Architectural Structure & Design

Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities. I...

Swiss architects discuss the design process in a total of eight interviews. The interviews focus on the importance of architecture for the designer...

Learn Revit Architecture step by step with this project–based tutorial Revit Architecture is the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) softw...

Revised edition of the reference work The Floor Plan Manual Housing has for decades been a seminal work in the field of architecture. In its 5th, ...

Faced with man-made climate change and the need to provide housing for a growing world population, society needs to rethink the way future building...

In großformatigen, detaillierten isometrischen Zeichnungen stellt die Publikation 16 ausgewählte Schweizer Betonbauten in den Maßstäben 1:10 und 1:...

All one hundred branches (plus two bookmobiles!) of the Toronto Public Library appear in this whimsical colouring book. Within these pages you will...

Der Grundrissatlas Wohnungsbau gehört seit Jahrzehnten zu den Grundlagenwerken der Architektur. In seiner 5., überarbeiteten und erweiterten Auf...

The dimensions of the core elements of office workplaces – desk and chair – together with the necessary circulation areas determine the design of o...

This is a brand new edition of the visually stunning and lavishly produced guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from aroun...

Fluid Totality presents the avant-garde architectural visions of one of the most innovative academic institutions of our time—Studio Hadid at the U...

Egypt—one of the oldest agrarian civilizations and fastest-growing countries in the world—is characterized by ongoing anthropogenic transformation...

In our post-9/11 world, safety and security have become an increasingly important consideration for the designers of offices, hospitals, schools, a...

Evidence-based design, which bases design decisions on the best available current research evidence, is gaining traction among architects. Expandin...

It has been shown that spatial perception can be improved through practice. Opportunities to offer such practice are offered in this workbook, whic...

Albert Kahn is probably the most important industrial architect of the 20th century. With his factory for the Ford T-models, designed for mass prod...

A roof over one’s head is a basic need – it provides shelter from rain, wind and the cold. In addition to these requirements, the structure must b...

Gothic, Romanesque, Modernist, Metabolist... The variety of styles through architectural history can be bewildering. Whether it be a Gothic crocket...

Millennium Architecture: the Sacred versus the Secular The Year 2000 celebrations have forced Britain and most of the world to ask the fundamental ...

This book offers an in-depth look at space frame architecture, including space frame projects completed by such notable architects as I. M. Pei, Bu...

Guest-edited by Owen Hopkins and Erin McKellar Our current moment is one of profound political and economic change. Historically, these moments of ...

Get the comprehensive guide to the sustainable design of schools. The elementary and secondary school buildings and campuses built today are the s...

Green Social Housing explores the ideas, inspirations and factors that need to be taken into account in order to achieve new and advanced typologie...

In this planning guide, the renowned lighting designer Ulrike Brandi documents all her findings on the topics of lighting design, daylight, sustain...

This reference work on the core competence of architects and designers provides a thorough and considered overview of the tools and theories, mean...