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his volume, 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 ...

A great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. This volume, Concrete, ...

This volume, Roofing, looks at traditional roof coverings used on historic buildings. Many materials and systems have been used to provide roof coverings, and the book provides information about their ...

This volume, Building Environment, looks at the interaction between building materials and systems and their surroundings, and how this may lead to deterioration. It presents ways of assessing remedial treatments, ...

For the engineers of Bollinger + Grohmann, it is of central importance to understand design and construction in the planning process as a unit. That is why they see their ...

Modular construction can dramatically improve efficiency in construction, through factory production of pre-engineered building units and their delivery to the site either as entire buildings or as substantial elements. The ...

The sustainable renovation of older buildings involves more than just an improvement of their energy footprint - and it is due to the complexity of the issue why architects are ...

An important and stimulating architecture book on the momentous urban and town planning project in the city center of Istanbul. The Zorlu Center, a dynamic and impressive gateway being built ...

A major challenge in the age of advanced digital technology and parametric design in architecture is making physical models of complex geometric shapes and their multiple structural connections. This approach ...

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, founded in 1987 in Toronto, is one of most innovative architectural offi ces in North America today. They have made a name for themselves both ...

This volume, Conservation Basics, examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of ...

The fourth volume of the Architekturlandschaft Niederösterreich (The Architecture landscape of lower Austria) introduces the Weinviertel region. The impressive images of photographer Andreas buchberger document the region and its architecture ...

In the construction sector, demand is steadily increasing for innovative products. Product Development and Architecture presents selected examples that illustrate how the planning disciplines can contribute to such innovations in ...

Le Corbusier not only designed and built churches; he was also intensely interested in religion and faith. His work deeply infl uenced church architecture in the twentieth century. This book ...

Architects, artists, and designers have been fascinated by robots for many decades, from Villemards utopian vision of an architect building a house with robotic labor in 1910, to the design ...

La arquitectura es en sí misma, la construcción de un clima interior que debe proporcionar unas condiciones ajustadas a las necesidades de nuestra habitabilidad; podríamos concebirla como una envolvente bioclimática ...

La ciudad blanca: Madinat Al-Zahra The white city: Madinat Al-Zahra Enrique Sobejano El hormigón coloreado como integrador paisajístico de la arquitectura del vino Coloured concrete as a landscape integrator in ...

Nuevas perspectivas en la relación entre arquitectura e ingeniería Tanto arquitectos como ingenieros han insistido siempre en que su principal interés es el diseño, pero su definición de la disciplina ...

La cuestión urbana, dimensión clave para la sostenibilidad mundial. La creciente urbanización del planeta, visible en el hecho de que, a mediados de este siglo, un 70% de la población ...

Nadar Bien o Nadar Mejor es la pretensión final de este libro. Al proceso que se propone para este objetivo lo hemos denominado método NB (Nadar Bien). Nuestro interés se ...