John P. Eberhard, "Brain Landscape The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture"

Oxford University Press, USA | 2008 | ISBN: 0195331729 | 280 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB

Brain Landscape: The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture is the first book to serve as an intellectual bridge between architectural practice and neuroscience research. John P. Eberhard, founding President of the non-profit Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, argues that increased funding, and the ability to think beyond the norm, will lead to a better understanding of how scientific research can change how we design, illuminate, and build spaces. Inversely, he posits that by better understanding the effects that buildings and places have on us, and our mental state, the better we may be able to understand how the human brain works. This book is devoted to describing architectural design criteria for schools, offices, laboratories, memorials, churches, and facilities for the aging, and then posing hypotheses about human experiences in such settings.

Fred Hall, Roger Greeno, "Building Services Handbook, 4 Ed: Incorporating Current Building & Construction Regulations"

Butterworth-Heinemann; 4 ed | 2007 | ISBN: 0750682205 | 576 pages | PDF | 9 MB

Building Services Handbook summarises the application of all common elements of building services practice, technique and procedure, to provide an essential information resource for students and engineers working in the industry. Information is presented in the highly illustrated and accessible style of the best-selling companion title Building Construction Handbook.
This new edition contains extended information on water system components, control systems for hot water and heating, ventilation and air conditioning, drainage, gas appliance flues and further examples of design calculations. It has been revised and expanded to take into account recent amendments to the Building Regulations Approved Documents and guidance from British and European Standards. Online lecture facilities include PowerPoint slides illustrating a selection of services areas, providing key diagrams for use with presentations and handouts.
THE comprehensive reference for all construction and building services students, Building Services Handbook is ideal for a wide range of courses including NVQ and BTEC National through Higher National Certificate and Diploma to Foundation and three-year Degree level. The clear illustrations and complementary references to industry Standards combine essential guidance with a resource base for further reading and development of specific topics.
Roger Greeno is a well-known author of construction texts. He has extensive practical and consultancy experience in the industry, in addition to lecturing at several colleges of further and higher education, and the University of Portsmouth. He has also examined for City & Guilds, Edexcel, the Chartered Institute of Building and the University of Reading.
Fred Halls books on Building Services have helped thousands of students gain their qualifications and pass exams. He was formerly a Senior Lecturer at Guildford College.
* No other book offers the same clarity of diagrams and scope of information
* Allows the reader to quickly get to grips with each topic
* Updated to explain what recent energy conservation measures really MEAN

Peter S. Brandon, Shu-Ling Lu, "Clients Driving Innovation"

Wiley-Blackwell | 2008-10-13 | ISBN: 1405175664 | 296 pages | PDF | 3,7 MB

In recent years the construction industry has been criticised for lack of successful innovation compared to other major industries. The question of why the industry has not been seen to be innovative has created concern among many involved with construction and property. The driving concern is where the motivation for this innovation should come from. Although construction clients have made an impact in this area, the industry itself seems divided as to whether, when and where clients should drive the innovation process.

Clients Driving Innovation brings together an international group of researchers and practitioners to investigate the role of clients in construction innovation. Written in three parts, it covers the context for innovation driven by clients, the client impact on the innovation process and how new ideas can be pushed through into practice. Numerous case studies illustrate the role clients can play and the key issues that need to be addressed.

With increasing interest in the contribution clients can make to construction innovation, Clients Driving Innovation will be essential reading for construction management researchers, major construction contractors and clients and government policy makers.

Keith Styles, Andrew Bichard, "Working Drawings Handbook, 4 Ed"

Architectural Press; 4 ed | 2004 | ISBN: 0750663723 | 176 pages | PDF | 4,6 MB

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"a handy manual showing how to produce clear and effective working drawings" RIBA Journal

Delft Science in Design 2 - Volume 3 Research in Design Series By M. Eekhout, T. Tomiyama

Publisher: IOS Press 2008-10-15 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 1586037390 | PDF | 7.2 MB

The mission of the publication Delft Science in Design 2 is to promote and advance the exchange of lessons learned on design between university and industry. Also, it aims to amplify the visibility of the results of academic effort in design at Delft University. The questions 'What is design?'', 'What is engineering?', 'What is science?' can be fiercely debated. Between the extremes of artistic design and pure science, the transitions are like in fluid: they are smooth and gradual. An approach focusing on how the university deals with knowledge may provide a better entry to the debate. The mutual understanding between scientists from different disciplines may get lost. It is one of the two major objectives of the Delft Science in Design congress to offer a kaleidoscope of the activities of the various faculties to all university colleagues and students, so that staff and students can be made aware of activities in other laboratories, and have the opportunity to be informed on details. Being informed is the first step to understanding.

Structural Analysis: Civil Engineering Course Material from IIT Kharagpur, cover structural analysis, in seven modules / 40 lessons.

IIT Kharagpur | English | 2008 | ISBN: N/A | 737 Pages | PDF | 13,6 Mb

Structural analysis and design is a very old art and is known to human beings since early civilizations. The Pyramids constructed by Egyptians around 2000 B.C. stands today as the testimony to the skills of master builders of that civilization. Many early civilizations produced great builders, skilled craftsmen who constructed magnificent buildings such as the Parthenon at Athens (2500 years old), the great Stupa at Sanchi (2000 years old), Taj Mahal (350 years old), Eiffel Tower (120 years old) and many more buildings around the world. These monuments tell us about the great feats accomplished by these craftsmen in analysis, design and construction of large structures. Today we see around us countless houses, bridges, fly-overs, high-rise buildings and spacious shopping malls. Planning, analysis and construction of these buildings is a science by itself. The main purpose of any structure is to support the loads coming on it by properly transferring them to the foundation. Even animals and trees could be treated as structures. Indeed biomechanics is a branch of mechanics, which concerns with the working of skeleton and muscular structures. In the early periods houses were constructed along the riverbanks using the locally available material. They were designed to withstand rain and moderate wind. Today structures are designed to withstand earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones and blast loadings. Aircraft structures are designed for more complex aerodynamic loadings. These have been made possible with the advances in structural engineering and a revolution in electronic computation in the past 50 years. The construction material industry has also undergone a revolution in the last four decades resulting in new materials having more strength and stiffness than the traditional construction material. In this book we are mainly concerned with the analysis of framed structures (beam, plane truss, space truss, plane frame, space frame and grid), arches, cables and suspension bridges subjected to static loads only.”

Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Office Buildings

American Society of Heating Refrigerating | ISBN: 1931862559 | June 30, 2004 | English | PDF | 96 pages | 6.04 Mb

Housing Design Quality: Through Policy, Guidance and Review

Taylor & Francis | 2001-05-04 | ISBN: 0419256504 | 304 pages | PDF | 13 MB

The author focuses on how the various policy instruments available to public authorities can be used in a positive manner to deliver higher quality residential developments. Part one of the book provides the theoretical and policy context for the in-depth research to follow. Debates on housing design and planning control are explored, alongside an in-depth review of government guidance and an exploration of the key theoretical constructs prescribed for effective design control process.

The Architecture of the Jumping Universe: A Polemic : How Complexity Science Is Changing Architecture and Culture (Academy Editions) By Charles Jencks

Publisher: Academic Press 1997 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0471977489 | PDF | 6.3 MB

Charles Jencks has the uncanny capacity to announce a new movement in architecture before it has begun. With Post-Modernism, he was looking to the past. Now, for the first time, with his new book on morphogenesis he is taking a look at the future. There is no question that his argument will have an important critical effect on architecture at the beginning of the new millennium. Peter Eisenman. Architect A new paradigm is sweeping through science, changing both our view of the universe and of mankind. Charles Jencks is one of a handful of thinkers with the courage to embrace the emerging paradigm and interpret it architecturally. This inspired synthesis of art, design, science and philosophy charts a bold new course not only for architecture, but for Post-Modern thought. Paul Davies, Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Adelaide, author of The Cosmic Blueprint, Superforce, The Mind of God and other books on contemporary science. Who else could have written a book that opens up such cosmic perspectives and still make such neat, sharply focused comments on particular architects and particular styles of architecture? Who else could range with such zest, ease and elegance from Chaos to Bruce Goff, from Coleridge to Frank Gehry, from Complexity Theory to Green Buildings? The old question of in which style should we build can never be addressed in the same way again. Charles Jencks has brought purpose back into architecture. His teleology may transcend what architects are used to, but Jencks manages to make far more sense out of our contemporary architectural dilemmas than practically all the other books in the RIBA book shop. Francis Duffy, Chairman of DEGW International Ltd

The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings

Wiley | 1998-10-08 | ISBN: 0471395404 | 736 pages | PDF | 13 MB

This book documents the step-by-step evolution of a complete set of architectural working drawings. Enriched with more than 900 illustrations, this book also has a companion Web site and many case studies, including a new case study featuring an office complex.

John Barrows, Lisa Iannucci, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Building and Remodeling"

Alpha | 2009 | ISBN: 1592578284 | 336 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

It’s easy building green!

This guide helps environmentally conscious people make real-world decisions about building or remodeling a home. Readers will find information on how to save money by going green when building or remodeling, how to find the right green integrated system design, how to choose heating and cooling equipment, and how to save money on water.

·Focuses on the design integration of green materials
·Residential and commercial green building will grow from 2% of the U.S.
construction market in 2005 to as much as 10% in 2010 (NAHB)
·More than 80 regional and local green building programs are in place in the U.S. and more are being promoted in the private sector

Broto Eduard, New concept in renovating

Structure Publishing | ISBN: 8496263037 | 2005 | PDF | 226 pages | 61.3 Mb

Functionality and aesthetics come together beautifully in this volume featuring a wide-ranging selection of outstanding renovations and additions carried out by internationally renowned architects. The designing architects of the renovation projects share their expertise by contributing their own commentary on each project. Phase-by-phase breakdowns of each gorgeously illustrated project, concept sketches, floor plans, and thorough technical information on each, make this a highly informative guide to innovations in renovating.

Carlos Broto, New trends in renovating

Gingko Press Publishing | ISBN: 1584231955 | 2004 | PDF | 337 pages | 68.3 Mb

Including both large and small scale projects that share a common spirit of innovation, the works in this volume illustrate the latest exciting trends in renovating design. The over thirty new and daring proposals in renovating design by architects of international renown are accompanied by a comprehensive analysis (contributed directly by the designing architects themselves) of each phase in the design and construction process, including a breakdown of materials and techniques employed. The in-depth technical explanations, accompanied by hundreds of glossy color photographs, make this title as practical as it is attractive and a necessary volume for anyone working in Architecture or Interior Design. New Trends renovating features the work of famous architects Oswald Ungers, Jean Nouvel, Broto, John Pawson, Fernando Tavola, Brookes & Stacey.

Carles Broto, Apartment buildings New Concepts

Structure Publishing | ISBN: 8489861595 | 2005 | Dyvu| 361 pages | 27 Mb

The projects in this book illustrate the latest tendencies in collective housing. Conventional vertical dwellings, buildigns for specific groups and residential complexes share a common spirit: rigour, imagination and respect for both the persons who will occupy them and the environment in which they will be located. The works of Frank Gehry, Claus en Kaan, Deadline (the one on the cover), Calatrava and Shigeru Ban - to name just a few - provide stimulating answers, ingenious solutions, unexpected points of view and proposals that will without doubt influence the conception of residential architecture in the century to come.
The book features detailed studies (multiple plans, photographs and explanatory text) of 38 apartment building projects from all over the world, though mainly Europe. Essential reading for anyone involved in such a project. Helin & Siitonen's green-roofed Experimental House in Sweden is particularly interesting - green roofs are ace and should be encouraged with extreme prejudice.

Bahamon, Alejandro, Sketch Plan Build: World Class Architects Show How It's Done

Harper Design International Publishing | ISBN: 0060749717 | 2005 | PDF | 306 pages | 75 Mb

Focusing on the design process of today's most noteworthy architects, Sketch Plan Build explores the reasoning, resources, and influences behind the projects of today's most recognized architects. This book is a primary tool for understanding the different traits and nuances each architect uses to express their own ideas. With international projects from world renowned architects such as Tadao Ando, Coop Himmel[b]lau, and Renzo Piano, and with detailed sketches, drawings, and photographs for each project, Sketch Plan Build is sure to provide a comprehensive compendium for all those interested in how an inspired idea makes the journey from projection to construction. NOTE: This is a Scratch and Dent version and accordingly MAY NOT have a dust jacket.

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Cristina Montes, New Offices

Harper Design International Publishing | ISBN: 0060544708 | 2003 | PDF | 294 pages | 71.3 Mb

As the nature of work has evolved, so have the needs of the typical office space. This book provides hundreds of ideas that include the most advanced architecture and design from all over the globe including William Bruder and Beckson Design Associates from the US and Kuwabara Payne from Canada. Readers will have access not only to the latest ideas but architectural drawing plans to help them imagine solutions for their own work space. This global collection of examples ranges in office sizes from under 5,000 square feet to nearly a million square feet with everything in-between.

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Raul A. Barreneche,New Retail

Phaidon Press Publishing | ISBN: 0714844993 | 2005 | PDF | 155 pages | 44 Mb

A survey of 24 of the world's most innovative new retail stores from around the world by renowned architects such as Frank Gehry, Herzog + de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas and Renzo Piano Documents a wide variety of projects, from flagship stores for luxury brands to eclectic boutiques, department stores, shopping centres and supermarkets Each project is presented in depth with superior colour photographs of exteriors and interiors, plans and drawings, and descriptive text by a widely published architecture critic Includes projects in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Prague, São Paulo, Austria, Germany and The Netherlands

About the Author
Raul A. Barreneche, a New York-based editor and critic, has been writing about architecture and design for more than ten years. A former executive editor at Architecture, he writes regularly for The New York Times. He is currently a contributing editor to Metropolitan Home, Travel + Leisure, and Architectural Record, and has written for Dwell, House Beautiful, ID, ELLE Decor, Interior Design, Wallpaper, and other publications. Barreneche is co-author of House: American Houses for the New Century, and author of Tropical Modern. Author's residence: New York, NY

Vernon Mays ,Office + Work Spaces: International Portfolio of 43

DesignersRockport Publishing | ISBN: 1564965813 | 1999| PDF | 168 pages | 114 Mb

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Carles Broto ,New Shop Design

Links International Publishing | ISBN: 8489861676 | 2007 | PDF | 202 pages | 43 Mb

In recent years, shopping as an 'experience' has taken the place of shopping as a necessity, and accordingly the design of spaces in which we shop has had to adapt to meet that end. New Shop Design is a dynamic and colorful collection of some of the most forward-looking and inspiring shop designs in the world, created in the studios of some of modern architecture's leading names. Each project is thoroughly documented with the designers' own notes and explanations, sketches, floor plans and glossy full-color photographs. Includes works by Herzog & De Meuron, Asymptote Architecture and Rem Koolhaas-OMA.

Willy Boesiger, Oscar Stonorov, Max Bill, Le Corbusiers - Complete

WorksBirkhäuser Basel Publishing | ISBN: 3764355158 | 1995 | PDF | French, English, German | 176240 pages | 508 Mb(8 files .rar)

Los ocho volúmenes de esta extraordinaria edición, de 1929 a 1970 fue publicado y desde entonces ha sido reeditado una y otra vez, documentar la amplia gama de trabajo de Le Corbusier. Documento que la labor de los arquitectos más influyentes del Siglo XX. En directa colaboración con Le Corbusier en más de 40 años, hace que el conjunto un único y exhaustivo inventario de sus edificios, proyectos, bocetos, libros, manifiestos, dibujos y textos, que el mundo de la arquitectura han cambiado.

Die acht Bände dieser außergewöhnlichen Edition, die zwischen 1929 und 1970 veröffentlicht wurde und seit dem immer wieder nachgedruckt wurde, dokumentiert die große Bandbreite des Werks von Le Corbusier. Sie dokumentieren das Werk des einflussreichsten Architekten des 20. Jahrhunderts. In direkter Zusammenarbeit mit Le Corbusier in über 40 Jahren entstanden, bildet das Set eine einzigartige und erschöpfende Bestandsaufnahme seiner Gebäude, Projekte, Skizzenhefte, Manifeste, Zeichnungen und Texte, welche die Welt der Architektur nachhaltig verändert haben.

The eight volumes of this extraordinary edition, the 1929 to 1970 was published and since has been reprinted again and again, documenting the wide range of work by Le Corbusier. They document the work of the most influential architects of the 20th Century. In direct collaboration with Le Corbusier in over 40 years, makes the set a unique and exhaustive inventory of its buildings, projects, sketches, books, manifestos, drawings and texts, which the world of architecture have changed.

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Damon Wood "Lighting Upgrades: A Guide for Facility Managers, 2nd Edition"

Published by Fairmont Press | Publication date : April 2004 | ISBN : 0824740076 | PDF | 381 pages | English | 7.31 MB

Green Lights lighting specialist Damon Wood takes you step-by-step through upgrading a lighting system, in either a retrofit or complete redesign scenario, for the purpose of increasing both energy efficiency and productivity.
This guide is designed for use by anyone who needs to understand the principles of lighting and light's impact on conservation, productivity and safety. Readers will find valuable discussion of lighting quality, upgrade strategies, applications, technologies, economics, maintenance, project implementation and methods for assessing specific opportunities. This fully illustrated guide addresses these issues in lay terms and in an easy-to-understand, logical style.

Jain Malkin "Medical and Dental Space Planning, 3rd Edition"

Published by John Wiley & Sons | Publication date : April 2002 | ISBN : 0471385743 | PDF | 627 pages | English | 21.44 MB

This definitive reference offers detailed analyses of more than thirty medical and dental specialties and their respective space planning requirements.
New to the third edition is coverage of new medical specialties including reproductive enhancement, LASIX eye surgery, breast care centers, larger ambulatory centers, and medical oncology. It also offers up-to-date information on digital technology-electronic medical records, digital imaging, diagnostic instruments, and networked communications-and how it impacts the design of medical and dental facilities. You'll also find out about recent changes in regulatory agency reviews of office-based surgery practices and ADA compliance.

daab, Office design

daab Publishing | ISBN: 3937718362 | 2005 | PDF | 354 pages | 55.5Mb

At the beginning of the 19th century, Charles Fourrier observed that citizens' lives were marked not by the home but by the office;
200 years later, this somewhat eccentric statement expresses the reality of post-industrial society: In Western countries, one of the consequences of the globalization of the economy has been the concentration of workers in the tertiary sector; more than half of the population works in offices. Offices have become domestic, the relationship between workmates has become closer and their workplace seems increasingly like a club or house in which they spend the greater part of the day.
All presented projects feature inspiring ideas of designing more efficient, modern and more pleasant working environments.

Haig Beck - 10 X 10: 100 architects

Pages:468 | PDF | Phaidon Press Ltd; New edition edition (Feb 2004) | ISBN 0714843792 | 68 MB

Phaidon's 10 x 10 showcases the present and future of architecture in a dazzling, optimistic light. From its hologram cover to the multimedia representations within, this panoramic survey explores the fresh innovation, experimentalism, wit and intellectual ambitions of the discipline worldwide (with the possible exception of Africa, which seems under-represented). After decades of insular vision, unable to connect the drawing-board with the plot, so to speak, the Young Turks of modern architecture are finally designing the "global village" along the lines of national concerns expressed internationally, an emphasis on sustainable resources, and contextual awareness. Whether in an urban, rural or cyberspace setting, these selections of photographs, plans and virtual representations are crammed with inter-disciplinary ideas which, as one writer puts it, seek to unite the dreams of architects with those of the rest of the world.

Some of the dwellings (both private and social housing), churches, colleges and many museums may be familiar, but in abstraction they acquire new focus, while some designs will remain purely that, never to progress beyond a virtual reality. From the artisan sculpture of Shin Egashira's pavilions, to the barbed, aggressive fins of Hitoshi Abe's Shirasagi Bridge, the eternal struggle to harmonise Utility and Philosophy, Expressionism and Functionalism, is brilliantly laid bare. To this end, the reproductive images are varied and to Phaidon's consistently faultless standard, and the critical comment, rationed to a paragraph, is supplemented in each case with a helpful tag line of specific comment on the exemplary structure. On balance, the comments of Terence Riley, Aaron Betsky and their co-contributors are enlightening, though not without the customary surfeit of compound-nouns and, well, just nouns. The day is still some way off when architects consider sentence construction sensitively. One of the 10 critics lists Ridley Scott's Bladerunner as one of her 10 influences; viewing that 1982 classic in the context of this exhilarating book shows how far architecture has come in under 20 years, but also the battle it still has to fight with its "horrorvision" commercial sibling.

A. Michael Hasofer - Risk Analysis in Building Fire Safety Engineering

Pages:200 | PDF | Butterworth-Heinemann (23 Nov 2006) | ISBN 075068156X | 1.4 MB

This book bridges the gap between risk assessment and fire safety engineering like few other resources.

As all required knowledge for Probability and Statistics for Fire Engineering is included in the preliminary chapters, the book is suitable for teaching Fire Engineering components in a wide range of engineering courses for senior graduates and for postgraduate students of Fire Engineering. It will also serve as a comprehensive reference for professionals.

This book describes the theory and the models involved in risk analysis, and includes case studies of multiple fire scenarios. Building fire safety and human behavioural responses to these scenarios show the benefits of risk-based fire safety design.

* Case studies and examples from across the world
* Applies probabilistic and stochastic models to fire initiation, fire growth, smoke spread and human behavior
* Co-written by a pioneering researcher in the field of building fire safety