This unique volume offers insights from renowned experts in energy efficient building from the world over, providing a multi-faceted overview of the state-of-the-art in energy efficient architecture. It opens by ...

The Prussian gardens in Berlin, Potsdam and elsewhere in Brandenburg: for the first time, texts and photographs present an overall view of all the gardens and parks created under 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 ...

Tropical gardens are man-made paradises on earth: The seductive perfume of exotic flowers, gently splashing water and unimaginable shades of colors provide the beholder with the setting for a dream.

The first comprehensive study of the development of solar house design in the United States and around the world. The Solar House explores the development of solar residential architecture over ...

En el presente volumen, el autor trabaja sobre una selección de proyectos de edificios de apartamentos ubicados en el corazón y barrios más significativos de las grandes ciudades del mundo. ...

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 ...

Herrenhausen Palace, the royal summer residence, was once the centrepiece of the Great Garden commissioned by Sophia of Hanover from French gardener Martin Charbonnier. The 300th anniversary of the first ...

Considerado un privilegio, especialmente en las grandes ciudades, el acceso a un espacio exterior en la privacidad de la vivienda es una apreciada ventaja que puede aprovecharse de numerosas formas. ...

El término prefabricado, entendido en su modo más clásico, nos lleva a pensar en un sistema constructivo en el cual las partes esenciales del edificio se envían ya fabricadas al ...

El paisajista da forma al terreno y al espacio con el objetivo de ofrecer la transcripción más poética del lenguaje arquitectónico trabajando con estructuras físicas animadas e inanimadas que brotan ...

Alcanzar la felicidad parece ser el objetivo más importante de todos los humanos, aunque no sepan muy bien lo que es, ni cómo conseguirla. Por otro lado, las personas no ...

For over forty years, award-winning, Munich-based landscape architect Peter Kluska has been guided by the idea of creating immersive experiences through the skilful manipulation of space. In this book Kluska ...

El diseño bioclimático consiste en cómo utilizamos la energía disponible, los materiales constructivos, el agua y las ventilaciones de manera que sean acertados para el confort del ser humano, sin ...

La presente obra viene a culminar un importante vacío doctrinal en el ámbito del Derecho ambiental español, que carece de un volumen omnicomprensivo de todo el régimen jurídico del medio ...

Landscape architecture dovetails the needs and desires of the user with the conditions of the site. Plants and hardscape materials contribute line, form, colour, texture and visual weight, which interact ...

Public urban spaces vary widely in type, form and size, encompassing plazas, squares and streetscapes. They serve pedestrians and flaneurs, accommodate street life in all its vibrant variations and represent ...

La provincia de Guadalajara está tapizada por ese mosaico de teselas heterogéneas pero que, al fin, conforman una imagen coherente. Su paisaje esconde un organismo vivo que se manifiesta con ...

One of the hottest areas of contemporary design is landscape architecture. No matter what the architectural style of the moment, the green areas around houses, stadiums or corporate headquarters have ...

This highly illustrative garden title showcases some of the most impressive residential Gardens from around the globe. Each page features projects that will inspire the reader with amazing ideas on ...