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Constructing Architecture / Materials, Processes, Structures, a Handbook
Andrea Deplazes
With over 1200 illustrations, plans, and detail drawings, Constructing Architecture is a veritable encyclopedia for anyone interested in the essential technical information needed for building and construction, regardless of design style. This lavish but systematically organized book is divided into sections on materials, building components, building types, case studies, and a catalog of components, all drawn to a common scale, providing everything the professional or the student might need to transform their designs into built projects.
Paperback / 636 pagina's / tekst Engels / herziene editie 2008
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Neufert / Architects' Data, Third edition
Ernst Neufert, Peter Neufert, Bousmaha Baiche en Nicholas Walliman
This is the third English language edition of a reference in which architects Ernst and Peter Neufert provide core information needed to form a framework for the detailed planning of any building project. Organized largely by building type, and containing about 6000 diagrams, it contains a mass of data on spatial requirements as well as planning criteria and considerations of function and siting. Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. New sections include coverage of building components, services, heating, lighting, thermal and sound insulation, fire protection, and designing for the disabled.
Paperback / 636 pagina's / tekst Engels / 2002
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Construction Materials Manual
Hegger, Auch-Scwelk, Fuchs, Rosenkranz
Until now, the few existing systematic texts on construction materials have primarily been directed at building engineers. An overview for architects, which also considers the importance of construction materials in the sensory perception of architecture - including tactile qualities, smell, color, and surface structure - has not been available. With the publication of the Construction Materials Manual, all that has changed.
As a basic work aimed equally at the questions and perspectives of architects and building engineers, it will bring together all of the above-mentioned viewpoints. It addresses fundamental questions of sustainability, including life-span, environmental impact and material cycles, while also presenting material innovations. All of the principal conventional and innovative construction materials are comprehensively documented, with attention to their production, manufacture, fabrication, treatment, surfaces, connections and characteristics.
International examples help to illustrate their use in architecture, where a building's appearance is often defined by a single material. Thus, the Construction Materials Manual will support the daily work of architects and engineers in the choice of construction materials in a comprehensive and at the same time vivid and stimulating manner.
Hardcover / 280 pagina's / tekst Engels / 2006
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In Detail: Building Skins / new enlarged edition
Christian Schittich, Werner Lang, Roland Krippner
The external facades of a building are more than a protective mantle, or an intelligent skin regulating temperature and light, they also determine its very appearance. By unusual choices of materials and the use of complex technology, facades have become increasingly significant in recent years. External surfaces are being perceived as an integral part of the building and are therefore being designed as such. This volume focuses on the wide-ranging aspects of facade design, from the selection and use of materials to the advanced technical possibilities now open to the architect. A wide array of carefully selected international examples show the theory in the practice. All plans, details, and large scale sections of the facades have been researched with the high degree of competence typical of the editorial staff from the review Detail. Expert authors provide the essential information needed to plan and design facades and elucidate on the latest developments in technology and materials.
Hardcover / 196 pagina's / tekst in Engels / 2006
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Materials for Architectural Design
Victoria Ballard Bell, Patrick Rand
In architectural education the study of materials and the study of design are often treated as separate areas of discourse, when in reality the two are utterly intertwined. The choice of construction materials affects the look and feel of built form, while inspired design sense injects life into a buildings ingredients. This book is aimed at students of architecture and young practising architects. Through its detailed descriptions of glass, concrete, wood, metals and plastics - covering their unique properties, histories and various forms - the book lays the educational foundation for any aspiring architect. Each section features 10-12 case studies including plans, sections, elevations and details, together with colour photographs illustrating the inspired and widely varied ways in which these materials can be applied. Among the case studies are works by Steven Holl, Shigeru Ban, Rural Studio, Campo Baeza, Arets and many others.
Paperback / 288 pagina's / tekst Engels / 2006
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Green Homes: New Ideas for Sustainable Living
Sergi Costa Duran
This publication presents the latest innovations in sustainable architecture in design. After an introductory interview with an international specialist in green building, the book features 35 projects, including houses, apartments, offices, sports facilities, and factories. It explores various aspects of green design, from its ecological and economical benefits, to factors considered when choosing materials: how much energy went into manufacturing the product, whether it is long lasting, and whether it can be recycled or safely disposed of as it breaks down over time. Specific topics covered include climate regulation, drainage systems, and regional planning. Each project contains photographs, floor plans and detailed drawings that illustrate certain sustainable features, revealing reveal how much the parameters of ecological design have expanded in just a few short years.
Hardcover / 192 pagina's / tekst Engels / 2007
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Organic Architecture / The Other Modernism
Alan Hess
Surveying over 125 years, this book traces the trends of organic architecture, architecture that interprets a building's design, structure, use and life as an organic thing. Showcasing the work of architects such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Furness, Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff, as well as lesser known architects who have embraced a fresh style that used modern techniques blended with an ageless natural landscape. Unexpectedly organic design reflects an exuberant, opulent and at times extravagant complexity of line, form, texture, structure and colour. This book highlights the fact that less is not necessarily more in Organic design.
Hardcover / 275 pagina's / tekst Engels / 2006
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Transmaterial / A Catalogue of Materials that Redefine Our Physical Environment
Blaine Brownell
Another materials catalogue, this one scores points for the breadth of its range. The book is split into ten sections, some of which will be fairly familiar (concrete, metal, glass), though none the worse for that, but which also include light (such examples as an interactive textile sensor wall panel) and digital (computer-controlled surface manipulation). The 200-odd entries include photos, explanatory text, technical spec and details of where to get hold of the product or process concerned.
Paperback / 273 pagina's / tekst Engels / 2006
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Transmaterial 2 / A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment
Blaine Brownell
As the speed of technological progress continues to accelerate, innovation threatens to outpace architects' and designers' working knowledge of materials thereby limiting their applicability. In order to stay at the cutting edge of design, a knowledge of the uses, properties, and sources of new materials is essential. A sequel to the critically acclaimed and best-selling book Transmaterial, Transmaterial 2 is a clear, concise, accessible, and carefully edited resource that provides information about the latest and most intriguing materials commercially available.
Based on a compilation of Blaine Brownell's "product of the week" electronic journal, Transmaterial 2 includes more than two hundred materials and is indexed in multiple ways for maximum convenience. An excellent ideas generator Transmaterial 2 is an indispensable tool for any architect or designer looking to keep up with the current trends in the field of materials.
Paperback / 248 pagina's / tekst Engels / maart 2008
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