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Small Practice and the Sole Practitioner

Author Marianne Davys Architects Marianne Davys Architects Ltd
Release Date 2019/07

This book is a practical guide for students or those already running or thinking of running a small practice on how to set up and run a small architectural practice and how to run multiple small projects efficiently. It is split into three distinct sections: Part 1 begins....

Mobilising Housing Histories

Author Peter Guillery , David Kroll
Release Date 2019/07

The problem of creating affordable, adequate housing for a growing population is not a new one. This book, for anyone with a professional or personal interest in improving housing provision everywhere, aims to inspire by offering in-depth studies of London's housing past....

This is Temporary

Author Cate St Hill
Release Date 2019/07

Temporary architecture is flourishing in our urban public spaces. Branded ‘pop-ups’ and follies to provide a moment of light entertainment they are in fact borne of a long history of more holistic architecture that is subtly suggesting how we could live, work and play mor....

Health and Safety

Author Peter Caplehorn
Release Date 2019/07

Health and Safety 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 activity – in this case those associated with managing and integrating....

Being an Effective Construction Client

Author Peter Ullathorne
Release Date 2019/07

Being a client on a construction project can be incredibly complex and demanding but ultimately rewarding once your ambitions are fulfilled. This comprehensive ‘one stop shop’ will help you to achieve that magic combination of quality and efficiency, guiding you through t....

HR for Creative Companies

Author Kate Marks
Release Date 2019/07

There is an increasing realisation that small businesses, including architecture practices need to pro-actively engage with HR rather than simply firefighting when something goes wrong. Good HR practices can help with business efficiency and profitability – they provide p....

Sustainable Building Conservation

Author Oriel Prizeman
Release Date 2019/07

This book incorporates UK and international case studies and essays to identify the overlaps in the interests of energy and building conservation. The relevance and adjustments of qualitative and quantitative frames of reference are introduced, alongside the various exper....

Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013

Author Dale Sinclair
Release Date 2019/07

The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 is the definitive framework for the contemporary building design and construction process. It provides a stage-by-stage model to assist all members of the project team to manage the process from inception to completion and beyond. This practical....

Assembling a Collaborative Project Team

Author Dale Sinclair
Release Date 2019/07

Contemporary construction practice presents a shift in emphasis from thinking about the design team in isolation, to considering the project team as a collaborative whole: client, design team, and contractor. This approach requires greater consideration of how the project....

The BIM Management Handbook

Author David Shepherd
Release Date 2019/07

An authoritative and practical road map for those implementing and managing BIM workflows. With the 2016 deadline for BIM level 2 fast approaching and the growing realisation of the huge benefits BIM brings these skills are becoming industry essentials. Concentrating on t....

101 Rules of Thumb for Low Energy Architecture

Author Huw Heywood
Release Date 2019/07

101 Rules of Thumb sets out the essential elements of low energy architecture in a fresh, intuitive way. In an area where ever-changing technology and complex legislation and can cloud the designer’s thought-processes, this book encourages the designer to think clearly an....

Creating Winning Bids

Author Basil Sawczuk
Release Date 2019/07

'Creating Winning Bids' sets out the key stages in the production of a winning bid. Based on tried and tested methods, and using a simple step-by-step process, it will improve your chances of success in what can otherwise seem a daunting and complex process. Distilling ....

What Colour is your Building?

Author David Clark
Release Date 2019/07

Defining and reducing the carbon footprint of a new or refurbished building can be a daunting task. There are lots of tools to measure the environmental impact of buildings, but they all measure energy and CO2 in different ways, and they do not measure the whole carbon fo....

101 Rules of Thumb for Sustainable Buildings and Cities

Author Huw Heywood
Release Date 2019/07

People across the world are becoming more aware of the need for the buildings and cities they live and work in to be sustainable, but the issue of how to be sustainable can seem a confusing and complex one. These rules of thumb provide universal guidelines for the sustain....

An Introduction to Passive House

Author Justin Bere
Release Date 2019/07

Throughout the world, Passive House is now recognised as the best method to create comfortable, healthy, low energy buildings and it is a key component of the 21st century's green economic revolution. Written by one of the UK's leading passive house architects, this boo....

Re-readings: 2

Author Graeme Brooker , Sally Stone
Release Date 2019/07

Re-readings 2 is a companion book to Re-readings, originally published in 2004. This second volume is testament to the growing interest and demand for clarification of the re-modelling, adaptation and transformation processes within the existing built environment. With in....

Semi-Riemannian Geometry

Author Stephen C. Newman
Release Date 2019/07

An introduction to semi-Riemannian geometry as a foundation for general relativity Semi-Riemannian Geometry: The Mathematical Language of General Relativity is an accessible exposition of the mathematics underlying general relativity. The book begins with backgroun....

Narrow Tilting Vehicles

Author Chen Tang , Amir Khajepour
Release Date 2019/07

To resolve the urban transportation challenges like congestion, parking, fuel consumption, and pollution, narrow urban vehicles which are small in footprint and light in their gross weight are proposed.Apart from the narrow cabin design, these vehicles are featured by the....

Optimization for Engineering Problems

Author J. Paulo Davim , Kaushik Kumar
Release Date 2019/07

Optimization is central to any problem involving decision-making in engineering. Optimization theory and methods deal with selecting the best option regarding the given objective function or performance index. New algorithmic and theoretical techniques have been de....

Train Aerodynamics

Author Mark Sterling , David Soper , Andrew Quinn , Hassan Hemida , Dominic Flynn , Terry Jo
Release Date 2019/06

Train Aerodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications is the first reference to provide a comprehensive overview of train aerodynamics with full scale data results. With the most up-to-date information on recent advances and the possibilities of improvement in railway ....

Human Interaction with Electromagnetic Fields

Author Mario Cvetkovic , Dragan Poljak
Release Date 2019/06

Human Interaction with Electromagnetic Fields: Computational Models in Dosimetry presents some highly rigorous and sophisticated integral equation techniques from computational electromagnetics (CEM), along with practical techniques for the calculation and measurem....

Linear Algebra with Applications, 10th Edition

Author Steve Leon , Lisette de Pillis
Release Date 2019/06

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 ....

The Science of Climate Change

Author M. Khan , M. R. Islam
Release Date 2019/06

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....

ZEDlife

Author Bill Dunster
Release Date 2019/06

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....

Architect’s Guide to NEC4

Author Frances Forward
Release Date 2019/06

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 ....

Desire Lines

Author Lesley Malone
Release Date 2019/06

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....

Guide to JCT Standard Building Contract 2016

Author Sarah Lupton
Release Date 2019/06

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....

Revisiting Postmodernism

Author Terry Farrell , Adam Nathaniel Furman
Release Date 2019/06

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....

Design Management

Author Dale Sinclair
Release Date 2019/06

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 ....

Town Planning

Author Ruth Reed
Release Date 2019/06

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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