GA JAPAN 61 Environmental Design

The new "Home" series from Beta-Plus invites you to take a fascinating journey through the most beautiful and inspiring interiors. The thirty volumes in this series are thematically divided by room (living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens and so on), and also by style (including designer homes, country houses and contemporary interiors). The reports in these books combine to create a unique voyage of discovery through modern trends in decoration and architecture, reflecting the lifestyle and outlook of people who live in these beautiful homes. "Home" series is a unique collection of thirty titles, eclectic and stylish, devoted to interior design and decoration, and presented in a handy format.

Winner of the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, Norman Foster is one of the most innovative and forwardthinking architects at work today. This volume features more than 1,000 plans, sketches, and photographs of some of Foster's most renowned projects, including London's new Wembley Stadium, Germany's Dresden Station, and Beijing's new international airport. These and other important structures, along with lighting systems, furniture collections, and memorials, reveal the enormous range of Foster + Partners' work. In addition to offering insights into individual projects, this volume contextualizes Foster's work, identifying themes and connections, discussing influences and inspirations, and invoking a host of historical, cultural, and architectural references.

"Nowy poradnik majstra budowlanego" autorstwa Janusza Panasa w nowej edycji książki podano aktualną wiedzę techniczną niezbędną majstrom budowlanym.

Zawarto najnowsze uregulowania prawne i normalizacyjne związane m.in. z dostosowywaniem budownictwa do wymagań obowiązujących w Unii Europejskiej.

Obszerne normy projektowania ustanowione na podstawie bezpośrednich tłumaczeń Eurokodów obejmują olbrzymi materiał, który w codziennej praktyce projektowej jest wykorzystywany w znikomej części. Dotyczy to także Eurokodu 2, w którym obok części wykorzystywanych powszechnie przez projektantów konstrukcji żelbetowych, zamieszczono reguły i zalecenia, z których projektanci korzystają bardzo rzadko. Ta sama sytuacja ma miejsce w przypadku innych Eurokodów, których niewielkie jedynie fragmenty są niezbędne w projektowaniu zwykłych konstrukcji żelbetowych, a których znajdywanie w setkach stron przepisów jest utrudnione i czasochłonne.

Now in its new edition, the Andrew Martin Interior Design Review has become renowned as the reference book for designers. Andrew Martin is one of the world's best known furnishing brands, with sales in over 50 countries. The Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year attracts entries from all over the globe and is described by The Times as 'The Oscars for the interior design world'. This year's edition features 65 entires offering the reader even more to look at and be inspired by.

The requirements confronting our workplaces have recently undergone a dramatic transformation. Constantly shifting workspace populations and varying uses of workspace call for flexible spatial structures, and so do new professions and innovative working methods. The planning of workspaces is influenced by the digitalization of our storage media as well as by new materials and building technologies.

W publikacji PODSTAWY SKRAWANIA MATERIAŁÓW KONSTRUKCYJNYCH autorstwa Wita Grzesika omówiono obecny stan wiedzy o kształtowaniu ubytkowym materiałów konstrukcyjnych ostrzami o definiowanej geometrii.

Przedstawiono w niej: materiały narzędziowe oraz cechy geometryczne ostrzy narzędzi, mechanikę, tribologię i termodynamikę procesu skrawania, mechanizmy odkształceń plastycznych i dekohezji materiału w procesie skrawania, modelowanie oddziaływań fizycznych z zastosowaniem technik numerycznych i symulacji komputerowej, ocenę skrawalności stosowanych w przemyśle materiałów konstrukcyjnych oraz zasady optymalizacji i doboru warunków obróbki, nowoczesne sposoby skrawania materiałów;

Dostępność: na zamówienie Gustave Alexandre Eiffel (Dijon 1832-Paris 1923). This French civil engineer and constructor, is famous for the Eiffel Tower in Paris. He studied at the École Central des Arts et Manufactures, where he demonstrated his interest in metal construction, graduated in Chemical Engineering and in 1866 founded his own company. He directed the building of an iron railway bridge at Bordeaux and the design of the movable dome of the observatory at Nice. He finished his greatest project, the Eiffel Tower, in 1889, in time for the Centennial Exposition, causing commotion and amazement among the artists of the period and the world in general. His next large-scale project was the Panama Canal.

Since it is now clear that in the future many raw materials will only be available to us in limited quantities, scientists have for some time been conducting intensive research into possible alternatives. Sustainability is the order of the day and the magic word for a better future in politics and industry. Moreover, environmental consciousness and a penchant for thinking in terms of material cycles have caught on with consumers : the use of environmentally compatible materials and production methods is desired, even taken for granted by the client.