Architectural structure and design

Drawing on decades of professional practice and teaching experience, Steven L.

This book examines energy efficiency in the Australian built environment and presents current developments with a particular focus on the temperate setting of Victoria state.

This new edition of Reporting for Buyers provides guidance for the surveyor on setting out the findings of the inspection in a clear, unambiguous and unequivocal way.

This timely book aims to address a significant challenge in contemporary design and architecture, i.

Architecture must adapt to protect people from the threat of climate change.

This book presents the select proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Applications 2023.

Now almost 20 years old, the digital turn in architecture has already gone through several stages and phases.

Real estate activity across national boundaries (investment, development and asset management) is firmly established as a major component of global economic activity.

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence.

With the increased interest in climate impacts, sustainability, and efficiency, more responsibility is being placed on boiler operators to help improve performance and reduce emissions.

Many descriptions of empathy revolve around sharing in and understanding another person's emotions.

This book contains papers presented at the International Conference on Emerging Smart Cities (ICESC2022), previously known as the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE).

This third edition of Green Buildings Pay presents new evidence and new arguments concerning the institutional and business case that can be made for green design.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure: Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities 2023 (SIIOC 2023).

The book develops a practical understanding of the fundamental scientific principles and logic underlying the art of turf pitch preparation, measuring, analysing, and interpreting pitch surface behaviour.

This book highlights selected papers presented during the bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network's 2019 Med Green Forum.

Recently there has been a plethora of work published on the topic of sustainability, much of which is purely theoretical or technical in its approach.

Reconocido ya como uno de los manuales de referencia del sector, este libro recoge todos los procesos y técnicas fundamentales de la construcción exponiéndolos de forma clara, concisa y con un planteamiento eminentemente práctico.

This concise student edition of the most widely used dictionary for construction and design professionals offers clear explanations of essential construction-related terms and concepts.

Design, Ecology, Politics links social and ecological theory to design theory and practice, critiquing the ways in which the design industry perpetuates unsustainable development.

This book brings to light a diverse range of innovative architectural design studio methodologies formulated to educate future graduates to combat the climate crisis through carbon neutral design.

This is the first book to tackle all the issues relating to timber decay.

Der Bautyp Bibliotheken unterlag in den letzten zehn Jahren einem enormen Wandel.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of information technology in civil and building engineering, presented at the 20th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE), held in Montreal, Canada on August 25-28, 2024.

As a building type, art museums are unparalleled for the opportunities they provide for architectural investigation and experimentation.

The third edition of Design-Tech provides an indispensable, holistic resource for integrating building technologies into critically designed, performance-based architectural projects.

Das neue Bauen mit Holz hat vielfaltige Grunde und Vorteile gegenuber konventionellen Bauweisen: Holz ist ein nachwachsender Baustoff und hilft als CO2-Senke beim Klimaschutz, zugleich ist er dank moderner Berechnungs- und Fertigungsverfahren fur zahlreiche Bauaufgaben einsetzbar.

The speed and scale of urbanisation in India is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world and has tremendous global implications.

La representación gráfica de las futuras construcciones ha sido siempre una tarea esencial de los arquitectos.

Modernists believed that "e;form follows function.

To operate effectively in today s dynamic global real estate markets, it is essential to understand the complex processes that underpin them.

Since the 1980s the "e;institutional"e; lease has undergone a dramatic transformation.

The monograph aims to present the recent scientific knowledge on body sensations, i.

Introduction to Security, Seventh Edition, presents the latest in security issues from security equipment and design theory to security management practice.

The Model as Performance investigates the history and development of the scale model from the Renaissance to the present.

This book presents the concept of healthcare facilities management performance measurement (HCFMPM) using Ghana as a case study.

The 12th edition of Chudley and Greeno's Building Construction Handbook remains THE authoritative reference for all construction students and professionals.

The first public parks were created on urban 'greenfields'.

Providing the most comprehensive source available, this book surveys the state of the art in artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to architecture.

Towards Net Zero in the Building Industry looks at the contributions that the building and construction industry can (and must) make to help achieve net zero carbon emissions.

The book covers practical applications and experimental results of integrating renewable energy technologies, energy storage facilities, and intelligent control and operation techniques into building energy systems.

Every movement has its bellweathers, the ideas that lead the way and rally its adherents towards a set of shared values and visions.

All those of us without traditional skills need to know to build with timber framing Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials.