Climate-friendly construction is essential if we are to ensure that future generations can enjoy comfortable living spaces. Design and the choice of materials help to considerably reduce the climate impact of buildings. The techniques feat...Daugiau...
Designing architecture with solar cells - principles and qualities of a new architecture The rapid development of solar technology is not only increasing the efficiency of energy production, it is also reducing costs, so that solar archit...Daugiau...
Nachhaltig, zirkulär, zeitgemäß Die meisten Gebäude sind aus verschiedenen Baumaterialien errichtet, aber nur selten wird diese heterogene Komposition als eine Frage des Entwurfs und der Performance betrachtet. Das Buch analysiert weltweit...Daugiau...
According to Anna Heringer, Beauty has nothing to do with money or finance, but everything to do with creativity and love. With statements like this she clearly has her finger on the pulse of our time, judging by the packed lecture halls, internatio...Daugiau...
Workshops held in suburban Switzerland to experiment with the connection between our bodies and the spaces that we inhabit.Transversal Territory is a laboratory of urban, environmental, and artistic experimentation at the renown...Daugiau...
Structural design manuals are an essential tool for architects from their studies to their everyday practice. The Architects Sourcebook is intended as a supplement to existing standard works. It combines correct floor layout plan...Daugiau...
This book captures the amazing digital gathering of students, academics, practitioners, and activists that happened at the International School of Re-Construction. It is ideal reading for students and academics looking at the issues created by the...Daugiau...
Salty Urbanism is a concept that refers to the ways in which cities and urban areas will respond and adapt to rising sea levels and the accompanying increase in salinity of coastal and near-coastal land. This phenomenon is caused by a combination...Daugiau...
The construction sector currently accounts for a high proportion of CO2 emissions and gray energy use. This will have to change fundamentally if we are to prevent catastrophic climate change and make urban planning and construction fit...Daugiau...
30 Trees presents the favorite trees of 30 internationally renowned landscape architects. In each case, the designers describe the characteristics that represent the essence of the selected tree, the designed landscapes they associate wit...Daugiau...
Architectures of Weaving reimagines the art of weaving as the combined result of fiber techniques and cultural practice. Addressing todays urgent energetic and environmental challenges, the book explores new approaches for resilient...Daugiau...
Sustainability has advanced to become an overarching concern of daily life. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economic and ecological s...Daugiau...
Der estnisch-amerikanische Bauingenieur August Komendant (1906-1992) arbeitete zusammen mit zahlreichen berühmten Architekten und Ingenieuren an einigen der bedeutendsten Gebäude des 20. Jahrhunderts. Beton war über Jahrze...Daugiau...
Hatte die Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts die Kontrolle des Gebäudeklima zur Hauptaufgabe erklärt, so muss die Architektur im 21. Jahrhundert den Umgang mit dem Stadtklima lernen. Städtische Hitze und Luftverschm...Daugiau...
Digital technology and architecture have become inseparable, with new approaches and methodologies not just affecting the workflows and practice of architects but shaping the very character of architecture. In this compendious work, two do...Daugiau...
Complex structural design permits to fully exploit the potentials of interaction between computer-based design, prefabrication of parts and optimized construction. Mastering the complexity of this integrated process in steel design is a challenge...Daugiau...
Aconceptual and practical look into materials and products which use waste as a renewable resource for architectural, interior, and industrial design. The inventory ranges from marketed products to advanced research and development, organized alon...Daugiau...
