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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture:RE-UPLOADED

2010-12-30T13:04:00.000+03:00

Author: Robert Venturi
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Contents:

1. Nonstraightforward Architecture: A Gentle Manifesto

2. Complexity and Contradiction vs. Simplification or Picturesqueness

3. Ambiguity

4. Contradictory Levels: The Phenomenon of "Both-And" in Architecture

5. Contradictory Levels Continued: The Double-Functioning Element

6. Accommodation and the Limitations of Order: The Conventional Element

7. Contradiction Adapted

8. Contradiction Juxtaposed

9. The Inside and the Outside

10. Theobligation Toward the Difficult Whole

11. Works

Planning Middle Eastern Cities : An urban kaleidoscope in a globalizing world:RE-UPLOADED

2010-12-26T08:20:00.001+03:00

Editor: Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher: Routledge, First published 2004
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Contents:

1 The Middle East City: Moving beyond the Narrative of Loss

2 The Merits of Cities’ Locations

Overview and Developments

3 The Spatial Development and Urban Transformation of Colonial and Postcolonial Algiers

4 Globalization and the Search for Modern Local Architecture: Learning from Baghdad

5 Sana’a: Transformation of the Old City and the Impacts of the Modern Era

Case Studies: Redrawing Boundaries

6 Lake Tunis, or the Concept of the Third Centre

7 Cairo’s Urban Déjà Vu: Globalization and Urban Fantasies

8 Redrawing Boundaries: Dubai, an Emerging Global City

Image Of the City

2009-11-10T11:19:00.003+03:00

Author: Kevin Lynch
Publisher: Twentieth Printing 1990 by Massachusetts Institute Of Tecnology
Size: 17.5 MB
Format: RARed djvu
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The Evolution of Designs : Biological analogy in architecture and the applied arts

2009-04-20T12:36:00.003+03:00

Author: Philip Steadman
Publisher: First published 1979 by the Syndics of Cambridge University Press, This revised edition published 2008 by Routledge
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Contents:

1 Introduction

2 The organic analogy

3 The classificatory analogy: Building types and natural species

4 The anatomical analogy: Engineering structure and the animal skeleton

5 The ecological analogy: The environments of artefacts and organisms

6 The Darwinian analogy: Trial and error in the evolution of organisms and artefacts

7 The evolution of decoration

8 Tools as organs or as extensions of the physical body

9 How to speed up craft evolution?

10 Design as a process of growth

11 ‘Biotechnics’: Plants and animals as inventors

12 Hierarchical structure and the adaptive process: Biological analogy in Alexander’s Notes on the Synthesis of Form13 The consequences of the biological fallacy: Functional determinism

14 The consequences of the biological fallacy: Historical determinism and the denial of tradition

15 What remains of the analogy? The history and science of the artificial

Integrated Strategies In Architecture-REUPLOADED

2009-04-19T08:03:00.000+03:00

Editors: Joan Zunde & Hocine Bougdah
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, First published 2006
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Contents:
PART 1 THE PURPOSE OF BUILDINGS
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Origins
CHAPTER 2: Moderation of the environment
CHAPTER 3: Use of available technology
CHAPTER 4: The demands of the community
Bibliography
PART 2 THE DESIGN TEAM
Introduction
CHAPTER 5: The specialists and how they work together
CHAPTER 6: The client’s role
CHAPTER 7: Communication
CHAPTER 8: Professional responsibility
Bibliography
PART 3 THE DESIGN PROCESS
Introduction
CHAPTER 9: Creative problem-solving
CHAPTER 10: The problem
CHAPTER 11: The process in action
CHAPTER 12: Aesthetics
CHAPTER 13: Evaluation
CHAPTER 14: Completion
Bibliography
PART 4 SPACE
Introduction
CHAPTER 15: Tailored versus loose-fit outcomes
CHAPTER 16: Functional requirements
CHAPTER 17: Anthropometrics and ergonomics
CHAPTER 18: Relationships between spaces
Bibliography
PART 5 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Introduction
CHAPTER 19: Principles of environmental design
CHAPTER 20: Design strategies
CHAPTER 21: Case studies
Bibliography
PART 6 STRUCTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
Introduction
CHAPTER 22: Structural materials
CHAPTER 23: Structures for domestic buildings
CHAPTER 24: Design of structural elements
Bibliography

Reconstructing Architecture: Critical Discourses and social Practice

2009-04-09T08:30:00.003+03:00

Editor: Thomas A. Dutton and Lian Hurst Mann
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 1996
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Contents:

Modernism, Postmodernism, and Architecture's Social Project

Thomas A. Button and Lian Hurst Mann

1 The Suppression of the Social in Design: Architecture as War

Anthony Ward

2 The F Word in Architecture: Feminist Analyses in/of/for Architecture

Sherry Ahrentzen

3 Second Nature: On the Social Bond of Ecology and Architecture

Richard Ingersoll

4 Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogy: Cultural Pedagogy and Architecture

Thomas A. Button

5 Accommodation and Resistance: The Built Environment and the African American Experience

Bradford C. Grant

6 Deconstruction and Architecture

Margaret Soltan

7 Subverting the Avant-Garde: Critical Theory's Real Strategy

Lian Hurst Mann

Professional Practice for Interior Designers

2009-04-08T08:29:00.004+03:00

Editor: Christine M. Piotrowski
Publisher: John Wiley &Sons, Inc., 2002
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Contents:

Part I An Introduction to the Profession of Interior Design

1. The Profession

2. Ethics

3. Personal Goal Setting

Part II How to Establish an Interior Design Practice

4. Planning a New Interior Design Practice

5. Advice and Counsel

6. Business Formations

7. Legal Filings

8. On Your Own

9. Business Organization and Management

10. The Planning Function

11. Personnel Management

12. Legal Issues of Employment

13. Legal Responsibilities

14. Warranties and Product Liability

15. Financial Accounting

16. Financial Management

17. Determining Design Fees

18. Preparing Design Contracts

19. Product Pricing Considerations

20. The Sale of Goods and the Uniform

21. Marketing Interior Design Services

22. Promoting the Interior Design Practice

23. Advanced Promotional Tools

24. Selling Your Services

25. Design Presentations

26. Personal Power

27. Project Management Techniques

28. Working with Trade Sources

29. Contract Documents and Specifications

30. Contract Administration

31. Contract Administration: Delivery and Project Closeout

32. Career Options

33. Getting the Next—or First—Job 577

Identity by Design

2009-02-10T09:57:00.004+03:00

Authors: Georgia Butina Watson and Ian Bentley
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd., 2007
Size: 26.84 MB
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Contents:
1 Prague:The pursuit and perils of national identity
2 Pleˇcnik’s Ljubljana: The social relevance of a personal vision
3 Mexico: Complexities of culture and landscape
4 The London Underground: A way for all
5 Red Bologna
6 Rossi in Perugia: Designing with layers of history
7 Malaysia: Layering ecology and culture
8 Reinforcing Boston’s Emerald Necklace
9 The beginnings of a synthesis:The responsive environments approach
Conclusions: Pulling the threads together

Intelligent Skins

2009-02-10T09:49:00.003+03:00

Authors: Michael Wigginton and Jude Harris

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002

Size: 9.1 MB

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Contents:
Preface The origins of this book
Picture acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The environmental context and the design imperative
Chapter 3 Buildings and intelligence: metaphors and models
Chapter 4 The intelligent skin: the deepening metaphor
Chapter 5 Method
Chapter 6 Features
Chapter 7 The future
Chapter 8 The case studies
Case study 1 GSWHeadquarters
Berlin
Case study 2 Debis Building
Berlin
Case study 3 Commerzbank Headquarters
Frankfurt-am-Main
Case study 4 Stadttor (City Gate)
Düsseldorf
Case study 5 GlaxoWellcome House West
Greenford
Case study 6 The Environmental Building
Garston
Case study 7 Helicon
London
Case study 8 Tax Office Extension
Enschede
Case study 9 Headquarters of Gِtz
Würzburg
Case study 10 Phoenix Central Library
Phoenix, Arizona
Case study 11 The Brundtland Centre
Toftlund Sّnerjylland
Case study 12 The Green Building
Dublin
Case study 13 Heliotrop®
Freiburg-im-Breisgau
Case study 14 Villa Vision
Taastrup
Case study 15 Business Promotion Centre
Duisburg
Case study 16 School of Engineering and Manufacture
Leicester
Case study 17 SUVA Insurance Company
Basel
Case study 18 Solar House Freiburg
Freiburg
Case study 19 Design Office for Gartner
Gundelfingen/Donau
Case study 20 TRON– Concept Intelligent House
Tokyo
Case study 21 Super Energy Conservation Building
Tokyo
Case study 22 Occidental Chemical Center
Niagara Falls, New York

Healthy Living Centres - A Guide to Primary Health Care Design

2009-02-05T08:31:00.003+03:00

Authors: Geoffrey Purves
Publisher: Architectural Press, First published 2002
Size: 35.99 MB
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Contents:
Chapter 1 An outline review of the issues
Chapter 2 Architecture and medicine: is it art and science or illusion and reality?
Chapter 3 Policy issues
Chapter 4 Design issues
Chapter 5 Financial issues
Chapter 6 Briefing issues
Chapter 7 Measurement of design quality
Chapter 8 Procurement routes
Chapter 9 International trends
Chapter 10 A strategy for the future
Chapter 11 Case studies (see over for details)
Chapter 12 The way forward

ETFE Technology and Design

2009-02-05T08:15:00.004+03:00

Authors: Annette LeCuyer

Publisher: Birkhauser, 2008

Size: 46.86 MB

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Contents:
Ian Liddell // Sustaining new technologies
Introduction: Pleasure. Power and Payload

The Pneumatic Imagination: Architectural Ideas and Application

Material Matters: ETFE
Stefan Lehnert II Risk and RAliilhilitv
Soft Structure
The Performative Skin
Environmengery : The Variable Skin
Life Safety
The Communicative Skin
The Climatic Envelop

Ben Morris // ETFE Futures

Environmental Design : An introduction for architects and engineers

2009-02-02T08:49:00.005+03:00

Authors: Randall Thomas & Max Fordham & Partners

Publisher:E & FN Spon, Second edition 1999
Size: 6.46 MB
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Contents:

Part One1

Strategies

MAX FORDHAM

2 Comfort, health and environmental physics

BILL WATTS

3 Buildings and energy balances

BILL WATTS and RANDALL THOMAS

4 Building planning and design

RANDALL THOMAS

5 Site planning

RANDALL THOMAS

6 Materials and construction

RANDALL THOMAS

7 Energy sources

RAMIRO GODOY

8 Lighting

RANDALL THOMAS

9 Engineering thermal comfort

RANDALL THOMAS

10 Water, waste disposal and appliances

MIKE ENTWISLE and RANDALL THOMAS

Summary

RANDALL THOMAS

Part Two

11 RMC International Headquarters

BART STEVENS

12 Grove Road Primary Schoo

lBILL WATTS

13 Queens Building, De Montfort University

EDITH BLENNERHASSETT

14 The Charles Cryer Studio Theatre

COLIN HAMILTON

15 Sutton House

RICHARD QUINCEY

16 The Environmental Building, Building Research Establishment

RANDALL THOMAS and BART STEVENS

17 The Millennium Centre, Dagenham

RANDALL THOMAS

18 The Bedales Theatre

RANDALL THOMAS

Appendices

A Environmental data and the psychrometric chart

RANDALL THOMAS

B Calculation procedures

RANDALL THOMASC

Acoustics

RANDALL THOMAS

D Photovoltaics

RANDALL THOMAS

Illustration

Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max

2009-02-02T08:38:00.002+03:00

Authors: Darren Brooker
Publisher: Focal Press, Third edition 2008
Size: 14.34 MB
Format: SFXed pdf
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Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Who this book is for

How to use this book

Tutorials

Software requirements

Part 1 > Theory

Chapter 2 A little light theory

Real world lighting explained

The visible spectrum

Color mixing

Our perception of light

Color temperature

Color balance

The behavior of light

Understanding the qualities of light

Chapter 3 CG lights examined

Lights in CG

Standard lights

Sunlight and Daylight systems

Photometric lights

The anatomy of a CG light

Chapter 4 Understanding shadows

The importance of shadows

The technical side of shadows

Faking it

When to fake

To use shadows or not?

Shadow saturation

Part 2 > Techniques

Chapter 5 Basic lighting techniques

Learning to light

Basic three-point lighting

Key light

Fill light

Backlight

Key-to-fill ratios

Contrast

Tutorial > three-point lighting

Chapter 6 Further lighting techniques

Making light work

Other light types

Area lights

Tutorial > area lights

Arrays

Tutorial > light arrays

Skylights

High Dynamic Range imaging

Tutorial > HDR skylight

Chapter 7 Radiosity techniques

Global illumination

Light distribution

Raytracing

Radiosity

Radiosity workflow

Tutorial > radiosity workflow

Chapter 8 Indoor lighting techniques

Indoor lighting

Outdoor light indoors

Tutorial > radiosity techniques

Tutorial > simulating global illumination

Tutorial > HDR lighting

Artificial lighting

Tutorial > three-point artificial lighting

Chapter 9 Outdoor lighting techniques

The great outdoors

Sunlight

Skylight

Sunlight and skylight together

Tutorial > sunlight and skylight together

Night time

Moonlight

Tutorial > moonlight

Street lighting

Tutorial > outdoor lighting fixtures

Tutorial > neon lighting

Chapter 10 Rendering with mental ray

Physically-based lighting

Tutorial > indirect illumination workflow

Tutorial > Global Illumination

Floating-point images

Tutorial > floating-point images

Tutorial > outdoor lighting

Ambient occlusion

Tutorial > ambient occlusion

Caustics

Tutorial > caustics with mental ray

Rendering options

Chapter 11 Match lighting

Background plates

Lighting reference data

HDR

Match lighting in practice

Match lighting without reference

Tutorial > match lighting

mental ray production shaders

Tutorial > match lighting with mental ray

Chapter 12 Lighting Analysis

Lighting analysis

The Lighting Analysis Assistant

Tutorial > lighting analysis

Chapter 13 Lighting and lens effects

Visual hooks

Inside the lens

Glows

Tutorial > glows

Lens flares

Tutorial > lens flares

Highlights

Tutorial > highlights

Chapter 14 Compositing

Post production

Compositing

Render Elements

Tutorial > Render Elements

Combustion

Tutorial > combustion

Taking compositing further

Part 3 > Tips & tricks

Chapter 15 In production

Working efficiently

The first step

The key

Fills and backlights

Rendering

Revision

Production pipelines

Modeling issues

Texturing issues

More revision

Preparation

Pitching for business

Experimentation

Part 4 > Taking it further

Chapter 16 Composition and drama

Visual storytelling

Composition

Unity

Grouping

Emphasis

Depth

Mood and drama

Positive and negative space

The rule of thirds

Chapter 17 Camerawork and technicalities

The camera in 3D

Technical aspects

Broadcast standards

PAL and NTSC

Aspect ratios

Film formats

Reframing

Overscan

Fields and motion blur

Chapter 18 Looking further

Looking beyond lighting

Brazil

finalRender

Maxwell Render

V-Ray

MAXScript

Plug-in away

Useful websites

Studio websites

Architecture in the United States Oxford History of Art

2009-01-29T10:53:00.002+03:00

Authors: Upton, Dell.

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Size: 12.65 MB
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Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1 An American Icon
Chapter 2 Community

Chapter 3 Nature

Chapter 4 Technology

Chapter 5 Money

Chapter 6 Art

Notes

List of Illustrations

Bibliographic Essay

Timeline

The Designer's Workspace : ultimate office design

2009-01-22T08:38:00.004+03:00

Authors: Douglas B. Caywood
Publisher: Architectural Press, First published 2004
Size: 17.97 MB
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Contents:
Part One: Small Firms (1^19 employees)
Part Two: Medium Sized Firms (20^49 employees)
Part Three: Large Firms (50 employees and larger)
Reality of Design Overview
Workspace Design Checklist
Design Approach
Where to Begin?
Restoration or Adaptive Reuse
Interior Design
Landscape Architecture
‘To Do Or Not To Do’
After the Move . . .
Graphics for Today’s Firm ^ Lasting Impressions
Conclusion

Architectural Model as Machine

2009-01-22T08:31:00.003+03:00

Authors: Albert C. Smith

Publisher: Architectural Press, First published 2004

Size: 5.31 MB
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Contents:
1 Define/Divine/Design
2 The changing mechanism of the scale model
3 Scale model as machine
4 Machine as scale model machine
5 Pandora and the modern scale model machine

Archeticture : Ecstasies of Space, Time, and the Human Body

2009-01-22T08:25:00.002+03:00

Authors: Krell, David Farrell
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1997

Size: 2.47 MB

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Contents:
1- IntroductionArchetictureSpell it New?
2- One.Tic-TalkSpace, Time, and Lovemaking in Plato's Timaeus
3- Two.Ecstatic SpatialityLiberations of Space in Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger
4- Three.Unhomelike PlacesArchetictural Sections of Heidegger and Freud

A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic

2009-01-22T08:16:00.002+03:00

Authors: Conrad Rudolph

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006
Size: 14.36 MB
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Contents:
1 Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art
Conrad Rudolph
2 Vision
Cynthia Hahn
3 Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers
Madeline Harrison Caviness
4 Narrative
Suzanne Lewis
5 Formalism
Linda Seidel
6 Gender and Medieval Art
Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz
7 Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Herbert L. Kessler
8 Art and Exegesis
Christopher G. Hughes
9 Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art
Jill Caskey
10 Collecting (and Display)
Pierre Alain Mariaux
11 The Concept of Spolia
Dale Kinney
12 The Monstrous
Thomas E. A. Dale
13 Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture
Laura Kendrick
14 Romanesque Architecture
Eric Fernie
15 Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe
Colum Hourihane
16 Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture
Robert A. Maxwell
17 The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination
Adam S. Cohen
18 The Study of Gothic Architecture
Stephen Murray
19 Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250
Martin Büchsel
20 Gothic Manuscript Illustration: The Case of France
Anne D. Hedeman
21 Glazing Medieval Buildings
Elizabeth Carson Pastan
22 Toward a Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts
Brigitte Buettner
23 East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States
Jaroslav Folda
24 Gothic in the East: Western Architecture in Byzantine Lands
Tassos C. Papacostas
25 Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe
Marie-Thérèse Zenner
26 Sculptural Programs
Bruno Boerner
27 Cistercian Architecture
Peter Fergusson
28 Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way
Paula Gerson
29 “The Scattered Limbs of the Giant”: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals
Tina Waldeier Bizzarro
30 The Modern Medieval Museum
Michelle P. Brown

Innovations in Hospice Architecture

2009-01-18T09:16:00.003+03:00

Authors: Stephen Verderber and Ben J. Refuerzo

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, First published 2006

Size: 40.64 MB

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Contents:
Part 1 A HISTORY OF HOSPICE
1 An architectural history of hospice
2 On dying, nature, and the machine
Part 2 DESIGNING HOSPICE
3 Recent trends
4 Designing for palliative care
Part 3 CASE STUDIES
5 Case studies
References and notes

Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture

2009-01-15T11:39:00.003+03:00

Author: Catherine Dee
Publisher: Spon Press, First published 2001

Size: 9.76 MB

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Contents:

1 Landscape fabri
2 Spaces
3 Paths
4 Edges
5 Foci
7 Detail

Environment and Children - Passive Lessons from the Everyday Environment

2009-01-12T12:59:00.003+03:00

Author: Christopher Day

Publisher: Architectural Press, First edition 2007
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Contents:
PARTI ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN
1. Design by adults: experience by children
Environment and child development
Places as exploratoria
Experience and learning
Experience of place
Different thinking: different learning: different needs
Gender differences
Design for children
2. Childhood: a journey
Childhood
Children and environment: developing consciousness
The in-between world
Play: preparation for life
Environment and development
3. Developmental needs: challenge and certainty
Conflicting needs
Reassurance by design
Security to venture out from
Semi-protected play
Stretching boundaries
Adventure
Creativity: known meeting unknown
The known and the unknown
PART II HEALTH: PHYSICAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND SOCIAL
4. Social relationships and place
School society
Bullying
Young and old
Learning sociability
Linking places
Social identity and place
5. Issues of health
Dirt and hygiene: surfaces and textures
Invisible factors
Materials and air quality
Indoor climate
Outdoor air
Electro-climate
Geopathology
Remedial action
PART III ENVIRONMENT AS AN EDUCATIONAL AID
6. Our senses: meeting the world
From sensory experience to integrated thinking
Sensory stimulus and attention
Our many senses
The physical senses
Scent
Touch
Warmth
Sound
Sight
Balance
Movement
The finer senses
The senses and thinking
7. Light and darkness: age and situation
Light and health
Thinking and dreaming: openness and security
Daylight
Windows
Artificial light
Light and mood
8. Colour and children
Colour: what is it?
Physiological and mood effects
Colour experience
Outdoor colour
Light, substance and colour
Colour for children
9. Space: shape and quality
Response to space
Space-language: from life-energy to thought
Function and space-mood
Usability and space
Classrooms
Things and spaces
PART IV PLACES FOR CHILDREN
10. What places teach: silent lessons
Silent lessons
Materials and mood
Appearance messages
Permeability and opacity
Place messages
Imprinted values
Invisible education
11. Welcoming arrival
The journey experience
Arrival: meeting a place
Being there
Indoor journeys
Inner and outer journeys
The arrival journey: pedagogical function
Journeys of welcome
PARTV ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN
12. Outdoor places
Outdoor need
Gardens for the soul
Vegetable gardens
Kindergarten gardens
Outdoor learning
Educational benefits
School grounds
Greening playgrounds
13. Environment for the developing child
Children and environment
Small children
Mid-childhood
Teenagers
Nourishing children’s developmental journey
PART VI SUSTAINABILITY LESSONS FROM SURROUNDINGS
14. Learning to care for the environment
From reverence to conscious care
Absorbing values
15. Making nature’s cycles visible
Cycles and nature
Solar cycles
Seasonal cycles
The nutrient cycle
Sewage
The water cycle
Cycles and life
16. Living with the elements
The elements and us
The elements, one by one
Earth
Water
Air
Fire
The elements and everyday life
17. Levels of life
Children and animals
Animals and school
Farm animals, food and the foundations of life
Songbirds
Insects
Aquatic life
Lessons from the living world
18. Learning sustainability through daily experience
Towards a sustainable lifestyle
Facing the future: developing sustainability consciousness
Energy use
Recognizing the sun’s energy
Thinking green
Environmental audit
School audit
Sustainability in daily view
Neighbourhood environmental audit
19. Sustainable schools
Hidden benefits
Sustainability implications for schools
Design for sustainability
Heating, cooling and energy issues
Energy conservative design
Solar heating
Cooling
Ventilation
Water issues
How much water can we get from rain?
Travel
Eco-schools
PART VII ENVIRONMENT TO SERVE AND INSPIRE
20. From ends to means

Designing the City : Towards a more sustainable urban form

2009-01-12T12:54:00.002+03:00

Author: Hildebrand Frey
Publisher: E & FN Spon, First published 1999

Size: 9.1 MB

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Contents:
Part One The Current Debate about the Sustainable City
1. What Urban Design Is and Why it is so Important Today
2. Compact, Decentralised or What? The Sustainable City Debate
3. Micro- and Macro-structures of a More Sustainable City
Part Two Application of the Model Urban Structure to Glasgow
4. Glasgow—A Typical Post-industrial City
5. Application of Micro- and Macro-structure: the Case of Glasgow
6. Strategic Design of Districts of the City of Glasgow
Epilogue

Color Drawing Design Drawing Skills and Techniques for Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers

2009-01-12T12:47:00.004+03:00

Author: Doyle, Michael E
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US), 1999
Size: 25.65 MB
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Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Part I Color Drawing for Communication
1 Initial Considerations
Phenomena of Color and Light
The Dimensions of Color
2 Media and Paper
Media
Paper
3 Technique
Ways to Apply Color Media
Impressions of Materials
Creating the Effects of Light
The Retrocolor Technique
Toned Backgrounds
4 Elements, Materials, and Finishes
Interior Materials
Space-Defining Planes
Furnishing and Fixtures
Lighting
Accessories
Exterior Materials
Ground Plane Materials
Wall Plane Materials and Windows
The Overhead Plane: Roofs and Skies
5 Scale Elements: Figures and Automobiles
Drawing Figures in Color
Automobiles
Part IIColor Drawing for Presentation
6 Color and Composition in Illustration
How Colors Relate to One Another: The Contrast of Colors
Color Contrast and Image Composition
7 Approaches to Creating Color Design Drawings
The First Consideration: Make the Line Drawing
The Second Consideration: Create a Value Strategy
The Third Consideration: The Transfer
The Fourth Consideration: Paper and Color
Additional Layers of Information
Revisions and Repairs
8 Presentation and Distribution of Color Design Drawings
Presentation
Distribution of Color Design Drawings: The Sketchpack
Glossary

Building Services Design Methodology : A practical guide

2009-01-08T12:00:00.004+03:00

Author: David Bownass

Publisher: Spon Press, 2001

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Contents:

1 Introduction
1.1 Chapter contents
1.2 The aim of the book
1.3 How to use the book
2 The building services designer's role and responsibilities
2.1 Chapter contents
2.2 Mechanical building services systems
2.3 Building services design tools
2.4 Legal responsibilities
2.5 Contractual responsibilities
2.6 Professional responsibilities
2.7 Chapter review
References
Further reading
3 Design in engineering construction
3.1 Chapter contents
3.2 The design process
3.3 Design responsibility
3.4 Chapter review
References
Further reading
4 Feasibility studies
4.1 Chapter contents
4.2 Determining where you are in the development process
4.3 The initial brief
4.4 Feasibility studies
4.5 Project evaluation and value management
4.6 Feasibility reports
4.7 The project brief
4.8 Actual spend and cost committed
4.9 Chapter review
References
Further readin
5 Concept design stage
5.1 Chapter contents
5.2 Introduction
5.3 De®ning the requirements
5.4 Sources of design information
5.5 Hierarchy of legislation
5.6 Develop the design options
5.7 Evaluate the options and determine the best ®t solution
5.8 Concept design report
5.9 CDM requirements
5.10 Chapter review
References
Further reading
6 The design brief
6.1 Chapter contents
6.2 The function of a design brief
6.3 The contents of a typical design brief document
6.4 Introduction
6.5 Scope of engineering
6.6 Interfaces
6.7 Design standards and criteria
6.8 Design deliverables
6.9 Health and safety
6.10 Environment
6.11 Key acceptance criteria
6.12 Design programme
6.13 Procurement
6.14 Design brief development
6.15 Chapter review
7 Scheme design stage
7.1 Chapter contents
7.2 The design process 86
7.3 Developing the design information
7.4 Design work
7.5 Value engineering
7.6 CDM requirements
7.7 Risk assessments
7.8 Scheme design deliverables
7.9 Scheme design responsibility
7.10 Chapter review
References
Further reading
8 Detail design stage
8.1 Chapter contents
8.2 General
8.3 Design activities
8.4 Design margins
8.5 Detail design good practice feedback
8.6 Value engineering
8.7 CDM requirements
8.8 Improving construction productivity
8.9 Detail design deliverables
8.10 Chapter review
References
Further reading
9 Construction design information
9.1 Chapter contents
9.2 Construction design information
9.3 The content of construction design information
9.4 Managing the construction design information
9.5 Chapter review
10 Construction
10.1 Chapter contents
10.2 Construction
10.3 Health and safety
10.4 Quality plan 135
10.5 Inspection and testing
10.6 Commissioning
10.7 Handover
10.8 Chapter review
References
Further reading
11 Design feedback
11.1 Chapter contents
11.2 Reasons for feedback
11.3 The feedback process
11.4 The design process summary
11.5 Chapter review
11.6 Feedback on the book
References

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Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors : Basic Skills

2008-12-17T08:10:00.005+03:00

Authors: W. OTIE KILMER and ROSEMARY KILMER
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2003

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Contents:
Part I—Drawing, Equipment, and Fundamentals
CHAPTER 1 DRAWING AS COMMUNICATION
Drawing for Idea Generation
Drawing as a Design and Presentation Media
Drawing as Guide for Construction
CHAPTER 2 DRAFTING EQUIPMENT AND ITS CARE
Drawing Tables and Surfaces
Drawing Papers and Plastic Films
Pencils, Leads, and Pens
Parallel Bar, T-Square, and Drafting Machines
Triangles, Templates, and Compasses
Scales
Erasers, Erasing Shields, and Brushes
Additional Equipment
CHAPTER 3 DRAWING AND DRAFTING FUNDAMENTALS
Starting the Drawing
Line Types
Drafting Standards, Abbreviations, and Symbols
Lettering
CHAPTER 4 DRAWING CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Multiview Drawings
Single-view Drawings
Perspective Drawings
Part II—Contract Documents
CHAPTER 5 CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND CONTRACTS
Specifications
Contracts
Construction Drawings
Guidelines for Preparing Construction Drawings
Drawing Conventions and Representations
CHAPTER 6 FLOOR PLANS
Scale of Floor Plans
Drafting Standards
Dimensioning Floor Plans
Designation of Materials
Checklist for Floor Plans
CHAPTER 7 ELEVATIONS
Exterior Elevations
Interior Elevations
Scale of Interior Elevations
Drafting Standards for Interior Elevations
Designation of Materials
Dimensioning Elevations
Checklist for Interior Elevations
CHAPTER 8 SECTIONS
Types of Section Drawings
Drafting Standards
Building Sections
Sections of Interior Spaces
Wall Sections
Detail and Object Sections
Checklist for Section Drawings
CHAPTER 9 SPECIALTY DRAWINGS AND DETAILS
Purpose of Specialty Drawings
Stairs and Ramps
Millwork
Cabinetry
Fireplaces
CHAPTER 10 SCHEDULES
Door Schedules
Checklist for Door Schedules
Window Schedules
Checklist for Window Schedules
Finish Schedules
Checklist for Finish Schedules
Other Schedules
CHAPTER 11 FINISH PLANS
Scale of Finish Plans
Drafting Standards for Finish Plans
Designation of Materials in Finish Plans
Dimensioning Finish Plans
Checklist for Finish Plans
CHAPTER 12 FURNITURE INSTALLATION PLANS
Scale of Furniture Installation Plans
Drafting Standards for Furniture Installation Plans
Dimensioning Furniture Installation Plans
Designation of Materials
Checklist for Furniture Installation Plans
CHAPTER 13 FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT PLANS
Scale of Drawings
Drafting Standards
Designation of Materials
Dimensioning of Furnishings and Equipment Plans
Checklist for Furnishings and Equipment Plans
CHAPTER 14 REFLECTED CEILING AND ELECTRICAL PLANS
Reflected Ceiling Plans
Electrical Plans
CHAPTER 15 MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING PLANS
Mechanical (HVAC) Plans
Plumbing Plans
Drafting Standards for Plumbing Drawings
CHAPTER 16 REPRODUCTION METHODS AND COMPUTERS
Reproductions of Drawings
Using Computers for Design, Communication, and Drafting
Appendix A MasterFormat™ Level Two Numbers and Titles
Appendix B Section Format Outline
Appendix C Sample ADA Guidelines
Appendix D Abbreviations for Construction Drawings

Urban Open Spaces

2008-12-17T08:01:00.004+03:00

Author: Helen Woolley

Publisher: Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005
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Contents:
SECTION ONE: The Benefits and Opportunities of Open Spaces
Introduction
Chapter 1: Social benefits and opportunities
Chapter 2: Health benefits and opportunities
Chapter 3: Environmental benefits and opportunities
Chapter 4: Economic benefits and opportunities
SECTION TWO: Urban Open SpacesÐSpaces for All
Introduction: open space typologies
Spaces for all
Chapter 5: Domestic urban open spaces
Chapter 6: Neighbourhood urban open spaces
Chapter 7: Civic urban open spaces
Chapter 8: A new deal for urban open spaces?
SECTION THREE: Urban Open SpacesÐCase Studies
Introduction
Neighbourhood and recreational urban open spaces
Sherwood, Longsands and Cottam, Preston, Lancashire
Northwestern Gardens, Llandudno
Stormont Estate Playpark, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Redgates School Sensory Garden for Children with Special Educational Needs, Croydon
Spring Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire
Stockley Golf Course, London
Civic urban open spaces
Victoria Square, Birmingham
The Peace Gardens, Sheffield
Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh
Mold Community Hospita
Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh
Curzon Street Courtyard, London
Marie Curie ‘Garden of Hope’, Finchley, London
Dockside Regeneration at Chatham Maritime
Black Country Route Sculptures
Victoria Quays, Sheffield Canal Basin

Turning a Town Around : a proactive approach to urban design

2008-12-16T08:32:00.004+03:00

Author: Tony Hall

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007
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Contents:
Introduction and context
Part One: A Proactive Approach
1 Getting organised
2 Urban design as spatial policy
3 Guides, briefs and master plans
4 The process of negotiation
Part Two: Origins and Outcomes
5 Achieving residential quality
6 Pursuing an urban renaissance
7 Living in the centre
Conclusion

Principles Of Architectural Detailing

2008-12-16T08:22:00.004+03:00

Authors: Stephen Emmitt, John Olie and Peter Schmid
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005

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Contents:
Part A – Fundamental Issues
A1 Detailing – The Creative Link
Unsettling matters
The place and meaning of architectural details
Supporting an ecological approach
Agenda
A2 The Philosophy of Detailing
A philosophy
Making choices
Mechanisms to promote long-term thinking
A3 Developing Details
A suitable starting point
Detailing joints
Learning to detail
(First) principles
A collaborative approach
Towards a framework 58
A4 The Basic Model of Architectural Detailing
A metaphysical journey
The basic model
Using the basic model
Summary
Part B – Guidelines
B1 Materials and Energy
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B2 Building Components and Structure
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B3 Morphological Factors
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B4 Process of Production
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B5 Goals and Performance
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B6 Indoor Climate
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B7 Ecological Factors
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B8 Human Factors
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Keywords
B9 The Knot
Underlying issues
Guidelines
Practical considerations and summary
Part C – Developing Architectural Details
C1 Developing Details and Joints
Introduction – why details?
Joints
The performance of joints
The general building model
The factors fl ower
C2 The Language of Detail
The language analogy
Morphological language
A typology of joints
Style rules
Comparison between two morphological principles
Consequences
C3 The Nine-Plus-One Step Procedure
A morphological method
Worked example 1: window in a cavity wall
Worked example 2: wall/pitched roof junction
Worked example 3: wall/fl at roof junction
Refl ection
C4 Managing the Detailing Phase
An argument for effective management
Design control
The thinking organisation
Developing creative clusters
C5 Collaborative Working
Co-operation and communication
Holistic participation: the method
Future developments
Afterword
Appendices
1 Recommended Reading
2 Guidance for Students

Surrealism and Architecture

2008-12-16T07:58:00.003+03:00

Editors: Thomas Mical

Publisher: Routledge, First published 2005
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Contents:
1 Introduction
Thomas Mical
2 ‘Un salon au fond d’un lac’: the domestic spaces of surrealism
Krzysztof Fijalkowski
3 Aragon’s armoire
Gray Read
4 “Home poor heart”: the architecture of Cornell’s desire
Dickran Tashjian
5 Matta’s lucid landscape
Bryan Dolin
6 Menace: surrealist interference of space
Silvano Levy
7 Daphne’s legacy: architecture, psychoanalysis and petrification in Lacan and Dali
Spyros Papapetros
8 The ghost in the machine
Alexander Gorlin
9 “. . . The gift of time”: Le Corbusier reading Bataille
Nadir Lahiji
10 Introjection and projection: Frederick Kiesler and his dream machine
Stephen Phillips
11 Invernizzi’s exquisite corpse: the Villa Girasole: an architecture of surrationalism
David J. Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and Paul Lewis
12 The tangency of the world to itself: the Casa Malaparte and the metaphysical tradition
Jacqueline Gargus
13 Modernist urbanism and its monsters
David Pinder
14 Surrealism and the irrational embellishment of Paris
Raymond Spiteri
15 Re-enchanting the city: the utopian practices of the Paris group of the surrealist movement
Jill Fenton
16 Landscape surrealism
Fernando Magallanes
17 Surreal city: the case of Brasilia
Richard J. Williams
18 Latencies and imago: Blanchot and the shadow city of surrealism
M. Stone-Richards
19 Surrealism’s unexplored possibilities in architecture
Jean La Marche
20 The most architectural thing
Kari Jormakka
21 Acropolis, now!
James Williamson

Primitive : Original Matters In Architecture

2008-12-15T14:20:00.004+03:00

Editors: Odgers, Flora Samuel and Adam Sharr
Publisher: Routledge, First published 2006

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Contents:
Part 1: Original matters
1 Primitive: the word and concept
Adrian Forty
Part 2: Negotiating origins
2 The primitive as modern problem: invention and crisis
Dalibor Vesely
3 Origins redefined: a tale of pigs and primitive huts
Mari Hvattum
4 The primitive hut: fantasies of survival in an all-white world
Lorens Holm
5 Gottfried Semper’s primitive hut: duration, construction and self-creation
Jonathan A. Hale
6 Mineral matters: formation and transformation
Richard Weston
Part 3: Questioning colonial constructs
7 Post-colonizing the primitive
Felipe Hernلndez and Lea Knudsen Allen
8 Notes for an alternative history of the primitive hut
Stephen Cairns
9 Reinventing ‘primitiveness’: Henri Lacoste and the Belgian Congo Pavilion at the 1931 International Colonial Exposition in Paris
Johan Lagae
10 The radicalization of the primitive in Brazilian modernism
Styliane Philippou
11 The need to be critical
Robert Brown
Part 4: Urban myths
12 Practically primitive
David Leatherbarrow
13 Giants and columns
Nicholas Temple
14 The emblematic city: John Wood and the re-founding of Bath
Jo Odgers
15 Alvar Aalto and the primitive suburb
Harry Charrington
16 Metaphorical Manhattan – ‘Paradise Lost’
Lorna McNeur
Part 5: Making marks
17 The perception of self-negation in the space of emptiness: the primitive in Tadao Ando’s architecture
Jin Baek
18 The ‘primitive surface’: carving, modelling, marking and transformation
Stephen Kite
19 The modern-day primitive hut? ‘Self-building’ with Jung, Aalto and Le Corbusier
Flora Samuel and Sarah Menin
20 The wisdom of the sands
Simon Unwin
Part 6: Primitive futures?
21 Digital commerce and the primitive roots of architectural consumption
Richard Coyne
22 Primitive and the everyday: Sergison Bates, Lefebvre and the guilt of architectural expertise
Adam Sharr
23 Heart of Darkness: air of comfort
Helen Mallinson
24 Primitive: from which construction begins
Peter Salter
25 The United Cultures of Britain
CJ Lim

Mediating Modernism Architectural Cultures in Britain

2008-12-15T14:14:00.003+03:00

Author: Andrew Higgott

Publisher: Routledge, First published 2007
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Contents:
1 Making it new: the discourses of architecture and modernism in Britain
2 The mission of modernism: James Richards and the Architectural Review
3 The forgetting of art: the Abercrombie Plan for post-war London
4 The shift to the specific: the new interpretation of materiality in Brutalism and the Functional Tradition
5 The opposite of architecture: Archigram and Architectural Design in the 1960s
6 Searching for the subject: Alvin Boyarsky and the Architectural Association School
7 Architecture as discourse: rethinking the culture of architecture

Inclusive Design : Designing and Developing Accessible Environments

2008-12-15T14:08:00.002+03:00

Authors: Rob Imrie and Peter Hall

Publisher: Spon Press, First published 2001

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Contents:
PART I
Debates
1 Inclusive design and development in the built environment
2 Barriers to disabled people’s inclusion in the built environment
3 Access directives in the development and design process
PART II
Illustrations
4 Developers’ responses to the building needs of disabled people
Case study: Bluewater, Dartford, UK
5 Architects and disabling design practices
Case study: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
6 Shaping access through institutional and project team dynamics
Case study: Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, UK
PART III
Reflections
7 Alternative directions in property development, disability and design
Endnotes

Hotel Design Magazine December 2008

2008-12-15T08:11:00.002+03:00

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Elements of Visual Design in the Landscape

2008-12-15T08:06:00.003+03:00

Author: Simon Bell
Publisher: Spon Press, First published 1993

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Contents:
1 Basic elements
2 Variables
3 Organization
4 Case studies
Glossary

Design-Tech Building Science for Architects

2008-12-15T07:58:00.004+03:00

Authors: Jason Alread and Thomas Leslie

Publisher: Architectural Press, First Edition 2007

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Contents:
Introduction: Basic Design Parameters
I.1 Human factors: anthropomorphics
I.2 Human factors: basic human comfort
I.3 Environment: basic climatology
I.4 Environment: solar geometry
Chapter 1 – Pre-design
1.1 Programming and program/brief analysis
1.2 Site analysis
1.3 Site and building ecology
Chapter 2 – Circulation
2.1 Life safety
2.2 Accessibility
2.3 Stairs
2.4 Elevators and escalators
Chapter 3 – Materials
3.1 Materials: wood
3.2 Materials: masonry
3.3 Materials: steel
3.4 Materials: glass
3.5 Materials: concrete
3.6 Materials: aluminum
Chapter 4 – Structural Design
4.1 Forces and loads
4.2 Stresses
4.3 Shear and bending
4.4 Shape and strength: beams
4.5 Column design
4.6 Slabs and plates
4.7 Foundations
4.8 Frames
4.9 Long-span structures
4.10 Appendix: Structural sizing charts for preliminary design
Chapter 5 – Building Components
5.1 Building envelope I: small scale
5.2 Curtain walls
5.3 Interior finish materials
5.4 Site design and construction (written by Heidi Hohmann)
5.5 Detailing
5.6 Custom fabrication
Chapter 6 – Building Services
6.1 Environmental control: passive ventilation
6.2 Environmental control: active ventilation
6.3 Environmental control: illumination
6.4 Plumbing
6.5 Environmental control: acoustics
6.6 Electrical and data services

Stadia : A Design and Development Guide

2008-12-14T14:23:00.004+03:00

Author: Geraint John, Rod Sheard and Ben Vickery

Publisher: Architectural Press, Fourth edition 2007
Size: 45.06 MB

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Contents:
1 The stadium as a building type
2 The future
3 Masterplanning
4 External planning
5 Form and structure
6 Security and anti-terrorism measures
7 Activity area
8 Sports and multi-purpose use
9 Crowd control
10 Providing for disabled people
11 Spectator viewing
12 Spectator seating
13 Private viewing and facilities
14 Circulation
15 Food and beverage catering
16 Toilet provision
17 Retail sales and exhibitions
18 The media
19 Administrative operations
20 Facilities for players and offi cials
21 Services
22 Maintenance
23 Operation and funding
24 Sustainable Design
25 Stadia and tourism
Appendix 1 Stadia briefi ng guide
Appendix 2 Video screens and electronic scoreboards
Appendix 3 Case studies of recent stadia developments
Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arizona Cardinals Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire, UK
AT&T Park, San Francisco, USA
Auf Schalke Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Aveiro Municipal Stadium, Aveiro, Portugal
Braga Municipal Stadium, Braga, Portugal
BritOval Stadium, London, UK
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, UK
Emirates Stadium, London, UK
Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, USA
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Nanjing Sports Park, Nanjing, China
Oita Stadium, Oita, Japan
PETCO Park, San Diego, California, USA
Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas, USA
RheinEnergie Football Stadium, Cologne, Germany
Salzburg Stadium, Salzburg, Austria
Soldier Field, Chicago, USA
Stade de France, Paris, France
Stattegg Sports and Leisure Facility, Stattegg, Graz/Styria, Austria
Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia
Wembley Stadium, London, UK
Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand
Wimbledon AELTC Centre Court, London, UK
Bibliography
Index of architects and engineers
Index of stadia and arenas

Brickwork

2008-12-14T13:31:00.002+03:00

Author: John Carruthers
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, First published 2000

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Contents:
1 Contributing to the provision of a healthy and safe working environment
2 Setting out a small building
3 Brick walling details
4 Walling details
5 Access equipment
6 Site drainage
7 Decorative bonding
8 Basic calculations

Architect's Essentials of Professional Development

2008-12-14T13:09:00.002+03:00

Author: Jean R. Valence

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003

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Contents:
1 Competitive Edge
Competitive Edge and Professional Development
Improving Competitive Edge: The Purpose of This Book
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
2 Strategy
Strategic Principles
FreemanWhite: Connecting Business and Educational Plans
Moving from Strategic Principles to Strategic Plan
The Lukmire Partnership: A Succinct Five-Year Plan
Assessing Learning Strategy
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
3 Assessment
The Assessment Pyramid
Using the Assessment Pyramid
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
4 Program Planning and Design
Planning: Means-to-Needs
Designing the Umbrella Program
Designing Individual Learning Units: Snapshots
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors 109
5 Curriculum
Curriculum Design
Course Design
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
6 Coaching and Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Variations on Lessons Learned
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
7 Mentoring
Finding Good Mentors
Institutionalizing Mentoring
Strategy
Peer Mentoring
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
8 Implementation
Implementation Timeline
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
9 Evaluation
Evaluating the Learning System
Evaluating Learning
Mavericks and Sole Proprietors
10 Learning from Learning
Learning for Competitive Advantage
Learning Hard Lessons
Three Beneficial Lessons
The Third Lesson
APPENDIX
Suggested Learning Objectives for
Chapter 1: Competitive Edge
Chapter 2: Strategy
Chapter 3: Assessment
Chapter 4: Program Planning and Design
Chapter 5: Curriculum
Chapter 6: Coaching and Lessons Learned
Chapter 7: Mentoring
Chapter 8: Implementation
Chapter 9: Evaluation
Chapter 10: Learning from Learning

Understanding The City

2008-12-14T08:20:00.005+03:00

Author: John Eade and Christopher Mele
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 2002
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Contents:
Part I: Introduction
1 Understanding the City
John Eade and Christopher Mele
Part II: A Middle Ground? Difference, Social Justice,and the City
2 Rescripting Cities with Difference
Ruth Fincher, Jane M. Jacobs, and Kay Anderson
3 The Public City
Sophie Watson
4 Social Justice and the South African City
David M. Smith
5 The Dangerous Others: Changing Views on Urban Risks and Violence in France and the United States
Sophie Body-Gendrot
Part III: The Global and Local, the Information Age, and American Metropolitan Development
6 Power in Place: Retheorizing the Local and the Global
Michael Peter Smith
7 Depoliticizing Globalization: From Neo-Marxism to the Network Society of Manuel Castells
Peter Marcuse
8 Urban Analysis as Merchandising: The “LA School” and the Understanding of Metropolitan Development
Mark Gottdiener
Part IV: Urban Research in Particular Regions of the Globe
9 State Socialism, Post-socialism, and their Urban Patterns: Theorizing the Central and Eastern European Experience
Chris Pickvance
10 The China Difference: City Studies Under Socialism and Beyond
Dorothy J. Solinger and Kam Wing Chan
11 Economic Miracles and Megacities: The Japanese Model and Urbanization in East and Southeast Asia 222
J. S. Eades
Part V: Urban Processes and City Contexts: India and the Middle East
12 Cities of the Past and Cities of the Future: Theorizing the Indian Metropolis of Bangalore
Smriti Srinivas
13 The Syntax of Jerusalem: Urban Morphology, Culture, and Power
Shlomo Hasson
14 Muslim Civil Society in Urban Public Spaces: Globalization, Discursive Shifts, and Social Movements
Paul M. Lubeck and Bryana Britts
Part VI: Urban Processes and City Contexts: The United States
15 The Bullriders of Silicon Alley: New Media Circuits of Innovation, Speculation, and Urban Development
Michael Indergaard
16 Fear and Lusting in Las Vegas and New York: Sex, Political Economy, and Public Space
Alexander J. Reichl
17 Efficacy or Legitimacy of Community Power? A Reassessment of Corporate Elites in Urban Studies
Leonard Nevarez
18 Dream Factory Redux: Mass Culture, Symbolic Sites, and Redevelopment in Hollywood
Jan Lin

Towards A New Architecture

2008-12-14T08:09:00.003+03:00

Author: Le Corbusier

Publisher: Doover Publications, First Published in 1986

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Contents:

Introduction

Argument

The Engineer's Aesthetic and Architecture

The Remunders Of Architecture:

I Plan

II Surface

III Plane

Regulating Lines

Eyes Which Do Not see:

I. Liners

II. Airplanes

III. Automobiles

Architecture:

I. The Lesson Of Rome

II. The Illusion Of Plans

III. Pure Creation and The Mind

Mass Production Houses

Architecture Of Revolution

Roman Villas : A Study in Social Structure

2008-12-14T08:01:00.002+03:00

Author: J.T. Smith

Publisher: ,Routledge, First published 1997
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Contents:
PART I: AIMS AND METHODS
1 Aims and scope of the book
2 Methods and assumptions
PART II: TYPES OF PLAN

3 Hall houses
4 Row-type houses
5 Developed forms of row-house
6 Developed forms of hall houses
7 Problematic house types
8 The porticus-with-pavilions: pavilions
9 The porticus-with-pavilions: porticuses
10 The elements and forms of villa complexes
11 Palaces, peristyle houses and luxury villas
12 The villas of south-east Europe
PART III: THE VILLA SYSTEM IN OPERATION: MODES OF CHANGE
13 The late pre-Roman Iron Age background
14 Modes of Romanisation
15 Patterns of villa development
16 A model of development

Renzo Piano : Sustainable Architecture

2008-12-09T11:42:00.002+03:00

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Planning and Installing Photovoltaic Systems : A guide for installers, architects and engineers

2008-12-09T10:10:00.005+03:00

Author: The German Energy Society
Publisher: First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2008

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Contents:
CHAPTER 1 Photovoltaic Basics
1.1 PV array systems and PV applications
1.2 Solar radiation
1.3 The photovoltaic effect and how solar cells work
1.4 Solar cell types
1.5 Electrical properties of solar cells
CHAPTER 2 PV Modules and Other Component s of Gr id-Connected Systems
2.1 PV modules
2.2 PV array combiner/junction boxes, string diodes and fuses
2.3 Grid-connected inverters
2.4 Cabling, wiring and connection systems
2.5 Direct current load switch (DC main switch)
2.6 AC switch disconnector
CHAPTER 3 Si t e Surveys and Shading Analysis
3.1 On-site visit and site survey
3.2 Consulting with the customer
3.4 Shading analysis
3.5 Shade analysis tools using software
3.6 Shading, PV-array configuration and system concept
3.7 Shading with free-standing/rack-mounted PV arrays
3.7.1 Reducing the mutual shading losses of rack-mounted PV modules
3.8 Checklists for building survey
CHAPTER 4 Planning and Sizing Gr id-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
4.1 System size and module choice
4.2 System concepts
4.3 Inverter installation site
4.4 Sizing the inverter
4.5 Selecting and sizing cables for grid-tied PV systems
4.6 Selection and sizing of the PV array combiner/junction box and the DC main disconnect/isolator switch
4.7 Lightning protection, earthing/grounding and surge protection
CHAPTER 5 System Sizing, Design and Simulation Sof tware
5.1 Use of sizing, design and simulation programs
5.2 Checking the simulation results
5.3 Simulation of shading
5.4 Market overview and classification
5.5 Programme descriptions
CHAPTER 6 Mount ing Systems and Building Integration
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Roof Basics
6.2.1 The roofs tasks
6.3 Sloping roofs
6.4 Flat roofs
6.5 Facade basics
6.6 Photovoltaic facades
6.9 Mounting systems for free-standing installations
CHAPTER 7 Installing, Commissioning and Operat ing Gr id-Connected Photovol taic Systems
7.1 General installation notes
7.2 Example installation of a grid-connected PV system
7.3 Guarantee 283
7.4 Breakdowns, typical faults and maintenance for PV systems
7.5 Troubleshooting
7.6 Monitoring operating data and presentation
7.7 Long-term experience and quality
CHAPTER 8 Stand-alone Photovoltaic Systems
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Modules in stand-alone PV systems
8.3 Batteries in stand-alone PV systems
8.4 Charge controllers
8.5 Stand-alone inverters
8.6 Planning and designing stand-alone systems
8.7 Measuring electricity consumption
8.8 Sizing the PV array
8.9 Sizing of the cable cross sections
8.10 Battery sizing
8.11 Use of an inverter
8.12 Photovoltaics in decentral electricity grids/mini-grids
CHAPTER 9 Economics and Envi ronmental Issues
9.1 Cost trends
9.2 Technological trends
9.3 Economic Assessment
9.4 Environmental impact
CHAPTER 10 Market ing and Promotion
10.1 Marketing PV: The basics
10.2 Greater success through systematic marketing
10.3 A good sales talk is fun
10.3.1 What does 'successful selling' mean?

Places of the Soul - Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art

2008-12-09T10:04:00.003+03:00

Author: Christopher Day

Publisher: Architectural Press, Second edition 2004
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Contents:
1 Architecture: does it matter?
2 Architecture with health-giving intent
3 Architecture as art
4 Building for planetary health
5 Building for human health
6 Qualities and quantities
7 Conversation or conflict?
8 Space for living in
9 Design as a listening process: creating places with users and builders
10 Ensouling buildings
11 Building as a health-giving process
12 Healing silence: the architecture of peace
13 Children and environment
14 The urban environment
Sustainable values, murban pressures
Urban life: urban needs
Cities as places
Cities for people
Cities for life
Eco-cities: Utopia or mpracticality?
15 Building for tomorrow

Le Corbusier In Detail

2008-12-09T09:56:00.004+03:00

Author: Flora Samuel
Publisher: Architectural Press, First edition 2007

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Introduction
1 Standardization and unity
1.1 Standardization
1.2 Standard materials
1.3 Standard structures
1.3.1 Concrete frames
1.3.2 Steel structures
1.3.3 Vaulted roofs
1.4 Conclusion
2 Somatic detail
2.1 Anthropomorphism
2.2 Touch

2.2.1 Walls and pilotis
2.2.2 Door handles and handrails
2.2.3 Furniture
2.2.4 Floors
2.3 Colour
2.4 Space
2.5 Sound
2.6 Conclusion
3 Light and dark
3.1 Meaning
3.2 Windows
3.2.1 Horizontal windows
3.2.2 Glass walls (pan de verre)
3.2.3 Brise soleil
3.2.4 Ondulatoires
3.3 Rooflights
3.4 Reflection
3.5 Artificial lighting
3.6 Conclusion
4 Framing
4.1 Views
4.2 Objects
4.3 Space
4.4 Conclusion
5 Elements of the architectural promenade
5.1 Doors
5.2 Stairs and ramps
5.3 Conclusion
6 Rituals
6.1 Altars
6.2 Fire – the hearth
6.3 Water
6.4 Conclusion
7 Clouds 1959
7.1 Brazil
7.2 Geography lesson
7.3 Perspective
7.4 Interior urbanism
Conclusion

Airport Planning & Management

2008-12-07T12:04:00.005+03:00

Authors: Alexander T. Wells & Seth B. Young

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 5th edition 2004

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Part I: Airports and airport systems
1 Airports and airport systems: An introduction
2 Airports and airport systems: Organization
3 Airports and airport systems: A historical and legislative perspective
Part II: The components of the airport
4 The airfield
5 Airspace and air traffic control
6 Airport terminals and ground access
Part III: Airport operations and financial management
7 Airport operations management under FAR Part 139
8 Airport security
9 Airport financial management
Part IV: Airport public administration and planning
10 The economic, political, and social role of airports
11 Airport planning
12 Airport capacity and delay
13 The future of airport management

Time Saver Standards For Interior Design and Space Planning ___ RE-UPLOADED

2008-12-07T09:19:00.002+03:00

Editors: Julius Panero; Editor-Martin Zelnik; Editor-Joseph De Chiara

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 1992
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Innovation in Architecture

2008-12-07T08:24:00.004+03:00

Authors: Alan J.Brookes and Dominique Poole
Publisher: Spon Press, First published 2004
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Contents:
1 Introduction
Alan J.BrookesDominique Poole
2 Exploring, rehearsing, delivering
Mike Davies
3 Concept before calculation
Tony Hunt
4 A process-oriented architecture
David Kirkland
5 Material innovation and the development of form
Mark Lovell
6 More than architecture: David Marks and Julia Barfield
Dominique Poole
7 An engineer’s perspective
Mike Cook
8 Touch the earth lightly: Richard Horden
Dominique Poole
9 Production processes, sources and uses of materials: Eva Jiricna
Alan J.Brookes
10 Constructing the ephemeral— innovation in the use of glass
Luke Lowings and James Carpenter
11 The tradition of the primitive with modern materials— an Australian perspective 139
Chris Clarke
12 A passion for building: Volkwin Marg
Alan J.Brookes
13 The incredible lightness of being
Chris Wilkinson

Disclosing Horizons : Architecture, perspective and redemptive space

2008-12-07T08:05:00.002+03:00

Author: Nicholas Temple
Publisher: Routledge, First published 2007
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Contents:
1 Order and chaos, or “What to leave out?”
Taking measures
Nietzsche’s perspectivism
Being-in-the-world
Alterity and infinity
Visible and invisible
What to leave out?
2 Number, geometry and dialectic
The origin of geometry
Pythagoras and the unutterable
The Meno
The Timaeus
Ad triangulum versus ad quadratum
Triangulating perspective
The School of Athens
Louis Kahn’s Yale Art Gallery
3 Light, memory and colour
Medieval transformations
From memory to recorded document
Light metaphysics
Optical science
Grosseteste’s light
The Bishop’s Eye
Light and perspective
Light and the colour of experience
Steven Holl’s Chapel of St Ignatius
4 Topography, rhetoric and the vanishing point
Horizontal and vertical worlds
Convivial settings
Alberti’s eye
Nicholas Cusanus
The Papal Window
ءlvaro Siza’s Galician Centre for Contemporary Art
5 Unity in multiplicity
Baroque and universality
Distentio animi and the dome
Athanasius Kircher
Leibniz and the monad
J. B. Fischer von Erlach
Hofbibliothek
Peter Zumthor’s St Benedict’s Church
6 Nature and immensity
Transgressing boundaries
The picturesque and the sublime
Chambers and oikoumene
Boullée’s visionary perspectives
Casper David Friedrich’s studio
Rem Koolhaas’ EuraLille and “l’Espace Piranesien”
7 Disjointed views
Attention and perspective
Attention and distraction
Illusion of a “mastering totalisation”
Magnification and distortion
Gustave Moreau’s house
Eric Parry’s artists’ studios, London
Conclusion: architecture that looks back at us
Notes

Building Acoustics

2008-12-04T08:12:00.003+03:00

Author: Tor Erik Vigran

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, First published 2008

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Contents:

CHAPTER 1:Oscillating systems. Description and analysis

CHAPTER 2:Excitation and response of dynamic systems

CHAPTER 3:Waves in fluid and solid media

CHAPTER 4:Room acoustics

CHAPTER 5:Sound absorbers

CHAPTER 6:Sound transmission. Characterization and properties of single walls and floors

CHAPTER 7:Statistical energy analysis (SEA)

CHAPTER 8:Sound transmission through multilayer elements

CHAPTER 9:Sound transmission in buildings. Flanking sound transmission

Architecture : Comfort and Energy

2008-12-04T08:07:00.004+03:00

Editors: C. Gallo, M. Sala, A.A.M. Sayigh

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1998

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Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1—Thermal comfort and the development of bioclimatic concept in building design
Chapter 2—Vernacular and contemporary buildings in Qatar
Chapter 3—Principles of thermal comfort
Chapter 4—Bioclimatism in vernacular architecture
Chapter 5—The utilization of microclimate elements
Chapter 6—Daylighting
Chapter 7—Ventilation
Chapter 8—Technology for modem architecture

Architectural Design and Ethics : Tools for Survival

2008-12-04T07:59:00.003+03:00

Author: Thomas Fisher
Publisher: Architectural Press, First edition 2008

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Contents:
Chapter 1: Our collapsing global bridge
Places
Earth
Air
Water
Fire
Principles
Instead of superfl uous form, make everything count
Instead of quantity, focus on qualities
Chapter 2: How nature suffers in the naturalistic fallacy
Places
Home
Housing
University
School
Principles
Instead of throwing away, reuse or recycle
Instead of ignoring sources, attend to the source of everything
Chapter 3: Why having less is more
Places
Cemetery
Mounds
Temple
Cathedral
Principles
Instead of consuming things, treat everything as sacred
Instead of wanting more, seek doing with less
Chapter 4: When virtues are no vice
Places
Hospital
Healing garden
Golf course
Playground
Principles
Instead of expensiveness, focus on affordability
Instead of excluding others, provide everyone a place
Chapter 5: Drafting a new social contract
Places
City
Suburb
Town
Country
Principles
Instead of cutting us off from nature, connect us to it
Instead of reducing the ecological diversity of a site, improve it
Chapter 6: The needs of duty
Places
Corporations
Office
Store
Factory
Principles
Instead of creating objects to possess, build community
Instead of specialized things that can only have one use, make them multi-functional
Chapter 7: The consequences of ignoring consequences
Places
Laboratory
Museum
Loft
Fort
Principles
Instead of radical experiments, see everything in evolutionary terms
Instead of focusing on abstractions, attend to what is real

Landscape and History since 1500

2008-12-03T13:22:00.003+03:00

Author: Ian D. Whyte

Publisher: Reaktion Books Ltd, First published 2002
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Contents:

1 Landscape and History
2 Early Modern Landscapes
3 Enlightenment, Picturesque and Romantic Landscapes
4 Industrial and Imperial Landscapes
5 Modern and Post-Modern Landscapes

The Design Quality Manual

2008-12-03T08:21:00.002+03:00

Author: Martin Cook

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007

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Contents:
1 Introduction
1.1 Overview of design quality and building performance
1.2 Building procurement systems
1.3 Chequered history of building procurement systems
1.4 Cultural context of building procurement systems – public v. private?
1.5 Architects and social status
1.6 Architecture: art, profession or commercial enterprise?
1.7 Client’s changing needs and objectives
1.8 References
2 Building procurement
2.1 Evolution of the building industry and professionalism
2.2 Modern building procurement systems
2.3 Traditional building procurement
2.4 Variants of the traditional system
2.5 Design and build
2.6 Variants of design and build
2.7 Management contracting
2.8 Construction management
2.9 Design and manage
2.10 British Property Federation system
2.11 Project management
2.12 Professional development system
2.13 New Engineering Contract
2.14 Private Finance Initiative
2.15 Building procurement guidance
2.16 Chapter summary
2.17 References
3 Schools
3.1 Historical evolution of schools
3.2 The modern era of school building
3.3 Twentieth century schools
3.4 Twenty-first century schools
3.5 PFI schools in England and Wales – Introduction
3.6 PFI schools in England and Wales – Design Quality Matrices
3.7 PFI schools in England and Wales – Overall summary matrix
3.8 PFI schools in England and Wales – Architecture
3.9 PFI schools in England and Wales – Environmental engineering
3.10 PFI schools in England and Wales – User comfort
3.11 PFI schools in England and Wales – Whole life costs
3.12 PFI schools in England and Wales – Detail design
3.13 PFI schools in England and Wales – Conclusions
3.14 PFI schools in England and Wales – Recommendations
3.15 PFI schools in England and Wales – Summary
3.16 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Introduction
3.17 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Description of the project
3.18 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Design Quality Matrices
3.19 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Overall summary matrix
3.20 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Architecture
3.21 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Environmental engineering
3.22 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – User comfort
3.23 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Whole life costs
3.24 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Detail design
3.25 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – User satisfaction
3.26 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Conclusions
3.27 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Recommendations
3.28 PFI schools in Northern Ireland – Summary
3.29 International case studies
3.30 Further international case studies
3.31 References
4 Hospitals
4.1 Historical evolution of hospitals
4.2 The modern era of hospital building
4.3 Twenty-first century hospitals
4.4 Benchmarking hospitals – Introducing a design quality method
4.5 Benchmarking hospitals – The Design Quality Matrices
4.6 Benchmarking hospitals – Architecture
4.7 Benchmarking hospitals – Environmental engineering
4.8 Benchmarking hospitals – User comfort
4.9 Benchmarking hospitals – Whole life costs
4.10 Benchmarking hospitals – Detail design
4.11 Benchmarking hospitals – User satisfaction
4.12 Benchmarking hospitals – Building aspects of clinical safety
4.13 Benchmarking hospitals – Recommendations
4.14 Environmental sustainability
4.15 International case studies
4.16 Further international case studies
4.17 Chapter summary
4.18 References
5 Housing
5.1 Historical evolution of housing
5.2 The modern era of housing
5.3 Twenty-first century housing
5.4 Benchmarking housing – Introduction
5.5 References
Appendix BRE’s Design Quality Matrices

Structures and Construction In Historic Building Conservation

2008-12-03T08:14:00.003+03:00

Editor: Michael Forsyth
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007
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1 What is conservation engineering? Dina F. D’Ayala and Michael Forsyth
2 The philosophy of conservation engineering Ian Hume
3 The Building Regulations and related legislation Peter Norris
4 Metric survey techniques for historic buildings Bill Blake
5 Investigating, monitoring and load testing historic structures Ian Hume
6 Basic soil mechanics, foundations and repair of settlement damage David Cook
7 Effects of induced movement Michael Bussell
8 Repairs to historic structures Ian Hume
9 Numerical modelling of masonry structures Dina F. D’Ayala
10 Use of iron and steel in buildings Michael Bussell
11 Conservation of concrete and reinforced concrete Michael Bussell
12 Fire safety and historic buildings Steve Emery
13 The effects of road traffic vibration on historic buildings Ian Hume
14 Scaffolding and temporary works for historic structures Ian Hume

Housing : The Essential Foundations

2008-12-03T08:03:00.003+03:00

Editor: Paul Balchin and Maureen Rhoden

Publisher: Routledge,First edition 1998

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Contents:
1 AN OVERVIEW OF PRE-THATCHERITE HOUSING POLICY
Paul Balchin
Introduction
The Victorian origins of housing policy
The development of housing policy, 1914–39
Post-war housing policy, 1945–51
The uneasy consensus, 1952–79
Housing finance reform
Changing patterns of tenure, 1913–79
Conclusions
2 THE ECONOMICS OF HOUSING
Gregory Bull
Introduction
Demand and supply and the determination of market equilibrium
Price, income and supply elasticities
Price controls and the market: an example of the effects of rent control and of short- and long-run supply elasticities
The macro-economy
Case study 2.1: An economic analysis of the problems of rent-setting in the social rented sector
Conclusions
3 HOUSING POLICY AND FINANCE
Paul Balchin, David Isaac and Maureen Rhoden
Introduction
Housing supply and housing need
House-building
The marketisation of the private rented sector
Local authority housing: investment, rents and subsidies
The changing role of local authorities: from providers to enablers
Privatisation
Housing associations and local housing companies: the new providers?
Owner-occupation: intervention or liberalisation?
Affordability and subsidisation
Housing tenure
Case study 3.1: The finance of private rented housing
Case study 3.2: Earnings, rents and house prices
Conclusions
4 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND HOUSING
Maureen Rhoden
Housing and elderly people
Women and housing
Black and ethnic minority households
Health and housing
Conclusions
5 TOWN PLANNING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
John O’Leary
Introduction
Planning and housing: common history and common concerns
Legislative developments, 1875–1930s
Post-war legislation
Planning, housing and design in the post-war years
Planning and private sector house-building in the 1960s and 1970s
Planning in the 1980s
The planning system and housing in the 1990s
Environmental assessment
Planning and housing: the future agenda
Conclusions
6 HOUSING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Jane Weldon
Introduction
The groups involved in design and development
Case study 6.1: Housing development for Ujima Housing Association
Case study 6.2: King’s Bridge Court, Isle of Dogs, London
Maintenance policy and practice
Building rehabilitation
Case study 6.3: Extension to terraced Victorian housing
Case study 6.4: Major refurbishment of two blocks of flats and maisonettes
Case study 6.5: Hall and Braithwaite Tower, Paddington Green Estate, City of Westminster
Case study 6.6: Conversion of redundant barns within the Peak District National Park
Case study 6.7: Alteration and adaptation of a ground-floor flat for a disabled person
Building failures
Conclusions
7 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING
Pauline Forrester
Health and housing
The legal background to environmental health control in the private sector
Housing conditions
Enforcement powers
Unfit dwellings
Disrepair and nuisance
Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)
Conclusions
8 LEGAL STUDIES, PROPERTY AND HOUSING LAW
Mark Pawlowski
Legal studies
Property and housing law
Case study 8.1
Case study 8.2
9 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION
R.Shean McConnell
Introduction
The economic and political contexts to housing management
Accountability
Tenant management of housing
What is management?
Organisations and their structure
Governance, corporate planning and management
The management of change
Planning and decision-making
Quality leadership
Management by objectives (MbO)
Human resource planning and management
Motivation and morale at work
Conflict and its resolution
Communication
Conclusions
10 POLICY-MAKING AND POLITICS
Maureen Rhoden
Executive, legislative and judicial functions of central government
Local policy-making processes
Theories on local government politics
Housing associations
Conclusions
11 CONCLUSION
Paul Balchin, Maureen Rhoden and John O’Leary

Introduction To Residential Layout

2008-12-02T08:02:00.002+03:00

Author: Mike Biddulph
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ,First edition 2007
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Contents:
1 Introduction
2 Ensuring commercial viability
3 Building place and defining space
4 Environmentally benign development and design
5 Access and movement
6 Integrating other uses
7 Safe and easy to find your way around
8 Contemporary residential townscape
9 Social life in outdoor residential spaces

Designing the Reclaimed Landscape

2008-12-01T08:18:00.003+03:00

Editor: Alan Berger

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, First published 2008

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Contents:

Part I Contextualizing landscape alteration through historic, systemic, and biologic perspectives

1 Valuing alteration
Frederick Turner
2 Disturbance ecology and symbiosis in mine-reclamation design
Peter Del Tredici
3 Gold and the gift: theory and design in a mine-reclamation project
Rod Barnett
4 Mines and design in their natural context
Dorion Sagan
5 Ecological succession and its role in landscape reclamation
Eric D. Schneider
6 Interrogating a landscape design agenda in the scientifically based mining world
Belinda Arbogast
Part II Interdisciplinary responses and opportunities in reclamation
7 Science, art, and environmental reclamation: three projects and a few thoughts
T. Allan Comp
8 The Wellington Oro mine-site cleanup: integrating the cleanup of an abandoned mine site with the community’s vision of land preservation and affordable housing
Victor Ketellapper
9 Building partnerships for post-mining regeneration: Post-Mining Alliance at the Eden Project
Caroline Digby
10 Community-based reclamation of abandoned mine lands in the Animas River watershed, San Juan County, Colorado
William Simon
11 Case studies of successful reclamation and sustainable development at Kennecott mining sites
Jon Cherry
Part III Technology, representation, and information in reclamation design
12 Digital simulation and reclamation: strategies for altered landscapes
Alan Berger and Case Brown
13 Open-pit opportunities: pre-mine design strategies
Alan Berger and Case Brown
14 Reclaiming the woods: trail strategies for the Golden Horseshoe’s historic mining roads
Alan Berger and Bart Lounsbury
15 Real-time coal mining and reclamation: the Office of Surface Mining’s Technical Innovation and Professional Services program
Billie E. Clark, Jr.
Part IV Future directions and programs in US reclamation policy and law
16 The land revitalization initiative: landscape design and reuse planning in mine reclamation
Edward H. Chu
17 The legal landscape
Robert W. Micsak

Environmental Noise Barriers

2008-12-01T08:10:00.002+03:00

Authors: Benz Kotzen and Colin English

Publisher: E & FN Spon, an imprint of Routledge, First published 1999
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Contents:
1 Introduction
Background
Environmental noise barrier terminology
Noise is a landscape issue
Barrier use: a contrast in provision
References
2 Defining the need for barriers
Legislation and policy
Introduction
The Land Compensation Act, 1973
The Noise Insulation Regulations, 1975
The Highways Act, 1980
National Government policy
Local government policy
Alternative European approaches
The Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided
Transport Systems) Regulations, 1996
European Union directives
Risk to health
Design process
Acoustic assessment
Landscape decision-making process
Landscape assessment
Assessment of visual intrusion
DMRB assessment, consultation and design process
Summary of mitigation design strategies
References
3 Acoustic performance of barriers
Introduction
Barrier theory
Sound insulation
Barrier placement
Barrier length
Bunds versus screens
Dealing with reflections from barriers
Reflections from high-sided vehicles
Improving the acoustic performance of a screen
Introduction
Cantilevered barriers
Tunnels
Galleried barriers
Louvred covers
Diffracting-edge modifications
Noise leakage through gaps
Varying longitudinal profiles
Noise screening by vegetation
Acoustic performance testing
References
4 Barrier morphology and design
Anatomy of barriers – elements and characteristics
Top section and top edge
Middle sectio
Bottom section and bottom edge
Barrier façades
Ends
Vertical profile – angled and cantilevered barriers
Support structures, transitions and foundations
Fixings
Other considerations
Viewing at speed
Two-faced barriers
Barriers: Vertical or horizontal landscape elements?
Repetition
Pattern
Texture
Colour
Light and shade
Profiling
Materials and design
Choosing materials – visual neutrality and compatibility
Reference
5 Types of barrier and barrier materials
Introduction
DMRB guidelines
Noise barrier types
Earth mounds
Earth mounds and planting
Timber barriers
Sheet-metal barriers
Concrete barriers
Brick barriers
Plastic, PVC and fibreglass barriers
Transparent barriers
Cantilevered barriers
Thatch barriers
Bio-barriers
Integrated barriers
Barrier materials on bridges
Barriers and solar panels
Tunnels
Escape routes
Planting and barriers
References
6 Engineering, safety, environmental and cost considerations
Introduction
Engineering considerations
Environmental considerations
Costs

Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2005

2008-12-01T07:58:00.002+03:00

Authors: Bob Martens & Andre Brown

Publisher: Springer, 2005

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Contents:

Keynote Papers
Virtual Heritage, Reconstruction and Histories
Digital Design, Representation and Visualization
Design Methods, Process and Creativity
Knowledge Based Design and Generative Systems
Human-machine Interaction: Connecting the Physical and the Virtual
Form and Fabric: Computer Integrated Construction and Manufacturing

Building Information Modelling and Construction Management

Linking Education, Research and Practice

Streets & Patterns

2008-11-30T08:13:00.003+03:00

Author: Stephen Marshall

Publisher: Spon Press, First published 2005
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Contents:

1 Introduction
Revolution
Counter-revolution
Transport and urban design
This book
2 The challenge
Streets
Highway layout
Desired patterns
Complexity and contradiction
Conclusions
3 Street type and hierarchy
Principles of hierarchy
Street type and classification
The strategic structure
Street type revisited
Conclusions
4 Pattern type
Classification of pattern
Developing typologies of pattern
Quantifying pattern
Conclusions
5 Route structure
Network representation and analysis
Route structure
Route structure properties
Route type
Conclusions
6 Connectivity and complexity
Example networks
Connectivity analysis
Complexity analysis
Characteristic structure
Conclusions
7 The constitution of structure
Hierarchical structure
Composition, configuration and constitution
Constitutionally defined street type
Types of constitutional structure
The structure of car orientation
The structure of disurban creation
Conclusions
8 Modes, streets and places
The modal kaleidoscope
A new formulation for route hierarchy
Streetspace classification
Urban street typology
Conclusions
9 From streets to patterns
Design approaches – generative processes
A street-based constitution
Example patterns
Conclusions
10 Conclusions
Tottenham Court Road revisited
Coding for streets and patterns
Implications for practice
The future

Photovoltaics And Architecture

2008-11-30T08:06:00.003+03:00

Authors: Randall Thomas & Max Fordham & Partners
Publisher: Spon Press, First published 2001

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Contents:
Part One
1. Introduction
2. What are photovoltaics?
2.1 Introduction
2.2 PVs
2.3 How much energy do PV systems produce?
3. PVs on buildings
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The brief
3.3 Site considerations
3.4 Building type
3.5 Design and construction
3.6 Forms and systems
3.7 What difference do PVs make?
4. Costs and sizing
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Costs
4.3 Sizing the array
4.4 The future of costs
5. PVs in buildings
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Grid-connection and metering
5.3 System considerations
5.4 Modules and cables
5.5 Plant rooms
Part Two
6. Cambridge Botanic Garden, Cambridge, UK
Randall Thomas
7. Solar village at Amersfoort, Holland
Bill Watts and Randall Thomas
8. Parkmount Housing, Belfast
Richard Partington
9. The Charter School
Randall Thomas
10. The Solar Office: Doxford International
David Lloyd Jones
11. The Earth Centre canopy
Peter Clegg
12. University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, BP Institute
Chris Cowper and Philip Armitage
13. Haileybury Imperial College
Bill Watts
14. PVs in perspective
Bill Dunster
15. Conclusion
Randall Thomas

Inclusive Buildings Designing and Managing an Accessible Environment

2008-11-30T08:00:00.002+03:00

Authors: Keith Bright & Roberto Di Giulio

Publisher: Blackwell Science Ltd, 2006

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Contents:

Introduction
How to use the CD
Getting started
A worked example
Access audits
General information on using the CD
Useful organisations

Dictionary of Islamic Architecture

2008-11-27T08:56:00.002+03:00

Authors: Andrew Petersen

Publisher: Routledge, First published 1996

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Design For Assisted Living : Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail

2008-11-27T08:48:00.002+03:00

Authors: Victor Regnier
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2007

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Contents:
PART I Assisted Living Defined
Chapter 1 What Is Assisted Living?
Chapter 2 Benchmarking Assisted Living Buildings and Residents
Chapter 3 Defining Conceptual Frameworks for Assisted Living Environments and Services
PART II 100 Critical Design Considerations
Chapter 4 Neighborhood and Site Issues
Chapter 5 The Outdoor Landscape
Chapter 6 Refining Design Attributes
Chapter 7 Stimulating Social Interaction
Chapter 8 Extending Independence
Chapter 9 Stimulating the Senses
Chapter 10 Creating Affect
Chapter 11 Planning the Dwelling Unit
Chapter 12 Engaging the Staff
Chapter 13 Designing for Dementia
PART III Case Studies
Chapter 14 Humanitas Bergweg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Chapter 15 Wilhelmiina, Helsinki, Finland
Chapter 16 Goddard House, Brookline, Massachusetts
Chapter 17 Gyngemosegهrd, Herlev, Denmark
Chapter 18 Sunrise of Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo, California
Chapter 19 Crown Cove, Corona Del Mar, California
Chapter 20 Sunrise of Bellevue, Bellevue, Washington
Chapter 21 Sunrise of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Chapter 22 Copper Ridge, Sykesville, Maryland
Chapter 23 Virranranta, Kiruvesi, Finland
Chapter 24 Harbour House, Greendale, Wisconsin
Chapter 25 Ros Anders Gهrd, Vنsterhaninge, Sweden
Chapter 26 Humlehusene, Albertslund, Denmark
Chapter 27 Postiljonen. Hِlliviken, Sweden
Chapter 28 Metsنtنhti, Hankasalmi, Finland
PART IV Conclusions and Directives
Chapter 29 Lessons Learned from Northern European Visits
Chapter 30 Other Lessons from Each Individual Country
Chapter 31 20 Most Important Design Issues and Considerations
Chapter 32 30 Future Trends
Chapter 33 Concluding Issues

Courtyard Housing : Past, Present and Future

2008-11-27T08:30:00.002+03:00

Authors: Brian Edwards, Magda Sibley, Mohamad, Hakmi and Peter Land

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, First published 2006

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Contents:
Part 1 History and theory
1 The courtyard house: typological variations over space and time
Attilio Petruccioli
2 The shared characteristics of Iranian and Arab courtyard houses
Gholamhossein Memarian and Frank Brown
3 The courtyard houses of Syria
E.Mahmoud Zien Al Abidin
4 The courtyard houses of Southern Algeria
Arrouf Abdelmalek
5 The courtyard houses of North African medinas, past, present and future
Magda Sibley
Part 2 Social and cultural dimensions
The power of the veil: gender inequality in the domestic setting of traditional courtyard houses
Reem Zako
7 The role of privacy in the design of the Saudi Arabian courtyard house
Omar S.BaHammam
8 The traditional courtyard house of Kuwait and the influence of Islam
M.Anwarul Islam and Nawal H.Al-Sanafi
9 The cosmological genesis of the courtyard house
Faozi Ujam
10 The deconstructed courtyard: dwellings of central Oman
Soumyen Bandyopadhyay
11 The European perimeter block: the Scottish experience of courtyard housing
Brian Edwards
Part 3 Environmental dimensions
12 Courtyards: a bioclimatic form?
Dana Raydan, Carlo Ratti and Koen Steemers
13 The courtyard garden in the traditional Arab house
Maher Laffah
Climatic aspects and their effect on the dimensions of courtyards in Arab buildings
Hani Wadah
The thermal performance of the internal courtyard in the hot-dry environment in Saudi Arabia
Khalid A.Megren Al-Saud and Nasser A.M.Al-Hemiddi
Part 4 The contemporary dimension
16 Type as a tool: courtyard housing and the notion of continuity
Kevin Mitchell
17 The geometry of single and multi-family courtyard housing
Mohamad Hakmi
18 Courtyard housing in Saudi Arabia: in search of a contemporary typology
Tarek Abdelsalam
19 New design thinking for contemporary courtyard housing
Yassine Bada
20 Conclusions
21 Courtyard housing: an ‘afterthought’
Peter Land

Cladding of Buildings

2008-11-27T08:22:00.002+03:00

Author: Alan Brookes

Publisher: E & FN Spon, Third edition 1998

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Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The fram
Knowledge of new material
Principles of jointing
Forces moving water through an opening
Segmentation of the air space
Air seal on inner face
Development of ‘high tech’
References
1 Precast concrete cladding
Introduction
Design guides
Standardization and adjustable moulds
Types of mould
Casting method
Tolerances
Handling of units during transportation and on site
Shape of precast concrete cladding panels
Jointing
Panel fixings
Finishes
Weathering
References
2 Glass-reinforced polyester
Introduction
GRP production
GRP cladding in use
Standardization of components
Fire resistance
Weathering
Surface finish
Panel stiffening
Jointing
Thermal expansion
Fixings
Conclusion
References
3 Glass-fibre-reinforced cement
The material and its advantages
Production methods
Insulated panels
Finishes
Performance characteristics
Types of cladding
Jointing
Fixings
Panel dimensions and tolerances
Handling of units on site and storage
Conclusion
References and further reading
4 Formed metal including profiled metal
Forming of metal
Profiled metal cladding and roof decking
The industry
Design guidance
Method of manufacture
Relevant standards
Finishes for metal sheeting
Performance criteria
Installation
References and further reading
5 Sheet metal, composite metal panels, and rain screens
Introduction
Composite metal panels
Rolled sheet panels
Rain screen panels
Finishes
Proprietary systems and their fixing
Aspect II
References and further reading
6 Curtain walling—glazing systems
Definition
Patent glazing
Metal box framing
Fire resistance
Suspended glass assemblies
Silicone-bonded glazing
Glass
References and further reading

Architecturally Speaking : Practices of Art, Architecture and the Everyday

2008-11-27T08:13:00.002+03:00

Editor: Alan Read
Publisher: Routledge,First published 2000
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Contents:
Introduction
Addressing architecture, art and the everyday
Alan Read
Orienting
1 Non-places
Marc Augé
2 Thirdspace: expanding the scope of the geographical imagination
Edward W. Soja
3 Getting lost and the localized mind
Franco La Cecla
Locating
4 Space–time and the politics of location
Doreen Massey
5 Public territory
muf with Katherine Shonfield
Moving
6 Open transmission
Krzysztof Wodiczko
7 Country dance
Graeme Miller
Revealing
8 Speech sites
Alan Read
9 Battle lines: E1027
Beatriz Colomina
Conceiving
10 Six concepts
Bernard Tschumi
11 Rappel a l’ordre: the case for the tectonic
Kenneth Frampton
Constructing
12 No-man’s land
Lebbeus Woods
13 Internal terrains
Zaha Hadid
Showing
14 Hombroich
Oliver Kruse
15 Dear Peter
Richard Wentworth
Changing
16 Autopoetic architecture: the Open City, Ritoque, Chile
Ann M. Pendleton-Jullian
17 @morphous mutations
François Roche
Prospecting
18 Imagining E-Topia
William J. Mitchell
19 Planets, comets, and dinosaurs: digital identity in virtual space
Anthony Vidler
Responding
20 Spaced out
Alan Read

Architectural Design In Steel

2008-11-27T08:03:00.002+03:00

Author: Peter Trebilcock and Mark Lawson

Publisher: Spon Press, First published 2004

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Contents:
1 Introduction
1.1 Advantages of steel construction
1.2 Opportunity for architectural expression
1.3 Holistic approach
1.4 Scale and ornament
1.5 Steel ‘kit of parts’
1.6 Tubular steelwork

2 Introduction to expressed structural form
2.1 Expression of bracing
2.2 Arched and curved structures
2.3 Tension structures
2.4 Fabricated members
2.5 Structure/envelope relationship

3 Frame design
3.1 The frame as the basic unit of construction
3.2 Exposing the frame
3.3 Braced versus rigid frames
3.4 Portal-frame structures
3.5 Expressing the connections
3.6 Alternative forms of bracing

4 Types of beams, columns and trusses
4.1 Beams
4.2 Long-span beams
4.3 Curved beams
4.4 Columns
4.5 Trusses and lattice girders
5 Connections between I-sections
5.1 Introduction to connections
5.2 Benefits of standardisation
5.3 Industry-standard connections
5.4 Beam to column connections
5.5 Beam to beam connections
5.6 Column splices
5.7 Column bases
5.8 Connections in trusses
5.9 Bracing and tie-members
6 Connections between tubular sections
6.1 Preparation of members
6.2 Bolted and pinned connections
6.3 Welded flange or end-plates and bolted connections
6.4 In-line connections
6.5 Welded nodes to columns and masts
6.6 Pinned connections to tubular sections
6.7 Welded tube to tube connections
6.8 Connections in trusses and lattice construction
6.9 Beam to column connections in tubular construction
6.10 Special bolted connections to SHS and RHS
7 Tension structures
7.1 Design opportunities for tension structures
7.2 Different forms of tension attachments
7.3 Fabric supported structures
7.4 Adjustments
7.5 Tie rod or cable connections
7.6 Tension structures using tubular members
8 Space frames
8.1 Advantages and disadvantages of space grids
8.2 Common forms of space grids
8.3 Support locations
8.4 Span:depth ratios
8.5 Commercially available systems
9 Glazing interface details
9.1 Architecture
9.2 Interfaces
9.3 Tolerances
9.4 Support structures
9.5 Use of tubular members in glazing systems
10 Steelwork penetrations of the external envelope
10.1 Waterproofing
10.2 Cold bridging
11 Technical characteristics of steel
11.1 Specification for structural steels
11.2 Design standards
11.3 Manufacturing methods for hot-rolled steel sections
11.4 Stainless steel
11.5 Weathering steels
11.6 Use of cast steel
12 Corrosion protection
12.1 Internal steelwork
12.2 Protective treatment specification
12.3 Surface preparation
12.4 Type of protection to be used
12.5 Method and location of application
12.6 Protection of connections
12.7 Detailing of exposed steelwork to reduce corrosion
12.8 Contact with other materials
13 Fire protection
13.1 Forms of fire protection
13.2 Sprayed and board protection
13.3 Intumescent coatings
13.4 Partial encasement by concrete
13.5 Concrete filling of tubular sections
13.6 Water filling of tubular sections
13.7 Fire protection by enclosure
13.8 Fire engineering
13.9 External steelwork
14 Site installation
14.1 Bolting
14.2 Welding
14.3 Welding tubular sections
14.4 Tolerances
14.5 Deflections
15 Other design considerations
15.1 Pre-contract involvement of the fabricator
15.2 Drawing examination and approval
15.3 Key decisions/checklists
15.4 Fabricator’s responsibilities during erection
15.5 Mock-ups and prototypes
15.6 Transportation of steelwork
16 References and sources of information

Architect's Sketches : dialogue and design

2008-11-26T08:23:00.003+03:00

Author: Kendra Schank Smith
Publisher: Architectural Press, First published 2008

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Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction and the sketch
Architectural sketches and a comparison to dialogue
Methodology
The nature of sketches
Visual perception as it pertains to architectural sketches
How architects use sketches
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Play, quickness and Festina Lente
Illusion and allusion
A knowledge gained
Play at work
Quickness and Festina Lente
Bibliography
Chapter 3 Memory, imagination and fantasy
Memory
Imagination
Fantasy
Bibliography
Chapter 4 Caricature as a mode of transformation
History of caricature
Defi nition of caricature
Caricature evident in architectural sketches
Bibliography
Chapter 5 The grotesque sketch
History of the grotesque
Grotesque sketches
Bibliography
Chapter 6 Observation/compendium and likeness
Digital sketches
Likeness and the marginal
Conclusion
Bibliography

Analysing Architecture

2008-11-26T08:18:00.002+03:00

Author: Simon Unwin

Publisher: Routledge, First published 1997

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Contents:
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Architecture as Identification of Place
Basic Elements of Architecture
Modifying Elements of Architecture
Elements Doing More Than One Thing
Using Things That Are There
Primitive Place Types
Architecture as Making Frames
Temples and Cottages
Geometry in Architecture
Space and Structure
Parallel Walls
Stratification
Transition, Hierarchy, Heart
Postscript
Case Studies
Fitzwilliam College Chapel
The Schminke House
Merrist Wood
The Vanna Venturi House
The Woodland Chapel

A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture

2008-11-26T08:13:00.003+03:00

Author: Gwendolyn Leick

Publisher: Routledge, First published in 1988
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Planning And The Heritage : Policy and procedures

2008-11-25T08:29:00.003+03:00

Editor: Michael Ross

Publisher: E & FN Spon, Second edition 1996

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Contents:
1 Why conserve?
2 The rise of the heritage
2.1 The beginnings
2.2 The first legislation
2.3 Recording the heritage
2.4 Between the wars
2.5 The Second World War
2.6 The 1947 Act: the first survey of historic buildings
2.7 Conservation in the ‘age of the bulldozer’
3 Heritage comes of age
3.1 Conservation areas
3.2 Legal developments 1968–74
3.3 Environment and conservation
3.4 European Architectural Heritage Year
3.5 Conservation after EAHY
3.6 The national resurvey of historic buildings
3.7 The foundation of English Heritage
3.8 Developments since 1986
4 The main players
4.1 The Department of the Environment
4.2 The Department of National Heritage
4.3 English Heritage
4.4 Arrangements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
4.5 The Royal Commissions on Historical Monuments
4.6 Local authorities
4.7 The voluntary bodies
5 Listed buildings
5.1 What can be listed
5.2 The criteria for listing
5.3 Grading
5.4 How buildings are listed
5.5 Building preservation notices
5.6 The Secretary of State’s decision
5.7 Action after the list is signed
5.8 Appeals against listing
5.9 Certificates of immunity from listing
5.10 Delisting
5.11 Conclusion
6 Listed building control
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Planning and listed building control
6.3 Procedure for obtaining listed building consent
6.4 Criteria for granting consent
6.5 Problems with consent
6.6 Conditions
6.7 Appeals
6.8 Demolition: the statistics
6.9 Prosecution and enforcement
6.10 Purchase notices and compensation
6.11 Applications by local authorities
6.12 The position of the churches
6.13 The Crown and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission
6.14 Conclusion
7 Conservation areas
7.1 Definition
7.2 Designation
7.3 General principles following designation
7.4 Article 4 directions and conservation areas
7.5 Control of demolition in conservation areas
7.6 Advertisement of applications in conservation areas
7.7 Trees in conservation areas
7.8 Advertisements in conservation areas
7.9 Public participation: conservation area advisory committees
7.10 Conclusion
8 Ancient monuments
8.1 Definition
8.2 How monuments are chosen
8.3 The mechanics of scheduling
8.4 Acquisition and guardianship
8.5 Repairs
8.6 Descheduling
8.7 Scheduled monument consent
8.8 Areas of archaeological importance
8.9 Metal detectors
8.10 Crown land
8.11 Listing and scheduling
9 Enhancing the heritage
9.1 Repairs notices
9.2 Grants and loans
9.3 Tax incentives
9.4 New uses for old buildings
10 The future of the heritage

The Compact City : A sustainable Urban Form?

2008-11-25T08:21:00.003+03:00

Editor: Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton and Katie Williams
Publisher: E & FN Spon, First published 1996

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Contents:
Introduction
Compact Cities and Sustainability: An Introduction
Mike Jenks, Elizabeth Burton and Katie Williams
Part One Compact City Theory
Introduction
Centrists, Decentrists and Compromisers: Views on the Future of Urban Form
Michael Breheny
In Favour of the Compact City
Mayer Hillman
Density, Efficiency and Equality in Australian Cities
Hugh Stretton
The Compact City: A Successful, Desirable and Achievable Urban Form?
Louise Thomas and Will Cousins
How Compact is Sustainable—How Sustainable is Compact?
Ernie Scoffham and Brenda Vale
The Search for a Sustainable Urban Form
Michael Welbank

Achieving the Compact City through Intensification: An Acceptable Option?
Katie Williams, Elizabeth Burton and Mike Jenks
Part Two Social and Economic Issues
Introduction
Running the Gauntlet: A Compact City within a Doughnut of Decay
Hedley Smyth
Economic and Social Issues
Christopher Knight
The Compact City and the Market: The Case of Residential Development
Charles Fulford
The Compact City and the Quality of Life
Martin Crookston, Patrick Clarke and Joanna Averley
Not Compact Cities but Sustainable Regions
Ray Green
Urban Consolidation and the Family
Patrick N.Troy
Part Three Environment and Resources
Introduction
The Transport Dimension
George Barrett
Travel Behaviour and Local Accessibility to Services and Facilities
Stuart Farthing, John Winter and Tessa Coombes
Sustainable Transport in a Compact City
Peter Nijkamp and Sytze A.Rienstra
Environmental Stress and Urban Policy
Patrick N.Troy
Part Four Measuring and Monitoring
Introduction
The Precautionary Principle and the Compact City
Elizabeth Wilson
The Compact City and Urban Sustainability: Conflicts and Complexities
Elizabeth Burton, Katie Williams and Mike Jenks
Environmental Capacity of a Historic City: The Chester Experience
Peter Drummond and Corinne Swain
City Space and Pollution Dispersion: A Modelling and Monitoring Excercise
Caitríona Ní Riain, Ben Croxford, John Littler and Alan Penn
Part Five Implementation
Introduction
Who Will Care for Compact Cities?
Richard Pratt and Peter Larkham
Repairing Our Much Abused Cities: The Way to Sustainable Living
Harley Sherlock
Urban Footprints: Making Best Use of Urban Land Resources– A Rural Perspective
Michael Breheny, Adrian Gurney and James Strike
Sustainability in Scottish Cities: Two Case Studies of Local Management
Jim Johnson
A New Compact City Form: Concepts in Practice
Louise Thomas and Will Cousins
Conclusion
A Question of Sustainable Urban Form: Conclusion
Mike Jenks, Katie Williams and Elizabeth Burton

New Museum Theory and Practice, An Introduction

2008-11-25T08:08:00.003+03:00

Editor: Janet Marstine

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, 2006

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Contents:
Part I Defining New Museum Theory
A Surveys and Groundwork
1 Editor’s Introduction
THE ARCHITECTURE IS THE MUSEUM
Michaela Giebelhausen
Questions for Discussion
2 Editor’s Introduction
FEMINIST CURATORIAL STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES SINCE
THE 1970s
Katy Deepwell
Questions for Discussion
3 Editor’s Introduction
NEW ART, NEW CHALLENGES: THE CHANGING FACE OF CONSERVATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Rachel Barker and Patricia Smithen
Questions for Discussion
B Case Studies in Contemporary Practice
4 Editor’s Introduction
HOW WE STUDY HISTORY MUSEUMS: OR CULTURAL STUDIES AT MONTICELLO
Eric Gable
Questions for Discussion
5 Editor’s Introduction
SPECTACLE AND DEMOCRACY: EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT AS A POST-MUSEUM
Chris Bruce
Questions for Discussion
6 Editor’s Introduction
REVEALING AND CONCEALING: MUSEUMS, OBJECTS, AND THE TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA
Moira G. Simpson
Questions for Discussion
7 Editor’s Introduction
RESTRUCTURING SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUMS: REALITY AND RHETORIC WITHIN CAPE TOWN
Julie L. McGee
Questions for Discussion
Part II Looking to the Future: Theory into Practice
8 Editor’s Introduction
THE CRITICAL MUSEUM VISITOR
Margaret Lindauer
Questions for Discussion
9 Editor’s Introduction
VISITING THE VIRTUAL MUSEUM: ART AND EXPERIENCE ONLINE
Lianne McTavish
Questions for Discussion
10 Editor’s Introduction
REFRAMING STUDIO ART PRODUCTION AND CRITIQUE
Helen Klebesadel
Questions for Discussion
11 Editor’s Introduction
THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AND GALLERY: A SITE FOR INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUE AND A FOCUS OF THE CURRICULUM
Lyndel King and Janet Marstine
Questions for Discussion
12 Editor’s Introduction
MUSEUM ARCHIVES AS RESOURCES FOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND INSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY
Lois Marie Fink
Questions for Discussion

Interventions Advances in Art and Urban Futures Volume 4

2008-11-24T08:11:00.002+03:00

Editors: Malcolm Miles and Tim Hall
Publisher: Intellect Ltd, First Published in 2005
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Contents:
Part One – Policies and Strategies
Cultural Ambiguity in an Urban Development Master Plan: Deception or Miscalculation?
Tania Carson
Opening up the Symbolic Economy of Contemporary Mumbai
Andrew Harris
Monuments and Monkey Puzzles: Public Art in Bristol
Alastair Snow
BürgerMeister: New Tactics for Shrinking Cities
Friedrich von Borries and Matthias Böttger
Part Two – Projects
Urban Image and Legibility in Kings Cross
Ben Campkin
Cargo
Esther Salamon
On the Edge: the Visual Arts in Remote Rural Contexts of Northern Scotland
Anne Douglas
I Fail to Agree
Andy Hewitt and Mel Jordan
Going Public: Strategies of Intervention in Lithuania
Laima Kreivyte
Instruments
Laurie Palmer
Part Three – Evaluations
A Comparative Evaluation: Projects in Exeter, Barcelona, London,Tyneside
Sarah Bennett, John Butler, Nicola Kirkham and Malcolm Miles
Public Art in the City: Meanings,Values, Attitudes and Roles
Tim Hall and Chereen Smith

Briefing And Design Guide Laboratories

2008-11-23T12:31:00.002+03:00

Author: Walter Main
Publisher: E & FN Spon, First edition 1995
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Contents:
1 Introduction
2 Laboratory spaces
3 Fitting out laboratory spaces
4 Laboratory equipment
5 Laboratory services
6 The building fabric
7 The design team
Technical supplements

Human Factors In Lighting

2008-11-23T12:17:00.003+03:00

Author: Peter R. Boyce
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, First published 2003
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Contents:
PART I Fundamentals
1 Light
2 The visual system
3 The circadian system
PART II Generalities
4 Lighting and work
5 Lighting and visual discomfort
6 Lighting and the perception of spaces and objects
PART III Specifics
7 Lighting for offices
8 Lighting for industry
9 Escape lighting
10 Lighting for driving
11 Lighting and crime
12 Lighting for the elderly
13 Light and health
14 Codes and consequences
15 The way ahead

Light For Art's Sake : Lighting for Artworks and Museum Displays

2008-11-23T08:33:00.003+03:00

Author: Christopher Cuttle
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd., First edition 2007
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Contents:
1 A philosophy for the presentation of art
2 Revealing visual attributes
Light and illumination
Human response to light
Light levels in museums
Revealing with light
3 Light-induced damage to objects
Photochemical reactions
Radiant heating effect
Material response to exposure
Limiting exposure
4 Daylighting typologies
The aesthetics of daylight
Side-lit rooms
Monitor skylights
Central skylight picture galleries
Overall daylight-diffusing ceilings
Restricted daylight-diffusing ceilings
Polar-oriented skylights
Wall-lighting picture galleries
The presence of daylight
5 Daylighting controls
Light transmission
Light distribution
Ultraviolet transmission
Solar heat gain
Thermal transmission
6 Electric lighting typologies
The aesthetics of electric lighting
Room surface lighting
Lighting three-dimensional objects
Lighting two-dimensional objects
Case lighting
Supplementing daylight
Self-luminous art objects
7 Electric lighting controls
Light output control
Luminaire optical control
Luminaire directional control
Lighting control systems
8 Lighting strategies
Ambient illumination
A sequence of visual experiences
Minimal-exposure displays
The great space
Visual connections
9 Procedures for practice
A museum lighting pro forma
Setting up lighting for a new exhibition
Maintaining lighting during the life of an exhibition

Hotel Design April 2008

2008-11-23T08:28:00.004+03:00

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Architecture in Words : Theatre, language and the sensuous space of architecture

2008-11-20T10:19:00.002+03:00

Author: Louise Pelletier

Publisher: Routledge, First published 2006
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Part 1: Character and expression: staging an architectural theory
1 Architecture as an expressive language
Character theory and the language of architecture
Le Camus de Mézières and the metaphor of the theatre
2 Character theory in theatrical staging
Servandoni, the master of special effects
The modulation of light and darkness
Unity of place and the perfecting of an illusion
3 Rules of expression and the paradox of acting
Le Brun’s theory of expression
The paradox of the actor
Part 2: Play-acting and the culture of entertainment: architecture as theatre
4 Theatre as the locus of public and social expression
The rules of civility and conventions at the theatre
Louis XV and the new taste for private performances
Society theatre and Diderot’s drame bourgeois
The staging of a play
5 Theatre architecture and the role of the proscenium arch
Rethinking the space of the auditorium
The beginning of a new tradition and the relocation of the spectator
The theatricality of the marketplace
Part 3: Language and personal imagination: an architecture for the senses
6 Taste, talent, and genius in eighteenth-century aesthetics
Theatre theory and the decadence of taste
Genius and the complex relationship between rules and talent
Génie and the Encyclopédie
7 Newtonian empirical sciences and the order of nature
The expression of nature in architectural theory
Newtonian empirical science and the role of tradition
8 Empirical philosophy and the nature of sensations
ةtienne Bonnot de Condillac and the nature of imagination
Edmund Burke and the materiality of light and shadow
Denis Diderot and the importance of language
Part 4: Plotting an architectural program: the space of desire
9 Staging an architecture in words
The space of seduction
The Genius of Architecture and the distribution of an hôtel particulier
10 The narrative space of desire
Aabba, a romance
Chantilly, a picturesque garden
Conclusion: the temporality of human experience

Architectural Principles in the Age of Cybernetics

2008-11-20T10:12:00.003+03:00

Author: Christopher Hight
Publisher: Routledge, First published 2008
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Contents:
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
Prologue: Infernal Returns
The Body of Architectural Knowledge
The Structure of the Book
Chapter 2. THE PHENOMENAL ORIGIN OF ARCHITECTURE
Primal Identification
The Home of Man
The Decay of Modern Architecture
The Pathos of Phenomenology
Chapter 3. THE STRUCTURAL CONTINUITIES OF CLASSICISM
Classical Systems of Knowledge and Subjects
Gendered Bodies of Architecture
The Hidden Interior of Architecture
Modernity as “The End of the Classical”
The Paradoxes of Not-Modern Architecture
Post-Structural Problems
Chapter 4. MODULOR RESIDUES OF HISTORY
Recalling the Modulor
The Residual Historicity of the Modulor
The Modulor as “One Example”
The Modulor as Vitruvius’s Heir
Unfinished Business
Chapter 5. A MID-CENTURY RENAISSANCE
Wittkower’s Renaissance
A Paradigm Shift?
The Architectural Principles of the Modulor
Points of Emergence
The Rowe Effect
Diagrams of Discoursivity

RIBA Book of British Housing

2008-11-20T08:18:00.003+03:00

Author: Ian Colquhoun

Publisher: Architectural Press, Second edition 2008
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Chapter 1 British Housing: 1900 to the Present Day
The early years: 1900–1918
Homes fit for heroes: 1918–1939
Years of hope: 1945–1951
In pursuit of an ideal: 1951–1979
New directions: 1979–1997
From 1997 into a new century
Chapter 2 London
Chapter 3 The English Regions
Eastern England
The Midlands
North-east England
North-west England
Southern England
South-west England
Yorkshire and Humberside
Chapter 4 Wales
Chapter 5 Scotland
Introduction
Inter-war years policies
Years of ambition: 1945–1979
Post 1979: a new culture
Chapter 6 Northern Ireland
Introduction
Projects

On Span and Space : exploring structures in architecture

2008-11-20T08:10:00.002+03:00

Author: Bjørn Normann Sandaker
Publisher: Routledge, First published 2008
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Part 1 PHILOSOPHY
Fundamental aspects of structures
Defi ning structures
Aspects of structural form
Culture and construction
Explanation vs. interpretation of structural form
Part 2 PRAGMATICS
Structural form and some mechanical problems
Three basic concepts
Structural materials and form
Mechanical effi ciency and the economy of means
Structural scale
Part 3 AESTHETICS
An aesthetics of structures
An aesthetic qualifi cation: the freedom to choose
Aesthetics and structures
The aesthetic experience
Aesthetics of the mechanical function
Aesthetics of the spatial function

Writing Urbanism : a design reader

2008-11-19T10:01:00.004+03:00

Author: DOUGLAS KELBAUGH & KIT KRANKEL McCULLOUGH

Publisher: Routledge, First published 2008

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Contents:

I URBAN PROCESS
Introduction
Kit Krankel McCullough
Observations
The virtues of cities
Alex Krieger
Working cities: Density, risk, spontaneity
J. Max Bond, Jr.
Meaningful urban design: Teleological/catalytic/relevant
Aseem Inam
Mathematics of the ideal roadtrip
Christopher Monson
City walking: Laying claim to Manhattan
Ben Jacks
Preservation, re-use, and sustainability
Green Manhattan
David Owen
Stewardship of the built environment: The emerging synergies from sustainability and historic preservation
Robert A. Young
DROSS; Re-genesis of diverse matter
Lydia Kallipoliti
The shared global ideology of the big and the green
David Gissen
Community
Levittown retrofitted: An urbanism beyond the property line
Teddy Cruz
The mnemonic city: Duality, invisibility, and memory in American urbanism
Craig Evan Barton
Mapping East Los Angeles: Aesthetics and cultural politics in an other L.A.
José Gámez
Celebrating the city
Alan J. Plattus
Skid Row, Los Angeles
Camilo José Vergara
II URBAN FORM
Introduction: Further thoughts on the three urbanisms
Douglas Kelbaugh
Everyday urbanism, landscape urbanism, and infrastructure
Everyday urban design: Towards default urbanism and/or urbanism by design?
John Kaliski
Without end: Mats, holes, and the promise of landscape urbanism
Karen M’Closkey
Boston’s New Urban Ring: An antidote to urban fragmentation
George Thrush
Infrastructure for the new social compact
William R. Morrish and Catherine R. Brown
New urbanism
Whatever happened to modernity?
Daniel Solomon
The town of Seaside: Designed in 1978–1983 by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.
Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
The impact of ideology on American town planning
Tony Schuman and Elliott Sclar
New Urbanism as a counter-project to post-industrialism
Ellen Dunham-Jones
Integrating urbanisms: Growing places between New Urbanism and Post-Urbanism
Carl Giometti
Post urbanism
Rem Koolhaas’s writing on cities: Poetic perception and gnomic fantasy
William S. Saunders
“Bigness” in context: Some regressive tendencies in Rem Koolhaas’ urban theory
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Habraken and Koolhaas: Two Dutchmen flying over Bijlmermeer
June P. Williamson
Heterotopias and Urban Design
David Grahame Shane
III URBAN SOCIETY
Introduction
Douglas Kelbaugh
The public realm
Big Brother is charging you
Michael Sorkin
Communitas and the American public realm
Spiro Kostof
Contesting the public realm: Struggles over public space in Los Angeles
Margaret Crawford
Action space
Richard Scherr
The inscription of “public” and “civic” realms in the contemporary city
Michael E. Gamble
Globalism and local identity
Zone
Keller Easterling
Dis-assembling the urban: The variable interactions of spatial form and content
Saskia Sassen
Tropical Lewis Mumford: The first critical regionalist urban planner
Liane Lefaivre and Alexander Tzonis
The luxury of languor
Michael A. McClure and Ursula Emery McClure Technology
Technoscience and environmental culture: A provisional critique
Kenneth Frampton
Technology, place, and the nonmodern thesis
Steven A. Moore
Immanent domain: Pervasive computing and the public realm
Dana Cuff
City of dreams: Virtual space/public space
Eugenia Victoria Ellis

Roman Building : Materials And techniques

2008-11-19T09:48:00.003+03:00

Author: Jean-Pierre Adam
Publisher: Routledge, First published 1994
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Contents:
1 SURVEYING
2 MATERIALS
3 CONSTRUCTION USING LARGE STONE BLOCKS
4 STRUCTURES OF MIXED CONSTRUCTION
5 MASONRY CONSTRUCTION
6 ARCHES AND VAULTS
7 CARPENTRY
8 WALL COVERING
9 FLOORS
10 CIVIL ENGINEERING
11 DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

Space And Muslim Urban Life

2008-11-19T08:40:00.002+03:00

Author: Simon O’Meara
Publisher: Routledge, First published 2007

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Contents:

1 Premodern Fez
2 Social and Religious Dimensions of Walls
3 Legal Dimensions of Walls: The Book of Walls
4 The Juridic Basis of The Book of Walls
5 Shame and the Significance of Walls
6 Zef/Fez
Conclusion
Appendix: A Representative Sample of Cases and Case Titles from The Book of Walls
Glossary

The Classical Orders Of Architecture

2008-11-19T08:23:00.002+03:00

Author: Robert Chitham

Publisher: Architectural Press, Second edition 2005

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Contents:

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
THE ORDERS IN DETAIL
JAMES GIBBS AND THE AMERICAN CLASSICAL TRADITION
THE 96-PART ORDERS
USE OF THE ORDERS

Recording Studio Design

2008-11-17T10:39:00.003+03:00

Author: Philip Newell
Publisher:Focal Press, Second Edition 2008
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Chapter 1 General requirements and common errors
Chapter 2 Sound, decibels and hearing
Chapter 3 Sound isolation
Chapter 4 Room acoustics and means of control
Chapter 5 Designing neutral rooms
Chapter 6 Rooms with characteristic acoustics
Chapter 7 Variable acoustics
Chapter 8 Room combinations and operational considerations
Chapter 9 The studio environment
Chapter 10 Limitations to design predictions
Chapter 11 Loudspeakers in rooms
Chapter 12 Flattening the room response
Chapter 13 Control rooms
Chapter 14 The behaviour of multiple loudspeakers in rooms
Chapter 15 Studio monitoring: the principal objectives
Chapter 16 The Non-Environment control room
Chapter 17 The Live-End, Dead-End approach
Chapter 18 Response disturbances due to mixing consoles and studio furniture
Chapter 19 Objective measurement and subjective evaluations
Chapter 20 Studio monitoring systems
Chapter 21 Surround sound and control rooms
Chapter 22 Human factors
Chapter 23 A mobile control room
Chapter 24 Foldback
Chapter 25 Main supplies and earthing systems
Chapter 26 Analogue audio interfacing