Building Construction & Materials

Historical gardens listed as cultural monuments are valuable evidence of our civilization. How can they be preserved under changing climatic condi...

"From the Ground Up describes Rincon in detail, from the day the brainstorm to bid on the land took shape in the mind of a Perini Co. executive unt...

The interaction between color and architecture determines our perception of space, and defines the tectonic relationships. The fascinating spatial ...

Structural Timber Design Timber construction has been one of the most innovative areas of the building industry for several years. The speed with ...

This book is the fourth of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environment...

Der neue Beton-Kalender 2019 mit den Schwerpunkten Parkbauten sowie Geotechnik und EC 7 bietet eine solide Arbeitsgrundlage und ein topaktuelles un...

Earth, in common use for architectural construction for thousands of years, has in the past thirty years attracted renewed attention as a healthy, ...

This book is the third of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmenta...

This book is the first of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmenta...

Earthquakes pose myriad dangers to heritage collections worldwide. This book provides an accessible introduction to these dangers and to the method...

Masonry construction is usually the first building exercise the student encounters in his or her training. This volume elaborates the fundamental p...

Das Taschenbuch für den Tunnelbau ist seit vielen Jahren ein praxisorientierter Ratgeber für Auftraggeber, Planer und Bauausführende. Es greift akt...

The design of a building is a complex process in which the architect develops spaces which are defined by a number of different parameters. The mos...

This book is the second of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environment...

This book gives you the technical expertise and seasoned advice you need to protect your building work from water - the home's eternal enemy. Leaks...

Holz wird meist als "traditioneller" Werkstoff wahrgenommen. Seine Materialeigenschaften ermöglichen längst jedoch die Gestaltung von Freiformen un...

Paper and cardboard as sustainable building materials are currently the subject of research and testing. They can be produced inexpensively, are m...

Residents look at their neighborhood differently than visitors and designers do. The features that they see as most important can differ significan...

Die Beiträge zum Themenschwerpunkt "Tunnelbau" in Band 1 umfassen eine breite Palette von Themen, die von technischen Verfahren bis hin zu digitale...

This guide will keep you cool Like its earlier editions, this fully updated guidebook is packed with practical information on installing, servicing...