1 comments about Accessing AutoCAD Architecture 2008.

1. When I buy a book like this I am really looking for a How to book.
   I want tutorials set up in a logical format.
   This book is a little too scattered for my taste.

1 comments about Water in Buildings: An Architect's Guide to Moisture and Mold.

1. Bill Rose has truly outdone himself in penning this text. With a conversational style, and laced with amusing anecdotes, Rose clarifies the fine points of a technically sophisticated topic: how does water interact with the built environment?
   
   This book is a must-read not only for architects, but for home inspectors, engineers, industrial hygienists, and others involved in the investigation of water damage in buildings.
   
   6 stars ******
   
   Bravo!
   
   Wane A. Baker, P.E., CIH
   MICHAELS ENGINEERING INC.

2 comments about Urban Design: A typology of Procedures and Products. Illustrated with over 50 Case Studies.

1. This is not a comprehensive book on the field of Urban Design. Although this is obvious from the subtitle one is left with dissapointment. Aside from an interesting collection of cases studies you really don't get the complexity and timeless cross-section of this field that is having a renaissance now. None of the current trends are mentioned nor do they get any strong coverage (new urbanism/trasnurbanism/reurbanism/everyday urbanism/splintered urbanism/complexity urbanism) nor does the historical element comes through. Generaly good written book but too much of a sallad bowl without a proper structure and philosophy. Not a good tool for teaching. If you want top of the pops book in this field go to D.Grahame Shane's Recombinant Urbanism. For me it was astonishing how little space was given to new urbanism, the leading urban design theory and practice today.



2. A spectacular book. Lang explains all the design process of the urban environment within USA in this century. What had going wrong and why. See also how a close relationship between designers and its clients can improve design quality and what sort of human needs can be fulfilled by the built environment. A book not only for urban designers but for all people related with the designing process from interiors designers to landscape architects.

2 comments about Modern Construction: Handbook (Modern Construction Series).

1. This particular book is a great reference for architectural students. It shows all types of materials, connections of materials, etc. It is a must have.



2. I have found this book so helpful that it sits immediately adjacent to my copy of Architectural Graphic Standards.

   If you follow architectural publications, you will find this handbook catalogs recent noteworthy works that you are familiar with, and many others that you are not. Specifically, this book is organized according to specific building component types (i.e. curtainwall systems, millwork, stairs.) For each of these types, the book offers a color photograph of a built example, and then several blackline details revealing the technical composition required for such an aesthetic effect. The best thing is, the book offers 3+ examples of each component type.

   I recommend this book for all practicing architects who are involved in all scales of building types.

1 comments about Cooper, Robertson & Partners: Cities to Gardens (Master Architect).

1. This book features the work of a firm that has excelled at both architecture and urban design throughout its existance. That's no easy task. All of the projects featured show a combination of intellectual rigor (the partners have taught and lectured extensively) as well as the practical aspects of good design (firmness, commidity and delight). To architects who have followed the work of Cooper, Robertson & Partners the book is long overdue but worth the wait.

3 comments about Using CATIA V5.

1. Making the switch over to V5 is a real pain, especially if you're a busy v4 engineer. Honestly, the best thing is to watch a few v5 video tutorials every day so you don't have to go thru the agony of a book. There's a beginner tutorial that I found helpful. Regardless, this book is task-based and spends a helpful bit of time talking about "making the transition." It will give a beginner an overview of the workbenches, so I'd say it's a good starting point. Here's that video tutorial link - CATIA V5 Video Tutorial CD ROM- Quickstart



2. My company is currently working on a major project with the author's company. My department is transitioning over to CATIA V5 from a different design software and we are using this book as our training manual. The graphics are good.



3. Readers of this book will not be prepared to use Catia in a professional environment. Mr. Karam lacks practical knowledge of his subject, and relies on his co-author to write the majority of this work. Mr. Karam has been using a rival CAD program for over a decade, and is a Catia beginner himself. Those looking to learn Catia are better served elsewhere.

4 comments about Introducing & Implementing Autodesk Revit Building.

1. This is a good text. However, it wasn't the latest edition. It would have been nice to see an edition in the product description not receive the product before you realize it is an older version.



2. This book didn't really help me a whole lot because it's a little too basic in terms of teaching you how to figure out the program. But it does do a good job of explaining the very basic features and benefits of using Autodesk Revit



3. this book helped me on the first day it arrived. i needed help on how to "model" a curtain wall. there it was. the steps that the book went into detail were very good. i keep this book at my desk at work!



4. I've been using Revit since release 4. I'm on release 8 now.
   
   The help menu within the software itself is detailed and user friendly, but it does not address issues specific to architectural offices i.e. implementing new software into an established practice.
   
   The book 'Introducing & Implementing Autodesk Revit Building' more than adequately addresses every conceivable issue regarding implementation and when used in conjunction with Autodesk Revit's built in help menu should be the only references you'll need to take you from concept to completion on just about any sized architectural project.
   
   It's a sound investment for the novice or more advanced Revit user.

No comments about Process Automation Handbook: A Guide to Theory and Practice.

No comments about Contested Symmetries and Other Predicaments in Architecture.

No comments about Eisenman Inside Out: Selected Writings, 1963-1988.