Architectural structure and design Books
Asunto Impreso Marcados Por El Destino Spanish Edition
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£11.97
Ediciones Granica, S.A. Remodela Tu Casa: Guía Técnico-Emocional De Obra
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£25.00
The American University in Cairo Press Living with Heritage in Cairo: Area Conservation
Book SynopsisThis book offers a new assessment of the preservation of historic areas of Middle Eastern cities, with Cairo as a case study. The Arab - Islamic city has been always a glamorous urban dream in human cultural memory. This is manifested in Cairo, the world's largest medieval urban system where traditional lifestyles are still implemented. Nevertheless, despite the extensive efforts to preserve Historic Cairo, it is sadly vulnerable. Ahmed Sedky investigates the reasons behind this condition, exploring and comparing regional and international case studies. Questions such as how and what to conserve are raised and elaborated through the perspectives of different stakeholders. A resulting evaluative framework is accumulated that underpins the criteria for assessing area conservation in the Arab - Islamic context and that can be used to delineate the causes responsible for the present condition of Historic Cairo.
£23.74
The American University in Cairo Press Cairo since 1900: An Architectural Guide
Book SynopsisThe city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the-century revivalism and romanticism, concrete expressionism, and modernist design. Yet while much has been published on Cairo’s ancient, medieval, and early-modern architectural heritage, the city’s modern architecture has to date not received the attention it deserves. Cairo since 1900: An Architectural Guide is the first comprehensive architectural guide to the constructions that have shaped and continue to shape the Egyptian capital since the early twentieth century. From the sleek apartment tower for Inji Zada in Ghamra designed by Antoine Selim Nahas in 1937, to the city’s many examples of experimental church architecture, and visible landmarks such as the Mugamma and Arab League buildings, Cairo is home to a rich store of modernist building styles. Arranged by geographical area, the guide includes entries for 150 buildings of note, each entry consisting of concise, explanatory text describing the building and its significance accompanied by photographs, drawings, and maps. This pocket-sized volume is an ideal companion for the city’s visitors and residents as well as an invaluable resource for scholars and students of Cairo’s architecture and urban history.Trade Review[A] call to arms, a rallying cry to take another look at the everyday fabric of this richly layered city. * The Guardian *Table of ContentsAcknowlegments How to Use This Guide Foreword Introduction Maps Historic Cairo Downtown Bulaq Sayyida Zaynab and Abdin Garden City Manial Giza and Haram Dokki and Aguza Mohandiseen Imbaba Zamalek Abbasiya Nasr City Heliopolis Maadi Periphery Notes Bibliography Index of Architects
£28.49
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Mechanics And Architectural Design - Proceedings
Book SynopsisThe 2016 International Conference on Mechanics and Architectural Design (MAD2016) were held in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, 14 - 15 May 2016. The main objective of this conference is to provide a platform for researchers, academics and industrial professionals to present their research findings in the fields of Architecture, Mechanical and Civil Engineering.This proceedings consists of 90 articles selected after peer-review. It consists of 6 articles in Mechanics, and 84 articles covering research and development in Civil Engineering; addressing issues in building architecture and structure. Most of these projects were funded by the Chinese research agencies.
£198.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Facilities Planning And Design - An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the ten essentials of facilities planning and design. It covers topics such as strategic planning, space standards, architectural programming, site selection, master planning, environmental planning, capital planning, workplace planning and design, and space management. Examples will be drawn from the planning and design of airports and universities which are large organisations with extensive campuses and are asset heavy in terms of buildings.By learning about the planning and design processes as it relates to facilities, students and facility professionals will be able to align facilities planning and design with the organisation's strategic priorities, manage design consultants by understanding the planning and design process, manage the planning and design of spaces at different scales, and manage the use of existing space effectively.The book is designed such that its chapters may be read either sequentially or as individual standalone references or resources for specific aspects of facility planning, management and design.
£76.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Facilities Planning And Design - An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the ten essentials of facilities planning and design. It covers topics such as strategic planning, space standards, architectural programming, site selection, master planning, environmental planning, capital planning, workplace planning and design, and space management. Examples will be drawn from the planning and design of airports and universities which are large organisations with extensive campuses and are asset heavy in terms of buildings.By learning about the planning and design processes as it relates to facilities, students and facility professionals will be able to align facilities planning and design with the organisation's strategic priorities, manage design consultants by understanding the planning and design process, manage the planning and design of spaces at different scales, and manage the use of existing space effectively.The book is designed such that its chapters may be read either sequentially or as individual standalone references or resources for specific aspects of facility planning, management and design.
£42.75
Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd Java Style
Book SynopsisThis title presents a superbly illustrated look at the architecture and interior design that gives Java its own unique style. "Java Style" is a photographic celebration of the architecture, interior design, furniture and lifestyles that make up Java's unique visual culture, and of the creative possibilities afforded by Java's rich stock of antiques and art objects. A five hundred-year-old mosque's pavilions, the linked colonnades of the palaces of Java's sultans, neo-classically styled verandas of a colonial administrator's villa, the cloistered courtyard of an 18th-century Chinese mansion, public buildings that form part of the greatest flowering of art deco outside Europe - these are these are just some of the stunning sights that have given Java such a unique and eclectic style.
£20.85
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Maintainability Of Facilities: For Building
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability, starting right from the design stage. To enable such integration, improving the knowledge of maintainability and setting maintainability benchmarks are two key issues. These objectives are fulfilled with the development of a comprehensive defect library, a material manual and a maintainability scoring system. These tools serve to define acceptable standards in design and construction practices, thus enhancing long-term maintainability of facilities.Maintainability of Facilities: For Building Professionals aims to improve the standard and quality of design, construction and maintenance practices to produce efficient facilities that require minimum maintenance. The text covers technical issues related to maintainability of major components of a facility, and discusses the implications and selection of materials for high maintainability.The target readers are practitioners and students in architecture, engineering, building, real estate, construction, project management, facilities management, quantity and building surveying.Table of ContentsWet Area; Facade; Basement; Roof; M&E; Material Selection; Non-Destructive Tests; Maintainability Grading System.
£68.40
Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd Architecture in the South Pacific
Book SynopsisThis is a superbly illustrated exploration of the unique architecture of the South Pacific. The South Pacific is more than just white beaches and warm oceans - it is also home to some of the world's most striking architecture. Expressing a harmonious blend of vernacular and imported design influences, architecture is at the very heart of the emergence of a contemporary South Pacific identity that interweaves the legacies of contrasting worlds. Be enthralled by dozens of colour photographs, most of which have never before appeared in print, and informed by the eloquent essays that offer a new and unique look at the history and culture of the Pacific Islands. Architecture in the South Pacific is not to be missed by those who are new to this secluded and often isolated region, and to those who wish to discover it afresh through the perspective of its exceptional architecture.
£45.00
Pesaro Publishing Pte Ltd Provoking Calm - The Artworks of Colin K.
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£28.80
NUS Press Southeast Asia's Modern Architecture: Questions
Book SynopsisWhat is the modern in Southeast Asia’s architecture and how do we approach its study critically? This pathbreaking multidisciplinary volume is the first critical survey of Southeast Asia’s modern architecture. It looks at the challenges of studying this complex history through the conceptual frameworks of translation, epistemology, and power. Challenging Eurocentric ideas and architectural nomenclature, the authors examine the development of modern architecture in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, with a focus on selective translation and strategic appropriation of imported ideas and practices by local architects and builders. The book transforms our understandings of the region’s modern architecture by moving beyond a consideration of architecture as an aesthetic artifact and instead examining its entanglement with different dynamics of power.Trade ReviewThis collection opens the field of architectural history of the modern and will enrich specialists’ way of seeing. It shows how modern architecture could be differently understood, challenged, transformed, and owned. It capably represents a break, but not a retreat from influential architectural history and theory."" - Abidin Kusno, Professor, York Centre for Asian Research and Director, Centre for Southeast Asia, University of British Columbia, Canada
£27.86
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Maintainability Of Facilities: Green Fm For
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and green facility management right from the design stage. The text introduces the concept of green maintainability, and discusses considerations to maximize the performance by achieving resource and energy efficiency, while minimizing the total life cycle cost in embodied energy; environmental impact and consumption of matter/energy throughout the life cycle of a facility, by 'doing it right the first time'.In this edition, existing chapters have been brought up to date, to include contemporary sustainability concerns, such as: sustainability design, construction and materials, and maintainability of green features.Maintainability of Facilities is written for practitioners and students in architecture, engineering, building, real estate, construction, project management, facilities management, quantity and building surveying.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Sustainability and Sustainable Construction; Wet Area; Facade; Basement; Roof; M & E; Material Selection; NDT; Maintainability Scoring System;
£88.20
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Maintainability Of Facilities: Green Fm For
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and green facility management right from the design stage. The text introduces the concept of green maintainability, and discusses considerations to maximize the performance by achieving resource and energy efficiency, while minimizing the total life cycle cost in embodied energy; environmental impact and consumption of matter/energy throughout the life cycle of a facility, by 'doing it right the first time'.In this edition, existing chapters have been brought up to date, to include contemporary sustainability concerns, such as: sustainability design, construction and materials, and maintainability of green features.Maintainability of Facilities is written for practitioners and students in architecture, engineering, building, real estate, construction, project management, facilities management, quantity and building surveying.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Sustainability and Sustainable Construction; Wet Area; Facade; Basement; Roof; M & E; Material Selection; NDT; Maintainability Scoring System;
£53.20
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd A Walking Tour London: Sketches of the City's
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£8.99
LA NUEVA VISION
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£30.99
Artpower International Eco-Friendly Building Facade
Book SynopsisIn architecture, a facade is the skin of a building. Eco-Friendly Building Facade demonstrates just how important this 'skin' is by illustrating its impact on energy efficiency. Sunlight, ventilation, low energy, noise minimisation, rainwater harvest, prefabricated components, flexibility, etc., all the environmental elements are taken into consideration in the design process and are illustrated here with sufficiently detailed images, drawings and articles.
£30.40
MCCM Creations Presence
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£28.49
MCCM Creations My 36 Years of Model Making in Hong Kong
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£29.44
The Chinese University Press Everyday Architecture in Context: Public Markets
Book SynopsisHow do public markets, as ordinary as they seem, carry the weight of a city's history? How do such everyday buildings reflect a city's changing political, social, and economic needs, through their yearslong transformations in forms, functions, and management? Integrating architecture and history, the book invites readers to go through the growth and governance of colonial Hong Kong by tracing the past and present of public markets as a study of extensive first-hand historical materials. As the readers witness the changes in Hong Kong markets from hawker pitches to classical market halls to clean modernist municipal complexes, the book offers a new perspective of understanding the familiar everyday markets with historical contexts possibly unfamiliar to most, studying markets as a microcosm of the city and a capsule of its history.
£39.60
Hong Kong University Press Metamorphosis or Confrontation
£25.20
MCCM Ltd Odd One In II Invisible Travel
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£19.94
Marsilio Venice Lab Reconsidering St. Marks Square
Book SynopsisA photographic and textual documentation of David Chipperfield's long-awaited restoration of St Mark's SquareThis volume follows the long-anticipated restoration work on the Procuratie Vecchie in St Mark's Square in Venice, as overseen by David Chipperfield Architects. Thousands of people walk past the landmark each year, oblivious to what resides within. In April 2022, the building opened for the first time in 500 years, housing humanitarian organizations such as the Human Safety Net foundation.St Mark's Square is often regarded as Venice's central community complex; Venice, in turn, is often regarded across the globe as an architectural mecca. Accordingly, the major restoration has drawn a number of critical reflections by both Italian and international thinkers. Venice Lab gathers these essays from scholars and artists, as well as interviews with the architects involved in the restoration, conveying the project's pluralistic vision for the lagoo
£33.75
Laurent Meri The Interior Design Book For A Happy Home
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£21.37
