Architectural Structure & Design

Wood is one of the best materials for construction on account of its versatility. Among its other outstanding features are its great capacity as a ...

Wood is one of the very best materials for building construction because of its versatility, its capacity as a thermal and acoustic insulator, its ...

In the past five years the culturally diverse and historically rich Asian countries have seen a revolution in architecture. The world of architectu...

The Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich has been researching the integration of robots into the architectural practice, both in design and the...

The fourth volume in the series The Architects Studio is dedicated to the works of Anupama Kundoo. The much appraised Indian architect aims to shed...

The book explains the development history of experimenta in the context of the educational institutions Science Center, Planetarium and Schulerlabo...

The term 'Brutalism' is used to describe a form of architecture that appeared, mainly in Europe, from around 1945-75. Uncompromisingly modern, thi...

Le Corbusier's Pavilion for Zurich uses numerous handwritten documents, drawings, and papers to trace the history of Le Corbusier's last built work...

2017 PROSE Award Winner: Outstanding Scholarly Work by a Trade Publisher In the vein of Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities a...

Prefabricated housing, often associated with blighted urban land­scapes and monotonous grey boxes, has evolved into an approach to housing with a w...

Exploring nursery schools and childcare facilities from an architectural perspective, this publication provides a cultural-historical account of th...

Iran has one of the oldest town cultures in the world. It goes back more than 4,000 years. Between the Islamic conquest in the seventh century and ...

It''s Not Easy Being Green tells the reader, quite simply, that ''Green Architecture'' is not as simple as many of its promoters expect. It is not ...