The Leading eBooks Store Online
for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Understanding Meaningful Environments
IOS Press 2008; US$ 65.00"Understanding Meaningful Environments: Architectural Precedents and the Question of Identity in Creative Design" intends to put forward a discussion on the use of precedents and the production of innovative designs as well as to discuss the relationship between precedents and identity in a world undergoing a rapid process of globalization.... more...
Mixed Reality in Architecture, Design and Construction
Springer 2008; US$ 94.99Mixed Reality plays an increasing role in architecture, design and construction. This book presents projects on theories and applications within Mixed Reality. It covers topics in architecture, design collaboration, construction and education. more...
AutoCAD Workbook for Architects and Engineers
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 49.99This practical step-by-step guide - designed for use at your computer - gives clear, compact instructions and self-test exercises to help you learn 2-D drawing using AutoCAD. The text is written for use on all AutoCAD releases from 2000 to 2008. Computer-aided drawing is a skill that every student in architecture, engineering, the trades and construction... more...
Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies
Wiley 2009; US$ 24.99Google SketchUp is the exciting free software package that makes 3D available to everybody. Whether you need to build 3D models for work, or you’ve just always wanted to explore 3D modeling, Google SketchUp was made for you. Still, it does take a bit of understanding to get started, so turn to Google SketchUp 7 For Dummies . In classic For... more...
Introducing Revit Architecture 2009
Wiley 2009; US$ 39.99You don't have to be a high-tech wizard to understand the Revit software using Introducing Revit Architecture 2009: BIM for Beginners , the perfect guide for architects of any generation. Start with an overview of BIM concepts before tackling the Revit interface, then move on to use Revit's suite of editing tools. Learn how to use Revit with other... more...
The Humanities in Architectural Design
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 53.95Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks how we can restore the traditional dialogue between intellectual enquiry in the humanities and design creativity. Written by leading academics in the fields of history, theory and philosophy of design, these essays... more...
Nexus Network Journal 11,1
Springer 2009; US$ 109.00In celebration of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, this issue is devoted to relationships between astronomy, mathematics and architecture. It contains papers that look at how astronomy influenced architecture and urban design. more...
Nexus Network Journal 11,2
Springer 2009; US$ 109.00Both architecture and mathematics are highly structured formal systems expressed through a symbolic language. For architecture, the generating structure might be geometrical, musical, modular, or fractal. This title intends to indicate the relationship between what buildings look like and how they stand up. more...
Nexus Network Journal
Springer 2009; US$ 109.00Baroque architect and mathematician Guarino Guarini is the subject of this issue of the Nexus Network Journal. A group of international scholars were invited to contribute papers that shed light on the unanswered questions in several areas: Baroque architecture in general and Guarini's architecture in particular; philosophy; history of structural... more...
Farbigkeit und Siedlungsarchitektur: Soziale Wirksamkeit von Farbe in der Klassischen Modernen und gegenwärtigen Architektur
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 24.81In meiner vorliegenden Studie bin ich einigen Fragen sozialer Wirksamkeiten von Farbiger Architektur nachgegangen. Dabei erarbeitete ich Kriterien und Aspekte dieser Wirkungen. Während meiner Recherchen wurde mir einmal mehr bewusst, dass Farbige Architektur nicht nur als Gestaltungsmittel wirkt, sondern auch soziale und politische Aussagen beinhaltet.... more...









