Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

3726 books were found.

Lighting Design: A Perception-Based Approach

Lighting Design: A Perception-Based Approach

Author: Christopher Cuttle
ISBN: 9780415731973
Format: Paperback
$131.00

By providing you with everything you need to develop a design concept - from the understanding of how lighting influences...  Read More >>

Environmental Design Pocketbook

Environmental Design Pocketbook

Author: Sofie Pelsmakers
ISBN: 9781859465486
Format: Paperback
$67.99

All the information you need for sustainable, low energy building design at your fingertips  Read More >>

Sustainable Timber Design

Sustainable Timber Design

Author: Michael Dickson (Buro Happold, Bath, UK) ,  Dave Parker (Journalist, UK)
ISBN: 9780415468084
Format: Paperback
$120.00

This book offers the reader, whether student, teacher or practitioner, practical advice in designing timber architecture....  Read More >>

Sustainable Timber Design

Sustainable Timber Design

Author: Michael Dickson (Buro Happold, Bath, UK) ,  Dave Parker (Journalist, UK)
ISBN: 9780415468077
Format: Hardback
$378.00

This book offers the reader, whether student, teacher or practitioner, practical advice in designing timber architecture....  Read More >>

The Invisible Houses: Rethinking and designing low-cost housing in developing countries

The Invisible Houses: Rethinking and designing low-cost...

Author: Gonzalo Lizarralde
ISBN: 9780415840828
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Here Gonzalo Lizarralde examines the basic knowledge that architects, urban specialists and design professionals...  Read More >>

Architecture Beyond Criticism: Expert Judgment and Performance Evaluation

Architecture Beyond Criticism: Expert Judgment and Performance...

Author: Wolfgang F. E. Preiser (University of Cincinnati, US) ,  Aaron T. Davis (PRE-OFFICE, New York, USA)
ISBN: 9780415725330
Format: Paperback
$118.00

By presenting a systematic approach to assessing building performance, design professionals will learn how to improve...  Read More >>

Creating My Green Roof: A guide to planning, installing, and maintaining a beautiful, energy-saving green roof

Creating My Green Roof: A guide to planning, installing,...

Author: Dave Hilary
ISBN: 9781478368076
Format: Paperback
$15.71

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Fundamentals of Sustainable Neighbourhoods

Fundamentals of Sustainable Neighbourhoods

Author: Avi Friedman
ISBN: 9783319107462
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This timely book introduces architects, engineers, builders, and urban planners to a range of contemporary community...  Read More >>

Curating Sydney: Imagining the City's Future

Curating Sydney: Imagining the City's Future

Author: Jill Bennett ,  Saskia Beudel
ISBN: 9781742233352
Format: Paperback
$62.07

What happens when artists are asked the questions usually addressed to planners and administrators?  Read More >>

Lighting Design

Lighting Design

Author: Christopher Cuttle (Lighting Designer, Advisor, Author and Educator, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781322506258
Format: Electronic book text
$475.20

By reading this book, you will develop the skills to perceive a space and its contents in light, and be able to...  Read More >>

Materials Science In Construction: An Introduction

Materials Science In Construction: An Introduction

Author: Arshad Ahmed ,  John Sturges
ISBN: 9781856176880
Format: Paperback
$131.00

Explains the science behind the properties and behaviour of construction's most fundamental materials (metals, cement...  Read More >>

Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Development

Co-Producing Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Development...

Author: Merritt Polk (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) ,  Merritt Polk (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781322604459
Format: Electronic book text
$369.60

At the current time, many issues and problems within sustainable urban development are managed within traditional...  Read More >>

Living Roofs in Integrated Urban Water Systems

Living Roofs in Integrated Urban Water Systems

Author: Daniel Roehr (University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture) ,  Elizabeth Fassman-Beck
ISBN: 9781336148925
Format: Electronic book text
$211.07

With the infrastructure to manage storm water threats in cities becoming increasingly expensive to build or repair,...  Read More >>

LEED Rating System for Green Buildings: Quick Book

LEED Rating System for Green Buildings: Quick Book

Author: A Bhatia
ISBN: 9781505396713
Format: Paperback
$237.57

A green building is a building that is energy and resource efficient, non-wasteful and non-polluting, flexible...  Read More >>

Designing Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors: Applying Concepts and Practices

Designing Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors:...

Author: Lisa M. Tucker (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781609014797
Format: Paperback
$89.99

Designing Sustainable Residential and Commercial Interiors: Applying Concepts and Practices is a core text that...  Read More >>

Revising Green Infrastructure: Concepts Between Nature and Design

Revising Green Infrastructure: Concepts Between Nature...

Author: Daniel Czechowski (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Freising, Germany) ,  Thomas Hauck (Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany)
ISBN: 9781482232202
Format: Hardback
$399.00

This book addresses the theme of ""green infrastructure"" from the perspective of landscape architecture. It brings...  Read More >>

Sustainable Residential Architecture

Sustainable Residential Architecture

Author: Ana Maria Alvarez
ISBN: 9781770854475
Format: Hardback
$49.99

An illustrated review of new houses in many countries which reveal how even the smallest homes can be sustainable,...  Read More >>

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