“Planning, Volume 1: Architects’ Technical Reference” is a comprehensive guide edited by Edward D. Mills. This volume is part of a larger series that covers various aspects of architecture an…
"The editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine have always been interested in children's surroundings-both indoors and outdoors. In researching this subject, we have found that the recent directi…
"Urban Avant-Gardes presents original research on a range of recent contemporary practices in and between art and architecture giving perspectives from a wide range of disciplines in the arts, huma…
"This well-illustrated 'think piece' provides a much needed and topical philosophical introduction to the place of environmental design in architecture. The Environments of Architecture sets out…
Far from being just a simple outer wall or decorative element, a building's envelope determines its climate control, degree of energy performance, and relationship to context. There is an urgent ne…
"Architectural Design and Ethics offers both professional architects and architecture students a theoretical base and numerous suggestions as to how we might rethink our responsibilities to the nat…
Despite the exaggerated news of the untimely 'death of the detail' by Greg Lynn, the architectural detail is now more lifelike and active than ever before. In this era of digital design and product…
What is more important in architectural works―their form, shape, and color, or the meanings and symbolism that can be associated with them? Can aesthetic judgments of architecture be independent …
Architectural Papers is a series of books published by Josep Lluís Mateo of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich. Established in 2005, the series covers a wide range of topics related…
In the tradition of the classic Building Construction Illustrated, Francis D.K. Ching and Ian M. Shapiro offer a graphical presentation to the theory, practices, and complexities of sustainable des…