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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days The first magical adventure in a major new trilogy, Animal Wizardry, is a thrilling blend of edge-of-your-seat action, laugh-out-loud humour and unforgettable characters.Running to save his life, Aldwyn, a streetwise orphan cat, ducks into a very strange pet shop... Moments later Jack, a young wizard-in-training, comes in to pick out his familiar - the magical animal that will accompany him forever. Aldwyn has always been clever. But magical? Apparently Jack thinks so - and Aldwyn is happy to play along. Anything to get out of town...Back at wizard training camp Aldywn really thinks he's landed on his feet! All he needs to figure out is how to convince the other familiars - the know-it-all blue jay Skylar and the friendly tree frog Gilbert - that he's the telekinetic cat he claims to be!Then something terrible happens - Jack and the other young wizards are captured by the evil queen of Vastia. Together their familiars must save them - but how? Join Aldwyn, Skylar and Gilbert on their quest across the land as they face dangerous foes, unearth a shocking ancient secret and discover a mysterious destiny that will change them all forever. Features Summary The first magical adventure in a major new trilogy, Animal Wizardry, is a thrilling blend of edge-of-your-seat action, laugh-out-loud humour and unforgettable characters.. Author Adam Epstein (Author), Andrew Jacobson (Author) Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20100930 Pages 346 ISBN 0-00-737177-2 ISBN 13 978-0-00-737177-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days We are now on the brink of a new era in construction that of autonomous assembly. For some time, the widespread adoption of robotic and digital fabrication technologies has made it possible for architects and academic researchers to design non-standard, highly customised structures. These technologies have largely been limited by scalability, focusing mainly on top-down, bespoke fabrication projects, such as experimental pavilions and structures. Autonomous assembly and bottom-up construction techniques hold the promise of greater scalability, adaptability and potentially evolved design possibilities. By capitalising on the advances made in swarm robotics, the collective construction of the animal/insect kingdom, and advances in physical computational, programmable materials or self-assembly, architects and designers are now able to build from the bottom up. This issue presents future scenarios of autonomous assembly by highlighting the viability of decentralised, collective assembly systems, demonstrating the potential to deliver reconfigurable and adaptive solutions. Contributors include: Marcelo Coelho, Andong Liu, Robin Meier, Kieran Murphy and Heinrich Jaeger, Radhika Nagpal and Kirstin Petersen, and Zorana Zeravcic. Featured architects: Aranda/Lasch, Arup, Philippe Block, Gramazio Kohler Architects, Ibanez Kim, Achim Menges, Caitlin Mueller, Jose Sanchez, Athina Papadopoulou and Jared Laucks, and Skylar Tibbits. Features Summary We are now on the brink of a new era in construction that of autonomous assembly. For some time, the widespread adoption of robotic and digital fabrication technologies has made it possible for architects and academic researchers to design non-standard... Author Skylar Tibbits Publisher John Wiley & Sons Release date 20170721 Pages 136 ISBN 1-119-10235-9 ISBN 13 978-1-119-10235-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days A pioneering title, High Definition explores the onslaught of new and highly accurate digital metrology tools in large- and small-scale 3-D scanning and 3-D modelling. Capable of measuring space to an accuracy of less than 1 mm, these tools offer unprecedented precision for the development and interrogation of design before, during and post production. Over the last decade or so, the array of designers digital tools to propose and make their ideas have evolved significantly, but the absence of high-accuracy, zero-tolerance design production has often remained the missing piece between design and fulfilment. Innovative technologies are thus substantially recalibrating the way that designers operate in the world between the drawn and the made, having the power to transform the architect s role from that of visualiser to one that is intensely involved with the realisation of objects and buildings. High Definition will examine the capabilities of advanced technologies in design production through their impact on design theory, practice and greater levels of collaboration between design and manufacturing. It will permeate the entangled world between means and meaning and unravel a new understanding between the representation and production of architectural design. * Contributors include: Philip Beesley, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Gehry Technologies, Ruairi Glynn, Zaha Hadid Architects, ScanLAB Projects, Territorial Agency, Skylar Tibbits, Mike Webb. Features Summary Explores the onslaught of accurate digital metrology tools in large - and small-scale 3-D scanning and 3-D modelling. This book examines the capabilities of advanced technologies in design production through their impact on design theory... Author Bob Sheil Publisher John Wiley & Sons Release date 20140131 Pages 136 ISBN 1-118-45185-6 ISBN 13 978-1-118-45185-4