Architecture

This book offers a new, salutogenic, perspective on the development of early modern cities by exploring profound and complex ways in which architecture and landscape design served to promote public health on an urban scale.

This book offers a new, salutogenic, perspective on the development of early modern cities by exploring profound and complex ways in which architecture and landscape design served to promote public health on an urban scale.

This book provides best practices for decarbonizing cities in East Asia, in which buildings are the major contributor to carbon emissions.

This book provides best practices for decarbonizing cities in East Asia, in which buildings are the major contributor to carbon emissions.

This book delves into the performance-based design approach, highlighting the necessity for bespoke, adaptive, and cognitive building envelopes that promote sustainable and positive behaviours throughout their lifecycle.

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of affectivity and human learning by bridging the gap between neuroscience, cultural and cognitive psychology.

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of affectivity and human learning by bridging the gap between neuroscience, cultural and cognitive psychology.

The book is an interdisciplinary study on the relationship between Muslims and their mosques in Indonesia and Malaysia.

This book explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the construction industry, examining its readiness for widespread integration and its potential to reshape various facets of the construction lifecycle.

This book's overarching premise is that discussion and critique in the discourses of architecture and urbanism have their primary focus on engagements with form, particularly in the sense of the question as to what planning and architecture signify with respect to the forms they take, and how their meanings or content (what is "e;contained"e;) is considered in relation to form-as-container.

This book is a compilation of work by experts from the different domains of the healthcare industry,  ranging from hospital planning to quality management, clinical services to disaster management.

This book contains the proceedings of the 14th KES International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2021 (SEB2022) held in Split, Croatia, during September 14-16, 2022, organized by KES International.

This book focuses on the transition towards net-zero carbon built environments to deliver on the climate emergency.

The book consists of peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM 2022).

This book is conceptualized as being of interest to researchers in the field of sustainable transport, and also those who are working in the field.

One of the key motivations and goals for China's social and economic development is the dual carbon target.

The book brings together the research completed during 10 editions of International Seminars of Bionics, organized by the School of Architecture of the University of Alcala de Henares, Madrid, several of them in partnership with the "e;Ion Mincu"e; University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, carried out in Spain and in Romania.

This book highlights the integration of eco-friendly infrastructure, innovative materials, and advanced technologies to build sustainability and resilience in both urban and rural environments.

Chapter "e;A Multi-functional Design Approach to Deal with New Urban Challenges"e; is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.

This book contains the proceedings of the 12th KES International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2020 (SEB20) held in Split, Croatia, during 24-26 June 2020 organized by KES International.

This book focuses on the transition towards net-zero carbon built environments to deliver on the climate emergency.

This book contains the proceedings of the 14th KES International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2021 (SEB2022) held in Split, Croatia, during September 14-16, 2022, organized by KES International.

One of the key motivations and goals for China's social and economic development is the dual carbon target.

This book is a compilation of work by experts from the different domains of the healthcare industry,  ranging from hospital planning to quality management, clinical services to disaster management.

This book describes the disability rights movement that started in the USA and its influence on the disability rights movement in Lebanon, which has led to the endorsement of the Lebanese Disability Act 220/2000.

This book describes the disability rights movement that started in the USA and its influence on the disability rights movement in Lebanon, which has led to the endorsement of the Lebanese Disability Act 220/2000.

Our cities, and the systems that support them, have not been designed to address the FWE nexus.

Our cities, and the systems that support them, have not been designed to address the FWE nexus.

This book offers a unique glance into the process of globalisation of the architectural practice during the last three decades through the lenses of innovative methodologies in architectural history based on quantitative data.

This book details the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) applied to the built environment problems.

This book details the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) applied to the built environment problems.

This book offers a unique glance into the process of globalisation of the architectural practice during the last three decades through the lenses of innovative methodologies in architectural history based on quantitative data.

This compact book examines age friendliness within the framework of age-friendly ecosystems, and from a place-based approach, considering anchor institutions of neighborhoods, campuses and health environments as sites uniquely positioned to catalyze age equity and inclusivity.

This compact book examines age friendliness within the framework of age-friendly ecosystems, and from a place-based approach, considering anchor institutions of neighborhoods, campuses and health environments as sites uniquely positioned to catalyze age equity and inclusivity.

The middle Georgia area-including Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Johnson, Putnam, Washington, and Wilkinson Counties-is a vast living museum of classic southern architecture.

In today's dynamic and competitive business environment, industries face numerous challenges related to process optimization, energy consumption, and technological advancements.

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 book presents a systematic study on the air balancing technologies in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.

This book consists of peer-reviewed papers, presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM 2021).

This book focuses on human adaptive thermal comfort in the building environment and the balance between reducing building air conditioning energy and improving occupants' thermal comfort.

This book gathers the selected papers from the Second International Symposium on Simulation and Process Modelling (ISSPM 2020), which was held online on August 29-30, 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic.