Architecture Now Vol.3

Architecture Now by Philip Jodidio. For the third volume of our Architecture Now! series, we ve included many new and exciting names as well as recent projects by perennial favorites.These books aren't technical in nature, but are a great collection of interesting projects from around the world. Each book comes in 3 languages, so for those of you that only speak one of them, you'll only enjoy 1/3 of the text, but the graphics are fantastic. Illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.

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Publisher: Taschen,ISBN: 3822829358, ISBN13: 978382282935, Page: 576. filesize: 149MB

Architectural Lighting Design Book

Architectural Design Book. Light is the element that reveals architecture. It renders texture and materials, illuminates surfaces and spaces, it creates atmospheres. The Architecture of Light concentrates on visual data to provide a deeper understanding of the lighting decision-making process. Color diagrams, photographs, and renderings are used to educate readers about the controllable aspects of light. Light in Architecture is a suggestive and useful guide for those who are conscious of the main role natural light and artificial lighting play in architecture, landscape and interior design. Text, pictures, figures and drawings will guide

them through this essential aspect of contemporary design and architecture.

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Public Spaces: Convivial Urban Spaces

The result is a practical and clearly presented guide to urban public space for planners, architects and students of the urban environment. Convivial Urban Spaces argues that successful urban public spaces are an essential part of a sustainable built environment. Without them we are likely to drift into an increasingly private and polarized society, with all the problems that ensue. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on new primary research, and the literature and theory of environmental psychology and urban design, to advance our understanding of what makes effective public spaces.

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Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd | pages: 154 | 2008 | ISBN: 1844073882 | PDF | 13,3 mb

Urban Design: Urban Forms

Ivor Samuels, Phillippe Panerai, Jean Castex, Jean Charles Depaule "Urban Forms". This book discusses how to analyze a space to live and dead space. describe the shape of space and the search for the missing space in a city. this book presents the view that the urban tissue, the intermediate scale between the architecture of buildings and the diagrammatic layouts of town planning, is the essential framework for everyday life. Only by investigating the urban tissue will it be possible to understand the complex relationships between plot and built form, between streets and buildings and between these forms and design practices

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Architectural Press | 2004-06-15 | ISBN: 0750656077 | 240 pages | PDF | 7,3 MB

Concept design: Ultimate Restaurant Design

Ultimate Restaurant Design. more than sixty restaurants and bars featured in this summary carefully selected for outstanding interior design, innovative work of the world's most famous architects and designers - a combination of startling new use of color and texture to create unique, often the environment. includes exceptional interior design more than sixty restaurants and bars around the world. Features hundreds of color photographs by distinguished designers' ranges over three continents.

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Streets For Life: Inclusive Urban Design

Elizabeth Burton, Lynne Mitchell, "Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life". Part one examines the changing experiences of people in the outdoor environment as they age and discusses existing outdoor environments and the aspects and features that help or hinder older people from using and enjoying them. Part two presents the six design principles for streets for life and their many individual components.

Using photographs and line drawings, a range of design features are presented at all scales of the outdoor environment from street layouts and building form to signs and detail. Part three expands on the concept of streets for life as the ultimate goal of inclusive urban design. These are outdoor environments that people are able to confidently understand, navigate and use, regardless of age or circumstance, and represent truly sustainable inclusive communities.

This is the first book to address the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. It provides information on design principles essential to built environment professionals who want to provide for all users of urban space and who wish to achieve sustainability in their designs.

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Architectural Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0750664584 | 336 pages | PDF | 7,9 MB

Residential Layout: Introduction

Mike Biddulph, "Introduction to Residential Layout". Mike Biddulph provides a clear and coherent framework from which he offers comprehensive practical advice for designers of housing developments. Referring to a wealth of international examples, this is a richly illustrated, accessible resource covering the whole range of issues that should be considered by anyone engaging in the planning and design of a new residential scheme.

Introduction to Residential Layout is ideal for students and practitioners of urban design, planning, engineering, architecture and landscape seeking a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of designing and laying out residential areas.

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Architectural Press | ISBN: 0750662050 | January 3, 2007 | PDF | 224 pages | 37,3 mb

Detail Annual vol.1: Culture, business, residence, public facilities

J.Kwang, " Detail Annual (vol. 1) Culture, business, residence, public facilities"

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ARCHIWORLD | 2005 | English, Korean | ISBN: 895700862 | 265 pages | PDF | 105,5 MB

Architecture Monograph: Renzo Piano

book of Renzo Piano: Architecture Monograph / Monografico Arquitectura (Section). His knowledge of the structural strengths of various natural fibres and thermal insulation goes hand in hand with his scheme of avoiding non-renewable energy sources.The Italian master explains why he always insists on exhaustive research and discusses ecological issues such as roof energy accumulation capacity. Intelligent buildings, methods of recycling, understanding of topography all fit into the overall architectural design. The most advanced building systems are also inexpensive in forming ecological spaces.

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Gingko Press | English, Spanish | March 1999 | ISBN: 3927258814 | 64 pages | PDF | 27,1 Mb

Concept of Identity Book

Georgia Butina-Watson and Ian Bentley "Identity by Design". Identity by Design addresses the idea of place-making and the concept of identity, looking at how these things can be considered as an integral part of the design process. Structured around a series of case studies including Prague, Mexico, Malaysia and Boston, the authors discuss an array of design approaches to explain and define the complex interrelated concepts. The concluding sections of the book suggest ideas for practical application in future design processes.

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Architectural Press | April 2007 | ISBN: 0750647671 | File type: PDF | 298 pages | 27,4 mb

The Guide to Green Engineering and Design

Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design . Sustainable Infrastructure explores this trend with in-depth look at sustainable engineeringpractices in an urban design as it involves watershed master-planning, green building, optimizing water reuse, reclaiming urban spaces, green streets initiatives, and sustainable master-planning. This complete guide provides guidance on the role creative thinking and collaborative team-building play in meeting solutions needed to affect a sustainable transformation of the built environment

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Bry Sarte Wiley | English | 2010-09-07 | ISBN: 0470453613 | 384 pages | File type: PDF | 15 mb

A typology of Procedures and Products in Urban Design

Urban Design: A typology of Procedures and Products. architecture book. Explains what is meant by Urban Design and explores the variety of types of urban design that has taken place during the last 50 years.

*Enables students and professionals to understand the meaning of urban design by presenting an analysis of case studies from the past 5 decades.
* Illustrates how urban design guidelines and processes have been used in a broad range of projects around the world.
* Helps architects and planners to define their goals and to confidently predict design outcomes.

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Publisher: Architectural Press (November 1, 2005) | ISBN: 0750666285 | Pages: 400 | PDF | 17,32 MB

Guide Book to Lighting Design

Lighting by Design, Second Edition, book architecture. Lighting by Design provides guidance on where to find inspiration for lighting ideas, how to plan the technical detail and how to execute the plan to create safe, effective and beautiful schemes. his new edition is fully updated and produced in full colour with many new diagrams and photographs. It will be immensely useful to professional and student architects, interior designers and specialist lighting designers.

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Publisher: Architectural Press; 2 edition (November 20, 2008) | ISBN: 0750687681 | Pages: 264 | PDF | 16,19 MB