This interdisciplinary book examines archaeology's engagement with semiotics, from its early structuralist beginnings to its more recent Peircian encounters. It represents the first sustained ...
Written with the needs of architects, construction professionals, educators, and school administration in mind, the book provides a road map for sustainable planning, design, ...
In this title, beauty provides the dynamic catalyst for sixteen very charged and individual discussions about architecture and design. Based on a series of ...
The second edition of Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism , has been thoroughly updated and revised, and features top scholars who redefine ...
Unified Theory of Concrete Structures develops an integrated theory that encompasses the various stress states experienced by both RC & PC structures under the ...
The rendering is the most potent means of communicating an architectural design. It provides a complete image of a building in its planned setting. ...
The second edition of Construction Technology: Analysis and Choice has been expanded to include commercial buildings. This now covers, in a single textbook, all ...
Any well-conceived print or Web design features the dynamic interplay between visual artistry and technical skill. It becomes important, therefore, for the designer to ...
Endorsed by the Society of Light and Lighting, this practical book offers comprehensive guidance on how colour, light and contrast can be incorporated within ...
Landscape design history greatly influenced today's design process and design solutions. Illustrated History of Landscape Design provides an overview of landscape design, including the ...
Jim Leggitt s Drawing Shortcuts shows how communicating with hand drawings combined with digital technology can be ingeniously simple, and this new edition makes ...
As more factors, perspectives, and metrics are incorporated into the planning and building process, the roles of engineers and designers are increasingly being fused ...
This book will provide a definitive reader, compiling essays from previously published texts and newly commissioned essays from leading academics, architects and other specialists, ...
Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecture today, gaining interest from not only academics and students but also leading professionals, ...
