Authors:Steven R. Winkel, David S. Collins FAIA, Steven P.
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: building, understanding, international, code, guide, secondary, codes, illustrated, elementary, schools
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-04-13
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0470048484
ISBN-13: 9780470048481

Now more than ever, architects need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code affects the early design of specific projects. This easy-to-use, illustrative guide is part of a new series covering building codes based on the International Building Code for 2006. This book presents the complex code issues inherent to elementary and secondary school design in a clear, easily understandable format.

Authors:Steven R. Winkel, David S. Collins FAIA, Steven P. J
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: residential, international, code, understanding, illustrated, building, codes, guide
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2010-07-26
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0470173599
ISBN-13: 9780470173596

An easy-to-use illustrated guide to building codes for residential structuresAs the construction industry moves to a single set of international building codes, architects and construction professionals need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code affects the early design of specific projects. This newest addition to Wiley’s series of focused guides familiarizes code users with the 2009 International  Residential Code® (IRC) as it applies to residential buildings. The book provides architects, engineers, and other related building professionals with an understanding of ho

Author: David Kent Ballast FAIA CSI
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: coursesmart, construction, concept, detailing, interior
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2010-09-28
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0470504978
ISBN-13: 9780470504970

The all-in-one interior detailing guide that unites creative and technical aspectsA well-executed interior space requires the successful combination of the creative and the technical. Interior Detailing bridges the gap between design and construction, and shows how to develop and transform design concepts into details that meet the constraints, functional requirements, and constructability issues that are part of any interior design element. It offers guidance on how design professionals can combine imaginative thinking and the application of technical resources to create interiors that are ae

Author: David Kent Ballast FAIA NCIDQ-Cert. #9425
Publisher: Professional Publications, Inc.
Keywords: designers, architects, detailing, amp, construction, interior
Number of Pages: 510
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1591261058
ISBN-13: 9781591261056

Interior design and detailing requires a broad range of knowledge about materials, finishes, construction assemblies, mechanical and electrical systems, building codes, and design standards. This book covers it all, for both commercial and residential projects. Comprehensive reference for interior design and detailing principles In-depth explanation of how and why interior components are put together More than 360 illustrations and tables Coverage of structural coordination and environmental issues CSI Masterformat™ numbers A detailed index What’s new in the 4th edition Updated to

Authors:Phillip Darrell Collins, Paul David Collins,
Publisher: IUniverse
Keywords: autocracy, century, epistemic, examination, scientific, dictatorship, ascendancy
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2004-02-12
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0595311644
ISBN-13: 9780595311644

A. In the past, the elite manipulated the population through a more mystical belief system. In particular, there was the institution of Sun worship (typified by deities such as Osiris and Set). However, as antiquity gave way to modern history, this system of control began to lose its effectiveness. During the sixteenth century, the ruling class managed to co-opt a relatively new methodology of truth discernment...science. Over the years, they would contaminate this institution with their own virulent strains of thought...metaphysical naturalism, radical empiricism, Malthusianism, Darwinism, be

Author: Michael A. Faia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: association, rose, monographs, sociological, american, functionalism, strategy, tactics, dynamic
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1986-09-26
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0521326575
ISBN-13: 9780521326575

Over the last several decades, functional theory in the social sciences has fallen into disfavour. Alleged to be a static form of theory incapable of explaining social change, methodologically impotent and ideologically tainted, functionalism stands accused of being socially and politically reactionary. In this book, Michael Faia challenges the view that functionalism should be rejected. He claims that because functional theories are causal, multivariate, time-ordered, and characterized by reciprocal causation, they are in fact inherently dynamic, demand the highest methodological rigour, and

Author: Albert W. Rubeling FAIA
Publisher: Allworth Press
Keywords: guide, interior, designers, architects, second, firm, operate, own, design, start
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1581154747
ISBN-13: 9781581154740

For interior designers and architects who have always dreamed of having their own design firm…this book can make that dream a reality. How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm takes readers step-by-step through the process of establishing a business, from developing a business plan to running an office. This comprehensive guide is packed with nuts-and-bolts information on such topics as getting financing, setting fees, establishing a client base, advertising and marketing, dealing with insurance and banking, and getting accounting and legal assistance. There’s even valuable help with