Publisher: RIBA Enterprises | ISBN: 1859461603 | edition 2004 | PDF | 170 pages | 44,4 mb Cities can be transformed by better quality public space and Revival in the Square explains how to do it. In a clear and accessible way, it provides an insight into how design strategies for public spaces can revive our cities. The book is based on real experience and provides an effective bridge between strategy and action on the ground. Endorsed by Richard Rogers, international architect and chief... 

Publisher: Architectural Press | ISBN: 0750648902 | edition 2002 | PDF | 160 pages | 5,5 mb Presents an organised, comprehensive and easy to understand overview of the lighting design process. It covers every topic from the nature of light itself, through selecting the correct equipment, to preparing project plans and the finished design documents.  Read More →

Ross W. Jamieson, "Domestic Architecture and Power - The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Ecuador"Spri..ger | 1999 | ISBN: 0306461765 | 246 Pages | PDF | 10,8 MB This volume is a study of the power relationships inherent in domestic architecture and household material culture that were essential to the maintenance of the Spanish colonial empire. Using the household spatial patterning, furnishings, and personal belongings of residents of the highland city of Cuenca, Ecuador, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the book examines gender, ethnic, and... 

This volume is a study of the power relationships inherent in domestic architecture and household material culture that were essential to the maintenance of the Spanish colonial empire. Using the household spatial patterning, furnishings, and personal belongings of residents of the highland city of Cuenca, Ecuador, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the book examines gender, ethnic,... 

A great way to get up and running fast with AutoCAD “X”!If you’re just learning AutoCAD, this friendly, For Dummies guide is perfect for you. You’ll get up to speed on all the basics and start creating 2D and 3D technical drawings sooner than you might imagine. Learn how to create a basic drawing, use AutoCAD Design Center, edit your drawings, work with dimensions, add text,... 

Publisher: McGraw-Hill | ISBN: 0071441425 | edition 2005 | PDF | 479 pages | 14,2 mb In an industry that involves the skills, expertise, and labor of a wide-range of professionals and workers, good communications become crucial, and a common vocabulary is key to successful projects. Many of the terms used in landscape architecture, land planning, environmental planning, and landscape construction are unavailable, or so new, or industry-specific that they can’t be found in conventional... 

Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture | ISBN: 3764376902 | edition 2002 | PDF | 93 pages | 2,8 mb How do buildings store information and experience in their shape and form? Michael Leyton has attracted considerable attention with his interpretation of geometrical form as a medium for the storage of information and memory. In Shape as Memory he draws specific conclusions for the field of architecture and construction, attaching fundamental importance to the complex relationship between symmetry... 

Pages: 240 | PDF | Butterworth-Heinemann (January 13, 2005) | ISBN: 0750658320 | 6 MB Lesley Durbin’s book is broad and far reaching, beyond what the title implies. She is thorough in her approach beginning with the introduction that covers tiles from medieval pavements to early 20th century interiors. The book is a reference resource for the conservation and restoration of tiles, an important tool for anyone engaged in the care and keeping of historic tiles in situ or for someone... 

Publisher: Solar Survival Architecture 1993 | 258 Pages | ISBN: 0962676721 | PDF | 187 MB This guy is awesome. I love his ideas and energy. All his books are good. One complaint about his buidling methods is that he uses too much material. His houses cost about the same as a convenional house. So, if money and buidling materials must be wasted to buy or build one of these houses, the ecological element is subtracted from. But, over all, if these homes funtion the way he claims they do,... 

Publisher: So lar Surv ival Architecture 1990 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0962676705 | PDF | 142 MB I went to Taos and toured some of the “Earth Ship” houses, and they were wonderful. I bought the books there and read them cover to cover (on the way home). These books are full of good, practical, information. If you have access to old tires, empty cans, clay mud, you could build your own house. I haven’t done a house yet, but I’ve done some other interesting projects using...