Building Design

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Architectural styles and movements

• Architectural Theory and Practice
• Modern Architecture Handbook
• Spaces in Architecture : Areas, Distances, Dimensions
• Flexible Architecture: rethinking the indoor built environment (journal article)
• Trends in urban design: insight for the future urban professional

Building Design Drawings

• Architectural working drawings: residential and commercial building
• The architectural drawing course: the hand drawing techniques every architect should know
• Sustainable building design: principles and practice
• Design drawing
• Collective design practices
• Design thinking and innovation metrics: powerful tools to manage Creativity, OKRs, Product, and Business Success
• Architecture: form, space and order

Construction methods

• General Construction Concepts
• Construction Handbook
• Rawlinsons Construction Cost Guide 2023
• Construction Materials, Methods, and Techniques : Building for a Sustainable Future
• Smart Buildings : Technology and the Design of the Built Environment
• Building services handbook

Computer Aided Design

• Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations II
• Residential design using Autodesk Revit 2022
• Construction documents using Sketchup Pro
• Digital design: a critical introduction
• Sketchup for site design: a guide to modeling site plans, terrain & architecture
• AutoCAD 2024 Beginning and Intermediate
• Autodesk Revit 2025 Architecture

Workplace Health & Safety

• Net zero energy building: predicted and unintended consequences
• Construction safety
• Construction safety management
• Integrating Work Health and Safety into Construction Project Management
• Healthy Buildings : How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick--Or Keep You Well