Architecture

Considering artifacts such as ceramics, spirit bundles, printer's type, and landscapes, this engaging, generously illustrated, and original study illuminates the lives of the Annapolis, Marylands residents--walking, seeing, reading, talking, eating, and living together in freedom and in oppression for more than three hundred years. more...

Price: $15.95

Presents for the first time, a wide range of world famous architects' sketches from classical civilization to the present day more...

Price: $60.95

The architect's interest in continuing education has increased as a result of the national trend of state initiatives requiring continuing education for architect registration Architect's Essentials of Professional Development assists registered architects and architecture firms in designing their own professional development programme in the context of professional practice Information on this subject is in high demand Covers strategic planning, programme design and assessment while taking into consideration the culture of different design firms Assessment worksheets and questionnaires allow readers to personalise their books while discovering and implementing their own professional development goals and strategies Practical, applied, concise, affordable and user-friendly more...

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The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services offers authoritative knowledge and industry insight to architects considering entry into the burgeoning practice of design-build project delivery. Written by architects and other professionals with expertise in risk management, law, ethics, finance, and contracts, this instructive guide addresses the roles architects can assume during a design-build project, including leading the project, acting as subcontractor, and forming a joint venture with a contractor. more...

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Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense pocket book specifically for architects.As clients become more demanding and the competition for projects heats up, the architect is well advised to have many strings to their bow. This practical guide includes line illustrations that present the principles of feng shui, the Chinese art or practice in which a structure or site is chosen or configured so as to harmonize with the spiritual forces that inhabit it, and their application in architecture through planning principles, services, building elements and materials, in an accessible, easy reference format. The feng shui-savvy architect can also benefit from feng shui's ability to match structures and land, and the peculiar capacity of authentic feng shui to forecast development-related concerns including cost overruns, quality issues - even worker injuries and trade disputes!The author explains feng shui from archaeological sources and evidence of practice in the east, contrasting it with what passes for feng shui in the west. She analyses the practice in terms of such concepts as western systems theory, viewshed, space syntax and the 'pattern landscape' theory of urban planning. For the first time, the Sustainable implications of feng shui design are explained with reference to the latest developments in behavioural and cognitve sciences, evolutionary biology and other western viewpoints. more...

Price: $34.95