Product Description: The idea that buildings could be used to reform human behaviour and improve society was fundamental to the 'modernist' architecture and planning of people like Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and José Luis Sert in the first half of the 20th century...read more

Product Description: Book by Girard, Rene, Krier, Leon, Younes, Samir, Bloomer, Kent

This work should be a useful aid in the initial design and planning of a building project. Organized largely by building type (from airports to zoos), it covers user requirements, planning criteria, basic dimensions and considerations of function and siting. There are additional sections on building components, services and building physics, fire protection, and designing for the disabled. Most illustrations are dimensioned, and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. There is a detailed set of metric/imperial conversion units and an extensive bibliography.

Product Description: In today’s increasingly competitive marketplace, the creation of a successful resume is a vital skill needed by architectural students and professionals alike. This book demystifies the architecture resume, its working strategy and its purposes...read more

Product Description: An architect’s head is filled with thousands of details: weights and resistances, sizes and specifications, acoustic protection, properties, and so on.How can a busy professional keep all this information in mind?The Architect’s Handbook is an easy-to-use, exhaustive reference book packed with facts: conversion tables, legal standards, technical specs, material properties, rules of thumb and much more; putting all the information at the architect’s fingertips, anytime, anyplace...read more

Product Description: A little book that's big on information, the Architect's Legal Pocket Book is the definitive reference on legal issues for architects and architectural students. This handy pocket guide covers key legal principles which will help you to quickly understand the law and where to go for further information...read more

Product Description: This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis – on site or in the studio. It provides guidance on a range of tasks, from complying with the Building Regulations, including the recent revisions to Part L, to helping with planning, use of materials and detailing...read more

Product Description: Bringing together leading writers and practicing architects including Jean Dethier, David Mayernik, Massimo Scolari, Robert Adam, David Watkin and Leon Krier, this volume provides a kaleidoscopic, multilayered exploration of the Architectural Capriccio...read more

Product Description: Due to the complexity of building projects and the high cost of any errors, there is a real need for coordination between field and office. This work fulfills that need by anticipating problems and deficiencies in all phases of construction before they arise...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Steelwork offers the opportunity for architectural expression, as well as being structurally versatile and adaptable material. Good detailing is vital because it affects structural performance, costs, buildability and, perhaps most importantly, appearance...read more

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Product Description: Numerous distinguished professionals in the field have contributed a wide range of expertise in order to provide the latest and most important innovations and information in an accessible format regarding building practices and standards, materials assemblies, details and specifications...read more

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Product Description: 010 Publishers has been producing the Guide to Modern Architecture in the Netherlands since 1987. After six printings and more than 30,000 copies sold, the guide is being presented in a new format, with a new layout, a new title and up-to-date photography, in a full-color edition...read more