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Focusing on green building as it applies to larger commercial, institutional buildings, Sustainable Construction provides a complete introduction to the design and construction of high-performance green buildings. "Kilbert set out to provide a book for professors to use within their environmental departments; however, what he ends up with is a wonderful overview of the green building movement…" ( AIA , March 2007) The definitive guide to the green building process. Focusing on green building as it applies to larger commercial, institutional buildings, Sustainable Construction provides a complete introduction to the design and construction of high-performance green buildings.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book does not provide technical coverage of the systems discussed or construction in general, and should only be utilized by practitioners or students who already have such a background, but goes through many major areas in which sustainability can be in-built into buildings."
"It's not too heavy handed on the environment angle but it brings up interesting thought provoking points."
"Bought it as a text book and ended up not needing it."
"Book arrived as promised (well within shipping time frame) and in perfect condition as described."
"Excellent information for experienced or newcomers to the construction industry."
"Even though after readin, I still don't understand this stuff, there are some interesting parts in here."
"Good book, very easy to read for a textbook."
Simple steps to draw in perspective Drawing in perspective is easy… once you know the rules. The frog’s first point perspective.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great Book I had fun with this book and it help out with my art. Thank You For Letting Me Read this book I love 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘. Thank You."
"This is useful in helping us with the really aggravating parts."
"Thank you for your very easy to understand tips on how to draw."
"I purchased this book as a gift for my brother and he found it to be a great tool."
"Another thing I love with this book is that he shows how to do the different perspectives from multiple angles."
"I have been looking for a beginner perspective drawing book that contained detailed explanations and step by step progressive instruction."
"Dublin has refreshed them and added new perspective."
This is the ultimate book for days out with the family, visiting Britain and Ireland's greatest architectural and historical treasures. The book is based on the Plantagenet Somerset Fry classic but has been researched and written by an experienced field-guide team; independently verified and entries checked by the castles' own officials for assured accuracy.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"No enough information on each castle to warrant a book."
"The more popular, better preserved castles like Alnwick which is featured in the Harry Potter movies has two pages of information. The book starts out with a 20 page introduction that gives some nice information about castles, a timeline over the centuries, how they were built and what the different types are. For just about every castle in the book they give you background information, structural info, telephone number, website, and location."
"I used this book to pick out some other British single-castle guidebooks from Amazon U.S. and U.K., such as Hever Castle (where Henry VIII & Ann Boleyn met) with its modern Tudor village."
"I agree that this book doesn't provide an exhaustive amount of information, but I found it to be a great place to start when narrowing down my list of castles to visit on vacation."
"This is because while it served its purpose for protecting England from the Scots, the most interesting thing about it is its history with Bonnie Prince Charlie and Mary Queen of Scots. We have big clunky books with glossy pictures and lengthy histories and then tons of pamphlets and brochures that we pick up every time we're over. And many, like the ruins shown in the books, you can simply hike over and walk around. We've been to Hever, Bolton, Alnwick (prounounced "annic"), Barnard, Bamburgh, Brough (pronounced "bruff"), Brougham (pronounced "broom"), Clifford's Tower, Windsor, Edinburgh, The Hermitage, Pembroke and many others."
"Glamis and Fyvie, for example, are undoubtably two of the most splendid architectural marvels in all of Britian, yet are covered in the space of one small page(and I mean small, the page size is approximately 5 x 7 inches). I guess the photos (one inch by two inches no doubt) of the interiors of the castles could be another book?"
"I read this book first on my Kindle, and decided I liked it so well, I needed the physical book."
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On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore--already under construction for more than a century--was announced: "Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome....shall do so before the end of the month of September." He engineered the perfect placement of brick and stone, built ingenious hoists and cranes to carry an estimated 70 million pounds hundreds of feet into the air, and designed the workers' platforms and routines so carefully that only one man died during the decades of construction--all the while defying those who said the dome would surely collapse and his own personal obstacles that at times threatened to overwhelm him. Its span of more than 140 feet exceeds St Paul's in London and St Peter's in Rome, and even outdoes the Capitol in Washington, D.C., making it the largest dome ever constructed using bricks and mortar. He tells a compelling, informed story, ranging from discussions of the construction of the bricks, mortar, and marble that made up the dome, to its subsequent use as a scientific instrument by the Florentine astronomer Paolo Toscanelli. Walker was the hardcover publisher of Dava Sobel's sleeper smash, Longitude, and Mark Kurlansky's steady-seller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. British novelist King (previously unpublished in the U.S.) compiles an elementary introduction to the story of how and why Renaissance Italian architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) designed and oversaw the construction of the enormous dome of Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore cathedralAdesigning its curves so that they needed no supporting framework during construction: a major Renaissance architectural innovation.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There is much to recommend about King's discussion of the construction of the done over the Florentine basilica: his detail of early renaissance Florence is first-rate, the competition between Brunellesci and Ghiberti (not just over the dome, but thoughout their professional lives), the vibrant cross-section of brilliant, talented artists that was Florence in the 15th century all make for engaging reading."
"I had the opportunity to attend a talk by Mr. Ross a couple weeks ago and it was so interesting that I purchased this book a couple days later."
"The prize was designing what would become the signature architectural landmark of Florence, Italy--the octagonal Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore. To put it into perspective, the dome would rise from an opening 18 stories above the street, and top out at the equivalent of a 38-story building. Filippo Brunelleschi won the contest by challenging the other competing architects to make an egg stand on its end. The inner dome was built first and like the frame of an automobile contained a series of horizontal and vertical supports that held everything together. The horizontal supports consisted of a series of sandstone and wood beams and iron chains that circled the dome like the hoops of a barrel, to keep the structure from spreading outward. Couple with the circular horizontal supports, the entire structure was a lattice work of cross members embedded within the brick-and-mortar walls. Brunelleschi did not have this luxury, as there were not enough trees in all of Tuscany to build the necessary scaffolding to reach the heights that were presented. With no visible means of support (and not understanding the law of compression), they believed the entire structure would collapse from its own weight and they would fall to their death. The reversible gear allowed loads to ascend and descend without the need of turning around the oxen team each time the direction was changed. Brunelleschi created a unique external covering system that consisted of tiles designed specially for easy assembly and maintenance. They are not well drawn, and in some cases not clear, such as the brick herringbone pattern used to build the dome: the illustration is small and difficult to figure out."
"This book was Amazing, especially for Engineers!"
"My main critique is that, while the prose was lucid and explanatory, I would have appreciated more photographs and -- especially -- diagrams and schematics depicting the architectural innovations employed (as well as rejected) in the building of the Santa Maria del Fiore's magnificent dome."