Architecture & Interior Designs

Ainmanes Kodagu: Ancestral Homes of Kodagu and Their Socia-Cultural Significance

The architecture created in southern Asia under the patronage of the great Mughals (1526-1858) is one of the richest and most inventive of the Isla...

A delightful collection of stories written by the Hungarian artist, Elizabeth Sass Brunner, who came to India in 1930 along with her mother and mad...

Wiring is fundamental to toy train operation, and this updated classic covers how to set up conventional wiring using today's technology. Key topic...

This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It ...

How does a room affect an occupant's behavior and well-being? How does a building influence its residents' health? Environmental Psychology for Des...

In this significantly revised third edition, Designing Zero Carbon Buildings combines embodied and operational emissions into a structured approach...

In today’s globalized world, every aspect of our lives is affected by global interconnectedness from what we buy to what we eat to what we study – ...

The construction industry is undergoing great change particularly with the introduction of digital technologies and the increasing emphasis on sust...

This book traces and explores the evolution of taste from a design perspective: what it is, how it works, and what it does. Karin Tehve examines t...

Housing in America provides a broad overview of the field of housing, with the objective of fostering an informed and engaged citizenry. The evolut...

This book showcases small hotels, all located in the United States, designed by architects who use light and materials in interesting and intention...

Aotearoa New Zealand practice Irving Smith builds with the land, not on it. Their projects open up, condense, focus, and interpret both the natural...

Architecture distinctly engulfs and empowers our lives. For architects, it becomes a part of their personalities, influencing their beliefs and lif...

In this handbook, sixty authors, senior and junior educators and researchers from six continents, provide an overview of two hundred years of lands...

This edited collection presents current writing about the pivotal roles that landscape architects play in addressing some of the most pressing prob...

This book explores the creative potential for architecture curricula to integrate solid interdisciplinary thinking in design studio education. Ann...

Global pandemics, smart technologies, demographics and climate change are just some of the external disruptors that may impact the home’s evolution...

Designed Landscapes is a case-by-case study of 37 significant, existing works of landscape design worldwide, largely constructed since the Renaissa...

This book discusses the role and significance of symbols and symbolism in graphical communication toward the establishment of meaningful architectu...

This volume focuses on socio- spatial practices of indigenous communities in India. It explores the interrelation between the built environments an...

This book examines the inclusiveness of city planning and design to address gaps in policies, strategies and design guidelines for developing trans...

What do some of the world’s leading brands within design, technology and business industries have in common? They adapt and use the design thinkin...

This book explores how the concept of ‘region’ has evolved over time and shaped architectural culture and practice. It questions what the words ‘re...

3D Printing for Product Designers closes the gap between the rhetoric of 3D printing in manufacturing and the reality for product designers. It pro...

The World’s Greenest Buildings tackles an audacious task. Among the thousands of green buildings out there, which are the best, and how do we know?...

The Sustainable Tall Building: A Design Primer is an accessible and highly illustrated guide, which primes those involved in the design and researc...

Solving Critical Design Problems demonstrates both how design is increasingly used to solve large, complex, modern-day problems and, as a result, h...

Are you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of c...