Design Drafting category: 533 books

Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures, digitally driven building parts, interactive installations, intelligent environments, early precedents...

Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book by one of its greatest proponents, Peter Cook, is an established classic. It exudes Cook's delight and catholic appetite for the architectural. Readers are provided with perceptive insights at every turn. The...

Un buon edificio produce oggi tanta energia quanta ne consuma, non produce rifiuti, assicura un ambiente confortevole, è il risultato di un processo di progettazione complesso e responsabile, che integra integra concettualità, estetica e tecnica con un elevato grado di coerenza. Il testo è un manuale...

Le città sono lo specchio dei nostri tempi: caotiche, inquinate, poco attraenti. Ma qual è la città? Come si evolveranno nel prossimo futuro? Come potranno cambiare per vincere le difficili sfide dei prossimi decenni? Il testo descrive i criteri di base per l'analisi del territorio urbano e propone...

I progetti qui esposti esemplificano come il Progetto urbano contemporaneo si muova nel concreto, e come proprio nella fattiva trasformazione di città e paesaggi rinvenga le forme teoriche e pratiche del suo agire. Progetto urbano che, così come si è recentemente delineato, una volta emancipatosi...

This authentic reproduction of plans drawn up by a noted 19th-century architectural firm features both residential and public buildings. Hundreds of illustrations include floor plans, perspective views, and elevations as well as designs for staircases, fireplaces, and other interior details, plus photographs of exteriors. Captions describe rooms, dimensions, costs, and other particulars.

Holl attempts to answer these questions with his idea for "Dense-Pack Villages," a type of courtyard housing that could be built with recycled concrete from fallen buildings and steel and would be hurricane- and earthquake-resistant. Each "village" could house approximately 200...

This book deals with the critical nature and crucial role of architectural drawings. A manual which is essentially not a manual; it is an elucidation of an elegant manner for practising architecture. Organized around eleven exercises, the book does not emphasize speed, nor incorporate many...

This vintage book offers an authentic glimpse into nineteenth century hunting, with anecdotes, details of notable figure and events, comments on the its particulars, and much more. Insightful and entertaining, this is a volume that will appeal to those with an interest in the history of English hunting,...

This book pictures reasons for the unfulfi lled life of Christians and ministers in the body of Christ as some ministers lay hold on teaching in Old Testament laws and man-made doctrines as a prerequisite for acceptance by God in grace. He unravels through the revelation of the Spirit through the...

Afraid of speaking with confidence? Do not know how to present a presentation? How to captivate your audience with dazzling slide presentation? If you are unable or not confident enough to answer the above questions, here is the book for you. This book was specially written to...

Riedizione del Volume pubblicato nel 2008 (nella I ed. presentato nella Collana “Testo Unico Sicurezza del Lavoro”) sul quadro sanzionatorio e sulle regole innovative che governano il sistema istituzionale della vigilanza in materia di sicurezza sul lavoro a seguito dell’entrata in vigore del...

ePart 2 Change Management: A BIM Manager might be hired for their technical skills, but their success relies heavily on their ability to be an agent of change within their organisation, facilitating transition to BIM processes and mentoring staff through the cultural and procedural shifts. This ePart...

The key to successful project control is the fusing of cost to schedule whereby the management of one helps to manage the other. Project Control: Integrating Cost and Schedule in Construction explores the reasons behind and the methodologies for proper planning, monitoring, and controlling both project...