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Combining environmental philosophy, information and visuals, this book presents solutions to wasteful tree-dependent construction and design. It details building methods to minimize wood waste, maximize efficiency, and emphasize the unique aesthetic properties of non-wood materials.

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This book presents the fundamentals of rapid coloured pencil sketching to 'capture the moment' for designers and for travellers who have always wanted to draw the notable places they visit.

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An almost forgotten art, the Ventilation block has a long history as a traditional building module in tropical regions. It provides climatic comfort, protection and architectonic a continuous application of modules.

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In this book, two key projects are laid bare, manifesting a shift in the work from an early preoccupation with material responsiveness, to one that additionally addresses concepts of spatiality and its relation to the proposed idea of augmented materiality.

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In the sixties, architecture fell in love with concrete. Fashion has since shifted and concrete buildings have fallen out of favor and into disrepair. But they represent an exciting era of faith in architecture and technical innovation. This work acts as a guidebook to the city's extensive concrete heritage.

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Concrete is an all-around talent, already in use in ancient Rome and since the second half of the 20th century one of the most important building materials. After a period of excess and architectural faux pas a renaissance of ex - posed concrete began in the 1990s. This volume provides an overview of contemporary real - ized projects.

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Once synonymous with eyesore highway bridges and crumbling, unloved walls, concrete has been reborn as adventurous and sexy. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition considers the elaborate feats and prodigious engineering of contemporary concrete architecture, from stars such as Tadao Ando and Herzog & de Meuron, to fresh new studios like the Russian SPEECH.

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Crown Hall Dean's Dialogues: 2012-2017 collects incisive, intimate thoughts from leading contemporary architects in dialogue with students from the Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architecture.

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This book presents a diverse array of possibilities from around the world for creating inner-city living space where there was none before, presenting convincing solutions that ensure high quality of urban life for the future.

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Artistic principles of presentation are the most influential factors in formation of the observer's interpretation of a certain object.

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Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying climate control and building functionality, of securing a managed environment within a natural setting--and combating the harsh forces of wind, water, and sun--presented a new set of obstacles to architects and engineers in the mid-

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In Designing for Empathy, architect Aybars A puts forth a new perspective on empathy in architecture, which shifts focus toward designing emphatic spaces.

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Designing-Womens Lives offers a revolutionary, psychological approach for women to use to create emotionally-satisfying places of personal liberation.

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In architecture and interior design spatial concepts are increasingly computer-generated, illustrated and presented. Computer aided design has already established in architectural offices.

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The only comprehensive, illustrated, step-by-step guide to building with earthbags.

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Despite a wealth of literature on green architecture and planning, there is no single book which draws together theory from the full range of disciplines - architecture, planning and ecology - which we must come to grips with if we are to design future cities that are genuinely sustainable. This book takes a major step along this path.