This book analyzes and summarizes existing research on how urban open space are actually used.
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This compilation presents the research themes, methods, and findings, making it a significant reference for design researchers and design practitioners interested in furthering a understanding of design activity in 'real world' settings.
In this book, John W. Creswell explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. In his signature accessible writing style, the auth…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing, SAT 2011, held in Ann Arbor, MI, USA in June 2011. The 25 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of 2 invited talks and 10 pos…
This book illustrates the program of Logical-Informational Dynamics. Rational agents exploit the information available in the world in delicate ways, adopt a wide range of epistemic attitudes, and in that process, constantly change the world itself. Logical-Informational Dynamic…
Rendering In SketchUp provides instructions for creating 3D photoreal graphics for SketchUp models using integrated rendering programs. The book serves as a beginner rendering manual and reference guide to further develop rendering skills. With an emphasis on step-by-step proces…
Design Expertise explores what it takes to become an expert designer.It examines the perception of expertise in design and asks what knowledge, skills, attributes and experiences are necessary in order to design well. Bryan Lawson and Kees Dorst develop a new model of design exp…
There's a great demand these days for architects who know how to design buildings that work with - not against - the natural environment. Now you can learn how to meet this important challenge with the help of this timely and incisive book. Written by an internationally known ar…
"This new edition reinforces its original three-part structure: Part I provides an introduction to design, Part II presents design methods as the core feature of the book and finally, Part III puts the methods into a wider context of managing the overall design process, and the …
"This book will introduce readers to methods of assessing building performance, illustrated with case studies from around the world. The key knowledge and skills necessary to carry out building performance assessment have been brought together in a single volume, in a book with …
One of the first textbooks to be fully up-to-date with the new and expanded UML 2.0 standard, this is an ideal introduction to the Unified Modelling Language for students learning about object and component-based software design and development. The book encourages a pragmatic a…
This book is a cooperative attempt to ignite the human sparks of imagination and creativity, so that they can burn themselves into useful computer systems. The Scandinavian approach to system design has as its focal idea the involvement of workers, as users of technology, in the…
Focusing on traditional drainage methods for rainfed agriculture in humid temperature zones, this fully renewed and extended edition provides new theories, technologies, knowledge and experiences in drainage engineering and management. Fully renewed and extended, this edition is…