Building Construction & Materials

This textbook focuses on concrete-filled steel tubular structures formed by placing concrete inside the steel tube. It deals with the mechanical es...

Thinking Heritage Through China explores major themes in international heritage through the lens of heritage practice in China.China is a dynamic p...

A journey through Europes old towns, exploring why we treasure thembut also what they hide about a continents fraught history  [A] fascinating chro...

This book gathers selected contributions in the field of civil and structural engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers ...

Bassetts Environmental Health Procedures is a long-standing, must-have reference book for practising environmental health officers in local governm...

Automation and Manufacturing for the Built Environment is a plain-language guide to the application of automation and manufacturing technologies an...

The ambition of the book is to give a contemporary insight in the state of the art when it comes to designing our cities and landscapes for dry con...

This book presents select proceedings of the 7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (7th CTRG, 2023) and provides an opportunity ...

Early Contractor Involvement: Improving the management of contract risk explains how to structure and administer a process of early contractor invo...

A collection of inspiring homes for design enthusiasts that puts renewable mass timber front and center as a unique, and beautiful, solution to the...

The authors explore multifaceted aspects of the competing cultural landscapes that comprise the northeast of Scotland. This interdisciplinary colle...

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of construction engineering, as presented by researchers and engi...

Solid matter. Monolithic and homogeneous concepts for a circular approach to architecture. In response to climate change, architects have been...

From casting to sculpture Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid materials that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet...

Materials and the myriad technologies that have been developed to manipulate them are of essential relevance to product designers, architects, arti...

This thoroughly revised book will provide the reader with an understanding of the principles and practices of testing and balancing (TAB) heating, ...

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development in Civil, Urban and Transportation Engin...

Originally published in 1946, when Britain was facing a post-war housing crisis, this book dealt with the issue of the factory-produced house in be...

Designers and forward thinkers in the field of interactive design share their reflections and show examples of different models of a responsive fut...

There is a long tradition of using wood as a distinct and ecologically sound building material. Wooden architecture conveys for todays world the b...

Das Interesse an Lehm als Material ist ungebremst. Leichtlehm, leicht wiegend und auch leicht zu verarbeiten, ist ein vielseitiger und zukunftweise...

Solid matter. Monolithic and homogeneous concepts for a circular approach to architecture In response to climate change, architects have been ...