In this book, the projects, buildings and theories of Koolhaas, as well as the other members of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, are examined ...
Why are modern cities often uglier and less fit for purpose than traditionally-evolved older ones? That's the question raised and answered by Stephen Marshall ...
Artistic representations of landscape are studied widely in areas ranging from art history to geography to sociology, yet there has been little consensus about ...
Tourism is widely considered as an effective contributor to socio-economic development, particularly in less developed countries. However, despite the almost universal adoption of tourism ...
Architecture is often seen as the art of a thinking mind that arranges, organises and establishes relationships between the parts and the whole. It ...
Graphic communication in architecture has made a dramatic shift from traditional drafting practices to dynamic and hyper-medial representations. This book provides a concise and ...
Congestion is worse than ever and land development continues unabated into the countryside. Recent accounts suggest that unprecedented conditions are ahead; coordinated land use ...
Articulating a radical agenda for the rethinking of the basic precepts of the construction industry in light of digital technologies, this book explores the ...
This new edition is an introduction to design and graphic techniques aimed to help designers increase their understanding of buildings and places through drawing. ...
This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city ...
Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour. This welcome new reader, distinguished by ...
This anthology gathers together for the first time the most influential architectural texts from the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Many of ...
The first in-depth study of the impact of economic and political decentralization on planning practice in developing economies, this innovative volume, using original case ...
With contributions from provocative art and architectural historians, this book is a unique exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role ...
In this richly illustrated book with many practical examples, Bjorn Sandaker provides readers with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture. ...
