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Architecture and Construction in Steel
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 290.00This book provides a comprehensive guide to the successful use of steel in building and will form a unique source of inspiration and reference for all those concerned with architecture in steel. more...
Fundamentals of Building Construction
Wiley 2011; US$ 125.00Now in its Fifth Edition, this essential textbook has been used by thousands of students annually in schools of architecture, engineering, and construction technology. The bestselling reference focuses on the basic materials and methods used in building construction, emphasizing common construction systems such as light wood frames, masonry bearing... more...
Stone House Construction
CSIRO Publishing 2012; US$ 77.00A comprehensive study of Australian stone building techniques in a residential context. more...
Translucent Building Skins
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Exploring the design of innovative building enclosure systems (or skins) in contemporary architecture and their precedents in earlier twentieth century modern architecture, this book examines the tectonics, the history and the influence of translucency as a defining characteristic in architecture. Highly illustrated throughout with drawings and full... more...
Medicine by Design
University of Minnesota Press 2008; US$ 27.50Medicine by Design examines how hospital design influenced the development of twentieth-century medicine and demonstrates the importance of these specialized buildings in the history of architecture. Annmarie Adams uses the ÒRoyal VicÓÑalong with other hospitalsÑto explore issues in architecture and medicine, including the role... more...
Traditional Buildings
I.B.Tauris 2009; US$ 79.00Based on a lifelong professional and personal interest, "Traditional Buildings" presents a unique survey of vernacular architecture across the globe. The reader is taken on a fascinating tour of traditional building around the world, which includes the loess cave homes of central China, the stilt houses on the shores of Dahomey, the housebarns... more...
PreFab Houses DesignSource
HarperCollins 2012; US$ 16.99For many, the idea of prefab housing may bring to mind trailers and other less desirable images of home life. But this idea couldn't be more wrong! Rather, the newest trends in prefab have emerged as a great way for a design- (and cost-) conscious generation to achieve the dream of home ownership. Today, prefab houses are manufactured to the highest... more...
PreFab Houses DesignSource
HarperCollins 2012; Not AvailableFor many, the idea of prefab housing may bring to mind trailers and other less desirable images of home life. But this idea couldn't be more wrong! Rather, the newest trends in prefab have emerged as a great way for a design- (and cost-) conscious generation to achieve the dream of home ownership. Today, prefab houses are manufactured to the highest... more...
Fussgängerbrücken
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 99.00Das Zusammenspiel von technischem Fortschritt, Fantasie und Funktionsvielfalt folgt bei Fußgängerbrücken anderen Impulsen als im Großbrückenbau, die eine Vielfalt unverwechselbarer Beispiele bescheren. Rund 90 Brücken aus zehn europäischen Ländern werden ausführlich mit Text, Gesamt- und Detailplänen und Fotografien dokumentiert. more...









