3D in Photoshop: The Ultimate Guide for Creative Professionals

"3D in Photoshop: The Ultimate Guide for Creative Professionals"
Zorana Gee, Pete Falco,
F..cal Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0240813774 | 224 pages | PDF | 11,3 MB

This is the first book of its kind that shows you everything you need to know to create or integrate 3D into your designs using Photoshop CS5 Extended. If you are completely new to 3D, you'll find the great tips and tricks in 3D in Photoshop invaluable as you get started. There is also a wealth of detailed technical insight for those who want more. Written by the true experts - Adobe's own 3D team - and with contributions from some of the best and brightest digital artists working today, this reference guide will help you to create a comprehensive workflow that suits your specific needs. Along the way, you'll pick up troubleshooting tips and advice from the industry experts and you'll be inspired by many examples of full color, original works of 3D art.

If you're already using Photoshop for your digital art and want to learn how to incorporate your 3D components into one workflow, you'll discover new ways of working with Photoshop that you probably never knew existed. Find out how to quickly generate beautiful 3D extrusions from text layers, selections and more. Brush up on your painting, texture creation and editing skills, and learn how to composite 3D to 2D scenes. You'll also discover the secrets to creating Lenticular images. It's all here in this comprehensive guide - the next best thing to sitting side-by-side with an Adobe expert while you create 3D magic.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011

"Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011"
James Wedding P.E., Scott McEachron ,
S.bex | 2010 | ISBN: 0470884185 | 936 pages | PDF | 21,3 MB

The only comprehensive reference and tutorial for Civil 3D 2011

Civil 3D is Autodesk’s popular, robust civil engineering software, and this fully updated guide is the only one endorsed by Autodesk to help students prepare for certification exams. Packed with expert tips, tricks, techniques, and tutorials, this book covers every aspect of Civil 3D 2011, the preferred software package for designing roads, highways, subdivisions, drainage and sewer systems, and other large-scale civic projects.
This is the official, Autodesk-endorsed guide to Civil 3D, the leading software for designing large-scale civic systems such as highways, subdivisions, and sewer systems
Covers all the key concepts, the software interface, and best methods for creating, editing, displaying, and labeling all elements of a civic engineering project
Features in-depth, detailed coverage of surveying, points, alignments, surfaces, profiles, corridors, grading, LandXML and LDT Project Transfer, cross sections, pipe networks, visualization, sheets, and project management
Includes what students need to pass the Civil 3D 2011 Certified Associate and Certified Professional exams

Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011 is a complete course in the real-world application of Civil 3D as well as the ultimate study guide for certification.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design

"Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design"
Victor Gioncu and Federico Mazzolani,
Sp on Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0415465338 | 584 pages | PDF | 29,5 MB

Developments in Earthquake Engineering have focussed on the capacity and response of structures. They often overlook the importance of seismological knowledge to earthquake-proofing of design. It is not enough only to understand the anatomy of the structure, you must also appreciate the nature of the likely earthquake.

Seismic design, as detailed in this book, is the bringing together of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology. It focuses on the seismological aspects of design – analyzing various types of earthquake and how they affect structures differently. Understanding the distinction between these earthquake types and their different impacts on buildings can make the difference between whether a building stands or falls, or at least to how much it costs to repair.

Covering the basis and basics of the major international codes, this is the essential guide for professionals working on structures in earthquake zones around the world.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

100 Houses

"100 Houses"
Gennaro Postiglione
Taschen | English | March 1, 2004 | ISBN: 3822863122 | 480 pages | JPG | 348 MB

The greatest challenge in designing homes is negotiating the delicate balance between aesthetics and the personal desires of the occupants. While it’s important for the structure to reflect the vision and style of the architect, the client must ultimately feel at home beneath the roof. It is particularly interesting, therefore, to examine the homes that architects create for themselves. If houses reflect their owners’ personalities, then architects’ own homes are like autobiographies. Location, layout, style, lighting, artwork, furnishings—every detail adds color to the story. Each of these 100 dwellings, presented A-Z by architect, speaks more about its designer than any other building possibly could.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Houston House & Home - January 2011

Houston House & Home - January 2011
True PDF | 52 pages | English | 16.46 MB

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Distinctive Homes Vol.221 (Edition Malibu) 2010

Distinctive Homes Vol.221 (Edition Malibu) 2010
True PDF | 52 pages | English | 34.23 MB

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Selfbuilder & Homemaker - Oct Nov 2010

Selfbuilder & Homemaker - OctNov2010

megaupload
or
rapidshare

AT Home - Gulfshore life - Fall 2011

AT Home - Gulfshore life - Fall

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Veranda - January/February 2011

Veranda - January/February 2011
English | 132 pages | PDF | 38.10 Mb

megaupload
or
rapidshare

High Performing Buildings - Winter 2011

High Performing Buildings - Winter 2011
True PDF | 86 Pages | English| 19.97 MB

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Diagrid Technolgy : Structural Efficiency & Increasing Popularity

Diagrid Technolgy : Structural Efficiency & Increasing Popularity
Ian McCain
English | 38 pages | 7.72 MB

megaupload

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (Hist Atlas)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (Hist Atlas)
Penguin (Non-Classics) | ISBN-10: 0140513299 | 1995 | PDF | 144 pages | 17 MB

Matching clear graphics with informative text, Christopher Scarre's atlas gives a fine overview of Roman history from the emergence of the first city-state in the eighth century B.C. to the rise of Christian theocracy a millennium later. The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome is especially helpful in showing the growth of the Roman empire through successive centuries of military campaigning from Scotland to Arabia and in delineating the networks of trade, transit, and communication that bound the far-flung outposts to the imperial capital. Scarre notes that many of those networks still survive in one form or another.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Site Matters

“Site Matters”
Carol Burns, Andrea Kahn,
Routledge | January 11, 2005 | ISBN: 0415949769 | 376 pages | PDF | 5 MB

One of the trends in twentieth century architecture and planning has been to denigrate and ignore the site, or larger context (both physical and social), surrounding a building or set of buildings.

Focussing on Le Corbusier's designs, Site Matters presents that first considered theory and vocabulary for the inevitable reaction against Modernism in planning, beginning in the 1960s and swelling through the 1980s as architects and planners alike developed a new appreciation of site, reincorporating the wider context into their plans.

Theoretical essays and empirically grounded pieces combine to provide the language and theory of this re-emergence of site, looking at Le Corbusier's designs, contemporary suburbs, and the planning agendas involved at the World Trade Center site.

Groundbreaking and innovative, Site Matters provides valuable theory and vocabulary for planners and architects.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

School (Reaktion Books - Objekt)

"School (Reaktion Books - Objekt)"
Ian Grosvenor, Catherine Burke,
Reaktion Books | ISBN: 1861893027 | 2008-06-19 | PDF | 208 pages | 5,2 mb

As a specific form of architecture, the school is an amalgam of its function and its history. Though recognizable across cultures, the schoolhouse nevertheless retains the distinctive markings of different nations and eras. School is the first book to examine this institutional building’s modern growth on a global scale.

Ian Grosvenor and Catherine Burke demonstrate how school buildings help organize and manipulate time and space for teachers and students, using methods ranging from bells to lines to lesson plans. They reveal the ways in which schools, by their actual physical situation—surrounded by swathes of green or butting up against other urban structures, in neighborhoods stratified by class or segregated by race—make clear their place in society as fragmented sites of cultural memory and creation.

The authors further consider how new technologies and continuing globalization will inevitably force us to rethink our notions of school—and school buildings. In the twenty-first century, these shifts represent a radically new context for education. School will provide stimulating reading for anyone interested in this extraordinary evolution of architecture and education.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Failed Stone: Problems and Solutions with Concrete and Masonry

"Failed Stone: Problems and Solutions with Concrete and Masonry"
Patrick Loughran,
Birkhäuser Basel | November 21, 2006 | ISBN: 3764373296 | 159 pages | PDF | 20,5 MB

Concrete and stone seem made to last forever. But the fact is they develop structural damage over time. While not always as dramatic as the collapse of a roof section at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in 2004, gradual changes also occur that may compromise a building's appearance and structure. These changes include efflorescence, thermal stress, material incompatibilities, corrosion, and impact. Failed Stone systematically analyzes cases of damage in contemporary international architecture and offers strategies for minimizing the risk of damage. Examples include such high-visibility structures as Finlandia Hall in Helsinki by Alvar Aalto, Renzo Piano's Parco della Musica in Rome, and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington. In nine chapters, typical kinds of damage are explained and illustrated with real-world examples.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Developing and Maintaining a Design-Tech Portfolio: A Guide for Theatre, Film & TV

"Developing and Maintaining a Design-Tech Portfolio: A Guide for Theatre, Film & TV"
Rafael Jaen,
Focal Press | 2006-09-18 | ISBN 024080712X | PDF | Pages 200 | 15 MB

This book is a practical guide to aid in the process of creating, developing and presenting successful Theatre/TV/Film design/technology portfolios in the fields of scenery, costumes, lighting and sound. The book will consist of four sections or chapters. The first section is dedicated to the realization of effective portfolio showcases and it will identify materials and techniques used to produce them. This chapter will also identify specific requirements by discipline including scenery, costumes, lighting and sound and will cover the different portfolio requirements to apply for graduate school, jobs in the field, professional organizations and for promotional purposes. The second section is dedicated to the development and use of digital portfolios and it will look at the different software used in this area. The third chapter is about presentation and marketing and it will describe how to develop personal presentation techniques, resume, business card, and web pages. Finally, the fourth section offers key information in regards to the maintenance and updating of portfolios. Each chapter will feature real samples from the professional field and a page of "do's and don'ts" with comments from experts in each design-tech discipline.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Designing Greenways: Sustainable Landscapes for Nature and People

"Designing Greenways: Sustainable Landscapes for Nature and People"
Paul Cawood Hellmund,
Island Press; 2 edition | July 10, 2006 | ISBN: 1559633255 | 288 pages | PDF | 5 MB

How are greenways designed? What situations lead to their genesis, and what examples best illustrate their potential for enhancing communities and the environment? Designing greenways is a key to protecting landscapes, allowing wildlife to move freely, and finding appropriate ways to bring people into nature. This book brings together examples from ecology, conservation biology, aquatic ecology, and recreation

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Creating Outdoor Classrooms: Schoolyard Habitats and Gardens for the Southwest

"Creating Outdoor : Schoolyard Habitats and Gardens for the Southwest"
Lauri Macmillan Johnson,
University of Texas Press | July 15, 2008 | ISBN: 0292717466 | 211 pages | PDF | 29,3 MB

Schoolyards have come a long way from the barren playgrounds that many people remember. Today's school campuses often feature gardens in which students can learn about native plants and wildlife, grow vegetables and fruit, explore cultural traditions, practice reading and math skills, and use their imaginations to create fun play spaces. And for a growing number of urban students, these schoolyard gardens offer the best, if not the only, opportunity to experience the natural world firsthand and enjoy its many benefits. This book is a practical, hands-on guide for creating a variety of learning environments in the arid Southwest. Filled with clear, easy-to-use information and illustrated with photographs, drawings, and plans, the book covers everything necessary to create schoolyard gardens

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Structural Foundations Manual for Low-Rise Buildings

"Structural Foundations Manual for Low-Rise Buildings"
Michael F. Atkinson,
Publisher: Spon Press; 1st ed edition | 1993 | ISBN: 0419179402 | PDF | 248 pages | 21 MB

This book is a practical guide to the design of foundations for housing and other low-rise buildings. Its emphasis is on practical, buildable solutions to foundation problems, especially on abnormal or poor ground. Builders, structural engineers and architects will find Structural Foundations Manual for Low-Rise Buildings an invaluable desk-side reference for foundation designs on these sites.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Foundation Design: Theory and Practice

"Foundation Design: Theory and Practice"
N. S. V. Kameswara Rao,
Publisher: W////y | 2011 | ISBN: 0470825340 | PDF | 544 pages | 37.8 MB

In Foundation Design: Theory and Practice, Professor N. S. V. Kameswara Rao covers the key aspects of the subject, including principles of testing, interpretation, analysis, soil-structure interaction modeling, construction guidelines, and applications to rational design. Rao presents a wide array of numerical methods used in analyses so that readers can employ and adapt them on their own. Throughout the book the emphasis is on practical application, training readers in actual design procedures using the latest codes and standards in use throughout the world.

Foundation Design is designed for graduate students in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering. The book is also ideal for advanced undergraduate students, contractors, builders, developers, heavy machine manufacturers, and power plant engineers. Students in mechanical engineering will find the chapter on machine foundations helpful for structural engineering applications.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Field Archaeology: An Introduction

Field Archaeology: An Introduction
Publisher: Routledge | ISBN: 185728738X | edition 1999 | PDF | 213 pages | 16,4 mb

Illustrated with 100 photos and line drawings and using numerous case studies, Field Archaeology is the essential introductory guide for archaeology students.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political Decentralization

"The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political Decentralization"
Daniel Treisman
Cambridge University Press | English | July 2, 2007 | ISBN: 0521872294 | 348 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Since the days of Montesquieu and Jefferson, political decentralization has been seen as a force for better government and economic performance. It is thought to bring government 'closer to the people', nurture civic virtue, protect liberty, exploit local information, stimulate policy innovation, and alleviate ethnic tensions. Inspired by such arguments, and generously funded by the major development agencies, countries across the globe have been racing to devolve power to local governments. This book re-examines the arguments that underlie the modern faith in decentralization. Using logical analysis and formal modeling, and appealing to numerous examples, it shows that most are based on vague intuitions or partial views that do not withstand scrutiny. A review of empirical studies of decentralization finds these as inconclusive and mutually contradictory as the theories they set out to test.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Lighting Design Basics

"Lighting Design Basics"
Mark Karlen, James Benya,
Wiley | 2004-04 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0471381624 | PDF | 5,8 MB

Lighting is a basic, yet difficult-to-master, element of interior design, and Lighting Design Basics provides the information you need in a concise, highly visual format. Two leading designers, both with decades of experience, offer straightforward coverage of concepts and techniques, and present realistic goals you can use as guides to creating simple, typical lighting designs and when collaborating with professional designers on more complex projects.

Design scenarios for more than twenty different spaces illustrate real-world case studies for illuminating residential and commercial spaces, from kitchens to doctors' offices. Each scenario includes an in-depth rationale for the proposed solution, insightful lighting distribution diagrams, floor plans, and details for lighting installation and construction. In addition, exercises allow you to develop lighting design skills in preparation for working on actual projects, as well as the NCIDQ and NCARB exams.

Packed with informative illustrations, Lighting Design Basics is an invaluable resource for students, as well as interior designers and architects studying for professional licensing exams.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Laboratory Design Guide

Laboratory Design Guide
Publisher: Architectural Press | pages: 384 | 2004 | ISBN: 0750660899 | PDF | 10,8 mb

This is a very readable textbook, on a subject which rarely receives the attention in technical literature which it deserves. Modern laboratories cannot be designed successfully by non-specialist architectural/engineering teams. Even those with experience require guidelines as well as reference to facilities which have proved their worth through successful operation.
The guide is particularly rich in demonstrative examples not only of completed projects involving the Author and other architects, but also of some under construction or at the design stage. The 43 case studies represent a good spread of laboratory design principles and practices. This section, and the associated collection of schematics, details and photographs forms perhaps the most informative part of the book, with equal relevance to general architectural practice and the specialist.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Landscape Design (Park)

"Landscape Design (Park)"
J.Kwang,
ARCHIWORLD | 2005 | English, Korean | ISBN: 8957701516 | 291 pages | PDF | 35,9 MB

megaupload
or
rapidshare

German Architecture for a Mass Audience

"German Architecture for a Mass Audience"
Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Routledge | English | October 19, 2000 | ISBN: 0415173272 | 192 pages | PDF | 12,7 MB

This book vividly illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by many of Germany's most celebrated twentieth-century architects, were embedded in widely held beliefs about the power of architecture to influence society. German Architecture for a Mass Audience also demonstrates the way in which these modernists ideas have been challenged and transformed, most recently in the rebuilding of central Berlin.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Designing with Glass: Great Glass Buildings

Designing with Glass: Great Glass Buildings
Images Publishing Dist A/C | Pages: 224 | 2006 | ISBN-10: 1864701129 | 51 MB

In Great Glass Buildings , Peter and Jennifer Hyatt present fifty exemplary modern projects that explore a number of theories about the nature, mystique and attraction of glass in the architecture of recent years. Variously performing roles that include giftwrap, lightweight armour, transmitter and insulator, glass began its re-emergence as an architectural force during the 1990s, as a symbol of new modernism. Advances in glass-making and construction technology and the advent of structural glazing, fixing systems, glass coatings and waterproof connections have transformed the ambitious dreams of the past into reality. Including projects by Foster and Partners, Murphy Jahn, Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Renzo Piano and many others, this book reveals the complex nature of glass in today's architecture.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Architectural Record - January 2010 (repost)

Architectural Record - January 2010
PDF | 183 pages | 48 Mb | English
rapidshare
or
megaupload

Analysing Architecture (repost)

Analysing Architecture
Simon Unwin
209 pages/English/8.73 Mo
rapidshare

Ventilation and Airflow in Buildings: Methods for Diagnosis and Evaluation

Ventilation and Airflow in Buildings: Methods for Diagnosis and Evaluation (Buildings, Energy and Solar Technology Series)
Earthscan Publications Ltd. | ISBN-10: 184407451X | 2008 | 128 pages | PDF | 2 MB

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.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Urban Forests and Trees: A Reference Book

“Urban Forests and Trees: A Reference Book”
Cecil C. Konijnendijk, Kjell Nilsson,
Springer | 2005-07-21 | ISBN: 354025126X | 516 pages | PDF | 20,9 MB

This book covers all aspects of planning, designing, establishing and managing forests and trees and forests in and near urban areas. The disciplinary background of the authors is varied, ranging from forestry and horticulture to landscape ecology, landscape architecture and even plant pathology.

The first chapters in the first part of the book deal with the concept, history, chapter deal with the form, function and benefits and functions of urban forests and urban trees. , after which These are followed by second part the chapters in the second partthat focus on the more strategic aspects of accommodating the demands of the urban population, including policies, design, public participation and partnerships. In the third part the reader will find chapters on . But main emphasis is given to the establishment and selection of trees for urban uses, as well as information on growing conditions specific for urban areas. Part four deals with the management of urban forests and trees, including the use of information in management and a chapter on an overview of arboricultural practices. TFinally the book concludes with three chapters that providinge an overview of research and education in the field as well as shed someding light on the future perspectives for planning and managing urban forests and trees.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space

"The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space"
Iain Borden
The MIT Press | English | September 9, 2002 | ISBN: 0262523353 | 561 pages | PDF | 20,7 MB

The Unknown City takes its place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the urban experience. A multi-stranded contemplation of the notion of "knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the possibilities of architecture and the city.

An important inspiration for the book is the work of Henri Lefebvre, in particular his ideas on space as a historical production. Many of the essays also draw on the social critique and tactics of the Situationist movement. The international gathering of contributors includes art, architectural, and urban historians and theorists; urban geographers; architects, artists, and filmmakers; and literary and cultural theorists. The essays range from abstract considerations of spatial production and representation to such concrete examples of urban domination as video surveillance and Regency London as the site of male pleasure.

Although many of the essays are driven by social, cultural, and urban theory, they also tell real stories about real places. Each piece is in some way a critique of capitalism and a thought experiment about how designers and city dwellers working together can shape the cities of tomorrow.

www.ziddu.com
or
rapidshare

Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the Modern in Architecture and the City

"Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the Modern in Architecture and the City"
Mari Hvattum
Routledge | English | July 14, 2004 | ISBN: 0415305128 | 360 pages | PDF | 10,3 MB

From the seventeenth century until today, the 'modern' has served as a key category by which to understand an ever-changing present. Art and architecture have played a key role in this pursuit, as the means by which 'the modern' was to manifest itself. The essays in this new anthology trace the modern project through its multifarious manifestation in order to understand contemporary culture in a deeper sense than discussions of 'modernism' and 'post modernism' usually offer. Drawng on architectural and urban history as well as philosophy and sociology, the book outlines the complex and conflicting roots of modernity by tracing its manifestations in architecture and the city. David Frisby, Iain Boyd Whyte, Caroline van Eck, Gabriele Bryant, Dalibor Vesely, Gavin Stamp, Mari Hvattum, Diana Periton, Tomas A. Markus, Detlef Mertins, Dagmar Weston, Jonathan Charley, Juliet Kin

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Spaces of Global Cultures: Architecture, Urbanism, Identity (Architext)

"Spaces of Global Cultures: Architecture, Urbanism, Identity (Architext)"
Anthony King
Routledge | English | September 1, 2004 | ISBN: 0415196205 | 280 pages | PDF | 21,9 MB

This book brings together a series of new and historical case studies to show how different phases of globalization are transforming the built environment. Taking a broad interdisciplinary approach, the author draws on sociological, geographical, cultural and post-colonial studies to provide a critical account of the development of three key concepts: global culture, post colonialism, and modernity. Subsequent case studies examine how global economic, political and cultural forces shape the forms of architectural and urban modernity in globalized suburbs and spaces in major cities worldwide.

www.ziddu.com
or
rapidshare

"Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel"

"Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel"
Marlon G. Boarnet,
Oxford University Press, USA | March 8, 2001 | ISBN: 0195123956 | 240 pages | PDF | 15 MB

Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design? The tremendous popularity of the "new urbanism" and "livable communities" initiatives suggests that many persons think so. As a systematic assessment of attempts to solve transportation problems through urban design, this book asks and answers three questions: Can such efforts work? Will they be put into practice? Are they a good idea?

megaupload
or
rapidshare

"Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques: A Basic Guide for Theater"

"Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques: A Basic Guide for Theater"
Rob Napoli,
Focal Press | October 5, 2006 | ISBN: 0240808061 | 416 pages | PDF | 51,8 MB

Basic. This is the key word in Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques: A Basic Guide for Theater, written by two seasoned professionals with over twenty years of experience. This book is designed to show you how to turn a bare stage into a basic set design, without using heavy language that would bog you down. From materials and construction to basic props and lighting, this book explains all you will need to know to build your set and light it.

* Be inspired by the images of real productions and learn from the instructional images
* Learn from designer's concepts and drawings from actual professional and university productions
* Know that after reading this book, you'll be equipped with exactly what you NEED to know to design your stage scenery and lighting

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Libraries & Learning Resources Centres : Planning & Design

Libraries & Learning Resources Centres : Planning & Design.
Brian Edwards, Biddy Fisher,
Architectural Press | December 2001 | ISBN: 0750646055 | PDF | 250 pages | English | 17 MB

This comprehensive reference examines the changing role and design of library buildings, using a critical examination of recent examples from around the world. The authors, who represent the views of the architect and the client, outline the history and changing typology of the library. They examine the new national, public, academic and specialist libraries using numerous international examples including Sri Lanka, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Paris and London.
New design advice and technical data is presented to illustrate the many approaches that designers have taken in creating a building with many diverse functions. The book concludes with speculations about the future of the library as a place for storing, reflecting upon and exchanging knowledge.
Libraries are undergoing fundamental change as new technology liberates the library from its dependence upon the written word. Increasingly libraries are seen as learning resource centres with a smooth interface between computer-based access and traditional book and journal material.

Some of the highlighted fetures of this book :
• Comprehensive technical coverage of library planning & design gives a complete overview
• Excellent author team representing both architects and library services to give unbiased and informed opinions
• International case studies show the theory in practice

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Le Corbusier and the Tragic View of Architecture

"Le Corbusier and the Tragic View of Architecture"
Charles Jencks,
Allen Lane | July 31, 1975 | ISBN: 0713909994 | 200 pages | DjVu | 3,1 MB

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Villes et peuplement dans l'Illyricum protobyzantin. Actes du colloque de Rome (12-14 mai 1982)

Villes et peuplement dans l'Illyricum protobyzantin. Actes du colloque de Rome (12-14 mai 1982) (Collection de l'École française de Rome 77)
ISBN-10: 2728300674 | École française de Rome | 1984 | 542 pages | PDF | 61MB

Deux ou trois types de problèmes ont traditionnellement retenu l'attention des historiens quand ils se sont intéressés à l'Illyricum protobyzantin : administratifs et ecclésiastiques d'une part, en raison de la position charnière qu'occupe cette région entre les deux parties de l'ancien empire romain, et il s'agissait alors de définir la place de l'Illyricum dans la nouvelle configuration des pouvoirs, et événementiels d'autre part, à cause des bouleversements qu'ont entraînés dans la région les vagues successives d'envahisseurs barbares. Or le spécialiste dispose aujourd'hui, grâce en particulier aux multiples fouilles et trouvailles archéologiques, d'un matériel documentaire qui s'est considérablement renouvelé et qui autorise de nouvelles approches de l'Illyricum protobyzantin : processus d'acculturation entre les groupes slaves et les villes impériales, émergence d'un nouveau pouvoir urbain qui se substitue aux anciennes institutions municipales et modifie en profondeur les structures de la ville illyrienne, récession démographique et ruralisation de l'économie qui se répercutent sur les conditions du peuplement et la physionomie des paysages urbains, etc. La ville se trouve en fait à la croisée de presque toutes les questions que permet aujourd'hui de poser le renouveau des études illyriennes et l'on comprend qu'elle ait occupé une place centrale lors des travaux du colloque qui s'est tenu à Rome les 12, 13 et 14 mai 1982. Cependant aucun aspect des recherches les plus récentes sur l'Illyricum protobyzantin n'a été négligé au cours de ce colloque dont les actes fournissent une contribution essentielle pour toute réflexion sur les conditions dans lesquelles s'est effectué, sous le coup des invasions et de la partition entre Orient et Occident, le passage de l'Antiquité au Moyen Âge. Le texte des communications est ici publié en français ou en anglais, accompagné d'un résumé et d'un index des noms propres.

megaupload
or
rapidshare

Art and Architecture in Medieval France

Art and Architecture in Medieval France: Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries (Icon Editions No 22)
Harper and Row | ISBN-10: 0064300226 | 1972 | PDF | 436 pages | 76 MB

This is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval France of the Romanesque and Gothic periods, approximately 1000 - 1500. In addition to essays on individual monuments there are general discussions of given periods and specific problems such as: why did Gothic come into being? Whitney Stoddard explores the interrelationship between all forms of medieval ecclesiastical art and characterization of the Gothic cathedral, which he believes to have an almost metaphysical basis.

megaupload
or
rapidshare