• Recommended for students of architecture and professionals
• Provides an accessible introduction to all aspects of architectural technology
• Covers and provides clear grounding in structural physics, structural elements and forms, heating, lighting, environmental control and computer modelling
• Helps students to integrate design thinking with appropriate structural and environmental solutions.
• Explain the relationships between physical phenomena, materials, building elements and structural types using simple classification systems and real world examples
• Photographs are used to familiarize the user with common construction technology
• Historical examples are employed to chart significant moments in the history of architectural engineering
• Explores current computer techniques for assisting students to predict the structural and environmental behaviour of buildings
• Written by experienced teachers

• Foreword
• Structural Physics
• Structural Elements
• Structural Logic
• Human Comfort
• Building Performance
• Computational Tools and Techniques
• Case Studies
• Building Codes

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