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Building Big
by David Macaulay  
Publisher Comments Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here and not over there? These are the kinds of questions that David Macaulay asks himself when he observes an architectural wonder. These questions take him back to the...
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Building the Future: Building Technology and Cultural History from the Industrali Revolution Until Today
by Ulrich Pfammatter Publisher Comments Spanning the last two centuries??????and offering cogent analyses of how we will build in the future??????this volume presents over one hundred case studies of built structures that illustrate the marriage of building technology and culture. Including...
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Contemporary Staircases
by Catherine Slessor Synopsis Provides an insight into staircases found in homes, galleries, shops, hotels and offices across the world. Construction techniques, design features and impact of the project within its setting are explored with an overview of the evolution of the...
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The Magic of Tents: Transforming Space
by Alejandro Bahamon Publisher Comments For years, architects have enjoyed the challenge of incorporating lightweight structures -- fabrics, tents, canopies, membranes, and so on -- into their designs.Such materials are a welcome boon to architectural creativity, allowing designers to envision...
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The Concrete House: Building Solid, Safe & Efficient with Insulating Concrete Forms
by Pieter A. Vanderwerf Publisher Comments Prospective homeowners will welcome this introduction to a durable, energy-efficient new building technology: insulating concrete forms (ICFs). Written by a top expert in the field, and organized in an accessible question-and-answer form, it will help...
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Iron: Erecting the Walt Disney Concert Hall
by Gil Garcetti Publisher Comments The first book on the new Disney Concert Hall, the newest Gehry to be completed....
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Unbuilding
by David Macaulay Publisher Comments This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished....
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Stone Sampler 2ND Edition With CD
by Studio Marmo Publisher Comments A portable swatchbook of stone samples for architects, interior designers, and builders. This full-color compendium, now with even more samples, is a handy directory to 752 varieties of marble, onyx, travertine, granite, quartzite, and limestone, plus...
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski
Review "[A] gem of a book....[I]n marvelously clear prose, he gives valuable insight into the limits of engineering and its practitioners." Library...
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Building Details [With CD-ROM]
by Frank M. Snyder Publisher Comments The fine points of early twentieth-century masterpieces redrawn from the original architects' working drawings. Building Details, reproduced from a rare and beautiful portfolio, clarifies details that continue to confront architects today and explains...
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Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori Publisher Comments The authors examine buildings of all kinds, from ancient domes like Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to the state-of-the-art Hartford Civic Arena. Their subjects range from the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon to the earthquake damage of 1989 in Armenia...
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Concrete Architecture
by Catherine Croft Publisher Comments Concrete is now chic, becoming ubiquitous in shops, restaurants, and even homes. The reasons are many, as concrete is a remarkable material that can be used in a huge range of techniques and situations. Its color and texture vary, it can be very...
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Facades: Principles of Construction
by Ulrich Knaack Synopsis Facades determine the appearance of a building. Thus they have a very important role to play in architecture. At the same time, the building envelope has important functions to fulfill, including lighting, weatherproofing, thermal isolation, load...
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Engineering Statistics
by Douglas Montgomery Book News Annotation A textbook for a one-term undergraduate statistics course for students in all engineering fields, as required by the Accreditation Board on Engineering and Technology. Pared down from Montgomery and Runger's more comprehensive Applied Statistics and...
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Lighthouses
by F Ross Holland Publisher Comments Lighthouses not only guide ships to safety, they conjure up romantic images of solitude and solace. Through breathtaking color photographs of the lighthouses and their surroundings, explore the history and development of these captivating structures...
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New Glass Architecture
by Brent Richards Publisher Comments For centuries, glass has provoked fascination with its properties as a versatile material that permits light to enter buildings in spectacular ways. Much of modern architecture has been conceived by using glass to create increasingly minimal structures...
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Building with Large Clay Blocks and Panels: Details, Products, Built Examples
by Theodor Hugues Publisher Comments In modern masonry work it is customary to use large size blocks in building. They fulfil all the construction requirements even in singlelayer outside walls. Using two houses as examples all details are presented clearly and comprehensively in a scale of...
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Building Ventilation: The State of the Art
by Mat Santamouris Publisher Comments * Prepared in association with the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre, whose US affiliate is the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA* Written by recognized experts from Europe and the US. Covers key topics in building ventilation...
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Exploring Concrete Architecture
by David Bennett Publisher Comments In the last ten years, concrete has reemerged as a prime building material and is highly rated amongst architects - in particular the younger generation - because of its sculptural qualities and interesting textures. There have been great advances in the...
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Invention By Design (96 Edition)
by Henry Petroski Publisher Comments thoughts into the many things that define our made world....
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