Architectural structure and design

This book aims to shed light on why it is that so many well-meaning initiatives and government white papers have failed to have the expected impact in transforming the UK construction industry.

This book presents select proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research (ACEER 2023).

This book explores the connection between digital fabrication and the design build studio in both academic and professional studios.

This book aims to shed light on why it is that so many well-meaning initiatives and government white papers have failed to have the expected impact in transforming the UK construction industry.

Environmental contamination of heavy metals is a major problem, threatening sustainable agricultural production and health of millions of people.

This book focuses on the impacts of anthropogenic radiation on wildlife and ecosystems and provides an in-depth look at the approaches and available tools we can use to gain information about biological effects of radiation in the environment.

This edited book brings together insights from scholars and practitioners from many different fields to uncover the role of the construction and real estate sectors and how they align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Als im viktorianischen England die Maschinen das Ruder übernahmen und die industrielle Revolution die Lebens- und Arbeitswelt der Menschen radikal veränderte, formierte sich eine Bewegung, die sich diesem Wandel mutig entgegenstellte: die Arts and Crafts Bewegung.

One of the world s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist - and sets out the disturbing yet liberating implications of accepting this fact.

This edited book provides a solid foundation for future research on cooling cities, climate change impacts on cities and urban environments, and innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies.

This book deals with an often-neglected feature of location problems, namely uncertainty, by combining two related fields: location theory and optimization.

Environmental contamination of heavy metals is a major problem, threatening sustainable agricultural production and health of millions of people.

This book deals with an often-neglected feature of location problems, namely uncertainty, by combining two related fields: location theory and optimization.

Originally published in 1974, this volume presents viable alternatives to traditional attitudes and practices in environmental design and education.

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For thousands of years, music has acted as a powerful medium for evoking emotions, facilitating communication, and nurturing overall well-being.

For thousands of years, music has acted as a powerful medium for evoking emotions, facilitating communication, and nurturing overall well-being.

 The book provides new perspectives from leading experts examining the role of architects and urbanists in designing for inclusivity in our built environment.

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 creating resilient communities, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.

This edited book provides a solid foundation for future research on cooling cities, climate change impacts on cities and urban environments, and innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies.

This book presents select proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil and Ecological Engineering Research (ACEER 2023).

A History of Artificially Intelligent Architecture: Case Studies from the USA, UK, Europe and Japan, 1949-1987 provides a comprehensive survey of architectural projects exhibiting intelligence since the Late First Century right up to the present day.

This book covers the wide range of malignant illness and where they intersect with environmental factors.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of forces shaping urban renewal and the sustainable and inclusive transformation of contemporary cities.

Why you should worry less about AI and more about what makes us humanWe are at a crossroads in history.

This book focuses on the impacts of anthropogenic radiation on wildlife and ecosystems and provides an in-depth look at the approaches and available tools we can use to gain information about biological effects of radiation in the environment.

This book presents the latest scientific and technical advances in the fields of Smart Cities and Smart Territories.

This book presents the latest scientific and technical advances in the fields of Smart Cities and Smart Territories.

This book covers the wide range of malignant illness and where they intersect with environmental factors.

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This edited book brings together insights from scholars and practitioners from many different fields to uncover the role of the construction and real estate sectors and how they align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Sustainable development is a highly integrated concept that encompasses many disciplines such as economics, social sciences, culture, technologies, natural resources, and environmental domains, while achieving sustainable development is a comprehensive multidisciplinary process involving coordination and function.

This book focuses on holistic approaches to sustainability in all sectors of environment, energy, building, and infrastructure to achieve the best-balanced global environmental, energy, building, infrastructure, transportation, and water technologies (EBITWs).

With a bias for action, this book offers valuable insights into the origins of the much-celebrated Danish design tradition and how it can be employed to create design solutions to address today's environmental crisis using the planetary boundaries as positive creative constraints.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of forces shaping urban renewal and the sustainable and inclusive transformation of contemporary cities.

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 creating resilient communities, revealing critical potentials for architecture and design to contribute in more informed and long-term ways to the urgent transition of our society.

The Residential Pathway - APC Essentials was written to facilitate and encourage candidates preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) to become Chartered Surveyors.

Unsere Städte stehen an der Schwelle zu einer neuen Ära – einer Ära, in der Algorithmen, Sensoren und riesige Datenmengen den urbanen Alltag prägen.

This book aims to explore and showcase global case studies focused on creating buildings and communities that promote health while enhancing climate resilience.

Con el ánimo de aportar, desde la docencia y la investigación, al uso eficiente de la madera y dirigido a todos aquellos que desean diseñar estructuras de madera y de madera laminada Glulam, proponemos este texto que se basa en investigaciones y normas recientes.

Un libro imprescindible para conocer las últimas teorías psicológicas sobre cómo funciona el pensamiento (y cómo mejorarlo).

Im Gegensatz zu klassischen Fonds, die auf Aktien oder Anleihen setzen, investieren offene Immobilienfonds das Geld in Immobilien.

This book deals with regional sustainability, which is one of the biggest issues in Japan today, and presents suggested methods and cases to show how regional management should be carried out.

Arguing that a gulf exists between design and construction, between conceptual thinking and the constructed building, this book explores projects and practices that span the gap by thinking through materials and processes with what Howeler calls a tectonic imagination.