Architecture: professional practice

In einer Zeit dynamischer Märkte und stetiger technologischer Veränderungen ist die Fähigkeit, Unternehmen strategisch und effizient zu strukturieren, ein entscheidender Erfolgsfaktor.

This book proposes alternative interpretations of broadly-debated concepts within architectural modernity.

Through a collection of 13 chapters, Peggy Deamer examines the profession of architecture not as an abstraction, but as an assemblage of architectural workers.

Housing and neighbourhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of our place in the world.

Convergence is based on the thermodynamic premise that architecture should maximize its ecological and architectural power.

Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings.

Buildings cannot be built without people working together.

Architecture and Health recognizes the built environment and health as inextricable encouraging a new mind-set for the profession.

Transgression means to 'cross over': borders, disciplines, practices, professions, and legislation.

The demand is now urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding cities and landscapes being destroyed by civil conflict, (un)natural disasters, political instability, and poverty.

Builders of the Vision traces the intellectual history and contemporary practices of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Numerical Control since the years following World War II until today.

First published in 1988, this book argues that discussions of urban development often neglect to consider that much of the urban environment is designed by architects and planners, and that the particular world-view of architects and planners is crucial for the way proposals are taken up, modified and carried out.

What if structures could build themselves or adapt to fluctuating environments?

International Exhibitions and Urbanism provides an insightful and comprehensive historical review of international exhibitions in its first half, which is then illustrated with a thorough technical analysis of the Zaragoza 2008 project in its second half.

This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a 'joined up' approach to building design.

The contribution of buildings to climate change is widely acknowledged.

One hundred years ago, the Addison Act created the circumstances for the large scale construction of municipal housing in the UK.

This is a design guide for architects, engineers, and contractors concerning the principles and specific applications of building information modeling (BIM).

Aeroform: Designing for Wind and Air Movement provides a comprehensive introduction to applying aerodynamic principles to architectural design.

This book is an approachable guide for students and professionals to learn parametric modeling through the lens of architectonics, allowing readers to pair fundamental ideas about architecture with parametric thinking.

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.

Practical Ethics in Architecture and Interior Design Practice presents the basics of design practice through ethical scenarios, ushering design students into real-world experiential learning.

If you need to understand about engaging the services of an architect, this updated RIBA guide is for you.

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.

Los tres textos que componen el presente libro tienen en común el surgir de una experiencia vivida, contada en primera persona, la cual subsecuentemente da origen a una reflexión consciente e investigación académica sobre arquitectura, lugar y paisaje.

If you've ever dreamt of designing and building your own home, this book is for you.

The Making of Things is about effect and intention in the schematic architectural model, a deep dive into the nature of architectonic form as the underlying syntax for all architectural work.

The constant in architecture's evolution is change.

There is an increasing realisation that small businesses, including architecture practices need to pro-actively engage with HR rather than simply firefighting when something goes wrong.

Die "Leitsätze zur Denkmalpflege in der Schweiz" wurden 2007 als Grundlage für die Arbeit am Denkmal formuliert.

Daylight, Design and Place-Making examines the role of daylight in creating and revealing the wonders of heritage and contemporary architecture.

The interior designers of tomorrow require a professional practice text that is contemporary and innovative enough to prepare them for the rapidly evolving landscape of the 21st century workplace.

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.

This book proposes alternative interpretations of broadly-debated concepts within architectural modernity.

Throughout its many editions, The Architect in Practice has remained a leading textbook used in the education of architects.

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This book explores the growing field of bio-design through interdisciplinary creative practice.

This latest title from the author provides comprehensive guidance to RIBA's two updated building contracts: the RIBA Domestic Building Contract 2018 and the RIBA Concise Building Contract 2018.

Sound and listening are intrinsically linked to how we experience and engage with places and communities.

Provides a framework for understanding of the legal, contractual and procedural implication of architectural practice.

Growing student numbers, increased student expectations, new approaches to learning, and fast-paced technological advances all contribute to the need for universities to take a more strategic approach to their buildings, including formal and informal learning spaces.

Professional services marketing is a relatively new form of marketing that has been recogonized only since the late 1980s.

The process-oriented guide to context-sensitive site selection, planning, and design Sustainable design is responsive to context.

There are over half a million listed buildings in Britain, conservation areas can be found in every borough, and a large proportion of our housing stock pre-dates 1914.