Books about CONSTRUCTION

SOUTO DE MOURA: HOUSE DETAILS ARCHITECTURE 5. EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA. HOUSE UN QUINTA DO LAGO

Após 12 meses de trabalho profundo e vários recomeços, apresentamos um registo exaustivo sobre as duas versões construídas da sublime casa localizada na Quinta ...

STRUCTURE AND NATURE. TIMBER STRUCTURES

Building material with future potential Thanks to high-performance composite structures made of wood and steel or concrete, wooden buildings are now being erected far ...

TIMBER FRAME BULDINGS

Timber-framed buildings are a distinctive and treasured part of Britain's heritage, with such noteworthy examples as Little Moreton Hall, Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Lavenham ...

ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH BUILDING

How can the fundamental digital change taking place in design and construction be actively used to bring about cultural change in architecture? By exploring ...

PRE-FAB LIVING

This survey of the world's most innovative and successful examples of pre-fabricated homes explores the full range of possibilities, open to anyone seeking to ...

CONSTRUCTION MANUAL

People involved in architecture need to be familiar with construction methods in order to be in control of their designs. New technical requirements impact ...

CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER : A DESIGN STAGE PRIMER

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has long been heralded as awonder material, with a light environmental footprint, high strength, quickinstallation times and reduced waste - so ...

PROTOTIPAR. CÓMO INDUSTRIALIZAR CASI CUALQUIER ARQUITECTURA.

La democratización de las tecnologías digitales nos permite pensar la arquitectura usando la fabricación digital. La producción industrial tiene sus propias lógicas y modos ...

THE ECOLOGIES OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE. A MATERIAL HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES

While the façade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end ...

EXPERIMENTAL JETSET VOLUME 2: SUPERSTRUCTURES

Experimental Jetset's second volume in its self-reflective series is an inquiry into the role of the city as an infrastructure for language and vice ...

ARCHITEKTUR FUR EINE SOLARE ZUKUNFT / ARCHITECTURE FOR A SOLAR FUTURE

Reinberg is a pioneer of ecological building and solar architecture. Even before he set up his practice, he had been involved in numerous research ...

ROOFS. LOCAL MATERIALS, SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY, SOPHISTICATED IDEAS

Gleaned from texts written from the 1970s onwards, this volume collects practical information on the construction of roofs and shelters that were intended to ...

VEGETARIAN ARCHITECTURE

What is 'good' architecture? This seemingly simple question is connected to a wide range of criteria'just like the radical quest for 'good' food, which ...

ECOHABITAR Nº 68 ESTUFAS DE INERCIA

UNLESS . THE SEAGRAM BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ECOLOGY

his book presents a terrestrial description of the Seagram Building. It aims to describe how humans and nature interact with the thin crust of ...

CONARQUITECTURA Nº 76 EFICIENCIA ENERGETICA

CONARQUITECTURA Nº 76 EFICIENCIA ENERGETICA

CANDELA: CANDELA ISLER MUTHER "POSITIONS ON SHELL CONSTRUCTION"

Concrete shell construction started to become popular in the mid-20th century. Technically advanced designs with conspicuous expressiveness began to appear all over the world. ...

ECOHABITAR Nº 67 CASA DE PAJA

Madera recuperada para un hotel en Tirol del sur La estrategia de World GBCe aborda el cambio climático y el bienestar en la construcción ...

ARQUITECTURA SIN ARQUITECTOS. UNA BREVE INTRODUCCIÓN A LA ARQUITECTURA SIN PEDRIGÍ

En Arquitectura sin arquitectos, publicado originalmente en 1964 por el MoMA de Nueva York a partir de la exposición homónima comisariada por Bernard Rudofsky, ...