Explore the world’s greatest buildings! Architecture is filled with amazing illustrations and photographs that take you to the heart of the world’s landmark buildings. Get the opportunity to look beyond the facade. Examine materials and technology that shape buildings, and identify the key elements and decorative features of each architectural style. This is the best definitive visual guide on architecture; it covers 5,000 years of architectural design, style, and construction from airports t

List Price: $ 30.00

Price: $ 39.67

Related Architecture Products

Profusely illustrated with fine instances of architectural experimentation through the centuries, Experiencing Architecture manages to convey the intellectual excitement of superb design. From teacups, riding boots, golf balls, and underwater sculpture to the villas of Palladio and the fish-feeding pavilion of the Peking Winter Palace, the author ranges over the less-familiar byways of designing excellence.At on

List Price: $ 22.00

Price: $ 14.95

Find More Architecture Products

Responding to the threats of climate change, peak oil, resource depletion, economic uncertainty and energy insecurity demands the utmost in creativity, ingenuity, and new ways of thinking in order to reinvent self and society. In The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians, and philosophers in examining the skills needed in the twenty-first century. Among the

List Price: $ 24.95

Price: $ 15.56

Find More Sustainability Products

First edition: Winner of Choice Magazine – Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 Sustainability promises both reduced environmental impacts and real cash savings for any organization – be it a business, non-profit/NGO or government department. This easy-to-use manual has been written by top business consultants specifically to help managers, business owners, organizational leaders and aspiring environmental managers/sustainability coordinators to improve their organization’s environmental, so

List Price: $ 49.95

Price: $ 41.02

Related Sustainability Products

industry, we ask for your support in enacting legislation that provides certainty to the

marketplace and gets our economy back to work.”

That was the opening sentence from a letter that was sent to President Obama and Congressional leaders on December 7 and signed by 45 design and construction industry associations. But it could have been sent to almost every American. (And, for that matter, sent by many Americans as well.)

At a time when unemployment in the design and construction industry is at 13.4 percent, it is no surprise that nearly one in ten American workers is out of a job. The industry accounts for 5.7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing more than seven million Americans who design, construct and maintain the infrastructure on which our economy depends. When unemployment in this sector is high, the impact is felt in every community across the nation.

For when the design and construction industry slows, the economy worsens. It’s as simple as that.

You can argue, as some experts do, that the industry was artificially inflated by the real estate bubble, and that now the industry is only returning back to normal. However, when a sector determines the economy’s overall health as much as this sector does, that explanation just won’t wash. Most construction projects valued at less than $5 million are stalled due to lack of financing, and more broadly, 21 percent of all construction projects are stalled due to the lack of available financing, according to an analysis by the American Institute of Architects. Total construction spending will be flat to down for the remainder of 2011, and margins will continue to be squeezed as material costs continue to rise at more than five percent into 2012.

This lack of funding deters job growth in a sector that can put the economy back on track and is a

proven accelerator of economic growth. A recent study by Bloomberg Government reports that

for every one job in construction, there are 25 applicants. If the industry gets back to work, then

the national economy will grow. Every additional $1 billion invested in nonresidential design

and construction would add $3.4 billion to GDP, $1.1 billion to personal earnings, create or

sustain 28,500 full-time jobs, and an additional $2.35 billion in indirect benefits to the economy, according to the Associated General Contracts of America.

So, what can you do about this? Despite the inherent challenges in passing legislation

in a divided government, Congress and the Administration have the opportunity to improve the

economy simply through enacting legislation that traditionally has received strong bipartisan

support. And we ask for your support in asking your representatives to work to achieve the following goals:

Ask your Congressman or Congresswoman to pass and the President to sign surface transportation, aviation, water resources, and clean water and drinking water infrastructure authorization bills. Enactment of these authorizations will immediately provide programmatic and fiscal certainty that will help job creators in every state put people back to work. Short-term extensions of laws provide little or no certainty to public agencies or those who perform work for them. In fact, our members say that the failure to pass routine bills undermines business confidence. Our members understand that difficult choices need to be made in order to reduce spending and lower the deficit. However, delaying these choices damages our economy by putting vital building and infrastructure projects on hold indefinitely.

Second, any effort to reinvigorate the design and construction markets must successfully jumpstart new privately-funded construction. The strength of the private sector market is the single largest determining factor in the health of the construction industry. Unfortunately, private sector demand continues to decline at alarming rates. Of course, the private sector will not begin building again until employment expands, retail demand grows and manufacturing increases. That is why the best way to boost private demand for construction is to put in place pro-growth policies that will boost economic expansion.

Our members are ready and willing to get back to work designing and building the infrastructure that will keep America competitive in the 21st Century. They want Congress and the

Administration to perform the fundamental business of governing that will provide the stability

that is needed to get this sector moving and take millions of Americans off the unemployment rolls. Reviving demand for construction, particularly private sector construction activity, is essential to sustaining broader economic growth.

When so many of our fellow Americans are out of work, we urge you to urge your Congressional representative to take action on these critical measures that

will help our economy fully recover. For when architects work, the nation builds.

American Institute of Architects.

• Living green guide
• practical ways to save the earth

Over 85% of Americans today express concern about health and the environment, but only a small fraction say they know where to begin. Whether you are concerned about climate change, personal health, or just want to live more lightly on the planet, this book is for you. It helps you get past the worry and take positive action to improve both your health and the health of our environment. Based on a lifetime of research and practice, this practical guide for living green offers advice and solut

List Price: $ 14.95

Price: $ 2.38

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

List Price: $ 0.00

Price: $ 0.00

More Architecture Products

The Poetry of Architecture – Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by John Ruskin is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of John Ruskin then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

List Price: $ 9.99

Price: $ 9.99

Related Architecture Products

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

List Price: $ 0.00

Price: $ 0.00

Related Construction Products

• ISBN13: 9781600850233
• Condition: New
• Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

The classic guide – revised and updated. The book that builders, architects, and students have relied on for almost 20 years has been completely updated to cover new materials, construction methods, and the latest building code revisions. The standard reference in its field, Rob Thallons Graphic Guide to Frame Construction is the ultimate visual guide to building with wood. Filled with hundreds of detailed drawings, helpful annotations, and field-tested advice, the guide covers foundations, floo

List Price: $ 24.95

Price: $ 15.21

Find More Construction Products