Web Design: A Beginner's Guide, 2 Edition

Wendy L. Willard, "Web Design: A Beginner's Guide, 2 Edition" 
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | 2010 | ISBN: 0071701346, 0071701354 | 384 pages | PDF | 11,2 MB

Create professional-quality web sites in no time with help from hands-on tutorials. Fully updated to cover the latest technologies and techniques, Web Design: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, explains how to analyze site requirements and create a web-development proposal to plan and document your project. You'll learn how to design an attractive, easy-to-use web site, focusing on key issues such as color, layout, navigation, typography, and images. Discover how to incorporate JavaScript, cascading style sheets (CSS), HTML/XHTML, Flash, and more to take your design from mockup to code. Boosting web site traffic through search engine optimization, e-mail design, and online advertising is also covered in this fast-paced guide.

Designed for Easy Learning

* Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
* Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
* Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
* Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
* Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload

Wendy Willard is a designer, consultant, writer, and educator who has been involved in web design for more than 13 years. She is the author of HTML: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition, and other books.



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The Ecology of Building Materials, Second Edition

Bjorn Berge, «The Ecology of Building Materials, Second Edition»
Architectural Press | ISBN: 1856175375 | 2009 | PDF | 448 pages | 8.89 MB

The Ecology of Building Materials explores key questions surrounding sustainability of building materials. It provides technical data to enable design and building professionals to choose the most appropriate materials for a project: those that are least polluting, most energy efficient, and from sustainable sources. The book also gives information and guidance on a wide range of issues such as recycling, detailing for increased durability and Life Cycle Analysis.

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Mohamed Boubekri - Daylighting, Architecture and Health: Building Design Strategies

Mohamed Boubekri, «Daylighting, Architecture and Health: Building Design Strategies»
Architectural Press | 2008-10-15 | ISBN: 0750667249 | File type: PDF | 160 pages | 15.47 MB

Daylighting, Architecture and Health examines the relationship between natural light in buildings and human health, considering both psychological and physiological issues and bringing together a range of research in the field.

As we are becoming increasingly conscious of global warming and pushing towards energy efficiency in buildings, the book examines the question of daylighting from the perspective of the health of building occupants. It gathers and reviews all the latest and pertinent medical and architectural research related to natural light, or lack thereof, and its effect on people.

* Documents medical research findings which establish a link between light quality and health
* Considers design strategies for increasing daylight in buildings
* Develops understanding and awareness of the importance of natural light in buildings

Daylighting, Architecture and Health: Building Design Strategies is a timely and essential text for professional architects and all others concerned with the effects of daylighting on health, architecture and building design.

* Outlines appropriate design strategies for increasing daylight in buildings
* Demonstrates a link between light quality and health and explains the importance of natural light in buildings
* Brings together the latest medical and architectural research on this important topic


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Crack Analysis in Structural Concrete: Theory and Applications

Zihai Shi, «Crack Analysis in Structural Concrete: Theory and Applications»
Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN: 0750684461 | 2009 | PDF | 344 pages | 17.3 MB

This new book on the fracture mechanics of concrete focuses on the latest developments in computational theories, and how to apply those theories to solve real engineering problems. Zihai Shi uses his extensive research experience to present detailed examination of multiple-crack analysis and mixed-mode fracture.

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The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management: Making Chaos Work for Your Small Firm by Rena M. Klein

The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management: Making Chaos Work for Your Small Firm by Rena M. Klein
Wiley | 2010 | English | ISBN 0470466480 | Pages: 240 | PDF | 6 MB

The definitive guide to management success for sole practitioners and leaders of small design firmsOwning and operating a small architectural design firm can be challenging, with tight project deadlines, on-the-fly meetings, rush proposals, and fluctuating workloads as part of the firm's day-to-day activities. To help small firm owners cope with the chaos and prepare for the unexpected, here is The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management, a no-nonsense guide to repurposing daily demands into workable, goal-directed solutions.Crucial topics such as self-aware leadership, people management, technology, financial health, scenario planning, sustainable practice, and future trends are examined using real-life case studies and business model paradigms. This definitive text explores the whole system experience of a small firm practice to deliver organizational strategies proven to keep a firm's creative mission on a steady, productive path.The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management addresses how small firm owners can:Deal effectively with unexpected circumstances and shifting work requirementsMeet the demands of the marketplace while creating a satisfying workplaceSet and achieve goals in an environment of constant changeThis book is a must-have for those facing the often harsh reality of managing small design firms in a difficult and changing economy. Entrepreneurial architects and designers will discover how to define their own personal and professional meanings of success, as well as how to refocus their business approach to replace long, unrewarding hours with manageable, satisfying ones.


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Architecture and the Urban Environment: A Vision for the New Age

Derek Thomas, «Architecture and the Urban Environment: A Vision for the New Age»
Architectural Press | ISBN: 0750654627 | 2002 | PDF | 224 pages | 23.7 MB

The book defines architectural and environmental goals for the New Age by analysing recent contemporary work for its responsiveness to important social and environmental issues and comparing it to successful precedents in architecture. It argues that this new sustainable approach to architecture should be recognised as a new development of mainstream architectural history.This practical guide illustrates current social and natural resource issues to aid architects in their approach to future design.

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The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice

Sarah Brophy, Krista Sprecher, «The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice»
AltaMira Press | ISBN: 0759111642 | 2008 | PDF | 224 pages | 1.78 MB

The Green Museum shows museum professionals how they can incorporate green design into new construction and day to day operations, using sustainable practices to save on operating costs and make museums attractive to new fundraising sources.

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