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Our Voices II

The DE-colonial Project

par Rebecca Kiddle, Patrick Reid Stewart, Kevin O'Brian ...

Our Voices II: the DE-colonial Project will showcase decolonizing projects which work to destable and disquiet colonial built environments. The land, towns, and cities on which we live have always been Indigenous places yet, for the most part our Indigenous value sets and identities have been disregarded or appropriated. Indigenous people continue to be gentrified out of the places to which they ... En savoir plus

$9.26 CAD

Our Voices II: the DE-colonial Project will showcase decolonizing projects which work to destable and disquiet colonial built environments. The land, towns, and cities on which we live have always been Indigenous places yet, for the most part our Indigenous value sets and identities have been disregarded or appropriated. Indigenous people continue to be gentrified out of the places to which they
... En savoir plus
The Secrets of Hawthorn Place

A heartfelt and charming dual-time story of the power of love

par Jenni Keer ...

'This is definitely up there as one of the best books that I have read. It's got a special place in my heart. Just amazing!' 5* reader review'Gorgeous! Exuberant writing, convincing, adorable characters, romance and a little whimsy' TRACY REES***Love will always find a way . . .***Discover the intriguing secrets of Hawthorn Place in this heartfelt dual-time novel, filled with warmth and charm, ... En savoir plus

$2.99 CAD

'This is definitely up there as one of the best books that I have read. It's got a special place in my heart. Just amazing!' 5* reader review'Gorgeous! Exuberant writing, convincing, adorable characters, romance and a little whimsy' TRACY REES***Love will always find a way . . .***Discover the intriguing secrets of Hawthorn Place in this heartfelt dual-time novel, filled with warmth and charm,
... En savoir plus
Structural Engineering for Architects

A Handbook

par Peter Evans, Pete Silver, Will McLean ...

This book provides an understanding of the fundamental theories and practice behind the creation of architectural structures. It aids the development of an intuitive understanding of structural engineering, bringing together technical and design issues.The book is divided into four sections: 'Structures in nature' looks at structural principles found in natural objects. 'Theory' covers general ... En savoir plus

Prix courant $7.99 CAD Maintenant $4.99 CAD

This book provides an understanding of the fundamental theories and practice behind the creation of architectural structures. It aids the development of an intuitive understanding of structural engineering, bringing together technical and design issues.The book is divided into four sections: 'Structures in nature' looks at structural principles found in natural objects. 'Theory' covers general
... En savoir plus
All the Way Home

Building a Family in a Falling-Down House

par David Giffels ...

As wry as Bill Bryson’s I’m a Stranger Here Myself, as insightful as Tracy Kidder’s House, here is smart, engaging tale of one man’s stuggle to restore his family’s new home—a decrepit old mansion—and discover himselfWith his pregnant wife and their 18-month-old son in tow, David Giffels scoured the environs of Akron, OH, in search of the perfect house. But nothing seemed right . . . until he ... En savoir plus

$13.99 CAD

As wry as Bill Bryson’s I’m a Stranger Here Myself, as insightful as Tracy Kidder’s House, here is smart, engaging tale of one man’s stuggle to restore his family’s new home—a decrepit old mansion—and discover himselfWith his pregnant wife and their 18-month-old son in tow, David Giffels scoured the environs of Akron, OH, in search of the perfect house. But nothing seemed right . . . until he
... En savoir plus
The Ethics of Architecture

par Mark Kingwell ...

A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and ... En savoir plus

$23.75 CAD

A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and
... En savoir plus
The Village Inn of Secret Dreams

The joyfully heartwarming read from Alison Sherlock

par Alison Sherlock ...

Collections Livre 3 - The Riverside Lane Series
From the bestselling author of The Village Shop For Lonely HeartsAfter escaping her parents’ unhappy marriage to sleepy Cranbridge a long time ago, Belle Clarke dreams of staying at The Black Swan Inn forever.But with the rundown Inn threatened with closure, Belle may be forced to leave, unless a buyer can be found … quickly.So, when her oldest friend Pete Kennedy returns from working abroad with ... En savoir plus

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From the bestselling author of The Village Shop For Lonely HeartsAfter escaping her parents’ unhappy marriage to sleepy Cranbridge a long time ago, Belle Clarke dreams of staying at The Black Swan Inn forever.But with the rundown Inn threatened with closure, Belle may be forced to leave, unless a buyer can be found … quickly.So, when her oldest friend Pete Kennedy returns from working abroad with
... En savoir plus
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

par Matthew Frederick ...

Get 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from drawing lines to color theory—in this classic architecture book.These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory—provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often ... En savoir plus

$18.71 CAD

Get 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from drawing lines to color theory—in this classic architecture book.These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory—provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often
... En savoir plus
Monumental

A Stonemason's Tale

par Simon Warrack ...

Discover ancient stone wonders and the secrets of architectural preservation through the eyes and hands of one of the world’s greatest stonemasons.Around the world and across time, the buildings of the gods and royalty have mostly been made of stone. For more than forty years, the eminent stonemason and conservator Simon Warrack has worked on many of the greatest of them. In Monumental, Warrack ... En savoir plus

$29.42 CAD

Discover ancient stone wonders and the secrets of architectural preservation through the eyes and hands of one of the world’s greatest stonemasons.Around the world and across time, the buildings of the gods and royalty have mostly been made of stone. For more than forty years, the eminent stonemason and conservator Simon Warrack has worked on many of the greatest of them. In Monumental, Warrack
... En savoir plus
Building a Low Impact Roundhouse

par Tony Wrench ...

Tony covers the process of visualising and designing a house through to the practical side of lifting the living roof, infilling the walls. laying out rooms and adding renewable, autonomous technology. He offers advice on roofs, floors, walls, compost toilets, wood stoves, kitchens, windows and on planning permissions. There are photographs of the dwelling and illustrations from the construction ... En savoir plus

$8.00 CAD

Tony covers the process of visualising and designing a house through to the practical side of lifting the living roof, infilling the walls. laying out rooms and adding renewable, autonomous technology. He offers advice on roofs, floors, walls, compost toilets, wood stoves, kitchens, windows and on planning permissions. There are photographs of the dwelling and illustrations from the construction
... En savoir plus
Feng shui pour l'architecture

par Simona Mainini ...

Voici un guide méthodique tout en couleur destiné à tout public, avec des exemples pour vous aider à sélectionner l’emplacement, à développer le plan et à mettre des couleurs et des matériaux qui sont compatibles avec vous ou votre client. Mme Mainini a fait un travail exemplaire pour garder ce sujet très compliqué clair et concis pour les profanes.Avec son livre, Feng Shui pour l’architecture, ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Voici un guide méthodique tout en couleur destiné à tout public, avec des exemples pour vous aider à sélectionner l’emplacement, à développer le plan et à mettre des couleurs et des matériaux qui sont compatibles avec vous ou votre client. Mme Mainini a fait un travail exemplaire pour garder ce sujet très compliqué clair et concis pour les profanes.Avec son livre, Feng Shui pour l’architecture,
... En savoir plus
Material Strategies

Innovative Applications in Architecture

par Blaine Brownell ...

Collections series Architecture Briefs
Blaine Brownell s best-selling Transmaterial series has introduced designers to hundreds of emergent materials that have the potential to transform our built environment. In our new Architecture Brief, Material Strategies, Brownell shows architects how creative applications of these materials achieve such transformations. Chapters based on fundamental material categories examine historical ... En savoir plus

$18.71 CAD

Blaine Brownell s best-selling Transmaterial series has introduced designers to hundreds of emergent materials that have the potential to transform our built environment. In our new Architecture Brief, Material Strategies, Brownell shows architects how creative applications of these materials achieve such transformations. Chapters based on fundamental material categories examine historical
... En savoir plus
Thinking the Contemporary Landscape

Modifié par Dora Imhof, Christophe Girot ...

On the heels of our groundbreaking books in landscape architecture, James Corner's Recovering Landscape and Charles Waldheim's Landscape Urbanism Reader, comes another essential reader, . Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in argue for an all-encompassing view of ... En savoir plus

$38.87 CAD

On the heels of our groundbreaking books in landscape architecture, James Corner's Recovering Landscape and Charles Waldheim's Landscape Urbanism Reader, comes another essential reader, . Examining our shifting perceptions of nature and place in the context of environmental challenges and how these affect urbanism and architecture, the seventeen essayists in argue for an all-encompassing view of
... En savoir plus
Building Failures

Diagnosis and avoidance

par W.H. Ransom ...

In recent years building failures and the resulting lawsuits and awards for damages have frequently been in the news. The biggest headlines may have been reserved for structural failures and complete collapses, but we should not forget the less newsworthy failures such as leaky roofs, damp walls, dropped foundations and rotted timber. This book gives practical guidance on the prevention of failure ... En savoir plus

$71.45 CAD

In recent years building failures and the resulting lawsuits and awards for damages have frequently been in the news. The biggest headlines may have been reserved for structural failures and complete collapses, but we should not forget the less newsworthy failures such as leaky roofs, damp walls, dropped foundations and rotted timber. This book gives practical guidance on the prevention of failure
... En savoir plus
Digital Fabrications

Architectural and Material Techniques

par Lisa Iwamoto ...

Collections series Architecture Briefs
Digital Fabrications, the second volume in our new Architecture Briefs series, celebrates the design ingenuity made possible by digital fabrication techniques. Author Lisa Iwamoto explores the methods architects use to calibrate digital designs with physical forms. The book is organized according to five types of digital fabrication techniques: tessellating, sectioning, folding, contouring, and ... En savoir plus

$18.71 CAD

Digital Fabrications, the second volume in our new Architecture Briefs series, celebrates the design ingenuity made possible by digital fabrication techniques. Author Lisa Iwamoto explores the methods architects use to calibrate digital designs with physical forms. The book is organized according to five types of digital fabrication techniques: tessellating, sectioning, folding, contouring, and
... En savoir plus
Interior Designer's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for the Design of Interiors

par John Patten (Pat) Guthrie ...

Your up-to-date, on-the-job quick referenceFully revised throughout, Interior Designer's Portable Handbook, Third Edition, helps you create workable, on-the-spot design solutions by putting the latest codes, standards, specifications, costs, and materials data at your fingertips. This convenient pocket guide now includes information on green/sustainable components and technologies. Perfect for in ... En savoir plus

$81.80 CAD

Your up-to-date, on-the-job quick referenceFully revised throughout, Interior Designer's Portable Handbook, Third Edition, helps you create workable, on-the-spot design solutions by putting the latest codes, standards, specifications, costs, and materials data at your fingertips. This convenient pocket guide now includes information on green/sustainable components and technologies. Perfect for in
... En savoir plus
Tony Hunt's Second Sketchbook

par Tony Hunt, Sir Norman Foster ...

Tony Hunt's Sketchbook illustrates the connection between brain and hand in conceiving structural concepts and details as possible solutions to structures in architecture. This new edition features 100 previously unpublished sketches.These sketches illustrate alternative structural concepts, ideas and details developed by Tony Hunt for over one hundred projects throughout his professional life. ... En savoir plus

$104.71 CAD

Tony Hunt's Sketchbook illustrates the connection between brain and hand in conceiving structural concepts and details as possible solutions to structures in architecture. This new edition features 100 previously unpublished sketches.These sketches illustrate alternative structural concepts, ideas and details developed by Tony Hunt for over one hundred projects throughout his professional life.
... En savoir plus
Structural Competency for Architects

par Hollee Hitchcock Becker ...

Structural Competency for Architects is a comprehensive volume covering topics from structural systems and typologies to statics, strength of materials, and component design. The book includes everything you need to know about structures for the design of components, as well as the logic for design of structural patterns, and selection of structural typologies.Organized into six key modules, each ... En savoir plus

$163.85 CAD

Structural Competency for Architects is a comprehensive volume covering topics from structural systems and typologies to statics, strength of materials, and component design. The book includes everything you need to know about structures for the design of components, as well as the logic for design of structural patterns, and selection of structural typologies.Organized into six key modules, each
... En savoir plus
Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference

par Ken Haggard ...

Collections series Energy Pocket Reference
Our pocket reference books provide a wealth of practical information at your fingertips, whenever you need it. Rich in background detail, at-a-glance tables and diagrams, equations, and more, the Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference is a handy resource for architects, engineers and students.Coverage includes:definitionsload determinants and Responses (including world wide biomes and ... En savoir plus

$64.05 CAD

Our pocket reference books provide a wealth of practical information at your fingertips, whenever you need it. Rich in background detail, at-a-glance tables and diagrams, equations, and more, the Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference is a handy resource for architects, engineers and students.Coverage includes:definitionsload determinants and Responses (including world wide biomes and
... En savoir plus
Experiential Landscape

An Approach to People, Place and Space

par Kevin Thwaites, Ian Simkins ...

Experiential Landscape offers new ways of looking at the relationship between people and the outdoor open spaces they use in their everyday lives. The book takes a holistic view of the relationship between humans and their environment, integrating experiential and spatial dimensions of the outdoors, and exploring the theory and application of environmental design disciplines, most notably ... En savoir plus

$163.85 CAD

Experiential Landscape offers new ways of looking at the relationship between people and the outdoor open spaces they use in their everyday lives. The book takes a holistic view of the relationship between humans and their environment, integrating experiential and spatial dimensions of the outdoors, and exploring the theory and application of environmental design disciplines, most notably
... En savoir plus
Les Hôtels historiques de Paris

Histoire, architecture

par George Bonnefons, Albert Lenoir, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "Aucun art n'éprouve plus que l'architecture l'influence des mœurs, c'est un miroir où elles se réfléchissent pour se transmettre aux générations futures. Si donc les édifices publics élevés par une nation sont appelés à faire connaître les grands traits de son histoire, sa religion et ses institutions politiques, il est un genre de monuments dans lequel on suit plus intimement les ... En savoir plus

$14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Extrait : "Aucun art n'éprouve plus que l'architecture l'influence des mœurs, c'est un miroir où elles se réfléchissent pour se transmettre aux générations futures. Si donc les édifices publics élevés par une nation sont appelés à faire connaître les grands traits de son histoire, sa religion et ses institutions politiques, il est un genre de monuments dans lequel on suit plus intimement les
... En savoir plus
Interactive Architecture

Adaptive World

Modifié par Michael Fox ...

Collections series Architecture Briefs
Recent technological developments in biology, computation, cybernetics, engineering, industrial design, materials, and robotics allow architecture to evolve beyond static functionality and become an active participant—with the capacity to perceive, react to, and connect—with humans and the natural world. The first process-based guide by Michael Fox and Miles Kemp introduced interactive ... En savoir plus

$20.87 CAD

Recent technological developments in biology, computation, cybernetics, engineering, industrial design, materials, and robotics allow architecture to evolve beyond static functionality and become an active participant—with the capacity to perceive, react to, and connect—with humans and the natural world. The first process-based guide by Michael Fox and Miles Kemp introduced interactive
... En savoir plus
Five Houses, Ten Details

par Edward R. Ford ...

Edward Ford's forty years of practicing and teaching architecture have focused on one area: the architectural detail. Yet, despite two hugely influential books (The Details of Modern Architecture, volumes 1 and 2), numerous articles, and lectures given from Vancouver to Vienna, there are two questions Ford has, remarkably, never answered: "What is a detail?" and more importantly, "What is a good ... En savoir plus

$30.23 CAD

Edward Ford's forty years of practicing and teaching architecture have focused on one area: the architectural detail. Yet, despite two hugely influential books (The Details of Modern Architecture, volumes 1 and 2), numerous articles, and lectures given from Vancouver to Vienna, there are two questions Ford has, remarkably, never answered: "What is a detail?" and more importantly, "What is a good
... En savoir plus
Engineering Surveying Technology

par T.J.M. Kennie, G. Petrie ...

This book examines the major changes in the technology now used for the measurement and processing of topographic and non-topographic spatial data, with emphasis on the new and emerging technology and its applications. Fundamental principles are introduced to explain the basic operation of different types of equipment. ... En savoir plus

$179.69 CAD

This book examines the major changes in the technology now used for the measurement and processing of topographic and non-topographic spatial data, with emphasis on the new and emerging technology and its applications. Fundamental principles are introduced to explain the basic operation of different types of equipment.
... En savoir plus
PPI ARE 5.0 Exam Review All Six Divisions, 2nd Edition eText - 3 Months, 6 Months, 1 Year

par David Kent Ballast FAIA, NCIDQ-Cert. #9425, Steven E. O'Hara PE ...

NCARB Approved for all Six DivisionsPPI's second edition of the ARE 5.0 Exam Review by David Kent Ballast offers a comprehensive review of content areas covered in all six NCARB ARE 5.0 division exams. Building on the first edition, the content has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to the ARE 5.0 exam objectives for all six divisionsKey Features:NEW! NCARB approvals on all six divisionsA ... En savoir plus

$279.99 CAD

NCARB Approved for all Six DivisionsPPI's second edition of the ARE 5.0 Exam Review by David Kent Ballast offers a comprehensive review of content areas covered in all six NCARB ARE 5.0 division exams. Building on the first edition, the content has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to the ARE 5.0 exam objectives for all six divisionsKey Features:NEW! NCARB approvals on all six divisionsA
... En savoir plus

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