Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction

# Hardcover: 736 pages
# Publisher: Architectural Press (July 23, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0750685026
# ISBN-13: 978-0750685023

Product Description
With more than 20,000 words and terms individually defined, the Dictionary offers huge coverage for anyone studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields.

The innovative and detailed cross-referencing system allows readers to track down elusive definitions from general subject headings. Starting from only the vaguest idea of the word required, a reader can quickly track down precisely the term they are looking for.

The book is illustrated with stunning drawings that provide a visual as well as a textual definition of both key concepts and subtle differences in meaning.

Davies and Jokiniemi's work sets a new standard for reference books for all those interested in the buildings that surround us.

* Comprehensive coverage of architecture and building terms
* Detailed and innovative cross-referencing system
* Beautifully illustrated with detailed technical drawings

Buildings for the Performing Arts, Second Edition: A Design and Development Guide

# Paperback: 296 pages
# Publisher: Architectural Press; 2 edition (March 7, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0750668350
# ISBN-13: 978-0750668354


* Comprehensive view of design and development including assessment of demand, site requirement, initial brief, building design and financial viability
* Coverage includes all categories including classical music, pop/ rock, jazz, musicals, dance and drama
* Links information to the design process and sequence of decision-making


Transport Terminals and Modal Interchanges

# Paperback: 192 pages
# Publisher: Architectural Press; 1 edition (March 23, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 075065693X
# ISBN-13: 978-0750656931

New Health Facilities

# Hardcover: 240 pages
# Publisher: Links (August 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 8489861668
# ISBN-13: 978-8489861664

Density: New Collective Housing

# Hardcover: 320 pages
# Publisher: A+T Editores (October 2004)
# ISBN-10: 846092159X
# ISBN-13: 978-8460921592



Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools

# Hardcover: 368 pages
# Publisher: Wiley (December 12, 2000)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 047132700X
# ISBN-13: 978-0471327004

Product Description
The fastest way to straighten out the learning curve on specialized design projects
Building Type Basics books provide architects with the essentials they need to jump-start the design of a variety of specialized facilities. In each volume, leading national figures in the field address the key questions that shape the early phases of a project commission. The answers to these questions provide instant information in a convenient, easy-to-use format. The result is an excellent, hands-on reference that puts critical information at your fingertips.
Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools provides the essential information needed to initiate designs for preschools and kindergartens as well as elementary, middle, and high schools. Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details, it combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, acoustic, traffic, and safety issues that are unique to school buildings with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion.

Itsuko Hasegawa: Selected and Current Works, the Master Architect Series II

# Hardcover
# Publisher: Images Publishing Group, Mulgrave (January 1, 1997)
# ASIN: B001T6B9EA

Ecopolis: Architecture and Cities for a Changing Climate (Future City)

# Hardcover: 608 pages
# Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 18, 2008)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1402084951
# ISBN-13: 978-1402084959

Product Description

From 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world’s population now live in cities. Yet despite a wealth of literature on green architecture and planning, there is to date no single book which draws together theory from the full range of disciplines - from architecture, planning and ecology - which we must come to grips with if we are to design future cities which are genuinely sustainable.


Design and Layout of Foodservice Facilities

# Hardcover: 368 pages
# Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (December 4, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0471699632
# ISBN-13: 978-0471699637

Product Description
A complete guide for the entire facility design process?--revised and updated


This Third Edition features:

* Expanded focus on the front of the house/dining room area
* Updated and revised equipment chapter with new images of the latest equipment
* New pedagogical features incorporated throughout the text, including key terms, review questions, and questions for discussion
* Additional blueprints highlighting design trends
* Revised appendices that include Web references for additional information
* Expanded and updated glossary

Design and Layout of Foodservice Facilities, Third Edition is an invaluable resource for students of foodservice management as well as professionals involved in foodservice design projects.

Architectural Design in Steel

# Paperback: 192 pages
# Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (December 29, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0419244905
# ISBN-13: 978-0419244905

Product Description
A design guide to the detailing of exposed steelwork in buildings. Written specifically for architects, this guide offers technical guidance, general principles as well as examples of best practice.
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