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Aluminium design and construction Aluminium design and construction John Dwight Aluminium Design and Construction addresses the metal's history and usage, wrought products, alloy selection and fabrication. The book also provides comprehensive rules for making structural calculat… OL13074972W
Principles of Structural Design Principles of Structural Design W.F Chen Many important advances in designing modern structures have occurred over the last several years. Structural engineers need an authoritative source of information that thoroughly and concisely covers… OL15182270W
Thermal guidelines for data processing environments Thermal guidelines for data processing environments American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers "This third edition of Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments breaks new ground through the addition of new data center classes enabling near full-time use of free cooling techniques in … OL16769483W
Statics and strength of materials for architecture and building construction Statics and strength of materials for architecture and building construction Barry S. Onouye,Kevin Kane "Intended for students and professionals in architecture, construction, and civil engineering technology, this text is intended as the next step after a basic introduction to structures. The authors … OL19857916W
Philip Johnson and the Museum of Modern Art Philip Johnson and the Museum of Modern Art Kirk Varnedoe,Peter Reed,Mirka Benes,Terence Riley This sixth volume in the series "Studies in Modern Art" focuses on the architect Philip Johnson and his long association with The Museum of Modern Art, with essays examining his roles as patron, as c… OL20614341W
Explosive loading of engineering structures Explosive loading of engineering structures P. S. Bulson This book reviews the development of research into the explosive loading of structures, mainly since the beginning of the twentieth century. Major contributions in the fields of measurement, analysis… OL2083075W
Wind loading of structures Wind loading of structures John D. Holmes Wind forces are responsible for in the region of US $10 billion per annum in insured damage. This cost can be mitigated, if not totally eliminated, by the application of wind engineering principless … OL222367W
A guidebook to contemporary architecture in Montreal A guidebook to contemporary architecture in Montreal Helen Malkin,Nancy Dunton "A fresh look at contemporary architecture in Montreal, featuring 75 innovative and well-designed buildings and public spaces that have had an impact on the city." "The resurgence of architecture in … OL23790861W
London 1900 London 1900 Alastair Service When Londoners celebrated the Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, the city the royal carriage rode through did not look like the capital of the largest empire in the world. London was still the… OL2526388W
Higher Higher Neal Bascomb New York City in the Roaring Twenties, a battle between America's most creative and most ambitious archtitects, the race to build the world's tallest skyscraper. In 1924, in the vibrant heart of Manh… OL264888W
Air conditioning principles and systems Air conditioning principles and systems Edward G. Pita xv, 512 p. : 25 cm OL2675466W
The greenest building The greenest building Mary Adam Thomas The Greenest Building: How the Bullitt Center Changes the Urban Landscape takes readers on a private tour through the profoundly game changing Bullitt Center, the first Class A commercial office stru… OL28597134W
Design team Design team Gary Cross This is a book for beginning readers about materials and objects. OL29248015W
Energy free Energy free Ann V. Edminster "Individuals and institutions have been working towards zero energy homes for more than a decade. Energy Free distills those collective efforts, compiling lessons learned, resource information, and s… OL31213407W
The architectural expression of environmental control systems The architectural expression of environmental control systems George Baird The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems examines the way project teams can approach the design and expression of both active and passive environmental control systems in a more … OL3515643W
A pattern language A pattern language Christopher Alexander Alexander and his co-authors present us with over two hundred (roughly 250) "patterns" that they believe must be present in order for an environment to be pleasing, comfortable, or in their words, "a… OL3923600W
Library space planning Library space planning Ruth A. Fraley,Carol Lee Anderson Intended as a guide for all types and sizes of libraries. OL4781577W
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Georgene Poulakidas Chronicles the building of the modern art museum in Bilbao, Spain, describing how Frank Gehry and his architectural team overcame many design and construction obstacles, and examines how this "breath… OL5702448W
The green guide to specification The green guide to specification Anderson, Jane B.A., MSc. This guide is part of the BREEAM programme and uses a widely-accepted environmental profiling system that compares the environmental performance of construction materials and components. OL6046787W
Bernini and the Bell Towers Bernini and the Bell Towers Sarah McPhee "In 1638, the great artist-architect Gianlorenzo Bernini began one of the most ambitious architectural projects of his career: to design and construct massive twin bell towers atop St. Peter's basili… OL9262548W
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