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"This book will provide comprehensive, practical knowledge for the design of reinforced concrete buildings. The approach will be unique as it will focus primarily on the design of various structures and structural elements as done in design offices with an emphasis on compliance…
Steel design
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"Steel Design covers steel design fundamentals for architects and engineers, such as tension elements, flexural elements, shear and torsion, compression elements, connections, and lateral design. As part of the Architect's Guidebooks to Structures series it provides a comprehens…
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the use of bamboo in building industry. It systematically demonstrates bamboos utility in terms of its properties, describing the material properties of typical industrial bamboo products, and discussing their performance evaluation a…
Traditional Chinese Architecture
by Steinhardt, Nancy Riva Shatzman
fromPrinceton-China
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Fu Xinian is considered by many to be the world's leading historian of Chinese architecture. He is an expert on every type of Chinese architecture from every period through the nineteenth century, and his work is at the cutting edge of the field. This wide-ranging book gathers t…
Fu Xinian is considered by many to be the world's leading historian of Chinese architecture. He is an expert on every type of Chinese architecture from every period through the nineteenth century, and his work is at the cutting edge of the field. This wide-ranging book gathers t…
"Understanding BIM presents the story of Building Information Modelling, an ever evolving and disruptive technology that has transformed the methodologies of the global construction industry"--
"The book conducts a comprehensive examination of the various determining factors of corruption that negatively affect the procurement process and, in the end, result in cost and time overruns. The authors present an in-depth understanding of how the identified determining facto…
"This book initiates a fresh discussion of affordability in rural housing set in the context of the rapidly shifting balance between rural and urban populations. It conceptualises affordability in rural housing along a spectrum that is interlaced with cultural and social values …
Buildings are not conceived solely with average people in mind; they offer a protective shell for everyone. Basics Barrier-free Planning improves our understanding of the needs of people with disabilities such as limited mobility or impaired vision, children, and the elderly, al…
Concrete is currently enjoying enormous popularity with planners and builders thanks to the vast potential inherent in its load-bearing capacity and its diverse properties and surface characteristics. This publication focuses not just on the design and construction of concrete l…
Glass construction is one of the most varied and innovative areas of structural design. Glass connects exterior and interior spaces; at the same time, it protects the interior space from the outside world. Its constructional possibilities go far beyond classical window construct…
"Details in Contemporary Architecture is the first volume of AsBuilt, a new series that seeks to foster a better understanding of the relationships between architectural form and technology. Details in Contemporary Architecture contains architectural details and technical drawin…
"Provides both the client and the constructor with the necessary information to utilise an IDC approach in the procurement and construction of buildings"--
"Provides both the client and the constructor with the necessary information to utilise an IDC approach in the procurement and construction of buildings"--