Architectus OER

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Architectus provides a recognised Open Educational Resources (known as OERs) for teaching and learning purposes in Architecture and the Built Environment – including digital primary sourced drawings, concept designs, construction plans amongst other valuable digitised resources now available to the wider teaching and learning community under an open Creative Commons licensing model.

The resource is searchable in several ways – by Practice, project/building type, by date or asset category (incorporating the five stage RIBA plan of work).

You can read more about the resource from this blog http://architectus.bcu.ac.uk/blog

Try out the resource for yourself here http://architectus.bcu.ac.uk/practices

NBS TV Video

A new development ready for the academic year is that NBS (National Building Specifications), have made NBS TV free to air for the rest of the year!

It may be a good source for background research before delving into journals and books; it is an innovative way of research from reliable sources.

Click below for an example of the type of programmes available:

BIM and construction law - NBS TV video

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

We have recently subscribe to the Box of Broadcasts resource or BoB for short, an off-air recording and media archive service. It has a TV scheduling service that allows users to record TV and radio programmes to be broadcast as well as retrieving programmes from a selected list of channels. Once programmes are recorded they can be streamed in flash and accessed online.


The archive currently offers over 45,000 TV and radio programmes covering all genres, with an archive of recorded programmes available indefinitely to users. Other features include the ability to create clips and playlists and then share with others.

You can access BoB via Library Search by typing the title into the Book, journals and more tab and then clicking on the link, you will be able to access off site in the UK using the institutional login.

Watch an overview below:

BCIS

In June you may notice some changes to the BCIS (Building Cost Information Service) resource, as they have been working on some improvements for functionality, navigation and an enhanced look and feel to the online services.

The new platform will now work with a greater variety of of web browsers such as Explorer (version 7 onwards), Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari however the new platform will no longer work with Explorer 6 - so you will need to update your browsers if you are using 6.

BCIS can be accessed via Library Search.

New E-book titles

Here are the lastest titles available in electronic format which can be accessed anywhere, anytime anyplace...

Planning in the USA: policies, issues, and processes (3rd ed.) / Barry Cullingworth and Roger W. Caves


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Urban Data Management Symposium (25th : 2007 : Stuttgart, Germany) Urban and regional data management : UDMS annual 2007 : proceedings of the Urban Data Management Society Symposium 2007 : Stuttgart, Germany, 10-12 October 2007 / editors, Volker Coors ... [et al.]


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Lessons for the Big Society: planning, regeneration and the politics of community participation / by Bryan Fanning, Denis Dillon


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Alcohol, drinking, drunkeness : (dis)orderly spaces / Mark Jayne, Gill Valentine, Sarah L. Holloway


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781409423300

Multi-owned housing : law, power and practice / edited by Sarah Blandy, Ann Dupuis, Jennifer Dixon


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781409408956

Architecture and revolution : contemporary perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Neil Leach


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Architecture and revolution : contemporary perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Neil Leach


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Architect's drawings : a selection of sketches by world famous architects through history / Kendra Schank Smith

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Twenty buildings every architect should understand / Simon Unwin

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Ethics for the built environment / Peter Fewings

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Building services handbook : incorporating current building & construction regulations (6th ed.) / Fred Hall and Roger Greeno

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Ethics and the built environment / edited by Warwick Fox

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Politics, planning and homes in a world city / Duncan Bowie

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Public places - urban spaces : the dimensions of urban design (2nd ed.) / Mathew Carmona ... [et al.]

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781856179041



Urban and regional planning (5th ed.) / Peter Hall and Mark Tewdwr-Jones

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Public and private spaces of the city / Ali Madanipour

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Urban planning in Europe : international competition, national systems and planning projects / Peter Newman and Andy Thornley

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Spatial planning and urban development : critical perspectives / Pier Carlo Palermo, Davide Ponzini

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Online research methods in urban and planning studies : design and outcomes / Carlos Nunes Silva [editor]

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Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places / Sharon Zukin

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New E-book titles

Here are the latetest new E-book titles to be made available:


Building construction handbook¬ (8th ed.) / R. Chudley and R. Greeno

Designing the city of reason¬: foundations and frameworks / Ali Madanipour

Planning for retail development¬: a critical view of the British experience / Clifford Guy

Building competences for spatial planners¬: methods and techniques for performing tasks with efficiency / Anastássios Perdicoúlis

New e-books for Construction & Estate Mangement

Law made simple by David Barker

Barry's introduction to the construction of buildings by Stephen Emmitt

Spon's architect's and builder's price book 2011 by Langdon Davis

All titles can be searched and accessed via Library Search

CIAT on camera

The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists have produced 5 films that include career information, domestic clients and 3 case studies of member projects covering residential, multi-use and conservation.

Ecobuild

Register for a free ivitation to the ecobuild exhibition from the 2nd-4th March, a significant event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment.

A sneek preview of 'The Nottingham house' featured as an attraction at ecobuild, an energy efficient, carbon solar powered house.