Building Type Basics for Retail and Mixed-Use Facilities (Hardcover)

by The Jerde Partnership (Author)
Key Phrases: armature diagram, retail projects, display fixtures, New York City, The Jerde Partnership, Laszlo Regos Photography (more...)

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Product Description
Provides the nuts-and-bolts material to begin designing a retail or mixed-use facility.
* Features project photographs, diagrams and floor plans, and sections and details.
* Provides need-to-know information on such essential topics as consensus-based decision making, site selection, renovation, code compliance, and more.

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Building Type Basics for Retail and Mixed-Use Facilities presents nuts-and-bolts guidelines and inspirational, real-world advice to jump-starting superlative retail design projects that create a viable environment for all forms of merchandising–including shopping centers, urban regeneration/ renewal projects, town centers, individual and freestanding stores, e-commerce, and mixed-use facilities. Leaders in the industry provide guidelines, cautionary advice, and lessons learned from a variety of actual retail design projects to steer everyone on a project toward making sound decisions early in the planning cycle. Descriptive illustrations and need-to-know information offer valuable coverage on such essential topics as lighting, site selection, renovation, and code compliance.

This indispensable guide:

• Asks and answers twenty questions that frequently arise in the early phases of a project commission
• Provides project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details
• Includes design guidelines for a variety of retail and mixed-use building projects, including some of the most innovative contemporary designs

This conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluable guide for busy, dedicated professionals who want to get moving quickly as they embark on a new project. Like every Building Type Basics book, it provides authoritative, up-to-date information instantly and saves architects and facilities planners countless hours of research. Engineering consultants will also find in this volume a wealth of information to help them tackle retail and mixed-use building commissions of all kinds.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (January 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047120322X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471203223
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #186,139 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars not the best book , September 21, 2008

By	Can Elmas (iSTANBUL Turkey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this book and others in this series are not worthy books of their price. They are small size, without much color, too much text, not presented well. I am dissapointed