This book discusses and illustrates the aesthetics, use and shaping of structural materials in the design and constructi......more

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Humanitarian architecture - or the ’architecture of aid’ - has seen phenomenal growth worldwide over the last decade, as......more

What is a "detail" in architecture? The concept of detail has long played an important role in the discourse and practic......more

This book explores the work of important authors in the search for a transition towards more ethical design focused on m......more

Digital Decoys examines the social and political implications of the decoys that have emerged in the age of imaging and ......more

This book presents a collection of ideas, organized as a visual assemblage of drawings, models, and buildings. Printed i......more

As Asia heads into the new 21st Century era a new architecture is called for. It needs now to think of a future in which......more

Zaha Hadid is widely regarded as a visionary and influential architect, who became globally acclaimed by the time of her......more

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This book provides an in-depth exploration of the rich and persistent use of analogical thinking in the built environmen......more

This collection is an inspiring celebration of boundless imagination and the transformative power of design. Artificial ......more

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Readers will buy this book because they’re intrigued by the sketches. They’ll read it because it’s a compelling story of......more

This is an essential guide for architecture and design students struggling to put together an effective portfolio. There......more

This is an essential guide for architecture and design students struggling to put together an effective portfolio. There......more

An exploration of conceptual frameworks common to architecture and digital media. Also Known As offers analogies between......more

Over 60 years on from its inception, the celebrated Fun Palace civic project - developed in the 1960s by the radical the......more

Design Futuring is a young field of activity where designers and other creatives sketch and experiment with different (d......more

The Architect’s Sourcebook bietet den Lesern ein leicht zugängliches und spielerisches Raumplanungshandbuch für das digi......more

Explores the role of architecture in forming identity in society through interviews with renowned scholars and a set of ......more

This unique and established guide to the management of design and designers has been comprehensively reimagined and upda......more

This unique and established guide to the management of design and designers has been comprehensively reimagined and upda......more

Lines Of Development traces the history of ruled surface geometries and their relationship to architectural design and p......more

Source Books in Architecture No. 16: Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO focuses on the work of a Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO and is meant......more

Luigi Moretti: Lessons of SPAZIO focuses on the theoretical work of the Italian architect Luigi Moretti (Rome 1906-1973)......more

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The work of the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Hans van der Laan (1904-1991) offers important insights into the wa......more

Across Corfu and the Ionian Archipelago, Claire and Dominic Skinner showcase the very finest of the private luxury villa......more

How the humble model has proved invaluable for architects, artists and designers, and its impact in the fields of econom......more

Design education and practice are inherently social from process to implementation. This book explores the transformatio......more

This unique volume presents the practical tools for architects and urban designers to improve the work processes of arch......more

This book discusses the role and significance of symbols and symbolism in graphical communication towards the establishm......more

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Architecture’s Disability Problem explores the intersection of architecture and disability in the United States from the......more

In this significantly revised third edition, Designing Zero Carbon Buildings combines embodied and operational emissions......more

This edited volume offers the first overview and reflective discussion of how design can contribute to people’s wellbein......more

This edited volume offers the first overview and reflective discussion of how design can contribute to people’s wellbein......more

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Nature is a vast source of inspiration and information for the resolution of complex problems and can influence many var......more

This book examines how map-based collaboration software can facilitate negotiations in areas undergoing contentious pres......more

Autonomous manufacturing and cyber-physical systems are key enabling technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (I......more

Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time examines the field of archi-choreographic experim......more

This book is a guide to computational design for landscape architects replete with extensive tutorials. It introduces al......more

This book is a guide to computational design for landscape architects replete with extensive tutorials. It introduces al......more

As a result of global warming, extreme events, such as firestorms and flash floods, pose increasingly unpredictable and ......more

This companion investigates the ways in which designers, architects, and planners address ecology through the built envi......more

This book tracks the development of Marcel Breuer’s aesthetic clash between uniformity and singularity through the detai......more

This book is designed to be of interest to many different audiences due to its cross-sectoral and transdisciplinary cont......more

This book examines diverse ways of questioning, critiquing, and communicating site in the creative process of architectu......more

This book examines the central decades of Peter Eisenman’s work through a formal and thematic analysis of key architectu......more

As participation in game related activities increases around the world and across a larger part of the population, it is......more

This book is a comprehensive exploration of endogenous community building, aiming to investigate how to create a vibrant......more

Design competitions are used worldwide in public and private projects as a tool to optimize design and select design par......more

This 2-volume book highlights cutting-edge ecodesign research and covers broad areas ranging from individual product and......more

This book focuses on the evaluation methodology for automotive human-machine interaction (HMI), which aim to reduce driv......more

Mit Hilfe der Latour’schen Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie verfolgt Urban Design on the Move die transformative Reise eines jung......more

Arguably one of the most iconic mega-cities in Asia, Tokyo, the capital of Japan, plays an important economic and cultur......more

An intimate record of Kahn’s musings on design, coupled with preparatory drawings of his monumental last project Publish......more

This book relates circular economy principles to housing design and construction and highlights how those principles can......more

Sketches and notes for Chandigarh from Le Corbusier’s first reconnaissance trip to India This facsimile edition of the n......more

Sketching is a universal activity that first appears when we play as children, but later, it is often overlooked as a us......more

This volume investigates the challenges and opportunities for designing, manufacturing and operating off-Earth infrastru......more

This book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training, and arc......more

This book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, research and heri......more

Big and bold or soft and sculptural, or a mix of the two, it’s not until you get up close that you feel brutalism’s radi......more