Electronic Books

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A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering : An Integrated Approach to Energy, Health and Operational Performance / Dejan Mumovic, Mat Santamouris

Equips students with the tools they will need to tackle the challenges of sustainable building design and engineering. The ...

Architecture and Agriculture : A Rural Design Guide / Dewey Thorbeck

Presents architectural guidelines for buildings designed and constructed in rural landscapes by emphasizing their connections ...

Bio-based Building Skin

This book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’ ...

Building from Tradition: Local Materials and Methods in Contemporary Architecture / Elizabeth Golden

Examines the recent resurgence of interest in the handmade building and the use of local and renewable materials in contemporary ...

City, Climate, and Architecture : A Theory of Collective Practice / Sascha Roesler

Based on a history of climate control on urban scales, it promotes the integration of indoors and outdoors in order to reduce ...

Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings

The book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview ...

Ecological and Health Effects of Building Materials / Junaid Ahmad Malik, Shriram Marathe

Deals with the present adverse effects of using precarious building materials on the ecology and human health. Also, the ...

Ecologies Design : Transforming Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism / Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Peter Connolly, Mark Southcombe

Ecologies Design challenges professionals and academics to expand the concept of applying and understanding ecologies, both ...

Interior Design for Small Dwellings / Sherrill Baldwin Halbe, Rose K Mark

Addresses the onrush of interest in smaller homes and the possibility that small dwellings might be the answer to housing ...

Introducing Architectural Tectonics Exploring the Intersection of Design and Construction / Chad Schwartz

Focuses on the tectonic analysis of twenty contemporary works of architecture located in eleven countries including Germany, ...

Microalgae Building Enclosures : Design and Engineering Principles / Kyoung Hee Kim

Aims to provide design, engineering, and biotechnical guidelines for microalgae building enclosures that need to be considered ...

Neighbourhoods in Transition : Brownfield Regeneration in European Metropolitan Areas

This book is focused on the intersection between urban brownfields and the sustainability transitions of metreopolitan areas, ...

Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy

This book is based on work from the COST Action “RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy'', ...

Reusable and Sustainable Building Materials in Modern Architecture / Gülşah Koç and Bryan Christiansen

Designing buildings and physical environments depends on social structure, social needs, economic data, environment, and ...

Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice : Buildings in Maritime Zones / li Sayigh

Presents actual design projects that have been implemented at various seaside locations Covers all aspects of seaside building, ...

Sustainable Construction in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution / Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke, Clinton Aigbavboa, Seyi S. Stephen, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala

Provides readers with an understanding of various concepts, benefits, and practices that the adoption of Fourth Industrial ...

Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, 4th Edition / Charles J. Kibert

A leading reference for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. With broad coverage ...

The Architecture of Persistence : Designing for Future Use / David Fannon, Michelle Laboy, Peter Wiederspahn

Why do some buildings last for generations as beloved and useful places, while others do not? How can designers today create ...

The Green House

Foreword 9 camera-ready green design ONE AFTERNOON SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, we found ourselves waiting in the quiet, impossibly ...

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