Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: brian edwards

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  • MARX
    JAIME EDWARDS / BRIAN LEITER
    The writings of Karl Marx (1818–1883) have left an indelible mark not only on the understanding of economics and political thought but on the lives of millions of people who lived in regimes that claimed (wrongly) his influence. Trained as a philosopher and steeped in the thought of Hegel, Marx turned away from Hegelian philosophy after 1845 towards a philosophy that incorporat...

    $740.00

  • THE EXECUTIVE YEARS OF THE NHS
    BRIAN EDWARDS / MARGARET FALL
    A guide to clinical effectiveness and governance, this second edition includes clinical governance issues. It aims to increase awareness of, and skills in, an evidence-based approach to health care, and there is advice on collecting, evaluating, interpreting and applying evidence. ...

    $980.00

  • UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    Some of the most exciting architecture in the world can be found on university campuses. In Europe, America and the Far East, vice chancellors and their architects have, over several centuries, produced an extraordinary range of innovative buildings. This book has been written to highlight the importance of university architecture. It is intended as a guide to designers, to tho...

    $1,360.00

  • LONDON DOCKLANDS
    BRIAN C. EDWARDS
    London Docklands: Urban Design in an Age of Deregulation discusses the process and products of the first 10 years of the London Docklands. The book is comprised of 10 chapters that are organized into three parts. The first part talks about the potentials of the London Docklands. The second part presents the area of studies, which are the Isle of Dogs, Surrey Docks, Wapping, an...

    $970.00

  • THE MODERN STATION
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    An exciting new generation of railway architecture has emerged in Europe and elsewhere over the past decade. This book explains the reasons for the renaissance of the station as a building type and the current changes it is undergoing. The functional, social and technical factors which shape railway architecture are examined. As stations are essential elements of sustainable de...

    $1,320.00

  • GREEN BUILDINGS PAY
    BRIAN EDWARDS / EMANUELE NABONI
    This third edition of Green Buildings Pay presents new evidence and new arguments concerning the institutional and business case that can be made for green design. The green argument has moved a long way forward since the previous edition, and this fully updated book addresses the key issues faced by architect, engineer and client today. Green Buildings Pay: Design, Productivit...

    $5,100.00

  • THEORIES OF PLAY AND POSTMODERN FICTION
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    Drawing on developments in critical theory and postmodernist fiction, this study makes an important contribution to the appreciation of playforms in language, texts, and cultural practices. Tracing trajectories in theories of play and game, and with particular attention to the writings of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Bakhtin, and Derrida, the author argues that the concept of play ...

    $1,420.00

  • SUSTAINABILITY AND THE DESIGN OF TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    The interchange is a new form of transport building which integrates into a single whole various modes of public transport, putting the passenger first (rather than the infrastructure). This book presents design principles for transport interchanges and offers analysis of best practice in the UK and abroad. The author demonstrates how this complex new building type integrates w...

    $1,800.00

  • LIBRARIES AND LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRES
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    Libraries and Learning Resource Centres is a comprehensive reference text examining the changing role and design of library buildings. Critical evaluations of international case studies demonstrate the principles of library design.Available for the first time in full colour, the second edition of the work focuses particularly on the important question of access and design in pu...

    $3,200.00

  • UNDERSTANDING ARCHITECTURE THROUGH DRAWING
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    This second edition is fully revised and updated and includes new chapters on sustainability, history and archaeology, designing through drawing and drawing in architectural practice. The book introduces design and graphic techniques aimed to help designers increase their understanding of buildings and places through drawing. For many, the camera has replaced the sketchbook, bu...

    $2,100.00

  • THE MODERN AIRPORT TERMINAL
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    This comprehensive guide to the planning and design of airport terminals and their facilities covers all types of airport terminal found around the world and highlights the environmental and technical issues that the designer has to address. Contemporary examples are critically reviewed through a series of case studies. This new edition covers the most recent examples of high q...

    $4,200.00

  • COURTYARD HOUSING
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    Courtyard housing is one of the oldest forms of domestic development spanning at least 2000 years and occurring in distinctive form in many regions of the world. Traditionally associated with the Middle East where climate and culture have given shape to a particular type of courtyard housing, other examples exist in Latin America, China and in Europe, where the model has been r...

    $4,000.00

  • SUSTAINABLE HOUSING
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    Written by experts, Sustainable Housing brings new perspectives on residential sustainability, using case studies of latest practice. This book is based upon the 'Housing and Sustainability' conference at the RIBA in 1998, which intended to guide action into the next century, setting down key principles, providing important new technical information and setting UK practices in ...

    $2,100.00

  • GLOBALIZING AMERICAN STUDIES
    BRIAN T. EDWARDS
    The discipline of American studies was established in the early days of World War II and drew on the myth of American exceptionalism. Now that the so-called American Century has come to an end, what would a truly globalized version of American studies look like? Brian T. Edwards and Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar offer a new standard for the field’s transnational aspiration with Glo...

    $662.39