Today's biggest structural engineering challenge is to design better structures, and a key issue is the need to take an integrated approach which balances ...
So far in the twenty first century, there have been many developments in our understanding of materials' behaviour and in their technology and use. ...
A comprehensive introductory text covering solar photovoltaic technologies and its increasing number of applications to generate clean energy around the globe. It treats the ...
In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the ...
During the last two decades, sustainability has become the dominant concern of transportation planners and policymakers. This timely text provides a framework for developing ...
Ebenezer Howard's To-Morrow is deservedly the most famous publication in the history of town planning. Originally published in 1898 and repeatedly thereafter, it sparked ...
James Stirling (1924-1992) was, arguably, the most influential and controversial post-war British architect. Stirling's reputation is based primarily on such seminal buildings as the ...
Before the Second World War landscape architect Christopher Tunnard was the first author on Modernism in Landscape in the English language, but later became ...
Examining a range of articles, Museums in the Digital Age explores the developments, functions and meanings that are associated with the museums use of ...
This volume discusses the various methods than can be used in Heritage Studies and illustrates their application through case studies from different parts of ...
In this first comprehensive work in English to describe the building of Latin America's capital cities in the postcolonial period, Arturo Almandoz and his ...
Based round an interview with Tadao Ando, this book explores the influence of the Buddhist concept of nothingness on Ando's Christian architecture, and sheds ...
Developers, designers and operators are increasingly needing to create versatile sport and leisure amenities that are of lasting value to local and wider communities. ...
With appropriate planning and design, Olympic urban development has the potential to leave positive environmental legacies to the host city and contribute to environmental ...
Environmental Noise Barriers is a unique one-stop reference for practitioners, whether acoustical engineers, landscape architects or manufacturers, and for highways departments in local and ...
Bamboo materials are well available in the world. Bamboo has much shorter maturity than trees, thus can be harvested with shorter cycles of plantation. ...
This book explores the extent, causes and characteristics of homelessness in developing countries. Bringing together a major review of literature and empirical case studies, ...
This book examines the various problems caused by non-uniform deformation changes, poor durability, and natural and human disasters such as earthquakes and fire. Attention ...
During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were subject to major expansion and improvement schemes - from Vienna's Ringstrasse to the boulevards ...
