epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Pressman

CHARRETTES, WORKSHOPS, AND BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS Charrettes, workshops, and brainstorming are among various terms used to describe a collaborative work session in which there is an uninterrupted, total immersion in design ...

epub |eng | 2013-09-12 | Author:Awan, Nishat & Schneider, Tatjana & Till, Jeremy [Awan, Nishat]

Collections of alternative approaches Berkeley, USA. 1981– There are a number of contemporary projects that collect and collate alternative approaches to the practice of architecture. These are all projects whose ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-24 | Author:Barbara Isenberg [Isenberg, Barbara]

Gehry says he designed the Guggenheim Bilbao entry down a wide staircase to maximize its river setting and high atrium. (photo credit 8.4) BI: You made another unusual choice in ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2016-07-30 | Author:John Ruskin [Ruskin, John]

XIII. Now I do not mean to say that Nature never uses festoons: she loves them, and uses them lavishly; and though she does so only in those places of ...

epub |eng | 2017-06-21 | Author:Madsen, David A.,Madsen, David P. & David P. Madsen

Figure 8.19 Bearing partition framing options. (a) Interior bearing partition supporting the ceiling joists. (b) Ceiling joists can intersect over the header. (c) Ceiling joists connected to the header with ...

epub |eng | | Author:Hetreed, Jonathan; Ross, Ann; Baden-Powell, Charlotte & Ann Ross

Low running costs. Long lifetime 20,000+ hours. Range of colour temperatures 2700 – 6000 K. Negatives: Must have ballast/control gear in fitting. Contain mercury and must be disposed of carefully. ...

epub |eng | 2016-02-24 | Author:Pawlyn, Michael;

One particularly inventive approach to keeping buildings cool using radiation loss has been devised by engineer Salmaan Craig using a powerful problem-solving methodology known as BioTRIZ. The forerunner of this ...

epub |eng | 2015-06-11 | Author:Exploring Architecture of Change

9.5a and b Prairie House, a small residence that uses active responsive systems to improve its performance. Opportunity Knocks: Buildings are Giant Robots As a young architect who has developed ...

epub |eng | 2012-07-31 | Author:Richard B. Peiser [Peiser, Richard B.; Hamilton, David]

Rappaport observes that the sponsors of one of the deals in which the New Boston Fund invested—Vincent G. Norton’s Schoolhouse at Lower Mills project—”could have taken the construction cost savings ...

epub |eng | 2016-04-18 | Author:Jerry Yudelson

The “LEED Tax” USGBC and others have tried to make a case that green building creates millions of new “green jobs,” both in products and services.3 In many ways, this ...