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Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Architecture in the Space of Flows Traditionally, architecture has been preoccupied with the resolution of form. That concern helps to make photogenic buildings, which have received a great deal of attention. This book looks instead at the idea of the flows, which connects things together... RRP: $137.94 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Corrections and Collections America holds more than two million inmates in its prisons and jails, and hosts more than two million daily visits to museums, figures which represent a ten-fold increase in the last twenty-five years. Corrections and Collections explores and... RRP: $491.57 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Management of Quality in Construction The quality of a product or service is a measure of its ability to satisfy customer requirements. This satisfaction can be assured by the operation of a quality system which will ensure that specified requirements are met consistently and economically... RRP: $125.39 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added SIMPLE S.I.P. HOMES SIMPLE SIP HOMES describes two major building technologies to achieve high quality, low energy, homes slated for downsizing, particularly suitable for retirement living.KEY TOPICS:using Timber Trusses for roof structure (vaulted ceilings) coupled with... RRP: $39.69 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Coliform Index and Waterborne Disease In the past decade there has been a rapid increase in waterborne outbreaks of disease associated with viral and protozoan agents, normally in drinking waters that were found to be microbially safe using the Coliform Index.For nearly a quarter of a... RRP: $172.63 Add to Cart The item has been added
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Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Roofing Specifically written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Roofing contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.This is... RRP: $196.50 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Futures Research and Environmental Sustainability This book explores the challenges of presenting sustainability as a more actionable or practical concept and identifying approaches that might offer useful assistance in addressing the temporal and spatial representation of sustainability. The underlying... RRP: $140.45 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Geomembranes - Identification and Performance Testing Geomembranes are increasingly being used in transportation, environmental and geotechnical applications to control gas and liquid movement. This book provides authoritative guidance on testing of geomembranes. It has been prepared by an international... RRP: $173.71 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Integrating Information in Built Environments In an increasingly globalised built environment industry, achieving higher levels of integration across organisational and software boundaries can lead to improved economic, social and environmental outcomes. This book is the direct result of a... RRP: $126.65 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Urban Heat Stress and Mitigation Solutions This book provides the reader with an understanding of the impact that different morphologies, construction materials and green coverage solutions have on the urban microclimate, thus affecting the comfort conditions of urban inhabitants and the energy... RRP: $409.81 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Town Planning The planning of urban and rural areas requires thinking about where people will live, work, play, study, shop and how they will get about the place, and to devise strategies for long time periods. Town Planning: The Basics provides a general introduction... RRP: $38.05 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Business Organisation for Construction With a user-friendly style and a strong theoretical base, Business Organisation for Construction provides readers with the tools required to skillfully and successfully operate a business in today's construction industry. Arranged into three sections,... RRP: $126.65 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Design Strategies for Reimagining the City Design Strategies for Reimagining the City is situated between projective geometry, optical science and architectural design. It draws together seemingly unrelated fields in a series of new digital design tools and techniques underpinned by tested... RRP: $346.39 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Revit Essentials for Architecture Revit Essentials for Architecture combines a straightforward, reader-friendly style with detailed project-focused exercises that encourage you to learn by doing. Readers will gain practical, firsthand experience with the powerful and popular Autodesk®... RRP: $108.56 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Architectural Design in Steel Steelwork offers the opportunity for architectural expression, as well as being structurally versatile and adaptable material. Good detailing is vital because it affects structural performance, costs, buildability and, perhaps most importantly,... RRP: $284.59 Add to Cart The item has been added
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Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Rethinking Technology This essential reference for all students of architecture, design and the built environment provides a convenient single source for all the key texts in the recent literature on architecture and technology.The book contains over fifty carefully selected... RRP: $465.70 Add to Cart The item has been added
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Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Illustrated Encyclopedia of Building Services This book explains over 3,000 terms (over 200,000 words) and contains over 200 professionally drawn line illustrations. This practical handbook is intended for day to day use as a reference or as a source of enlightenment for anyone associated with the... RRP: $125.39 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Performance Metrics for Sustainable Cities Performance Metrics for Sustainable Cities provides an overview of measurement systems and tools to enable communities to self-assess and benchmark their progress along a continuum of smart, intelligent, and sustainable development. RRP: $110.48 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Pemba Pemba: Spontaneous Living Spaces looks at self-built dwellings and settlements in the case study city of Pemba in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique. Self-built houses born from need, in haste and with limited economical resources are often... RRP: $146.49 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Thermal Cracking in Concrete at Early Ages Thermal Cracking in Conrete at Early Ages contains 56 contributions by leading international specialists presented at the RILEM Symposium held in October 1994 at the Technical University of Munich. It will be valuable for construction and site RRP: $169.53 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Ice and Construction This book focuses on two areas of ice technology: the use of ice as a construction material and the problems caused by ice to constructions. In connection with describing past and potential future applications of using ice in construction, a detailed... RRP: $169.53 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Naturally Ventilated Buildings While there are many historical examples of successful naturally ventilated buildings, standards for indoor climate have tended to emphasise active, mechanical airflow systems rather than passive natural systems. Despite its importance, knowledge about... RRP: $164.66 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Standards for Thermal Comfort Current Standards for Indoor Air Temperature are inappropriate in many regions of the world. This forces designers to use highly serviced buildings to achieve air temperatures that accord with the standards to the detriment of the local and global... RRP: $164.66 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Procurement Systems Procurement Systems details the whole spectrum of procurement issues in the construction industry, starting with the client /customer and running through managerial, cultural and IT-based issues. The book commences with an overveiw of previous work and a... RRP: $164.66 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added High-Strength Concrete This practical book from a highly experienced author presents clearly the means and methods for designing, producing and using high-strength concrete.High-strength concrete offers many benefits. Higher compressive strengths allow for a reduction in the... RRP: $169.53 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Engineering Analysis using PAFEC Finite Element Software The aim of this book is to provide professional engineers and students of engineering with a sound working knowledge of the finite element method for engineering analysis and engineering design. This readable text will serve as a guide both to the... RRP: $947.69 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Stick It! Interior design, one sticker at a time! Get creative – with this inspiring sticker book for adults! Engage your inner designer with 20 vintage and contemporary interiors to design and redesign, with 100 stickers to inspire and entertain.Whether you’re... RRP: $35.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
sale Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Living Lightly The busy person's guide to mindful consumption How do you reduce your impact when you don't want to compromise your lifestyle?How do you live lighter when you're juggling the motherlode of life?How can you become more mindful of how and what you're... RRP: $35.00 $34.00 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added After Sustainable Cities? A sustainable city has been defined in many ways. Yet, the most common understanding is a vision of the city that is able to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Central to this... RRP: $131.67 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Future Office Developments in IT have challenged traditional concepts of office design. This book examines the implications of this revolution on current urban design and identifies new trends in office design from an international perspective. RRP: $176.18 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Regenerative Urban Design and Ecosystem Biomimicry It is clear that the climate is changing and ecosystems are becoming severely degraded. Humans must mitigate the causes of, and adapt to, climate change and the loss of biodiversity, as the impacts of these changes become more apparent and demand urgent... RRP: $106.38 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Architecture Live Projects Architecture Live Projects provides a persuasive, evidence-based advocacy for moving a particular kind of architectural learning, known as Live Projects, towards a holistic integration into current and future architectural curricula. Live Projects are... RRP: $147.97 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Agents and Multi-Agent Systems in Construction Working from the first principles of intelligent agent and multi-agent systems, this book covers the development of these technologies, their theoretical basis, and their practical application in a number of specific areas of construction. RRP: $413.95 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Interpretation in Architecture Drawing on cultural theory, phenomenology and concepts from Asian art and philosophy, this book reflects on the role of interpretation in the act of architectural creation, bringing an intellectual and scholarly dimension to real-world architectural... RRP: $194.66 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This edited volume brings together practitioners and researchers to discuss climate-related resilience from the... RRP: $89.38 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Thermal Comfort in Hot Dry Climates With increases in global temperatures, the risk of overheating is expected to rise around the world. This results in a much higher dependency upon energy-intensive cooling systems and air-conditioners to provide thermal comfort, but how sustainable is... RRP: $120.41 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added History of Architecture From the Earliest Times Originally published in 1848, according to the author, 'every person has an individual interest in Architecture as a useful art, and all who cultivate a taste of the Fine Arts must give it a high place among them.' The chapters include examinations of... RRP: $375.76 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added The Shaping of London Originally published in 2014, The Shaping of London chronologically examines the likely impact of wars, dynastic struggles, demographic change and economic growth on the physical fabric of London. The book traces the evolution of architectural style in... RRP: $413.95 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Operations Management for Construction Students studying construction management and related subjects need to have a broad understanding of the major aspects of controlling the building processes. Operations Management for Construction is one of three textbooks (Business Organisation,... RRP: $490.64 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Managing Work-Life Balance in Construction Work in the construction industry is particularly tough. It demands excessively long hours and frequent weekend work. Other characteristics are particularly marked, such as re-location, job insecurity and distinctive behavioural patterns, which... RRP: $349.89 Add to Cart The item has been added
Add Wish List Add to Cart The item has been added Tehran This book is an interdisciplinary research work designed to be of interest to a broad range of academics. The book examines the relationship between democracy and the (trans)formations of urban spaces in Iran. RRP: $59.19 Add to Cart The item has been added
