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Design Drawing Techniques
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95An invaluable tool for the architect, artist and graphic designer, `Design Drawing Techniques' shows how each element of an orthographic or perspective drawing can be produced in a variety of ways. Enriched with details culled from the work of successful and well known architects, this book provides a much needed alternative to existing texts. more...
Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 110.00Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design analyses the ways in which architects have presented their designs for clients and the public, both historically and contemporarily. It spans a period from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Architects have become familiar with change. The passage of time has brought with it new and revived styles... more...
Environmental Design
Spon Press 1999; US$ 49.99Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordhams, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally friendly buildings. more...
The Words Between the Spaces
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 75.00Using language - speaking and understanding it - is a defining ability of human beings, woven into all human activity. It is therefore inevitable that it should be deeply implicated in the design, production and use of buildings. Building legislation, design guides, competition and other briefs, architectural criticism, teaching and scholarly material,... more...
Sustainable Architectures
Spon Press 2004; US$ 57.95Buildings are responsible for 50% of C02^O emissions and their design has become the focus of intense technical scrutiny. Knowing how to build more technically efficient, or more ecologically and being able to assemble the social resources to do so more...
Environmentally Sustainable Buildings
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 67.00Building is an important but poorly explored part of sustainable development. The building sector has major impacts not only on economic and social life, but also on the natural and built environment. Various building activities, such as the design, construction, use, refurbishment and demolition of buildings, directly and indirectly affect the environmental... more...
Environmental Design
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 54.95Written and edited by a team of specialists at Max Fordham LLP, one of the UK?s leading environmental and building services engineering consultancies, Environmental Design is the result of their extensive experience in designing environmentally-friendly buildings. The principles of their approach, which they have taught in numerous schools of architecture... more...
Strategies for Sustainable Architecture
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 90.95Filling a gap in existing literature on sustainable design, this new guide introduces and illustrates sustainable design principles through detailed case studies of sustainable buildings in Europe, North America and Australia. The guide will provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the design issues involved in delivering sustainable buildings,... more...
Algorithmic Architecture
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 54.95Why does the word design owe its origin to Latin and not Greek roots? Where do the limits of the human mind lie? How does ambiguity enter the deterministic world of computation? Who was Parmenides and why is his philosophy still puzzling today? This unique volume challenges the reader to tackle all these complex questions and more. Algorithmic Architecture... more...
Managing the Building Design Process
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 54.95Managing the Building Design Process explains the designer?s role in the creation of new buildings from the development of the plan through to completion. One key case study is used throughout the book so that the reader can clearly follow the process leading to the creation of a new building. This new edition expands on the first edition including... more...









