Architectural Structure & Design

This book provides a thorough understanding of the general principles of measurement for taking off quantities. An essential guide to any quantity ...

Historic preservation, whether of landscapes or buildings, was an important development of the nineteenth century in many countries. There is howev...

Coding, Shaping, Making combines inspiration from architecture, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and computation to look towards the future...

Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice lifts the curtain to unveil how eleven world-leading design studios integrate technology (...

The mentality that consumerism and economic growth are cure-alls is one of the biggest obstacles to real sustainability, but any change seems impos...

Biodesign in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Deep Green investigates the potential of nature-based technology for shaping the evolution of cont...

The phase of American architectural history we call 'mid-century modernism,' 1940-1980, saw the spread of Modern Movement tenets of functionalism, ...

Modern Apartment Design provides guidelines to the design of modern apartment buildings as well as a summation of current cutting-edge practice in ...

With increasing population and its associated demand on our limited resources, we need to rethink our current strategies for construction of multif...

In this expanded second edition of Cognitive Architecture, the authors review new findings in psychology and neuroscience to help architects and pl...

The campus has a deep-rooted prestige as a place of teaching, learning and nurturing. Conjuring images of cloistered quadrangles, of sunny lawns, o...

Advances in Building Energy Research (ABER) offers state-of-the-art information on the environmental science and performance of buildings, linking ...

This book explores the notion of mapping in architectural discourse. First locating, positioning and theorizing mapping, it then makes explicit the...

A complete review of the fast-developing topic of high performance concrete (HPC) by one of the leading researchers in the field. It covers all asp...

This book captures concepts and projects that reshape the discipline of architecture by prioritizing people over buildings. In doing so, it uncover...

Marble is one of the great veins through the architectural tradition and fundamental building block of the Mediterranean world, from the Parthenon ...

Spaces of Tolerance addresses the topic of tolerance in architectural production. Through examining the boundaries of where discourses, practices a...

Fueled by a flourishing capitalist economy, undergirded by advancements in architectural design and urban infrastructure, and patronized by growing...

Architects care. It is foundational and germane to the discipline and practice of architecture. This book charts the way the Arts and Crafts Moveme...

Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture brings to light complex readings of transparent glass through close observations of six p...

Comprehensive and Integrative Architectural Design addresses integrative design design that bridges the gap between architectural design and archi...

FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation, reflection, change and transformation in architecture.This book explores the ways in whi...

Sustainability has become a driver of innovation in the built environment, but the affordability of sustainable building remains a significant chal...

This new edition of Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering explores how to effectively develop creative collaborations among architects and...

First published in 1992, this book is about making connections that may lead towards a new professionalism, since the past several decades have giv...

This new edition of Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering explores how to effectively develop creative collaborations among architects and...

This book covers fundamental aspects of neighborhood planning and architecture along sustainable principles. Written by a designer and instructor, ...

The Chair on Ecodesign for buildings and infrastructures was created by ParisTech in partnership with VINCI with the aim of developing evaluation a...

First published in 2017, Rome: The Shaping of Three Capitals explores the impact of political history on the built environment of the Eternal City....

Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world, with almost 50,000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domes...

Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture presents a new approach to architectural programming that includes sustainability, neuroscienc...

As a collection of ecological evaluations and key building physics data, the Details for Passive Houses is a classic in every design library and th...

What kind of architectural knowledge was cultivated through drawings, models, design-build experimental houses and learning environments in the 20t...

This book proposes that architecture can function as a true embodiment of generosity and examines how generosity in architecture operates within, a...

Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference explores the active role of architectural filters in generating physically and sensory char...

Behind Architectural Filters: Phenomena of Interference explores the active role of architectural filters in generating physically and sensory char...