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Design-Build: Planning Through Development

Design-Build (D-B) - the project delivery system in which one firm contracts to provide all of the architectural, engineering, and construction services on a project - is expected to dominate the market by the year 2005. Studded with illustrative case histories, Design-Build: Planning Through Development, by Jeffrey Beard, Michael Loulakis, Esq., and Edward Wundram, is the first book to cover every legal, technical, and administrative aspect of Design-Build.
Design-Build: Planning Through Development

Disasters and their Effects on Buildings

Introduction:what constitutes a disaster, loss assessment, disaster management, preparedness, risk reduction, strategy trends
Disasters and their Effects on Buildings: Recovery and Prevention

Distinctive Home

Jeremiah Eck believes that a distinctive home is the result of a balance between site, floor plan, exterior elements, and interior details.
In The Distinctive Home, he describes the significance of each of the four elements and provides numerous examples of good design for each. Included are images and descriptions of 50 houses that cover a wide range of styles, regions, and budgets.
Distinctive Home : A Vision of Timeless Design

Dixmude

The impressive belfry, with town hall, of Dixmude in Belgium is situated between the two wings of the city hall. The first city hall dates from 1425 and was extended in 1567. In the 19th century, a new neo-Gothic building arose, designed by architect Louis Delacenserie of Bruges.
Dixmude

Double-Skin Facades

The book "Double-Skin Facades: Integrated Planning" provides an in-depth study not only of issues such as acoustic and thermal insulation, aerophysics, and facade construction, but also of the quesion of economic viability. Numerous illustrations and plans offer clear and precise insights into the construction of this new development in building design.
Double-Skin Facades: Integrated Planning

Dreams of Iron and Steel

From the London sewers that banished cholera to the Panama Canal that shaved thousands of miles off a dangerous sea passage, from the Hoover Dam that diverted the world's most unpredictable river to give power to over half of the country to the transcontinental railroad that fulfilled the dream of manifest destiny.
Dreams of Iron and Steel