“8086 architecture details”

Intended for the beginning programming student taking the first course on the 8086, a 16-bit microprocessor manufactured by Intel. It serves as a campanion text to Ayala's The 8051 Microcontroller: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, 2nd (1997). The text has a software programming emphasis ... More

This is a compilation of the full year's information, including: the "Discussion" section, where well-known architects and critics as well as specialist authors and architectural historians articulate their views; the "Documentation" section containing an analysis of selected projects, in which buil... More

Starting with a look at Chicago's architectural history, the author examines the contemporary skyline and the structures that have earned the city such fame. Among them: the Sears Tower, Chicago's tallest skyscraper; Bruce Graham and Fazlur Kahn's John Hancock Building, the Frank Lloyd Wright House;... More

This second volume of "The Details of Modern Architecture" continues the study of the relationships of the ideals of design and the realities of construction in modern architecture, beginning in the late 1920s and extending to the present day. It contains a wealth of new information on the construct... More

Curious about how Alsop Architects managed to construct that flying, translucent rectangle at the Ontario College of Art and Design? Wonder about the sustainability of the Genzyme Building? The saying "the truth is in the details" reveals an essential quality of architectural design. How a staircase... More