The Swiss Alfredo Häberli (b. 1964 in Buenos Aires) is one of today's most innovative and successful designers. From wineglasses to chairs, from shoes ...
The Glass Construction Manual shows the wide range of applications for glass in architecture. It provides the basic technical principles for building with this ...
For more than ten years, the celebrated artist Per Arnoldi of Copenhagen has been working together with the world famous London architect Norman Foster. ...
After the journal's successful launch in April 2006, the forthcoming fall issue deals with the subject of Western European urban and regional planning during ...
Masonry construction is usually the first building exercise the student encounters in his or her training. This volume elaborates the fundamental principles of scale, ...
Roof structures are often treated in connection with masonry construction in the students first designs. What are the different ways to create a protective ...
The Materiality of buildings and constructions is an important aspect of architectural design. The approach to and use of materials is a fundamental building ...
This book introduces the technology of fiber cement and its material and architectural history and presents some thirky outstanding new and recent projects from ...
The use of smart materials in architecture is a dynamic and innovative area merging research, development, and use. Smart materials, with their reversible characteristics, ...
As a concrete and practical guide, this book establishes first standards for public lighting. Drawing on the author's experience, it addresses the technical and ...
Technical Drawing deals with the representation of plans throughout all phases of a project. For students, the primary focus is on the development and ...
The ability to shape concrete as desired, supplemented by its versatility in design and simplicity of construction, make it the preferred building material of ...
