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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Amazon.co.uk Review
In chapter 6 of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, the authors discuss the details of good search-engine design. In a bitingly humorous segment, they analyse a Web site’s search-page results: “Let’s say you’re interested in knowing what the New Jersey sales tax is … So you go to the State of New Jersey web site and search on sales tax. The 20 results are scored at either 84% or 82% relevant. Why does each document receive only one of two scores? … And what the heck makes a document 2% more relevant than another?”With a swift and convincing stroke, the authors of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web tear down many entrenched ideas about Web design. Flashy animation is cool, the (more…)
Tags: Architecture, Designing, Information, LargeScale, Paperback, Sites, Wide, World
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Basics Architecture: Architectural Design explains the mysterious and little-discussed process of designing architectural projects. Through discussion and case studies, it allows the reader to develop a personal approach to architectural design, based on their own values, skills and preoccupations. This book sets architectural design education within its context by describing the design studio and explaining the activities that take place there. The realities of the design process, and the relationship between education and practice, are explored in detail. The book describes each stage of development, from concept through to completion, and includes interviews with leading architectural practices. The architectural design (more…)
Tags: Architectural, Architecture, Basics, Design, Paperback
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Developers of enterprise applications (e.g reservation systems, supply chain programs, financial systems, etc.) face a unique set of challenges, different than those faced by their desktop system and embedded system peers. For this reason, enterprise developers must uncover their own solutions. In this new book, noted software engineering expert Martin Fowler turns his attention to enterprise application development. He helps professionals understand the complex — yet critical — aspects of architecture. While architecture is important to all application development, it is particularly critical to the success of an enterprise project, where issues such as performance and concurrent multi-user access are paramount. The book (more…)
Tags: AddisonWesley, Application, Architecture, Enterprise, Hardcover, Patterns, Series, Signature
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management, May 2007
An interesting approach to ensure that ICT … makes a real contribution to the performance of the organization. Well-argued
Enterprise architecture defines a firm’s needs for standardized tasks, job roles, systems, infrastructure, and data in core business processes. Thus, it helps a company to articulate how it will compete in a digital economy and it guides managers’ daily decisions to realize their vision of success. This book clearly explains enterprise architecture’s vital role in enabling—or constraining—the execution of business strategy. The book provides clear frameworks, thoughtful case examples, and a proven- (more…)
Tags: Architecture, Business, Creating, Enterprise, Execution, Foundation, Hardcover, Strategy
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Taken seven years in the making, this title features 600 entries, 5,200 illustrations…This is an unprecedented architecture encyclopedia. Unlike most architecture encyclopedias, which tend to concentrate more on buildings and floor plans than their designers, this tome puts the architects in the spotlight, profiling individuals so that readers can get a clear overview of their bodies of work. Each architect’s entry features a portrait, quote, and short biography as well as a description of important works, historical context, and general approach; illustrations include numerous drawings, photographs, and floor plans. The book’s A to Z entries cover not only architects but also groups, movements, and styles from the 18th t (more…)
Tags: Architecture, Hardcover, Modern
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
This book presents concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory.This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation – from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory – provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous or open-ended (more…)
Tags: Architecture, Hardcover, Learned, School, Things
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Review
′…a book of advice that is broad, enabling, and concrete.’ (Lean Magazine, January 2010).
More and more Agile projects are seeking architectural roots as they struggle with complexity and scale – and they′re seeking lightweight ways to do it Still seeking? In this book the authors help you to find your own path Taking cues from Lean development, they can help steer your project toward practices with longstanding track records Up–front architecture? Sure. You can deliver an architecture as code that compiles and that concretely guides development without bogging it down in a mass of documents and guesses about the implementation Documentation? Even a whiteboard diagram, (more…)
Tags: Agile, Architecture, Development, Lean, Paperback, Software
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Review
“An ideal book for the traveller, student of architecture or photographer” –Suite101.com, September 14th 2008′A great little book for anyone interested in architecture, including dozens of fine engravings with extended captions. A dip-in read and effective I-Spy guide.’ –Western Morning News (January 2010)
This book is a practical primer to looking at architecture and all the elements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes to columns and porticos – all facets of buildings are included. Each chapter takes an architectural element and looks at its variety across various historical periods and geographical locations. Examples are shown through dozens of fine engravings wit (more…)
Tags: Architecture, Buildings, Course, Crash, Paperback, Read
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Review
Clever, provocative and fresh as a daisy (Literary Review )Full of splendid ideas, often happily and beautifully expressed . . . an engaging and intelligent book (Independent )
Bestselling author Alain de Botton has written about love, travel, status and how philosophy can console us. Now he turns his attention to one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and their furnishings. He asks: What makes a house truly beautiful?Why are many new houses so ugly?Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures – and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved?Will minimalism make us happier than ornaments? To answer these questions and many more, de (more…)
Tags: Architecture, Happiness, Paperback
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