English | 2012 | ISBN: 3433030227 | PDF | 270 Pages | 12.2 mb Just like building physics, performance based building design was hardly an issue before the energy crises of the 1970s. With the need to upgrade energy efficiency, the interest in overall building performance grew. The...

English | 2011 | ISBN: 3034306210 | 221 Pages | PDF | 2 MB The assumption of an environmental crisis, global warming and climate change, has put into question the viability of modern development patterns in industrialised societies. This pattern is characterised by excessive exploitation of energy and...

English | 2011 | ISBN: 3034306725 | 69 Pages | PDF | 16 MB This book is born out of a sense of scepticism with self-indulgence in architecture. It seeks a new prescription for readdressing architecture as an expression of human need. Sense, Sagacity and the Sublime define...

English | 2012 | ISBN: 193411068X | 288 Pages | PDF | 36,5 MB The Garden District of New Orleans has enthralled residents and visitors alike since it arose in the 1830’s with its stately white-columned Greek Revival mansions and double-galleried Italianate houses decorated with lacy cast iron....

English | 2013 | ISBN: 1616891734 | 78 Pages | PDF | 14,5 MB The competition for Pamphlet Architecture 33 asked previous authors in the series to nominate the architects and theorists whose work represents the most exciting design and research in the field today. The second of...

English | 2012 | ISBN: 1572338741 | 192 Pages | PDF | 7,4 MB Drawing on more than four decades of research, Tennessee Log Buildings examines one of the Volunteer State’s most precious-and fast-disappearing-traditions. From the pioneer era through the mid-twentieth century, folk builders in Tennessee used logs...

2000 | 455 Pages | ISBN: 0419235604 | PDF | 5 MB With increasing world-wide investment in the construction of water treatment plants, sewage works, water storage systems and oil and petrochemical complexes, the practical value of simplified design methods for concrete tanks is obvious. The second edition...

1997 | 305 Pages | ISBN: 9004105794 | PDF | 8 MB A collection of essays on John 6 illustrating various current approaches to biblical interpretation. To understand this chapter, one must deal with most of the issues that confront serious readers of the Fourth Gospel. Historical issues...

2007 | 169 Pages | ISBN: 0750682256 | PDF | 17 MB The architectural crit, review or jury is a cornerstone of architectural education around the world. The defence of ideas, drawings, and models in an open format before staff and peers is intended to be a foreground...