This long-awaited reference guide provides a complete overview of low energy cooling systems for buildings, covering a wide range of existin...

* International experts in the field explore the relationship of building design to the urban setting* Enables building professionals to...

Structural Analysis of Historic Buildings offers the most' complete, detailed, and authentic data available on the materials, calculation me...

Straw bale and rammed earth construction techniques are enjoying a fantastic growth in interest in the United States and worldwide. When the...

Practitioner and author Taranath describes the practicalities structural engineers need to master to design buildings that stay standing in ...

Have you ever heard of a hotel made of snow? How would you put a building in space? And who washes the windows on the tallest skyscrapers in...

Devise structural systems that can stand up to the forces of nature and the demands of clients. Thoroughly updated, this superbly illustrate...

``This is the most comprehensive book on residential sound control that I have read—[it] includes all the sound control information tha...

Originally published in 1878, this now-rare collection of designs by a leading 19th-century architectural firm supplies views of a remarkabl...

Step by step to accurate, efficient design. With this authoritative, easy-to-follow guide, you can design and specifiy electrical systems fo...

Design of Buildings and Bridges for Wind is a practical guide that uses physical and intuitive approaches, and practical examples, to demons...

Aimed at absolute beginners, this essential guide provides the technical tricks of the trade--the "building" blocks--needed to portray struc...