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Monumental Bali
Introduction to Balinese Archaeology & Guide to the Monuments
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Monumental Bali describes a formative period in Balinese history through a study of the island's fascinating antiquities.
This classic work provides the key to understanding Bali's most famous monuments, including the "Elephant Cave" near Ubud, the "Royal Tombs" at Gunung...
The Films of Charles and Ray Eames
A Universal Sense of Expectation
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The Films of Charles and Ray Eames traces the history of the Eameses’ work, examining their evolution away from the design of mass-produced goods and toward projects created as educational experiences. Closely examining how the Eameses described their work reveals how the films and exhibitions they...
The Outsider
How Douglas Cardinal Draws Architectural Genius from Native Roots
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
He was a superstar of Canadian architecture in the 1980s and early 1990s, creator of the iconic, curvilinear Canadian Museum of Civilization (now called the Canadian Museum of History) and a household name. Now 80, Douglas Cardinal is still creating, though the big commissions have dried up. In The Outsider:...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
The design, construction and use of buildings in tropical climates pose specific challenges to built environment professionals. This text seeks to capture some of the key issues of technology and practice in the areas of building design, refurbishment, construction and facilities management in tropical...
Building Physics - Heat, Air and Moisture
Fundamentals and Engineering Methods with Examples and Exercises
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
Bad experiences with construction quality, the energy crises of 1973 and 1979, complaints about "sick buildings", thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory discomfort, the need for good air quality, the move towards more sustainability - all these have accelerated the development of a field...
New Financial Strategies for Sustainable Buildings
Practical Guidance for Built Environment Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Built environment professionals considering whether to embark on the design and construction or retrofit of a fully ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ build need to know the financial implications of their decisions. What are their financial options? What are the risks? This book offers practical guidance...
Shooting Models
Tips, Techniques & Testimony from Both Sides of the Camera
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
The success of any shoot - whether editorial, fashion, beauty, or advertising - depends not only on the skill of the photographer, but also on the model, and the all-important chemistry between the two. A great photographer understands how to get the best results from their model, with consistency...
Filoli
Family Home; Historic Garden; Living Museum
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Built more than sixty years after the California Gold Rush that inspired massive migration to Northern California, and ten years after the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, Filoli represented a desire to create a magnificent and enduring country estate. Designed between 1915 and...
by Maria Poulos
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Illustrated guide with over 60 rough layout ideas for designing eye-catching eBook covers for digital publishing. Written by a professional graphic designer with easy to remember layout names and a brief description of each layout concept. Includes hints on type, color, sizing and position of graphics....
The New Tenement
Residences in the Inner City Since 1970
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book examines "new tenements"—dense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living. Focusing principally on Berlin, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Rotterdam, and Vienna,...
Unbuilt Calgary
A History of the City That Might Have Been
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2012
Calgary is a typical boom-and-bust town that was first based on ranching and farming, then oil and gas, and now energy. And energy is what its citizens have, whether for skiing, work, or construction. It is a city that leaps ahead eagerly to new futures and rarely looks back., but Calgary can also...
by Mark Osbaldeston
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2016
Finalist for a 2017 Hamilton Literary Award, the Kerry Schooley Award
Unbuilt Hamilton presents the Ambitious City at its most ambitious, exploring the origins and fates of unrealized building, planning, and transportation proposals from the early nineteenth century to the early twenty-first.
Marvel...
by Karen Averby
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
The humble and colourful beach hut can be seen up and down Britain’s coastline. Now something of an architectural icon, the beach hut seems as though it has been around forever although it is an invention of the twentieth century. From the eighteenth century the beach changed from a place for fishermen...
Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio
The Only Primer You’ll Ever Need
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio helps you learn the art of designing a compelling and effective architectural portfolio. Margaret Fletcher categorizes the architectural portfolio design process into a step-by-step method that you can manage and understand. The full-color book includes 400 portfolio...