Architect's Guide to Running a Job (Repost)

  • Architect's Guide to Running a Job By Ronald Green
  • Publisher: Architectural Press 2001 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 0750653434 | PDF | 2 MB
  • Best practice is the concern of this book. An architect has to be an administrator as well as designer, and smooth economical administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be acheived.

  • The book is divided into 76 short sections covering the entire process, from preliminary enquiries to final fees, each with a small flow chart showing who is involved and when.

  • This sixth revised edition updates the contents in line with present day practice, bearing in mind the changes in terminology, technology, environmental demands and the legislative background.

  • Ronald Green and Professor Ross Jamieson who writes the foreword to this edition, are both examiners for Part Three.

  • * Easy to understand jargon free step by step guide to organising a job.
  • * Provides invaluable information clearly laid out in flow charts for ease of use.
  • * Keep up to date with the latest statutory requirements and consents.

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Bridge and Highway Structure Rehabilitation and Repair

  • Mohiuddin Khan, "Bridge and Highway Structure Rehabilitation and Repair"
  • McGraw-Hill Professional | 2010 | ISBN: 0071545913 | 656 pages | PDF | 12,2 MB
  • State-of-the-Art Bridge and Highway Rehabilitation and Repair Methods
  • This authoritative volume offers up-to-date guidance on the latest design techniques, repair methods, specialized software, materials, and advanced maintenance procedures for bridges and highway structures. Focusing on both traditional and nontraditional design issues, Bridge and Highway Structure Rehabilitation and Repair clarifies the most recent AASHTO bridge design codes and discusses new analytical and design methodologies, such as the application of load and resistance factor design (LRFD). A wealth of concise explanations, solved examples, and in-depth case studies are included in this comprehensive resource.
  • COVERAGE INCLUDES:
  • * Diagnostic design and selective reconstruction
  • * Bridge failure studies and safety engineering
  • * Analytical approach to fracture and failure
  • * Load and resistance factor rating (LRFR) and redesign
  • * Application of LRFD and LRFR methods
  • * Inspection and structural health monitoring
  • * Bridge widening and replacement strategies
  • * Conventional repair methods
  • * Advanced repair methods
  • * Concrete repair methods
  • * Extreme events of flood scour and countermeasures design
  • * Guidelines for seismic design and retrofit methods
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Step-by-step Landscaping

  • Step-by-step Landscaping By Editors
  • Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens 1996 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0696025582 | PDF | 31 MB
  • This book walks you through the processes of landscaping, from planning to installation, in a very readable, understandable and enjoyable manner. As a landscape designer, I'm always searching for references of any type to use when creating "yard spaces" and presenting those ideas to my customers. With books, I'm usually disappointed either with the graphic and/or written content regarding the details of landscaping, particularly those publications sold at the Home Depots et al. This was different. Technical to the point that's necessary and not too "flowery" in it's narrative, it just provides well written ideas and executions for many landscaping tasks.
  • The illustrations & photography in many books I've seen work OK but give the books an "old" feel, because, in many cases, they are old in date and style. With few exceptions, the artwork and landscape "styling" in this book appear current and appropriate. That made it a more believable book too.
  • All said and done, this book is an excellent value for those seeking general-to-semi-technical information for a wide variety of landscaping tasks. With its emphasis on extensive and educated planning, this book is an asset to the homeowner and the landscape professional alike. In my opinion, one of the book's greatest achievements may be that homeowners, after reading it, can decide better whether to tackle a project themselves or work with professionals.

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