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Integrated Life Cycle Design of Structures
Spon Press 2002; US$ 160.00Integrated Life Cycle Design of Structures explains how to optimise the service life of structures, Sustainability and material performance issues are detailed. It is essential reading for everyone involved in building design. more...
Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings
CRC Press 2004; US$ 179.95In this user-friendly book, the author covers a broad range of areas in complex building design from wind effects, seismic design, traditional and modern types of bracing systems and the restoration of damaged or seismically vulnerable buildings. more...
Structural Analysis of Regular Multi-Storey Buildings
CRC Press 2012; US$ 130.00A sound and more modern Eurocode-based approach to design is the global approach, where the structures are considered as whole units, rather than to use traditional element-based design procedures. Although large frameworks and even whole buildings are now routinely analysed using computer packages, structural engineers do not always understand complex... more...
The Idea of Building
Taylor and Francis 1992; US$ 70.00This book is unique in its attempt to explore the many ways we have of thinking about buildings. In particular it raises questions about the kinds of knowledge we have and will need in designing, making and enjoying our buildings. At the very least this book provides an overview of the fragmented construction industry, making it a vital purchase for... more...
Building Structures
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 49.95A thorough introduction to building for the non-expert, this book is a one-stop book reference source for knowing everything important about building structures. Readers: follow the history of structural understanding grasp all the concepts of structural behaviour via step by step explanations apply the concepts to a simple building see... more...
Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Finishings
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 59.99Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Finishings contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. This is the first book to include typical project costs for painting and wallpapering, plasterwork, floor and... more...
The Natural Plaster Book
New Society Publishers 2003; US$ 29.95An essential resource for natural home builders. more...
Structure and Architecture
Taylor & Francis 2012; US$ 49.95'Structure and Architecture' is an essential textbook for students and practitioners of architecture and structural engineering. MacDonald explains the basic principles of structure and describes the ranges of structure types in current use. Furthermore, the book links these topics directly with the activity of architectural design and criticism. An... more...
Free Form Structural Design
IOS Press 2007; US$ 65.00Irregularly shaped building designs with surfaces curving in two directions ('double curved'), and also known as Free Form, Blob or liquid architecture, have gained renewed interest in the last decade due to the then emerging availability and user-friendliness of computerized design tools in the 1990's. These tools were introduced in the... more...
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