Shelters, kiosks, snack bars, market stalls, bus stops, telephone booths, toilets, advertising columns, ticket booths, mobile tents or housing units, emergency shelters, tourist information booths'this list of small, autonomously functioning ...

Introduction On the idea of the interior 10 Wolfgang Brune Part A Space and form Gerhard Hausladen 1 Comfort 32 Elisabeth Endres, Ulla Feinweber, Bernhard Friedsam 2 Light 46 Philipp ...

El libro que se pone en sus manos relata una historia que transcurre paralela a las aguas del río Sil: la construcción de los saltos hidráulicos en la cuenca del ...

La subcontratación en el ámbito de la ejecución de obras es un fenómeno de organización empresarial de gran desarrollo práctico por los buenos resultados que propicia en términos de eficiencia ...

The building shell: is the interface with the outside world: it offers protection and at the same time represents its owners or occupants. But what are the criteria for choosing ...

This book offers an overview of signage and wayfinding systems in an international context. Over 40 Europewide examples document the successful collaboration of architecture and communication design in public areas. ...

I sistemi di partizione interna (unitamente a quelli di involucro) sono, tra i componenti del sistema edilizio, quelli in cui più forte è stata, nellultimo periodo, la spinta allinnovazione (soprattutto ...

Este libro es un innovador tratado de construcción que, partiendo de la premisa de que proyectar y construir forman una unidad inseparable, aborda las diferentes ramas del conocimiento constructivo tanto ...

The residential construction market may have its ups and downs, but the need to keep your construction knowledge current never lets up. Now, with the latest edition of Architectural Graphic ...

Ornament is currently acquiring a new status in architecture. Parametric design and digital production of building components are radically altering its role. The free forms of ornament are no longer ...

Advances in computer aided design have proven to be an invaluable tool for the architect and designer, yet Frank Gehry still begins his creative process by making "simple" models out ...

Green Construction is a specialized and skilled profession, and the author has extensive experience in this field. With this in mind, the reference is designed to provide practical guidelines and ...

Unified Theory of Concrete Structures develops an integrated theory that encompasses the various stress states experienced by both RC & PC structures under the various loading conditions of bending, axial ...

Este libro muestra al lector los aspectos más relevantes de la domótica, los protocolos y dispositivos utilizados, así como sus beneficios y principales aplicaciones. Su lectura es imprescindible para adentrarse ...

La publicación que se presenta tiene como objetivo facilitar al Ingeniero Industrial que trabaje en aire acondicionado (o estudiante de ingeniería), un conocimiento pormenorizado del cálculo de cargas térmicas en ...

For seven thousand years concrete has periodically shaped the path of human progress. Reese Palleys fascinating history of this ubiquitous and versatile material chronicles the repeated and often centuries-long losses ...

Las excavaciones urbanas y las estructuras de contención son una parte del proceso constructivo a la que se debe prestar gran atención y en la que, curiosamente, el técnico podrá ...

"In these truly beautiful images, Stanley Greenberg deftly realizes one of Louis Kahn''s most iconic insights: that a building is at its most sublime at two moments-when it is under ...

Plastics are high-performance materials of wide use in the built environment. Their versatile technical properties are particularly fascinating. A broad range of form-giving and finishing processes makes plastic especially interesting ...