Mechanical and Electrical Systems in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (5th Edition) by Frank R. Dagostino, Joseph B. Wujek

Pre ntice H all | 2009 | ISBN: 0135000041 | 960 pages | PDF | 22 MB

The book provides comprehensive, easy-to-understand introductory coverage of mechanical and electricalsystems in buildings. Elementary engineering concepts and step-by-step design principles are introduced in a straightforward manner and supported by over 320 illustrations and 500 photographs.
It includes new chapters on emerging sustainability (green) technologies and building science. It presents material that can provide the future architect, architectural engineer, and architectural engineering technician with a basic working-level knowledge of principles and practices. This book is written specifically for those interested in building heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing and piping (water supply and sanitary drainage), storm drainage, illumination, electrical power distribution, building telecommunications, acoustics and acoustical control, vertical/horizontal transportation and conveying, fire protection and suppression, and building renewable energy and energy conservation systems.

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Smart Materials in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design

Book title: Smart Materials in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design
By: YAxel Ritter
Publisher: Birkhouser Basel
ISBN: 376437327X
Edition: 2006
Book type: PDF
Pages: 191
File size: 19 Mb

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In this prescient and beautifully written book, John Berger examines the life and work of Ernst Neizvestny, a Russian sculptor whose exclusion from the ranks of officially approved Soviet artists left him laboring in enforced obscurity to realize his monumental and very public vision of art. But Berger’s impassioned account goes well beyond the specific dilemma of the pre-glasnot Russian artist to illuminate the very meaning of revolutionary art. In his struggle against official orthodoxy–which involved a face-to-face confrontation with Khruschev himself–Neizvestny was fighting not for a merely personal or aesthetic vision, but for a recognition of the true social role of art. His sculptures earn a place in the world by reflecting the courage of a whole people, by commemorating, in an age of mass suffering, the resistance and endurance of millions.

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The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings

Book title: The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings
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Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471395404
Edition: 1998-10-08
Book type: PDF
Pages: 736
File size: 50 Mb

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This book documents the step-by-step evolution of a complete set of architectural working drawings. Enriched with more than 900 illustrations, this book also has a companion Web site and many case studies, including a new case study featuring an office complex.

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The drawing-room; its decorations and furniture

Book title: The drawing-room; its decorations and furniture
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Publisher: London, MacMillan
ISBN: N\A
Edition: 1878
Book type: PDF
Pages: 154
File size: 18 mb

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A three piece Victorian Parlor Set consisting of a settee and a pair of side chairs. Circa 1865-75. Black Walnut with original black paint tracery/metal beaded gadrooning and stamped brass in relief mounts/ brass foliate mounts….

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Tropical Architecture. In the dry and humid zones

Book title: Tropical Architecture. In the dry and humid zones
By: Robert E. Krieger
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: N/A
Edition: 1964
Book type: PDF
Pages: 262
File size: 11.5 mb

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Tropical Architecture in the Dry and Humid Zones discusses the factors affecting design in the tropics generally: the people and their needs; the climate and its attendant ills; the materials and means of building. The book is written by pioneers of modern design both in Britain and in the tropics where they have offices Ghana and Nigeria.

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Ventilation and Airflow in Buildings

Book title: Ventilation and Airflow in Buildings: Methods for Diagnosis and Evaluation
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Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
ISBN-10: 184407451X
Edition: 2008
Book type: PDF
Pages: 128
File size: 2 MB
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Energy efficiency in buildings requires, among other things, that ventilation be appropriately dimensioned: too much ventilation wastes energy, and insufficient ventilation leads to poor indoor air quality and low comfort. Studies have shown that ventilation systems seldom function according to their commissioned design. They have also shown that airflow measurement results are essential in improving a ventilation system.
This key handbook explains why ventilation in buildings should be measured and describes how to measure it, giving applied examples for each measurement method. The book will help building physicists and ventilation engineers to properly commission ventilation systems and appropriately diagnose ventilation problems throughout the life of a building. Drawing on over 20 years of experience and the results of recent international research projects, this is the definitive guide to diagnosing air flow patterns within buildings.

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Wrightscapes Frank Lloyd

Book title: Wrightscapes: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Landscape Designs
By: Charles and Berdeana Aguar
Publisher: M-aw-H-ill
ISBN: 0071377689
Edition: 2002
Book type: PDF
Pages: 374
File size: 19,8 MB
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Here is the first book to examine the environmental landscape designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, probably the world’s best known and most influential architect. WRIGHTSCAPES analyzes 85 of his works, and pays particular attention to site planning, landscape design, community scale, and regional planning.
The authors include many original diagrams, rare archival material, and some 200 photographs, many never published before. WRIGHTSCAPES also chronicles how and way Wright’s famous ecological sensabilities were established and how his design aspirations went far beyond accepted definitions of architecture.
WRIGHTSCAPES is ideal for required or supplemental reading within many curriculums of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning or urban design.

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The Physical Foundation of Protein Architecture

Book title: The Physical Foundation of Protein Architecture
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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN 10: 9810247109
Edition: January 15, 2002
Book type: PDF
Pages: 150
File size: 5.5 Mb
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A protein requires its own three-dimensional structure for its biological activity. If a chemical agent is added, the biological activity is lost, and the three-dimensional structure is destroyed to become a random coil state. But when the chemical agent is removed, the biological activity is recovered, implying that the random coil state turns back into the original complex structure spontaneously. This is an astonishing event. “The Physical Foundation of Protein Architecture” is intended to solve this mystery from the physicochemical basis by elucidating the mechanism of various processes in protein folding. The main features of protein folding are shown to be described by the island model with long range hydrophobic interaction which is capable of finding the specific residue, and the lampshade criterion for disulfide bonding. Various proteins with known structure are refolded, with the purpose of uncovering the mechanism of protein folding. In addition, ab initio method for predicting protein structure from its amino acid sequence is proposed.

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Moisture Control in Buildings

Book title: Moisture Control in Buildings: The Key Factor in Mold Prevention, 2 Edition
By: Heinz R. Trechsel
Publisher: ASTM International
ISBN: 0803170041
Edition: 2009
Book type: PDF
Pages: 621
File size: 35,2 MB
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Twenty-eight comprehensive chapters focus on the major issues involved in the process of moisture resistive construction. This one-of-a-kind publication provides the latest and most important information relating to moisture problems in buildings.
Three new chapters have been added to make this the ultimate publication on moisture control:
Details and Practice discusses design details suitable for preventing moisture problems in service.
Quality Management in Design and Construction discusses the need for and application of quality control and management during design and construction for preventing moisture problems in service.
Towards Development of Methods for Assessment of Moisture-Originated Damage looks to the future.
The latest edition is divided into four parts:
Fundamentals—addresses moisture transfer, condensation, and evaporation.
Applications—discusses the technologies that affect the moisture balance in buildings and the techniques used to determine the suitability of materials, components, systems, and structures.
Construction Principles and Recommendations—covers new and existing commercial and high buildings, new and existing residential buildings, and manufactured and historic buildings.
Implementation—discusses implementation mechanisms.

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The Architecture of the United Arab Emirates

The Architecture of the United Arab Emirates
By: Salma Samar Damluji
Publisher: Ithaca Press
ISBN-10: 1859641563
Edition: June 2006
Book type: PDF
Pages: 334
File size: 54.15 mb
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Since the late 1960s, the cities of the United Arab Emirates have experienced unprecedented development and accelerated construction. Viewed in the context of the specific environment and cultural fabric of this desert region in Arabia, the coming of modern architecture has been coupled with extensive cultivation projects implemented in an originally barren landscape. Simultaneously, the cities have also remained true to their heritage and recognized the importance of their vernacular architecture and, in a fascinating contrast to the rapid modernization, today there are also many reconstruction and heritage projects underway. Recognizing the need for a publication that discusses this architectural antithesis, “The Architecture of the United Arab Emirates” includes contributions by architectural professionals and specialists who have witnessed this firsthand. Dr Damluji has selected articles which fall into two sections: modern architecture – which questions the form of new cities, the contribution of international architectural practice and the state of modern Islamic architecture; and vernacular architecture – which discusses architectural surveys carried out and conservation and heritage projects throughout the UAE. The book concludes with discussions of the ongoing reconstruction of traditional buildings, regeneration schemes, and the implications and reality of the reestablishment of traditions and heritage on the modern urban fabric and architectural thought. In selecting these particular articles Dr Damluji is at pains to stress how the UAE, despite moving rapidly into the future, needs to acknowledge the architecture of its own environment.

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The Planting Design Handbook, 2 edition

The Planting Design Handbook, 2 edition
By: Nick Robinson
Publisher: Ashg.te
ISBN: 0754630358
Edition: 2004
Book type: PDF
Pages: 336
File size: 6,5 MB
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First published in 1992, this text is widely used on landscape architecture courses around the world. It examines the horticultural, ecological and aesthetic characteristics of plants, and discusses the structural and decorative roles of planting, spatial composition, species selection, planting plans and spacing, and the vital role of management. With its fresh look at aesthetic principles and its analysis of the design process, it reveals how a systematic approach can allow the greatest freedom for the creative imagination. This second edition still provides a complete examination of both the principles and the practice of design with plants, for public, institutional and private landscapes, but is fully revised and updated, taking account of developments in professional practice and reflecting a variety of the media and approaches currently used. It incorporates conceptual design approaches to planting, a range of design methods as well as tried and tested analytical and objective procedures, and a wide range of new international examples of planting design. The ecological basis for planting design has been broadened to include examples from warm temperate and subtropical vegetation types as well as those of the cool temperate and Mediterranean climate area. The layout of the book is clearer and more spacious, with colour illustrations. While retaining the detailed line drawings of the Chinese architect and painter Jia-Hua Wu, it includes an international range of new photographs and professional drawings. These illustrate a range of media now effective and useful in professional practices of various sizes.

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Working Drawings Handbook, Third Edition free ebook

Book title: Working Drawings Handbook, Third Edition
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Publisher: Architectural Press
ISBN-10: 0750624949
Edition: December 13, 1995
Book type: PDF
Pages: 144
File size: 7.84 mb
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This book forms a comprehensive manual for students of architecture, architects, architectural technicians and draughtsmen in the building industry on how to produce clear and effective working drawings. Every aspect of drawing preparation is covered, from the information required on drawings for particular purposes and how to relate them to specifications and bills of quantities, drawing office techniques and materials; how to relate architects drawings to those produced by other specialists and how to programme drawing office work. Such sound and all-encompassing advice given so clearly and concisely, with a wealth of illustrations, makes this book an essential tool for students and in any drawing office. Essential tool for students and in the drawing officeUpdated to include the impact of computer drafting
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Writing Urbanism free ebook

Book title: Writing Urbanism: A Design Reader (The ACSA Architectural Education Series)
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Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415774381
Edition: 2008
Book type: PDF
Pages: 424
File size: 12,7 mb

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Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour. Distinguished by its broad scope and comprehensiveness on the subject of urban design, this new collection combines selected essays from both practitioners and academia.

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ENGINEERING ECONOMY 6TH EDITION BY

"Engineering Economy, 6th edition" provides undergraduate students and practicing professionals with a solid preparation in the financial understanding of engineering problems and projects, as well as the techniques needed for evaluating and making sound economic decisions. Information on cost estimation, depreciation, and taxes has been updated to conform to new tax laws and a majority of the end-of-chapter problems are revised or new to this edition. Distinguishing pedagogical characteristics of this market-leading text include its easy-to-read writing style, chapter objectives, worked examples, integrated spreadsheets, case studies, Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam questions, and numerous end-of-chapter problems.Graphical cross-referencing is indicated so users are able to locate additional material on any one subject in the text. Quick-solve (Q-Solv) and Excel-solve (E-Solve) icons found in the text indicate the difficulty of a problem, example, or spreadsheet. While the chapters are progressive, over three-quarters can stand alone, allowing instructorsflexibility for meeting course needs. A complete Online Learning Center (OLC) offers supplemental practice problems, spreadsheet exercises, review questions for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, and more!

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FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING DESIGN OF STRUCTURES BY JOHN A PURKISS

Published by Butterworth Heinemann | Publication date : February 1996 | ISBN : 0750606096 | File type: PDF | 369 pages | English | 11.03 mb
Whilst the majority of the text is concerned with structural design, aspects such as escape, evacuation and smoke control are also covered. The text gives the background to the limit state fire design of structures using both hand calculations andcomputer simulation. It covers design both to current British Standards and Eurocodes for all common structural materials. 

The book commences with an overview of the rationale of limit state fire design before going on to discuss, in general terms, the methods that may be used. It then coverscompartment temperature time responses in a natural fire before discussing the standard fire test. The next main section is concerned with the physical behaviour of materials at elevated temperatures before considering the performance and design of structural elements and structures in concrete, steel, timber and masonry exposed to fire conditions. The book concludes with a section on assessment of structures following a fire and methods of repair of fire damaged structures. The text is annotated with reference to recent research, includes worked examples as appropriate and includes full references. As far as the author is aware no current English text covers both Eurocode and British Standard design methods.
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Learning AutoCAD 2010

Learn AutoCAD from the source!This beautiful full-color Official Training Guide from Autodesk is the perfect resource for architects, engineers, designers, and students who need a thorough guide to AutoCAD. With training provided by experts who helped create the software, the book thoroughly covers AutoCAD principles and fundamentals, including 2D drawing, design,drafting, annotations, hatching, and more. And it's packed with screen shots and real-world examples that both instruct and inspire. Practical for both self-paced learners and instructor-led study, this guide also provides essential AutoCAD certification preparation. Covers the most essential issues of AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD 2010 LT for architects, engineers, designers, and students; this Autodesk Official Training Guide is created by the makers of the software Offers Autodesk's proven AutoCAD techniques, workflows, and content tailored to those developing their skills as well as professionals preparing for AutoCAD certification Teaches 2D drawing, design, drafting, dimensioning, annotations, hatching, and more Demonstrates best practices for working with drawing objects such as splines and polylines, as well as using drawing templates The beautiful full-color book features real-world designs, examples, and screen shotsThis unparalleled book contains everything you need to know about AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010!

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ETAP USER GUIDE 7.0

ETAP User Guide 7.0


 
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Architectural Excursions: Frank Lloyd Wright, Holland and Europe

Architectural Excursions: Frank Lloyd Wright, Holland and Europe by Donald L. Johnson, Donald Langmead
Praeger | 272 pages | 2000 | ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780313305672 | PDF| English | 18 MB Soon after 1900 in both North America and Europe the evolution from the tradition of Mediterranean and Gallic architectural styles to modernism began. This phenomenon was due, in part, to American industrial architecture and the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright’s building and architectural treatises of 1898-1908, with the additional help of Dutch propaganda on his behalf, significantly influenced European practitioners and theorists. European architecture within and outside of Holland reflects an adaptation of Wright’s theories along with the structural determinism of American industrial buildings.

With new evidence and fresh analysis culled from Dutch and American archives, personal correspondence, and professional material, this study examines the weight of Wright’s works and words and those of the Dutchmen H.P. Berlage, Theo van Doesburg, Jan Wils, J.J.P. Oud, William Dudok and Hendrik Theodor Wijdeveld. This work pres insight into the effects of Wright’s architectural theories and designs, coupled with an extensive guide for further research. It aims to attract art and architecture scholars and historians from both sides of the Atlantic and should also be of interest to social historians, artists and architects. Events and theories, including the assertion that Hendrik Theodor Wijdeveld was the catalytic source behind Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship established in 1932, are presented in clear accessible language. Tied to the text are numerous visual presentations of significant designs and buildings.
About the Author

Donald Langmead is Professor of Architectural History at the University of South Australia. Donald Leslie Johnson is an American scholar who studied in the masters class of Louis Kahn.

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Surveying With Construction Applications - Solution Manual - Kavanagh

Title: Surveying with Construction Applications
Author: Barry A. Kavanagh
Publisher: Pearson
Resource: Solution Manual
File Type: PDF Document
File Size: 6Mb
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                       Known for its state-of-the-art coverage and clear, concise approach, Surveying with Construction Applications, Seventh Edition covers the latest advances and foundational principles of surveying. Emphasizing instrumentation technology, field data capture, and data-processing techniques, this text highlights real-world applications of surveying to the construction and engineering fields. Ideal as a reference in the field, additional complexities in electronic distance measurement and the order of presentation of surveying topics have been revised in this edition.


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Engineering Fluid Mechanics - Crowe - Solution Manual

title: Engineering Fluid Mechanics
Authors: Clayton T. Crowe, Donald F. Elger, John A. Roberson
Edition:  8th
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Resource: Solution Manual
File Type: Pdf Document
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                            Its a great book to study Fluid Mechanics. The book is well structured and reader friendly and takes the students from theoretical concepts to real world scenarios. The reference sheets are very invaluable and helps a lot in grasping difficult equations. The book may be not a lightweight for the graduate students but its is certainly a lot helpful to the undergrad students. The language of the book is very easy and you don't need to run for a dictionary to look the meaning of difficult words
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