Designlandschaft Österreich offeriert einen leicht fassbaren Überblick über die österreichische Designkultur von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart; dies vor dem Hintergrund der äußerst bewegten Industriegeschichte des Landes.
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.
PROVEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODSFully revised to cover the most current contract information and green building guidelines, Project Management in Construction, Sixth Edition provides project managers and general contractors with the skills necessary to run every phase of a construction job.
Strategies for Landscape Representation discusses a variety of digital and analogue production techniques for the representation of landscape at multiple scales.
The aim of this book is to provide a single source of information to support continuing professional development (CPD) in the built environment sector.
Environmental disasters and severe weather due to climate change, both triggered by human actions, have had an increasingly direct impact on our homes.
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.
From the targeted demolition of Mostar's Stari-Most Bridge in 1993 to the physical and social havoc caused by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the history of cities is often a history of destruction and reconstruction.
Die Ursachen für die häufigsten Fehlschläge bei der Mauerwerkssanierung liegen erfahrungsgemäß in fehlender Diagnostik, unzureichender Planung, mangelhafter Ausführung, objektspezifisch falscher Materialwahl und ungeeigneter Baustoffqualität.
This book explores incentives capable of enhancing the effectiveness of urban planning systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using economic theory as a framework.
First published in 2007, this book examines the designs of seventeen architecture and design schools and answers questions such as: How has architectural education evolved and what is its future?
Design thinking is a powerful process that facilitates understanding and framing of problems, enables creative solutions, and may provide fresh perspectives on our physical and social landscapes.
Daylighting and Integrated Lighting Design provides architects, building designers, and students clear direction for the successful inclusion of daylight and integrated electric light in buildings.
Homing the Machine in Architecture is a series of conversations on the ways designers, practitioners, historians, and theorists orient themselves within the world of architectural digital fabrication.
Aufgrund von engen Zeitvorgaben und stark vernetzten Ablaufen im Planungs- und Bauprozess ist die Terminplanung eine wichtige Voraussetzung fur die erfolgreiche Projektdurchfuhrung.
Virtual Aesthetics in Architecture: Designing in Mixed Realities presents a curated selection of projects and texts contributed by leading international architects and designers who are using virtual reality technologies in their design process.
"El centenario de la Bauhaus vuelve a poner en el foco de nuestro interés la figura de su fundador, el arquitecto Walter Gropius (1883-1969), que en sus escritos y conferencias supo plantear muchos de los temas que, pese al profundo cambio de las condiciones y de nuestros juicios, nos siguen ocupando.
The essential guide to beginning your career in architecture The Architecture Student's Handbook of Professional Practice opens the door to the vast body of knowledge required to effectively manage architectural projects and practice.
This book is a practical guide for students or those already running or thinking of running a small practice on how to set up and run a small architectural practice and how to run multiple small projects efficiently.
This book seeks to improve the work lives of architects of diverse demographics who do not fit, or want to replicate, the traditional '24/7' white-male architect lifestyle.
The only comprehensive SketchUp guide written for builders and contractors SketchUp is a 3D modeling application used in areas ranging from civil and mechanical engineering to motion picture and video game design.
Emergency Repairs for Historic Buildings is a compilation of 12 case studies that emphasize the necessity of emergency repairs for historic buildings in poor condition.
The second edition of the Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book maintains its coverage of a broad range of project management skills, from technical expertise to leadership, negotiation, team building and communication.
Australian architect Robin Boyd (1919-1971) advocated tirelessly for the voice of Australian architects so that there could be an architecture that might speak to Australian conditions and sensibilities.
Microalgae architecture has gained awareness for its biotechnical potential to achieve net-zero energy architecture while also promoting ecological sustainability and occupant well-being.
This book is a highly illustrated "e;map,"e; using photos, infographics and statistics, showing designers how they can successfully navigate the emerging field of resource management and the circular economy.
First published in 1992, this book is about making connections that may lead towards a new professionalism, since the past several decades have given rise mainly to new kinds of specialists in the areas of programming, evaluation, and participation.
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.
In diesem Band der Reihe "e;Im Detail"e; stehen Projekte im Rampenlicht, die sonst immer im Schatten der spektakularen und extravaganten Bauten stehen, die die Fachpresse bevolkern: Bauten, die sich ungeschminkt, ohne Alluren prasentieren und gerade trotz engem Budget bis ins Detail sauber durchgearbeitet sind.
Business Principles for Landscape Contracting, fully revised and updated in its third edition, is an introduction to the application of business principles of financial management involved in setting up your own landscape contracting business and beginning your professional career.
Este libro incluye una serie de textos escritos por reputados especialistas que hablan de arquitecturas y de ciudades de América Latina, poniendo el foco no tanto en los paradigmas al uso que aparecen en la bibliografía y hemerografía más difundidas, sino en esos otros edificios y entornos que constituyen la trama de la ciudad.
