Architectural Structure & Design

This report reviews the operational performance of three public-sector office buildings designed to achieve energy and water efficiency over the lo...

Studies a range of recent buildings designed with innovative systems and controls Identifies problems in the design and use of the buildings that c...

A lavishly illustrated practical guide for understanding bridges, with case studies of the world's most famous bridges. How to Read Bridges is a ...

Lake|Flato Architects of San Antonio, Texas, is nationally and internationally acclaimed for buildings that respond organically to the natural envi...

Architect MJ Long has worked with a remarkable list of artists, designing both their living and working space. Artists' Studios explores some of th...

Compelling Form: Architecture as Visual Persuasion is an assessment of the visual persuasiveness of buildings. It demonstrates that architecture is...

From luxury apartment towers to offices, places of worship to museums, brutalist architecture is having a 21st-century moment- and this book is her...

New opportunities for solving the challenges of contemporary architecture occur as a result of advances in the design and new building technologies...

The buildings of the past were constructed with readily available and local materials, such as stone, wood, or handmade bricks. Architects in the m...

How we design our cities over the next four decades will be critical for our planet. If we continue to spill excessive greenhouse gas into the atmo...

Almost everyone has indulged in the irresistible notion of carving out a romantic rural refuge in a typically rustic setting, beside a beach or mea...

Big government, big business, big everything: Kirkpatrick Sale took giantism to task in his 1980 classic, Human Scale, and today takes a new look a...

Altruism by Design: How to Effect Social Change as an Architect is meant to prepare the individual designer whether a student or practicing profes...