Design for Flooding: Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design for Resilience to Climate Change

The complete guide to planning and design for water sustainability, as well as flooding and natural disasters Architects, urban planners, and urban designers, as well as water resources engineers and landscape architects will discover that Design for Flooding presents the best practices and lessons to create buildings and communities that are more

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Plumbing, Electricity, Acoustics: Sustainable Design Methods for Architecture

The building systems related to plumbing, electricity, acoustics, fire protection and vertical transportation are critical to almost every building, and essential for the architect to understand. This companion to Lechner's best-selling Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects makes the complex issues of these topics si

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Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design, 2nd Edition

What do architects do What are the educational requirements for architects What does an architectural internship involve How does one become a licensed architect What is the future of the architectural profession? If you're considering a career in architecture, start with this highly visual guide to preparing for and succeeding in the profession. T

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Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2009 International Building Code, 3rd Edition

An easy-to-use, illustrated guide to the 2009 edition of the International Building Code As the U.S. building industry adapts the international standards, architects and other building professionals need a clear, practical guide to the International Building Code. Marrying the graphic skills of bestselling author Frank Ching with the code expertise

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The Sustainable Sites Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Principles, Strategies, and Best Practices for Sustainable Landscapes

This official reference guide to the Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System contains information on principles, strategies, technologies, tools, and best practices for sustainable site design applicable to any type of designed landscape, with or without buildings, ranging from shopping malls, streetscapes, subdivisions, corporate and academic c

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The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability

"The members of 7group and Bill Reed are examples writ large of the kind of leadership that is taking this idea of green building and forming it into reality, by helping change minds, building practice, and design process." -from the Foreword by S. Rick Fedrizzi President, CEO, and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building CouncilA whole-building approac

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