Timber Frame Mastery
Timber Frame Mastery

Author: Joseph Benton

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-29

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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Discover the wonders of timber framing with the second edition of this powerful guide! Do you want to learn how you can use timber frames? Want to build your own house, shed, or another construction project? Would you like to test yourself for the first time with a simple project? Then keep reading! Timber framing is a highly versatile, beautiful form of construction which has been used for thousands of years around the world. It adds charm and character to a home, and can last over a hundred years. This second edition has been entirely revisited and expanded to provide beginners with a complete insight into this style. It has also been enriched with a practical and simple project for the construction of a small shed, complete with illustrated instructions. Now, this book breaks down the fundamentals of timber framing, giving you're the essential tools and knowledge you need to make the most of this incredible building style. With reference to the history and use of timber framing, as well as how timber can work with other materials, now you can go about building your own timber frame house with ease! This Second Edition Has Been Entirely Revisited and Expanded Here's what you'll discover inside this comprehensive book: A Detailed History of Timber Framing Why Use Timber Frames? An Overview of Timber Structures Understanding Timber Construction and Wood Properties Timber Construction and Eco-Friendliness Must-Have Tools and Equipment A Detailed Overview of the Entire Process of Building a Timber Frame House An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide to Creating your First Timber Frame Construction And So Much More! No matter your level of experience with construction or timber framing, this book offers a simple and easy-to-understand breakdown of timber framing. Including a guidebook for those who want to outsource their timber frame construction to a company, now it's never been easier to build a beautiful timber frame house! ★★★ Buy now to discover the world of timber framing today! ★★★

Timber Frame Mastery
Timber Frame Mastery

Author: Joseph Benton

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 9781671247130

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Discover the wonders of timber framing with this powerful guide! Do you want to learn how you can use timber frames? Want to build your own house, shed, or another construction project? Then keep reading! Timber framing is a highly versatile, beautiful form of construction which has been used for thousands of years around the world. It adds charm and character to a home, and can last over a hundred years. Now, this book breaks down the fundamentals of timber framing, giving you're the essential tools and knowledge you need to make the most of this incredible building style. With reference to the history and use of timber framing, as well as how timber can work with other materials, now you can go about building your own timber frame house with ease! Here's what you'll discover inside this comprehensive book: A Detailed History of Timber Framing Why Use Timber Frames? An Overview of Timber Structures Understanding Timber Construction and Wood Properties Timber Construction and Eco-Friendliness Must-Have Tools and Equipment A Step-by-Step Guide for Building Your Own Home And So Much More! No matter your level of experience with construction or timber framing, this book offers a simple and easy-to-understand breakdown of timber framing. Including a guidebook for those who want to outsource their timber frame construction to a company, now it's never been easier to build a beautiful timber frame house! Buy now to discover the world of timber framing today!

Timber Frame
Timber Frame

Author: Joseph Benton

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11-25

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 9781711591742

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Discover the wonders of timber framing with this powerful guide! Do you want to learn how you can use timber frames? Want to build your own house, shed, or another construction project? Then keep reading! Timber framing is a highly versatile, beautiful form of construction which has been used for thousands of years around the world. It adds charm and character to a home, and can last over a hundred years. Now, this book breaks down the fundamentals of timber framing, giving you're the essential tools and knowledge you need to make the most of this incredible building style. With reference to the history and use of timber framing, as well as how timber can work with other materials, now you can go about building your own timber frame house with ease! Here's what you'll discover inside this comprehensive book: A Detailed History of Timber Framing Why Use Timber Frames? An Overview of Timber Structures Understanding Timber Construction and Wood Properties Timber Construction and Eco-Friendliness Must-Have Tools and Equipment A Step-by-Step Guide for Building Your Own Home And So Much More! No matter your level of experience with construction or timber framing, this book offers a simple and easy-to-understand breakdown of timber framing. Including a guidebook for those who want to outsource their timber frame construction to a company, now it's never been easier to build a beautiful timber frame house! Buy now to discover the world of timber framing today!

Steel-concrete Composite Bridges
Steel-concrete Composite Bridges

Author: David Collings

Publisher: Thomas Telford

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780727733429

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"Steel-concrete composite bridges shows how to choose the bridge form and design element sizes to enable the production of accurate drawings and also highlights a wide and full range of examples of the design and construction of this bridge type."--Jacket.

Self-Build Homes
Self-Build Homes

Author: Michaela Benson

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2017-11-27

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1911576887

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Self-Build Homes connects the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on self-build with commentary from leading international figures in the self-build and wider housing sector. Through their focus on community, dwelling, home and identity, the chapters explore the various meanings of self-build housing, encouraging new directions for discussions about self-building and calling for the recognition of the social dimensions of this process, from consideration of the structures, policies and practices that shape it, through to the lived experience of individuals and households.Divided into four parts – Discourse, Rationale, Meaning; Values, Lifestyles, Imaginaries; Community and Identity; and Perspectives from Practice – the volume comes at a time of renewed focus from policy managers and practitioners, as well as prospective builders themselves, on self-build as a means for producing homes that are more stylised, affordable and appropriate for the specific needs of households. It responds to recent advances in housing and planning policy, while also bringing this into conversation with interdisciplinary perspectives from across the social sciences on housing, home and homemaking. In this way, the book seeks to update understandings of self-build and to account for housing as a distinctly social process.

Drawing Futures
Drawing Futures

Author: Bob Sheil

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1911307266

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Drawing Futures brings together international designers and artists for speculations in contemporary drawing for art and architecture.Despite numerous developments in technological manufacture and computational design that provide new grounds for designers, the act of drawing still plays a central role as a vehicle for speculation. There is a rich and long history of drawing tied to innovations in technology as well as to revolutions in our philosophical understanding of the world. In reflection of a society now underpinned by computational networks and interfaces allowing hitherto unprecedented views of the world, the changing status of the drawing and its representation as a political act demands a platform for reflection and innovation. Drawing Futures will present a compendium of projects, writings and interviews that critically reassess the act of drawing and where its future may lie.Drawing Futures focuses on the discussion of how the field of drawing may expand synchronously alongside technological and computational developments. The book coincides with an international conference of the same name, taking place at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, in November 2016. Bringing together practitioners from many creative fields, the book discusses how drawing is changing in relation to new technologies for the production and dissemination of ideas.

Building Materials in Civil Engineering
Building Materials in Civil Engineering

Author: Haimei Zhang

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-05-09

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1845699564

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The construction of buildings and structures relies on having a thorough understanding of building materials. Without this knowledge it would not be possible to build safe, efficient and long-lasting buildings, structures and dwellings. Building materials in civil engineering provides an overview of the complete range of building materials available to civil engineers and all those involved in the building and construction industries.The book begins with an introductory chapter describing the basic properties of building materials. Further chapters cover the basic properties of building materials, air hardening cement materials, cement, concrete, building mortar, wall and roof materials, construction steel, wood, waterproof materials, building plastics, heat-insulating materials and sound-absorbing materials and finishing materials. Each chapter includes a series of questions, allowing readers to test the knowledge they have gained. A detailed appendix gives information on the testing of building materials.With its distinguished editor and eminent editorial committee, Building materials in civil engineering is a standard introductory reference book on the complete range of building materials. It is aimed at students of civil engineering, construction engineering and allied courses including water supply and drainage engineering. It also serves as a source of essential background information for engineers and professionals in the civil engineering and construction sector. - Provides an overview of the complete range of building materials available to civil engineers and all those involved in the building and construction industries - Explores the basic properties of building materials featuring air hardening cement materials, wall and roof materials and sound-absorbing materials - Each chapter includes a series of questions, allowing readers to test the knowledge they have gained

Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship
Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship

Author: Jean-Pierre Jeannet

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-21

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 3030652874

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This open access book focuses on Switzerland-based medium-sized companies with a longstanding export tradition and a proven dominance in global niche markets. Based upon in-depth documentation and analysis of 36 Swiss companies over their entire history, an expert team of authors presents several parallels in the pathways and success factors which allowed these firms to become dominant and operate from a high-cost location such as Switzerland. The book enhances these insights by providing detailed company profiles documenting the company history, development, and how their relevant global niche positions were reached. Readers will benefit from these profiles as they compile a diverse selection of industries, mainly active within the B2B sector, with mostly mature companies (60 years to older than 100 years since founding) and different types of ownership structures including family firms. ‘Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship’ brings unique learning opportunities to owners and leaders of SMEs in Switzerland and elsewhere. Findings are based on detailed bottom-up research of 36 companies -- without any preconceived notions. The book is both conceptual and practical. It fosters understanding for different choices in development pathways and management practices. Matti Alahuhta, Chairman DevCo Partners, ex-CEO Kone, Board member of several global listed companies, Helsinki, Finland Start-up entrepreneurs need proven models from industry which demonstrate the various paths to success. “Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship” provides deep insights highlighting these models and the important trade-offs entrepreneurial teams must consider when choosing the path of high growth or of maximum control, as they are often mutually exclusive. Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, Zurich

From Mess to Minimalism
From Mess to Minimalism

Author: Instafo

Publisher: Instafo

Published: 2017-10-19

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13:

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No-Nonsense, No-Fluff Minimalistic Makeover Ever heard of the proverb “less is more” - that’s exactly what minimalism is all about and why it is such an efficient way of living. You are essentially freeing up the mess in your life and allowing more efficiency and freedom around you. In a world of chaos, stress, and mess, many people are embracing the minimalist's lifestyle. Perhaps you have heard of it but never gave thought to this philosophical yet practical way of living. Minimalism has hit quite the buzz these days. Our materialistic and consumeristic society continues to instill the notion that the amount of "stuff" we own is in direct proportion to our level of happiness; however, the more you own, the more you realize they simply become liable maintenance: cluttered household, messy workspace, overdue payments, etc. Sound familiar? All these things accumulate and contribute further to your burden, and thus hamper your life performance. If you are constantly living day to day feeling unproductive, disorganized, distracted, stressed, or suffocated, it’s time for a spring clean to minimize your mess with "From Mess to Minimalism." Here are some of the things that you will easily pick up on our minimalist's to-do list: - Get rid of stuff you don't need that are only draining you - Structure your environment using the "themed room" system - Put away unused items with the "rock-paper-scissors" of storage - Handle your new possessions using a "chain system" concept - Be more resourceful to avoid burning through your finance - Organize and manage a routine to be stress-free as possible - Declutter and optimize workspace to improve productivity - Live and breathe freely every day like a true minimalist ...and the list goes on to what you will be able to do being a minimalist. Nobody enjoys living life like one big pile of clogged mess to the point where they can't breathe and function properly. Free yourself and let go of the stuff weighting you down. Embrace minimalism to maximize your life.

Totally Wired
Totally Wired

Author: Andrew Smith

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 2019-03-12

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 080214697X

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“The Social Network meets Hammer of the Gods” in this story of a 1990s web titan who made a fortune and lost it all—and what happened afterward (The Independent). One day in February 2001, Josh Harris woke to certain knowledge that he was about to lose everything. The man Time magazine called “The Warhol of the Web” was reduced to a helpless spectator as his fortune dwindled from 85 million dollars to nothing, all in the space of a week. Harris had been a maverick genius preternaturally adapted to the new online world. He founded New York’s first dotcom, Pseudo.com, and paved the way for a cadre of twentysomethings to follow, riding a wave of tech euphoria to unimagined wealth and fame for five years—before the great dotcom crash, in which Web 1.0 was wiped from the face of the earth. Long before then, though, Harris’s view of the web had darkened, and he began a series of lurid social experiments aimed at illustrating his worst fear: that the internet would soon alter the very fabric of society—cognitive, social, political, and otherwise. In Totally Wired, journalist Andrew Smith seeks to unravel the opaque and mysterious episodes of the early dotcom craze, in which the seeds of our current reality were sown. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Harris and those who worked alongside him in downtown Manhattan’s “Silicon Alley,” the tale moves from a compound in Ethiopia through New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, London, and Salt Lake City, Utah; from the dawn of the web to the present, taking in the rise of alternative facts, troll society, and the unexpected origins of the net itself, as our world has grown uncannily to resemble the one Harris predicted—and urged us to evade. “Raucous, whimsical, sad and very funny…a fascinating account of what could have been, what briefly was, what almost lasted.” ―TheWall Street Journal “Told with verve and style…A valuable history.” ―Kirkus Reviews “A brilliant exploration of madness and genius in the early days of the web.”―The Guardian “Dark and compelling.”―Daily Mail “This is a book whose time has come.”―Sunday Times