Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

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Design, Technology, Empathy: A Contemporary Issue in the Conception and Production of Artifacts

Design, Technology, Empathy: A Contemporary Issue in...

Author: Spartaco Paris
ISBN: 9781863351584
Format: Hardback
$90.56

This book collects in a revised form a series of short essays written and published by the author between 2013 and...  Read More >>

Dense and Green Building Typologies: Design Perspectives

Dense and Green Building Typologies: Design Perspectives...

Author: Thomas Schröpfer ,  Sacha Menz
ISBN: 9789811330346
Format: Paperback
$171.57

In this book, leading architects and landscape architects provide their perspectives on the design of dense and...  Read More >>

How to Read Architecture: An Introduction to Interpreting the Built Environment

How to Read Architecture: An Introduction to Interpreting...

Author: Paulette Singley (Woodbury University, Burbank, California, USA)
ISBN: 9780415836203
Format: Paperback
$79.99

How to Read Architecture is based on the premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already...  Read More >>

Green Building Management and Smart Automation

Green Building Management and Smart Automation

Author: Arun Solanki ,  Anand Nayyar
ISBN: 9781522597551
Format: Paperback
$488.40

Provides an in-depth analysis of design technologies for green building and highlights the smart automation technologies...  Read More >>

Green Building Management and Smart Automation

Green Building Management and Smart Automation

Author: Arun Solanki ,  Anand Nayyar
ISBN: 9781522597544
Format: Hardback
$633.60

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Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Geotechnical Engineering: Select Proceedings of TRACE 2018

Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Geotechnical...

Author: Sanjay Kumar Shukla ,  Sudhirkumar V. Barai
ISBN: 9789811374791
Format: Hardback
$362.22

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil...  Read More >>

Rio de Janeiro: Urban Expansion and the Environment

Rio de Janeiro: Urban Expansion and the Environment...

Author: José L. S. Gámez (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA) ,  Zhongjie Lin (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA)
ISBN: 9780367031039
Format: Hardback
$110.00

Using Rio de Janeiro as the case study city, this book highlights and examines issues surrounding the development...  Read More >>

Building Design for Hot Climates

Building Design for Hot Climates

Author: Allan Konya ,  Maritz Vandenberg
ISBN: 9780956432391
Format: Hardback
$69.86

This revised, updated, and expanded color edition of a book first published in 2011 under the title Design Primer...  Read More >>

Advances in Energy and Built Environment: Select Proceedings of TRACE 2018

Advances in Energy and Built Environment: Select Proceedings...

Author: Guoqiang Zhang ,  N. D. Kaushika
ISBN: 9789811375569
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil...  Read More >>

My Tiny House Build Log: A daily log, journal and planner to help plan and keep track of your tiny house expenses and progress!!

My Tiny House Build Log: A daily log, journal and planner...

Author: Neaterstuff Publishing
ISBN: 9781076042545
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Here is a great daily diary or logbook to help you plan, organize and keep track of your tiny house costs and progress....  Read More >>

How to Read Architecture: An Introduction to Interpreting the Built Environment

How to Read Architecture: An Introduction to Interpreting...

Author: Paulette Singley (Woodbury University, Burbank, California, USA)
ISBN: 9780415836180
Format: Hardback
$305.00

How to Read Architecture is based on the premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already...  Read More >>

Modern Construction Case Studies: Emerging Innovation in Building Techniques

Modern Construction Case Studies: Emerging Innovation...

Author: Andrew Watts
ISBN: 9783035617726
Format: Paperback
$89.95

In the context of tight budgets, complex geometries, high energy efficiency, and flexible user functions mean that...  Read More >>

Modern Construction Case Studies: Emerging Innovation in Building Techniques

Modern Construction Case Studies: Emerging Innovation...

Author: Andrew Watts
ISBN: 9783035617719
Format: Hardback
$135.00

In the context of tight budgets, complex geometries, high energy efficiency, and flexible user functions mean that...  Read More >>

Biomimetics for Architecture: Learning from Nature

Biomimetics for Architecture: Learning from Nature

Author: Jan Knippers ,  Ulrich Schmid
ISBN: 9783035617863
Format: Hardback
$69.95

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for the design of the human environment. The analysis of biological...  Read More >>

Energy and Seismic Renovation Strategies for Sustainable Cities

Energy and Seismic Renovation Strategies for Sustainable...

Author: Giuseppe Margani
ISBN: 9783038979449
Format: Paperback
$191.40

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Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings: An Assessment of Health Risk Factors

Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings: An Assessment...

Author: Mateja Dovjak ,  Andreja Kukec
ISBN: 9783030194116
Format: Hardback
$158.37

The open access book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. Therefore, even...  Read More >>

Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems (BIPVS): Performance and Modeling Under Outdoor Conditions

Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems (BIPVS): Performance...

Author: Andrés Julián Aristizábal Cardona ,  Carlos Arturo Páez Chica
ISBN: 9783319891224
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This book discusses building-integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV) and provides solutions for solving problems...  Read More >>

Climate Adaptability of Buildings: Bioclimatic Design in the Light of Climate Change

Climate Adaptability of Buildings: Bioclimatic Design...

Author: Mitja Kosir
ISBN: 9783030184582
Format: Paperback
$158.37

This book examines bioclimatic design with a focus on the application of climate adaptability in the design of future...  Read More >>

Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice: Buildings in Maritime Zones

Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice: Buildings...

Author: Ali Sayigh
ISBN: 9783319885179
Format: Paperback
$194.04

This one of a kind reference gathers numerous new studies examining the design of buildings in seaside locations....  Read More >>

Architecture and Action

Architecture and Action

Author: J. Meejin Yoon (Department Head, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ,  Irina Chernyakova (Publications and Exhibitions Manager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISBN: 9780998117065
Format: Paperback
$92.40

Projects and texts that address architecture's role in taking on complex global challenges including climate change,...  Read More >>

Josef Frank: Villa Carlsten

Josef Frank: Villa Carlsten

Author: Mikael Bergquist ,  Mikael Olsson
ISBN: 9783038601364
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A documentation of Villa Carlsten on the Falsterbo peninsula in southern Sweden, designed by Austrian-born architect...  Read More >>

The Escape Place: A Woman's Guide to Running Away from Home Without Leaving

The Escape Place: A Woman's Guide to Running Away from...

Author: Lyn Vandebrake
ISBN: 9781948679527
Format: Paperback
$36.93

From broom closets to chicken coops, grain bins to tree houses, tiny houses, glamper campers, kitchen pantries,...  Read More >>

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