Arts / Architecture

The Borgias (Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1)

von Alexandre Dumas

There are many dreadful -- and perhaps scurrilous -- rumors about the Borgia family of renaissance Italy, and Alexandre Dumas (author of "The Three Musketeers" and many other period classics) reveals one possible...

British Architectural Styles

von Trevor Yorke

Here is a compact and useful guide, filled with detailed and original drawings, to help put a date to the variety of period buildings we see around us. It covers an immense range of structures and styles from...

Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Craft

von Tedd Benson, James Gruber & Jamie Page

For centuries, post-and-beam construction has proved to be one of the most durable building techniques. It is being enthusiastically revived today not only for its sturdiness but because it can be easily insulated,...

2009 International Building Code Need to Know : The 20% of the Code You Need 80% of the Time: The 20% of the Code You Need 80% of the Time

von R. Dodge Woodson

2009 International Building Code Essentials at Your FingertipsThis handy resource delivers quick access to international building code information. 2009 International Building Code Need To Know explains and...

@home: Another Revolution in Architecture's Theory of the House

von Davina Jackson & Hugo Muecke

A 'time capsule' of perspectives (written in the mid 1990s and first published 2012) on how traditional architectural theories about homes and domestic life would be radically altered by mass market access to...

Architecture For Dummies

von Deborah K. Dietsch & Robert A. M. Stern

When is a building just a building and when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon and clearly explains the essentials of architecture, demystifying the incredible ways in which structures...

Building for Boomers (McGraw-Hill Construction Series)

von Judy Schriener

Design and Build Housing for the Boomer GenerationThis unique resource provides the latest housing data, options, and trends to help you plan, design, and construct homes and communities to meet the requirements...

Architectural Conservation in Europe and the Americas

von Emily G. Makaš, John H. Stubbs & Mounir Bouchenaki

“From such well-known and long-vexed sites as the Athenian Acropolis to more contemporary locales like the Space Age Modernist capital city of Brasília, the conflicting and not always neatly resolvable forces...

Bim Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors

von Chuck Eastman, Paul Teicholz & Rafael Sacks

"The BIM Handbook is an extensively researched and meticulously written book, showing evidence of years of work rather than something that has been quickly put together in the course of a few months. It brings...

BIM Content Development: Standards, Strategies, and Best Practices

von Robert S. Weygant

A must-have reference to create content-rich BIM objects and models

A cutting-edge technology, Building Information Modeling (BIM) software allows AEC professionals to produce data-intensive 3D building models...

Large-Scale Solar Power System Design (GreenSource Books) : An Engineering Guide for Grid-Connected Solar Power Generation

von Peter Gevorkian

The Definitive Guide to Large-Scale, Grid-Connected Solar Power System Design and Construction

This GreenSource book provides comprehensive engineering design and construction guidelines for large-scale solar...

Greening Brownfields : Remediation Through Sustainable Development

von William Sarni

Transform brownfields into green development projects

This forward-looking resource discusses sustainable remediation methods for converting a land liability into a high-value asset. Greening Brownfields presents...

University Planning and Architecture

von Jonathan Coulson & Paul Roberts

Exploring the importance of themes such as landscape, architecture, place-making and sustainability within university development, this book consolidates the lessons learnt from the rich tradition of campus...

Stadium Worlds

von Sybille Frank & Silke Steets

Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment. An international multi-disciplinary range of perspectives are set in four thematic...

Built from Below: British Architecture and the Vernacular

von Peter Guillery

Extending the concept of British vernacular architecture to embrace buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing, this book is of use to anyone with an interest...

Will Alsop

von Tom Porter

Focusing on the refreshing process of design with which Will Alsop engages, Tom Porter reveals and traces the process, from public consultation to the privacy of Alsop's painting studio, from paint to line to...

Contemporary Art and the Cosmopolitan Imagination

von Marsha Meskimmon

Contemporary Art and the Cosmopolitan Imagination offers a challenging new direction in the current literature on cosmopolitanism, globalisation and art.

For the Record

von Joan Grierson

A fascinating illustrated history that profiles of the women who graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Toronto, 1920-60.

Reinventing Brantford

von Leo Groarke

In Reinventing Brantford, Leo Groarke revisits the grandeur of Brantford's past, explores its economic collapse, and tells the story of the arrival of Wilfred Laurier University, its early struggles, its commitment...

Entourage 5th Edition : A Tracing File and Color Sourcebook

von Ernest Burden

The definitive tracing file for design professionals--updated and expanded

Packed with hundreds of traceable drawings and more than 1000 photographic images, Entourage, Fifth Edition, provides a quick and easy...