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 ...
Architectural facades now have the potential to be literally kinetic, through automated sunscreens and a range of animated surfaces. This book explores the aesthetic ...
Iron Age Myth and Materiality: an Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 considers the relationship between myth and materiality in Scandinavia from the beginning of ...
In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society constructed itself through the making and ...
This textbook for planning students and practitioners explains how to develop the necessary technical competences to perform practical tasks efficiently; how to make and ...
This book describes the complete panorama of supporting structures and their function by describing how loads are sustained and transmitted to the ground. With ...
The dwellings of hundreds of African ethnic groups offer a variety of conceptions and building practices that contradict the widespread image of the primitive ...
Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy ...
This authoritative and multi-disciplinary book provides architects, lighting specialists, and anyone else working daylight into design, with all the tools needed to incorporate this ...
Looking afresh at the implications of Jacques Derrida's thinking for architecture, this book simplifies his ideas in a clear, concise way. Derrida's treatment of ...
Since the spread of classical design and construction amongst the upper echolons of British society in the late seventeenth century, traditional construction methods have ...
Architecture is a doing word. You can learn a great deal about the workings of architecture through analysing examples but a fuller understanding of ...
