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Linear Algebra with Applications, 10th Edition
Author Steve Leon , Lisette de Pillis
A thorough and accessible introduction to linear algebra, delivered digitally.The new 10th Edition of Linear Algebra with Applications continues to encourage a challenging and broad understanding of the subject.For this edition, Steve Leon – one of the leading figures in ....
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Author M. Khan , M. R. Islam
It has long been recognized that science is the pursuit of knowledge, knowledge is power, and power is political. However, the fantasy of science being apolitical is a hallmark legacy of the enlightenment era, an era that romanticized pursuit of knowledge, disconn....
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Author Bill Dunster
The argument for low-cost, zero-energy, zero-waste architecture has never been timelier, while the mainstream has largely abandoned or neglected this agenda: in the UK the recent mandatory zero-carbon performance targets for new homes have been postponed or forgotten at a....
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Author Frances Forward
This user friendly guide introduces, explains, and demystifies the NEC4 contract on a practical, work-based level. Made for architects by an architect, it explores the best approach to collaborative and contractual partnering work practices. Alongside explanations of the ....
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Author Lesley Malone
Desire lines are the paths that people create through regular usage. They appear where people repeatedly choose to walk and usually signify a route from A to B that’s quicker than the formal path provided. In most cases they indicate the mismatch between what local people....
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Guide to JCT Standard Building Contract 2016
Author Sarah Lupton
Guide to JCT Standard Building Contract 2016 is a practical guide to the operation and administration of JCT’s SBC 2016 suite of building contracts (SBC/Q, SBC/AQ and SBC/XQ). All of the contracts’ provisions, procedures and conditions are organised and explained by sub....
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Author Terry Farrell , Adam Nathaniel Furman
Revisiting Postmodernism offers an engaging, wide-ranging and highly illustrated account of postmodernism in architecture from its roots in the 1940s to its ongoing relevance today. This book invites readers to see Postmodernism in a new light: not just a style but a cult....
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Author Dale Sinclair
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Guide: Design Management is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case the role of the ....
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Author Ruth Reed
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Guide: Design Management is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case those associated....
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Guide to RIBA Domestic and Concise Building Contracts 2018
Author Sarah Lupton
This latest title from the author provides comprehensive guidance to RIBA's two updated building contracts: the RIBA Domestic Building Contract 2018 and the RIBA Concise Building Contract 2018. Introducing the contracts' features and benefits and covering all aspects of....
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Author Simon Sturgis
Embodied and Whole Life Carbon will change the way buildings are designed, yet carbon emissions associated with the construction and life of buildings are not yet wholly understood by the profession. Energy is assumed to be the province of services engineers, yet energy f....
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Author Richard Fairhead
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Guide: Design Management is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case managing informa....
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Author Ian Davies
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Guide: Design Management is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case the role of the ....
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Author David Rudlin , Shruti Hemani
Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020Human settlements are the result of a mix of self-organisation and planning. Planners are fighting a losing battle to impose order on chaotic systems. Connections between the process of urban growth and the fields of c....
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Author Chen Yuanzhi , Alan Hudson , He Lisheng
Now an established global force, China has experienced a sustained period of staggering economic growth since policy reform in the 1970s. Chinese urbanisation is the most significant example of economic, environmental and social change both within China and globally. In r....
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Author Michael Ginsberg
Considering the increasing importance of renewable energy for climate change mitigation, this book provides an overview of how renewable energy sources are integrated into the grid to promote better understanding among students and business professionals in the uti....
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Analytical Techniques for Solving Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Author Daniel J. Arrigo , Steven G. Krantz
This is an introduction to methods for solving nonlinear partial differential equations (NLPDEs).After the introduction of several PDEs drawn from science and engineering, the reader is introduced to techniques used to obtain exact solutions of NPDEs. The chapters include....
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Solving Practical Engineering Mechanics Problems
Author Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov
Engineering Mechanics is one of the fundamental branches of science which is important for the education of professional engineers regardless of major.Most of the basic engineering courses, such as mechanics of materials, fluid and gas mechanics, machine design, mechatron....
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Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity, 6th Edition
Author Saul K. Fenster , Ansel C. Ugural
The Leading Practical Guide to Stress Analysis–Updated with State-of-the-Art Methods, Applications, and ProblemsThis widely acclaimed exploration of real-world stress analysis reflects advanced methods and applications used in today's mechanical, civil, marine, ae....
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Avoiding and Resolving Disputes
Author Bart Kavanagh
Quick, concise and direct, this pocketbook outlines the essentials that every architect needs to know about construction disputes – from tips on avoiding them in the first place and informally negotiating issues as they arise, to how to go about settling full-blown disput....
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Author Roger Hunt , Iain Boyd
This book is a celebration of good new design for old buildings and the SPAB philosophy that good new architecture can sit happily alongside old and is preferable to pastiche. Endorsing the value of architects who are engaged to work in the historic environment, this book....
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Author Association for Project Safety
The new CDM regulations came into force on 6th April 2015 changing the face of pre-construction health and safety management on construction projects, large and small. This handbook provides a comprehensive road map to undertaking the new Principal Designer role brings pr....
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Author Sandy Halliday , Richard Atkins
Sustainability is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case those associated with achieving sustainable design an....
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Author Huw A Evans
An understanding of building physics is fundamental for the design and construction of safe, functional, energy efficient buildings. Without it, occupants’ health and comfort is compromised, energy bills become unmanageable, or the building fabric itself can fail. But it’....
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Author Ian Taylor
This book is to help architects, design teams and University clients (estates departments, and academics) in their pursuit of practical and innovative solutions for the creation of enabling higher education learning environments. It includes abundant examples of solu....
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Author Drew Plunkett
The last half of the twentieth century saw the emergence, evolution and consolidation of a distinct interior design practice and profession. This book is invaluable for students and practitioners, providing a detailed specialist, contemporary historical analysis of their ....
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Planning, Politics and City-Making
Author Peter Bishop , Lesley Williams
Whilst there is extensive literature analysing the design and function of new buildings and places, the actual process through which development proposals are actually fashioned – through complex negotiation and deal making, involving many different stakeholders with diff....
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An Architect's Guide to Public Procurement
Author Fin Garvey
There is suspicion in the UK and across Europe that the upcoming introduction of new European Directives will encourage a regime of conservatism and legal risk aversion, fostering the delivery of mediocre and banal building design. This book dispels these myths and instea....
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Author Nick Mirchandani , Sharon Wright
Uniquely Future Schools not only provides design guidance on themes in schools architecture and a wealth of recent innovative projects drawn from the UK but also an understanding of the socio-political and economic context that any practice must work within when taking on....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Author Phil Holden
This is the third in a must-have series of step-by-step guides to using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013 on your project. Drawing together stages 4, 5 and 6 this book explains what needs to have been achieved for Technical Design to begin, how to achieve success in the cons....
Release Date 2019/07