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Reinterpreting Sustainable Architecture

Theories, Discourses, Practices

By Simon Guy, Graham Farmer

Sustainability is now one of the key debates shaping cities. It has been suggested that 'sustainable architecture isn't a prescription. It's an approach, an attitude.…

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January 2011 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30683-6 (Routledge)

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Environment, Technology and Sustainability

By Hocine Bougdah, Stephen SharplesJoan Zunde

This second volume in the Technologies of Architecture series - the only series of books tuned to the architectural technology syllabus - explores the environmental…

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July 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40379-5 (Taylor & Francis)

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Sustainable Urban Design

An Environmental Approach, 2nd Edition

Edited by Adam Ritchie, Randall Thomas

By the end of the 21st Century it is thought that three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban; our future is in cities. Making…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44782-9 (Taylor & Francis)

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History, Performance and Conservation

By Barry Bridgwood, Lindsay LennieJoan Zunde

Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43420-1 (Taylor & Francis)

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Ethics for the Built Environment

By Peter Fewings

Praise for Construction Project Management by Peter Fewings:

"The complexity of the subject matter has at least been reinforced in an informative document with a…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42983-2 (Taylor & Francis)

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Understanding the Building Regulations

4th Edition

By Simon Polley

Praise for previous editions:

'Covers all the requirements of the Building Regulations as we know them today. It is clear and concise in its explanations ...

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45272-4 (Taylor & Francis)

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Cladding of Buildings

4th Edition

By Alan J. Brookes, Maarten Meijs

This key text addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful guide and reference resource.

Written by well-known specialists in the…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38387-5 (Taylor & Francis)

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Innovative Surface Structures

Technologies and Applications

By Martin Bechthold

The book focuses on the recent innovations in computational techniques, material and digital fabrication technology that are revolutionizing the design, analysis and construction of surface…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41967-3 (Taylor & Francis)

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Materials, Specification and Detailing

Foundations of Building Design

By Norman Wienand

Continuing in the holistic philosophy of the Technologies of Architecture series, this volume examines the various layers of knowledge, skills and mechanisms that make up…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40359-7 (Taylor & Francis)

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On Span and Space

Exploring Structures in Architecture

By Bjørn Normann Sandaker

In this richly illustrated book with many practical examples, Bjorn Sandaker provides readers with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture.

As…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35792-0 (Routledge)

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