We have 89 eBook titles available through a partnership between RIBA and Taylor & Francis. We like them as they are available on a unlimited DRM free model.
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The full list of titles includes :
| 101 Rules of Thumb for Low Energy Architecture |
| 101 Rules of Thumb for Sustainable Buildings and Cities |
| 20/20 Visions |
| A Gendered Profession |
| Age-friendly Housing |
| An Architect’s Guide to Public Procurement |
| An Introduction to Architectural Conservation |
| An Introduction to Passive House |
| Architect’s Guide to NEC4 |
| Assembling a Collaborative Project Team |
| Automatic for the City |
| Avoiding and Resolving Disputes |
| Being an Effective Construction Client |
| Better Buildings |
| BIM Demystified |
| Biomimicry in Architecture |
| Briefing |
| Building Condition Surveys |
| Building in Arcadia |
| Building Revolutions |
| CDM 2015 |
| Chinese Urban Transformation |
| Climax City |
| Commercial Client’s Guide to Engaging an Architect |
| Competition Grid |
| Conservation |
| Construction |
| Contemporary Vernacular Design |
| Contract Administration |
| Creating Winning Bids |
| Demystifying Architectural Research |
| Design |
| Design for Biodiversity |
| Design for Climate Change |
| Design Management |
| Designed to Perform |
| Desire Lines |
| Domestic Client’s Guide to Engaging an Architect |
| Extensions of Time |
| Financial Management |
| Future Campus |
| Future Office |
| Future Schools |
| Good Office Design |
| Guide to JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 |
| Guide to JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016 |
| Guide to JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2016 |
| Guide to JCT Standard Building Contract 2016 |
| Guide to RIBA Domestic and Concise Building Contracts 2018 |
| Guide to RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018 |
| Guide to the RIBA Domestic and Concise Building Contracts 2014 |
| Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 |
| Happy by Design |
| Health and Safety |
| How Buildings Work |
| HR for Creative Companies |
| Information Exchanges |
| Lead Designer’s Handbook |
| Light in Architecture |
| Loft Conversion Handbook |
| Mediated Space |
| Mobilising Housing Histories |
| New Design for Old Buildings |
| Planning, Politics and City-Making |
| Principal Designer’s Handbook |
| Re-readings: 2 |
| Rescue and Reuse |
| Residential Retrofit |
| Retrofit for Purpose |
| Retropioneers: Architecture Redefined |
| Revisiting Postmodernism |
| Revolution |
| Small Practice and the Sole Practitioner |
| Social Housing |
| Starting a Practice |
| Sustainability |
| Sustainable Building Conservation |
| Targeting Zero |
| The Art of Building a Garden City |
| The BIM Management Handbook |
| The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking |
| The Re-Use Atlas |
| This is Temporary |
| Town Planning |
| Urban Lighting for People |
| Wellbeing in Interiors |
| What Colour is your Building? |
| Wheelchair Housing Design Guide |
| ZEDlife |