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Guidelines for Thermography in Architecture and Civil Engineering
Theory, Application Areas, Practical Implementation

Finally available in English: the reference work on practical thermography in the building industry. Combination of basics and concise cases studies…

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Dig it!
Building Bound to the Ground

Dig it! showcases buildings from the past millennia that integrate the ground and the structure. From African churches chiseled from rock and Chinese…

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Kengo Kuma
Complete Works 1988–Today

From his Great (Bamboo) Wall house to the Japan National Stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma pioneered sustainability…

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Wood. Rethinking Material
Architecture Magazine GAM.17

As an organic building material, wood is held in particularly high esteem in this age of climate crisis. A component of environmentally friendly…

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Food Urbanism
Typologies, Strategies, Case Studies

With an increasing interest in quality of nutrition and health, urban food production has begun to occur inside the growing cities worldwide and risks…

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Beyond Live/Work
The Architecture of Home-based Work

The architecture of home-based work explores the old but neglected building type that combines dwelling and workplace, the ‘workhome’. It traces a…

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Manual of Recycling
Buildings as sources of materials

How is it possible to keep the immense deposits of raw materials in buildings "active" and realise environmentally sustainable buildings in the long…

Publications  Building materials, Components 

Straw Bale Construction Manual
Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture

This book is a practical, hands-on guide to building with straw. Fire safety, protection against moisture, damp, pests and parasites are treated in…

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Dense + Green Cities
Architecture as Urban Ecosystem

Detailed analyses by a research team from ETH Zurich and Singapore University of Technology and Design with an extended focus on the urban planning…

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Rebeauty / Rebeauty II
design for disassembly and reuse; research, design and transformation

Published by the Department of Spatial Design and Conceptual Design at TU Wien in 2019, rebauty and rebauty II describe the examination of the reuse…