Vertical transportation systems (elevators, lifts, escalators and passenger conveyors) are used in almost all buildings of more than a few stories high. Traffic design ...
'Spatial images', wrote the German cultural theorist, Siegfried Kracauer, 'are the dreams of society. Wherever the hieroglyphics of any spatial image are deciphered, there ...
Architecture's relationship with its representations is peculiar, powerful and critical. Though driven by belief in the characteristics of physical reality, architecture is identified, discussed, ...
The International Architecture Yearbook series is a valuable resource, published annually, which features over 100 projects from around the world selected by an expert ...
Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety presents a systematic and thorough description of the behaviour of steel and composite structures ...
Governance of Europe's City Regions is a structured overview of current debates on cities and regions. It provides an understanding of trends at different ...
Housing Policy: An Introduction, has been completely revised for its fourth edition. Its account of housing policy in the UK now gives particular emphasis ...
Architects are caught in a vicious circle; in order to defend their idea of architecture they often adopt practices, forms and materials already identified ...
Innovative Cities presents a unique international comparison of innovation in Amsterdam, London, Milan, Paris and Stuttgart. Based on research funded by the ESRC program ...
By any measure, "Cities in the Telecommunications Age is a landmark contribution to urban studies. This outstanding collection by cutting-edge researchers offers the most ...
Beyond the Frame rewrites the history of Victorian art to explore the relationships between feminism and visual culture in a period of heady excitement ...
Geographies of Disability explores the relationship between space and disability explaining how space, place and related concepts such as mobility shape the experiences of ...
