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Effective Press Relations for the Built Environment - A Practical Guide (Paperback, Revised): Helen Elias Effective Press Relations for the Built Environment - A Practical Guide (Paperback, Revised)
Helen Elias
R1,151 R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Save R475 (41%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Effective Press Relations for the Built Environment" is a practical guide on how to generate publicity and make the most of press interest in projects and companies across the built environment industry. It directs architects, engineers and other consultants how to develop press plans for firms and for individual projects, and how to be active in developing a reputation by getting work published in the architectural, engineering and construction press.
Quotes populate the book from some of the industry's key journalists who have given clear and helpful opinions about how to go about generating successful press cover. An essential, helpful chapter contributed by Gareth Gardner, past editor of Building Design and now a busy photo journalist focusing upon architecture, interiors and design, sets out the best way to generate images that will capture the interest of editors and art editors.
Chapters range from planning a strategy for a project though to how to write, seekapproval, build a target press list and issue the information to magazines. Separate sections give advice on how to speak to the press and set out the actions to take when working with the press during a crisis. Comprehensive appendices include lists of sector magazine titles, media resources, public relations consultants and architectural photographers.
With its hands-on approach, this book is an invaluable tool that provides practical advice for any firm with news to share or a project that deserves to be published. It will be useful for new starters, or larger firms that want to take a more pro-active role in generating their own publicity, while also helping companies to get the most from their pressrelations consultant.

Hull - Pevsner City Guide (Paperback): David Neave, Susan Neave Hull - Pevsner City Guide (Paperback)
David Neave, Susan Neave 1
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hull is one of the great historic trading centers of northeast England. Severely hit by industrial decline, it has recently begun to see substantial regeneration. Exciting new architectural projects reflect the fierce pride of the community and relate closely to the city's magnificent maritime history. Filled with numerous maps, plans, and superb, specially taken color photographs, this new Pevsner guide is an indispensable visitor's companion to Hull.

Power and Virtue - Architecture and Intellectual Change in England 1660-1730 (Hardcover): Shiqiao Li Power and Virtue - Architecture and Intellectual Change in England 1660-1730 (Hardcover)
Shiqiao Li
R5,094 Discovery Miles 50 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first full-length study on the connections between English architecture and intellectual change between 1660 and 1730. As new ideas developed in post-Restoration England across the realms of politics, culture, academia and morality, so too did architectural expression of these ideas. Power and Virtue articulately engages English architecture with notions of power and virtue in terms of empirical knowledge on the one hand and humanism and virtuosi on the other.

Aimed at an academic readership in history and theory of architecture and the history of English architecture, this unique study will also interest those studying the ideas of material culture.

Disclosing Horizons - Architecture, Perspective and Redemptive Space (Hardcover): Nicholas Temple Disclosing Horizons - Architecture, Perspective and Redemptive Space (Hardcover)
Nicholas Temple
R5,098 Discovery Miles 50 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study examines the influence of perspective on architecture, highlighting how critical historical changes in the representation and perception of space continue to inform the way architects design. Since its earliest developments, perspective was conceived as an exemplary form of representation that served as an ideal model of how everyday existence could be measured and ultimately judged. Temple argues that underlying the symbolic and epistemological meanings of perspective there prevails a deeply embedded redemptive view of the world that is deemed perfectible. Temple explores this idea through a genealogical investigation of the cultural and philosophical contexts of perspective throughout history, highlighting how these developments influenced architectural thought. This broad historical enquiry is accompanied by a series of case-studies of modern or contemporary buildings, each demonstrating a particular affinity with the accompanying historical model of perspective.

Computational Drawing - From Foundational Exercises to Theories of Representation (Paperback): Carl Lostritto Computational Drawing - From Foundational Exercises to Theories of Representation (Paperback)
Carl Lostritto
R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Architectural Conservation: Issues and Developments - A Special Issue of the Journal of Architectural Conservation (Paperback):... Architectural Conservation: Issues and Developments - A Special Issue of the Journal of Architectural Conservation (Paperback)
Vincent Shacklock
R948 R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Save R127 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This authoritative book offers contributions from leading practitioners and scholars presenting an assessment of the current state of conservation in the UK. It raises concerns about the ambivalence within government towards heritage protection. It considers the need for a clear understanding of the value of architectural heritage; the importance of training; adequate funding for maintenance, and support at a local and community level. It also discusses the role of the amenity societies and provides a useful comparison of the national and regulation driven process operating in the UK with the US local and incentive led approach.

Antiquity - Origins, Classicism and The New Rome (Hardcover): Christopher Tadgell Antiquity - Origins, Classicism and The New Rome (Hardcover)
Christopher Tadgell
R5,361 Discovery Miles 53 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first in a new series of five books describing and illustrating the seminal architectural traditions of the world, Antiquity traces architectural history from its very beginnings until the time when the traditions that shape today's environments began to flourish.

More than a catalogue of buildings, in this work Tadgell provides their political, technological, social and cultural contexts and explores architecture, not only as the development of form and space but as an expression of the civilization within which it evolves. The buildings are analyzed and illustrated with over 1200 colour photographs and 400 drawings while the societies that produced them are brought to life through a broad selection of their artefacts.

Superhumanity - Post-Labor, Psychopathology, Plasticity (Paperback, English ed.): Chin Jungkown, Igor Bragado & Miles Gertler,... Superhumanity - Post-Labor, Psychopathology, Plasticity (Paperback, English ed.)
Chin Jungkown, Igor Bragado & Miles Gertler, Arisa Ema; Edited by Beatriz Colomina
R748 R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Save R137 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
MCHAP Book One, Book 1 - The Americas (Hardcover, English ed.): Fabrizio Gallanti MCHAP Book One, Book 1 - The Americas (Hardcover, English ed.)
Fabrizio Gallanti
R1,388 R1,158 Discovery Miles 11 580 Save R230 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Urban Design Futures (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Malcolm Moor, Jon Rowland Urban Design Futures (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Malcolm Moor, Jon Rowland
R5,235 Discovery Miles 52 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance. Urban design has moved from marginality to mainstream. The principles espoused by urban designers over the past thirty years are now accepted as key to a better urban environment and as we move towards greater sustainability, different ideas are emerging that are challenging some of the accepted urban design norms; urban design is at a watershed.

Urban Design Futures presents essays from an international cast of authors to review progress and explore emerging ideas: should urban design reflect the future rather than recreate the past? What are the new driving forces that will shape urban living and hence urban design in the future? This book explores new concepts and points the way towards a series of urban design paradigms for the twenty-first century.

Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 to 1990 (Hardcover): Peter Blundell-Jones, Eamonn Canniffe Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 to 1990 (Hardcover)
Peter Blundell-Jones, Eamonn Canniffe
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Once again, new interpretations are presented of some of the most famous architecture of the period. Work by lesser-known architects, whose influence and role have been overlooked by conventional histories of the subject, is discussed. The case study structure allows each example to be discussed and used as a springboard to explore different theoretical approaches. Filled with beautiful photographs, plans and architect's drawings, this is a clear and accessible discussion on a period of architecture that engages many questions still under debate in architecture today.

Integrated Strategies in Architecture (Hardcover, New): Joan Zunde, Hocine Bougdah Integrated Strategies in Architecture (Hardcover, New)
Joan Zunde, Hocine Bougdah
R5,249 Discovery Miles 52 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is an essential reference for all students of architecture, design and the built environment. It provides a convenient single source for all the key texts in the fast developing discipline of the philosophy of technology. It focuses on the interplay between technology and society and considers the impact of technology on fields as diverse as: art and visual culture; politics, the environment, gender and the hottest topic of all in today's digitally mediated world - the promise of a virtual future inside the fluid 'space' of the computer.
Each section is introduced with a brief critical commentary, situating the readings in a historical and theoretical context. The collection draws on the work of many of the key figures in twentieth century philosophy and cultural theory, including Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Marshall McLuhan, Jean Baudrillard and Paul Virilio as well as a range of writers at the cutting-edge of contemporary digital culture such Manuel de Landa, Marcos Novak and Hubert Dreyfus.

The Collection of King Gustav III - Architectural Drawing from the 17th Century to the 19th Century (Hardcover): Magnus Olausson The Collection of King Gustav III - Architectural Drawing from the 17th Century to the 19th Century (Hardcover)
Magnus Olausson
R1,436 Discovery Miles 14 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Architecture in Words - Theatre, Language and the Sensuous Space of Architecture (Paperback, New edition): Louise Pelletier Architecture in Words - Theatre, Language and the Sensuous Space of Architecture (Paperback, New edition)
Louise Pelletier
R2,296 Discovery Miles 22 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What if the house you are about to enter was built with the confessed purpose of seducing you, of creating various sensations destined to touch your soul and make you reflect on who you are? Could architecture have such power? Generations of architects at the beginning of modernity assumed it could. From the mid-eighteenth century onwards, architects believed that the aim of architecture was to communicate the character and social status of the client or to express the destination and purpose of a building.
Architecture in Words explores the role of architecture as an expressive language through the transforming notion of character theory and looks at the theatre as a model for creating sensuous spaces in architecture.
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the theatre was more than simply a form of entertainment; it changed how individuals related to one another in society. Acting was no longer restricted to the performing stage in theatres; it became a way to conduct oneself insociety. Such transformations had obvious architectural repercussions in the design of theatres, but also in the configuration of the public and private domains. The succession of spaces, the careful crafting of lighting effects and the expressive role of architectural features were all influenced by parallel developments in the theatre.
Pelletier examines the role of theatre and fiction in defining the notion of character in eighteenth century architecture. It suggests that while usually ignored by instrumental applications, character constitutes an important precedent for restoring the communicative dimension of contemporary architecture.

Plastering (Hardcover): J. T. Sawyer Plastering (Hardcover)
J. T. Sawyer; Introduction by Tim Ratcliffe, Jeff Orton
R4,064 Discovery Miles 40 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sawyer's seminal work was first published in 1951. It offers straightforward practical instruction on the tried and tested methods of plastering as it was practised in the traditional way before the Second World War. It includes very useful drawings of the different features, including the tools, running moulds and geometry for setting out. The chapter describing running mouldings in situ will be of particular interest to the conservation practitioner since this method is now rarely used, but is considered the correct way to repair historic plasterwork. Jeff Orton and Tim Ratcliffe have provided a valuable Introduction to the book which not only gives an interesting background to the author but also comments on the materials or methods which are no longer considered appropriate.

The Crit: An Architecture Student's Handbook - An Architecture Student's Handbook (Paperback, 2nd edition): Charles... The Crit: An Architecture Student's Handbook - An Architecture Student's Handbook (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Charles Doidge, Rachel Sara, Rosie Parnell
R956 Discovery Miles 9 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The architectural crit, review or jury is a cornerstone of architectural education around the world. The defence of ideas, drawings, and models in an open format before staff and peers is intended to be a foreground for healthy creative debate, but many students view it as hostile confrontation - an ego trip for staff and humiliation for them. This accessible and immensely enjoyable book guides students through this academic minefield. This fully updated edition includes advice and suggestions for tutors on how to model a crit around a broad range of learning styles, as well as a new section aimed at students with learning disabilities, to ensure that the process is constructive and beneficial for all architecture and design scholars. Packed with practical tips from tutors, students and professionals, this reassuringly honest book will prepare students to build more creative relationships with clients and users across the industry. Also in the Seriously Useful Guides series: * Practical Experience * The Dissertation * The Portfolio

Narrating Architecture - A Retrospective Anthology (Hardcover): James Madge, Andrew Peckham Narrating Architecture - A Retrospective Anthology (Hardcover)
James Madge, Andrew Peckham
R5,299 Discovery Miles 52 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This anthology brings together the best and most interesting papers from the first ten years of The Journal of Architecture, published together for the first time in a single volume.

Covering a wide range of topics of central importance to architecture today, the papers also address the related topics to which architecture and architectural studies are inextricably linked. The invited authors draw on sociology, philosophy, cultural studies and the sciences to round out the collection and highlight the breadth and vitality of modern architectural studies, offering perspectives from different disciplines as well as different corners of the globe.

Survey of London: Battersea - Volume 49: Public, Commercial and Cultural (Hardcover, New): Andrew Saint Survey of London: Battersea - Volume 49: Public, Commercial and Cultural (Hardcover, New)
Andrew Saint
R2,291 Discovery Miles 22 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The south London parish of Battersea has roots as a working village, growing produce for London markets, and as a high-class suburb, with merchants' villas on the elevated ground around Clapham and Wadsworth Commons. Battersea enjoyed spectacular growth during Queen Victoria's reign, and railroads brought industry and a robust building boom, transforming the parish into another of London's dense, smoky neighborhoods, though not without its unique and distinguishing features. Among these are Battersea Park, which was created by the Crown in the 1850s; the monumental Battersea Power Station, completed in 1939; and Clapham Junction railway station, which is, by measure of passenger interchanges, the busiest station in the United Kingdom. The two latest volumes of the Survey of London, 49 and 50, trace Battersea's development from medieval times to the present day. Offering detailed analysis of its streets and buildings both thematically and topographically, and including copious original in-depth research and investigation, the books are a trove of architectural history and British history. Profusely illustrated with new and archival images, architectural drawings and maps, these volumes are welcome additions to the acclaimed Survey of London series. Published for English Heritage by Yale University Press on behalf of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Bridges (Paperback): Richard Hayman Bridges (Paperback)
Richard Hayman
R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the monumental splendour of Tower Bridge and the august span at Westminster to the engineering masterpieces at Ironbridge and the Forth, bridges comprise some of the most recognisable landmarks in Britain. Whether the smallest arch or the largest overpass, each has a rich architectural, economic, social and sometimes even religious history. This beautifully illustrated introduction by Richard Hayman explains how piety built and maintained bridges in the Middle Ages; how economic forces inspired a new generation of road bridges in the eighteenth century, such as the Menai Bridge in North Wales, and how technological prowess gave us soaring Victorian railway viaducts and the concrete road bridges of the twentieth century.

Suffolk: East (Hardcover): James Bettley, Nikolaus Pevsner Suffolk: East (Hardcover)
James Bettley, Nikolaus Pevsner
R1,787 R1,632 Discovery Miles 16 320 Save R155 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This authoritative survey of east Suffolk includes some of England's most beautiful landscapes, including "Constable Country," the land surrounding the River Stour that was home to John Constable. East Suffolk's rural landscape includes a variety of intriguing medieval buildings: brick and timber-framed houses, stunning churches, and the grand castles of Orford and Framlingham. Additionally, Suffolk's coast is home to a number of charming resorts, as well as the Viking ship burial site at Sutton Hoo. This volume also includes the town of Ipswich, where medieval buildings are situated alongside Norman Foster's offices for Willis Faber, one of the major works of 20th-century British architecture.

Architects Without Frontiers - War, Reconstruction and Design Responsibility (Paperback): Esther Charlesworth Architects Without Frontiers - War, Reconstruction and Design Responsibility (Paperback)
Esther Charlesworth
R1,723 Discovery Miles 17 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From the targeted demolition of Mostar's Stari-Most Bridge in 1993 to the physical and social havoc caused by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the history of cities is often a history of destruction and reconstruction. But what political and aesthetic criteria should guide us in the rebuilding of cities devastated by war and natural calamities?
The title of this timely and inspiring new book, Architects Without Frontiers, points to the potential for architects to play important roles in post-war relief and reconstruction. By working "sans frontieres," Charlesworth suggests that architects and design professionals have a significant opportunity to assist peace-making and reconstruction efforts in the period immediately after conflict or disaster, when much of the housing, hospital, educational, transport, civic and business infrastructure has been destroyed or badly damaged.
Through selected case studies, Charlesworth examines the role of architects, planners, urban designers and landscape architects in three cities following conflict - Beirut, Nicosia and Mostar - three cities where the mental and physical scars of violent conflict still remain. This book expands the traditional role of the architect from 'hero' to 'peacemaker' and discusses how design educators can stretch their wings to encompass the proliferating agendas and sites of civil unrest.
* Extremely pertinent in the wake of war in Iraq and the tsunami disaster of 2004
* First book of its kind aimed at the imprortance of architects as reconstuctors
* Highlights and defines the role of the architect in using urban design to integrate and heal communities

Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture (Hardcover): Paul Oliver Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture (Hardcover)
Paul Oliver
R3,956 Discovery Miles 39 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The study of vernacular architecture explores the characteristics of domestic buildings in particular regions or localities, and the many social and cultural factors that have contributed to their evolution. In this book, vernacular architecture specialist Paul Oliver brings together a wealth of information that spans over two decades, and the whole globe. Some previously unpublished papers, as well as those only available in hard to find conference proceedings, are brought together in one volume to form a fascinating reference for students and professional architects, as well as all those involved with planning housing schemes in their home countries and overseas.

Primitive - Original Matters in Architecture (Hardcover): Jo Odgers, Flora Samuel, Adam Sharr Primitive - Original Matters in Architecture (Hardcover)
Jo Odgers, Flora Samuel, Adam Sharr
R5,253 Discovery Miles 52 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive.
The word primitive is fundamental to the discipline of architecture in the west, providing a convenient starting point for the myth of architecture's origins. Since the almost legendary 1970s conference on the Primitive, with the advent of post-modernism and, in particular, post-colonialism, the word has fallen from favor in many disciplines. Despite this, architects continue to use the word to mythologize and reify the practice of simplicity.
"Primitive" includes contributions from some of today's leading architectural commentators including Dalibor Vesely, Adrian Forty, David Leatherbarrow, Richard Weston and Richard Coyne. Structured around five sections, Negotiating Origins; Urban Myths; Questioning Colonial Constructs; Making Marks; and Primitive Futures, the essays highlight the problematic nature of ideas of the primitive, engage with contemporary debate in the field of post colonialism and respond to a burgeoning interest in the non-expert architecture.
This now controversial subject remains, for better or worse, intrinsic to the very structure of Modernism and deeply embedded in architectural theory. Considering a broad range of approaches, this book provides a rounded past, present and future of the word primitive in the architectural sphere.

Building Information Modeling - Technology Foundations and Industry Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st... Building Information Modeling - Technology Foundations and Industry Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
Andre Borrmann, Markus Koenig, Christian Koch, Jakob Beetz
R2,085 R1,629 Discovery Miles 16 290 Save R456 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building Information Modeling (BIM) refers to the consistent and continuous use of digital information throughout the entire lifecycle of a built facility, including its design, construction and operation. In order to exploit BIM methods to their full potential, a fundamental grasp of their key principles and applications is essential. Accordingly, this book combines discussions of theoretical foundations with reports from the industry on currently applied best practices. The book's content is divided into six parts: Part I discusses the technological basics of BIM and addresses computational methods for the geometric and semantic modeling of buildings, as well as methods for process modeling. Next, Part II covers the important aspect of the interoperability of BIM software products and describes in detail the standardized data format Industry Foundation Classes. It presents the different classification systems, discusses the data format CityGML for describing 3D city models and COBie for handing over data to clients, and also provides an overview of BIM programming tools and interfaces. Part III is dedicated to the philosophy, organization and technical implementation of BIM-based collaboration, and discusses the impact on legal issues including construction contracts. In turn, Part IV covers a wide range of BIM use cases in the different lifecycle phases of a built facility, including the use of BIM for design coordination, structural analysis, energy analysis, code compliance checking, quantity take-off, prefabrication, progress monitoring and operation. In Part V, a number of design and construction companies report on the current state of BIM adoption in connection with actual BIM projects, and discuss the approach pursued for the shift toward BIM, including the hurdles taken. Lastly, Part VI summarizes the book's content and provides an outlook on future developments. The book was written both for professionals using or programming such tools, and for students in Architecture and Construction Engineering programs.

Clusters and Regional Development - Critical Reflections and Explorations (Hardcover): Bjorn Asheim, Philip Cooke, Ron Martin Clusters and Regional Development - Critical Reflections and Explorations (Hardcover)
Bjorn Asheim, Philip Cooke, Ron Martin
R4,224 Discovery Miles 42 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using international examples, leading scholars present the first critical analysis of cluster theory, assessing the cluster notion and drawing out, not only its undoubted strengths and attractions, but also its weaknesses and limitations.

Over the past decade the a ~cluster modela (TM) has been seized on as a tool for promoting competitiveness, innovation and growth on local, regional and national scales. However, despite its popularity there is much about it that is problematic, and in some respects the rush to employ a ~cluster ideasa (TM) has run ahead of many fundamental conceptual, theoretical and empirical questions.

Addressing key questions on the nature, use and effectiveness of cluster models, Clusters and Regional Development provides the missing thorough theoretical and empirical evaluation.

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