Methods Materials category: 423 books
by
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Photovoltaic systems (PVs) produce electricity directly from solar radiation and are becoming more widespread as their advantages become apparent. This new guide provides an overview of how PVs work and how they are incorporated in the design of buildings, giving designers a good idea of the variety...
by Terence Moran
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 1997
Legal Competence in Environmental Health assists the environmental health professional in understanding the operation of English law and navigating through some of its complexities. It covers those aspects of the work which are regulated by legal principles but not found in a single statute.
by Andrew Charleson, Adriana Guisasola
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Seismic isolation offers the highest degree of earthquake protection to buildings and their inhabitants. Modern applications of the technology are less than 50 years old and uptake in seismically active regions continues to soar.
Seismic Isolation for Architects is a comprehensive introduction...
Getting Rid of Graffiti
A practical guide to graffiti removal and anti-graffiti protection
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This book provides, for the first time, clear, authoritative guidance on removing graffiti and protecting surfaces from further attack.
The Politics of Parametricism
Digital Technologies in Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Over the last decade, 'parametricism' has been heralded as a new avant-garde in the industries of architecture, urban design, and industrial design, regarded by many as the next grand style in the history of architecture, heir to postmodernism and deconstruction. From buildings to cities, the built...
Villa
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Partez à la découverte de la villa avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Le mot latin «villa» désigne proprement une exploitation agricole; on en vint par la suite à l'appliquer aux résidences de plaisance, dans les campagnes ou sur les plages, sans lien avec sa fonction agricole initiale....
Interpretation in Architecture
Design as Way of Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Drawing on cultural theory, phenomenology and concepts from Asian art and philosophy, this book reflects on the role of interpretation in the act of architectural creation, bringing an intellectual and scholarly dimension to real-world architectural design practice. For practising architects as well...
HVAC Control Systems
Modelling, Analysis and Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
This important new book bridges the gap between works on classical control and process control, and those dealing with HVAC control at a more elementary level, which generally adopt a qualitative and descriptive control. Both advanced level students and specialist practitioners will welcome the in-depth...
Accessible Housing
Quality, Disability and Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2005
Considering the interrelationships between disability and housing design with a focus on the role of policy in addressing the housing needs of disabled people, this book sets out some of the broader debates about the nature of housing, quality and design. In what ways are domestic design and architecture...
Architecture Live Projects
Pedagogy into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Architecture Live Projects provides a persuasive, evidence-based advocacy for moving a particular kind of architectural learning, known as Live Projects, towards a holistic integration into current and future architectural curricula.
Live Projects are work completed in the borderlands between...
Sick Building Syndrome
Concepts, Issues and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2005
Sick building syndrome is for many of us an enigma. The legislative precedents currently being set in North America underline the need for rational examination of the problem. This new collection of expert writing will help unravel the complex issues involved. The book explores sick building syndrome...
Design Computing
An Overview of an Emergent Field
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Design Computing will help you understand the rapidly evolving relationship between computing, designers, and the many different environments they create or work in. The book introduces the topic of design computing, and covers the basics of hardware and software, so you don’t need to be an expert....
by Olga Popovic Larsen
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2007
In structural terms reciprocal frame structures are 'three dimensional assemblies of mutually supporting beams'. But behind this definition lie some breathtakingly beautiful and complex structures at the heart of buildings both ancient and modern. This new book explores the principles of these apparently...
The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice
Established and Emerging Trends
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice provides an overview of established and emerging trends in architecture practice. Contributions of the latest research from international experts examine external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture. Each chapter...