Architecture: professional practice

Articles by Pennsylvania professors and alumni covering the sixty-year record of the School and the cultural and academic elements of the study and practice of architecture.

This book examines the trends and innovations at the cutting edge of office design in the UK today.

This book offers a detailed insight into the desire for, and consequences of, precise communications in the daily life of contemporary architectural practice through close readings of constructed architectural details by Sigurd Lewerentz, Caruso St John Architects, Mies van der Rohe and OMA.

Este libro trata de descubrir y transmitir qué es el proyecto de arquitectura, cómo se concibe, cómo se elabora y cómo se representa.

Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world, with almost 50,000 buildings realised to date.

LeadingGreen: LEED(R) Green Associate Exam v4 Study Guide brings together a concise introduction to the core concepts behind the LEED green building rating system with efficient, effective test preparation for the LEED(R) Green Associate Exam.

Dieser Entwurfsatlas fur den Wohnungsbau dokumentiert und analysiert rund 130 internationale Wohnungsbauten aus den letzten 50 Jahren.

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address the growing tendency of local governments to institute programs of aesthetic control.

Éste es un libro sobre el habitar del ser humano.

Die Gestaltung und Nutzung öffentlicher Räume hat sich in den letzten Jahren radikal verändert.

This book is an illustrated practical design guide to delivering better energy performance in all types of new build homes.

Explore the different aspects of the technical program manager's role in the tech world and get ready to advance your career across the Big Five tech companiesKey FeaturesUncover the secret to becoming a successful technical program managerLearn some of the system design principles and architectural concepts necessary for a TPMGet up and running with a wide range of foundational program management topicsBook DescriptionThe technical program manager (TPM) is a relatively new role born out of the need of the tech industry to have a specialized practitioner who speaks both tech and business and leverages this bilingual talent to get results that no one else can.

Portfolio Design for Interiors teaches the aspiring interior designer how to create a professional quality portfolio.

This book offers a practical guide to embedding energy modelling in architectural practice.

The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "e;technics"e; and the codes that regulate it.

Few figures in the American arts have stories richer in irony than does architect Minoru Yamasaki.

Working Drawings Handbook focuses on the principles, styles, methodologies, and approaches involved in drawings.

Graduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Chartered Landscape Architect, MBA and Barrister, Gordon Rowland Fraser draws upon 30 years of project management, professional practice and teaching experience to provide an uncomplicated and intuitive guide to the business aspects of the landscape profession.

The Architecture Portfolio Guidebook shows you how to make portfolios for both academic and professional needs to provide reviewers exactly what they are looking for.

Mapping Possibility traces the intertwined intellectual, professional, and emotional life of Leonie Sandercock.

Creating a Sense of Place in School Environments guides its readers to the characteristics that tend to generate a sense of place through children's vivid descriptions of their school and provides a body of critical information that can be employed to design a better school environment that can imprint cherished childhood memories.

Serverfarmen sind in der digitalen Welt das, was früher Schlösser waren: der Sitz der Macht.

How is technology shaping our built environment and changing the practice of architecture?

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***Combining architectural and urban thinking in an unusual and engaging way, this book presents an integrated approach to architectural theory and design.

Open Building is an internationally recognized approach to the design of buildings and building complexes with roots in the way the ordinary built environment grows and regenerates.

Buildings and their associated systems are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the world.

Das Bauvertragsrecht definiert die Rechte und Pflichten des Bauherrn, der Bauaufsicht und der den Bau ausführenden Unternehmen.

The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions is a comprehensive review of architectural competitions.

Studies confirm that the physical environment influences health outcomes, emotional state, preference, satisfaction and orientation, but very little research has focused on mental and behavioural health settings.

This book is an authoritative but uniquely accessible and highly illustrated guide to good acoustic design practice for architects, interior designers and acoustic professionals.

The Environmental Design Pocketbook 2nd ed places the information you need for sustainable, low energy building design at your fingertips.

How Architects Write shows you the interdependence of writing and design in both student and professional examples.

These essays, written over a third of a century during a time of huge ideological, technological and methodological upheaval, witness British architecture's unceasing negotation with a vast and rigorous set of constraints and its eventual emergence as a truly modern profession - a special interest group responsive and answerable to social changes but shaped and informed by values and principles that may be on a longer cycle and perhaps a loftier plane.

The emphasis here is to explore the key issues influencing the culture, strategies and management operations of professional practices.

Illustrating actual building design solutions that have been created to improve accessibility for disabled patrons and performers, the 'Journey Sequence' outlines the best examples of design innovation produced in response to new and upcoming legislation.

This book explores 'spatial practices', a loose and expandable set of approaches that embrace the political and the activist, the performative and the curatorial, the architectural and the urban.

This book provides a concise introduction for small and medium sized architectural practices considering introducing computers or using them more widely.

Der Wunsch nach einem persönlichen Wohlfühlbad gewinnt bei immer mehr Bauherren an Bedeutung.

New Life in Public Squares investigates the evolution of the public square within the urban form and its meaning to a city's image.

Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities.

This comprehensive and practical guide takes you step-by-step through the core concepts and applications of architectural lighting.

Visual Communication for Architects and Designers teaches you the art of designing a concise, clear, compelling and effective visual and verbal presentation.

This book provides a unique and comprehensive survey of changes and trends in the construction industry focusing on the post-war years and emphasizing their contemporary and future relevance.

The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Guide: Design Management is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013.