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Saunders, Alan. "Architecture
Awards", ABC comfort zone, 01/11/2003 "2003
Architecture Award winners announced", RAIA Media
release, 6th November 2003.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Slessor, Catherine. Eco-Tech:
sustainable architecture and high technology.
London,
Thames
and Hudson, 1997.
Williamson, Terry J., Radford, Anthony, Bennetts, Helen. Understanding sustainable architecture. London, Spon Press, 2003. Yeang, Ken. Designing
with nature: the ecological basis for architectural design.
New York, McGraw-Hill, c1995.
Other Articles Ward, Peter. "Enter
Grunge, Centre Stage", Australian,
30th March 2001, page
43. "Streets ahead: 2001 RAIA South Australian Architecture Awards", Adelaide matters, issue 17, August 2001, pages 22-23. Editorial, page 5. Lloyd, P. "The Advertiser/RAIA People's Choice Award for residential design: a matter of choice", Advertiser,14th July, 2001, magazine section page 6. Oaten, Chris. "Our home is girt by steel", Advertiser, 3rd August, 2001, page 31. Web sites
Architecture.com.au
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS and HANDBOOKS are useful sources for background information. Encyclopedia
of architecture, design, engineering & construction.
Wiley, New York, 1990.
Ching, F. D. K. Visual
dictionary of architecture. Wiley, New York, 1997.
Curl, J. S. Dictionary
of architecture. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999.
Fleming, J. Penguin
dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture.
5th.
ed. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1998.
The following handbooks present guidelines for architectural design over a range of activities, building types, and environments. These follow European or North American precedents, remember to check with Australian codes. Architect's
data. (Neufert) 3rd ed. Oxford, Blackwell
Science
Publishers, 2000.
Metric
handbook: planning and design data. 2nd ed.
Oxford,
Architectural Press, 1999.
Time-saver
standards for architectural design data; the reference of architectural
fundamentals. 7th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Time-saver
standards for architectural lighting. New York,
McGraw
Hill, 2000.
Time-saver
standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data.
2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
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