21st Century FEMA Study Course: Coordinating Environmental and Historic Preservation Compliance (IS-253) – Historic Property Laws, Preservation Issues, STATEX and CATEX [EPUB ebook] 

Open Building is an internationally recognized approach to the design of buildings and building complexes with roots in the way the ordinary built environment grows and regenerates. The Open Building …

This handbook introduces surveyors to the use of microcomputers in the property industry using ”real-life” example applications with clear explanations, it will provide the surveyor with the knowle …

Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions – a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, …

The act of identifying, protecting, restoring, and reusing buildings, districts, and built landscapes of historic and cultural significance is, at its best, a reflective and consequential process of …

Ian Mc Harg and the Search for Ideal Order looks at the well-known and studied landscape architect, Ian Mc Harg, in a new light. The author explores Mc Harg’s formative years, and investigates how hi …

By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a designer’s predispositions and poetic judgement in dealing …

The bible of the industrial storage and distribution industry and the manual of policy and practice. It provides information for those with empty buildings on their hands, those trying to find space …

Developments in IT and the resulting knowledge-based economy have challenged traditional concepts of office design, as well as many of the larger architectural and urban design models. This book exam …

Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India”s fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) development on the city. …