Constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2008, held in Agia Napa, Cyprus, in ...

How to build, step by step, an adobe and ceramic architecture that is affordable and self-help. How to build arches, vaults, domes, and utilize the natural energy of wind, sun-and-shade to help save forests and create a sustainable architecture.

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Since the Modern Movement began to be challenged in the late 1960s, architecture has followed a number of widely divergent paths. In this thoughtful and eloquent book, Diane Ghirardo examines the architectural world of the last quarter...

Shows that contemporary architects can create and construct architectures that are bottom up, synthetically biological, green and have no recourse to shallow bio-mimicry.

This book chronicles Chicago's architectural tradition from the nineteenth through the early twenty-first century, from the structural simplicity of Chicago School commercial building to the low-slung Prairie School house, from the streamlined Art...

The ultimate architectural reference work (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) This is the be-all-end-all reference work for architecture in the 20th century....

In this exploration of the relationship between modernity, dwelling, and architecture, Hilde Heynen attempts to bridge the gap between the discourse of the modern...

Looks at the membrane structures built around the world. This book's introduction covers the architectural and cultural history of the tent and considers its origins meaning and ecological elegance. It includes thirty projects grouped by theme and presented through accessible text descriptions photographs and line drawings.

Examines the complex intertwining of race and architecture in nineteenth and early-twentieth century American culture