Chief Architect Premier x12, is 3D architecture software for residential and commercial design. It has automated construction tools that make home design, remodeling, interior design, kitchens and bathrooms, etc. easier. As you draw the walls and place smart architectural objects like doors and windows, the program creates a 3D model, generates a bill of materials, and …
Description: Structure for Architects: A Case Study in Steel, Wood, and Reinforced Concrete Design is a sequel to the authors’ first text, Structure for Architects: A Primer, emphasizing the conceptual understanding of structural design in simple language and terms. This book focuses on structural principles applied to the design of typical structural members—a beam, a …
Description: Timber, steel, and concrete are common engineering materials used in structural design. Material choice depends upon the type of structure, availability of material, and the preference of the designer. The design practices the code requirements of each material are very different. In this updated edition, the elemental designs of individual components of each material …
[2020] Principles of Structural Design: Wood, Steel, and Concrete by Ram S. Gupta Read More »
Description: Overheating in buildings is commonplace. This book describes how we can keep cool without conventional air-conditioning: improving comfort and productivity while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. It provides architects, engineers and policy makers with a ‘how-to’ guide to the application of natural cooling in new and existing buildings. It demonstrates, through reference to …
Description:This is a guide to both the basics and the details of tall building design, delving into the rudimentary aspects of design that an architect of a tall office building must consider, as well as looking at the rationale for why and how a building must be built the way it is. Liberally illustrated with …
[2020] Tall : the design and construction of high-rise architecture by Marriage, Guy Read More »
Description:Architecture can seem complicated, mysterious or even ill-defined, especially to a student being introduced to architectural ideas for the first time. One way to approach architecture is simply as the design of human environments. When we consider architecture in this way, there is a good place to start – ourselves. Our engagement in our environment …
Table of contents :The environmental crisis : ecological or experiential? —Anticipating coming unknowns —Environmental impacts —Perceived reality : sensory experience —Soul and spirit nourishment —Placemaking for people —Place : identity, continuity and integrity —Design for community —Getting around cities —Connectivity —Use, space and life —Design for security —Settlement form, space and life —Design processes : …
The major theme of this book is the relationship between structural design and architectural design. The various aspects of this are brought together in the last chapter which has been expanded in this second edition, partly in response to comments from readers of the first edition, partly because my own ideas have changed and developed, …
Structure and Architecture by Angus J. MacDonald Read More »
Structure as Architecture presents a comprehensive analysis of the indispensable role of structure in architecture. An exploration, as well as a celebration, of structure, the book draws on a series of design studies and case study examples to illustrate how structure can be employed to realize a wide range of concepts in contemporary architecture. By …
There is a fundamental dierence between science and and technology. Engineering or technology is the making of things that did not previously exist, whereas science is the discov- ering of things that have long existed. Technological results are forms that exist only because people want to make them, whereas scientic results are informations of what …
Lecture notes STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS AND SYSTEMS FOR ARCHITECTS by Victor E. Saouma Read More »
