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Nature Inside A biophilic design guide

Nature Inside A biophilic design guide

Written by a leading proponent of biophilic design this is the only practical guide to biophilic design principles for interior designers. Describing the key benefits principles and processes of biophilic design Nature Inside illustrates the implementation of biophilic design in interior design practice across a range of international case studies – at different scales and different typologies. Starting with the principles of biophilic design and the principles and processes in practice the book then showcases a variety of interior spaces – residential retail workplace hospitality education healthcare and manufacturing. The final chapter looks ‘outside the walls’ giving a case study at the campus and city scale. With practical guidance and real-world solutions that can be directly-applied in day-to-day practice this is a must-have for designers interested in applying biophilic principles. | Nature Inside A biophilic design guide

GBP 47.00
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Architect's Guide to NEC4

Architect's Guide to NEC4

This user friendly guide introduces explains and demystifies the NEC4 contract on a practical work-based level. Made for architects by an architect it explores the best approach to collaborative and contractual partnering work practices. Alongside explanations of the contracts and clauses it presents the key areas of distinction from alternative standard form contracts and examines the integrated project management principles that bring the NEC4 contracts together as a whole. It's the perfect companion book for professionals who are new to the NEC contract family and former users trying to understand the latest updates. | Architect's Guide to NEC4

GBP 27.00
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Age-friendly Housing

Age-friendly Housing

This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population reminding us that this is not about ‘other people’ but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older people and touches on what this implies for our communities our towns and our cities as well as for our living spaces. It will look at how well-designed buildings can facilitate the provision of care support independence and wellbeing while providing companionship and stimulation. It will also examine how to ensure that buildings remain flexible over a long life. Dealing mainly with new-build but with a section on adaptation and refurbishment this book sets out the underlying design principles that should be applied and the early decisions that must be taken. | Age-friendly Housing

GBP 44.00
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The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

This book is a call to arms to all architects designers and built environment professionals. To avoid a climate catastrophe and achieve a regenerative built environment the use of new materials and any excess waste in resources need to be cut out from the very beginning of the design process. This requires far-reaching change in established industry processes. How might this begin? What are the key fundamentals you need to know? How can a more effective model be applied? This book a much-updated second edition of the author’s previous work Building Revolutions answers all your questions. Inspiring but never overwhelming the Handbook to Building a Circular Economy is your must-have companion to helping create a more sustainable future. It explains in simple and practical terms how the principles of a circular economy can be applied to the built environment thereby reducing the resources required to construct fit-out maintain and refurbish buildings. Case studies include: The Forge UK by Landsec The Bath School of Art UK by Grimshaw Urban Mining and Recycling Experimental Unit Switzerland by Werner Sobek NASA Sustainability Base USA by William McDonough + Partners University of East Anglia Enterprise Centre UK by Architype Park 20|20 The Netherlands by William McDonough + Partners.

GBP 34.00
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Good Practice Guide Making Successful Planning Applications

Good Practice Guide Making Successful Planning Applications

How do you obtain permission? How can you satisfactorily tackle objections? How can you convince planning officers of the value of your work? Drawing on substantial experience from both applicant and local planning authority perspectives this book provides tactics and practical steps to help architects secure early validation of applications and successful outcomes. It’s a practical guide to understanding the planning system and maximizing the potential for successful outcomes. Readers will develop a greater understanding of the principles that are vital in the preparation and negotiation of applications against the very complex detail of regulatory arrangements. | Good Practice Guide Making Successful Planning Applications

GBP 32.00
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101 Rules of Thumb for Low-Energy Architecture

101 Rules of Thumb for Low-Energy Architecture

Buildings and construction are a major contributor to the climate and biodiversity emergency. They account for nearly 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It is more important than ever for architects to design responsibly and create low-carbon low-energy buildings for a sustainable future. 101 Rules of Thumb sets out the essential elements of low-energy architecture in a fresh intuitive way. Where ever-changing technology and complex legislation can cloud the designer’s thought-process this book equips you with the fundamentals you need to minimise CO2 emissions design for low-energy use and work with not against the forces of nature. With reliable simple rules of thumb each page focuses on a single piece of guidance along with a clear hand-drawn illustration. The emphasis is on passive low-energy principles and the rules of thumb cover all the design fundamentals from site and location to orientation and form peppered with ideas to help the designer think outside the box drawing inspiration from traditional methods photoperiodic plants and the black-tailed prairie dog. An extended fully updated narrative bibliography explores the sources in detail and provides a valuable springboard for further study. Applicable throughout the world in any climate region 101 Rules of Thumb is a global primer to be dipped into at any time as a quick means of re-focusing on what’s important when designing a new or retrofitted low-energy building. The rules cover: Site and location Orientation and form The low-energy building envelope Carbon free heating cooling and lighting Passive low-energy principles. | 101 Rules of Thumb for Low-Energy Architecture

GBP 22.00
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Environmental Design Sourcebook Innovative Ideas for a Sustainable Built Environment

Environmental Design Sourcebook Innovative Ideas for a Sustainable Built Environment

How do we design in a climate emergency? A new social and ecological prerogative demands appropriate material choices a re-invention of construction and evolving building programmes that look at lifecycle embodied energy and energy use. Highly illustrated with practical information and simple explanations for design ideas this book is the perfect introduction to sustainable design for architecture students. It presents key concepts in relation to the embodied energy of construction material properties and environmental performance of buildings in an accessible way. In explaining the principles and technologies by which we heat cool moderate and mitigate it demystifies environmental design as a technical exercise and enables students to create sustainable buildings with impact. Keep this sourcebook with you. Features: Amphibious House (Baca Architects) Ashen Cabin (HANNAH) Bunhill 2 Energy Centre (Ramboll Cullinan Studio McGurk Architects and Colloide) Cork House (Matthew Barnett Howland Oliver Wilton and Dido Milne) Dymaxion House (Richard Buckminster Fuller) Eastgate Centre (Mick Pearce) Neuron Pod (Will Alsop – aLL Design and AKT II) Quik House (Adam Kalkin) and Tension Pavilion (StructureMode and Weber Industries). Covers: Acoustics bamboo construction biopolymer bioremediation CLT climatic envelope computational fluid dynamics earthen architecture fabric formwork hempcrete insulation mycelium biofabrication paper construction passive solar heating pneumatic structures solar geometry tensegrity structures thermal mass and more. | Environmental Design Sourcebook Innovative Ideas for a Sustainable Built Environment

GBP 35.00
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Retrofitting for Flood Resilience A Guide to Building & Community Design

Retrofitting for Flood Resilience A Guide to Building & Community Design

This book educates and introduce readers to the ways in which we can adapt to the threat of flooding throughout the built and natural environment. It offers advice on how to better understand the nature of flood risk whilst highlighting the key approaches and principles necessary for developing community and property-level flood resilience. As a comprehensive and practical manual this book includes richly illustrated diagrams on a variety of concepts and strategies to use when designing for flood resilience. It is vital resource for anyone looking to adapt to the threat of flood risk. Highly practical handbook for architects students engineers urban planners and other built environment professionals Richly illustrated with practical examples and case studies Draws on research with the Cabinet Office Environment Agency & Local Community as well as input from academic and industry experts homeowners and residents of communities at risk of flooding. | Retrofitting for Flood Resilience A Guide to Building & Community Design

GBP 45.00
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RIBA Ethical Practice Guide

RIBA Ethical Practice Guide

Ethical practice distinguishes an RIBA chartered architect from other design professionals. The RIBA Code of Professional Conduct requires practitioners to uphold high standards while encouraging and empowering them to reflect critically and to continually strive to improve. The Grenfell Tower tragedy was a significant reminder of the ethical responsibilities of the architect and the importance of ethical decision-making. By making ethical practice one of its mandatory competences the RIBA has made it a requirement that students and professionals develop a fundamental level of awareness and understanding of ethics. This guide is designed to improve industry’s grasp of ethical decision-making as it relates to the wider world society clients the workplace the profession and the individual. Each chapter introduces an ethical duty setting out the relevant legal regulatory and professional context before exploring the detailed subject matter and key principles. It includes an ethical dilemma for each duty and views and experiences from inside the profession. Delving into issues of equity diversity and inclusion social value wellbeing and integrity it does not seek our ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers. Rather it encourages reflection on different interests consequences and considerations in order to reach a considered and balanced position. While ethical practice is invaluable in itself it is also vital for establishing trust with clients improving transparency enhancing reputation attracting and retaining high-quality staff avoiding disputes and for a high-level of accountability that benefits the entire industry and society more broadly. | RIBA Ethical Practice Guide

GBP 30.00
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Self-build How to design and build your own home

Self-build How to design and build your own home

If you’ve ever dreamt of designing and building your own home this book is for you. Becoming a ‘self-builder’ doesn’t necessarily mean learning to build a house physically from scratch. Anyone can be a self-builder – you can do so without ever having to lay a brick yourself. Self-built homes can also be more individual better designed and more economical than buying from a developer. This book is designed for homeowners and self-builders whether aspiring or on the brink of starting a project. It provides a jargon-free step-by-step guide to the process of designing and building your own home distilling all of the practical information needed to make your dream house a reality. Carefully crafted to offer friendly easy-to-understand practical guidance and packed with watch points hints and tips it also highlights the potential pitfalls and suggests ways of avoiding them. Including indications of costs and timescales Self-build demystifies the process of budgeting finding a site gaining planning permission designing your home and all of the surrounding issues to do with sustainability planning regulations procurement and the use of building contracts. Beautifully illustrated with over 230-colour photos diagrams and plans it provides all the inspiration and ideas you need to bring your own project to life. Featured houses include: Amphibious House by Baca Architects Corten Courtyard House by Barefoot Architects Haringey Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects Shawm House by Mawson Kerr Architects Sussex House by Wilkinson King Architects The Pocket House by Tikari Works Architects. | Self-build How to design and build your own home

GBP 45.00
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Guide to JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016

Guide to JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016

Guide to JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016 is a practical guide to the operation and administration of JCTs IC16 suite of building contracts including both IC and ICD. All of the contracts provisions procedures and conditions are organised and explained by subject clearly distinguishing the different obligations due to various parties and the contractual issues arising during the course of a job - all backed up by the latest legislation and case law.

GBP 52.00
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The Happy Design Toolkit Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing

The Happy Design Toolkit Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing

If you were to design a building that prioritises occupants’ happiness what would it look like? How would the materials form and layout support healthy ways of living and working? Delving into the evidenced-based research on architecture and mental wellbeing The Happy Design Toolkit helps you to create happier places. It explores how factors such as lighting comfort control over our environments and access to nature exercise and social interaction can impact how we feel. Easy-to-understand tips include bringing nature into your developments with roof gardens and living facades and countering social isolation with communal areas that encourage chance interaction. Each of the featured architectural interventions includes an analysis of the wellbeing benefits as well as the potential limitations or associated challenges. From sparking joy in individual homes and workplaces to encouraging healthier lifestyles through landscaping and urban design this book demonstrates how wellbeing concepts can be integrated across a range of scales and typologies. Packed with inspiration and advice The Happy Design Toolkit will breathe new life into your projects and help you create a happier and more inclusive built environment for everyone. Features real-world examples including Marmalade Lane co-housing by Mole Architects Francis Holland School by BDP Maggie’s Centre Oldham by dRMM Architects Kings Crescent Estate by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Happy Street by Yinka Ilori. Over 100 hand-drawn illustrations of design details and elevations. Essential reading for architects interior designers landscape architects and students. | The Happy Design Toolkit Architecture for Better Mental Wellbeing

GBP 37.00
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BIID Interior Design Project Book

BIID Interior Design Project Book

The touchstone guide to running projects from the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID). By setting out actions step-by-step this essential handbook identifies the key obligations of the interior designer at each project stage. Straightforward explanation is supplemented by invaluable checklists and templates. Featuring crucial advice on administering construction contracts it references the new RIBA/BIID Domestic Professional Services Contract 2020 for interior design services. Reflecting the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 and contemporary working practice it provides a systematic operational framework that can be applied to all types of projects. Comprehensive in scope with a logical structure it embraces the theme of collaboration within the project team. It also addresses post-occupancy evaluation modern methods of construction and sustainability. Suitable for projects within any industry sector and practice type from large international firms to sole practitioners it is accessible to designers with different levels of experience. | BIID Interior Design Project Book

GBP 65.00
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Part 3 Handbook

Part 3 Handbook

The decision to take the final step to becoming a fully qualified architect exam can be daunting. Fortunately this new edition of the Part 3 Handbook demystifies the whole process of qualifying dispelling commonly held myths and offering genuine insight into what examiners really want. Written by an experienced practitioner and Professional Studies Advisor and endorsed by the RIBA the book concentrates on the separate elements that you will be assessed on in the Part 3 exam. Fully updated for 2020 this edition features a brand new chapter on professional development and includes up-to-date guidance on the 2020 plan of work.

GBP 33.00
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How to Extend Your Victorian Terraced House

How to Extend Your Victorian Terraced House

Brimming with design ideas drawings and photographs of exemplary projects this is a must-have highly visual guide to extending a Victorian terraced house for designers architects and homeowners. An essential resource for designing and delivering a wide variety of extensions it features case studies from the full gamut of nineteenth-century terrace house types. Detailed plans reveal floor by floor a range of options for extending and/or reconfiguring space. Colour-coded before-and-after plans show at a glance which walls have been removed or changed in each option. This is complemented by extensive colour photography of realised built work. Ideas and inspiration are supplemented by practical guidance with ‘rules of thumb’ for design and key information on permitted development rights. All plans are drawn to scale so that they may be measured from and used for planning any renovation project. Covering different types of briefs and design solutions this indispensable guide to renovating Victorian terraces features extensions loft conversions basements and interior remodelling. It contains over 150 floor plans and 100 full-page colour images. | How to Extend Your Victorian Terraced House

GBP 45.00
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Taste A cultural history of the home interior

Taste A cultural history of the home interior

Democratic in intention and approach the book will argue that the home interior as independently created by the ‘amateur’ householder offers a continuous informal critique of shifting architectural styles (most notably with the advent of Modernism) and the design mainstream. Indeed it will suggest that the popular increasingly exerts an influence on the professional. Underpinned by academic rigour but not in thrall to it above all this book is an engaging attempt to identify the cultural drivers of aesthetic change in the home extrapolating the wider influence of ‘taste’ to a broad audience – both professional and ‘trade’. In so doing it will explore enthralling territory – money class power and influence. Illustrated with contemporary drawings and cartoons as well as photos the book will not only be an absorbing read but an enticing and attractive object in itself. | Taste A cultural history of the home interior

GBP 42.00
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Eric Lyons and Span

Eric Lyons and Span

Due to popular demand we are delighted to offer this new paperback edition of Eric Lyons and Span. Lavishly illustrated and deeply researched this book celebrates the work of the architect Eric Lyons OBE (1912-1980) whose famous post-war housing - that today would be marketed as 'lifestyle housing' - is as well-loved today as it was vibrantly successful when first constructed. Built almost entirely for Span Developments its mission was to provide an affordable environment that gave people a lift. Influenced by Walter Gropius Lyons brought a commitment to high density housing and the idea of fostering community into his Span work without compromising his intuitive sensitivity for landscape. His success brought the practice an impressive array of awards and led to a term as President of the RIBA. The enduring success of his design philosophy can be traced forward to 2005 when Span received a special Housing Design Award given to schemes that meet the current Sustainable Communities Plan. Indeed the concept of Span mirrors current best practice thinking in housing design and continues to offer a fresh relevant challenge to volume housebuilders in Britain today. This book serves as a lively reminder of that fact. Written by distinguished historians practitioners and Span enthusiasts the book has been researched using the archive compiled by Ivor Cunningham one of Lyons ex-partners while a detailed gazetteer contains scale plan drawings of many of Spans housing templates.

GBP 35.00
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Healthy Placemaking Wellbeing Through Urban Design

Healthy Placemaking Wellbeing Through Urban Design

In modern-day society the main threats to public health are now considered ‘avoidable illnesses’ which are often caused by a lack of exercise and physical activity. Research suggests that architectural and urban design strategies play an important role in reducing the amount of avoidable illnesses by enabling physical activity through healthier streets. Practitioners must now consider how they can encourage people to lead healthier lifestyles and improve health through urban design. This book presents the path to healthier cities through six core themes - urban planning walkable communities neighbourhood building blocks movement networks environmental integration and community empowerment. Each theme is presented with an overview of the issues the solutions and how to apply them practically with exemplars and precedents. It's an essential text that provides practitioners across urban design architecture master planning with the necessary knowledge and guidance to understand their role in producing healthier places and put it in to practice. | Healthy Placemaking Wellbeing Through Urban Design

GBP 37.00
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How To Win Work The architect's guide to business development and marketing

How To Win Work The architect's guide to business development and marketing

You are a great designer but no-one knows. Now what? This indispensable book written by one of the most influential marketers in architecture will demystify Public Relations and marketing for all architects whether in large practices or practicing as sole practitioners. It bridges the distance between architects and marketing by giving practical tips best practice and anecdotes from an author with 20 years’ experience in architecture marketing. It explains all aspects of PR and Business Development for architects: for example how to write a good press release; how to make a fee proposal; how to prepare for a pitch. It gives examples of how others do it well and the pitfalls to avoid. In addition it discusses more general aspects which are linked to PR and BD such as being a good employer ethics for architects and the challenges when working abroad. Featuring vital insights from a wide variety of architects from multinational practices to small offices this book is an essential companion to any architectural office. | How To Win Work The architect's guide to business development and marketing

GBP 34.00
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Design your life An architect’s guide to achieving a work/life balance

Design your life An architect’s guide to achieving a work/life balance

Ten years ago Clare Nash was struggling with a common problem: how to be an architect and still have a life. With no job no savings and no clients in the midst of a recession Clare set up her own practice with little more than a few postcards in local shop windows and a very simple website. Determined to better combine her life and family with professional work she created an innovative practice that is flexible and forward-looking based around remote working and the possibilities offered by improving technology. Bursting with tips ideas and how-tos on all aspects of designing a working life that suits you and your business this book explains in clear and accessible language how to avoid the common pitfalls of long hours and low pay. It explores how to juggle work with family commitments how to set your own career path and design priorities and how to instil a flexible working culture within a busy lifestyle. Encompasses the full range of life-work challenges: Money fees and cashflow Playing to your personal strengths Outsourcing areas of weakness Building a happy and productive remote-working team Creating a compelling marketing strategy Juggling parenthood and work Studying and honing workplace skills Provides the inside view from innovative practices: alma-nac Gbolade Design Studio Harrison Stringfellow Architects Invisible Studio Architects Office S&M Architects POoR Collective Pride Road Architects and Transition by Design. | Design your life An architect’s guide to achieving a work/life balance

GBP 30.00
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Architect: The evolving story of a profession

Architect: The evolving story of a profession

The architect’s role is constantly adapting. Throughout history it has shifted significantly shaped by social cultural technological and economic forces. The very definition of what an architect is and does has evolved over time from lead builder or master mason to principal designer. A collaborative and reactive profession it is inextricably linked to the power of the patron whether the client is an influential and affluent individual or a political commercial civic or religious organisation. From Ancient Egypt where architects were members of the ruling class tied into the running of the empire to the 21st century when questions are being raised about the future of the profession this book with its engaging narrative explores the constant threads that remain as the profession adapts. While architects are no longer deified their ability to imagine a new impending reality in built form implies a visionary dimension to their work. By focusing on both the practicalities of the profession and the more intangible motivations behind design – humans’ need to make a mark upon their surroundings – this volume provides a critical overview of over 3000 years of practice and education. Looking at the key questions of where the architectural profession originated in the Western tradition why it is how it is today and where it might be going next the authors postulate that architects’ ability to adapt and reinvent themselves in the past will stand them in good stead for the uncertainties of the future. | Architect: The evolving story of a profession

GBP 32.00
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Thrive A field guide for women in architecture

Thrive A field guide for women in architecture

Architecture needs women. How can the built environment be designed without the expert input of half the population? In spite of the significant number of women choosing to study architecture as undergraduates once qualified women remain in the minority. As professionals their expertise is often overlooked their work devalued and their contribution to the canon forgotten. Yet women’s work is critical to the sustainability of a profession that must aspire to design high-quality buildings for the whole of society. How can architecture attract recruit and retain women? And how can women find ways to thrive within it? Underpinned by inclusion internationalism and intersectionality this practical guide looks back as well as forward exploring the history of women working in architecture as well as interrogating the contemporary landscape. It provides guidance tips and examples for navigating key points in an architect’s career including education practice projects and promotion. Inspiring case studies of women and women-led practices consider what success means and how to negotiate a route to a fruitful career and a balanced life as an architect. The book covers women architects from all walks of life all sizes of practice and from all over the world including Jeanne Gang Yasmeen Lari and Anupama Kundoo as well as many other historical and contemporary women architects and emerging practices. Featuring guidance on: Understanding the barriers and history of women in architecture Expanding the opportunities and visibility of women in leading roles The importance of role models and mentoring. With a foreword by Jane Duncan OBE PPRIBA. | Thrive A field guide for women in architecture

GBP 35.00
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Wellbeing in Interiors Philosophy Design and Value in Practice

Wellbeing in Interiors Philosophy Design and Value in Practice

This 4-colour practical guide explores how the design of interior spaces impacts wellbeing. In the built environment this topic is generally overlooked even though it is one of the most important topics in sustainable building. This book will enable project teams to understand how specific decisions about sustainable design and materials can be implemented on a day to day basis. Each Part ends by placing each issue into context exploring how it is a part of sustainable design and includes practical examples. This books raises awareness of the impact interior environments have on wellbeing and provide details and guidance on how to immediately apply the knowledge in this book to short and long term projects. It also quantifies the impacts in financial and other value terms making this book immediately useful in a designer's day-to-day work. | Wellbeing in Interiors Philosophy Design and Value in Practice

GBP 37.00
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Feasibility Studies An Architect’s Guide

Feasibility Studies An Architect’s Guide

Find that you’re spending much longer than planned on a feasibility study? Or that you have drifted into detailed design without formalising an appropriate form of appointment? This practical guide details the benefits of a feasibility study. Once you’ve secured the commission how do you ensure you’re following current best practice? Aimed at architects it identifies the pitfalls involved in undertaking a feasibility study and explains how to set boundaries organise the process and manage clients’ aspirations. By featuring recent live projects alongside advice from successful architectural practices it illustrates how a feasibility study can help achieve positive outcomes and avoid the dangers of a poorly defined brief and service proposal. Presenting the client’s as well as the architect’s perspective this publication highlights why a feasibility study is a sensible way of establishing viability prior to committing to a full-service commission. It underlines the significance of ‘adding value’ as an architect. | Feasibility Studies An Architect’s Guide

GBP 25.00
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The Access Audit Handbook An inclusive approach to auditing buildings

The Access Audit Handbook An inclusive approach to auditing buildings

Our buildings and environments should be inclusive to all but how can we assess this? The Access Audit Handbook is an indispensable tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services. This book offers straightforward advice about undertaking access audits and explains how they make buildings environments and services more inclusive. Following the audit the book explains how each of the various report formats works best to communicate recommendations in the content of current legislation funding requirements and best practice in building management. Well established as the best resource for conducting access audits the third edition of The Access Audit Handbook is fully up to date with the latest legal and technical standards as well as developments in equipment and building maintenance. Featuring advice on: Commissioning an access audit Audit methodology Making recommendations Report writing The practical guidance is supported by case studies worked examples and checklists. | The Access Audit Handbook An inclusive approach to auditing buildings

GBP 40.00
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