INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY BY WILLIAM MCLEAN

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Introduction to Architectural Technology
Will McLean and Pete Silver

Paperback
380 illustrations
192 pages
220 x 220 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 566 4

Published September 2008

Contents

Foreword
1. Structural Physics
2. Structural Elements
3. Structural Logic
4. Human Comfort
5. Building Performance
6. Computational Tools and Techniques
7. Case Studies
8. Building Codes
Further Reading
Sources
Credits
Profiles
Index

Understanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. Aimed at architectural students, this book provides an accessible introduction to all aspects of architectural technology: structural physics, structural elements and forms, heating, lighting, environmental control and computer modelling. As well as providing a clear grounding in these topics, it will also help students to integrate their design thinking with appropriate structural and environmental solutions. The book sets out to explain the relationships between physical phenomena, materials, building elements and structural types using simple classification systems and real world examples. Photographs are used to familiarize the user with common construction technology, while historical examples are employed to chart significant moments in the history of architectural engineering. The book also explores current computer techniques for assisting students to predict the structural and environmental behaviour of buildings. Written by experienced teachers, it will be invaluable for those contemplating the study of architecture and those already on such a course.


Will McLean and Pete Silver both teach at The School of Architecture and the Built Environment (SABE) at The University of Westminster, London. They are contributing authors to Fabrication – The Designer’s Guide (2006).

ARCHITECTURE : AN INTRODUCTION BY GEOFFREY MAKSTUTIS

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Architecture: An Introduction
Geoffrey Makstutis

Paperback
324 illustrations
248 pages
256 x 215 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 623 4

Published February 2010

Contents

1. The Setting
2. Education and Qualification
3. The Client and The Brief
4. From Brief to Project
5. The Project and The Process
6. The Practice
7. The Future

This book offers a thorough introduction to the entire field of architecture, outlining the steps that are normally taken in becoming a qualified architect, from initial education right through to professional practice, as well as how to apply this architectural training in other fields.
Complete with feature spreads on individual projects, Architecture: An Introduction's broad, up-to-date approach unites history, theory and practice. Subjects covered include how to develop a brief with a client; taking an idea from brief to project; types of visual presentation including drawings, models and computer renderings; project planning and management; the diverse roles within a company; and the future of architectural practice.
This book is a must for anyone considering taking an architecture course or just beginning one.


Geoffrey Makstutis is Course Director of BA (Honours) Architecture: Spaces + Objects at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. He has also lectured at the Architectural Association, Royal College of Art and University of Westminster. He has worked in London, New York and Detroit. He is an education researcher and the author of a number of articles. He runs his own architectural practice, Makstutis Architecture and Design (MAAD), London.

ARCHITECTURAL MODELMAKING BY NICK DUNN

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Architectural Modelmaking
Nick Dunn

Paperback
450 illustrations
192 pages
280 x 216 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 670 8

Published August 2010

Contents

Introduction
Getting Started
Machines
Media
Types
Application


The physical scale model is often cited as an important tool of communication for architecture students and practitioners alike. Although the proliferation of CAD programmes has enabled the creation of increasingly complex computer models and virtual environments, there is also a growing need to address the three-dimensional qualities of architecture that may be lost when using such media. This book focuses on the inspiring possibilities for modelling the built environment with all the different media and techniques that are now available.



Through description of the use of different models in different contexts, the book provides a practical and effective guide to how and why models are used, in addition to what they are used for, and, furthermore, how they relate to architecture education.



Following a brief introduction, the book is divided into three sections: Media, Types and Applications. The book is generously illustrated with photographs of models, accompanying commentaries, and step-by-step practical instructions on the various techniques associated with modelmaking. Architectural Modelmaking will provide a concise yet broad ‘toolbox’ for students of architecture.


Nick Dunn is Principal Lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture. His research interests are in the fields of visualization, representation in architecture and urbanism. His publications include 'The Ecology of the Architectural Model' (2007).

A WORLD HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE (2ND EDITION)

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A World History of Architecture (2nd edition)

Marian Moffett, Michael Fazio and Lawrence Wodehouse

Paperback
569 illustrations
608 pages
290 x 220 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 549 7

Published January 2008

Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. The Beginnings of Architecture
2. The Greek World
3. The Architecture of Ancient India and Southeast Asia
4. Traditional Architecture of China and Japan
5. The Roman World
6. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
7. Islamic Architecture
8. Early Medieval and Romanesque Architecture
9. Gothic Architecture
10. Indigenous Architecture in the Americas and Africa
11. Renaissance Architecture
12. Baroque Architecture
13. The Eighteenth Century
14. Nineteenth Century Developments
15. The Twentieth Century and Modernism
Glossary
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index

The Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius declared firmitas, utilitas and venustas - firmness, commodity and delight - to be the three essential attributes of architecture. These qualities are brilliantly explored in this book, which uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China and Japan. The text encourages readers to examine closely the pragmatic, innovative and aesthetic attributes of buildings, and to imagine how these would have been praised or criticized by contemporary observers. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social and technological contexts are discussed so as to determine the extent to which buildings met the needs of clients, society at large and future generations.

Michael Fazio is emeritus professor of architecture at Mississippi State University. The late Marian Moffett taught architectural history at the University of Tennessee. Her publications include A History of Western Architecture (1989), with Lawrence Wodehouse. Lawrence Wodehouse, also deceased, taught architectural history at the University of Dundee and various American universities. His many books included British Architects, 1840 to 1976 (1978) and White of McKim, Mead, and White (1988).

ARCHITECTURE DRAWING BY DAVID DERNIE

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Architectural Drawing

David Dernie

Paperback
240 illustrations
208 pages
280 x 216 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 679 1

Published October 2010

Contents

Introduction:
About this book

Media:
Introduction
Line
Render
Mixed media

Types:
Introduction
Sketches
Plans
Sections and elevations
Axonometric projections
Perspectives
Scripted drawings

Places:
Introduction
Interiors
Landscapes
Urban settings
Scripted drawings and urban design

Glossary
Further reading
Index
Picture credits and acknowledgements

While computers have facilitated and enriched the ways in which architects can develop and present their ideas, there is also a growing lack of skills in other forms of image-making that was traditionally furnished through training in drawing and sketching. This book focuses on the exciting possibilities for representing the built environment with all the techniques – both ancient and modern – that are now available.
Students today need to learn the following skills: how to draw using a range of media, the basic rules of making effective spatial images, how to read a drawing, and how to express ideas through appropriate media and forms of communication. Following a brief introduction, the book is divided into three sections: Media, Types and Places. Each section is illustrated with key drawings and accompanying commentaries. Step-by-step sequences and special tips will further help students to make the most of their newly acquired skills. This book will be an indispensable practical and inspirational resource in architectural schools and practices alike.

David Dernie is a practising architect and Head of the Leicester School of Architecture at De Montfort University. His previous books include 'New Stone Architecture' (Laurence King, 2003) and 'Exhibition Design' (Laurence King, 2006).

A HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGN BY JOHN PILE

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A History of Interior Design (3rd edition)

John Pile

Hardback
665 illustrations
480 pages
292 x 220mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 596 1

Published February 2009

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Prehistory to Early Civilizations
2. Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome
3. Early Christian, Byzantine and Romanesque
4. Islamic and Asian Traditions
5. The Later Middle Ages
6. The Renaissance in Italy
7. Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe
8. Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo in France and Spain
9. Renaissance to Georgian in The Low Countries and England
10. Colonial and Federal America
11. The Regency, Revivals, and Industrial Revolution
12. The Victorian Era
13. The Aesthetic Movements
14. Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secession
15. Eclecticism
16. The Emergence of Modernism
17. Art Deco and Industrial Design
18. The Spread of Early Modernism in Europe
19. Modernism in America
20. The Ascendancy of Modernism
21. Contemporary Design
Glossary
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index

Now in its third edition and fully updated with the most recent examples, A History of Interior Design tells the story of 6,000 years of domestic and public space. John Pile acknowledges that interior design is a field with unclear boundaries, in which construction, architecture, furniture, decoration, technology and product design all overlap. These topics are woven together in a fascinating narrative that runs from cave dwellings and temple architecture, through Gothic cathedrals and Renaissance palaces, to the grand civic spaces of the nineteenth century and the sleek interiors of modern skyscrapers. Embedded in a social and political context, detailed discussions of famous buildings, from the Parthenon to the Pompidou Centre, are interspersed with investigations of the domestic vernacular – the cottages, farmhouses, apartments and city terraces inhabited by ordinary people. In this new edition, the evolution of interior design has been made even more accessible through the inclusion of a CD-ROM with an interactive timeline. Incorporating over 100 illustrations, this sets the great interior spaces of the world in the context of the social, political and technological developments of the time.

John Pile was Professor of Design at the renowned Pratt Institute Brooklyn for most of his teaching career. He is the author of twelve books on furniture, colour, draughtsmanship, office planning and other aspects of interior design.

THE ARCHITECTURE DRAWING COURSE BY MO ZELL

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The Architectural Drawing Course

Understand the Principles and Master the Practices

Mo Zell

• ISBN 9780500287286
• 22.20 x 22.10 cm
• Paperback
• 144pp
• Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

All students who have a budding interest in architectural design will value this book for its solid foundational orientation and instruction.

Learn to
• See and sketch with accuracy
• Develop fundamental drawing and modelling skills
• Master subjective representation and rules of perspective
• Employ spatial strategies: rendering and diagramming

The Architectural Drawing Course introduces readers to architecture’s visual language, showing them how to think spatially and getting them started in architectural drawing with a series of instructive tutorials. A series of work units covers virtually every aspect of architectural drawing.

This book concludes with practical advice for anyone considering a career in architectural design, offering ideas on building a portfolio, getting advanced training, and continuing on a path to a professional career.

Mo Zell is currently the foundation studio co-ordinator at the School of Architecture, Northeastern University in Boston. She is also a founding partner in the design firm Bauen Studio, which is also based in Boston.

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