Structure, Materials and Detailing Products

Edited by Paul W. McMullin, Jonathan S. Price

Introduction to Structures - the lead book in the Architect’s Guidebook to Structures series - presents structures in simple, accessible fashion through beautiful illustrations, worked examples, and from the perspective of practicing professionals with a combined experience of over 75 years.　 It…

Paperback – 2016-04-11
Routledge
Architect's Guidebooks to Structures

Edited by Paul W. McMullin, Jonathan S. Price, Esra Hasanbas Persellin

Concrete Design covers concrete design fundamentals for architects and engineers, such as tension, flexural, shear, and compression elements, anchorage, lateral design, and footings. As part of the Architect’s Guidebooks to Structures Series it provides a comprehensive overview using both imperial…

Paperback – 2016-04-05
Routledge
Architect's Guidebooks to Structures

Edited by Vian Ahmed, Alex Opoku, Zeeshan Aziz

Built environment students are not always familiar with the range of different research approaches they could be using for their projects. Whether you are undertaking a postgraduate doctoral programme or facing an undergraduate or masters dissertation, this book provides general advice, as well as…

Paperback – 2016-03-29
Routledge

By Socrates Yiannoudes

Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures, digitally driven building parts, interactive installations, intelligent environments, early precedents…

Paperback – 2016-02-02
Routledge

By Cate St Hill

Temporary architecture is flourishing in our urban public spaces. Branded ‘pop-ups’ and follies to provide a moment of light entertainment they are in fact borne of a long history of more holistic architecture that is subtly suggesting how we could live, work and play more harmoniously together.…

Paperback – 2016-01-22
RIBA Publishing

By Robert Barker, Richard Coutts

Water plays a vital role in shaping our built environment, as it has done for centuries. We depend on it, we use it, we live with it and we must respect it. Aquatecture is the first book to outline new ways of ‘designing for water,’ using examples from around the world to illustrate methods of…

Paperback – 2016-01-21
RIBA Publishing

Edited by Matthijs Prins, Robert Owen

Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions (IDDS) represent a significant new research trajectory in the integration of architecture and construction through the rapid adoption of new processes. This book examines the ways in which collaboration and new methods of contracting and procurement enhance…

Paperback – 2016-01-21
Routledge
Architectural Engineering and Design Management

By Brian Edwards

An exciting new generation of railway architecture has emerged in Europe and elsewhere over the past decade. This book explains the reasons for the renaissance of the station as a building type and the current changes it is undergoing. The functional, social and technical factors which shape…

Paperback – 2016-01-21
Routledge

By Mark Sarkisian

This second edition of Designing Tall Buildings, an accessible reference to guide you through the fundamental principles of designing high-rises, features two new chapters, additional sections, 400 images, project examples, and updated US and international codes. Each chapter focuses on a theme…

Paperback – 2016-01-06
Routledge

By Mike Christenson

Beginning Design Technology introduces how design technologies work together, including tools, materials, and software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk AutoCAD, and others. It teaches you how to think about each design tool, whether a software program or physical modelmaking,…

Paperback – 2015-12-08
Routledge

By Historic England

Earth, Brick and Terracotta deals with fired and unfired clay products. It considers their technological evolution, the processes causing deterioration and how these should be assessed and the methods used for their repair and maintenance.…

Hardback – 2015-11-28
Routledge
Practical Building Conservation

By Brian Edwards

Some of the most exciting architecture in the world can be found on university campuses. In Europe, America and the Far East, vice chancellors and their architects have, over several centuries, produced an extraordinary range of innovative buildings. This book has been written to highlight the…

Paperback – 2015-11-26
Taylor & Francis