"With the infrastructure to manage stormwater threats in cities becoming increasingly expensive to build or repair, planners and landscapers need to look at alternative approaches. Ground-level mitigation measures such as raingardens, bioswales and rain water harvesting are beco…
In this book, the authors issue a call to green up our neighborhoods. Garages, bicycle shelters, car ports, porches, barns, and home extensions are perfect locations for green roofs, and even a small green roof will soak up excess rainfall, provide insulation, attract wildlife, …
Wall, support, ceiling and roof make up the skeleton of nearly every building. This volume takes an in-depth look at these load-bearing structures, covering the development and realization of appropriate constructions from idea and design intention all the way to constructional …
Modern Construction Envelopes is based on the two books by Andrew Watts Modern Construction Roofs and Modern Construction Facades . Both volumes have been gathered into one single volume and unified in terms on content, which permits the consideration of facades and roofs as env…