Construction in the service of architecture is the subject to which the planning architect José Luis Moro devotes himself. He offers a contemporary, comprehensive and clear presentation of the principles of building construction and their structural implementation, in which the essentials are presented with a high degree of clarity in an easily understandable manner. In addition to imparting basic knowledge of materials and construction technology, it also shows the path from the basic solution principle to the technically elaborated structural detail.

Professor José Luis Moro has been Professor of Fundamentals of Planning and Design in Building Construction at the University of Stuttgart since 1995 and Professor of Design and Construction since 2006. He is a member of both faculties Architecture and Civil Engineering. His research activities focus on the building envelope and design-relevant interactions between construction and architectural form. Professor Moro has had his own architectural practice since 1990.