Swimming Pools : Design and Construction

Swimming Pools : Design and Construction

pages: 248 | PDF | 4,3 mb

The fourth edition of this classic book provides a comprehensive treatise on the design and construction of swimming pools, both public and private. 

Significantly revised, it covers planning, materials, design, construction and finishing, water circulation and treatment, energy conservation, maintenance and repairs. 

This is a standard book for all civil engineers who need to design and construct swimming pools, and a useful reference on the design of water-retaining structures.

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Swim : innovations in design and construction

Swim :

 innovations in design and construction

English | 196 Pages | PDF | 147MB

The humble swimming pool is not so humble anymore. Take a look at these amazing pool designs. Streamlined lap pools, elegant courtyard plunge pools, stunning wet-edge pools that disappear over the horizon; this hardcover book is a timeless tome that celebrates the award-winning efforts of renowned design and construction company Aloha Pools. 

Their reputation is unparalleled in the pool building industry and has been established by their many years of realizing innovative designs and individual concepts. 

Each project is unique in its context, design and execution, every single one working effortlessly to enhance the outdoor and indoor environments they grace. 

We will show the reader some of Australia’s finest architects' and landscape designers' work, as well as help them implement swimming pools that harmonise with their surrounds and result in an attractive, useful outdoor space.
 

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ETFE Technology and Design

ETFE Technology and Design

Annette LeCuyer

ETFE foil has recently become an important material for the cladding of technologically sophisticated and innovative buildings. This material is very thin and lightweight and, when used in air-filled cushion assemblies, has enormous strength and a range of adaptive environmental attributes. ETFE cushion enclosures became known primarily through Grimshaw Architects Eden Project and Herzog + de Meurons Allianz Arena, and they are being used on the spectacular swimming stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the largest ETFE building envelope in the world so far. This book is conceived as an in-depth introduction to the characteristics of ETFE and its applications in construction. Project examples explore in detail the specific characteristics of ETFE building skins in the areas of structural behavior, light transmission, insulation, acoustics, fire engineering and environmental modification.

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WaterCube - The Book.

WaterCube - The Book.

Beijing National Aquatics Centre

Ethel Baraona Pohl

Hardcover: 320 pages

Publisher: DPR; Bilingual edition (July 15, 2008)

Language: English

With an exhaustive description about the Watercube by CCDI, PTW Architects, and ARUP there is a detailed study of the project, that starts with a brief explanation about the big changes that China and especially Beijing, has been living in the last decade, in terms of population and the construction boom that made possible that these kind of projects take place in a city like Beijing. Supported on a detailed processing of the information received (graphics, images, drawings) we look for a better presentation of the project, starting with the competition, making a complete overview about the design process and the concept, and finally explaining the building structure through the construction and the sustainable premises that make the Watercube such a spectacular building.In words of Chris Bosse, one of the architects of the design team this book would be The best and most profound publication of the Watercube ever.

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Swimming Pools

Swimming Pools

Philip H. Perkins, 

2000 | pages: 248 |  | PDF | 4,3 mb

The fourth edition of this classic book provides a comprehensive treatise on the design and construction of swimming pools, both public and private. Significantly revised, it covers planning, materials, design, construction and finishing, water circulation and treatment, energy conservation, maintenance and repairs. This is a standard book for all civil engineers who need to design and construct swimming pools, and a useful reference on the design of water-retaining structures.

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Swim - innovations in design and construction

Swim - innovations in design and construction by Aloha Pools

T h i n k Publishing | 2012 |  | English | 196 Pages | PDF | 147MB

The humble swimming pool is not so humble anymore. Take a look at these amazing pool designs. Streamlined lap pools, elegant courtyard plunge pools, stunning wet-edge pools that disappear over the horizon; this hardcover book is a timeless tome that celebrates the award-winning efforts of renowned design and construction company Aloha Pools. Their reputation is unparalleled in the pool building industry and has been established by their many years of realizing innovative designs and individual concepts. Each project is unique in its context, design and execution, every single one working effortlessly to enhance the outdoor and indoor environments they grace. We will show the reader some of Australia’s finest architects' and landscape designers' work, as well as help them implement swimming pools that harmonize with their surrounds and result in an attractive, useful outdoor space.

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