Architectural Structure & Design

This important new book argues that at the root of the contemporary crisis of climate, energy, food, inequality, and meaning is a certain core pres...

Showcasing the very best of architecture and design from Australia and New Zealand, The Local Project: 10 is a stunning collection of homes from so...

Focusing on the leading architectural designs with regional characteristics, Architecture China is a journal whose mission is to disseminate the cr...

Der Einsatz von natürlichen Rohstoffen ist heute in der Architektur bedeutender denn je. Während der konstruktive Holzbau bereits fest in der Archi...

Focusing on the leading architectural designs with regional characteristics, Architecture China is a journal whose mission is to disseminate the cr...

A collection of critical essays on abiding and compelling topics in architecture and the culture of architecture. Range of topics are diverse: an a...

Retrofit for Purpose explores the art and science of bringing energy efficiency to existing buildings; one of the biggest challenges facing the ind...

This book analyzes the adoption of stakeholders engagement in various fields and scales while providing the readers with an international outlook o...

Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies presents the pedagogical framework and collective...

The energy used to operate buildings is one of the most significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. While it is possible to reduce emissions t...

Eco-minimalism: the antidote to eco-bling reminds us that to build energy-efficient, ecologically benign and sustainable buildings is complex, comp...

This latest edition of Rough Guide to Sustainability remains a simple, no-nonsense reference source for all students and practitioners of sustainab...

For the past quarter-century, mainstream architecture has proceeded on the underlying belief that we have the resources to build whatever and as mu...

Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry examines current and futuristic developments in the construction ind...

La autoconstrucción de una casa es un manual que detalla el proceso para edificar una vivienda desde la preparación del terreno, pasando por la exc...

Esta obra imprescindible da al profesionista y al usuario, de manera clara y sencilla, todos los datos de la antropometría, análisis de mobiliario,...

In todays globalized world, every aspect of our lives is affected by global interconnectedness from what we buy to what we eat to what we study an...

Through architectural photography, technical diagrams, and expert prose, this book explores the environmental benefits as well as stylish and innov...

In South Louisiana, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, waterand the history of controlling itis omnipresent. Into the Quiet and ...

An updated guide to designing buildings that heat with the sun, cool with the wind, and light with the sky. This fully updated Third Edition covers...

A systemic transformation is underway in architectural design, engineering and construction. The discipline and profession of architecture is bein...

The RIBA Principal Designer Guide, a companion guide to the RIBA Health and Safety Guide, provides architects with the essential guidance required ...

In this significantly revised third edition, Designing Zero Carbon Buildings combines embodied and operational emissions into a structured approach...

In this significantly revised third edition, Designing Zero Carbon Buildings combines embodied and operational emissions into a structured approach...

This book is a second volume and contains selected papers presented at Second International Symposium on Sustainable Energy and Technological Advan...

The book consists of peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM 2023). Leading-edg...

In this globetrotting tour of seventeen houses, discover how bamboo, one of the most sustainable building materials on the planet, can be used in i...

Environmental disasters and severe weather due to climate change, both triggered by human actions, have had an increasingly direct impact on our ho...

Useful and inspiring cases illustrate participatory placemaking practices and strategies. How Spaces Become Places tells stories of place makers wh...

This contributed volume reports on a multidisciplinary collective work on the topic of Smart City, merging scientific reflections and operational i...

Founded in 2007 by Eran Chen, ODA seeks to reconcile the conditions of vertical urban living with quality of life and has established a reputation ...

Our cities, and the systems that support them, have not been designed to address the FWE nexus. There exist gaps in awareness of the role and impac...

In Cartoon Vision Dan Bashara examines American animation alongside the modern design boom of the postwar era. Focusing especially on United Produc...

3D printing is said to revolutionise architecture: Thanks to new technologies, plastic, concrete, or metal can be extruded in a liquid state and th...

Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book ...

At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and hi...

Salty Urbanism is a concept that refers to the ways in which cities and urban areas will respond and adapt to rising sea levels and the accompanyin...

With more than half of the worlds population now living in urbanized areas and the threats of climate change and resource depletion evident, sustai...

Energy Modeling and Computations in the Building Envelope instills a deeper understanding of the energy interactions between buildings and the envi...

Old Materials, New Climate: Traditional Building Materials in a Changing World is an accessible guidebook to understanding historic materials how ...