Architectural Structure & Design

In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the afterm...

The greening of façades with plants gives a piece of nature back to the city. But a green façade is much more than a charming view: Thanks to its i...

Environmentally-friendly architecture has come on leaps and bounds in the last two decades - a combination of new materials, new construction techn...

Organised into 9 parts that highlight a wide range of architectural motives, such as 'Architecture as Theatre', 'Stretching the Vocabulary' and ‘Th...

Frank Lloyd Wright first noted the affinity between modern Western architecture and the philosophy of the ancient Chinese writer Laotzu. In this cl...

The current trend for constructing experimental structures is now an international phenomenon. It has been taken up worldwide by design professiona...

This totally original architecture book – the first ever comprehensive study of brick – follows the story of brick from 5,000 bc to its use in bui...

Over the last 20 years architecture in and from Berlin has emerged as a global brand. Like Vol. 1, this new edition of Architecture Berlin showcase...

Many new buildings are designed to be as energy efficient as possible and to use innovative technical systems for heating, cooling and lighting. Bu...

A lavishly illustrated practical guide for understanding bridges, with case studies of the world's most famous bridges.How to Read Bridges is a pr...

From luxury apartment towers to offices, places of worship to museums, brutalist architecture is having a 21st-century moment- and this book is her...

How we design our cities over the next four decades will be critical for our planet. If we continue to spill excessive greenhouse gas into the atmo...

This video-augmented book explains how the natural movements of the sun, wind and rain can be used to improve the well-being of people in buildings...