The widely acclaimed and beautifully illustrated Understanding Architecture is now revised and expanded in its fourth edition, vividly examining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture, from prehistory to the present, in ways that are both accessible and engaging.
The Design and Installation Guide for Roof Tiling is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofing construction using clay or concrete tiles.
This book illustrates the potential of nature when it comes to rethinking the role of the building envelope, which is responsible for energy flows between the internal and external environment, in the era of climate change.
This book illustrates the potential of nature when it comes to rethinking the role of the building envelope, which is responsible for energy flows between the internal and external environment, in the era of climate change.
Floating architecture is not only an issue for luxurious tourism but with the climatic change the building of floating structures becomes relevant for many areas in the world.
This book gives detailed information about how soil, water and wastes can be managed to overcome the various global issues via possible nexus thinking.
In recent years, walking has emerged as a methodological tool and as a conceptually exciting point of departure across a range of disciplines and practices.
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.
This book presents the select proceedings of the Annual Conference on "e;Infrastructure and Built Environment: Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies"e; (IBSR 2023).
Sustainable Design for the Built Environment marks the transition of sustainable design from a specialty service to the mainstream approach for creating a healthy and resilient built environment.
The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook gathers the best sustainability practices and latest research from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, development, ecology, and environmental engineering and presents them in a graphically rich and accessible format that can help guide urban design decisions in cities of all sizes.
This book aims to provide evidence of the impact of climate change and urbanization on cities' urban environments thus on human health and wellbeing; and principles and methods for the improvement of the resilience of a city to extreme weather and long-term climatic changes through case studies.
This classic reference has been thoroughly updated and is ideal for the non-specialist civil engineer involved in the assessment, repair or maintenance of concrete structures.
Campus Casa Central uc, sede de las facultades de Medicina, Derecho,Ciencias Biológicas y Comunicaciones, además de albergar el Centrode Extensión y a las principales autoridades de la universidad, es elconjunto fundacional y más significativo en la construcción de la imagende la uc en nuestro país.
Creolizing Critical Theory highlights the Caribbean as a philosophical site from which, for centuries and until today, theorists have articulated pressing critiques of capitalism and colonialism.
The transformative power of urban design in shaping our experiences within high-rise cities takes center stage in Humanizing the High-Rise City: Podiums, Plazas, Parks, Pedestrian Networks, and Public Art.
From the Introduction: Consider these two places: Walking into Green Acres, you immediately sense that you have entered an oasis-traffic noise left behind, negative urban distractions out of sight, children playing and running on the grass, adults puttering on plant-filled balconies.
Sistemas urbanos: entre lo contextual y lo autorreferencial está centrado en el análisis, la interpretación, la argumentación y la intervención en los sistemas urbanos específicos de un territorio, a partir de una metodología de trabajo que permite tanto el cruce como el decantamiento de información, con el fin de obtener propuestas concertadas acordes con las deficiencias o necesidades del lugar o sitio específico de estudio.
Aimed at real estate industry professionals, developers, and investors, this guidebook fully explains the best practices and methods for retrofitting an existing office building to be green-increasing the efficiency of resource use while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment.
"Die Idee der »Total Architecture«, wie Ove Arup einst seinen Entwurfsansatz beschrieben hat, gilt auch heute noch als Maxime für das weltweit agierende Ingenieurbüro ARUP und seinem Building Engineering Department.
Dimensionar y comprender el orden socioespacial que rige a la ciudad implica reconocer que el principal elemento que en la actualidad lo redirecciona —la producción residencial— está estrechamente relacionado con el fenómeno de la distribución de la segmentación residencial.
In ihrem Debattenbuch fordert die Neurowissenschaftlerin und Bestsellerautorin Maren Urner, unser rationales Politikverständnis zu überdenken: Angesichts fortschreitender Krisen müssen wir endlich aufhören, Verstand und Emotionen voneinander zu trennen.
Until the end of the Cold War in 1990, building projects and architectural icons played an important role in the self-portrayal of the competing systems.
