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At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain \"languages,\" which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma system which gives them coherence. This book provides a language of this kind. It will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment. \"Patterns,\" the units of this language, are answers to design problems (How high should a window sill be? How many stories should a building have? How much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees?). More than 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. 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But as architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart point out in this provocative, visionary book, this approach only perpetuates the one-way, 'cradle to grave' manufacturing model, dating to the Industrial Revolution, that creates such fantastic amounts of waste and pollution in the first place. Why not challenge the belief that human industry must damage the natural world? In fact, why not take nature itself as our model for making things? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we consider its abundance not wasteful but safe, beautiful and highly effective. Waste equals food. Guided by this principle, McDonough and Braungart explain how products can be designed from the outset so that, after their useful lives, they will provide nourishment for something new - continually circulating as pure and viable materials within a 'cradle to cradle' model. Drawing on their experience in redesigning everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, McDonough and Braungart make an exciting and viable case for putting eco-effectiveness into practice, and show how anyone involved in making anything can begin to do so as well.", "book.table_of_contents": "", "book.review_quote": "\"The best argument for good design is that it lasts. The best argument for good science is that it deplores waste. I'm bored with guilty and technologically illiterate environmental Luddites describing a future of guilt and privation led in caves. There's an alternative responsible future persuasively offered by Braungart and McDonough. The survival of the planet can be re-stated in terms of stimulus, opportunity, challenge and reward. 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The Thinking Hand is a metaphor for the characteristic independence and autonomous activity of all our senses as they constantly scan the physical world. Many of our most crucial skills are internalised as automatic reactions that we are not consciously aware of. Even in the case of learning skills, the sequence of movements in a task is internalised and embodied rather than understood and remembered intellectually. Prevailing educational philosophies continue to emphasise conceptual, intellectual and verbal knowledge over this tacit and non-conceptual wisdom of our embodied processes, which is so essential to our experience and understanding of the physical and the built.", "book.table_of_contents": "Introduction: Embodied Existence and Sensory Thought. \nChapter One: The Mysterious Hand. \nThe Multiple Essences of the Hand. \nWhat is the Hand? \nHand, Eye, Brain and Language. \nHand as Symbol. \nGestures of the Hand. \nLanguages of the Hand. \nChapter Two: The Working Hand. \nThe Hand and the Tool. \nThe Hand of the Craftsman. \nCollaborative Craftsmanship. \nArchitecture as Workmanship. \nChapter Three: Eye-Hand-Mind Fusion. \nExperimentation and the Art of Play. \nSkill and Boredom. \nEye, Hand and Mind. \nChapter Four: The Drawing Hand. \nDrawing and the Self. \nTactility of Drawing. \nThe Computerised Hand. \nPrimacy of Touch: Hapticity of Self-image. \nUnconscious Touch in Artistic Experience. \nChapter Five: Embodied Thinking. \nCreative Fusion. \nThe Work of Thinking: The Value of Uncertainty. \nResistance, Tradition and Freedom. \nThinking Through the Senses. \nEmbodied Memory and Thought. \nExistential Knowledge. \nChapter Six: Body, Self and Mind. \nThe Body as Site. \nThe World and the Self. \nThe World and the Mind. \nExistential Space in Art. \nChapter Seven: Emotion and Imagination. \nReality of Imagination. \nThe Gift of Imagination. \nReality of Art. \nArt and Emotion. \nArtistic Experience as Exchange. \nChapter Eight: Theory and Life. \nTheory and Making. \nOpposition of Theory and Making. \nArchitecture as Image of Life. \nThe Task of Art. \nIndex. \nPhoto Credits.", "book.review_quote": "\"The Thinking Hand is a superb piece of writing. A primer not just for architecture, but for life.\" (Blueprint, July 2009) \"...beautifully illustrated sequence of essays...It is philosophical, emotional and, unusually for architectural theory, as clear as a building made of glass.\" (The Guardian, August 1st 2009)", "book.pages": 160, "book.dimensions": "164 x 236 x 12mm | 358.34g", "book.publication_date": "11 May 2009", "book.publisher": "John Wiley and Sons Ltd", "book.publication_city_country": "Chichester, United Kingdom", "book.language": "English", "book.edition_statement": "", "book.illustrations_note": "colour illustrations", "book.isbn_10": "0470779292", "book.bestsellers_rank": "95,301", "book.rating_value": 4.3300000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125, "book.sale_price": "US$43.01", "book.list_price": "US$54.99", "book.about_author": "Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland s most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers. His previous positions include: Rector of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki; Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki; and Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology. He has also held visiting professorships in several universities internationally. Pallasmaa is the author/editor of 24 books, including The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses (Academy, 1995 and John Wiley & Sons, 2005), The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema (Helsinki, 2001) and Encounters (Helsinki, 2005).", "book.format": "Paperback", "book.imprint": "John Wiley & Sons Ltd", "book.bnid": "", "book.format_2": "", "book.file_size": "", "book.book_x_author_id": { "30": { "book_x_author.id": 30, "author.id": 30, "author.ts": "2018-01-11 00:57:45", "author.title": "Juhani Pallasmaa", "author.content": "" } }, "book.book_image_id": { "17": { "book_image.id": 17, "book_image.path": "/79/e6/e0/bd/79e6e0bd34a4ed1aca63bcd50763449d8bfec9f1.jpg", "book_image.book_image":} }, "book.category_3_x_book_id": { "14": { "category_3_x_book.id": 14, "category_3.id": 1, "category_3.ts": "2022-09-22 00:21:09", "category_3.title": "Architectural Structure & Design", "category_3.category_2": "Architecture", "category_3.category_1": "Art & Photography" } } }, "15": { "book.id": 15, "book.ts": "2018-01-11 00:57:49", "book.title": "Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes", "book.isbn_13": 9781592539611, "book.contributor": "Gabriel Campanario", "book.description": "Award-winning illustrator Gabriel Campanario first introduced his approach to drawing in The Art of Urban Sketching, a showcase of more than 500 sketches and drawing tips shared by more than 100 urban sketchers around the world. Now, he drills down into specific challenges of making sketches on location, rain or shine, quickly or slowly, and the most suitable techniques for every situation, in The Urban Sketching Handbook series. It's easy to overlook that ample variety of buildings and spaces and the differences from city to city, country to country. From houses, apartments and shopping malls to public buildings and places of worship, the structures humans have created over the centuries, for shelter, commerce, industry, transportation or recreation, are fascinating subjects to study and sketch.In The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes, Gabriel lays out keys to help make the experience of drawing architecture and cityscapes fun and rewarding. Using composition, depth, scale, contrast, line and creativity, sketching out buildings and structure has never been more inspirational. This guide will help you to develop your own creative approach, no matter what your skill level may be today. As much as The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes may inspire you to draw more urban spaces, it can also help to increase your appreciation of the built environment. Drawing the places where we live, work and play, is a great way to show appreciation and creativity.", "book.table_of_contents": "", "book.review_quote": "", "book.pages": 112, "book.dimensions": "128 x 204 x 14mm | 220g", "book.publication_date": "04 Dec 2014", "book.publisher": "Quarry Books", "book.publication_city_country": "United States", "book.language": "English", "book.edition_statement": "", "book.illustrations_note": "100 color illustrations", "book.isbn_10": 1592539610, "book.bestsellers_rank": "16,785", "book.rating_value": 4.20000000000000017763568394002504646778106689453125, "book.sale_price": "", "book.list_price": "", "book.about_author": "Gabriel Campanario is a staff artist at The Seattle Times and the founder of Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the art of on-location drawing. Campanario's newspaper column, Seattle Sketcher, was awarded first place for blog writing in \"The Best of the West\" journalism contest. The blog and weekly print column, which combine location sketches and written stories, have quickly become popular in the Seattle area, where Campanario has been featured in TV and radio appearances. A native Spaniard, Campanario moved to the U.S. in 1998 and has lived near Seattle with his wife and two children since 2006. His journalism career spans two decades, working for newspapers in Barcelona, Lisbon, California, and Virginia. 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Filled with an array of beautiful and elegant drawings, it poses all manner of architectural challenges for the user: from designing your own skyscraper, to drawing an island house or creating a Constructivist monument, plus many others more. Aimed at anyone who loves drawing buildings, it encourages the users to imagine their own creative solutions by sketching, drawing and painting in the pages of the book. In so doing, they will learn about a whole range of significant architectural issues, such as the importance of site and materials, how to furnish a space, how to read plans, how to create sustainable cities and so on. The book also includes numerous examples of works and ideas by major architects to draw inspiration from and will appeal to everyone from children to students to architects.", "book.table_of_contents": "Some of the challenges set in the book include: The furniture in a room has a big impact on its appearance and its style. Draw a table and chair that suits the interior of this space. In Dubai they have created a series of new islands along the coastline. Design your own new island community. Cities underneath our great oceans may provide a new way of living in the future. Design your own city influenced by the shape of coral. Here are plans of three houses which need to be positioned on site drawing below. Think about what would be a good view and in which direction the Sun comes from. Here are some buildings that have fantastic shapes. Design a couple of your own. Imagine you are James Bond's arch-enemy and you own a secret Island location. Design a new headquarters for your plan to rule the World on to the cut away drawing provided. Here is a cross-section through a bicycle factory. Add the following pieces of machinery and mechanisms to provide the bikes with the following;\t Frame and handle bars Wheels Chain Packaging Copy this drawing of Fallingwater by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in ink / pen chalk / crayons paint / brushes The Bauhaus: T Many famous Architects have worn glasses. Practice on this face before designing a pair for yourself. 'The architect of the future will build imitating Nature' Antonio Gaudi. Gaudi's architecture was in heavily influenced by natural forms. Design the envelope of a building that is like something in nature. 'Less is More' - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Try designing a minimal building for yourself. 'A House is a Machine for Living' - Le Corbusier. Design your own machine house.", "book.review_quote": "\"Your architect friends, family members and visually inclined children will all love [Archidoodle].\" - \"The New York Times\"", "book.pages": 160, "book.dimensions": "212 x 274 x 18mm | 459.99g", "book.publication_date": "05 Nov 2013", "book.publisher": "Laurence King Publishing", "book.publication_city_country": "London, United Kingdom", "book.language": "English", "book.edition_statement": "", "book.illustrations_note": "200 B&W illustrations", "book.isbn_10": 1780673213, "book.bestsellers_rank": "47,671", "book.rating_value": 4.5, "book.sale_price": "US$19.51", "book.list_price": "US$19.95", "book.about_author": "Steve Bowkett has taught and practiced architecture for over 25 years in numerous universities and art colleges and is currently a Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University. 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Often challenging and overwhelming to sketchers, the fourth book in the Urban Sketching Handbook series uses drawings and simple steps to explain the concepts of perspective in practical and useful ways for on-site sketching. Most books are either too abstract or don't provide enough information that relates to what you actually do when you're out in the busy, wide world about to start a drawing. Where do you start? How do you edit what you see to flatten and shrink it onto your paper? How does perspective work? The Urban Sketching Handbook: Understanding Perspective helps you learn to think like an architect, to draw buildings and spaces by reducing what you see to simple, basic shapes, then adding layers in simple steps, and finally finishing your sketch with detail, tone, and color--in accurate perspective. Full of helpful tips, architect and illustrator, Stephanie Bower even de-constructs sketches to show you how to create them! Once you understand perspective, it will change the way you see the world--you'll see perspective everywhere. 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Stephanie worked as a licensed Architect in New York City before gravitating to professional architectural illustration and concept design. In Seattle, she produces pencil and watercolor images for many renowned architecture and design firms. Stephanie continues to learn about architecture through her sketches, pursuing her lifelong dream of seeing the world, sketching, teaching and encouraging others to see their world through the magic of drawing. website: www.stephaniebower.com blog: www.stephaniebower.blogspot.com sketches: www.flickr.com/photos/83075812@N07/ correspondent: www.urbansketchers.org", "book.format": "Paperback", "book.imprint": "", "book.bnid": "", "book.format_2": "", "book.file_size": "", "book.book_x_author_id": { "33": { "book_x_author.id": 33, "author.id": 33, "author.ts": "2018-01-11 00:58:02", "author.title": "Stephanie Bower", "author.content": "" } }, "book.book_image_id": { "20": { "book_image.id": 20, "book_image.path": "/c4/53/eb/bf/c453ebbf43f5fbb6717788f367755dffd444a281.jpg", "book_image.book_image":} }, "book.category_3_x_book_id": { "17": { "category_3_x_book.id": 17, "category_3.id": 1, "category_3.ts": "2022-09-22 00:21:09", "category_3.title": "Architectural Structure & Design", "category_3.category_2": "Architecture", "category_3.category_1": "Art & Photography" }, "141643": { "category_3_x_book.id": 141643, "category_3.id": 13, "category_3.ts": "2022-09-22 00:21:09", "category_3.title": "Drawing", "category_3.category_2": "Art Forms", "category_3.category_1": "Art & Photography" }, "189716": { "category_3_x_book.id": 189716, "category_3.id": 16, "category_3.ts": "2022-09-22 00:21:09", "category_3.title": "Paintings", "category_3.category_2": "Art Forms", "category_3.category_1": "Art & Photography" } } }, "18": { "book.id": 18, "book.ts": "2018-01-11 00:58:05", "book.title": "Architects' Data", "book.isbn_13": 9781405192538, "book.contributor": "Ernst Neufert", "book.description": "Neufert's Architects' Data is an essential reference for the initial design and planning of a building project. It provides, in one concise volume, the core information needed to form the framework for the more detailed design and planning of any building project. Organised largely by building type, it covers the full range of preliminary considerations, and with over 6200 diagrams it provides a mass of data on spatial requirements. Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. An extensive bibliography and a detailed set of metric/ imperial conversion tables are included. Since it was first published in Germany in 1936, Ernst Neufert's handbook has been progressively revised and updated through 39 editions and many translations. This fourth English language edition is translated from the 39th German edition, and represents a major new edition for an international, English speaking readership. Reviews of the Previous Edition: \"Neufert's Architects' Data was the first book I bought when I started my studies in architecture. It was invaluable for me then and it is still a useful aid in my designs.\" Cesar Pelli \"With this thorough rewrite Neufert has produced yet again an invaluable reference book.\" The Architects' Journal", "book.table_of_contents": "Foreword xii \nBASICS \nAbbreviations and symbols 1 \nDrawings 4 \nAccessible Building 21 \nDimensional Basics and Relationships 26 \nBuilding Biology 36 \nVisual Perception 39 \nDESIGN PROCESS \nDesign 42 \nSustainable Building 46 \nFacility Management 48 \nRefurbishment 50 \nDesign and Construction Management 56 \nBUILDING COMPONENTS \nFoundations 66 \nWalls 74 \nFloor Slabs 80 \nRoofs 85 \nWindows 96 \nGlass 104 \nDoors 113 \nStairs 120 \nEscalators 126 \nMoving Walkways 127 \nLifts 128 \nRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS \nBasics 135 \nHousing Density 137 \nOrientation 138 \nAccess 139 \nFloor Plans 143 \nRooms 146 \nACCOMMODATION \nStudent Residences 167 \nElderly People's Accommodation 168 \nHotels 171 \nCatering 174 \nYouth Hostels 184 \nHoliday/Weekend Cabins 185 \nMotels 186 \nCamping 187 \nEDUCATION AND RESEARCH \nChildren's Daycare 188 \nPlaygrounds 190 \nSchools 191 \nUniversities and Colleges 198 \nCULTURAL VENUES \nMuseums and Art Galleries 207 \nTheatres 209 \nCinemas 222 \nCircus 227 \nZoos 228 \nADMINISTRATION AND OFFICES \nOffice Buildings 231 \nHigh-Rise Buildings 244 \nLibraries 247 \nBasics 247 \nBanks 253 \nRETAIL \nRetail Outlets 254 \nINDUSTRY AND TRADE \nIndustry 263 \nWorkshops 274 \nRELIGIOUS BUILDINGS \nChristian Churches 285 \nSynagogues 288 \nMosques 289 \nHEALTH \nDoctors' Practices 290 \nHospitals 291 \nSPORT AND LEISURE \nStadiums 318 \nSports Facilities 320 \nSports Halls 350 \nSwimming Pools 362 \nSpa 372 \nAmusement Arcades 375 \nTRANSPORT \nRoads 376 \nParking Facilities 387 \nPublic Transport 403 \nRailways 408 \nAviation 418 \nEXTERNAL WORKS \nCemeteries 424 \nLandscape Architecture 426 \nEarthworks 428 \nGarden Enclosures 430 \nPergola and Trellis 432 \nPaths, Paving, Steps 435 \nDrainage 436 \nVegetation \nBiological Engineering 439 \nGreenhouses 441 \nPonds and Pools 442 \nExternal Works Example 445 \nAGRICULTURE \nFARMYARDS 446 \nAnimal Husbandry 452 \nSupply and Disposal 461 \nBUILDING SERVICES \nRenewable Energy 466 \nBuilding Physics 471 \nDaylight 488 \nLighting 501 \nFire Protection 511 \nDomestic Installation 522 \nChimneys and Ventilation Shafts 537 \nReferences 540 \nBS and DIN Standards 548 \nConversion of Units 555 \nINDEX 575", "book.review_quote": "Neufert s Architects Data is an essential reference for the initial design and planning of a building project. It provides, in one concise volume, the core information needed to form the framework for the more detailed design and planning of any building project. 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This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage, cobb, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to its surroundings that its creators refer to it as \"an ecstatic house.\" The authors build a house the way others create a natural garden. They use the oldest, most available materials imaginable--earth, clay, sand, straw, and water--and blend them to redefine the future (and past) of building. Cob (the word comes from an Old English root, meaning \"lump\") is a mixture of non-toxic, recyclable, and often free materials. Building with cob requires no forms, no cement, and no machinery of any kind. Builders actually sculpt their structures by hand. Building with earth is nothing new to America; the oldest structures on the continent were built with adobe bricks. Adobe, however, has been geographically limited to the Southwest. The limits of cob are defined only by the builder's imagination. Cob offers answers regarding our role in Nature, family and society, about why we feel the ways that we do, about what's missing in our lives. Cob comes as a revelation, a key to a saner world. Cob has been a traditional building process for millennia in Europe, even in rainy and windy climates like the British Isles, where many cob buildings still serve as family homes after hundreds of years. The technique is newly arrived to the Americas, and, as with so many social trends, the early adopters are in the Pacific Northwest. Cob houses (or cottages, since they are always efficiently small by American construction standards) are not only compatible with their surroundings, they ARE their surroundings, literally rising up from the earth. They are full of light, energy-efficient, and cozy, with curved walls and built-in, whimsical touches. They are delightful. They are ecstatic.", "book.table_of_contents": "", "book.review_quote": "", "book.pages": 346, "book.dimensions": "200.66 x 251.46 x 25.4mm | 884.5g", "book.publication_date": "01 Jun 2002", "book.publisher": "Chelsea Green Publishing Co", "book.publication_city_country": "White River Junction, United States", "book.language": "English", "book.edition_statement": "", "book.illustrations_note": "8 Pages of Illustrations", "book.isbn_10": 1890132349, "book.bestsellers_rank": "41,215", "book.rating_value": 4.42999999999999971578290569595992565155029296875, "book.sale_price": "US$37.01", "book.list_price": "", "book.about_author": "Ianto Evans is an applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, and teacher with building experience on six continents. Cob is traditional in his homeland, Wales. In addition to teaching ecological building, Ianto has consulted with USAID, the World Bank, the Peace Corps, and several national governments. Linda Smiley teaches workshops on cob, sculpting sacred spaces, intuitive design, and natural plasters and finishes. With a background as a recreational therapist, she specializes in helping people use natural building as a tool for personal transformation and healing. Michael G. Smith teaches practical workshops and consults on cob construction, natural building, and permaculture. He is the author of The Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your Own Earthen Home and co-editor of The Art of Natural Building: Design, Construction, Resources.", "book.format": "Paperback", "book.imprint": "", "book.bnid": "", "book.format_2": "", "book.file_size": "", "book.book_x_author_id": { "36": { "book_x_author.id": 36, "author.id": 36, "author.ts": "2018-01-11 00:58:13", "author.title": "Ianto Evans", "author.content": "" }, "37": { "book_x_author.id": 37, "author.id": 37, "author.ts": "2018-01-11 00:58:13", "author.title": "Michael G. 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K. Ching", "book.description": "The revered architectural reference, updated with contemporary examples and interactive 3D models The Interactive Resource Center is an online learning environment where instructors and students can access the tools they need to make efficient use of their time, while reinforcing and assessing their understanding of key concepts for successful understanding of the course. An access card with redemption code for the online Interactive Resource Center is included with all new, print copies or can be purchased separately. (â â â If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code -ISBN: 9781118986837). The online Interactive Resource Center contains resources tied to the book, such as: Interactive Animations highlighting key conceptsPhoto Gallery of architectural precedents illustrated in the bookFlashcards for focused learning Architecture: Form, Space, and Order, Fourth Edition is the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design, updated with new information on emerging trends and recent developments. This bestselling visual reference helps both students and professionals understand the vocabulary of architectural design by examining how space and form are ordered in the environment. Essential and timeless, the fundamental elements of space and form still present a challenge to those who crave a deeper understanding. Taking a critical look at the evolution of spaces, Architecture distills complex concepts of design into a clear focus that inspires, bringing difficult abstractions to life. 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