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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the outstanding entrepreneurial Victorian engineer. He helped construct the Thames Tunnel, build the Great Western Railway and its terminus, Paddington Station, but his boldest endeavours were...

Through detailed examination of projects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, this study of Khan's career provides insight into architectural and engineering practice.

Based on many years of personal observation, Habraken's important new book critically examines the role of the architect as a professional descendent of Palladio, and as an heir to his...

Brunel very nearly amazed us all by being named outright winner on BBC TV's Greatest Britons, where he was presented by Jeremy Clarkson. In this classic biography, Adrian Vaughan draws...

A comprehensive, illustrated study of American industrial architecture and civil engineering from the mid-eighteenth century to World War II.

This splendid pictorial history contains outstanding examples of bridge engineering and design. It ranges far and wide - from stone viaducts in Roman Iberia and H'an dynasty masonry arches, to...

Focusing on the refreshing process of design with which Will Alsop engages, Tom Porter reveals and traces the process, from public consultation to the privacy of Alsop's painting studio, from...

Providing guidance on research methods for construction students, this book is divided into three sections: producing a proposal, executing the research and reporting the results.

Thomas Telford's name is familiar; his story less so. Born in 1757 in the Scottish Borders, his father died in his infancy, plunging the family into poverty. Telford's life soared...

The Eiffel Tower is perhaps the most famous tall building in the world, an icon of its own age and ours. It was the dream-child of French engineer Gustave Eiffel,...