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  • The Village Inn of Secret Dreams

    The joyfully heartwarming read from Alison Sherlock

    by Alison Sherlock ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    RM 15.75 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nature Inside

    A biophilic design guide

    by William D. Browning, Catherine O. Ryan ...
    Written by a leading proponent of biophilic design, this is the only practical guide to biophilic design principles for interior designers. Describing the key benefits, principles and processes of biophilic design, Nature Inside illustrates the implementation of biophilic design in interior design practice, across a range of international case studies – at different scales, and different ... Read more

    RM 265.99

  • Measure for Measure

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was originally classified as a comedy, but is now also classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. The play deals with the issues of mercy, justice, truth and their relationship to pride and humility: "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall" ... Read more

    RM 4.05 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Além da arquitetura: da paixão ao negócio

    os desafios do novo arquiteto empreendedor

    by Renata Pena ...
    Profissionais incrivelmente talentosos estão tão imersos na arte e técnica daquilo que fazem que esquecem da essência de um negócio bem-sucedido. Mas a técnica não reside apenas na qualidade dos traços ou na habilidade de moldar espaços com beleza. Reside também no entendimento do mercado e, acima de tudo, na compreensão profunda das emoções e expectativas de seus clientes. Se falhamos em alinhar ... Read more

    RM 35.08 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Construction Superintendent Operations Manual

    by Sidney M. Levy ...
    Complete Any Construction Job On Time, within Budget, and According to SpecificationsTurn to the updated Second Edition of Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual for step-by-step guidance on managing every aspect of complex construction jobs. From handling construction contracts to managing construction components and technology, this hands-on resource will help you ensure that projects ... Read more

    Was RM 372.99 Now RM 325.59

  • Centro Studi FLA

    by Giuseppe Marinoni ...
    Series Book 5 - EUROPEAN PRACTICE
    Realizzato nel 2012 in seguito alla vincita da parte di Giuseppe Marinoni di un concorso internazionale, il Centro studi FLA (Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente) a Seveso appare all’esterno come un volume primario, articolato da fenditure verticali e sezionato dalla facciata vetrata: quinta della piazza e boccascena sulla città. La rigorosa figura ellittica dell’impianto planimetrico si rivela ... Read more

    RM 27.28 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 圖解貨櫃商業空間設計：全台第一本貨櫃屋全解析，從法規、價格、施工到設計，四大關鍵、一次解決！

    by 漂亮家居編輯部 ...
    貨櫃屋正夯，教您打造又便宜、又好用的繽紛貨櫃屋！小鳥雖小五臟俱全，帶您觀看美麗又實用的精彩案例。只要跟著書中學，就能擁有屬於自己的創意貨櫃屋。◆北部：林淵源建築師◆中部：陳旻宏中一電工副總◆南部：王啟圳建築師——共同撰文推薦【本書特色】★ 華文圈第一本，貨櫃屋設計全解★ 專業建築師現身說法，提供法規、結構等建議★ 精選國內精美貨櫃屋成功案例★ 室內設計師現身說法，提供專業見解★ 激發創意、介紹貨櫃屋的不同種風貌貨櫃屋的特色工時短、低成本、CP值高，在國內外掀起一股貨櫃城市浪潮。而台灣當然不落人後，除了每年在高雄舉辦貨櫃藝術節，讓民眾知道貨櫃可以怎麼玩之外，全台各地的貨櫃屋市集，也如雨後春筍般越來越多元。貨櫃屋在台灣，較常被拿來當作商業空間使用，但已有一般民眾將貨櫃申請為住家，讓貨櫃屋的使用方向越來越廣。到底打造一個貨櫃屋，有多少眉眉角角？怎麼做才能擁有一個屬於自己的貨櫃屋... ... Read more

    Was RM 48.15 Now RM 43.17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Profitable and Sustainable Real Estate Investing

    An Investor's Guide

    by Suhail Y Tayeb ...
    Sustainability is no longer a niche strategy in real estate investing. It has become a set of constraints that shape risk, valuation, financing, operating costs, and long-term returns.Ignoring those constraints does not make them go away. It simply pushes risk downstream.This book was written to help investors understand that shift and respond to it intelligently.Profitable and Sustainable Real ... Read more

    RM 42.21

  • Materials and Meaning in Architecture

    Essays on the Bodily Experience of Buildings

    by Nathaniel Coleman ...
    Interweaving architecture, philosophy and cultural history, Materials and Meaning in Architecture develops a rich and multi-dimensional exploration of materials and materiality, in an age when architectural practice seems otherwise preoccupied with image and visual representation.Arguing that architecture is primarily experiencedby the whole body, rather than chiefly with the eyes, this broad ... Read more

    RM 146.99

  • InnovatiON-Architecture

    Design, Laboratory, Technology, and Emotion

    by Eduardo Gutiérrez, Jordi Fernández ...
    Compiles ON-A work philosophy: a constant search for innovative ad hoc solutions for each project, using the most updated technologies and design research.This book exposes and collects the innovations developed through 15 years of work at ON-A, through lengthy conversations between its founders and directors (Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández) and the editor. This is not a usual monograph, ... Read more

    RM 91.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Systems Upgrade

    (Re)Fabricating Tectonic Prototypes

    by Leire Asensio Villoria, David Mah ...
    The book submits that a deep study of legacy material artifacts, through the lens of contemporary digital design can constitute a valuable bridge between design history and contemporary creative practice.Systems Upgrade focuses on an investigation into the ways that we may re-describe and upgrade these design legacies for extension in future practice. The book explicates this through a deep dive ... Read more

    RM 91.19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Residential Retrofit

    24 Case Studies

    by Marion Baeli ...
    The essence of sustainability in buildings is their capability to adapt to change over time. The UK has a large housing stock that has been developed and evolved over generations, and become the fabric and character of our cities, towns and neighbourhoods. The capability of buildings to adapt to changing lifestyles is the root of their sustainability. When buildings do not adapt they are disposed ... Read more

    RM 191.19

  • Future Healthcare Design

    by Sumita Singha ...
    This book describes how architects can design better healthcare buildings for a rapidly changing context and climate. Innovation in the design of healthcare estates is essential to the sustainability of our health services. Design thinking in this field is being influenced by a range of factors, such as economic constraints, an ageing demographic, complex health conditions (co-morbidities), and ... Read more

    RM 245.66

  • Retrofit for Purpose

    Low Energy Renewal of Non-Domestic Buildings

    by Greg Penoyre, Sunand Prasad ...
    Retrofit for Purpose examines a range of state-of-the-art non-domestic retrofit projects. Its chapters explore common challenges, offer practical solutions and provide a clarion-call to architects and clients for better, smarter retrofit.Twelve case studies focus as much on the transformation of usability and image as on the improvements in the energy and resource use of non-domestic buildings. ... Read more

    RM 253.47

  • Brickmaking

    History and Heritage

    by Dr David Johnson ...
    Across much of the country buildings have been made of brick, rather than stone, from the Roman period onwards. High-status buildings of the Tudor and Stuart eras were often built of clay brick, but it was only in the nineteenth century that the use of brick in rapid industrial and urban development saw a massive increase in brick production. Mechanisation of the various processes, along with the ... Read more

    RM 47.09

  • Textiles, Polymers and Composites for Buildings

    Edited by G Pohl ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Textiles, polymers and composites are increasingly being utilised within the building industry. This pioneering text provides a concise and representative overview of the opportunities available for textile, polymer and composite fibres to be used in construction and architecture.The first set of chapters examine the main types and properties of textiles, polymers and composites used in buildings. ... Read more

    RM 1,000.99

  • Sustainable Construction Materials

    Glass Cullet

    by Jorge de Brito, Gurmel S. Ghataora, Chao Qun Lye, Ravindra K. Dhir OBE ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    This book is the fourth, in the series of five, on sustainable construction materials and like the previous three, it is also different to the norm. Its uniqueness lies in using the newly developed, Analytical Systemisation Method, in building the data-matrix sourced from 751 publications, contributed by 1402 authors from 513 institutions in 51 countries, from 1970 to 2017, on the subject of ... Read more

    RM 878.09

  • Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture

    by Robert Cody, Angela Amoia ...
    In the contemporary practice of architecture, digital design and fabrication are emergent technologies in transforming how architects present a design and form a material strategy that is responsible, equitable, sustainable, resilient, and forward-looking. This book exposes dialogue between history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations ... Read more

    RM 226.31

  • Robotics for Architectural Restoration

    by Sara Codarin ...
    In the current age of automation, there is a growing opportunity to connect design and manufacturing into a single workflow that harnesses industrial tools such as robots and brings their efficiencies to vulnerable building sites within the conservation of cultural heritage.Robot-heritage integration is key to accomplishing high-profile conservation efforts that can combine technology with site ... Read more

    RM 214.60

  • Guide to Successful Brickwork

    by Brick Development Association ...
    The BDA Guide to Successful Brickwork is the definitive practical guide to obtaining successful results in brickwork construction. Written by a team of experts from the Brick Development Association, the representative group in industry for brickwork construction, this best-selling text has now been brought fully in line with the latest site practice, innovations, British and European Standards, ... Read more

    RM 226.31

  • Design Technology and Digital Production

    An Architecture Anthology

    Edited by Gabriel Esquivel ...
    This book is a rigorous account of architecture’s theoretical and technological concerns over the last decade. The anthology presents projects and essays produced at the end of the first digital turn and the start of the second digital turn. This anthology engages and deploys a variety of discourses, topics, criteria, pedagogies, and technologies, including some of today’s most influential ... Read more

    RM 171.67

  • Digital Analysis of Vaults in English Medieval Architecture

    by Alexandrina Buchanan, James Hillson, Nicholas Webb ...
    Medieval churches are one of the most remarkable creative and technical achievements in architectural history. The complex vaults spanning their vast interiors have fascinated both visitors and worshippers alike for over 900 years, prompting many to ask: ‘How did they do that?’ Yet very few original texts or drawings survive to explain the processes behind their design or construction.This book ... Read more

    RM 226.31

  • The Ecology of Building Materials

    by Bjorn Berge ...
    The Ecology of Building Materials explores key questions surrounding sustainability of building materials. It provides technical data to enable design and building professionals to choose the most appropriate materials for a project: those that are least polluting, most energy efficient, and from sustainable sources. The book also gives information and guidance on a wide range of issues such as ... Read more

    RM 433.14

  • Building with Reclaimed Components and Materials

    A Design Handbook for Reuse and Recycling

    by Bill Addis ...
    Interest in green and sustainable design is growing throughout the world. Both national and local governments are active in promoting reuse and recycling in order to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. This guide identifies how building designers and constructors can minimize the generation of waste at the design stage of a building project by using reclaimed components and materials ... Read more

    RM 277.04