Construction

This book provides a comprehensive theoretical platform for the use and construction of Double Skin Facade projects.

Aeroform: Designing for Wind and Air Movement provides a comprehensive introduction to applying aerodynamic principles to architectural design. It presents a challenge to architects and architectural engineers to give shape to the wind and express its influence on architectural form.

Provides an overview of prefabricated systems in housing, office, and industrial buildings. This book explains the processes of modular construction and the behavior of materials with this approach.

These unique and Open Access global guidelines for fire safe timber structures and wood products in buildings, are developed by the Fire Safe Use of Wood global network, in line with current standards such as the Fire Part of Eurocode 5, with basic science and practical details, stressing detailing, active fire protection, and quality.

The Design and Construction of Pitched Roofing is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofing construction. Written by a team of experts from the NFRC and the RTA, the representative groups in industry for roofing construction.

Through evidence-based research and international case studies, this book focuses on the effects that dangerous defects have on the housing consumer.

The book overviews and analyses the most important steps that transformed initial design intentions into a defined proposal, passing through different solutions, changes, debates, and negotiations among the different stakeholders called into action along the whole process.