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The middle of an architect's career can provide a turning point for a bright future or be a directionless hinterland. How is it for you? Are you where you want to be? Have you been forced off your preferred path by unforeseen circumstances, or are you drifting? Adapt as an Architect provides hope and direction. It is a crucial compass for design professionals seeking to navigate the vast heart of the architect's journey. It serves as a roadmap, a career GPS, with options for architects getting from where they are today to where they want to be.

In this challenging interpretation of design education and its effect on design process and products, Argentinean scholar Alfonso Corona-Martinez emphasizes the distinction between an architectural project, created in the architect’s mind and materialized as a set of drawings on paper, and the realized three-dimensional building. Corona-Martinez demonstrates how representation plays a substantial role in determining both the notion and the character of architecture, and he traces this relationship from the Renaissance into the modern era.

In this revolutionary book, Joan Breton Connelly challenges our most basic assumptions about the Parthenon and the ancient Athenians. Beginning with the natural environment and its rich mythic associations, she re-creates the development of the Acropolis - the Sacred Rock at the heart of the city-state - from its prehistoric origins to its Periklean glory days as a constellation of temples among which the Parthenon stood supreme.

The architects selected here have designed buildings that are as dramatic as their impact on the world of architecture. From familiar modern era names such as Zaha Hadid and Sir Norman Foster to geniuses from history such as Nicholas Hawksmoor and Andrea Palladio, Ike Ijeh reveals his top 50 list of the architects deserving of the description "greatest".

RAISE Your Value is the ultimate guide to elevating Architecture and Engineering firms out of the trap of commoditization. Learn how to Uncover Hidden Value, Design a Winning Advantage, and Charge More. As your firm pursues business, your staff must navigate difficult conversations around fees and pricing every day. Pressures from existing and potential new clients to lower fees often force your team to give away profits and avoid asking for change orders to get the work and “be competitive.”

This guide transcends the traditional book format, serving as your comprehensive mentor through the elaborate and challenging terrains of the PMP exam. Imbued with a solid study strategy, it pledges to demystify complex concepts, assist in applying essential project management principles practically, and instill a confident, exam-ready mindset.

Who built the Empire State Building? Astonishingly, no list of workmen on this historic landmark was ever compiled. While the names of the owners, architects, and contractors are well known, and Lewis Hine's legendary portraits left us indelible images of the workers, their identities—the last generation of workmen still practicing these time-honored trades, have not been identified until author Glenn Kurtz unearthed their individual stories for this book.

Our feelings about home have a significant bearing on how we feel about ourselves. But as many of us have little control over our living situations, it's unsurprising that one in three people don't feel at home where they live, and only 56% experience joy there. We need to rethink our relationship with our home, and how we live within it, to inspire positive change in the rest of our life. Since 2017, Katie McCrory has led the largest global research into home – the annual IKEA Life at Home Report – identifying the eight universal emotional states that create the 'feeling of home'.

Spaces of Immigration follows the travel routes of immigrants during a foundational period of American infrastructure—from ports of arrival to train cars and depots to settlements—showing how the built environment of the railways fostered segregation through physical isolation and reinforced hierarchies according to race, ethnicity, and class.

How do you Seamlessly Integrate CPD Hours into Your Busy Schedule? EASY you do your CPD while driving, sitting on the train, walking the dog or while you're at the gym! Welcome to a new way to do CPD. Imagine you're racing against a deadline for a project pitch, but your CPD hours are looming large, untouched. Maybe you’re even spending your weekends poring over lengthy texts on circular economy principles, wishing there was a way to combine this with your CPD requirements without sacrificing precious downtime - well now there is.

Breathe Cleaner Air & Create a Healthier Home with the Power of Indoor PlantsDid you know indoor air can be up to five times more polluted than outdoor air? Harmful toxins, allergens, and low humidity levels can negatively impact your sleep, health, and overall well-being. Luckily, nature offers a simple, beautiful solution: air-purifying plants. This guide introduces the best indoor plants scientifically shown to filter toxins, improve humidity, and freshen your space—naturally.

Der Charme-Faktor von Altbau ist einzigartig: Mondäne Stuckverzierungen, majestätische Bodenfenster, hohe Decken und hübsche Fachwerkoptik machen aus Wohnung oder Haus einen einzigartigen Blickfang. Mit diesem Ratgeber verliert der Alptraum Altbau-Sanierung im Handumdrehen seinen Schrecken und wird stattdessen zu einem Herzensprojekt, bei dem Sie sich so richtig kreativ austoben können.

Form Follows Fever is the first in-depth account of the turbulent early years of settlement and growth of colonial Hong Kong across the 1840s. During this period, the island gained a terrible reputation as a diseased and deadly location. Malaria, then perceived as a mysterious vapour or miasma, intermittently carried off settlers by the hundreds. Various attempts to arrest its effects acted as a catalyst, reconfiguring both the city’s physical and political landscape, though not necessarily for the better.

Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings. Former keepers like Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal maintain their watch long after death. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and tidy house, and a mysterious young girl at the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse seeks out other companions.

The Beginners Guide To Interior Design Is For The Novice In Interior Design And Planning.

King Charles III’s affection for architecture is wellknown, but the extent of his engagement has never been fully presented to the public. This is the first book to draw together the many threads, from the "carbuncle" speech, made at Hampton Court in 1984, until his accession to the throne. He has created model settlements such as Poundbury through the Duchy of Cornwall, Dumfries House in East Ayrshire has been made a beacon of social regeneration, and his educational initiatives have changed lives.

1742: the famous dome atop Saint Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, is fractured and threatened with collapse. The dome is the pride of Italy and the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. And no one knows how to fix it. This engaging and colorful narrative tells the overlooked story of how Michelangelo's Dome was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and Pope Benedict XIV, who had asked them for help.

I can't find any deals. This market is too competitive. The prices are too high. Construction costs are too expensive. I have no time. Does this sound like someone you know? It is perspectives like these which have been holding investors back from hidden opportunities that could change the way they perceive that next property.

What do we hope to get out of seeing a famous piece of art? Jeannie Marshall asked that question of herself when she started visiting the Sistine Chapel frescoes. She wanted to understand their meaning and context—but in the process, she also found what she didn’t know she was looking for. All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel tells the story of Marshall’s relationship with one of our most cherished artworks.

Design is an expression, a service, and an act of creativity. But if designers design for everyone, how can there be so little diversity in the profession? In this book, Jessica Bantom examines the implications of design in everyday life, from spaces and products to images and the fashion industry.