Environmentally-friendly Architecture & Design

This book focuses on Constructability, a project management tool and its effectiveness in promotion of sustainable development and architecture. Co...

Applying Aesthetics to Everyday Life surveys current debates in the field of everyday aesthetics, examining its history, methodology and intersecti...

Population increases, advances in technology and the continued trend towards inner-city migration have transformed the traditional city of spaces i...

Sustainability is a powerful force that is fundamentally reshaping humanity’s relationship to the natural world and is ushering in the Age of Integ...

Population increases, advances in technology and the continued trend towards inner-city migration have transformed the traditional city of spaces i...

This book develops a model to evaluate and assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on typical Australian commercial building design option...

During Manhattan’s crisis years between the 1960s and early 1980s, the city’s great park networks, sanitarian projects of light, air, and water, an...

Picture a beautiful, green neighborhood where most of your needs could be met by walking, rolling, or accessing transit.There is a diversity of hou...

"Modern life getting on top of you? You'll find inspiration for an escape to the wild in the pages of this new photo book, which showcases spectacu...

Want to keep up with emerging design thinking and issues worldwide? Design Studio is a new thematic series that distils the most topical work and i...

The central argument of this book is that, despite the current trend to embrace Green, an urgent rethink is needed in the way that Asia builds. The...

From foundation to finish, a wealth of information is available on sustainable construction methods--entire volumes have been published on individu...

A spectacular global survey of the new buildings merging architecture and nature to transform our cities for a sustainable future. Concrete horiz...

Gathering his most compelling essays and addresses from the last fifty years in one accessible volume, this book looks at the pioneering ideas that...

This third edition of Green Buildings Pay presents new evidence and new arguments concerning the institutional and business case that can be made f...

How to Read Architecture is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do, and that close ...

The fifth volume of the Laboratorium series spans the space between topics and positions at the institute. The texts deal with various aspects an...

This book traces the evolving relationship between the architecture and climate of Britain from the late sixteenth to the twentieth century. Throug...

Gathering his most compelling essays and addresses from the last fifty years in one accessible volume, this book looks at the pioneering ideas that...

Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities. I...

Global pandemics, smart technologies, demographics and climate change are just some of the external disruptors that may impact the home’s evolution...

Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities. I...

Egypt—one of the oldest agrarian civilizations and fastest-growing countries in the world—is characterized by ongoing anthropogenic transformation...

Get the comprehensive guide to the sustainable design of schools. The elementary and secondary school buildings and campuses built today are the s...

Green Social Housing explores the ideas, inspirations and factors that need to be taken into account in order to achieve new and advanced typologie...

In this planning guide, the renowned lighting designer Ulrike Brandi documents all her findings on the topics of lighting design, daylight, sustain...

Sustainability is to become the guiding principle of social action and economic activity. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear....

New fundamentals for designing future-oriented housing This book shows how architectural design can improve housing. It looks at 14 innovative mul...

Gion Caminada is well-known far beyond Switzerland’s borders: as an architect, whose work is developed out of – and gives new life to – its context...

This collection of ecological evaluations and data on structural physics is a classic in every design library. Planners, architects, and clients wi...

This book examines the city and its rapid growth, as well as the sustainability issues it poses, in several ways. First, there is a critical approa...

Design is a process that requires freedom and rigour, expansion and focus. But how can a place be transformed through a tangible, meaningful vision...

The 11th ISVS (International Seminar for Vernacular Settlements) that was hosted by the School of Environmental Design and Architecture, Navrachana...

Pandemics have long-term effects on how we live and work, and the COVID-19 pandemic was no exception, accelerating us into a digital economy, in wh...

The first guide to the terminology of sustainable design. Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field, this illustrated dictionary p...

The Victorian Art School documents the history of the art school in the nineteenth century, from its origins in South Kensington to its proliferati...

With the built environment contributing almost half of global greenhouse emissions, there is a pressing need for the property and real estate disci...

Interior Design for Small Dwellings addresses the onrush of interest in smaller homes and the possibility that small dwellings might be the answer ...