Aimed specifically at those students and practitioners who require a broad understanding of building construction as part of a wider sphere of professional activity. ...
Efficient maintenance of a property requires a reliable assessment for defects or inadequacies and a systematic method for dealing with them. This book provides ...
Transforming Urban Transport confronts head-on the dilemma faced by a world addicted to automobility. It highlights the danger of continuing along the fossil-fuel path ...
Providing a concise and accessible introduction to the work of the celebrated twentieth century German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer, this book focuses on the aspects ...
Since its first publication in 1974, Principles of Structure has established itself at the forefront of introductory texts for students of architecture, building and ...
Here for the first time is a thoroughly interdisciplinary and international examination of Jane Jacobs's legacy. Divided into four parts: I. Jacobs, Urban Philosopher; ...
Both professionals and students are under increasing pressure to achieve high performance building design in the construction and operation of residential buildings. This book ...
Hotel Design, Planning and Development presents the most significant hotels developed internationally in the last ten years so that you can be well-informed of ...
Drawings are clearly the primary medium of communication by architects, but skill in using the written word is often essential to explain, justify, or ...
The Affordable Housing Reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing ...
The impact of development needs to be considered beyond the narrow focus of economic, ecological or social concerns. This reader-friendly book is the first ...
Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three quarters of the global economy and its associated energy use ...
English Regional Planning 2000-2010 chronicles a vital feature of recent UK planning activity, during the period of the Blair and Brown Labour governments up ...
In the past, spatial masterplans for cities have been fixed blueprints realized as physical form through conventional top down processes. These frequently disregarded existing ...
