Architecture: professional practice Books

In Designing Social Equality, Mark Foster Gage proposes a dramatic realignment between aesthetic thought, politics, social equality, and the design of our physical world. By reconsidering historic concepts from aesthetic philosophy and weaving them with...

Architects and healthcare clients are increasingly coming to recognize that, once built, healthcare facilities are almost immediately subject to physical alterations which both respond to and affect healthcare practices. This calls into question the...

What do we mean by net zero energy? Zero operating energy? Zero energy costs? Zero emissions? There is no one answer: approaches to net zero building vary widely across the globe and are influenced by different environmental and cultural contexts.Net...

This book offers a new understanding of innovation in the built environment. The ways meaning of innovation is constructed has important implications for policymakers, project managers, academics and students. Through a longitudinal research study into...

This book will provide readers with an in-depth theoretical awareness and practical guidance on the implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to ensure construction projects meet approved quality, cost, time and social...

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...

This book examines diverse ways of questioning, critiquing, and communicating site in the creative process of architecture, interior design, urban planning, and historical and cultural studies.

When architect Peter Cowman dreamed up his groundbreaking 'Be Your Own Architect' concept he quickly discovered that his university education had neglected to teach him the rudiments of house design! Realising that people had always practiced a...

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.

Proper cost accounting and financial management are essential elements of any successful construction job, and therefore make up essential skills for construction project managers and project engineers. Many textbooks on the market focus on the...

Accounting for Construction follows on from Measuring Construction, edited by the same team. It extends the coverage of some of the material in the first volume and expands the range of related topics to include, inter alia, shadow economies, accounting...

This book provides 101 real-life construction management case studies from an author with over 40 years' experience in the construction industry and as a lecturer in construction management. Over 14 chapters, Len Holm has included case studies from...

Integrates both conceptual and hands-on quantitative knowledge on construction equipment into a process that facilitates student learning. Includes both commercial and heavy civil examples and case studies. A companion website provides an instructor...

This companion investigates the ways in which designers, architects, and planners address ecology through the built environment by integrating ecological ideas and ecological thinking into discussions of urbanism, society, culture, and design.Exploring...

The Antiquities of the Town of Halifax is a historical book written by Thomas Wright in 1884. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history and antiquities of Halifax, a town in West Yorkshire, England. It covers the town's origins, its growth...

Sketch Of His Majesty�������s Province Of Upper Canada (1805) is a historical book written by Darcy Boulton. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the province of Upper Canada during the early 19th century. It covers various aspects of the...

Remarks On The Principles Of Gothic Architecture: As Applied To Ordinary Parish Churches is a book written by John Louis Petit in 1846. The book provides a detailed analysis of the principles of Gothic architecture and how they can be applied to ordinary...

""History and Description of Corfe Castle: In The Isle of Purbeck, Dorset"" is a book written by Thomas Bond and published in 1883. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history, architecture, and significance of Corfe Castle, a medieval...

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, from the most intimate scale of the body to our planetary commons.

This book explores the creative potential for architecture curricula to integrate solid interdisciplinary thinking in design studio education.

Volume II of the ACADIA 2020 Conference Proceedings contains the collection of Peer-Reviewed and Curated Projects presented during this year's conference (October 24-30, 2020) as well as essays from the winners of this year's ACADIA Awards of Excellence...

The third edition of the Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book continues to guide and educate readers on the broad range of essential skills required to be a successful construction project manager.

Do your healthcare projects feel overwhelming and stressful at times? Do you have difficulty collaborating with healthcare system professionals? Do you feel that your healthcare projects are just “done” or are they “well done”?...

The book shines light on the problem of judgment, particularly in the realm of architectural "technics" and the codes that regulate it. The struggle to define "sustainability," and thus judge architecture through such lenses, is but one dimension of the...

Builders of the Vision traces the intellectual history and contemporary practices of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Numerical Control since the years following World War II until today. Drawing from primary archival and ethnographic sources, it...

What Architecture Means introduces you to architecture and allows you to explore the connections between design ideas and values across time, space, and culture. It equips you to play an active and informed role in architecture either as a professional...

Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Design will help you understand the nature of the sustainability problem and show you how to implement your design for a sustainable future. Organized in six parts, the problem, the environment, the residential...

""Dawn of Art in the Ancient World: An Archaeological Sketch"" is a book written by William Martin Conway and first published in 1891. The book is a comprehensive study of the earliest forms of art found in various ancient civilizations, including Egypt,...

Covering every aspect of drawing preparation, both manual and computer-aided, this comprehensive manual is an essential tool for students, architects and architectural technologists. Showing what information is required on each type of document, how...

Las Vegas, Hot Springs, New Mexico is a historical book written by William Herbert Carruth in 1900. The book details the history, geography, and culture of Las Vegas and Hot Springs, New Mexico, two popular tourist destinations in the late 19th century...

Bath in the Eighteenth Century: Its Progress and Life Described is a historical book written by William Tyte, originally published in 1903. The book provides a detailed account of the city of Bath during the 18th century, a time when it was a popular...

The Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design: Perspectives, Practices and Applications explores the merging relationship between physical and virtual spaces in planning and urban design. Technological advances such as smart sensors, interactive...

Descriptive Synopsis Of The Roman Gallery, In The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, With Its Magnificent Decorations: Consisting Of Antique Marbles, Jasper, Agate, Etc. (1817) is a book written by Guillaume Guillon Lethiere. This book provides a comprehensive...

This book on biomimcry assessment tools studies the concepts of sustainability, sustainable construction practices, and the evaluation categories that constitute a sustainablity assessment tool. It is important reading for academics, professionals, and...

This book presents a series of pedagogical experiments translating climate science research into the architectural curriculum.

Architects habitually disregard disciplinary boundaries of their profession in search for synergies and inspiration. The realm of language, although not considered to be architects' natural environment, opens opportunities to further stretch and expand...

This book provides a compelling and insightful portrait of ten female architects, artists, and designers who explored unique approaches to teaching, practice, and research in the postindustrial city of Detroit. These women explored the phenomenon of a...

Architectural Topographies is a critical dictionary for architects and landscape architects in which the graphic lexicon can be read from a beginning, the ground, to a conclusion, the specific case studies. Meant as a tool to help you recognise, analyse,...

Create Stunning Renders using V-Ray in 3ds Max: Guiding the Next Generation of 3D Renderers is a step-by-step guide on how to create realistic renderings using V-Ray in 3ds Max. The potentials of V-Ray are detailed using a bedroom scene as an example...

The main aim of this book is to develop and explore the value of new innovative digital content to help satisfy the UNESCO's World Heritage nomination file requirements.

This book aims to guide researchers who are engaged in social science and built environment research through the process of testing the reliability and validity of their research outputs following the application of different methods of data collection...

Engineering Drawing – A Practical Approach provides simple steps to learn engineering drawing starting from the concept of lines, geometrical construction and to complicated shapes of engineering drawings. This book even covers the basic...

Leadership, Ethics, and Project Execution provides a masterclass in the project and people management skills that set apart the most accomplished design and construction professionals. This textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students...

This edited collection explores disease transmission and the ways that the designed environment has promoted or limited its spread. It discusses the many design factors that can be used for infection and disease control through lenses of history, public...

This book tracks the development of Marcel Breuer's aesthetic clash between uniformity and singularity through the detailed examination of his seminal buildings. Each chapter examines a specific building and puts into context Breuer's other work and the...