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Primitive: Original Matters in Architecture

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Primitive: Original Matters in Architecture

Product Description
This innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive.

The word primitive is fundamental to the discipline of architecture in the west, providing a convenient starting point for the myth of architecture’s origins. Since the almost legendary 1970s conference on the Primitive, with the advent of post-modernism and, in particular, post-colonialism, the word has fallen from favor in many disciplines. Despite this, architects continue to use the word to mythologize and reify the practice of simplicity.

Building Your Straw Bale Home

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Building Your Straw Bale Home

Product Description
This practical guide is written especially for the owner-builder and provides step-by-step instructions supported by diagrams and photographs.

It covers the construction process from site preparation through to foundations, concrete slabs, strip footings and stumps. Special techniques for straw bale construction and the integration of these techniques with those of conventional house building are also covered, including floors, timber wall-frames, ceilings and roof framing. Advice is offered on plumbing and electrical work in a straw bale house.

Materials for Architects and Builders, Third Edition

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Materials for Architects and Builders, Third Edition

Book Description
Details all the key building materials, how and when to use them

Materials for Architects and Builders provides an introduction to a wide range of building materials. It explains in detail the manufacture, key physical properties, specification and uses of the standard building products, everything a student would need to know. The book also describes many recent technological innovations and rediscovered materials, reflecting an increased concern for environmental issues within the Industry.

Designing the City of Reason: Foundations and Frameworks in Urban Design Theory

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Designing the City of Reason: Foundations and Frameworks in Urban Design Theory

Mass and Heat Transfer: Analysis of Mass Contactors and Heat Exchangers

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Mass and Heat Transfer: Analysis of Mass Contactors and Heat Exchangers

Book Description
This text allows instructors to teach a course on heat and mass transfer that will equip students with the pragmatic, applied skills required by the chemical industry. This combined presentation of heat and mass transfer allows students to develop a practical, conceptual understanding, while maintaining mathematical rigour, without extensive mathematical analysis.

Professional Practice for Landscape Architects, Second Edition

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Professional Practice for Landscape Architects, Second Edition

Book Description
An essential refrence for the Landscape Architect at every stage of their career.

This book, organised in an extremely-user friendly manner, equips the landscape architect with all of the required knowledge in business and law. It is of great value to Landscape architects throughout their academic and professional life.