Materials in architecture

Steel Architecture offers a re-interpretation of Modernist design through an examination of the history of metal-framed buildings, from the mills, warehouses and spectacular glasshouses of the nineteenth century to the multi-form, tall towers which currently characterize the skylines of the world's major cities.

If you were asked to close your eyes and envision where you are happiest, would you picture somewhere inside a building?

If you were asked to close your eyes and envision where you are happiest, would you picture somewhere inside a building?

Author Ian Cramb was a fifth-generation stonemason who relied on traditional methods to create and restore beautiful stone structures.

Author Ian Cramb was a fifth-generation stonemason who relied on traditional methods to create and restore beautiful stone structures.

HOLZ GILT ZU RECHT ALS EINER DER BELIEBTESTEN BAUSTOFFE – er vermittelt Behaglichkeit, ist nachwachsend und ermöglicht zudem eine große Gestaltungsvielfalt.

La obra presenta no solo el contexto teórico y normativo sino además las aplicaciones de los residuos de construcción y demolición (RCD) para su uso en espacios urbanos, vías y construcción.

Viktor ist ein begabter Hamburger Architekt, der sich für eine naturnahe Bauweise einsetzt.

El libro avanza de una manera clara y ordenada a fin de familiarizar al arquitecto con la gran variedad de plásticos, con sus propiedades y con los principios esenciales de su fabricación y manufactura, lo cual es importante para su utilización en proyectos.

Architects!

Es una evidencia incuestionable que las transformaciones sufridas en todos los territorios de la humanidad desde el pasado siglo y en los ultimos tiempos han sido de tal importancia y trascendencia que han cambiado de una manera decisiva la forma de entender este mundo, y por tanto, y obviamente, la arquitectura tampoco se ha librado de estas convulsiones.

El territorio de la teoría de la arquitectura es extenso y de difícil delimitación.

This anthology brings together the best and most interesting papers from the first ten years of The Journal of Architecture, published together for the first time in a single volume.

This anthology brings together the best and most interesting papers from the first ten years of The Journal of Architecture, published together for the first time in a single volume.

This key text addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful guide and reference resource.

This key text addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful guide and reference resource.

Typically one third of the energy used in many buildings may be consumed by electric lighting.

Typically one third of the energy used in many buildings may be consumed by electric lighting.

This book is the first of a series of volumes on Built Heritage and Geotechnics, intended to reach a wide audience: professionals and academics in the fields of civil engineering, architecture, restoration and cultural heritage management, and even the wider public.

This book is the first of a series of volumes on Built Heritage and Geotechnics, intended to reach a wide audience: professionals and academics in the fields of civil engineering, architecture, restoration and cultural heritage management, and even the wider public.

The Kent coastal strip of Dungeness is a unique environment.

Featuring over 200 photographs, this stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildingsJourneying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, renowned architectural historian Dan Cruickshank explores the most impressive and characterful creations in world architecture.

Dan Cruickshank's personal, passionate and learned journey into the very awe-inspiring architectural icons which have transformed culture, society, industry and landscapes throughout the world - bridges.