Architectural Structure & Design

Following in the footsteps of Nanotecture, Mobitecture, and Pet-tecture, a fascinating and fun guide to everything inflatable Although inflatable o...

Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and resilient feats of architectural prowess.Chinese ...

Aimed at architecture students and professionals Bawa Staircases offers the reader a primer of how staircases are often the most dynamic and theatr...

Each type of construction has its special characteristics which cannot be compared with those of other building materials. The first building const...

The building shell is the interface with the outside world, it offers protection and at the same time represents its owners or occupants. But what ...

During the eighteenth century the city of Bath experienced a period of dramatic expansion, when an extensive range of elegant uniform streets, land...

Milwaukee's City Hall on East Wells and North Water streets is a landmark. Not only officially, but as part of Milwaukee's identity, from the ci...

While the risk of fire spread between buildings cannot be eliminated completely, the aim of calculating building separation distances is to ensure ...

An introduction featuring three critical treatises outlines the historic and urbanistic profile of Hamburg, allowing the reader to reflect on the e...

The last fifteen years of Russian history have profoundly altered Moscow, bringing dramatic changes to the Communist city it was in the eighties. T...

Within the last millennium France's Champagne region has ascended two stunning pinnacles of fame and fortune with a long, deep gorge between them. ...

Roger FitzGerald has practiced as an architect in london since he qualified over 30 years ago. He brings an architect''''s keen eye for detail and ...

This is a revealing exploration of the relationship between photography and architecture in Spain between 1925 and 1965. Photography and Modern Arc...

Since it was first published in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas has become a classic in the theory of architecture and one of the most influential ar...

Focuses on the work of the Japanese structural engineer, Mutsuro Sasaki, and in particular his collaboration with architects Toyo Ito and Arata Iso...

Conditional design is the sequel to Operative Design. This book will further explore the operative in a more detailed, intentional, and perhaps fun...

There is hardly anything that determines how we view the world to the same extent as color. It differentiates, organizes, and structures our surrou...

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