Название: Building Design, Construction and Performance in Tropical Climates
Автор: Mike Riley (Editor), Alison Cotgrave (Editor), Michael Farragher (Editor)
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 286
Размер: 16.2 Mb
Язык: English

The design, construction and use of buildings in tropical climates pose specific challenges to built environment professionals. This text seeks to capture some of the key issues of technology and practice in the areas of building design, refurbishment, construction and facilities management in tropical regions.

Название: Construction Materials: Their Nature and Behaviour, Fifth Edition
Автор: Marios Soutsos (Editor), Peter Domone (Editor)
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2017
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 860
Размер: 13.7 Mb
Язык: English

This established textbook provides an understanding of materials’ behaviour through knowledge of their chemical and physical structure. It covers the main classes of construction materials: metals, concrete, other ceramics (including bricks and masonry), polymers, fibre composites, bituminous materials, timber, and glass. It provides a clear and comprehensive perspective on the whole range of materials used in modern construction, to form a must-have for civil and structural engineering students, and those on courses such as architecture, surveying and construction.

Название: Elemental Architecture: Temperaments of Sustainability
Автор: Phillip James Tabb
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2018
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 220
Размер: 30.8 Mb
Язык: English

Elemental Architecture presents a new and refreshing approach to sustainable architectural practice. Going beyond the standard performance-based and quantitative sustainable measures, it incorporates a broader framework of considerations, including the more poetic and noetic possibilities of environmental design.

Название: A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance (Best (Buildings Energy and Solar Technology)) Second Edition
Автор: Dejan Mumovic (Editor), Mat Santamouris (Editor)
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2018
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 604
Размер: 19 Mb
Язык: English

The second edition of this authoritative textbook equips students with the tools they will need to tackle the challenges of sustainable building design and engineering. The book looks at how to design, engineer and monitor energy efficient buildings, how to adapt buildings to climate change, and how to make buildings healthy, comfortable and secure. New material for this edition includes sections on environmental masterplanning, renewable technologies, retrofitting, passive house design, thermal comfort and indoor air quality. With chapters and case studies from a range of international, interdisciplinary authors, the book is essential reading for students and professionals in building engineering, environmental design, construction and architecture.

Название: Drawing: The Motive Force of Architecture, 2nd Edition
Автор: Sir Peter Cook
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2014
Формат: PDF
Размер: 15 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book by one of its greatest proponents, Peter Cook, is an established classic. It exudes Cook's delight and catholic appetite for the architectural. Readers are provided with perceptive insights at every turn. The book features some of the greatest and most intriguing drawings by architects, ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright, Heath-Robinson, Le Corbusier, and Otto Wagner to Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Arata Isozaki, Eric Owen Moss, Bernard Tschumi, and Lebbeus Woods; as well as key works by Cook and other members of the original Archigram group.

Название: The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
Автор: Robert A. Scott
Издательство: Univ of California Pr
ISBN: 0520231775
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 307
Для сайта: vtome.ru
Размер: 4,4 МБ
Язык: Английский


The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them.

Название: Монастырские соборы Забайкалья и Дальнего Востока
Автор: Масленникова Д.С.
Издательство: Хабаровск: Тихоокеанский государственный университет
Год: 2017
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 220
Для сайта: vtome.ru
Размер: 17 mb
Язык: Русский

Не будет преувеличением сказать, что проблема «погружения» в исследование региональных тем в современной архитектурной науке - одна из самых дискуссионных. Автор монографии на протяжении многих лет занимается изучением исторических - существующих и утраченных - и современных объектов русского православно-церковного зодчества - храмов и монастырских комплексов, созданных на территориях, определяющих собой восточные рубежи России, - в Забайкалье и на Дальнем Востоке, а также на территории государств Юго-Восточной Азии.

Автор: Б.Н. Засыпкин
Название: Архитектура Средней Азии
Издательство: М.: издательство Академии архитектуры СССР
Год: 1948
Формат: DjVu
Страниц: 80
Размер: 3,47 Мb
Язык: русский

Монография освещает архитектуру Средней Азии Древних и Средних веков, затронута тема народной архитектуры. Книга обильно иллюстрирована.

Название: Latin Style: Decorating Your Home with Color, Texture, and Passion
Автор: Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque
Издательство: Thomas Nelson
Год: 2008
Формат: PDF, EPUB
Размер: 23 Мб
Язык: английский / English

In Latin Style I show you how to use space, texture, and color to explore the brilliant nuances of Latin American d?cor and enjoy some of the most exciting attributes of a truly chic lifestyle. Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque. Make every day a vivid celebration with Latin Style. Latin Style captures the spirit of the Latin aesthetic, the power of its details and traditions, and its unwavering, timeless chic in a rich montage of photos, concepts, and practical ideas for those who want to bring a Latin flair to their own homes and lives.

Название: 100 Japanese Gardens: The Best Gardens to Visit in Japan
Автор: Stephen Mansfield
Издательство: Tuttle Publishing
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 91 Мб
Язык: английский / English

100 Japanese Gardens is an ambitious attempt to profile the finest gardens in Japan, while also highlighting lesser known, but equally accomplished landscapes in less-visited parts of the country. A celebration of Japanese landscape design, this book features gardens from Kyoto and Tokyo, as well as from the sub-arctic island of Hokkaido and the semi-tropical islands of Okinawa. Author Stephen Mansfield traveled the length and breadth of Japan on a quest to identify the most impressive gardens in this vast and culturally varied archipelago.