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Dostępność: na zamówienie Until now, the few existing systematic texts on construction materials have primarily been directed at building engineers. An overview for architects, which also considers the importance of construction materials in the sensory perception of architecture—including tactile qualities, smell, color, and surface structure—has not been available. 

Dostępność:na zamowienie Choosing the most suitable colour palette is always one of the greatest challenges for any interior architect or designer. Paints, fabrics and wallpaper are an essential part of any interior and are inextricably bound up with it: the overall atmosphere is largely determined by the shades and nuances of colour that are used. This book presents projects by well-known architects and interior specialists, with colour as a uniting theme: from monochrome white and sandy shades to the more exuberant and daring colour combinations, from the monastic simplicity of neutral tones to lively and extroverted colour schemes.

With the increasing sophistication of CAD and other design software, there is now a wide array of means for both designing and fabricating architecture and its components. The proliferation of advanced modelling software and hardware has enabled architects and students to conceive and create designs that would be very difficult to do using more traditional methods. The use of CAD technologies in the production of physical models, prototypes and individual elements is increasingly widespread through processes such as CAD/CAM, CNC milling and rapid prototyping.

Publikacja wprowadza czytelników w najważniejsze aspekty wiedzy, praktyki i metodyki w zakresie zarządzania wzornictwem. Szczególną uwagę poświęca tworzeniu strategii, organizacji procesu projektowego i nadzorowi nad wdrożeniem nowego produktu. Zarządzanie strategiami wzornictwa, procesami projektowymi i rozwojem nowych produktów to temat skomplikowany. Jego rola we współczesnym świecie wzrasta, firmy i korporacje zaczynają stopniowo postrzegać design jako integralną część procesu decyzyjnego. Książka przedstawia ogólne tło dyscypliny, a następnie opisuje poszczególne etapy wykorzystania wzornictwa w biznesie. 

Being environmentally conscious is no longer trendy or unique. It's expected. A growing number of today's companies are requiring their creative firms to develop and incorporate more eco-friendly packaging and printed materials. These clients are turning to their ad agencies and designers and asking for solutions. The result: creative professionals desperately need a handbook of ideas that will help them advise their clients on environmentally friendly 'green design'.

Dostępność: na zamówienie "The array of buildings by Renzo Piano is staggering in scope and comprehensive in the diversity of scale, material, and form. He is truly an architect whose sensibilities represent the widest range of this and earlier centuries." Such was the description of Renzo Piano given by the Pritzker Prize jury citation as they bestowed the prestigious award on him in 1998. Whereas some architects have a signature style, what sets Piano apart is that he seeks simply to apply a coherent set of ideas to new projects in extraordinarily different ways.