BTES | Building Technology Educators' Society

Mission Statement

The Building Technology Educators’ Society (BTES) is an organization of architectural educators, passionate about teaching the technology of building design and construction. The mission of the BTES is to promote and publish the best pedagogic practices, relevant research, scholarship, and other creative activity to facilitate student learning, advance innovation, and enhance the status of our disciplines in the profession at large.

Authors' Corner

Many of the members of BTES have published key texts that relate to Teaching and Research in various areas of Building Technology. Below please find some information on the texts as well as links out to sites where the books can be purchased. If you are a BTES member and would like to have your book added to this page, please email the information!

	Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods - Fifth Edition Edward Allen ordering information
	Architectural Detailing: Function - Constructibility - Aesthetics Edward Allen and Patrick Rand ordering information
	Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures Edward Allen and Waclaw Zalewski ordering information
	The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design Edward Allen and Joseph Iano ordering information
	How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture Edward Allen and and David Swoboda ordering information
	Building Structures - Third Edition James Ambrose and Patrick Tripeny ordering information
	Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders - Eleventh Edition James Ambrose and Patrick Tripeny ordering information
	Simplified Design of Wood Structures - Sixth Edition James Ambrose and Patrick Tripeny ordering information
	Simplified Design of Steel Structures - Eighth Edition James Ambrose and Patrick Tripeny ordering information
	Simplified Design of Concrete Structures - Eighth Edition James Ambrose and Patrick Tripeny ordering information
	Materials for Design Victoria Ballard Bell and Patrick Rand ordering information
	Building Construction: Principles, Materials, & Systems (new edition due out 2012) Medan Mehta, Walter Scarborough and Diane Armpriest ordering information
	Understanding Steel Design: An Architectural Design Manual Terri Meyer Boake, Technical Illustrations: Vincent Hui ordering information look inside the book
	Designing the Exterior Wall: An Architectural Guide to the Vertical Envelope Linda Brock ordering information
	Sun, Wind and Light: Architectural Design Strategies, 2nd Edition G.Z. Brown and Mark DeKay ordering information
	Integral Sustainable Design Mark DeKay ordering information review in Metropolis Magazine
	Building Systems Integration for Enhanced Environmental Performance Shahin Vassigh and Jason R. Chandler ordering information
	Sustainable Architecture in Vorarlberg Ulrich Dangel ordering information
	Building Systems: Design Technology and Society Kiel Moe and Ryan E. Smith ordering information
	Structural Elements for Architects and Builders Jonathan Ochshorn ordering information
	Prefab Architecture: A Guide to Modular Design and Construction Ryan E. Smith ordering information