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Cover of GAM 13 Spatial Expeditions
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Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017

Space is experienced not only visually, but with all the senses. Despite this, the design and reception of architecture often barely take haptic, acoustic, and osmic perceptions into account. Consequently, in the architecture discipline there is no continuous discourse on the topic of spatial perception....
Cover of The Digital Document
by Bruce Duyshart
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

Documents, such as drawings, memos and specifications, form an essential function in the design and construction industry. Throughout the lifecycle of a built asset, starting from an initial design idea, right through to a final built form and its ongoing management, thousands, even millions of documents...
Cover of Workplace Environmental Design in Architecture for Public Health

Workplace Environmental Design in Architecture for Public Health

Impacts on Occupant Space Use and Physical Activity

by Stamatina Th. Rassia
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017

This concise volume analyzes the potential for the workplace environment—where so many people spend so much of their day—to improve workers’ capacity for health and wellness. It pinpoints the link between sedentary lifestyles and poor health, and explores the role of office spatial design in...
Cover of Architecture and Design

Architecture and Design

Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018

Technological evolutions have changed the field of architecture exponentially, leading to more stable and energy-efficient building structures. Architects and engineers must be prepared to further enhance their knowledge in the field in order to effectively meet new and advancing standards. Architecture...
Cover of Regenerative and Positive Impact Architecture
by Shady Attia
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017

This book is a guide to energy efficiency and environmental impact assessment in high-performance buildings projects. It compares four state-of-the-art buildings to examine the steps needed for a transition from negative impact reduction architecture to positive impact regenerative architecture, utilizing...
Cover of Co-Designers

Co-Designers

Cultures of Computer Simulation in Architecture

by Yanni Loukissas
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012

Designers employ a variety of tools and techniques for speculating about buildings before they are built. In their simplest form, these are personal thought experiments. However, embracing advanced computer simulations means engaging a network of specialized people and powerful machines. In this book,...
Cover of Software Architecture 1
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014

Over the past 20 years, software architectures have significantly contributed to the development of complex and distributed systems. Nowadays, it is recognized that one of the critical problems in the design and development of any complex software system is its architecture, i.e. the organization...
Cover of Software Architecture 2
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Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014

Over the past 20 years, software architectures have significantly contributed to the development of complex and distributed systems. Nowadays, it is recognized that one of the critical problems in the design and development of any complex software system is its architecture, i.e. the organization...
Cover of The Modern Station

The Modern Station

New Approaches to Railway Architecture

by Brian Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

An exciting new generation of railway architecture has emerged in Europe and elsewhere over the past decade. This book explains the reasons for the renaissance of the station as a building type and the current changes it is undergoing. The functional, social and technical factors which shape railway...
Cover of Environmental Diversity in Architecture
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Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004

This book takes the position that the dynamic of the architectural environment is a key aspect of good design, yet one which is not well anticipated or understood. Environmental variety is a design characteristic closely related to our experience of architecture - an architecture of the senses. Each...
Cover of Codify

Codify

Parametric and Computational Design in Landscape Architecture

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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018

Codify: Parametric and Computational Design in Landscape Architecture provides a series of essays that explore what it means to use, modify and create computational tools in a contemporary design environment. Landscape architecture has a long history of innovation in the areas of computation and...
Cover of Architecture and the Origins of Preclassic Maya Politics
by James Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017

Architecture and the Origins of Preclassic Maya Politics highlights the dramatic changes in the relationship of ancient Maya peoples to the landscape and to each other in the Preclassical period (ca. 2000 BC–250 AD). Offering a comprehensive history of Preclassic Maya society, James Doyle focuses...
Cover of Mechanics and Architectural Design

Mechanics and Architectural Design

Proceedings of 2016 International Conference

by Shi-Hong Zhang, Peng-Sheng Wei
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016

The 2016 International Conference on Mechanics and Architectural Design (MAD2016) were held in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, 14 – 15 May 2016. The main objective of this conference is to provide a platform for researchers, academics and industrial professionals to present their research findings in the...
Cover of Landscape Architecture Documentation Standards

Landscape Architecture Documentation Standards

Principles, Guidelines, and Best Practices

by Design Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016

SUPERB EXECUTION RELIES UPON RIGOROUS PROJECT DOCUMENTATION A project will only be built as well as it is documented. This publication focuses on the key documentation needs of the landscape architectural design and construction documentation process. That includes both "design documentation"...
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