Form follows energy : using natural forces to maximize performance

Architecture is energy. Lines drawn on paper to represent architectural intentions also imply decades and sometimes centuries of associated energy and material flows. Form Follows Energy is about the relationship between energy and the form of our built environment. It examines the optimisation of energy flows in building and urban design and the implications for form and configuration. It spea…

Montessori architecture: a design instrument for schools

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9783038603153

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282 p. ; 26 cm.

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727 Law m

Materials An Environmental Primer

Helps designers understand the environmental repercussions of their material choices. Each chapter will be devoted to a single material and written by a subject expert.

Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular Econom…

Sustainability has advanced to become an overarching concern of daily life. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economic and ecological strategies that all too often have competing aims and priorities and complex interactions. In no other field can these factors and interactions be b…

Manual of biogenic house sections

"The book focuses on houses built from materials that either sequester carbon (plants), use materials with very low embodied carbon (earth and stone) or reuse substantial amounts of existing materials. Organized by those materials (wood, bamboo, straw, hemp, cork, earth, brick, stone and re-use), and incorporating life cycle diagrams demonstrating how the raw material is processed into building…

Carbon: a field manual for building designers

A comprehensive approach to design that integrates sustainable principles and design strategies for decarbonized construction Representing an international collaboration between academics and architects in the United States and Europe, Carbon: A Field Manual for Designers and Builders offers professionals in the field an approach to sustainable design that embraces building science principles, …

Designing timber buildings

A comprehensive guide to timber as a construction material. Will be of great interest to experienced architects, university students and self-builders who are embarking on a timber-building project. Packed with information on the properties of wood; preservative treatments; environmental aspects of timber buildings. Ten in-depth case studies of award-winning timber buildings from around the wor…

Best tall buildings : a global overview of 2014 skyscrapers : CTBUH awards

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is the world’s foremost authority on tall buildings. Best Tall Buildings chronicles the annual awards process, in which the CTBUH recognizes outstanding tall buildings and design innovations that advance the potential of integrated sustainability, economic productivity, and social prosperity in cities across the world. More than an award…

The Paper Architect: Fold it yourself buildings and structures

An introduction to cutting and folding paper structures with templates and plans for creating models of structures such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, and many others.

PBB, BPHTB, & Bea meterai : Pajak bumi dan bangunan bea perolehan hak atas ta…

Dilengkapi peraturan perundang-undangan terbaru 2007

Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan Dalam Tataran Praktis

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9786028495462

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204 p.

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336.221284 Dar p

Wonders of the world

From Stonehenge to the Empire State Building, and from Angkor Wat to the Pyramids, this book surveys every continent to discover the most impressive, exotic and intriguing man-made wonders of the world. Arranged in order of longitude, and illustrated with over 100 spectacular photographs, maps and illustrations, 50 Wonders of the World reveals the awesome architectural achievements that man has…

Today's culture facilities

This text offers a complete selection of the most outstanding projects, including illustrations and construction plans to provide a greater understanding of some of the essential aspects of educational architecture.

Temporary architecture

Ephemeral buildings take possession of a location for a specific period of time, adding meaning and new quality to it. They can be interim solutions that no longer serve a purpose after a certain point, or projects and settings created for special occasions. Temporary architecture frequently possesses an experimental character, which presents new perceptions of the functions and potentials of b…

Tall buildings of China

This breathtaking new book, compiled by tall buildings specialist, Georges Binder, showcases more than 100 of the tallest buildings in China across more than 25 cities, including those towering over the megacities of Beijing, Shanghai and emerging supercities, such as Chengdu, Guangzhou and Tianjin. Georges Binder summarises the history of the Chinese tall building landscape from the 1930s to t…

Digital fabrication in architecture

With the increasing sophistication of CAD and other design software, there is now a wide array of means for both designing and fabricating architecture and its components. The proliferation of advanced modeling software and hardware has enabled architects and students to conceive and create designs that would be very difficult to do using more traditional methods. This book focuses on the inspi…

Advancing wood architecture : a computational approach

In light of environmental challenges architecture is facing, wood is no longer regarded as outmoded, nostalgic, and rooted in the past, but increasingly recognized as one of the most promising building materials for the future. Recent years have seen unprecedented innovation of new technologies for advancing wood architecture. Advancing Wood Architecture offers a comprehensive overview of the n…

Introducing architectural tectonics : exploring the intersection of design an…

In this text, author Chad Schwartz presents an introductory investigation into tectonic theory, subdividing it into distinct concepts in order to make it accessible to beginning and advanced students alike.

Efficient offices

Hoy ya nadie duda de que, de igual manera que podemos parametrizar un edificio, saber cuánto mide, cuánto pesa (la célebre pregunta que Buckminster Fuller le hizo a Norman Foster, “How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?”), hoy deberíamos de saber todos, cuánto consumen nuestros edificios y qué hacer para mejorar su eficiencia energética. De hecho, nuestros últimos edificios …

Shigeru Ban : paper in architecture

"This large-format monograph is the first to chronicle exclusively Shigeru Ban's explorations in "paper architecture." Informed by a thorough and early interest in sustainable forms, his innovative practice pioneered the use of paper as a structural element in buildings. This book features permanent and temporary structures, ranging from one-off museums and exhibition spaces to emergency struct…