Architecture News & Updates – Page 4

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31. 

    Design Education for a Sustainable Future

    By Rob Fleming

    Design Education for a Sustainable Future argues for a change in design education: from an individualistic and competitive model focused on greening to a new approach defined by an integral consciousness.

32. 

    Ecohouse 4th Edition (November 2012)

    'ecohouse is an invaluable and in depth resource for anybody wishing to get to grips with the issues of sustainability and domestic design. If you plan to build homes for the future, you really should be reading this book.' - Oliver Heath, Blustin Heath Design ( review of the 3rd Edition from Amazon)

33. 

    Design and Construction of High-Performance Homes (November 2012)

    "From design and analysis, to project construction and delivery, to new materials and techniques, the book carefully collects top authors, content, and case studies to help explicate what the editor describes as "energy-free architectural design". As well illustrated as it is written, this book convincingly merges the range of historical, technical, theoretical, and architectural obligations that presuppose our understanding of higher-performance buildings."  Kiel Moe, Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA

    For more information about the book click here

34. 

    Thinkers for Architects Series (November 2012)

    Gadamer for Architects is the latest in the Thinkers for Architects series.

    If you would like a copy of of our latest leafleet about the series please click here.

35. 

    Best Tall Buildings 2012 (October 2012)

    Best Tall Buildings 2012 contains overviews of the nominees and winning projects from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s annual awards. The book provides vital statistics, images, plans and in depth accounts of the architectural design and sustainability features of the year’s best tall buildings. Additionally included is the official list of the World’s Tallest Buildings with the judging criteria from the foremost authority on tall buildings. Full color illustrations and photographs throughout.

    To order your copy click here
    

36. 

    How Architects Write ( August 2012 )

    This is the first writing reference book for designers. Whether you're an architect, landscape architect, interior designers, or an industrial designer How Architects Write shows you the interdependence of writing and design.

37. 

    From Organisation to Decoration ( November 2012)

    From Organisation to Decoration: An Interiors Reader is a reader for students, scholars and practitioners interested in the theories, processes and principles of the aspects of the theory and practice of interior architecture, interior design and interior decoration.

    For more information about the book or to order your complimentary examination copy click here

38. 

    Hotel Design, Planning and Development 2nd Edition ( October 2012)

    Hotel Design, Planning and Development presents the most significant hotels developed internationally in the last ten years so that you can be well-informed of recent trends.

39. Congratulations to Professor Harry Mallgrave on being awarded an RIBA Honorary Fellowship

    The Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Council today approved 12 new RIBA Honorary Fellowships to reward individuals from a diverse spectrum of backgrounds, including the worlds of education, sustainability, engineering, property development, journalism, politics and the wider built environment industry.

    RIBA Honorary Fellowships are awarded annually to people who have made a particular contribution to architecture in its broadest sense. This includes its promotion, administration and outreach; and its role in building moresustainable communities and in the education of future generations.

    The 2013 RIBA Honorary Fellowships will be awarded on Wednesday 6 February 2013
    

40. 

    New Distribution Arrangement between Taylor and Francis and RIBA Enterprises.

    We are delighted to announce a new distribution arrangement between Taylor and Francis and RIBA Enterprises, the publishing arm of the Royal Institute of British Architects, for books published under the RIBA, RIBA Publishing and NBS imprints. Commencing on 1st October 2012 Taylor and Francis will be the exclusive distributor for all published titles outside of the UK and Ireland: RIBA Enterprises remains the exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland.