As more importance is being placed on the whole-life performance of structures, demand is growing for long service lives with minimal maintenance requirements. Indeed ...
Further extending Jonathan Hill's investigation of authorship, this book recognizes the weather as a creative architectural force alongside the designer and user. Although acknowledging ...
How do architects use color? Do they adopt a different strategy or starting point for every project? Do they gradually cultivate individual color palettes, ...
We can no longer view building components as artifacts (a brick or a boiler) or as autonomous systems (air conditioning or prefabrication). Rather these ...
Cement-based concrete has excellent properties as a construction material, and the raw materials of cement-rocks, and limestone and clay-are bountiful. Yet its production generates ...
Serious degradation mechanisms can severely reduce the service life of concrete structures: steel reinforcement can corrode, cement matrix can be attacked, and even aggregates ...
Recent years have seen major changes in the approach to Computer Aided Design (CAD) in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) sector. CAD is ...
Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) was one of the most important figures in English garden history although he is rarely recognised as such. An eclectic ...
The enclosed garden, or hortus conclusus, is a place where architecture, architectural elements, and landscape, come together. It has a long history, ranging from ...
Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality of course the city is ...
For planning to be successful, design must mean more than simply blindly following the dictates of legislation and regulation -- yet losing sight of ...
This ground breaking new perspective on Le Corbusier is based on exhaustive archival research and the study of neglected or completely unknown documents. It ...
Scale is a word which underlies much of architectural and urban design practice, its history and theory, and its technology. This book considers what ...
Traditionally, architecture has been preoccupied with the resolution of form. That concern helps to make photogenic buildings, which have received a great deal of ...
The definitive introductory book on the theory and history of regionalist architecture in the context of globalization, this text addresses issues of identity, community, ...
Concrete is an inherently complex material to produce and an even more complex material to repair. With growing pressure to maintain the built environment, ...
Based on careful analysis and experience in all housing sectors and house types, this handbook explains and demonstrates how to incorporate the most effective ...
