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History, Performance and Conservation

By Barry Bridgwood, Lindsay LennieJoan Zunde

Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation…

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November 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43420-1 (Taylor & Francis)

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Understanding Architecture Through Drawing

By Brian Edwards

This new edition is fully revised and updated and includes new chapters on sustainability, history and archaeology, designing through drawing and drawing in architectural practice.…

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September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44414-9 (Taylor & Francis)

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Dynamic Digital Representations in Architecture

Visions in Motion

By Imdat As, Daniel Schodek

Graphic communication in architecture has made a dramatic shift from traditional drafting practices to dynamic and hyper-medial representations. This book provides a concise and practical…

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July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42653-4 (Taylor & Francis)

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The ZEDbook

Solutions for a Shrinking World

By Bill Dunster

Though few now doubt the severity of the environmental problems faced by humanity there is still resistance from businesses, developers, architects, planners and government when…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39199-3 (Taylor & Francis)

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Materials, Specification and Detailing

Foundations of Building Design

By Norman Wienand

Continuing in the holistic philosophy of the Technologies of Architecture series, this volume examines the various layers of knowledge, skills and mechanisms that make up…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40359-7 (Taylor & Francis)

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Doorway

By Simon Unwin

Though we may take them for granted, doorways impinge on our lives in many ways. Their powers are even richer and more varied than those…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45881-8 (Routledge)

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On Span and Space

Exploring Structures in Architecture

By Bjørn Normann Sandaker

In this richly illustrated book with many practical examples, Bjorn Sandaker provides readers with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture.

As…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35792-0 (Routledge)

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The Environments of Architecture

Environmental Design in Context

By Randall Thomas, Trevor Garnham

This well-illustrated 'think piece' provides a much needed and topical philosophical introduction to the place of environmental design in architecture.

The Environments of Architecture sets out…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36089-0 (Taylor & Francis)

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Strategies for Sustainable Architecture

By Paola Sassi

Filling a gap in existing literature on sustainable design, this new guide introduces and illustrates sustainable design principles through detailed case studies of sustainable buildings…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34142-4 (Taylor & Francis)

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Catalytic Formations

Architecture and Digital Design

By Ali Rahim

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, digital technologies have enabled new techniques for the development of architecture. In Catalytic Formations, Ali Rahim suggests that…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39089-7 (Taylor & Francis)

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