Environmentally-friendly Architecture & Design

Teaching Design for Sustainable Futures: Community Construction and Creativity explores how creativity can be integrated into sustainability educat...

There is a creative explosion of work taking place in architecture and design schools exploring materials such as mycelium, clay/earth, engineered ...

Friedrich Stowasser, born in Vienna in 1928, called himself Friedensreich Hundertwasser Regentag Dunkelbunt. True to the variety of his names, his ...

How can we apply constructive experiments in architecture as an innovative response to the climate crisis? The conference Constructive Disobedience...

This book traces developments in design education in India and shows the continuing impact of the Bauhaus School of design education, which formed ...

This book presents the select proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Applications 2023. The theme of this confe...

Sustainable engineering is of great importance for resilient and agile technology and society. This book balances economics, environment, and socie...

This book considers and examines the concept of a Smart City in the context of improving the quality of life and sustainable development in Central...

The disastrous effects of floods in urban areas of various Indian cities have been increasing in severity and extent over the past decade. This boo...

Written to complement civil engineers technical knowledge, this book explains the sociocultural contextual knowledge that civil engineers need if t...

This book contains select peer-reviewed proceedings from the International Conference on Innovations in Clean Energy Technologies (ICET 2023). It e...

For many years, it has been recognised that improving the energy performance of the existing housing stock is vital if energy demand is to be reduc...

The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design. Drawing inspiration from the concept of exaptation ...

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for ...

Integrating Building Performance with Design shows you the importance of designing for building performance early in your architectural design proc...

The Green Studio Handbook remains an essential resource for design studios and professional practice. This extensive and user-friendly tool present...

This book showcases the latest trends and innovations in the field of Green Building, covering topics from research and design to innovative practi...

This book brings together the insights from professional associations who involved in developing relevant national standards in China, domestic and...

This book highlights the sustainable innovation in environmental design, materials science, and engineering technologies. It provides a multidiscip...

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

This book takes a comprehensive and forward-looking approach to urban resilience and climate change preparedness. It combines theoretical insights,...

Global climate change is one of the greatest environmental threats facing humanity and it is affecting every country on every continent. Recent evi...

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

New edition of the popular handbook The Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic of advanced construction literature, not least due ...

New edition of the popular handbook The Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic of advanced construction literature, not least due to i...

This book delves into the performance-based design approach, highlighting the necessity for bespoke, adaptive, and cognitive building envelopes tha...

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

Biophilic architecture integrates nature into spaces and buildings to improve peoples health and well-being. It is based on the idea that humans ar...

This book covers a critical topic, including green building design, sustainable urban mobility, renewable energy integration, and the use of advanc...

The International Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) brings together global experts to focus on a sustaina...

In a world where haste prevails, the architecture of Slow Living emerges as a beacon of calm and reflection, connecting us with nature and authenti...

In a world aware of environmental challenges, sustainable and resilient architecture emerges as a beacon of hope. This book explores how it address...

This book peers into the concept of conservation under the framework of sustainability. The world's architectural history is in danger due to a lac...

Enabling the City is a collaborative book that focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contrib...

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This ...

Enabling the City is a collaborative book that focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contrib...

Successful ecological architecture must take into account multiple factors within the construction process of a project, and the impact that constr...

The demand is now urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding cities and landscapes being destroyed by civ...

Urban parks and gardens are where people go to reconnect with nature and destress. But do they all provide the same benefits or are some better tha...

Urban parks and gardens are where people go to reconnect with nature and destress. But do they all provide the same benefits or are some better tha...

Introducing Architectural Tectonics is an exploration of the poetics of construction. Tectonic theory is an integrative philosophy examining the re...

At a time when climate and ethics have become so important to architectural debate, this book proposes an entirely new way for architects to engage...

At a time when climate and ethics have become so important to architectural debate, this book proposes an entirely new way for architects to engage...

Cisterns: Sustainable Development, Architecture and Energy was written on beliefs that based on historical evidence and actual findings, Iran is mo...

Sustainability at the Cutting Edge is an essential guide to understanding the future direction of sustainable technology. This fully updated new ed...

Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity presents 12 new projects designed and built via collaborations between architects and...

Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity presents 12 new projects designed and built via collaborations between architects and...