Climate Responsive Design

This book will be a source of inspiration and guiding principles for those who design, commission or manage airport buildings...

This book takes the position that the dynamic of the architectural environment is a key aspect of good design, yet poorly understood...

Filling a crucial gap in the knowledge of climate-sensitive urban design in the tropics, this book presents the physical processes behind urban climat..

In this richly illustrated book with many practical examples, Bjorn Sandaker provides readers with a better understanding of the relationship between ..

This book examines the use of materials in architecture, considering their meaning, implications, influences and practical use, going beyond a simple ..

Written by well-known specialists, this key, well-illustrated text addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful guide and..

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Bringing together a range of foremost thinkers in their respective fields - Michel Cabanac, Derek Clements-Croome, Nick Baker, Harold Marshall, Juhani..

Illustrated with numerous drawings and photographs, Doorway is a stimulus to thinking about what can be done with architecture. The notebook style off..

An in-depth consideration of the impact which the humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks how we can restore t..

Worldwide it is becoming increasingly clear that different modes of research are emerging that are triggered more or less directly by the need to reno..

The second volume of a three part work which describes in detail the 'adaptive' approach to thermal comfort. Concentrating on the theoretical aspects ..