Managing the building design process

Author: Tunstall, Gavin

Date published

14 August 2006

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Free to members
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Managing the building design process

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Tunstall, Gavin
Date published
14 August 2006
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Free to members
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Tunstall, Gavin

Date published

14 August 2006

Author

Tunstall, Gavin

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Free to members

Explains the designer's role in the creation of new buildings from the development of the plan through to completion.

One key case study is used throughout the book so that the reader can clearly follow the process leading to the creation of a new building.

This new edition expands on the first edition including sections on CAD and sustainability; incorporating updates to legislation and adding new illustrations as well as discussion points and useful references at the end of every chapter.

Gavin Tunstall is an architect and a lecturer in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

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Format:
eBook
ISBN:
9780080461427
Pages:
393
Publisher:
Routledge

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Structural Design Project Management E-book Library

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