Architectural Design & Structure Books

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1. Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production

   Edited by Gail Peter Borden, Michael Meredith

   Beginning with material, this book revolves around physical material making and design decisions that emerge from material interaction. Combining essays from both practice and academia, this book presents some of the most significant projects and thoughts on materiality from the last...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-78029-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Façade Engineering

   By Mikkel Kragh

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-45773-6 | Paperback (Spon Press)

3. Designing Kinetics for Architectural Facades

   By Jules Moloney

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-61034-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture

   Edited by Yasha Grobman, Eran Neuman

   Today, with the advent of digital media technologies and the ability to conceptualize, express and produce complex forms using digital means, the question of the status of the architectural form is once again under consideration. Indeed, the computer "liberated? architecture from the tyranny of the...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-58361-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Around and About Stock Orchard Street

   Edited by Sarah Wigglesworth

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-57529-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Daylighting: Architecture and Lighting Design

   By Peter Tregenza, Michael Wilson

   This authoritative and multi-disciplinary book provides architects, lighting specialists, and anyone else working daylight into design, with all the tools needed to incorporate this most fundamental element of architecture. It includes An overview of current practice of daylighting in...

   February 2011 | 978-0-419-25700-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. The Structural Basis of Architecture, 2nd Edition

   By Bjorn N. Sandaker, Arne P. Eggen, Mark R. Cruvellier

   This is a book about structures that shows students how to "see" structures as integral to architecture, and how knowledge of structures is the basis for understanding both the mechanical and conceptual aspects inherent to the art of building. Analyzing the structural principles behind many of...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-41547-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Sustainability and the Design of Transport Interchanges

   By Brian Edwards

   The interchange is a new form of transport building which integrates into a single whole various modes of public transport, putting the passenger first (rather than the infrastructure). This book presents design principles for transport interchanges and offers analysis of best practice in the UK...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-46449-9 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Art of Structures

   By Aurelio Muttoni

   This book describes the complete panorama of supporting structures and their function by describing how loads are sustained and transmitted to the ground. With a minimum of mathematics, the reader is guided through the analysis of some of the world’s most famous designs and structures from a...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-61029-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Managing the Brief for Better Design, 2nd Edition

    By Alastair Blyth, John Worthington

    Briefing is not just presenting a set of documents to the design team; it is a process of developing a deep understanding about client needs. This book provides both inspiration to clients and a framework for practitioners. The coverage extends beyond new build, covering briefing for services and...

    June 2010 | 978-0-415-46031-6 | Paperback (Routledge)