Architecture
Projektabwicklung in der Bauwirtschaft: Wege zur Win-Win-Situation für Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer
Das Buch spricht Auftraggeber und Leistungsanbieter in der Bauwirtschaft an und stellt Vor- und Nachteile verschiedener Projektabwicklungsformen aus betriebswirtschaftlicher und prozessbezogener, baubetrieblicher Sicht gegenüber. Dabei werden die Vorteile der einzelnen Projektabwicklungsformen aus Sicht des Bauherrn und der Unternehmer aufgeführt und die branchenspezifischen Auswirkungen der Kundenanforderungen auf die Leistungsangebote beschrieben. Für langfristige, lebenszyklusorientierte Betrachtungen baulicher Anlagen [...]
Designing Kinetics for Architectural Facades: State Change
Architectural facades now have the potential to be literally kinetic, through automated sunscreens and a range of animated surfaces. This book explores the aesthetic potential of these new types of moving facades. Critique of theory and practice in architecture is combined here with ideas from kinetic art of the 1960’s. From this background the basic [...]
Les secrets du dessinateur AutoCad
Vous devez dessiner et concevoir plans, cartes et schémas de construction sur ordinateur et souhaitez pour cela apprendre à maîtriser AutoCAD, le logiciel de dessin assisté par ordinateur qui compte parmi les plus employés au monde ? Quels que soient votre domaine d'activité, votre expérience d'AutoCAD ou la version dont vous disposez, cet ouvrage vous [...]
The SIM Guide to Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise architecture is leading IT’s way to the executive boardroom, as CIOs are now taking their place at the management table. Organizations investing their time, money, and talent in enterprise architecture (EA) have realized significant process improvement and competitive advantage. However, as these organizations discovered, it is one thing to acquire a game-changing technology but [...]
Architectural Engineering Design: Mechanical Systems
* Each title provides the architectural and design professional with a comprehensive reference of more than 1100 equations illustrated with both a large and small building example. * Trademarked "no math menus" and shortcut "recipes" allow any building element to be sized quickly and efficiently * Provide guidance on structural systems, materials, plumbing, electricity, illumination, [...]
Illumination and Decoration of Flat Surfaces
It must be appreciated that no building surface is perfectly flat and that the best that can be expected is the appearance of flatness. Unfortunately, this appearance can easily be destroyed by the effect of glancing light, whether natural or artificial. Illumination and Decoration of Flat Surfaces shows the effect of different light sources on [...]
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In [...]
Architecture Book : Planning and Design of Airports, Fifth Edition
Authoritative, Up-to-Date Coverage of Airport Planning and Design Fully updated to reflect the significant changes that have occurred in the aviation industry, the new edition of this classic text offers definitive guidance on every aspect of planning, design, engineering, and renovating airports and terminals. Planning and Design of Airports, Fifth Edition, includes complete coverage of [...]
Precedents in Architecture, Second Edition
Precedents in Architecture provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that will help you understand the works of others, and aid you in creating your own designs. Here, you will examine the work of internationally known architects with the help of a unique diagrammatic technique, which you can also use to analyze existing buildings. In addition [...]
Innovative Approaches to Researching Landscape and Health: Open Space: People Space 2
Our modern lifestyles often cause us to spend more time sitting behind a desk than being active outdoors. At the same time, our general health is deteriorating. The alarming rise in obesity, sedentary lifestyles and mental ill-health across the developed world has resulted in an urgent desire to understand how the environment, in particular the [...]