Kingston Wm. Heath Ph.D., "Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design: Cultural Process and Environmental Response"
Architectural Press | ISBN: 0750659335 | April 29, 2009 | PDF | 211 pages | 28.5 MB
Sustainable design requires that design practitioners respond to a particular set of social, cultural and environmental conditions. 'Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design' defines a set of strategies for understanding the complexities of a regional setting. Through a series of international case studies, it examines how architects and designers have applied a variety of tactics to achieve culturally and environmentally appropriate design solutions.

Chris Abel, "Architecture, Technology and Process"
Architectural Press | ISBN: 0750637927 | September 27, 2004 | 268 pages | PDF | 12.7 MB
This new selection of essays follows Chris Abel's previous best selling collection, Architecture and Identity. Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines and the world we live in.

Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture
Birkhäuser Architecture | ISBN-10: 3764389923 | January 16, 2009 | 208 pages | PDF | 22.1 MB
For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building material earth, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying increasing popularity, including in industrialized nations. In hot dry and temperate climate zones, earth offers numerous advantages over other materials. Its particular texture and composition also holds great aesthetic appeal.The second and revised edition of this handbook offers a practical systematic overview of the many uses of earth and techniques for processing it. Its properties and physical characteristics are described in informed and knowledgeable detail. The author s presentation reflects the rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures all over the world. Numerous photographs of construction sites and drawings show the concrete execution of earth architecture.

R. Stephen Sennott, "Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture, Volume 1"
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers | 2004 | ISBN: 1579584357 | 906 pages | PDF | 10 MB

Intended for the general public, students, and professionals, the Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture contains more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries providing basic information on a variety of subjects. Articles range from 1,000 to 4,000 words.
Volume 1 has a list of entries and a separate list of entries arranged by theme. Themes include "Architects and Firms" (the largest category, with 267 entries); "Building Types" (52 entries); "Buildings and Sites" (172 entries); "Countries and Regions" (35 entries); "Materials and Building Technology" (36 entries); and others. Examples of topics include Acoustics; Bank of China Tower; Concrete; Gas station; Israel; Paul, Bruno; Tent; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Articles on buildings include designer name(s), date of completion, and location and often describe design features, architectural themes and influences, and challenges in design. For example, the article on the AEG Turbine Factory touches on the somewhat contentious relationship between designer and engineer. Articles on architects zero in on the person's architectural career, describing major achievements, philosophy of design, and impact on the architectural community.

Thomas Graham Jackson, "Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture Vol.1"
Cambridge University Press | ISBN 115465303X | 1913 | PDF | 461 pages | 18.2 MB

Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt by Corinna Rossi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition | 2007 | 302 Pages | ISBN: 0521690536 | PDF | 5 MB

Corinna Rossi explores the use of numbers and geometrical figures by the Ancient Egyptians in their architectural projects and buildings. Whereas previous architectural studies have searched for "universal rules" to explain the entire history of Egyptian architecture, Rossi reconciles the approaches of architectural historians and archaeologists by testing architectural theories. This book is essential reading for all scholars of Ancient Egypt and the architecture of ancient cultures.

Marilyn Joyce Segal Chiat - Handbook of Synagogue Architecture
Publisher: Scholars Press | 1982 | ISBN: 0891305246 | PDF | 404 pages | 13 MB

The contents of the book are both larger and more restricted than the title suggests. It deals not only with synagogue remains but also with ornamental,
epigraphic, numismatic evidence uncovered within the boundaries of ancient Palestine. These boundaries are not derived from talmudic or biblical sources, but are the limits of the city-territories formed by the Romans, following their conquest of the country. The author has opted for this division because she assumes that "Rome's division of Palestine accurately reflects the religious, social, and cultural configurations of the province" (p. 6). This option, however, forces her to include in her list a good number of places in which there are no remains at all of synagogues (e.g. more than half of the 17 entries east of the Jordan river). The chronological limits of the Handbook are nowhere clearly stated. In fact, the author deals only with synagogue remains from the first seven centuries of the common era.

Perspectives On Design - California Edition
Publisher: Panache Partners | 2010 | ISBN: 1-933415-90-8w | 33 Pages | 9MB | PDF

Dream Homes - Tennessee
Publisher: Panache Partners | 2009 | ISBN: 1-933415-04-5 | 37 Pages | 13MB | PDF

City by Design - An Architectural Perspective of San Francisco
Publisher: Panache Partners | 2009 | ISBN: 1-933415-49-5 | 50 Pages | 13MB | PDF