Non-Fiction

Integral Facade Construction

by Tillmann Klein

Integral Facade Construction focuses on the future development of the curtain wall. While the requirements on facades have slowly increased over the last decades, the curtain wall has evolved from craftsmanship...

The 10 Best Books to Read for Easter: Selections to Inspire, Educate, & Provoke

by James Martin, C. S. Lewis, N. T. Wright & Desmond Tutu et al.

With an Introduction by New York Times bestselling author James Martin, SJ, HarperOne presents The 10 Best Books to Read for Easter. This free sampler is a curated volume of excerpts from new and classic titles...

Housing, Urban Renewal and Socio-Spatial Integration

by Xiaoxi Hui

 This issue of A+BE addresses two critical urban issues China faces today: housing and urban renewal. In the recent two decades, the Chinese urban housing stock underwent a significant, if not extreme, transformation....

AM Envelope

by Holger Strauss

This book shows the potential of Additive Manufacturing (AM) for the development of building envelopes: AM will change the way of designing facades, how we engineer and produce them. To achieve today’s demands...

International Facades - CROFT

by Marcel Bilow

 "International Facades - CROFT" links the fields of architecture, building services and building physics. It aims at an international diversity in façade design to reduce energy consumption in building design....

Workaholic - English edition

by Morgan Magnin

Amina works as an executive in a state-of-the-art IT company. She joined that company right after getting her degree and progressively climbed up through the ranks. Greater responsibilities also imply greater...

Windows 8: What to expect

by Michel MARTIN

As a preview, this eBook reveals the main innovations of Windows 8, Microsoft future Operating System.

Throughout the pages, you'll:

1. discover how to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview without affecting your...