Design Drafting category: 533 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Parametric design and digital fabrication are enabling non-designers to mass produce non-standard, highly differentiated products – from shoes and tableware to furniture and even houses. The result of these newly available mass customization tools has been a ‘democratization’ of design.
Mass...
by Jonathan C. Roberts, Christopher J. Headleand, Panagiotis D. Ritsos
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2017
This book describes a structured sketching methodology to help you create alternative design ideas and sketch them on paper. The Five Design-Sheet method acts as a check-list of tasks, to help you think through the problem, create new ideas and to reflect upon the suitability of each idea. To complement...
by William Van Zyl
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2018
OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY:
Who will read this book?
Adults, teachers, tertiary and secondary school students (15-year-olds and older).
What is covered in this book?
Sustainable architectural design, including a design brief for a sleep-out. This book contains some guidelines...
Le caffettiere dei miei bisnonni
La fine delle icone nel design italiano
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Che cosa definisce un’icona nel design? Quando nasce, e per mano di chi? Che differenza c’è tra icona e archetipo? E tra icona e tormentone? Si può prevedere che un oggetto diventerà un’icona? E come può un prodotto perdere il suo valore iconico? Partendo dall’evocazione di una memoria...
Diversity and Design
Understanding Hidden Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Diversity and Design explores how design - whether of products, buildings, landscapes, cities, media, or systems - affects diverse members of society. Fifteen case studies in television, marketing, product design, architecture, film, video games, and more, illustrate the profound, though often hidden,...
Developing Your Design Process
Six Key Concepts for Studio
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Developing Your Design Process is your primary source for acquiring knowledge of how and why you design. It will help you understand how architects think as well as learn why you should educate yourself about design culture. You'll explore the spark of imagination that leads to a strong concept, realize...
Urban Ecological Design
A Process for Regenerative Places
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
This trailblazing book outlines an interdisciplinary "process model" for urban design that has been developed and tested over time. Its goal is not to explain how to design a specific city precinct or public space, but to describe useful steps to approach the transformation of urban spaces. Urban...
The Architect's Studio Companion
Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
The time-saving resource every architect needs
The Architect’s Studio Companion is a robust, user-friendly resource that keeps important information at your fingertips throughout the design process. It includes guidelines for the design of structure, environmental systems, parking, accessibility,...
Altruism by Design
How To Effect Social Change as an Architect
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Altruism by Design: How to Effect Social Change as an Architect is meant to prepare the individual designer – whether a student or practicing professional – for a career dedicated to serving communities in need through design and construction. It will help you understand the complexities, opportunities,...
Residential Roof Design Using Autodesk® Revit®
For Beginning and Experienced Revit® Designers
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Make complex roof design look easy
Residential Roof Design Using Autodesk Revit teaches you to model beautiful, dramatic, and realistically detailed roofs for residential projects. With more than twenty-five years of experience as a licensed architect, author Mark S. Sadler offers clear explanations...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
This book focuses on Art and Design Education Research. Gathering 72 papers illustrated with diagrams and tables, they provide state-of-the-art information on infrastructure and sustainable issues in Art and Design, focusing on Design Industrial Applications, Visual Communication and New Media, Art...
Design Quality in New Housing
Learning from the Netherlands
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
This book addresses the need for an in-depth study into design quality in new housing. The wider implications of policy and design are examined through a series of case studies of new housing projects in the UK and the Netherlands.
Dutch interdisciplinary design and modern methods of construction...
by Ghassan Aouad, Song Wu, Angela Lee
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Recent years have seen major changes in the approach to Computer Aided Design (CAD) in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) sector. CAD is increasingly becoming a standard design tool, facilitating lower development costs and a reduced design cycle. Not only does it allow a designer...
Architectural Design with SketchUp
3D Modeling, Extensions, BIM, Rendering, Making, and Scripting
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Go beyond the basics: making SketchUp work for you
Architectural Design with SketchUp, Second Edition, is the leading guide to this incredibly useful tool for architects, interior designers, construction professionals, and makers. With easy to follow tutorials that first brush up on the basics...