Design category: 5388 books
Solar Energy
Technologies and Project Delivery for Buildings
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Solar Energy is an authoritative reference on the design of solar energy systems in building projects, with applications, operating principles, and simple tools for the construction, engineering, and design professional. The book simplifies the solar design and engineering process, providing sample...
by Garold (Gary) Oberlender, Robert Peurifoy
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
The definitive guide to formwork design, materials, and methods--fully updated
Formwork for Concrete Structures, Fourth Edition, provides current information on designing and building formwork and temporary structures during the construction process. Developed with the latest structural design recommendations...
Plumbing, Electricity, Acoustics
Sustainable Design Methods for Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Discover sustainable methods for designing crucial building systems for architects.
This indispensable companion to Norbert Lechner's landmark volume Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects, Third Edition completes the author's mission to cover all topics in the...
by David Meade
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
I wrote this book because after looking far and wide for a similar one which specialized in Web Design for Authors—I couldn't find any! I'm an author and have written seven books, both fiction and non-fiction. Not only did I see a deficit of material in the how-to category regarding writing...
Deck Ideas You Can Use - Updated Edition
Stunning Designs & Fantastic Features for Your Dream Deck
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
This photo-rich book is the tool every DIYer and homeowner needs to plan and design a beautiful custom deck. If you're looking to build a new deck or remodel the one you have, you want to start by spreading some innovative deck designs in front of you. Look no further than Deck Ideas You Can Use....
Advances in Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure
Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors and Sustainable Infrastructure, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This book deals with human factors research directed towards realizing and assessing sustainability in the built environment. It reports on advanced engineering methods for sustainable infrastructure design, as well as on assessments of the efficient methods and the social, environmental, and economic...
by Bertrand De Hartingh, Anna Craven-Smith-Milnes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
With over 220 striking photographs and insightful commentary, this Vietnamese design book captures the essence of Vietnamese style and art.
Vietnam has long captured the imagination of travelers, both real and armchair. It is an appealing country, filled with natural beauty, tranquil village...
By the Skin of Our Teeth
The Art and Design of Morning Breath
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
A lush, full-color, beautifully designed visual history that brings to life the innovative and creative world of Morning Breath Co. Inc., the Brooklyn-based boutique design studio whose collaborators including top musical artists (from Jay Z to the Foo Fighters) as well as such top brands as Vans...
Design on trial
Critique and metamorphosis of the contemporary object
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Different industrial objects have been taken to trial during time, such as steel handles, plastic vessels, decorated chairs, packaging or neon lamps. They have been accused of perpetrating a crime against art and soul, against ecology and civilisation, against style and imagination. Through 12 keywords...
Architectural Intelligence
How Designers and Architects Created the Digital Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Architects who engaged with cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies poured the foundation for digital interactivity.
In Architectural Intelligence, Molly Wright Steenson explores the work of four architects in the 1960s and 1970s who incorporated elements of interactivity...
by Sharon Leece
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Featuring over 300 beautiful photographs and extensive commentary, China Style blends the chic designs of modern China with the sensibilities of traditional Chinese art.
Chinese interior design is a kaleidoscope of competing influences: scholarly gardens versus opium dens, imperial palaces...
Steel
A Design, Cultural and Ecological History
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Steel has, over centuries, played a crucial role in shaping our material, and in particular, urban landscapes. This books undertakes a cultural and ecological history of the material, examining the relationship between steel and design at a micro and macro level – in terms of both what it has been...
Designing Disability
Symbols, Space, and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Designing Disability traces the emergence of an idea and an ideal – physical access for the disabled – through the evolution of the iconic International Symbol of Access (ISA). The book draws on design history, material culture and recent critical disability studies to examine not only the development...
What Architecture Means
Connecting Ideas and Design
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
What Architecture Means introduces you to architecture and allows you to explore the connections between design ideas and values across time, space, and culture. It equips you to play an active and informed role in architecture either as a professional or as a consumer, client, and citizen. By analyzing...