Building Construction & Materials

Although goods traffic accounted in many cases for a higher proportion of railway companies revenue than passengers, the buildings associated with ...

Design your own sustainable home Many people dream of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no system...

Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But ver...

Used in the British Isles since its twelfth-century reintroduction into England from the continent, brick remains the most versatile of all buildin...

For over 250 years people have headed to Ramsgate for a day at the seaside and discovered much more in the process. This book charts Ramsgates tra...

Bricks such small and seemingly uninteresting things have helped to build the way we live as society has evolved, from the feudal system of early...

From hand-made brick to high-tech product: building with blocks of fired clay today draws from a heritage of nine millennia and remains innovative,...

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

Rope Rescue Techniques: Principles & Practice, Fifth Edition provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of rope rescue, including planning,...

Reyes Ríos + Larraín is an architecture studio founded by Salvador Reyes Ríos and Josefina Larraín in Mérida, Yucatán. Reyes Ríos + Larraín is best...

A celebration of Irish thatch. The picturesque, white-washed thatched cottage is an iconic emblem of Ireland. The tradition reaches back in histo...

ADVANCES IN SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY focuses on the core issues of sustainable development and materials with the least environmental i...

A remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture, and how the style and features can serve as a model for contemporary residential bu...