'Metabolism Trip' is a collection of photographs and short stories of Charlie Koolhaas journey along many of the remaining buildings of the Metabolist Movement. ...
Architects in the 19th century worked in a time of transition, of varied opinions and emerging techniques, of changing ideas and practices. Research into ...
This seventh volume of the Delft School of Design series focuses on particular urban questions related to the South African urban context. The book ...
Established in 2006, the eVolo Skyscraper competition has become the world's most prestigious award for high-rise architecture. The contest recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine ...
Currently, the world is experiencing a 'perfect storm' of social, political, economic and ecological proportions. The full extent and severity of present conditions are ...
Drawing on archaeological findings and an unusual combination of Greek and Egyptian evidence, Dorothy Thompson examines the economic life and multicultural society of the ...
With the emergence of conceptual art in the mid-1960s, the traditional notion of the studio became at least partly obsolete. Other sites emerged for ...
Professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Robert Willis (1800-75) mostly lectured on mechanism, and was elected an honorary member ...
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 ...
This groundbreaking volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the ninth century. As the period ...
