Architecture category: 43274 books
Architecture & Design versus Consumerism
How Design Activism Confronts Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
The mentality that consumerism and economic growth are cure-alls is one of the biggest obstacles to real sustainability, but any change seems impossible, unthinkable. Our contemporary paradox finds us relying for our well being on consumer-driven economic growth that we actually can’t afford —...
Architectural Drawing
A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The classic architectural drawing compendium—now in a richly updated edition
Today's most comprehensive compendium of architectural drawing types and methods, both hand drawn and computer generated, Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods remains a one-of-a-kind visual...
On Span and Space
Exploring Structures in Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
In this richly illustrated book with many practical examples, Bjorn Sandaker provides readers with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture.
As an experienced teacher and writer, Sandaker offers a well-founded aesthetic theory to support the understanding...
The Death of Drawing
Architecture in the Age of Simulation
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
The Death of Drawing explores the causes and effects of the epochal shift from drawing to computation as the chief design and communication medium in architecture. Drawing both framed the thinking of architects and organized the design and construction process to place architects at its center. Its...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Non-Plan explores ways of involving people in the design of their environments - a goal which transgresses political categories of 'right' and 'left'. Attempts to circumvent planning bureaucracy and architectural inertia have ranged from free-market enterprise zones, to self-build housing, and from...
Russia
Modern Architectures in History
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
This book offers a comprehensive account of Russia’s architectural production from the late nineteenth century to the present, explaining how its architecture was both shaped by and came to embody Russia’s rapid cultural, economic, and social revolutions over the past century.
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by Ar. Prof. Indranil Sen
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Architecture is a creative art with a lot of science embedded into this art. Being the mother of all art forms, the responsibility of an Architect is much more in the society at large. His creations will be standing there and no one can avoid seeing it. But Architectural design is also a science driven...
Allure of the Incomplete, Imperfect, and Impermanent
Designing and Appreciating Architecture as Nature
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Architects have long operated based on the assumption that a building is 'complete' once construction has finished. Striving to create a perfect building, they wish for it to stay in its original state indefinitely, viewing any subsequent alterations as unintended effects or the results of degeneration....
by Mark Dudek
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
This fully illustrated guide to the planning and design of pre-school facilities for children is supported by a broad range of case studies, drawn from around the world. Both new buildings and adapted premises are covered. Essays on social development and childcare put the projects in context. Based...
Galveston Architecture
A Visual Journey
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Galveston Architecture: A Visual Journey’ is a photographic journey of the architecture and history of select 100 buildings in Galveston, Texas with photographs by World Heritage Photographer, Pino Shah and narratives by Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF).
by Matei Zaharia
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
The past few years have seen a major change in computing systems, as growing data volumes and stalling processor speeds require more and more applications to scale out to clusters. Today, a myriad data sources, from the Internet to business operations to scientific instruments, produce large and valuable...
The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture
Modeling Buildings, Visualizing Design, and Creating Construction Documents with SketchUp Pro and LayOut
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Incorporate SketchUp into every phase of your design
If you want to go beyond the basics and start using SketchUp 3D modeling software in all phases of your design, The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture is the perfect place to start. From preliminary schematics to construction documentation...
by Eben Upton, Jeffrey Duntemann, Ralph Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Use your Raspberry Pi to get smart about computing fundamentals
In the 1980s, the tech revolution was kickstarted by a flood of relatively inexpensive, highly programmable computers like the Commodore. Now, a second revolution in computing is beginning with the Raspberry Pi. Learning Computer...
Embedded Systems Architecture
A Comprehensive Guide for Engineers and Programmers
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Embedded Systems Architecture is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. This book is perfect for those starting out as technical professionals such as engineers, programmers and designers of embedded systems; and also for students...