Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints. The book focuses on the ...
Urban design is a process of establishing a structural order within human settlements; responding to dynamic emergent meanings and functions in a constant state ...
How to Read Architecture is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do, and that close observation ...
Structures by Design: Thinking, Making, Breaking is a new type of structures textbook for architects who prefer to learn using the hands-on, creative problem-solving ...
Structure for Architects: A Case Study in Steel, Wood, and Reinforced Concrete Design is a sequel to the authors' first text, Structure for Architects: ...
How are the far-away, invisible landscapes where materials come from related to the highly visible, urban landscapes where those same materials are installed? Reciprocal ...
This book offers a detailed insight into the desire for, and consequences of, precise communications in the daily life of contemporary architectural practice through ...
Worship Sound Spaces unites specialists from architecture, acoustic engineering and the social sciences to encourage closer analysis of the sound environments within places of ...
Ugly, Useless, Unstable Architectures traces productive intersections between architecture and the discourses of Post-Structuralism and New Materialism. It investigates how their unique 'ontological regimes' ...
One of the most significant occurrences in the history of design was the creation of the English Landscape Garden. Accounts of its genesis...the surprising ...
Building structures are unique in the field of engineering, as they pose challenges in the development and conceptualization of their design. As more innovative ...
The production of this book stems from two of the editors' longstanding research interests: the representation of architecture in print media, and the complex ...
Cathodic protection of reinforced concrete structures is a technique for rescuing corrosion damaged structures and, in certain instances, preventing them from corroding in the ...
Rapid industrial growth has witnessed the ever-increasing utilization of sand from rivers for various construction purposes, which has caused disruption to natural ecosystems. Sustainable ...
The book gives an overview about all relevant electrochemical and spectroscopic methods used in corrosion research. Besides the correct use and interpretation, the methods ...
Geometric Computation: foundations for design describes the mathematical and computational concepts that are central to the practical application of design computation in a manner ...
Women Architects in the Modern Movement rewrites the history of modern architecture to elevate the often-overlooked female architects who helped build the movement. Starting ...
Foreword by Adrian Forty. The Algarve is not only Portugal's foremost tourism region. Uniquely Mediterranean in an Atlantic country, its building customs have long ...
Designing the Compassionate City outlines an approach to urban design that is centred on an explicit recognition of the inherent dignity of all people. ...
