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42,"2018-01-11 01:00:45","The Passivhaus Designer's Manual",9780415522694,"Christina J. Hopfe","Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world, with almost 50,000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types, the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards, Passivhaus provides a robust 'fabric first' approach from which to make the next step. The Passivhaus Designers Manual is the most comprehensive technical guide available to those wishing to design and build Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings. As a technical reference for architects, engineers and construction professionals The Passivhaus Designers Manual provides: * State of the art guidance for anyone designing or working on a Passivhaus project; * In depth information on building services, including high performance ventilation systems and ultra-low energy heating and cooling systems; * Holistic design guidance encompassing: daylight design, ecological materials, thermal comfort, indoor air quality and economics; * Practical advice on procurement methods, project management and quality assurance; * Renewable energy systems suitable for Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings; * Practical case studies from the UK, USA, and Germany amongst others; * Detailed worked examples to show you how it's done and what to look out for; * Expert advice from 20 world renowned Passivhaus designers, architects, building physicists and engineers. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 full colour illustrations, and presented by two highly experienced specialists, this is your one-stop shop for comprehensive practical information on Passivhaus and Zero Energy buildings.","About the Book.  Contributor Biographies.  Foreword by Amory Lovins.  Preface  Christina J. Hopfe and Robert S. McLeod  1. Introduction: Climate Change and the Built Environment Robert S. McLeod and Christina J. Hopfe  2. Thermal Comfort  Louise Wille and Darren Woolf  3. Building Envelope: Construction Types and Window Design  Niall Crosson, Christina J. Hopfe and Robert S. McLeod  4. Lighting and Daylighting  Myriam Aries and Jan Wienold  5. Heat and Moisture Assessment  Florian Antretter et al.  6. Heat and Hot Water Generation for Domestic Buildings  Marek Miara  7. Heating and Cooling of Non-Residential Buildings  Doreen Kalz  8. Ventilation Concepts: Planning and Implementation  Michael Swainson  9. Renewable Energy Technologies  Andrew Peel  10. Site Management and Quality Assurance  John Morehead  11. PH Economics  Nick Newman and Richard Whidborne  12. Passivhaus Refurbishment (EnerPHit) - a case study  Ludwig Rongen  Bibliography  Index","'The Passivhaus Designer's Manual is an excellent guide to the many facets of Passivhaus design. And it will become the reference book of choice for many Passivhaus Designers.' - Elrond Burrell 'There's a mystique around the whole idea of Passivhaus, and there really shouldn't be. As this amazing manual so powerfully reveals, it's a simple, elegant set of design principles, in which lies the promise of a truly sustainable built environment for everyone, anywhere in the world.' - Jonathon Porritt, Founder and Director, Forum for the Future, UK 'Much more than a design guide for Passivhaus, this manual provides an excellent holistic view of good, low energy and sustainable design practice with contributions from a range of international experts. Principles, theory, and practice are clearly explained without recourse to detailed mathematical analysis making this guide accessible to a wide range of professionals; an impressive level of detail and scope.' - Michael Holmes, consultant to Arup and principal author of CIBSE Guide A (Section 5 -Thermal Design), UK 'The Passivhaus Designer's Manual perfectly illustrates that energy doesn't have to be associated with something dirty or negative. It can be innovative, techy, clean, some would even say sexy. There is great room for creativity when it comes to energy efficiency, and this book is the proof of that.' - Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, Belgium 'A very useful reference which adds to the knowledge and understanding of the Passivhaus standard as a potential solution to the need to reduce energy consumption.' - Andrew McFarlane, Building Engineer",346,"189 x 246 x 20.32mm | 929g","09 Dec 2015","Taylor & Francis Ltd","London, United Kingdom",English,,"146 colour illustrations, 27 colour tables",0415522692,"90,983",4.33,US$56.85,US$56.95,"Christina J. Hopfe is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sustainable Building Design at Loughborough University. She is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of CIBSE. She has a Dipl-Ing in Civil Engineering from TU Darmstadt, Germany, and a PhD in Building Performance Simulation from TU/e, the Netherlands. Robert S. McLeod is an Associate of the Building Research Establishment and a freelance building performance consultant. He is one of the UK's leading Passivhaus designers and experts in low carbon design. He has a PhD in Building Physics from Cardiff University and is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of IMeche.",Paperback,,,,,{},"{
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43,"2018-01-11 01:00:55","High Line",9780374532994,"Joshua David","How two New Yorkers led the transformation of a derelict elevated railway into a grand--and beloved--open space The High Line, a new park atop an ele-vated rail structure on Manhattan's West Side, is among the most innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. The story of how it came to be is a remarkable one: two young citizens with no prior experience in planning and development collaborated with their neighbors, elected officials, artists, local business owners, and leaders of burgeoning movements in horticulture and landscape architecture to create a park celebrated worldwide as a model for creatively designed, socially vibrant, ecologically sound public space. Joshua David and Robert Hammond met in 1999 at a community board meeting to consider the fate of the High Line. Built in the 1930s, it carried freight trains to the West Side when the area was defined by factories and warehouses. But when trains were replaced by truck transport, the High Line became obsolete. By century's end it was a rusty, forbidding ruin. Plants grew between the tracks, giving it a wild and striking beauty. David and Hammond loved the ruin and saw in it an opportunity to create a new way to experience their city. Over ten years, they did so. In this candid and inspiring book-- lavishly illustrated--they tell how they relied on skill, luck, and good timing: a crucial court ruling, an inspiring design contest, the enthusiasm of Mayor Bloomberg, the concern for urban planning issues following 9/11. Now the High Line--a half-mile expanse of plants, paths, staircases, and framed vistas--runs through a transformed West Side and reminds us that extraordinary things are possible when creative people work together for the common good.",,"""This lushly illustrated volume showcases the range of imaginative designs [Joshua David and Robert Hammond] explored and, in some cases, rejected. In recounting their decade-long experiment, they provide an inspiring primer for grass-roots urban planning."" --Sam Roberts, The New York Times""This account by the founders of the nonprofit responsible for the groundbreaking reclamation project chronicles the struggles and successes that led to the realization of what was deemed a far-fetched dream--and resulted in a new Manhattan landmark."" --Travel + Leisure""A fascinating first-person tale."" --The New York Observer""The High Line is not only a great work of design--surely the most important addition to the public realm of New York in this century; it is also a great saga. In this book Robert Hammond and Joshua David, who led the grass-roots movement to rescue the High Line from demolition, tell with energy, passion, and refreshing candor the story of how this industrial artifact became, against all odds, a magnificent park."" --Paul Goldberger""This book is the record of a bright and in fact heroic part of New York City's history. The story of the struggle, against very long odds, by two young men to create the High Line is a story of perseverance, determination and courage, and the photographs which accompany it show the brilliance of their achievement."" --Robert A. Caro""This is a fundamentally uplifting story of two young men with a dream who scythed through red tape and skepticism, summoning a village to help reimagine what a park could be in the twenty-first century. Thanks to their vision, and to the dedication, enthusiasm, and brilliance of their collaborators, a walk in the park has been transformed into an exhilarating urban experience that helps all of us to see our extraordinary city with new eyes."" --Anna Wintour""If God is in the details, then few projects can be more divine than the High Line. Christo, the man who wraps bridges and the Reichstag, once said that for him the creative part of his work is not the finished product but the seemingly frustrating process of getting all those permits and raising funds and convincing ecologists and city planners. This careful account of how the High Line came to exist despite all the odds proves just how creative and suspenseful realizing a plan can be; it's a real cliff-hanger."" --Edmund White""The story of the High Line is one of the great encouraging improbable stories of New York life in the past few decades. This book should read by anyone who cares about New York, or green and urban life."" --Adam Gopnik""There is no more miraculous and important and gratifying piece of new American urban design than the High Line. What's more, how it was conjured into existence is a compelling story, and here's that story--with pictures!--told lucidly and charmingly by the two extraordinary ordinary guys who pulled it off."" --Kurt Andersen This lushly illustrated volume showcases the range of imaginative designs [Joshua David and Robert Hammond] explored and, in some cases, rejected. In recounting their decade-long experiment, they provide an inspiring primer for grass-roots urban planning. ""Sam Roberts, The New York Times"" This account by the founders of the nonprofit responsible for the groundbreaking reclamation project chronicles the struggles and successes that led to the realization of what was deemed a far-fetched dream--and resulted in a new Manhattan landmark. ""Travel + Leisure"" A fascinating first-person tale. ""The New York Observer"" The High Line is not only a great work of design--surely the most important addition to the public realm of New York in this century; it is also a great saga. In this book Robert Hammond and Joshua David, who led the grass-roots movement to rescue the High Line from demolition, tell with energy, passion, and refreshing candor the story of how this industrial artifact became, against all odds, a magnificent park. ""Paul Goldberger"" This book is the record of a bright and in fact heroic part of New York City's history. The story of the struggle, against very long odds, by two young men to create the High Line is a story of perseverance, determination and courage, and the photographs which accompany it show the brilliance of their achievement. ""Robert A. Caro"" This is a fundamentally uplifting story of two young men with a dream who scythed through red tape and skepticism, summoning a village to help reimagine what a park could be in the twenty-first century. Thanks to their vision, and to the dedication, enthusiasm, and brilliance of their collaborators, a walk in the park has been transformed into an exhilarating urban experience that helps all of us to see our extraordinary city with new eyes. ""Anna Wintour"" If God is in the details, then few projects can be more divine than the High Line. Christo, the man who wraps bridges and the Reichstag, once said that for him the creative part of his work is not the finished product but the seemingly frustrating process of getting all those permits and raising funds and convincing ecologists and city planners. This careful account of how the High Line came to exist despite all the odds proves just how creative and suspenseful realizing a plan can be; it's a real cliff-hanger. ""Edmund White"" The story of the High Line is one of the great encouraging improbable stories of New York life in the past few decades. This book should read by anyone who cares about New York, or green and urban life. ""Adam Gopnik"" There is no more miraculous and important and gratifying piece of new American urban design than the High Line. What's more, how it was conjured into existence is a compelling story, and here's that story--with pictures!--told lucidly and charmingly by the two extraordinary ordinary guys who pulled it off. ""Kurt Andersen"""" ""This lushly illustrated volume showcases the range of imaginative designs [Joshua David and Robert Hammond] explored and, in some cases, rejected. In recounting their decade-long experiment, they provide an inspiring primer for grass-roots urban planning."" --Sam Roberts, ""The New York Times""""This account by the founders of the nonprofit responsible for the groundbreaking reclamation project chronicles the struggles and successes that led to the realization of what was deemed a far-fetched dream--and resulted in a new Manhattan landmark."" --""Travel + Leisure""""A fascinating first-person tale."" --""The New York Observer""""The High Line is not only a great work of design--surely the most important addition to the public realm of New York in this century; it is also a great saga. In this book Robert Hammond and Joshua David, who led the grass-roots movement to rescue the High Line from demolition, tell with energy, passion, and refreshing candor the story of how this industrial artifact became, against all odds, a magnificent park."" --Paul Goldberger""This book is the record of a bright and in fact heroic part of New York City's history. The story of the struggle, against very long odds, by two young men to create the High Line is a story of perseverance, determination and courage, and the photographs which accompany it show the brilliance of their achievement."" --Robert A. Caro""This is a fundamentally uplifting story of two young men with a dream who scythed through red tape and skepticism, summoning a village to help reimagine what a park could be in the twenty-first century. Thanks to their vision, and to the dedication, enthusiasm, and brilliance of their collaborators, a walk in the park has been transformed into an exhilarating urban experience that helps all of us to see our extraordinary city with new eyes."" --Anna Wintour ""If God is in the details, then few projects can be more divine than the High Line. Christo, the man who wraps bridges and the Reichstag, once said that for him the creative part of his work is not the finished product but the seemingly frustrating process of getting all those permits and raising funds and convincing ecologists and city planners. This careful account of how the High Line came to exist despite all the odds proves just how creative and suspenseful realizing a plan can be; it's a real cliff-hanger."" --Edmund White""The story of the High Line is one of the great encouraging improbable stories of New York life in the past few decades. This book should read by anyone who cares about New York, or green and urban life."" --Adam Gopnik ""There is no more miraculous and important and gratifying piece of new American urban design than the High Line. What's more, how it was conjured into existence is a compelling story, and here's that story--with pictures!--told lucidly and charmingly by the two extraordinary ordinary guys who pulled it off."" --Kurt Andersen ""The High Line is not only a great work of design--surely the most important addition to the public realm of New York in this century; it is also a great saga. In this book Robert Hammond and Joshua David, who led the grass-roots movement to rescue the High Line from demolition, tell with energy, passion, and refreshing candor the story of how this industrial artifact became, against all odds, a magnificent park."" --Paul Goldberger""This book is the record of a bright and in fact heroic part of New York City's history. The story of the struggle, against very long odds, by two young men to create the High Line is a story of perseverance, determination and courage, and the photographs which accompany it show the brilliance of their achievement."" --Robert A. Caro""This is a fundamentally uplifting story of two young men with a dream who scythed through red tape and skepticism, summoning a village to help reimagine what a park could be in the twenty-first century. Thanks to their vi",339,"160 x 240 x 30mm | 821g","11 Oct 2011","Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc","New York, United States",English,,"Maps; Line drawings, black and white; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white",0374532990,"128,028",3.96,US$32.27,,"Joshua David and Robert Hammond cofounded Friends of the High Line in 1999. David has written for Gourmet, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, Wallpaper, and other magazines. Hammond was awarded a Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2009. 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44,"2018-01-11 01:01:06","Mongrel Rapture",9780987228161,"Mark Raggatt","Mongrel Rapture is the first major monograph on Ashton Raggatt McDougall, one of the most significant architectural practices in Australia. ARM's architecture draws from a diverse territory of inspiration, including Michelangelo and Robert Venturi, computer programming and biblical verse. It has been celebrated--and occasionally execrated--by critics and the public alike, yet, despite the work's capacity to polarise, the practice has produced some of Australia's most significant buildings. These include the National Museum of Australia, Canberra (2001), Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company Southbank Theatre (2008), Perth Arena (2012) and the Barak Building at Swanston Square (2015), which puts the portrait of Wurundjeri Elder William Barak at the northern tip of Melbourne's civic axis. Mongrel Rapture is a book of many parts, including an extensive selection of architectural drawings, a rich photographic portfolio of key projects, and invited contributions from writers, critics and architects from around the world.It also includes a substantial body of texts on the practice itself, most importantly through a series of compelling texts by ARM directors Ian McDougall and Howard Raggatt. These are revealing and, at times, confronting. Independent contributors include Charles Jencks, Mark C Taylor, Leon van Schaik, Harriet Edquist, Conrad Hamann, Vivian Mitsogianni, John Macarthur and Naomi Stead. This exquisite volume, designed by renowned Australian graphic artist Stuart Geddes, is an illuminated manuscript every bit as provocative and puzzling as ARM's buildings. It contains dynamic QR codes that point to a wealth of exclusive digital material beyond the book's pages, including drawings of all of ARM's major public buildings, conceptual animations and audio material. Ranting, funny, and reflective in turn, Mongrel Rapture is many books in one binding. It radically rethinks what an architecture publication can be.",,,1616,"175.01 x 249.94 x 59.94mm | 1,891.47g","15 Aug 2015","Uro Publications","Collingwood, VIC, Australia",English,,"600 colour, 550 b&w",0987228161,"107,169",5,US$76.00,,,Hardback,,,,,{},"{
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45,"2018-01-11 01:01:10","How to Architect",9780262516990,"Doug Patt","The basics of the profession and practice of architecture, presented in illustrated A-Z form.The word ""architect"" is a noun, but Doug Patt uses it as a verb--coining a term and making a point about using parts of speech and parts of buildings in new ways. Changing the function of a word, or a room, can produce surprise and meaning. In How to Architect, Patt--an architect and the creator of a series of wildly popular online videos about architecture--presents the basics of architecture in A-Z form, starting with ""A is for Asymmetry"" (as seen in Chartres Cathedral and Frank Gehry), detouring through ""N is for Narrative,"" and ending with ""Z is for Zeal"" (a quality that successful architects tend to have, even in fiction--see T he Fountainhead's architect-hero Howard Roark.) How to Architect is a book to guide you on the road to architecture. If you are just starting on that journey or thinking about becoming an architect, it is a place to begin. If you are already an architect and want to remind yourself of what drew you to the profession, it is a book of affirmation. And if you are just curious about what goes into the design and construction of buildings, this book tells you how architects think. Patt introduces each entry with a hand-drawn letter, and accompanies the text with illustrations that illuminate the concept discussed: a fallen Humpty Dumpty illustrates the perils of fragile egos; photographs of an X-Acto knife and other hand tools remind us of architecture's nondigital origins. How to Architect offers encouragement to aspiring architects but also mounts a defense of architecture as a profession--by calling out a defiant verb: architect!",,,144,"124.46 x 200.66 x 15.24mm | 181.44g","24 May 2012","MIT Press Ltd","Cambridge, Mass., United States",English,,"65 b&w illus.",0262516993,"150,461",3.72,US$14.92,US$16.95,"Doug Patt is a registered licensed architect in Pennsylvania and has taught architecture at Pennsylvania State University and Northampton Community College. He has a popular Web site and a widely viewed YouTube channel, both also called ""How to Architect.""",Paperback,"MIT Press",,,,"{
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46,"2018-01-11 01:01:21","Design Brooklyn",9781617690525,"Anne Hellman","Design Brooklyn shows us the architecture, interiors and design trends of New York's hottest borough. The book takes us inside restored brownstones, renovated townhouses and private gardens, and shows us the latest in public space design and architecture. With a forward by the Beastie Boys' Mike D and introduction by a Brooklyn historian, the book makes clear why a Brooklyn identity is so trend-setting in today's design world and why the design solutions found here are so distinctive. Illustrated with more than 150 original photos, the book is organized by themes found throughout the borough's private and public spaces: vintage innovation, counterculture, modern concepts, historical renovation, green living and Brooklyn industry. The selections represent a variety of different Brooklyn neighborhoods, each with its own history, architecture, and interior design trends, reflecting the personal styles of the people who live there. From BAM's Richard B Fisher Building, to Fort Greene Park, to Flavor Paper's Boerum Hill building (housing both its industrial space and a private residence), Design Brooklyn will appeal to anyone interested in urban living and design and trend-setting Brooklyn style.",,,256,"208.28 x 279.4 x 27.94mm | 1,406.13g","01 Nov 2013","Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc","New York, United States",English,,"150 colour photographs",161769052X,"153,637",3.84,US$35.78,US$40.01,"Anne Hellman is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. She is the co-author most recently of LogoLounge 7 and of Designers on Design. She is a regular contributor to the LogoLounge.com blog. Michel Arnaud is an acclaimed photographer of interiors and fashion. His work has appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Architectural Digest, Oprah, The New York Times and InStyle. His work has been included in many solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the U.S.",Hardback,,,,,"{
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47,"2018-01-11 01:01:24","The Business of Design",9781616890186,"Keith Granet","For thirty years, consultant Keith Granet has enjoyed helping design professionals turn their passion into profit. In his new book, The Business of Design: Balancing Creativity and Profitability, Granet debunks the myth that business sense and creative talent are mutually exclusive. The Business of Design: Balancing Creativity and Profitability provides all of the necessary tools to create and run a thriving design business - from billing and human resources to branding and project management to marketing and licensing- in one easy-to-use guide. Inspired by Granet's own course on running a successful design practice as well as his experience guiding over four hundred design firms, The Business of Design is organized into six clear chapters interwoven with stories, the author's own experiences and life lessons. The Business of Design guides the reader through the steps of creating a successful firm, from the initial foundation of a design practice, to financial management, marketing and public relations, human resources, and project management. The last chapter, on product development, explores the growing trend in the design profession to develop products and bring them to the marketplace, allowing designers to share their voice with a larger audience. The Business of Design includes a foreword by M. Arthur Gensler and interviews with individual architects and designers who have made their mark on the profession, including Michael Graves, John Merrill, A. Eugene Kohn, Victoria Hagan, and Richard Meier. These esteemed architects and designers share the benefits of their experience as well as their own take on the business of design. A vibrant and enticing look at the business side of design practice, this graphically beautiful book is neither dry nor intimidating. ""Think it's impossible to make a business using your creativity? Think again! Keith Granet shows you how to make your design business a success. This book is a must-read for every designer.""-Jonathan Adler ""The Business of Design is the essential guide about the design business. It's filled with invaluable information that covers all aspects of this often complicated and challenging business. Keith's straightforward, no-nonsense approach to finding success makes this a must-read for established designers or anyone just starting out. I've made this mandatory reading for everyone at Thom Filicia Incorporated!"" - Thom Filicia ""Down to earth, common sense advice drawn from good old fashioned experience, Keith Granet gives the industry what it has been waiting for, THE book on just that. Concise, clearly written, this is NO textbook boilerplate. Trust me, you will underline. . . and feel good about what you do know and aspire to all the rest. READ ON. You will be referring to it often."" - Charlotte Moss ""Architecture may be an art, but it's also a service profession. To become a good architect requires a passionate dedication to the creative design process. To become a successful one means also understanding that it's a business, a unique one perhaps, but still a business. Keith Granet's The Business of Design will help get you there faster, creative talent intact."" - Marc Appleton",,"""In an industry perceived more for its beauty than its money-making ability, Granet's book offers the first steps for designers and architects to start, as the title suggests, balancing creativity and profitability... The business advice he imparts could be applicable to any small-business owner."" --USA Today",208,"208.28 x 259.08 x 25.4mm | 839.14g","24 Aug 2011","PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS","New York, United States",English,,"75 colour illustrations",1616890185,"150,008",3.82,US$35.86,US$40.01,,Hardback,,,,,"{
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48,"2018-01-11 01:01:34","An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture",9781477258002,"Scott A Bernard","An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture is the culmination of several decades of experience that I have gained through work initially as an information technology manager and then as a consultant to executives in the public and private sectors. I wrote this book for three major reasons: (1) to help move business and technology planning from a systems and process-level view to a more strategy-driven enterprise-level view, (2) to promote and explain the emerging profession of EA, and (3) to provide the first textbook on the subject of EA, which is suitable for graduate and undergraduate levels of study. To date, other books on EA have been practitioner books not specifically oriented toward a student who may be learning the subject with little to no previous exposure. Therefore, this book contains references to related academic research and industry best practices, as well as my own observations about potential future practices and the direction of this emerging profession.",,,340,"152 x 226 x 30mm | 539.77g","10 Aug 2012",AUTHORHOUSE,"Bloomington IN, United States",English,,"black & white illustrations",1477258000,"204,864",3.6,US$28.13,,,Paperback,,,,,"{
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49,"2018-01-11 01:01:36","Architecture Depends",9780262012539,"Jeremy Till","Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be.Architecture depends -- on what? On people, time, politics, ethics, mess: the real world. Architecture, Jeremy Till argues with conviction in this engaging, sometimes pugnacious book, cannot help itself; it is dependent for its very existence on things outside itself. Despite the claims of autonomy, purity, and control that architects like to make about their practice, architecture is buffeted by uncertainty and contingency. Circumstances invariably intervene to upset the architect's best-laid plans -- at every stage in the process, from design through construction to occupancy. Architects, however, tend to deny this, fearing contingency and preferring to pursue perfection. With Architecture Depends, architect and critic Jeremy Till offers a proposal for rescuing architects from themselves: a way to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be. Mixing anecdote, design, social theory, and personal experience, Till's writing is always accessible, moving freely between high and low registers, much like his suggestions for architecture itself.",,"Till's book is about the world he knows and how one conveys ideas behind architecture. It is a superbly written, frequently fascinating set of arguments that will support architects who wish to use the messy stuff of life for their own advantage. -- Tim Abrahams * Blueprint * Thought-provoking and important... Architecture Depends raises the question of the relationship of architecture and life to a new level. -- Anni Vartola * Arkkitehti (Finland) * The book performs a wonderful contextualizing function, making architectural intervention, from idea to event, depend on the wide range of human habits and spheres of influence that we normally sum up as 'the world'. -- Lucas Freeman * Scapegoat * Architecture Depends is an attempt to save the profession from itself and a manifesto for an architecture that acknowledges its relationship with the world and its duty to others...This is a brave, enjoyable, affirming and important book and I actually felt sad to have finished it. -- Flora Samuel * Times Higher Education (Book of the Week) * Boldly and elegantly, Architecture Depends asserts that architecture is absolutely dependent upon the 'contingent', difficult and perverse factors that architects have long tried to ignore in an effort to be pure, self-important and professional...What Till's book achieves is to set out with great clarity the territory in which the debate around future action must take place. -- Robert Mull * Architects' Journal *",272,"156 x 232 x 26mm | 621.42g","07 Apr 2010","MIT Press Ltd","Cambridge, Mass., United States",English,,"23 b&w illus.",0262012537,"101,916",4.15,US$40.64,,"Jeremy Till is Dean of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Westminster and a partner at Sarah Wigglesworth Architects. Their projects include the pioneering 9 Stock Orchard Street (The Strawbale House and Quilted Office), winner of multiple awards. He represented Britain at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale.",Hardback,"MIT Press",,,,"{
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50,"2018-01-11 01:01:42","The Great American House",9780847838721,"Gil Schafer III","Architect Gil Schafer illustrates how he blends classical architecture, interior decoration, and landscapes to create homes with a feeling of history. Schafer specialises in building new 'old' houses, as well as renovating historic homes.",,".""..a stunning testimony to a life well-lived. His work melds the best of the past, present and future, with each home beautifully thought out, romantic and dreamy. Each of the 256 pages in this tome is an inspiration to build one perfect home in your lifetime."" ""Papercity.com""""These pages document Schafer's love...and illustrate how thoughtful architecture can infuse the spaces in which we live with meaning."""" Veranda Magazine""""I opened the book, and before I knew it, a few hours had passed. And really, I can't imagine a better way to spend a few hours than to read Gil's engaging text and pore over the big, beautiful photos of his work."" ""The Peak of Chic""""Anyone that has loved a house--or wants to fall in love all over again with their old one should get this book. Better yet-if you don't believe in Love- get the book, Schafer will convince you it can be found at Home."" ""Littleaugury.com""""This is a remarkably good book, """"The Great American House,"""" should be on your list."" ""mrsblandings.blogspot.com""",256,"261.62 x 312.42 x 27.94mm | 2,086.51g","28 Nov 2017","Rizzoli International Publications","New York, United States",English,,"250 Colour Photographs",0847838722,"143,862",4.12,US$69.12,,"Award-winning architect and AD 100 member Gil Schafer is consistently recognized as one of the world's experts on contemporary classical architecture. From 1999 to 2006, Schafer served as president and then chairman of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America. His work has been featured in many publications, including Elle Decor and the New York Times. Bunny Williams is an acclaimed interior designer and the author of four books, including An Affair with a House.",Hardback,,,,,"{
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51,"2018-01-11 01:01:52","Graphic Design for Architects",9780415522618,"Karen Lewis","Graphic Design for Architects is a handbook of techniques, explanations and examples of graphic design most relevant to architects. The book covers a variety of scales of graphic design, everything from portfolio design and competition boards, to signage and building super-graphics - to address every phase of architectural production. This book combines and expands on information typically found in graphic design, information design, and architectural graphics books. As architectural communication increases to include more territory and components of a project, it is important for designers to be knowledgeable about the various ways in which to communicate visually. For instance, signage should be designed as part of the process - not something added at the end of a project; and the portfolio is a manifestation of how the designer works, not just an application to sell a design sensibility. In thinking about architecture as a systematic and visual project, the graphic design techniques outlined in this book will help architects process, organize and structure their work through the lens of visual communication. Each chapter is titled and organized by common architectural modes of communication and production. The chapters speak to architects by directly addressing projects and topics relevant to their work, while the information inside each chapter presents graphic design methods to achieve the architects' work. In this way, readers don't have to search through graphic design books to figure out what's relevant to them - this book provides a complete reference of graphic techniques and methods most useful to architects in getting their work done.","Introduction: Architects for Graphic Design  Part 1: Presenting Yourself  1. Portfolios  2. Resumes  Part 2: Presenting to an Audience  3. Competitions  4. Presentations  5. Books  Part 3: Architectural Communication  6. Diagrams  7. Information Graphics  8. Maps  Part 4: Communication as Architecture  8. Signage and Wayfinding  9. Super Graphics","'By clearly demonstrating, both as an example itself as well as through explaining its procedures, the numerous formats and techniques within architecture's extended field of production and reproduction (Portfolios, RFQs, Proposal Books - the extensive combinations of images, texts, diagrams, and spreadsheets that are, in total, and in various permutations, the architect's mode d'emploi) Graphic Design for Architects is not only a useful subject, but also a required skill, and now a necessary volume for any architect's studio bookshelf.' - John McMorrough, Associate Professor, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, USA 'Graphic Design for Architects - A Manual for Visual Communication is a comprehensive overview that is compelling for both written content and the wide-ranging use of graphic examples in the book. The combination of interviews together with numerous contributors adds a wealth of experience and knowledge into this work. I'm fairly certain that most readers will learn something from this book as it is filled with examples and alternative approaches. For the non-architect, this book will reveal some the architectural secret-sauce that is commonly seen on project sights - thereby helping the reader to appreciate what the architect was trying to do with his presentation.' - Jeff Thurston, 3D Visualization World Magazine",224,"192 x 242 x 22mm | 657.71g","11 Aug 2015","Taylor & Francis Ltd","London, United Kingdom",English,,"10 colour tables, 258 colour illustrations, 133 colour line drawings",0415522617,"210,566",4.11,US$41.32,,"Karen Lewis is an architect, educator and designer who works at the intersection of information, architecture and landscape. Her design work and research in infrastructural systems, data visualization and graphic techniques have been recognized internationally. Currently Karen Lewis is a tenured professor on the architecture faculty at the Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, USA.",Paperback,ROUTLEDGE,,,,"{
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52,"2018-01-11 01:01:58","Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book",9780415501101,"Duncan Cartlidge","This second edition of the Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book is fully updated in line with NRM1, NRM2 and JCT(11), and remains a must-have guide for students and qualified practitioners. Its focussed coverage of the data, techniques, and skills essential to the quantity surveying role make it an invaluable companion for everything from initial cost advice to the final account stage. Key features include: * the structure of the construction industry * cost forecasting and feasibility studies * measurement and quantification, with NRM2 and SMM7 examples * estimating and bidding * whole life costs * contract selection * final account procedure. This text includes recommended formats for cost plans, developer's budgets, financial reports, financial statements and final accounts. This is the ideal concise reference for quantity surveyors, project and commercial managers, and students of any of the above.","Preface  1. The Quantity Surveyor and the Construction Industry (The construction industry, The building team, Regulations and Controls, Sustainability, Site Waste Management Plans)  2. Forecasting Costs and Values (RIBA outline Plan of Work 2007, Cost Planning, Approximate Estimating, Elemental Cost Planning, Elemental Cost Control, The Property Market, Taxation, Sources of Finance, Risk Analysis, Whole Life Costs, Value Management)  3. Measurement and Quantification (Methods of Measurement, Measurement Conventions, Specifications)  4. Procurement (Guidelines, Single Stage Selective Tendering, Tender Evaluation, Two Stage Tendering, Design and Build, Package Deals, Management Contracting, Partnering / Alliancing, Prime Contracting, Frameworks, Public Private Partnerships, European Union Procurement)  5. Pricing and Tendering (Subcontractors, Domestic Subcontractors, Nominated/Named Subcontractors, The Nomination Process, Collateral Warranties, Named Subcontractors, Unit Rate and Operational Estimating, Estimating, Managing the Pricing Process, E-tendering, E-Auctions, Reverse Auctions)  6. Contract Procedure (Contract Procedure, Contract Administration, Site Organisation)  7. Final Account (Final Account, Variation Account, Pro-rate Pricing)  Useful Links and Contacts.  Further Reading.  Useful measurement rules and conventions.  Index",,440,"122 x 184 x 26mm | 399.99g","28 Sep 2012","Taylor & Francis Ltd","London, United Kingdom",English,"2nd Revised edition","70 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white tables",0415501105,"229,621",4.14,,,"Duncan Cartlidge is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with more than twenty-five years involvement in construction. His experience includes private practice in both the UK and Europe, commercial management for leading European contractors, and managing and delivering graduate and postgraduate programmes in surveying and related topics. He is an Associate Tutor at the College of Estate Management, Reading, and a Visiting Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, and sits on the Quantity Surveying and Construction Professional Group Board of the RICS. www.duncancartlidge.co.uk",Paperback,ROUTLEDGE,,,,"{
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53,"2018-01-11 01:02:02","Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work",9780750686167,"Martin Brook","Estimators need to understand the consequences of entering into a contract, often defined by complex conditions and documents, as well as to appreciate the technical requirements of the project. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work explains the job of the estimator through every key stage, from early cost studies to the creation of budgets for successful tenders. This new edition reflects recent developments in the field such as new tendering and procurement methods; the move from basic estimating to cost-planning and the greater emphasis placed on partnering and collaborative working. It also includes changes to pricing, rates, terminology and technology to bring the book completely up-to date. Clearly-written and illustrated with examples, notes and technical documentation the book is ideal for students on construction-related courses needing to understand these essential processes or professionals beginning in industry.","Preface.  Acknowledgements.  List of figures.  Abbreviations used in the text.  1. Organisation of the estimating function  2. Procurement paths  3. Forms of contract  4. Tender documentation  5. Estimating methods  6. Contractor selection and decision to tender  7. Project appreciation  8. Enquiries to suppliers and sub-contractors  9. Tender planning and method statements  10. Resource costs ? labour, materials and plant  11. Unit rate pricing  12. Sub-contractors and nominated suppliers  13. Fluctuations  14. Provisional sums and dayworks  15. Project overheads  16. Cashflow forecasts  17. Completing the estimate and final tender review  18. Tender submission and results  19. Action with the successful tender  20. Computer-aided estimating  Further reading.  Index",,380,"188 x 246 x 20mm | 839.14g","18 Aug 2008","Taylor & Francis Ltd","Oxford, United Kingdom",English,"4th Revised edition","1, black & white illustrations",0750686162,"169,179",3.5,US$44.67,US$47.95,"By Martin Brook, Carillion UK, FCIOB, Chairman of CIOB Procurement Committee, UK",Paperback,"Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd",,,,"{
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54,"2018-01-11 01:02:12","The Electricians Guide to the Building Regulations",9781849198899,"The Institution of Engineering and Technology","The Electrician's Guide to the Building Regulations will ensure domestic installers not only comply with the requirements for electrical safety, but also with other relevant parts, including Fire Safety, Ventilation and Conservation of Energy. Many of the changes in Amendment 3 of BS 7671:2008 (the IET Wiring Regulations) are reflected in this essential guide to the Building Regulations. These include (but are not limited to): * Changes to definitions throughout the Regulations * Changes to earth fault loop impedances for all protective devices * Consumer units (to come into effect January 2016) * Circuit-breakers used as functional switches * Isolation of outdoor lighting * Cables in bathrooms * Outdoor lighting * ELV lighting Ensure that your work meets the new standards and improves your safety and that of homeowners by following the new guidance. Amendment 3 published on 5 January 2015 and comes into effect on 1 July 2015. All new installations from this point must comply with Amendment 3 to BS 7671:2008.","* Section 1: Legislation                    * Section 2: Design, selection and erection of electrical installations                    * Section 3: Mains position                    * Section 4: Circuit specifications                    * Section 5: Kitchens, special installations, special locations, etc.                    * Section 6: Inspection and testing                    * Section 7: Safe working                    * Section 8: Maintenance                    * Section 9: Three-phase supplies                    * Section 10: Other Building Regulations                    * Section 11: Identification of conductors                    * Section 12: Scottish Building Regulations                    * Section 13: Welsh Building Regulations                    * Appendix A: The Electrotechnical Assessment Specification                    * Appendix B: Electrical installation competent person schemes                    * Appendix C: Building Regulations: Third Party Certification Schemes - Conditions of Authorisation                    * Appendix D: Approved Document B: Fire safety, Volume 1 - Dwellinghouses                    * Appendix E: Safety instructions",,240,"148 x 210 x 17.78mm | 476.27g","19 Aug 2015","Institution of Engineering and Technology","Stevenage, United Kingdom",English,"4th Revised edition",,1849198896,"261,710",5,US$37.06,US$40.01,,"Spiral bound",,,,,"{
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55,"2018-01-11 01:02:17","Structural Engineering Formulas",9780071794282,"Ilya Mikhelson","PRACTICAL, PORTABLE, AND PACKED WITH UP-TO-DATE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FORMULAS Thoroughly revised with more than 300 new formulas, this compact yet comprehensive compilation puts essential data related to the design and analysis of engineering structures at your fingertips. Structural Engineering Formulas, Second Edition covers a wide range of topics, including statics, soils, foundations, retaining structures, pipes, and tunnels, and explains the use and application of each ready-to-use formula. This time-saving reference for civil engineers is also invaluable to students and those studying for licensing exams. COVERAGE INCLUDES: Stress and strain-methods of analysis | Properties of geometric sections | Beams--diagrams and formulas for various loading conditions | Frames--diagrams and formulas for various static loading conditions | Arches--diagrams and formulas for various loading conditions | Trusses--method of joints and method of section analysis | Plates--bending moments for various support and loading conditions | Soils | Foundations | Retaining structures | Pipes and tunnels--bending moments for various static loading conditions","Preface 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction 
Part I: Basis of Structural Analysis 
Chapter 1: Stress and Strain: Methods of Analysis 
Chapter 2: Properties of Geometric Sections 
Part II: Statics 
Chapter 3: Beams 
Chapter 4: Frames 
Chapter 5: Arches 
Chapter 6: Trusses 
Chapter 7: Plates 
Part III: Soils and Foundations 
Chapter 8: Soils 
Chapter 9: Foundations 
Part IV: Retaining Structures 
Chapter 10: Retaining Structures 
Chapter 11: Retaining Structures 
Part V: Pipes and Tunnels 
Chapter 12: Pipes and Tunnels 
Chapter 13: Pipes and Tunnels (part 2) 
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56,"2018-01-11 01:02:19","Constructed Narratives",9783037785171,"David Adjaye","Constructed Narratives brings together essays and several recently completed buildings by David Adjaye, in the United States and elsewhere. In the essays, Adjaye shows how his approach to the design of temporary pavilions and furniture, private houses, and installations at the 2015 Venice Biennale feeds into his designs for public buildings. Other essays discuss his engagement with geography, the urban environment, his approach to materiality, and architectural types. The presented projects include two public libraries and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all in Washington D.C., a residential mixed-use building in New York, and a hybrid art-retail building in Beirut. Two of Adjaye's current projects are also included.",,,300,"165 x 240 x 27.94mm | 975.22g","25 Jan 2017","Lars Müller Publishers","Baden, Switzerland",English,,"Aprrox 350",3037785179,"456,345",,US$39.96,US$49.00,"DAVID ADJAYE (*1966) is a Ghanaian-British architect. In 2009 he was selected to design the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.PETER ALLISON is an architectural writer. He has contributed widely to exhibition catalogs and international publications on architecture, and has edited several publications on David Adjaye.",Hardback,,,,,"{
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57,"2018-01-11 01:02:29","The E-Myth Architect",9780983500193,"Michael E Gerber",,,,218,"144 x 220 x 24mm | 439.98g","03 Mar 2014","Michael E. Gerber Companies","Carlsbad, Calif, United Kingdom",English,,"Illustrations, black and white",0983500193,"215,724",4.46,US$31.58,,,Hardback,,,,,"{
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58,"2018-01-11 01:02:30","Piranesi: The Complete Etchings",9783836559409,"Luigi Ficacci","Archaeology and imagination: Impossible staircases and startling ruins from Italy s master engraverThe most famous 18th-century copper engraver, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 1778) made his name with etchings of ancient Rome. His startling, chiaroscuro images imbued the city s archaeological ruins with drama and romance and became favorite souvenirs for the Grand Tourists who travelled Italy in pursuit of classical culture and education.Today, Piranesi is renowned not just for shaping the European imagination of Rome but also for his elaborate series of fanciful prisons Carceri d Invenzione, which have influenced generations of creatives since, from the Surrealists to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edgar Allen Poe, Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka.Loosely based on contemporary stage sets rather than the actual dingy dungeons of Piranesi s day, these intricate images defy architectural reality to play instead with perspective, lighting, and scale. Staircases exist on two planes simultaneously; vast, vaulted ceilings seem to soar up to the heavens; interior and exterior distinctions collapse. With a low viewpoint and small, fragile figures, the prison scenes become monstrous mega-cities of incarceration, celebrated to this day as masterworks of existentialist drama.About the series: Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.Bookworm s delight never bore, always excite!Text in English, French, and German""",,,856,"147 x 198 x 46mm | 1,315g","01 Jun 2016","Taschen GmbH","Cologne, Germany",English,,,3836559404,"164,485",4.3,US$26.59,,,Hardback,,,,,"{
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59,"2018-01-11 01:02:33","Xs - Small Houses Big Time",9783037682029,"Lisa Baker","Rising rents, the desire for a simpler life, the aim for sustainability, or the wish to posses a relocatable home: These are just a few reasons why the market for small houses has become increasingly popular in recent years. The ""Tiny House Movement"" lifestyle trend, which began in the Unites States, has spread throughout the entire world driven by the construction and financial crisis. Even though there are many regional variations, all residences of this type share a major feature - on an area of up to 60 square meters (500 square feet) they provide all necessities of life. Nowadays, they are no longer designed by individual solo fighters but also by renowned architects who take on the simple yet challenging task and develop the enthralling room concepts and spatial solutions that are presented in this volume.",,,304,"241 x 242 x 41mm | 1,530g","07 Jan 2016","Braun Publishing AG","Salenstein, Switzerland",English,,"Mit farbigen Abbildungen",3037682027,"279,838",3.5,US$42.26,US$49.95,,Hardback,,,,,"{
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60,"2018-01-11 01:02:45","Artificial Love",9780262692854,"Paul Shepheard","A vision of architecture that includes sculpture, machines, and technology and encapsulates the history of the human species.According to Paul Shepheard, architecture is the rearranging of the world for human purposes. Sculpture, machines, and landscapes are all architecture-every bit as much as buildings are. In his writings, Shepheard examines old assumptions about architecture and replaces the critical theory of the academic with the active theory of the architect-citizen enamored of the world around him. Artificial Love weaves together three stories about architecture into one. The first, about machines as architecture, leads to speculations about technology and the human condition and to the assertion that machines are the sculptures of today. The second story is about the ways that architecture reflects the tribal and personal desires of those who make it. In the West, ideas of community, multiculturalism, and globalization compete furiously, leaving architecture to exist as it always has, as the past in the present. The third story features individual people experiencing their lives in the context of architecture. Here, Shepheard borrows the rhetorical device of Shakespeare's seven ages of man to propose that each person's life imitates the accumulating history of the human species. Shepheard's version of the history of humans is a technological one, in which machines become sculpture and sculpture becomes architecture. For Shepheard, our machines do not separate us from nature. Rather, our technology is our nature, and we cannot but be in harmony with nature. The change that we have wrought in the world, he says, is a wonderful and powerful thing.",,"Unlike many such books on design, Shepheard's is accessible and entertaining. -- Will Yandik * Architectural Record * Shepheard seamlessly meshes Shakespeare, Greek mythology, the tale of the origins of Islam and stories from his own life. -- Liz Bailey * The Architects' Journal * Shepheard is that very rare thing - an architect who can write, beautifully. -- Tom Dyckhoff * London Times * A book that challenges the reader to reconsider deeply his relationship to the built world. * Azure *",310,"138 x 214 x 20mm | 359.99g","08 Jun 2003","MIT Press Ltd","Cambridge, Mass., United States",English,,"11 illus.",0262692856,"341,604",3.31,US$24.96,,"Paul Shepheard is an architect living in London.",Paperback,"MIT Press",,,,"{
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Prehistory
Coney Island: The Technology of the Fantastic
The Double Life of Utopia: The Skyscraper
The Frontier in the Sky
The Skyscraper Theorists
The Lives of a Block: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Empire State Building
Definitive Instability: The Downtown Athletic Club
How Perfect Perfection Can Be: The Creation of Rockefeller Center
The Talents of Raymond Hood
All the Rockefeller Centers
Radio City Music Hall: The Fun Never Sets
Kremlin on Fifth Avenue
2 Postscripts
Europeans: Biuer! Dali and Le Corbusier Conquer New York
Postmortem
Appendix: A Fictional Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Credits","""Seduces and entices through Koolhaas' witty travelogue and ultimately persuades the reader through the book in just one sitting.""",320,"184 x 238 x 20mm | 939.99g","11 Aug 2011","Monacelli Press","New York, United States",English,Reprint,"200 illustrations, 25 in colour",1885254008,"12,198",4.26,US$34.64,US$35.00,"Rem Koolhaas is the internationally known architect, a founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) in Rotterdam, and author of the critically acclaimed S, M, L, XL.",Paperback,,,,,"{
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