Architectural Structure & Design

Public Space: notes on why it matters, what we should know, and how to realize its potential journeys a vast territory and presents a panoramic vie...

Designing Coffee Shops and Cafés for Community brings together research, theory, and practical applications for designing coffee shops and cafes as...

Complexity in architecture, construction and material manipulation is constantly increasing due to our present ability to design, calculate and fab...

This book covers a critical topic, including green building design, sustainable urban mobility, renewable energy integration, and the use of advanc...

The International Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) brings together global experts to focus on a sustaina...

In a world where haste prevails, the architecture of Slow Living emerges as a beacon of calm and reflection, connecting us with nature and authenti...

In a world aware of environmental challenges, sustainable and resilient architecture emerges as a beacon of hope. This book explores how it address...

This book peers into the concept of conservation under the framework of sustainability. The world's architectural history is in danger due to a lac...

A Financial Times Best Book of the YearA Guardian Best Architecture Book of the YearSharp, revealing, funny.The GuardianAn original and even occasi...

Plastics are high-performance materials of wide use in the built environment. Their versatile technical properties are particularly fascinating. A ...

For thousands of years people have aligned their homes with the sun. This tendency decreased with the availability of artificial light. Yet, due to...

Textile architecture has been captivating humanity for many centuries. In recent years and decades, the emergence of innovative materials has creat...

Trees are ideal sources of shade; where they cannot be used, their function is taken over by tents, pergolas, and pavilions. In the context of glob...

The goal of advancing eco cities often remains confined to political or technological issues. This book establishes a focus on architectural and in...

The requirements confronting our workplaces have recently undergone a dramatic transformation. Constantly shifting workspace populations and varyin...

Single-family houses are becoming increasingly outdated. They offer no response to demographic change or to the fact that there are fewer and fewer...

Through a series of detailed case studies from East Asia, Arup, one of the global leaders in tall building design, presents the latest developments...

Enabling the City is a collaborative book that focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contrib...

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures outlines a new design methodology for digitally fabricated spatial timber plate structures, p...

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This ...

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures outlines a new design methodology for digitally fabricated spatial timber plate structures, p...

Enabling the City is a collaborative book that focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contrib...

In Doors: History, Repair and Conservation, readers are guided through the function, history, development, care, repair and conservation of doors b...