Solar Powered Urbanization for a Sustainable Future presents a comprehensive and integrated approach to utilizing solar energy as a key solution for reducing grid dependency and pollution while fostering self-sufficient and cleaner urban centers....Loe edasi...
This book highlights innovative planning strategies for liveability and wellbeing of communities supported by lessons from notable international case studies, addressing varied issues including accommodating elderly populations, designing walkable c...Loe edasi...
This book explores the transition to the circular economy through a multi-dimensional lens, highlighting its necessity for a sustainable future. It analyses both public and network governance models essential for systemic transitions and contextuali...Loe edasi...
This survey of lightweight specialty structures provides in-depth case studies supplemented with technical guidance and an overview of fundamental theories. Written for structural architecture students and early career professionals, this book is an...Loe edasi...
This handbook examines the important relationship between interior environments and their users, presenting diverse analyses of human-centred design approaches....Loe edasi...
Good Houses brings together the design process, building science, and the environmental systems that can be used by both teachers and students in teaching and learning about designing good, responsible houses. It is essential reading for those desig...Loe edasi...
In this book, Michael Cassidy argues that the built environment should be designed to last physically for a very long time, saving on valuable material resources. This is essential reading for practising architects, those entering the profession, an...Loe edasi...
Energy Efficiency Applications in Buildings presents an investigation into the energy use and measures to improve the energy efficiency of existing building stock in the UK....Loe edasi...
Through the presentation of original research and diverse case studies, the book inspires students and designers alike to expand their knowledge and practice....Loe edasi...
This book explores how urban sustainability is negotiated and enacted through planning practices, narratives, and institutional change. It does so through the case of Aalborg, to illustrate transitions that are shaped by urgency, legitimation and im...Loe edasi...
This edited volume explores the agency of environmental media in architectural production. As design disciplines confront the changing landscapes and consequences of climate breakdown, media for communicating socio-environmental relations play an in...Loe edasi...
Seamlessly combining architecture with cognitive science and neuroscience, environmental and evolutionary psychology, and social theory and anthropology, in clear, direct and engaging prose, this book will be essential reading for all architecture s...Loe edasi...
Integrated Perspectives in Offsite Construction offers a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted aspects of offsite construction and addresses critical gaps to advance this promising field....Loe edasi...
This book gives readers a way to not only understand JEDI in greening but also to understand how to develop inclusive approaches to design. The two basic site types in this book are- existing spaces which greening design is applied to afterwards; an...Loe edasi...
This volume explores issues of repair, maintenance, sustenance, and adaptation within the context of interior design and its histories. This will be of great interest to students and academics of interior design, as well as architecture, conservatio...Loe edasi...
This book presents a comprehensive exploration of sustainable energy solutions and innovative technologies shaping our transition toward a low-carbon future. The book addresses global renewable resources, fossil fuel reserves, and pollution sources...Loe edasi...
This book provides a fresh look at Alvar Aaltos regional and community planning work, particularly the ways in which he incorporated sustainability, resiliency, energy, and health, and examines how contemporary architects and planners can learn from...Loe edasi...
This book is an inspiring exploration of Sólheimar Ecovillage in Iceland, a pioneering community that embodies sustainability, social responsibility, and inclusivity. It will have a broad audience of architects, designers, occupational therapists, m...Loe edasi...
