Architecture : Design & Drafting

Spurred by increases in the oldest-old population, long-term care has been reinvented in the form of attractive, homelike settings. Design for Assisted Living provides solutions to the challenges of creating these environments now and into the future. This visually rich book gives a complete overview of designing for the mentally and physically frail elderly. Research garnered from hundreds of buildings in the United States and northern Europe is presented here in design directives, case studies, and practical guidelines. more...

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This introductory text to the relatively young discipline of design management provides invaluable case study material on a diverse range of industrial contexts including international design policy at Electrolux. more...

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This is a state-of-the-art account of the construction of offshore concrete structures. Based on the author's considerable experience in the field, the complete construction process is described, including concept definition. more...

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Everyone involved in a building project wants to achieve a better building but design quality means different things to clients, users, architects, cost consultants and contractors. Negotiating design priorities is an important part of the development process. The Design Quality Manual helps give an objective evaluation of the qualitative aspects of design. Matrices with five defined levels of quality have been developed that cover the key areas of architecture, environmental engineering, user comfort conditions, whole-life costs, detail design and user satisfaction. These can be scored by a visual survey and professional judgement and then augmented by scientific measurement where possible (e.g. temperature, lighting and sound levels). The resultant scores allow comparisons in terms of overall and specific aspects of building performance and design quality. The Manual covers schools, hospitals and housing and offers a set of criteria by which to judge a broad range of design values; it focuses the design team on the needs of the end user and on the overall building performance. more...

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‘Books like this one have such an important role to play.’ John Thackara Director Doors of Perception ‘These essays by the most experienced design thinkers help readers keep track of changes and hone their ability to prevent mankind from overheating.’ Ed Van Hinte author 'A rich and powerful collection of essays.' Aidan Rowe University of Alberta Canada ‘ ... these discussions will assist expert and novice alike to reposition themselves for the future in a relatively new and developing discipline.’ Joan Farrer Senior Research Tutor at the Royal College of Art School of Fashion and Textiles UK Designers Visionaries and Other Stories unpacks the complex and crucial debates surrounding sustainable design to deliver a compelling manifesto for change at a time of looming ecological crisis mounting environmental legislation and limited progress. This is a book about sustainable design by the leading sustainable design thinkers for creative practitioners professionals students and academics. This challenging work provides the reader with a rich resource of future visions critical propositions creative ideas and design strategies for working towards a sustainable tomorrow today. The authors boldly present alternative understandings of sustainable design to curate a challenging sometimes uncomfortable and always provocative collection of essays by some of the world’s leading sustainable design thinkers. The result is an impacting and polemical anthology that reinvigorates the culture of critique that in previous years has empowered design with the qualities of social environmental and economic revolution. more...

Price: $45.00