Free Download James Bretz, "Images of America: Denver's Early Architecture"
English | 2010 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738580465, 1531653243 | EPUB | 45,8 mb
In spite of its relentless reputation as a "cow town," Denver has grown from a dusty prairie burg into a thriving metropolis nestled against the foothills of the great Rocky Mountains. Gold brought the area's first settlers in the 1850s, and mining camps sprouted up along the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River. The first rudimentary structures of canvas, mud, and logs were soon replaced with sturdy buildings made of brick, stone, and wood, in what is now affectionately referred to as "Lodo" or the lower downtown district. City growth worked its way uptown and to the east from this neighborhood of houses, hotels, shops, and commercial buildings, eventually encompassing Capitol Hill. Many well-known people worked and lived in downtown Denver and Capitol Hill, including the infamous Margaret "Molly" Brown of Titanic fame, railroad man David Moffat, merchant prince Charles Boettcher, druggist-turned-entrepreneur Walter Scott Cheesman, and Denver's notorious lovers, Horace Tabor and his wife "Baby Doe."

Free Download Icons of Architecture: The 20th Century By Wolfgang Bachmann; Sabine Thiel-Siling
1998 | 189 Pages | ISBN: 3791319493 | PDF | 21 MB
This illustrated volume is the best of what international architectural experts have to offer: a convincing selection of the century's superlative architecture from the turn of the century to present day. The buildings examined in this book, well-known today as icons of 2Oth century architecture, were considered spectacular in their own times for reasons ranging from stylistic innovation to technological breakthrough. New York City's Chrysler Building, Lloyd's of London, and the exciting new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain - each of these structures, whether treasured or despised, has become a modern-day place of pilgrimage, and the stories behind their rise to iconic status have shed light on how we think about the built environment. Each building is presented in a double-page spread with brilliant photographs, original drawings, and helpful plans. Texts written by recognized specialists describe each work's design features and historical significance.

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English | 2024 | ISBN: 103228370X | 323 Pages | PDF (True) | 104 MB
To "home" a digital fabrication machine is to send it back to its origin point―a point that can be specified by the fabricator in advance of the fabrication process or by the defaults that are pre-programmed into the machine. The homing process is necessary and productive since it determines the physical point at which the machine (and the maker) begin making―every time that architectural designers begin to digitally fabricate something new, they first need to home the machine. This book gathers first- and second-hand accounts of the origins of individual "digi-fab" practices from the emergence of advanced prototyping tools to the contemporary moment. It features interviews, essays, and case studies organized around three questions: What are the possible histories of digital fabrication in architecture? How do designers orient themselves in this emergent discipline? What conceptual original points do architectural designers return to when they home their machines?

Free Download From Garden Art to Landscape Architecture: Traditions, Re-Evaluations, and Future Perspectives
Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Ronald Clark
English | 2021 | ISBN: 395477125X | 220 Pages | True PDF | 7.28 MB

Free Download Wes Michaels, "Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniques and Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design"
English | 2014 | pages: 336 | ISBN: 1118693183 | EPUB | 197,4 mb
Combine traditional techniques with modern media for more communicative renderings

Free Download Digital Design and Computer Architecture: RISC-V Edition
by Sarah Harris and David Harris
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0128200642 | 733 Pages | True PDF | 16.4 MB

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by del Campo, Matias;
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1394191774 | 354 pages | True PDF | 418.78 MB

Free Download Diffusions in Architecture: Artificial Intelligence and Image Generators
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1394191774 | 481 Pages | EPUB (True) | 488 MB
Diffusions in Architecture: Artificial Intelligence and Image Generators delves into the impact of Generative AI models and their effect on architecture design and aesthetics. The book presents an in-depth analysis of how these new technologies are revolutionizing the field of architecture and changing the way architects approach their work. The architects presented in the book focus on the application of specific AI techniques and tools used in generative design, such as Diffusion models, Dall-E2, Stable Diffusion, and MidJourney. It discusses how these techniques can generate synthetic images that are both realistic and imaginative, creating new possibilities for architectural design and aesthetics.

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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031244400 | 127 Pages | PDF (True) | 10 MB
This book explores wind-adaptive architectural design blending the parametric design with digital simulations and suggests a novel approach for specific, even extreme conditions, as the first step in creating architecture that can act in response to the nature around. The chapters propose an urban and architectural design that emerges from the specific wind microclimate of the design site and responds to the changes in the ambient wind conditions. The book looks closely at A) the interdisciplinary wind-driven design method for architects, engineers, and urbanists employing open-source software for CFD analysis and B) the tensegrity-membrane adaptive building façades. The main questions the authors try to answer are: How does the wind-driven methodology enhance the wind comfort around buildings? How can it contribute to the reduction of wind surface loads acting on buildings?

Free Download Design Thinking and Storytelling in Architecture by Peter G. Rowe, Yoeun Chung
English | Dec 4 2023 | ISBN: 3035628114 | PDF | 168 pages | 16.2 MB
This book offers a systematic account of the process of designing in architecture. Design thinking can be regarded as a fundamentally different way of knowing the world and a particular form of addressing creative problems.