Architectural Design Multiunit Housing

The increasing demand for housing and the shortage of space in large cities has made it necessary to find solutions in vertical constructions. This volume presents a careful selection of apartments and blocks of flats of varying sizes and importance. The thirty recently-built projects that are included in this work show the different solutions that have been adopted by architects of recognized international fame and by young designers who are making a name for themselves in their field.

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Le Corbusier in Detail

This is the first book to give such close attention to Le Corbusier's approach to the making of buildings. It illustrates the ways in which Le Corbusier's details were expressive of his overall philosophical intentions. It is not a construction book in the usual sense- rather it focusses on the meaning of detail, on the ways in which detail informs the overall architectural narrative of a building. Well illustrated and containing several specially prepared scaled drawings it acts as timely reminder to both students and architects of the possibilities inherent in the most small scale tectonic gestures. 

* Lavishly illustrated, with numerous in depth studies this book will be an inspiration to both students and architects.

* This is the first book to illustrate Le Corbusier's philosophies through his use of detail.

* So innovative was Le Corbusier's approach to design and so influential has he been on the current generation of architects that his work remains as relevant today as it ever did.





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Batas Pambansa 220 Revised IRR of 2008

REVISED RULES AND STANDARDS FOR ECONOMIC AND

SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 220

Pursuant to Section 3 of BP 220, the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board is

authorized to establish and promulgate two levels of standards and technical

requirements for the development of economic and socialized housing

projects/units in urban and rural areas from those provided in PD 957, PD 1216,

PD 1096, and PD 1185, hence the following rules are hereby promulgated.






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Architects Sketches Dialogue and Design

Book Description:

Concepts from architects' minds evolve through sketches and as a mode of transference are conveyed to the finished building. This book compares qualities of sketches to reveal unique approaches to the instruments of thinking in which all architects engage. It provides new insight into the relationship between architectural sketches and the process of creative manipulation. Sketches comprise a thinking mechanism, and through the qualities of ambiguity, quickness and change, they initiate a dialogue for architects. As a medium to facilitate communication, recording, discovery and evaluation, their pertinence lies in their ability to exhibit both the precise and the imprecise. Exploring four related theoretical approaches, play, memory-imagination-fantasy, caricature and the grotesque, the book shows how imprecision stimulates imagination to conceive new forms in the dialogue of architectural sketches.

* Beautifully presented work with a wealth of illustrations

* Uses examples from architects past and present to show the evolution of the architectural sketch

* Describes the use of simple sketches to convey complex abstract ideas






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Architectural Design Portable Handbook

Book Description:

Architect's Portable Handbook by Pat Guthrie initiated the Portable Handbook series and has been very successful. It is essentially a technical guide - organized by CSI MasterFormat, it covers key code and standard information for building elements such as roofs and walls and key materials such as wood, concrete, and steel. Architect's Portable Design Handbook, by contrast, puts this essential information into context. It shows the architect how to work with clients, compile information, evaluate the site, explore design alternatives, evaluate user needs, work with CAD and other programs, integrate other engineering disciplines such as HVAC into a design, and make presentations. Together, these two invaluable guides are all that the architect needs to do architecture.






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