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Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design
The debate surrounding hand drawing versus computer-generated imagery has become a hot topic. Having grown up with computers, today's interior design and architecture students are extremely adept at creating computer imagery, but often lack confidence in their freehand sketching skills, or do not know how to sketch at all. Sketching, and the careful observation that it entails, is essential for…
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Drawing for Interior Design
This book covers all stages of visual presentation as part of the interior design process, from the most basic initial sketches, to models, to fully developed computer-generated visualizations. In four chapters this easy-to-follow text explains the basics, conception, presentation and production. With a varied and comprehensive range of images, this book is an invaluable, inspirational and prac…
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- 9781780675114
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- 1 online resource (192 pages)
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Deployable Structures
Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties – offering the potential to create truly transforming environments. This book looks at the cutting edge of the subject, examining the different types of deployable structures and numerous design approaches. Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, Deployable Structures is…
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- 9781780677958
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- 1 online resource (160 pages)
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Detail in Contemporary Bar and Restaurant Design
Bars and restaurants need to be assertive. Customers tend not to visit them to satisfy basic appetites for food or drink but for the social opportunities. Their interiors need to occupy the imagination of their customers and to whet the appetite for a return visit. The design that gets the formula right will do as much to prolong the life of the business as the products on offer. As this book …
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- 9781780675053
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Architecture from Commission to Construction
This book provides an in-depth study of the design and construction processes behind 25 leading contemporary buildings. Covering a broad range of international projects, the book illustrates the working methods and creative concerns of both long-established and emerging international architects. Every stage of each project is included, from the demands of the original brief, through early sket…
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- 9781780673936
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- 1 online resource (240 pages)
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Research Methods for Architecture
While fundamentally a design discipline, architectural education requires an element of history and theory, grouped under the term 'research'. However, many students struggle with this part of their course. This practical handbook provides the necessary grounding in this subject, addressing essential questions about what research in architecture can be. The first part of the book is a general …
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- 9781780679822
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- 1 online resource (208 pages)
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Key Interiors since 1900
This book defines the history of modern interior design through the reuse of existing buildings. This approach allows the history of the interior to be viewed as separate from the history of architecture and instead enables the interior to develop its own historical narrative.The book is organized around six thematic chapters: home, work, retail, display, leisure and culture. Each one comprises…
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- 9781780675305
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Desde la ciudadPensar, diseñar y producir hoy la ciudad de mañana
¿Cómo entender la ciudad actual en toda su complejidad? ¿Cómo debemos pensar, diseñar y producir hoy la ciudad para que dentro de veinte a treinta años sea un lugar sostenible y grato para vivir? Este libro pretende contribuir a la elaboración de respuestas a estas y otras problemáticas adoptando una mirada urbana y arquitectónica desde la ciudad, que se desligue de la mirada tradicion…
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The Codes Guidebook for Interiors
THE INTERIOR CODES AND STANDARDS REFERENCE OF CHOICE FOR DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECTS—UPDATED FOR THE 2018 AND 2021 CODES If you are involved with the design or management of buildings and spaces, it is important to remain up-to-date on the ever-evolving codes and standards that keep communities safe. With over 80, 000 copies sold, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors continues to provide comprehe…
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Space Fighter
An exploration of the Evolutionary City by simulating the challenges of urban growth, decline, and vitality.
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- 9781638408215
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