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Interior Design Illustrated
Wiley 2012; US$ 55.00The bestselling guide to interior design updated and expanded for a new generation For over three decades, Francis D.K. Ching's integrated, comprehensive approach to presenting the elements of architecture and design has helped millions of students and professionals alike visualize and make sense of complex concepts. As functional as it is beautiful,... more...
From the Ground Up
Bryce Walter Publishing 2012; US$ 4.97At Boss Design Ltd, we work diligently to not only design your home but to elevate the knowledge level of our clients. With this in mind, we want to introduce you to our Custom Home Design Guide - From the Ground Up - A Step by Step Guide to Custom Home Design. Picture yourself building a home. There are hundreds of features and decisions in regards... more...
Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark Art in Public Space Styria
Springer 2011; US$ 39.99Das Jahrbuch stellt die im Rahmen von Kunst im ffentlichen Raum Steiermark realisierten Projekte des Jahres 2009 vor, darunter Projekte von Helmut und Johanna Kandl, Jochen Gerz, der K nstlergruppe IRWIN, Michael Kienzer, zweintopf und Werkstadt Graz. Neben umfangreichem Bildmaterial enth lt der Band einleitende Essays, Theorie und K nstlerstandpunkte... more...
The Role of Place Identity in the Perception, Understanding, and Design of Built Environments
Bentham Science Publishers 2012; US$ 59.00Readers of this e-book will gain an insight on the role of identity as a basis for the perception, experience, and appreciation of the form of built structures. It explains knowledge in relation to place identity, focusing both on people's identity, and related factors which play a part in this process, and most of all on a science of identity in the... more...
Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95Using an innovative architectural and social science approach, this book examines the political, economic, social, and spatial factors that affect cultural sustainability. Supported by a multiplicity of data including: field surveys, interviews with residents, architects, and planners, time diaries, drawings, photos, planning documents, observation... more...
The Seven Lamps of Architecture
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95In August of 1848, John Ruskin and his new bride visited northern France, for the gifted young critic wished to write a book that would examine the essence of Gothic architecture. By the following April, the book was finished. Titled The Seven Lamps of Architecture, it was far more than a treatise on the Gothic style; instead, it elaborated Ruskin?s... more...
Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories
Wiley 2002; US$ 75.00Planning to initiate designs for government, academic, and private research laboratories? Here's the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion. Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details, Combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical,... more...
The Architect's Studio Companion
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 90.00Even in the earliest stages of the design process, architects must be aware of the impact that environmental factors, building codes, and structural demands will have on a building. Newly revised and updated, the 'rules of thumb' in this valuable reference make it possible to complete preliminary design work without spending too much time investigating... more...
The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings
Wiley 2003; US$ 120.00The practical, comprehensive handbook to creating effective architectural drawings In one beautifully illustrated volume, The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings presents the full range of skills, concepts, principles, and applications needed to create a full set of architectural working drawings. This new Third Edition emphasizes... more...









