Office Architecture + Design

Office Architecture + Design

English, German, French | 2009 | only 265 pages | PDF | 110,7 MB

Constant technological advances and the current focus on ecological considerations have had a strong impact on the construction of office buildings as well as the interior design of work spaces.

 Further decisive aspects beyond purely functional considerations of work organization are corporate identity, the creation of a positive and motivating working environment and very often also representative functions. 

Masterpieces: Office Architecture + Design, another volume of the new series Masterpieces presents 60 outstanding projects from all over the world. The reader will find carefully selected works from international established architectural firms as well as promising newcomers, documenting today's different developments regarding the construction and design of offices.
 

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How to build your own underground home

How to build your own underground home

"Prehistoric man became the first underground home dweller by taking refuge from the extreme elements in caves. Even though materials and methods have advanced drastically, I will be the first to admit the subterranian home building has not appealed to the masses of modern times. Its concept is just as logical today as it was back in time, but the catalysts today are financial and ecological because of the continually rising costs and increasing shortages of fuel and electricity. The following is my method of constructing a comfortable, modern geothermic home.....Ray G. Scott"

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Ecological Engineering Design

Ecological Engineering Design :

Restoring and Conserving Ecosystem Services

352 pages | PDF | 4,5 MB

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Ecological Engineering Design

Ecological Engineering Design :

Restoring and Conserving Ecosystem Services

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Eco-city Planning : Policies, Practice and Design

Eco-city Planning : Policies, Practice and Design

Tai-Chee Wong and Belinda Yuen,
Sp in er | 2011 | 317 pages | PDF | 7,7 MB

Eco-city planning is a key element of urban land use planning in perspective and of ongoing debate of environmental urban sustainable development with a spatial and practical dimension. The conceptual basis of ecological planning is that we can no longer afford to be merely human-centred in approach. Instead, the interdependency of human and non-human species has forced us to appreciate the ‘rights’ and ‘intrinsic values’ of non-human species in our pursuit for a sustainable ecosystem. This volume has as approach an emphasis on environmental planning policies whereby, for example, energy saving, anti-pollution measures, use of non-car modes, construction of green buildings, safeguarding of nature and natural habitats in urban areas, and use of more renewable resources resources are promotional norms. Their aims and leading outcome serve to protect the Earth from adverse effects of global warming and different sources of pollution threatening the quality of life of human societies.

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Ecological Engineering Design

"Ecological Engineering Design : Restoring and Conserving Ecosystem Services"
Marty D. Matlock, Robert A. Morgan, 

 2011 | 352 pages | PDF | 4,5 MB

Ecologically-sensitive building and landscape design is a broad, intrinsically interdisciplinary field. Existing books independently cover narrow aspects of ecological design in depth (hydrology, ecosystems, soils, flora and fauna, etc.), but none of these books can boast of the integrated approach taken by this one. Drawing on the experience of the authors, this book begins to define explicit design methods for integrating consideration of ecosystem processes and services into every facet of land use design, management, and policy. The approach is to provide a prescriptive approach to ecosystem design based upon ecological engineering principles and practices. This book will include a novel collection of design methods for the non-built and built environments, linking landscape design explicitly to ecosystem services.

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Materials for Architects and Builders, Fourth Edition

Materials for Architects and Builders, Fourth Edition

Arthur Lyons,

Butterworth-Heinemann | 2010 | 440 pages | PDF | 15,8 MB

Materials for Architects and Builders covers the broad range of materials used within the construction industry and is a descriptive introduction to their manufacture, key physical properties, specification and uses.
This new edition has been completely revised and updated to include the latest developments in materials, appropriate technologies and relevant legislation. The current concern for the ecological effects of building construction and lifetime use are reflected in the emphasis given to sustainability and recycling. An additional chapter on sustainability and governmental carbon targets reinforces this issue.
The book is illustrated in colour throughout with many photographs and diagrams showing materials and building components both individually and in use. Chapters list up-to-date British and European Standards, relevant Building Regulations together with related Building Research Establishment publications and suggested further reading.

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Eco-Urban Design

Eco-Urban Design

John A. Flannery, 

2011 | PDF | 236 pages | 80.7 MB

"Eco-Urban Design" focuses on the unprecedented challenges currently faced by architects and designers. In a world where climate change, diminishing natural resources and an increasing global population have become indisputable facts of life there is now a rising demand for evolved buildings that no longer endanger the Earth's fragile ecological systems.

This book endeavours to tell the positive side of the story by featuring considered design solutions provided by the world's most innovative architects and engineers. By only including realised projects which have been subjected to post construction monitoring this publication provides evidence-based information that measured reductions in carbon emissions, water and energy usage can actually be achieved in the field and not just on the drawing board.

These completed projects demonstrate best practice and will inspire a new hybrid generation of designers who will combine architecture and engineering skills to resolve a key environmental challenge. Furthermore, these creative construction projects from a variety of genres including, commercial property, public buildings, social housing and private homes give testimony to the fact that investment in green archineering also provides a commercial advantage to forward thinking developers and investors.

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Eco-Resorts - Planning and Design for the Tropics

Eco-Resorts - Planning and Design for the Tropics

Zbigniew Bromberek PhD MArch MBA,

Architectural Press | 2009 | 256 pages | PDF  | 9.66 Mb

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Ecological Engineering Design: Restoring and Conserving Ecosystem Services

"Ecological Engineering Design: Restoring and Conserving Ecosystem Services"
Marty D. Matlock, Robert A. Morgan,
Wil y | 2011 | ISBN: 0470345144 | 352 pages | PDF | 4,5 MB

Ecologically-sensitive building and landscape design is a broad, intrinsically interdisciplinary field. Existing books independently cover narrow aspects of ecological design in depth (hydrology, ecosystems, soils, flora and fauna, etc.), but none of these books can boast of the integrated approach taken by this one. Drawing on the experience of the authors, this book begins to define explicit design methods for integrating consideration of ecosystem processes and services into every facet of land use design, management, and policy. The approach is to provide a prescriptive approach to ecosystem design based upon ecological engineering principles and practices. This book will include a novel collection of design methods for the non-built and built environments, linking landscape design explicitly to ecosystem services.

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Engineering for a Finite Planet - Sustainable Solutions

Engineering for a Finite Planet - Sustainable Solutions by Buro Happold

By Peter Davey
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Number Of Pages: 151
Publication Date: 2008-12-08

Ecological planning can be reflected in many different aspects of a building including its facade, building technology, lighting, rainwater use, and energy plan. Engineering for a Finite Planet introduces the work of the British engineering firm Buro Happold and presents selected projects along with a wide range of constructional detail. Included are the roofing of the inner courtyard of the British Museum, the Millennium Dome in London, and the Nomadic Museum in New York, which is made entirely of shipping containers. This book focuses on realizing architectural designs in an ecologically sensible way and assessing sol from a long-term perspective.

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