Architectural Structure & Design

This book addresses the crucial question of how the essential needs of the growing human population can be met without breaking the Earth's already...

The design, construction and use of buildings in tropical climates pose specific challenges to built environment professionals. This text seeks to ...

This work is a comprehensive illustrated overview of European Architecture Today - a showcase for the works of thirty of the most relevant architec...

Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying climate control and building ...

The lure of a home by the ocean resonates with us all, bringing to mind the beauty and changing moods of the water, the intoxicating salty scent an...

What happens when artists are asked the questions usually addressed to planners and administrators?Here artists, architects, writers, designers and...

The comprehensive reference on the basics of structural analysis and design, now updated with the latest considerations of building technology Str...

In the book Al Wasl Plaza: Dubai Expo 2020 the architects, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture highlight the inspiration and innovation of the ...

Fire safety is an important part of building design. It consists of measures to prevent fires from starting, to facilitate the rescue of individua...

Tackling a topic that has particular appeal in the age of digital design, this well-founded introduction to the subject of parquet deformation fill...

Showcases the best recent research on epigraphy across the medieval Islamic world Explores Islamic epigraphy from a wide range of perspectives and...

Regulations and social norms have given guesthouses multiple definitions, leading to diversified forms. This book will broaden your horizon on the ...

Architecture Asia, as the official journal of the Architects Regional Council Asia, aims to provide a forum, not only for presenting Asian phenomen...

As a way to understand the contemporary project in architecture, this book provides an index of ideas, theories, projects, and definitions that str...

For thousands of years humans have experimented with various methods of waste disposalfrom burning and burying to simply packing up and moving in s...