Structure, Materials and Detailing

Provides land managers, farmers and foresters with the key issues of management planning for the recreational development of rural environments. Legal issues and resource evaluation are discussed, along with planning strategies, budgeting and financial control...

Seismic Design for Architects shows how structural requirements for seismic resistance can become an integral part of the design process. Structural integrity does not have to be at the expense of innovative, high standard design in seismically active zones.* By emphasizing design and discussing key..

A space frame is a three-dimensional framework for enclosing spaces in which all members are interconnected and act as a single entity. A benefit of this type of structure is that very large spaces can be covered, uninterrupted by support from the ground. John Chilton's book provides an up-to-date a..

Essays from internationally renowned contributors give a variety of perspectives of the role of memory in the built environment; how we have read it in the past, and how we can create it in the future. Essays range from broad topics of message and audience to specific ones of landscape production...

Essays from internationally renowned contributors give a variety of perspectives of the role of memory in the built environment; how we have read it in the past, and how we can create it in the future. Essays range from broad topics of message and audience to specific ones of landscape production...

Stairs are a fundamental and universal feature of buildings. The late Alan Blanc had a lifetime's obsession with stairs and steps and provided a definitive reference source that bridges the aesthetic and practical aspects of staircase design. His wife Sylvia, who worked with him on the first edition..

Stairs are a fundamental and universal feature of buildings. The late Alan Blanc had a lifetime's obsession with stairs and steps and provided a definitive reference source that bridges the aesthetic and practical aspects of staircase design. His wife Sylvia, who worked with him on the first edition..

Structural Competency for Architects is a comprehensive guide to the basics of structural system and component design..

Structural Competency for Architects is a comprehensive guide to the basics of structural system and component design..

This book provides the first study of approaches to appraising and conserving mainstream architecture of the twentieth century - commercial buildings, industrial buildings and housing. Architects, surveyors and conservationists are now appreciating..

A comprehensive introduction to the structural problems encountered by the architect, surveyor and civil engineer. It illustrates concepts with practical examples based on real-life case studies and includes a new chapter on Eurocodes and the effects on design practice...

Provides the lighting knowledge needed by the architect in practice, the interior designer and students of both disciplines, building on the success of the first edition...