Practice and Business Management

This new edition provides a unique and comprehensive overview of building performance simulation for the complete building life-cycle from conception to demolition, and from a single building to district level.

This book delves into the darker side of the workplace, discussing bullying, toxic work environments, corporate psychopaths, the struggles of stress, and more. It combines recent research and case studies to provide an understanding of these behaviours, and offers practical solutions on how to cultivate a healthy working environment.

Focusing on Constructability as a project management tool and its effectiveness, book develops a positive and strong relationship between constructability and sustainability, thus, promoting the application of the project management systems and guidelines for sustainable development, in a systematic manner.

The Client Role in Successful Construction Projects is a practical guide for clients on how to initiate, procure and manage construction projects and developments.

This engaging introduction provides students and professionals in architectural design and digital architecture with an overview of techniques and methods they can apply in their own work. An ideal starting point for embracing new technologies.

This introductory textbook focuses on architecture as a disciplinary and professional process, a role in society, and a career of learning and mastery. An essential introduction for any student seeking to understand what it means to be an architect.

The Design Build Studio examines sixteen international community driven design-build case studies through process and product, with preceding chapters on community involvement, digital and handcraft methodologies and a graphic Time Map.

You'll learn about profit centers, the architect as developer, how to respond to requests for proposals, intellectual property, and much more.