Office Architecture + Design

Office Architecture + Design

Bra un Publ ishing AG | English, German, French | January 25, 2009 | ISBN: 3037680075 | 265 pages | PDF | 114 MB

Constant technological advances and the current focus on ecological considerations have had a strong impact on the construction of office buildings as well as the interior design of work spaces. Further decisive aspects beyond purely functional considerations of work organization are corporate identity, the creation of a positive and motivating working environment and very often also representative functions. Masterpieces: Office Architecture + Design, another volume of the new series Masterpieces presents 60 outstanding projects from all over the world. The reader will find carefully selected works from international established architectural firms as well as promising newcomers, documenting today?s different developments regarding the construction and design of offices.

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Building Construction Principles

Building Construction: Principles, Materials, & Systems 2009 UPDATE
Prentice Hall | 2009 | ISBN: 0135064767, 0130494216 | 1024 pages | PDF | 70MB

The science of building construction and design is evolving more quickly than ever before. The “2009 Update” of this outstanding text builds on the previous version and incorporates the latest updates available. Written by an author team with decades of experience in architecture, building construction, engineering, and teaching, Building Construction: Principles, Materials & Systems 2009 Update is a comprehensive and fully illustrated introduction to construction methods and materials.

Continuing on with the books unique organization—Principles of Construction are covered in Part One and Materials and Systems of Construction are covered in Part Two—allows for complete coverage of both the basic principles and specific materials and systems of building construction. This organization fosters a real understanding of general concepts and develops skills that will sustain over time. Emphasizing a visual approach to learning, it includes more than 1,400 original illustrations and an extra large trim size (9” x 12”) that provides an open and inviting layout that students are sure to appreciate.

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Drawing for Interior Designers

Gilles Ronin, "Drawing for Interior Designers"
Publisher: A&C Black | ISBN: 1408129914 | edition 2010 | PDF | 91 pages | 11 mb

This book is aimed at helping budding interior designers learn how to draw professional looking interior designs. It is accessible, beautifully illustrated and practical. Guidance is given on drawing perspective, floor plans, drawing furniture and renditions of rooms. Filled with sketches and drawings, this is the ideal guide to producing successful drawings of interior designs.

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Professional Practice for Interior Designers

Christine M. Piotrowski, "Professional Practice for Interior Designers, 3rd Edition"
Wiley | 2001 | ISBN: 0471384011 | Pages: 672 | PDF | 11,8 MB

The tools needed to create and manage a thriving interior design practice

This essential sourcebook provides all of the information needed to establish and manage a productive, profitable interior design firm. Filled with savvy business and career advice, Professional Practice for Interior Designers, Third Edition delivers updated and expanded coverage of the full range of legal, financial, management, marketing, administrative, and ethical issues faced by sole practitioners, firm principals, and managers.

This comprehensive reference lays out clear, practical guidelines on how to structure a contract and prevent legal problems; work with other designers, allied professionals, clients, and vendors; and calculate fees that are both fair and profitable. Recommended reading for NCIDQ candidates, it offers easy-to-follow tips and instruction on how to:

* Write and implement a successful business plan

* Choose the right form of business to fit specific needs

* Institute strategic planning

* Develop effective promotional tools

* Manage finances and set up a computerized accounting system

* Manage employees and team members

Establishing a comprehensive foundation for effective business practice, Professional Practice for Interior Designers, Third Edition is the one-stop resource that no interior designer can afford to be without

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Furniture for the 21st Century

Furniture for the 21st Century
Publisher: Stobart Davies 1999 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0854420770 | PDF | 26 MB

A unique, up-to-the-minute collection of the finest hand-crafted furniture
A mirror whose exquisite veneering evokes earlier times. An endlessly versatile modular boardroom table in sensuous walnut. A new-century chest whose ten different woods mimic the bold, complex strata of a rock face.Furniture for the 21st Century highlights these and many other superb pieces from thirty-six eminent designer makers whose work has been commissioned from around the world. Its hundreds of color photographs illustrate rich and startling departures from the blandness of so much recent furniture design. This visual feast of modern concept and magnificent workmanship is an essential reference for interior designers, furniture historians, students of design, and all who–like the readership of Fine Woodworking magazine–relish the ultimate marriage of art and craft.

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