10 Best Books on Commercial Space Designing

We have compiled a list of the Best Reference Books on Commercial Space Designing, which are used by students of top universities, and colleges. This will help you choose the right book depending on if you are a beginner or an expert. Here is the complete list of Commercial Space Designing Books with their authors, publishers, and an unbiased review of them as well as links to the Amazon website to directly purchase them. If permissible, you can also download the free PDF books on Commercial Space Designing below.

1."Space Planning Basics" by Mark Karlen and Peter Hahn “Space Planning Basics” Book Review: The book covers a range of topics such as industry practices, new technologies, and space planning. It equips readers with the necessary tools and knowledge to effectively design programs for both small and large space planning projects. The book emphasizes the use of matrices and diagrams to visualize the space analysis process, including the use of bubble diagrams and block plans to establish a workable spatial organization. The focus of the book is on existing structures, and it presents the material in a practical and hands-on way to help readers develop applicable skills for solving day-to-day issues in the real world. The book also explores the use of CAD options in the planning process and provides a variety of skill-developing exercises.
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2."Lighting Design Sourcebook: Designing for Residential and Commercial Spaces" by Randall Whitehead “Lighting Design Sourcebook: Designing for Residential and Commercial spaces” Book Review: This book is helpful for professional designers who need ideas and inspiration for lighting design in places where people live or work, like homes, offices, stores, and restaurants. It has more than 600 examples of lighting solutions, with captions explaining the design and materials used. There are also drawings that show how different lighting techniques work. The book has pretty pictures and useful information that will help you choose the right lighting for any space.
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3."Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals" by Nicoletta Setola and Sabrina Borgianni “Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals” Book Review: This book shows how spatial properties, such as accessibility, visibility, proximity, and intelligibility affect people’s behavior and interactions in hospital public spaces. It includes detailed analysis of three hospitals and criteria that can support the design in circulation areas, arrival and entrance, first point of welcome, reception, and the interface between city and hospital. It also illustrates that in addition to their aesthetic function, public spaces in hospitals play a fundamental role concerning people’s satisfaction and experience of health care.
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4."Designing the Brand Identity in Retail Spaces" by Martin M Pegler “Designing the Brand Identity in Retail Spaces” Book Review: This book comes with a written statement that lists the important beliefs of a company. The book shows how architects and store designers have solved the problem of designing a brand’s image. It looks at every step of a brand’s life, from the beginning to the end. The book has examples from different types of stores, like restaurants, big stores, and fancy brands. For each example, the book talks to the people who made the brand, and explains how they did it. The book is easy to read, and has lots of pretty pictures. It’s helpful for students and new professionals who want to make their own brands for stores.
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5."Space Meets Status: Designing Workplace Performance" by Fritz Steele and Jacqueline Vischer “Space Meets Status: Designing Workplace Performance” Book Review: This book demonstrates how the technical aspects of human comfort do not always tally with users’ perceptions and behaviour. It includes vivid examples and case studies to illustrate how space is a corporate resource rather than simply overhead, it also reveals how companies can improve their ability to make design decisions on how best to accommodate their employees in a high quality workspace. This book includes, kingdom, castle, office, the organisation accommodation relationship, territoriality examined, comfort and productivity, environmental improvement, workspace transformation.
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6."Designing Schools: Space, Place and Pedagogy" by Kate Darian-Smith and Julie Willis “Designing Schools: Space, Place and Pedagogy” Book Review: This book talks about how the design of school buildings and how we teach are related from the 1900s to now. The book also looks at how new technology and the internet affect how we design and use schools. The book says that where we learn affects how we learn, and how we make schools is affected by things like culture, politics, and what people think about teaching and learning. advertisement advertisement
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7."Designing Spaces for Early Childhood Development: Sparking Learning and Creativity" by Jure Kotnik “Designing Spaces for Early Childhood Development: Sparking Learning and Creativity” Book Review: This book is about how the way we make preschools and daycares affects how children grow up. It has lots of pictures of different preschools from all over the world. The book wants to show how to make spaces that help children learn and explore. The book isn’t only about the buildings themselves, but about how good the spaces are for children. The book is full of colorful pictures to help people who make preschools, like architects and teachers, to get new ideas for how to make good spaces for kids.
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8."Designing Disability: Symbols, Space and Society" by Elizabeth Guffey “Designing Disability: Symbols, Space and Society” Book Review: This book looks at the history of a famous design and the culture around it. It talks about how people with disabilities started to have more of a voice in design, and how that led to new ways of making buildings and public spaces that were more accessible to everyone. The book talks about the symbol that represents this idea, called the ISA, and how it became important to many people in the Disability Rights Movement. The book has chapters about how the idea of accessibility developed, how signs and spaces were changed, and how the symbol became a symbol of identity for some people.
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9."Designing Space for Children and Teens in Libraries and Public Places" by Sandra Feinberg and James R Keller “Designing Space for Children and Teens in Libraries and Public Places” Book Review: This book tips, suggestions, and guidelines on the critical issues that surround designing spaces for children and teens. It helps to create a space that they will never want to leave even if the place is large or small. This covers the topics of facilitating the design, reflecting the mission of the library, relationships and adjacencies, a welcoming place, mood and ambiance, financial, political and administration considerations etc.
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10."Processes of Creating Space: An Architectural Design Workbook" by Georg Rafailidis and Stephanie Davidson “Processes of Creating Space: An Architectural Design Workbook” Book Review: This book teaches new designers how to create space that works well for the people who will use it. It is a workbook with exercises that show you how to look carefully at the environment and use different tools to create your designs. The book uses two main methods, combining content processes and media techniques with the design process and ‘experiential typologies’ – which means thinking about how people will feel when they use the space. The book covers many different topics such as drawing, photography, modeling, and computer design. It also includes a section on how materials are made and a list of important technical words. There are over 350 color photos in the book to help you see what the designs look like.
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