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1001 All Time Best Selling Home Plans
You'll find over 1,000 hot home plans designs in this 700+ page book the biggest and best collection available on the market today. Easytoread floorplans and detailed text give you a clear idea of the individual homes' offerings. From bungalows to European estates, this volume includes desig
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A Guide To Successful Construction - 3rd Revised Edition
Contractors must protect themselves and their companies at each critical stage of a construction project. This muchneeded guide shows how to avoid lawsuits and other problems by explaining exactly what the architect's and contractor's roles are during the construction phase of a project as well a
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A Legal Guide to Urban Design and Sustainable Development for Planners
A Legal Guide to Urban Planning, Urban Design, and Development is a practical guide for practicing architects, designers and planners on the legal and contractual issues in urban design and sustainable development. 416pp.
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Architect's Essentials of Negotiation
Architect's Essentials of Negotiation, Second Edition prepares practitioners for negotiating design issues, fees, and contracts, as well as handling risk, disputes, change, and claims. It offers valuable insights on how to hone communication, collaboration, and teambuilding skills to success
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Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing, 2nd Edition
Significantly updated with revisions to nearly all details, The Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing, 2nd ed. provides architects, engineers, interior designers, contractors, and others involved in the construction industry with a reference to the common construction details, material i
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Architect's Reference Manual
A practical reference source tailored for the design professional and students specializing in residential architecture. 484 pp. General Client acquisition Fee Schedule Written Agreements Duediligence reports Design programming Design Principals Civil
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Architectural Graphic Standards for Architects, Engineers, Decorators,
When it was published in 1932, this cornerstone edition of Ramsey and Sleeper's Architectural Graphic Standards was the very first book to present the accepted architectural practices of the time in a clear and accessible graphic form. Covering all facets of building construction from foundat
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Architectural Lighting Design, 3rd Edition
Lighting design is the art and science of lighting interior and exterior spaces. Successful architectural lighting design enhances the built environment through the integration of light and space and includes evaluating the needs of the occupants and the space, establishing lighting criteria, r
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Architectural Metal Surfaces
Architectural Metal Surfaces demonstrates techniques for achieving a variety of surface effects through the application of texture, color treatments, and lighting effects. 352 pp. Presents more than 150 illustrations. Helps develop realistic expectations and accurate sp
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Architectural Precast Concrete, 3rd Edition
This fully revised edition includes new sections on sustainability, condensation control, and blast resistance. You’ll get extensive updates in the areas of color, texture, finishes, weather, tolerances, connections, and windows, along with detailed specifications to meet today’s cons
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ASTM Standards for Fence Materials and Products, 10th Edition
This new edition provides the latest fencing and fencingrelated standards for all aspects of the fencing industry. 34 ASTM standards cover ChainLink and Wire Fence Fabric Fence Construction and Installation Fences for Playground
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Basic Construction Materials, 7th Edition
This text is used for an undergraduate Construction Materials course with a lab component taught in departments of Construction Management/Technology and Architecture. Offering an indepth introduction to the realworld application of some of the most fundamental materials used in con
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Builder's Guide to Room Additions
How to tackle problems unique to room additions, such as requirements for basement conversions, reinforcing ceiling joists for secondstory conversions, handling problems in attic conversions, and what's required for footings, foundations and slabs. Explains how to design the best bathroom for
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Building Commissioning: Principles and Practices
While long established as a quality control process for building mechanical systems, building commissioning has in the past decade emerged as a broader constriction management process overseeing nearly all aspects of a project. This book will be the first to cover the expanded application of
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Building Evaluation for Adaptive Reuse and Preservation
An architect and engineer must consider many aspects of any building that is being evaluated for an adaptive reuse project. Careful and precise evaluation of an existing building's structure, systems, and materials are necessary for both design considerations and for financial feasibility anal
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Building Structures Illustrated: Patterns, Systems, and Design
Francis D.K.Ching brings his trademark presentation to the structural design studio with this major new work coauthored by Barry Onouye and Douglas Zuberbuhler. Taking a new approach to strucural design, Ching and his coauthors show how structural systems of a building as an
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Building Type Basics for Housing
The fastest way to straighten out the learning curve on specialized design projects Building Type Basics books provide architects, planners, and developers with the essentials they need to jumpstart the design of a variety of specialized building types. In each volume, leading national figures
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Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories, 2nd Edition
The Wiley Building Type Basics series provides architects and other professionals with the essential information they need to jumpstart the design of a variety of facilities. This volume covers the design of research laboratories, with the practical information necessary to meet the constructio
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Careers in Architecture
Architecture is one of the oldest career choices known to us and is a field in which your work can last more than a lifetime. The buildings and structures that surround us in our everyday lives tell the tales of our culture and values for generations to come. Perhaps you want to leave your ow
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Cold Formed Steel Design, 3rd Edition
Hailed by professionals around the world as the definitive text on the subject, ColdFormed Steel Design is an indispensable resource for all who design for and work with coldformed steel. No other book provides such exhaustive coverage of both the theory and practice of coldformed steel construct
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Compositions in Architecture
In Compositions in Architecture, Don Hanlon offers students an excitingly original path to discovering architectural composition, one that avoids the traditional either/or choice between theory and practice. By exploring the underlying patterns of organization in architecture, this book enab
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Concrete Masonry Handbook for Architects, Engineers, Builders, 6th Edi
The sixth edition of PCA’s Concrete Masonry Handbook for Architects, Engineers, Builders reflects stateofthepractice for concrete masonry construction presented in a new layout style. More than 200 color photos describe designing and building with concrete masonry. Like the previous vers
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Construction Administration for Architects
This invaluable book on construction administration leads the architect through a typical projectfrom contract to closeoutillustrating topics such as how to spot problems before they occur, how to mitigate change orders and disputes, and how to use submittals and RFIs. Cowritten
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Cracking the Codes: An Architect's Guide to Building Regulations
Building codes and standards are often seen as obstacles to design excellence. Not anymore! With the help of this downtoearth guide, architecture professionals and students can stop dreading these rules and start using them to their advantage. Cracking the Codes makes codes and stand
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Design Drawing with CD-Rom
Design Drawing is a comprehensive introduction to drawing and more. Its innovative book, plus CDROM package, sheds new light on the relationship between perception, drawing, and design. In his distinctive graphic style, Ching takes us on an exciti
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Design for Aging Post-Occupancy Evaluations
Authored by the American Institute of Architects Design for Aging Center, Design for Aging Post Occupancy Evaluations features wellresearched postoccupancy evaluations for approximately forty senior living facilities previously featured in the AIA Design for Aging Review. Postoccupancy evaluation
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Design of Straw Bale Buildings
For the first time, a design manual for practicing professionals, drawing on the collective experience of the most senior and respected figures in the rapidlyemerging field of straw bale construction. This is the only book that provides truly useful information to architects, engineers, building
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Designing Sustainable Cities
Available July 17th, 2009. Purchase now and you are not charged until your order is shipped!To be sustainable, design professionals must develop innovative and creative solutions that tackle social, environmental and economic issues at the same time and then
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Designing the Exterior Wall: An Architectural Guide to the Vertical En
By presenting the basics of building science along with a prescribed set of details, Designing the Exterior Wall helps you understand why buildings fail and how they can be made more durable through design. Author Linda Brock connects the science and aesthetics of building envelopes through the exam
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Drywall Contracting
Every community needs drywall specialists who can hang, tape and texture gypsum drywall. This practical manual explains what you need to know to operate successfully as a drywall contractor. It covers the trade, planning and estimating jobs, and the do's and don'ts of running a drywall contracting b
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Drywall, 3rd Edition
In this completely revised third edition of the bestselling classic, drywall contractor Myron Ferguson shares the latest information, including an entirely new chapter on sound control and over 100 new photos. 224 pp. Learn how to Choose the right dry
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Evidence-Based Design: Applied Research-Based Knowledge for Multiple B
Evidencebased design, which bases design decisions on the best available current research evidence, is gaining traction among architects. Expanding the field from its origins in healthcare to other building types such as education, criminal justice, commercial, industrial, and places of worship,
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Google SketchUp for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terra
Available August 20th, 2009. Purchase now and you are not charged until your order is shipped!Google SketchUp for Site Design illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp how it works and more importantly, what to do with it. Filled with tutorials f
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Guide to New York City Landmarks, 4th Edition
The official guide to New York's mustsee buildings Yes, it's a wonderful town, and this book gives you more than 1,200 reasons why. With a host of new landmarks, 80 twocolor, easytoread maps, and more than 200 photographs, this new edition of the official and only complete guide
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Habitat for Humanity: How to Build a House, Revised and Updated
Whether you're a seasoned pro or have never picked up a hammer, here's a valuable reference guide to building a safe, affordable, energyefficient home brought to you by the world's leading authority on community home building, Habitat for Humanity International. You may be interested in b
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Handbook of Temporary Structures in Construction
The support you need to build highquality temporary structures. All the technical, business, and legal knowhow you need to build and maintain 17 different temporary support and access structures has been gathered in one convenient problemsolver. In the completely revised Second Edition of the Han
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Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Design Methods for Architects, 3rd Edition
One of the leading references on the design of a building's environmental controls has just gotten better. For years, Heating, Cooling, Lighting has supplied architects and students with the strategies needed for initial design decisions for building systems. The book looks at how to design the f
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Historic Preservation Technology: A Primer
This essential reference on the practical techniques for rehabilitating old buildings supplies the novice with all of the technical information they need to plan and execute a restoration project. 448 pp. Table of Contents Part 1 Process Overview
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History of Interior Design and Furniture, 2nd Edition
A comprehensive survey of the major historical periods of interior architecture and decorative styles, History of Interior Design & Furniture, Second Edition features more than 175 new illustrations, including over 150 full color photographs. From Ancient Egypt to NineteenthCentury Reviv
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Homes within Reach: A Guide to the Planning, Design and Construction o
Homes Within Reach provides the first systematic guide for planning, designing, and constructing modest, yet highquality, homes. From siting and foundations to systems, layouts, and interior and exterior finishes, it covers dozens of design and construction techniques that promote housing qualit
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HVAC and Chemical Resistance Handbook for the Engineer and Architect
Tom Arimes, P.E., editor of the HVAC Handbook, is an engineer with three decades of field experience. He's taken all the mostneeded information from the most reliable sources, boiled it down to its absolute essence, and assembled it into one unique, easytouse volume. The HVAC Handbook give
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Illustrated Guide to Waterproof Construction
The Illustrated Guide to Waterproof Construction provides stateoftheart solutions to prevent the most common waterrelated problems in buildings. Designed to save you time and money, this expert resource discusses the causes and effects of waterrelated problems…time tested solut
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Integrated Practice in Architecture: Mastering Design-Build, Fast-Trac
Get the only comprehensive book about integrated practice in architecture, which is the collaborative design, construction and lifecycle management of buildings. Chapters are clearly organized around critical issues in integrated architectural practice, including teambuilding, project planning, com
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International Practice for Architects
This is the primary reference for U.S. architects seeking to establish or expand their services in other countries. The book provides countryspecific information on targeting foreign client groups and U.S. clients groups with projects abroad contacting local professional organizations deciphering
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Introducing Revit Architecture 2008
Revit Architecture is transforming how architectural models are designed and documented, and this is the perfect guide to quickly become productive with this industryleading BIM solution. This practical reference and tutorial offers you a theoretical overview of BIM, explains the principles of R
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Introducing Revit Architecture 2009
BIM has revolutionized how architects and engineers design, develop, and deliver projects, experiencing 100 percent growth in the last year BIM links a 3D representation of a building along with a detailed database that stores all data generated by the design proces
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Introducing Revit Architecture 2010: BIM for Beginners
Learn the leading BIM software quickly and easily with this book's detailed discussions and practical exercises Introducing Revit Architecture 2010 presents the core features of this industryleading building information modeling (BIM) software with focused discussions and practical ex
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Law and Practice for Architects
Provides a framework for understanding of the legal, contractual and procedural implication of architectural practice. The book acts as a useful aidememoire for students and practitioners based on the premise that smooth legal administration will provide the conditions under which client relations
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Masonry Design & Detailing for Architects and Contractors, 5th Edition
Covering an unprecedented range of materials, technologies, and regulations, Masonry Design and Detailing is an essential resource for architects and masonry contractors. Completely updated, this handson guide features insight on the complete range of masonry topics wall systems, unit and mortar
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Mastering Architecture: Becoming a Creative Innovator in Practice
It is easy for even the most accomplished of designers to lose sight of their higher creative goals, once they are in ensconced in practice and burdened by the everyday concerns of running an office and overseeing complex projects. However, it is essential for any architect aspiring to achieve a
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Mastering Revit Architecture 2008
Revit Architecture has revolutionized how architects design, develop, and deliver projectsand now you can join the revolution with this expert guide. Authored by a team of Revit aficionados and experts, this indepth book uses clear explanations, detailed tutorials, and practical examples to sho
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Mastering Revit Architecture 2009
The expert authors developed this practical reference and tutorial based on years of experience using the program and training others to do so. Unlike the competition, Mastering Revit Architecture is organized by how users learn and implement Revit and features detailed explanations, interestin
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Mastering Revit Architecture 2010
As Autodesk's fastestgrowing software package, Revit Architecture offers a new version that will require Revit users of all areas of expertisearchitects, project managers, designers, contractors, and building ownersto learn new skills. As the only complete tutorial and reference for the ne
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Materials and Their Applications in Landscape Design
This singlesource reference offers an encyclopedic and systematic approach to the broad palette of materials commonly used in landscape construction. Connecting the technical aspects of landscape architecture with design aspects, the book's encyclopedic approach takes the reader systematical
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Moisture Control Handbook: Principles & Practices for Residential & Sm
In the climatecontrolled buildings of today, moisture problems affect not only the useable life expectancy of the structure, but the comfort and health of the occupants. This reference is the first to apply uptodate moisture control and treatment techniques in a problem/solution format. Opening w
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Multifamily Housing Development Handbook
Get the latest in best practices, techniques, and trends in multifamily housing development. Practical, howto information is provided on all aspects of the development process, including feasibility and financing, planning and design, construction, marketing, leasing, and management.
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Olin's Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods, 8th Edition
New title, same industry standard, now updated for a new age of construction! For more than fifty years, Construction has been the cornerstone reference in the field for architecture and construction professionals and students. This new Eighth Edition, now called Olin's Construction
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Opportunities in Design and Decorating Careers
This book offers the latest information on a field of interest. Training and educational requirements for each career. Salary statistics for different positions within each field. Uptodate professional and Internet resources. 160pp.
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Packaging Sustainability: Tools, Systems and Strategies for Innovative
How to take the lead with sustainable packaging design solutions With initiatives like the WalMart Scorecard in the U.S. and the E.U.'s Packaging Directive, delivering sustainable packaging is now an integral part of today's global competitive market. Written by experts from a wide
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PCI Design Handbook : Precast And Prestressed Concrete 6th Edition, 20
Recent changes in the building codes and standards issued by ASCE, ACI, and IBC are the most significant in 40 years, according to some code experts. Practicing structural engineers and architects must keep up with these changes. The Sixth Edition of the PCI Design Handbook (MNL12004) on precast a
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Precedents in Architecture: Analytic Diagrams, Formative Ideas, and Pa
A revision of the architectural classic on design analysis. Precedents in Architecture, Third Edition provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that illuminates the works of leading architects and aids architects and designers in creating their own designs. Thirtyone leading architects a
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Prefabulous
Remember when prefab was frankly considered pretty awful? Thankfully gone are the days when prefab carried the baggage of cookiecutter design, poor construction, and the inferiority complex of not being built on site. Now a prefab home can mean a truly preFABULOUS home elegant, spacious, c
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Preservation of Modern Architecture
As todays valued examples of modern architecture age to the point that preservation is called for, the methods and technology used in such preservation must be carefully considered so that the design integrity of the building is maintained. Written by the president of an organization committe
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Professional Kitchen Design
Remodeling kitchens requires a special touch one that blends artistic flair with function to create a kitchen with charm and personality as well as one that is easy to work in. Here you’ll find how to make the best use of the space available in any kitchen design job, as well as tips
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Programming for Design: From Theory to Practice
In the essential discipline of architectural programming, the ideas of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and history find their focus in the realities of site conditions, budgets, and functionality. Author Edith Cherry vividly demons
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Refabricating Architecture
Preoccupation with image and a failure to look at process has led entire generations of architects to overlook transfer technologies and transfer processes. Kieran and Timberlake argue that the time has come to reevaluate and update the basic design and construction methods that have constrained
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Refacing Cabinets
You no longer need to buy new cabinets to create a beautiful new kitchen. With Refacing Cabinets, you can get professional results even if you're not a pro. Remodeling professional Herrick Kimball shows you how to transform your outdated kitchen into your dream kitchen using wood venee
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Renovating & Restyling Older Homes
Any builder can turn a rundown old house into a showcase of perfection if the customer has unlimited funds to spend. Unfortunately, most customers are on a tight budget. They usually want more improvements than they can afford and they expect you to deliver. This book shows how
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Renovating Old Houses (Revised and Updated)
The definitive book on how to bring an old house back to life without destroying its spirit is now updated with all new color photography. Experienced contractor George Nash covers everything from replacing foundation walls to repairing old windows, including how to save what's irrep
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Residential Design for Aging In Place
Consult Residential Design for Aging In Place, the key reference for designing homes for aging people, if you seek to understand how to create effective spaces for the elderly. Interior designers, architects, and homebuilders are increasingly asked by clients to design homes to allow for adaptati
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Retrofitting Suburbia
While there has been considerable attention by practitioners and academics to development in urban cores and new neighborhoods on the periphery of cities, there has been little attention to the redesign and redevelopment of existing suburbs. Here is a comprehensive guidebook for architects, plann
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Revit Architecture 2009: A Comprehensive Guide
Revit Architecture 2009 A Comprehensive Guide focuses on a workflow methodology, covering the tools most necessary to build skills incrementally and become productive quickly. The book is comprised of a handson series of tutorials, arranged hierarchically, to acquaint students with the feature
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Revit Architecture 2010: No Experience Required
Author and Revit Architecture expert Eric Wing walks you through designing, documenting, and presenting a fourstory office building. The continuous tutorial begins with the Revit interface and standard conventions for placing walls, doors, and windows, then progresses through the building s
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Selected ASTM Standards for Fence Materials & Products, 9th Edition
The latest edition of this unique reference source provides the latest fencing and fencingrelated standards to all aspects of the fencing industry. Of the 39 standards featured, 32 are NEW or REVISED. This new edition is a valuable resource for fencing manufacturers, contractors, and suppliers arc
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Simplified Design of Concrete Structures, 8th Edition
For over sixty years, the primary source for design of concrete structures is now revised and updated! Simplified Design of Concrete Structures, Eighth Edition covers all the latest, commonly used concrete systems, practices, and research in the field, reinforced with examples of practical des
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Standard Handbook Of Architectural Engineering, 1998, CD-ROM
More than ten years in the making, this is the most fundamental and farreaching volume on architectural engineering design ever written. Featuring 450 universal design scenarios stocked with easy to use Interactive formulas, innovative design tools, illustrated examples and at a glance t
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Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Constr
This book is recommended for courses in Statics, Strength of Materials, and Structural Principles in Architecture, Construction, and Engineering Technology. Taking a visuallyoriented approach, Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Construction, Third
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Statics for Building Construction
This book is intended for Strength of Materials, Introduction to Structural Principles, and Structural Statics courses at the undergraduate level. Basic knowledge of algebraic manipulations and trigonometric functions is recommended, but no calculus is required. Written from an archite
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Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings: A Case Study Guide to
Historic structures provide an opportunity to study aspects of structural engineering, materials science, forensic engineering, and building design. Structural Investigation of Historic Buildings helps prepare consulting structural engineers and others to deal with issues unique to historic struc
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Taunton's for Pros By Pros: Exterior Siding, Trim, and Finishes
A homes appeal depends a great deal on its exterior paint or stain, brick and stonework, siding, trim, and other details and its not just the type of finish thats important. Its also how well the job was done. This firstever collection of Fine Homebuilding magazines most popular
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The American Institute of Architects Official Guide to the 2007 AIA Co
Written by The American Institute of Architects (AIA), this is a comprehensive guide to the AIA contract documents, which include the agreements between architectowner, and ownercontractor. There are other guides to the AIA contract documents, but this is the only authoritative one written
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The Architect's Guide to Design-Build Services
The definitive resource for designerled projects! The Architect's Guide to DesignBuild Services offers authoritative knowledge and industry insight to architects considering entry into the burgeoning practice of designbuild project delivery. Written by architects and o
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The Architect's Portable Handbook
When it comes to providing architects with quick, accurate guidance for a complete range of onthejob issues, no book matches The Architect's Portable Handbook from McGrawHill. And now, with the updated and expanded Third Edition, The Architect's Portable Handbook delivers the la
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The Architecture of Tilt-Up
This manual is the second part of a trilogy of resources on the design and construction of site cast TiltUp construction. TCA developed the content for The Architecture of TiltUp through the guidance of leading design professionals with vast experience in the building method, as well as f
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The Art of Systems Architecting, 3rd Edition
If engineering is the art and science of technical problem solving, systems architecting happens when you don’t yet know what the problem is. The third edition of a highly respected bestseller, The Art of Systems Architecting provides indepth coverage of the least understood part of sys
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The Building Environment: Active and Passive Control Systems
To capitalize on today's rapidly evolving, specialized technologies, architects, designers, builders, and contractors work together to plan the mechanical and electrical equipment that controls the indoor environment of a building. From active HVAC systems to passive methods, lighting
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The Built Environment: A Collaborative Inquiry Into Design and Plannin
Drawing from the expertise of prominent academics in their respective fields, this collaborative work takes a sweeping view of the ways we build things, beginning at the scale of products and interiors, to that of regions and global systems. In doing so, The Built Environment answers questions on ho
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The Not So Big House
Available September 15th, 2009. Purchase now and you are not charged until your order is shipped!Ten years ago, Sarah Susanka started a revolution in home design with a deceptively simple message quality should always come before quantity. Now, the book th
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The Not So Big House Collection
Available September 15th, 2009. Purchase now and you are not charged until your order is shipped!Over a decade ago, Sarah Susanka started a revolution in home design with a deceptively simple message build better, not bigger. By proposing a new blueprint fo
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The Urban Housing Handbook
The handbook provides graphic representations and analysis of 30 urban case studies from around the world. These range from the London town house to apartments in Chicago and New York, taking in other European, South American, North African, and Asian examples. In each chapter, a housing type
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Time Honored: A Global View of Architectural Conservation
Time Honored is a comprehensive survey of the practice, theory, and structure of architectural heritage conservation throughout the world. Offering an argument for why architectural conservation is indispensable to modern life, Time Honored describes its parameters and evolution in an histori
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Time-Saver Standards For Concise Site Construction Details
This efficiencyboosting resource gives you fast access to 350 of the most commonly used site construction details. It's all here details for curbs, steps, lighting fixtures, walls, and much moreready to be copied from the convenient spiralbound, lieflat format. What's more, this manual offers y
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To Build New York
Without its vast infrastructure, New York would not have been able to forge five boroughs into one city, welcome millions of newcomers, and become the financial and cultural capital of the world. Covering the period from 19092009, To Build New York is an informative, engaging account
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Traditional Details: For Building Restoration, Renovation, and Rehabil
Traditional Details is a comprehensive source of traditional architectural details for anyone working with old structures. Compiling the most useful material from the first four editions of Architectural Graphic Standards published between 1932 and 1951, this book brings back int
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Unbuilding
Discover fascinating details on construction techniques for houses both ancient and of more contemporary vintage, and helpful methods to determine their value or salvagability. Unbuilding covers a variety of projects, from simply dismantling a wall to completely unbuilding an entire
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Urban Design and People
This introduction to the field of urban design offers a comprehensive survey of the processes necessary to implement urban design work, explaining the vocabulary, the rules, the tools, the structures, and the resources in clear and accessible style. Providing a comprehensive framework for und
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Urban Design for an Urban Century: Placemaking for People
Featuring projects that have won The American Institute of Architects' (AIA) National Honor Awards for Urban Design in recent years, this is a comprehensive book of tools and information on urban design. Endorsed by the AIA and written by the 2005 and 2006 chairs, respectively, of the AIA's Regio
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Wetlands, 4th Edition
The premier reference on wetlands is brought up to date with substantial new information and a streamlined text supplemented with a support Web site. This new Fourth Edition maintains the authoritative quality of its predecessors while expanding its international coverage and adding discussions of s
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ASTM Standards in Building Codes, 4 Volume 44th Edition, 2007 CD-ROM
Over 1,300 ASTM construction specifications, practices, and test methods, compiled from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards, enable you to • Meet International Code Requirements • Stay Informed and Remain Competitive • Specify the Right Material for the Jobbr
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ASTM Standards in Building Codes, 4 Volume 45th Edition, 2008 DVD
Note A DVD drive is needed to use the CD. If you cannot view DVDs on your CDROM drive, then you will not be able to view this material. Over 1,300 ASTM construction standards give you the tools you need to design and construct buildings that sat
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ASTM Standards in Building Codes, 4 Volume 46th Edition, 2009 (DVD, Ba
Note A DVD drive is needed to use the CD. If you cannot view DVDs on your CDROM drive, then you will not be able to view this material. Over 1,300 ASTM construction standards give you the tools you need to design and construct buildings that satis
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