Product Description: Shed fresh light on the many issues involved in the operation of an architectural practice -- from how a firm is structured to how it manages projects and secures new business -- with the latest edition of Professional Practice 101...read more

Product Description: In her novel The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand powerfully depicted the clashes that can arise between a single-minded architect and his client. Don't let this happen to you! Through case studies, interviews, photographs, rough sketches, detailed plans, and even cartoons, award-winning architect Andy Pressman instructs both architect and client on how to work together in the most mutually supportive way...read more

Product Description: Integrate key information to facilitate optimal design solutions Essential for any working architect, Architectural Design Portable Handbook guides you through projects every step of the way, summarizing, synthesizing, and systematizing the core tasks of design...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Andy Pressman has effectively bridged the artificial gap that has developed between art, science, and professional practice in architecture. . . . This book is a crucial beginning in your search for excellence in professional practice...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "I don't intend to build in order to have clients. I intend to have clients in order to build."—Howard Roark, hero of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead Howard Roark's attitude toward clients was guaranteed to cause him endless headaches...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Working from real-world situations, students get first-hand guidance in solving design studio problems. The design process is discussed from programming to presentation of finished projects. Included are numerous sidebars with specific approaches to the design process, high quality line drawings and photographs...read more

Describes and demonstrates the application of ISS, or integrated space systems, in home renovation in order to most efficiently and creatively utilize space