Methods & Materials 11

The Design-Build Studio examines sixteen international community driven design-build case studies through process and product, with preceding chapters on community involvement, digital and handcraft……続きを見る

Drawn from a lifetime’s experience of shared city-making from the bottom up, within rapidly expanding urban metabolisms in Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Kathmandu, West Africa and London, Loose Fit City is a……続きを見る

This book provides, for the first time, clear, authoritative guidance on removing graffiti and protecting surfaces from further attack. 続きを見る

This book contains a unique collection of various perspectives on the relationship between structures and the forms and spaces of architecture. As such it provides students and professionals alike w……続きを見る

In this second edition of Material Strategies in Digital Fabrication are new case studies, improved wayfinding, the inclusion of composites and plastics, and references to similar strategies between……続きを見る

LabStudio: Design Research between Architecture and Biology introduces the concept of the research design laboratory in which funded research and trans-disciplinary participants achieve radical adva……続きを見る

The first comprehensive tool-kit for coastal planners and those aiming to achieve effective coastal management worldwide. Coastal Planning and Management provides a link between planning and managem……続きを見る

Sustainable Construction Materials: Municipal Incinerated Bottom Ash discusses the global use of virgin aggregates and CO2 polluter Portland cement. Given the global sustainability agenda, much of t……続きを見る

This handy pocket reference contains a wealth of information on a range of topics including the principles of passive solar building and passive house, a ten-step design and build strategy, calculat……続きを見る

This collection focuses on how architectural material is transformed, revised, swallowed whole, plagiarized, or in any other way appropriated. It charts new territory within this still unexplored ye……続きを見る

Steel Design covers steel design fundamentals for architects and engineers, such as tension elements, flexural elements, shear and torsion, compression elements, connections, and lateral design. As ……続きを見る

This book deals with finite element analysis of structures and will be of value to students of civil, structural and mechanical engineering at final year undergraduate and post-graduate level. Pract……続きを見る

Glass has long transformed the architectural landscape. From the Crystal Palace through to the towering glass spires of today's cities, few architectural materials have held such immense symbolic re……続きを見る

Introduction to Bed, Bank and Shore Protection provides students and professional engineers with the understanding and guidance to prevent the erosion of movable beds, banks and shorelines. In a wor……続きを見る

The behaviour of steel structures and the criteria used in their design are set out in detail in this book. The book bridges the gap between the methods of analysis and the sizing of structural comp……続きを見る

The latest edition of this well-known book makes available to structural design engineers a wealth of practical advice on effective design of concrete structures. It covers the complete range of con……続きを見る

This seasoned textbook introduces geology for civil engineering students. It covers minerals and rocks, superficial deposits and the distribution of rocks at or below the surface. It then looks at g……続きを見る

Prestressed concrete is widely used in the construction industry in buildings, bridges, and other structures. The new edition of this book provides up-to-date guidance on the detailed design of pres……続きを見る

Building from Tradition examines the recent resurgence of interest in the handmade building and the use of local and renewable materials in contemporary construction. In the past, raw materials were……続きを見る

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As part of the PocketArchitecture Series, this volume focuses on inclusive design and its allied fieldsーergonomics, accessibility, and participatory design. This book aims for the direct applicatio……続きを見る

This is a summary of what Contractors Exposed is and what the potential is for need and acceptance by not only the United States, by also the entire world. The book and the support of seminars, vide……続きを見る

Este trabajo, fruto del proyecto "Reconocimiento de los valores culturales de los afrodescendientes del Pacífico Colombiano y fortalecimiento de su identidad" pretende como objetivos generales el re……続きを見る

Development of Ultra-High Performance Concrete against Blasts: From Materials to Structures presents a detailed overview of UHPC development and its related applications in an era of rising terroris……続きを見る

This book is the fourth, in the series of five, on sustainable construction materials and like the previous three, it is also different to the norm. Its uniqueness lies in using the newly developed,……続きを見る

The theme of this book is that light is an inseparable part of architectural design, and is intended to provide students of architecture and interior design with a graphic guideline to the fundament……続きを見る

“Progettiamo e costruiamo in cemento, come se non esistesse altro. Diamo oggi per scontata la sua partecipazione edilizia, avendo quasi del tutto dimenticato che, prima del suo avvento, abbiamo cost……続きを見る

Quattro amici, in un dato luogo, in un determinato tempo, discutono intorno al tema della trasmissione delle conoscenze nel campo della teoria e della pratica dell’architettura, seguendo il dedalo d……続きを見る

Civita di Bagnoregio, la “città che muore”, si erge oggi su una piastra di tufo vulcanico, circondata dalla profonda valle dei calanchi, in un’area compresa tra il lago Bolsena e il fiume Tevere. L’……続きを見る

Le città sono lo specchio dei nostri tempi: caotiche, inquinate, poco attraenti. Ma qual è la città? Come si evolveranno nel prossimo futuro? Come potranno cambiare per vincere le difficili sfide de……続きを見る