Cath Kidston - queen of vintage-inspired homeware and joyously decorated spaces - grants unprecedented insight into her creative process and personal style in this lifestyle-meets-memoir-meets-interior-design book.
The book provides new perspectives from leading researchers accentuating and examining the central role of the built environment in conceiving and implementing multifaceted solutions for the complex challenges of our understanding of planetary resources and circularity, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.
The conference on "e;Innovative Synergies: Business, Agriculture, Technology and Resource Management for Sustainable Development (CVBSG2024)"e; is designed to drive sustainable development across various sectors.
The validity of certain critical reasoning steps carried out during or on the sidelines of the environmental science, public health survey, medical experiment, population risk assessment, or disease space-time mapping under conditions of in situ uncertainty and space-time heterogeneity, is often not given sufficient attention and may even be out of the investigator's line of thought.
This book explores the concept of fragile heritage as an architectural legacy and a territorial resource in rural China, emphasizing the significance in safeguarding its unique cultural trajectory, and laying the groundwork for future developments.
Almost half of the total energy produced in the developed world is inefficiently used to heat, cool, ventilate and control humidity in buildings, to meet the increasingly high thermal comfort levels demanded by occupants.
A facilities management strategy is a tool for facility management that focuses on improving the workplace to boost the productivity, performance and well-being of workers in a company.
The story of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home'You will marvel at the beauty of this book' George Monbiot'Incredibly moving' Raynor WinnAged thirty-one, Catrina Davies was renting a box-room in a house in Bristol, which she shared with four other adults and a child.
This video-augmented book explains how the natural movements of the sun, wind and rain can be used to improve the well-being of people in buildings and raise awareness of sustainable living practices.
Built Environment and Property Management - A Focus on China and Hong Kong is a unique collection of previously published articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the field.
Built Environment and Property Management - A Focus on Australia is a unique collection of articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the field.
In a world where privatisation and capitalism dominate the global economy, the essays in this book ask how to make socially responsive communication, design and art that counters the role of the food industry as a machine of consumption.
This book explores the theories, practices and principles of new approaches to solar architecture that foster both design excellence and low-energy use.
This book presents themes related to contemporary architecture as the results of diverse cultural influences and architectural legacies, manifested in a rich variety of styles, materials, and spatial perceptions.
Design and the Built Environment of the Arctic is a concise introductory guide to the design and planning of the built environments in the Arctic region.
Simple green roof design and installation for the do-it-yourself builder Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings.
The devil is in the details-the science and art of designing and building durable, efficient, straw bale buildings Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics, while using a typically local and abundant low-embodied energy material that sequesters carbon-an important part of mitigating climate change.
Create Beautiful, Durable Finishes with Natural Plasters That Last for Generations Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials Series, Essential Natural Plasters is the definitive hands-on guide to working with clay, lime, and gypsum plasters for healthy, high-performance interior and exterior finishes.
Build Beautiful, Durable, and Low-impact Homes with Cordwood Construction Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Cordwood Building is the complete guide to using log-ends set in insulating mortar for versatile, economical, and environmentally friendly construction.
Build High-performance, Low-impact Walls with Light Straw Clay Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Light Straw Clay Construction is the first fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to using light straw claya durable, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly wall material.
Skyrocketing energy costs and constant reminders of the impacts of conventional energy sources are making homeowners and businesses look at different ways to use energy more efficiently and to generate their own electricity to reduce fuel bills and their carbon footprint.
Providing comprehensive information for closing material loops and reducing carbon impacts of site construction, this ground-breaking book is an essential resource for landscape architects and engineers to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century.
Environmental disasters and severe weather due to climate change, both triggered by human actions, have had an increasingly direct impact on our homes.
In The Pandemic Effect, 90 leading architects, designers, materials scientists, and health officials reflect on the influence of COVID-19 on buildings and citiesand propose solutions to safeguard the built environment from future pandemics, viruses, and contagious diseases on every scale, from surfaces to society.
This textbook serves as a guide to real estate students and educators on the various property innovations and digital technologies that continue to shape the property industry.
¿Qué supone decir Arquitectura del Pensamiento Global, qué tipo de declaración sobre una manera de mirar el mundo, entendido éste como producido humano y en particular, referenciado a su vida comunitaria y social, en el contexto de los espacios urbanos crecientes?
La propuesta nace sobre la base de constituirse en una "primera aproximación a las casas bioclimáticas" y, tiene como propósitos, en relación con el tema planteado expresar algunas consideraciones e ilustrar sobre proyectos y obras internacionales y nacionales.
