This indispensable reference book captures key recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of sustainable hospital architecture. Today's architects must provide hospitals which enable ...
Cities, initially a product of the manufacturing era, have been thoroughly remade in the image of consumer society. Competitive spending among affluent households has ...
The first book to provide readers with the skills to assess development potential from a holistic standpoint. Until now, architectural books on conservation matters ...
Driven by new computer and digital fabrication tools, the architectural designs that are being built are pushing boundaries of form, customization and construction. Pushed ...
Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment. Four thematic sections bring together an ...
Pierre Bourdieu is arguably one of the twentieth century's greatest socio-philosophical thinkers and his writings have much to offer anyone interested in the ways ...
This book examines the theoretical foundations of the processes of planning and design. When people'alone or in groups'want to solve problems or improve their ...
Exploring the increasingly decentralized systems through which cities are organized and produced, this collection of case studies on global cities focuses on the emerging ...
Tom Turner has researched and taught the history, theory and design of gardens for forty years. His visits, research, drawings and photographs are brought ...
Have you ever wondered how the ideas behind the world's greatest architectural designs came about? What process does an architect go through to design ...
The creation of a successful portfolio is a vital skill needed by architectural students and professionals alike. In a highly competitive global market the ...
Today, contemporary landscape design is increasingly drawing from ideas of sustainability and ecological stability. Not in fact new, the foundations of this approach stem ...
A highly original and innovative study that brings critical social theory to bear on the ideas of architectural and design education at the Bauhaus ...
After the ceasefire, a group of architects and planners from the American University of Beirut formed the Reconstruction Unit to help in the recovery ...
The first guide to the terminology of sustainable design. Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field, this illustrated dictionary provides over 1500 ...
In this beautiful and perceptive book, Dana Buntrock examines, for the first time, how tradition is incorporated into contemporary Japanese architecture. Looking at the ...
Though many disciplines have been advocating the need to create a world which is sustainable, too often the theories and ideas are discipline specific ...
