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Sub-Categories of Architectural structure & design
Architectural structure & design
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Material Architecture
John Fernandez
Architectural structure & design
Hardback
Composed of a series of essays, this book deals with the issues affecting the nature of architectural materials and provides... [more]
Building from Tradition: Local Materials and Methods in Contemporary Architecture...
Elizabeth M. Golden (University of Washington, USA)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Architecture: professional practice; Development studies; Building construction & materials
Hardback
Building from Tradition examines the recent resurgence of interest in the handmade building and the use of local and renewable... [more]
Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure: Paths to the Future
Annie Pearce, Yong Han Ahn, HanmiGlobal Co Ltd
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design
Hardback
The second edition of Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure continues to provide students with an introduction to the principles... [more]
China's Architecture in a Globalizing World: Between Socialism and the Market...
Jiawen Han (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool Universirty, China)
Architectural structure & design; Regional studies; Cultural studies
Hardback
China is currently in the midst of an unprecedented building boom and, indeed, interest in Chinese contemporary architecture... [more]
Steel Design
Paul W. McMullin (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah), Jonathan S. Price (Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Richard T. Seelos
Architectural structure & design; Building construction & materials
Hardback
Steel Design covers steel design fundamentals for architects and engineers, such as tension elements, flexural elements, shear... [more]
New Design for Old Buildings
Roger Hunt, Iain Boyd
Architectural structure & design
Hardback
This book is a celebration of good new design for old buildings and the SPAB philosophy that good new architecture can sit... [more]
Reimagining Industrial Sites: Changing Histories and Landscapes
Catherine Heatherington (Catherine Heatherington Designs, UK)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Landscape art & architecture; Industrialisation & industrial history; Urban & municipal planning; Rural planning
Hardback
The discourse around derelict, former industrial and military sites has grown in recent years. This interest is not only theoretical,... [more]
Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India
Henry Wilson
Decorative arts; Architectural structure & design
Paperback
An outstanding sourcebook of images celebrating the immensely varied decoration of Indian architecture. [more]
Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting of the First Goetheanum
Dr Rudolf Steiner
Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Architectural structure & design; History of architecture
Paperback
The planning, construction, and execution of the functional work of art that was the First Goetheanum was an endeavor that... [more]
Cinematic Aided Design: An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture
Francois Penz (University of Cambridge, UK)
Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; Media studies
Paperback
Cinematic Aided Design: An Everyday Life Approach to Architecture provides architects, planners, designer practitioners, politicians... [more]
Architecture and the Forest Aesthetic: A New Look at Design and Resilient...
Jana Vandergoot (University of Maryland College Park Maryland USA)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Landscape art & architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
Hardback
Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and... [more]
The Passivhaus Designer's Manual: A technical guide to low and zero energy...
Christina Hopfe
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design
Hardback
Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world, with almost 50,000 buildings realised to date.... [more]
Energy Modeling in Architectural Design
Timothy L. Hemsath (University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA), Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini (University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology
Paperback
Energy Modeling in Architectural Design demonstrates how design elements can lead to energy savings, to help you reduce the... [more]
Integrating Building Performance with Design: An Architecture Student's...
Elizabeth J. Grant (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design
Paperback
Integrating Building Performance with Design shows you the importance of designing for building performance early in your... [more]
The Model as Performance: Staging Space in Theatre and Architecture
Thea Brejzek, Lawrence Wallen
Architectural structure & design; Theatre: technical & background skills
Hardback
The Model as Performance investigates the history and development of the scale model from the Renaissance to the present.... [more]
Architectural Intelligence: How Designers and Architects Created the Digital...
Molly Wright Steenson (K&L Gates Associate Professor Eithics & Computational Technologies, Carnegie Mellon University)
Individual architects & architectural firms; Architectural structure & design
Hardback
Architects who engaged with cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies poured the foundation for digital... [more]
Passive House Details: Solutions for High-Performance Design
Donald B. Corner (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA), Jan C. Fillinger (STUDIO-E Architecture, Eugene, Oregon, USA), Alison G. Kwok (University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Architecture: professional practice; Heating, lighting, ventilation
Paperback
Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings. The... [more]
The ZEDbook: Solutions for a Shrinking World
Bill Dunster
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design
Hardback
Based on the experience gained from their involvement in the pioneering Beddington Zero Emission Development (or BedZED) in... [more]
Component Design
Michael Stacey
Architectural structure & design; Building construction & materials
Hardback
Part of the New Technology series of books, this guide to pre-fabricated building components examines the production process,... [more]
Clear View, A: How Glass Buildings in the Inner City Transformed a Neighborhood...
Suzanne Reatig
Individual architects & architectural firms; Architectural structure & design; Residential buildings, domestic buildings
Paperback
A Clear View is the first book published by Washington, DC-based architect Suzane Reatig, FAIA. Exploring new interpretations... [more]
LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology
Jenny E. Sabin (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; University of Pennsylvania, USA), Peter Lloyd Jones (LabStudio, New York, New York, USA)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Architecture: professional practice; Biology, life sciences
Paperback
LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology introduces the concept of the research design laboratory in which... [more]
Provisional Cities: Cautionary Tales for the Anthropocene
Renata Tyszczuk (University of Sheffield, UK)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design
Hardback
This book considers the provisional nature of cities in relation to the Anthropocene - the proposed geological epoch of human-induced... [more]
Autonomous Assembly: Designing for a New Era of Collective Construction...
Skylar Tibbits
Architectural structure & design
Paperback
We are now on the brink of a new era in construction that of autonomous assembly. For some time, the widespread adoption... [more]
Special Structural Topics
Paul W. McMullin (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah), Jonathan S. Price (Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Sarah Simchuk
Architectural structure & design; Structural engineering
Paperback
Special Structural Topics covers specialty structural situations for students and professional architects and engineers, such... [more]
