Sustainable Communities Design Handbook: Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, Second Edition, brings together the major players responsible for sustainable development at both community and ...
This book is the definitive reference source for professionals involved in the conception, design and specification stages of a construction project. The theory and ...
'Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas, and Uncomfortable Truths' presents multi-perspective critical analyses of the ethics and principles that guide the conservation of works of art and ...
This new book on the fracture mechanics of concrete focuses on the latest developments in computational theories, and how to apply those theories to ...
High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, Third Edition, is a comprehensive reference for managing security and fire life safety operations within high-rise buildings. It ...
As the emphasis in construction moves from building new bridges to maintenance and rehabilitation of existing stock, bridge management is becoming an increasingly important ...
City Spaces - Tourist Places both consolidates and develops the extant knowledge of urban tourism precincts into a coherent research driven contemporary work. It ...
"The Structural Engineer's Pocket Book" is the only compilation of all tables, data, facts and formulae needed for scheme design by structural engineers in ...
Until now there has been no comprehensive pocket reference guide for professional and student structural engineers. The "Structural Engineers Pocket Book" is a unique ...
The plastic analysis method has been used extensively by engineers for designing steel structures. Simpler structures can be analyzed using the basic virtual work ...
Probabilistic structural dynamics offers unparalleled tools for analyzing uncertainties in structural design. Once avoided because it is mathematically rigorous, this technique has recently remerged ...
This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual ...
Daylighting, Architecture and Health examines the relationship between natural light in buildings and human health, considering both psychological and physiological issues and bringing together ...
Once again, new interpretations are presented of some of the most famous architecture of the period. Work by lesser-known architects, whose influence and role ...
Despite growing international awareness of the presence and significance of ruined buildings and archaeological sites, and the increasingly sophisticated technology available for the collection ...
