The second volume of the series SCALE, Tragen und Materialisieren is devoted to the supporting structures of buildings. These are pursued from the idea stage - the design intention - ...

Con enfoque claro y un lenguaje accesible para los lectores, independientemente de su formación, se estudian a lo largo de 13 capítulos algunos de los fenómenos de corrosión, degradación y ...

This book presents a collection of buildings - planned or completed - by distinguished architects from England, France and Italy with international reputation whose work is characterised by their search ...

The approach of Informing Architecture by Materiality opens the way to an innovative use of materials in the design professions. Taking material qualities and properties such as texture, elasticity, transparency ...

Il vetro mattone è stato impiegato, sin dalle origini, per la risoluzione di problemi connessi alla necessità di aumentare lapporto di luce naturale allinterno di ambienti confinati contribuendo, in tal ...

Los materiales tienen una importancia fundamental no sólo en cuanto a materia prima del proceso constructivo, sino también por su función mediadora entre el edificio y las personas, por su ...

La albañilería no es un material de construcción, sino una combinación de dos materiales -ladrillo y mortero- trabados según las reglas de un oficio. La variedad que permite esta técnica ...

Esta publicación incluye las obras premiadas y seleccionadas en el X Premio de Arquitectura de Ladrillo, que corresponde al período 2007-2009. Durante este corto período de tiempo la arquitectura se ...

Il cantiere, ormai concluso, non ha rappresentato solo la realizzazione di un progetto molto innovativo ma è stato necessariamente anche luogo di grande sperimentazione costruttiva e tecnica. La costruzione di ...

How someone elses waste can become the next designers building material. Everyday, millions of tons of garbage are dumped into landfills and consigned to perpetual disuse. But when creativity meets ...

El libro ha ampliado sus contenidos y se ha enfocado a ser alternativa al aluvión de información existente, vertebrando los temas en torno a la legislación actual y al CTE ...

Intended for level 1 and 2 undergraduates studying building/construction materials modules, this title offers an introduction to the various materials used within the construction industry, and contains information pertaining to ...

A comprehensive, richly illustrated catalog focusing on materials used in great twentieth-century architecture Viewed primarily in technical terms pertaining to construction, material has often been overlooked in the discourse on ...

Without high-tech building materials the modern structures of today's architecture would be inconceivable and unbuildable. Made of ... presents a wide range of the innovative building materials that are currently ...

It has been estimated that more than twelve billion tons of concrete are produced worldwide each year. By far the most pervasive and affordable building material in the world, concrete ...

Por fin se edita un libro técnico y actualizado sobre la biomasa en español. La mayoría de las grandes potencias se han convencido de la necesidad de desarrollar energías limpias ...

As a critical component in the mix of regenerative energies, photovoltaics help slow the progress of climate change and furnish the earth with a long-term and affordable supply of energy. ...

Since its launch in 1993 by the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program has become the standard measure of sustainability for buildings ...

Since the 2006 publication of his best-selling first volume of Transmaterial, author Blaine Brownell has become the undisputed master of new materials, inspiring architects and designers looking to transform the ...

In this beautiful and perceptive book, Dana Buntrock examines, for the first time, how tradition is incorporated into contemporary Japanese architecture. Looking at the work of five architects -- Fumihiko ...