Building Construction & Materials

Although largely marginal within official accounts of modern architecture, during the second half of the twentieth century the development of large...

Bamboo has gained the name of plant steel in the field of construction. Since ancient times, it has been widely used in Asia and Latin America. F...

Timber deals with wide-ranging use of the material in historic buildings, from vast structural timber-frames through to high-class joinery and simp...

Stone considers the wide variety of historical uses, from simple masonry walling through to elaborate carving and decoration. The book considers wh...

This publication is aimed at building owners and managers caring for stained glass windows, but it will also be of interest to their professional a...

Metals deals with the conservation of a group of materials that have been used in buildings for everything from structural components and fixings t...

Recognising that buildings are a major contributor to global warming and the critical role of embodied versus operational carbon, the book focuses ...

Bungalow Bliss, first published in 1971, was a book of house designs that buyers could use to build a home for themselves affordably. It first appe...