Architectural education is under pressure to meet the demands of an evolving construction industry and to cater to the increasingly varied career destinations of graduates. How should architectural education respond to these professional challenges? How can students be better prepared for professional practice? These questions are the focus of this book; which brings together contributions from a wide range of authors; from both the UK and the USA; working in the fields of architectural education; architectural practice and educational research.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Ok; not greatBy Daniel C SevierInformative; but not very engaging. Images dark and hard to see/understand.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. DisappointingBy Luis Claudio Portugal do NascimentoOne needs to bring some critical thinking to work as to what one buys and reads. I fully agree with reader Guido. Images are blurred; of extremely poor quality and not truly informative. There is only a small number of examples offered in the book (as if this were an attempt to bring about a touch of reality to a text that would otherwise be even dryer and engineering-oriented). The limited range of materials and processes is not representative of the industrial design practice. Besides; conceptual categories which were employed to organize the book seemed to me quite confusing and not logically classified. The author does show knowledge of the subject. However; his approach is not particularly didactical and complete--and therefore not as useful as it could be. I dont feel this is the right text and the right form for industrial designers. The book; in my opinion; does not live up to the promise of its title and price.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Good choice for industrial design studentBy Huang Tai-ShenThis book is intended to give an overview in simple and visual terms; serve as a guide and introduction to this rather complex manufacturing field. Designer must have a good understanding of all manufacturing processes abailable; in order to have confidence that the proposed manufacturing processes is the most economical and appropriate. So; the book tried to give an overview of all materials and manufacturing methods; in order to help students to visualize and develop forms that ultimately will be manufactured.The contests consist of metal materials; metal forming; metal cutting; metal joining; appearance finishing and coating; plastic materials; resin forming processes; machining parts; joining plastics; finishing plastics; rubbers and elastomers; natural engineering materials; composites; and rapid prototyping.