Architecture: professional practice

Often misunderstood, the New Towns story is a fascinating one of anarchists, artists, visionaries, and the promise of a new beginning for millions of people.

This is a growing sector undergoing a huge period of change - with local authorities able to build their own housing for the first time in decades.

What does the future of the construction industry look like?

First published in 1999, this book presents a fresh and diverse set of perspectives representing key directions of research and practice in the field of environmental design research.

Climate change is a threat to humankind, which requires immediate action.

Este libro recoge con una visión general y unitaria, el devenir de la arquitectura occidental a través del tiempo, desde sus orígenes remotos hasta nuestra misma contemporaneidad.

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.

If we want to continue existing on this earth, an era of renewable energy and materials is urgently needed.

In this comprehensive book, Professor Randy Deutsch has unlocked and laid bare the twenty-first century codice nascosto of architecture.

Diversity among Architects presents a series of essays questioning the homogeneity of architecture practitioners, who remain overwhelmingly male and Caucasian, to help you create a field more representative of the population you serve.

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 proposes a new critical relationship between computation and architecture, developing a history and theory of representation in architecture to understand and unleash potential means to open up creativity in the field.

The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 is the definitive framework for the contemporary building design and construction process.

Do you know how to create beautiful buildings that truly promote social change?

Including a wealth of practical information and step-by-step instructions concerning architectural drawing, this profusely illustrated handbook will be of considerable utility to illustrators, designers, architects, and artists alike.

Up and Running with AutoCAD 2022: 2D and 3D Drawing, Design and Modeling presents a combination of step-by-step instruction, examples and insightful explanations.

Defining and reducing the carbon footprint of a new or refurbished building can be a daunting task.

Explore the TPM role in depth with this revised second edition.

Professional practice courses often suffer from a boring reputation, but there's nothing dull about this updated, cornerstone edition of Professional Practice 101, which renders accessible the art and science of contemporary architectural practice.

The Future of Modular Architecture presents an unprecedented proposal for mass-customized mid- and high-rise modular housing that can be manufactured and distributed on a global scale.

Großprojekte bergen für den Generalunternehmer im Hinblick auf die Einhaltung des vereinbarten Termin- und Kostenrahmens erhebliche Organisationsrisiken.

Construction Superintendents: Essential Skills for the Next Generation is the first college-level textbook designed to prepare you to take on a site supervisor role on a complex jobsite.

When space is tight how can a city provide the best education experience for children?

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 fully revised, new edition of Innovations in Hospice Architecture responds to the need for an up-to-date, theoretically based reference book summarizing key historical and recent developments with respect to this rapidly evolving building type.

Case Study Strategies for Architects and Designers explains methods in evidence-based design, also called practice-based research, to show you the value of research to your designs.

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.

Winner of the DAM ARCHITECTURAL BOOK AWARD 2017 This publication explores the contested territory between the state and corporate drive to 'securitise' urban space - and the principle of the city as a site for enacting open civil society, participatory democracy, and the freedom of speech and assembly.

Designing Coffee Shops and Cafes for Community brings together research, theory, and practical applications for designing coffee shops and cafes as places to enhance community connections.

This book is an essential primer to help those involved in planning secure higher standards of building, open space and neighbourhood design and the delivery of better places.

"e;Stereotomy"e; is a comprehensive handbook on stereotomy, the art or technique of cutting stone, with chapters on quarrying, cutting, finishing, tools and equipment, masonry, and much more.

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.

This thoroughly updated edition of Angus J.

For students of architecture, this primer defines the critical subject area of professional studies which runs as a thread through the new RIBA validation criteria for Parts 1 and 2.

This book is an easily digestible guide to the management and practice knowledge needed to establish and run an architectural practice.

Using real working drawings from a 50 year career, Ron Slade shows how drawing remains at the heart of the design process in the everyday working life of engineers and architects.

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

** Honorable Mention at the 2019 ERDA Great Places Awards ** Making Places for People explores twelve social questions in environmental design.

A timely and important search for architecture's missing womenFor a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared.

Making Places for People explores 12 social questions crucial to environmental design.

Do you know how to create beautiful buildings that truly promote social change?

Presenting the state-of-the-art in sustainable retrofits in post war residential towers, this book captures and re-informs the current intense refurbishing process that is taking place in Britain, which is part of a global phenomenon happening all over the world, as cities upgrade their building stock in an attempt to comply with governmental emission reduction targets.

Pile Design and Construction Rules of Thumb presents Geotechnical and Civil Engineers a comprehensive coverage of Pile Foundation related theory and practice.

This is a straight forward jargon-free practical guide about all aspects of extensions of time for all construction industry professionals.

Filling a gap in existing literature on sustainable design, this new guide introduces and illustrates sustainable design principles through detailed case studies of sustainable buildings in Europe, North America and Australia.