Japanese cities are amongst the most intriguing and confounding anywhere. Their structures, patterns of building and broader visual characteristics defy conventional urban design theories, ...
Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes - climatic, geological, ecological and cultural - over varying periods of time. These processes ...
The problems created by metropolitanization have become increasingly apparent. Attempts to limit growth, disperse populations and plan neighbourhoods have been largely unsuccessful. Strategies are ...
The mentality that consumerism and economic growth are cure-alls is one of the biggest obstacles to real sustainability, but any change seems impossible, unthinkable. ...
This book is about the unprecedented challenges facing the world's cities as they expand and develop in response to demographic change, human aspirations and ...
Sprawl is an unsustainable pattern of growth that threatens to undermine the health of communities globally. It has been a dominant mid-to-late twentieth century ...
Discussing some of the most vexing criticism of communicative planning theory (CPT), this book goes on to suggest how theorists and planners can respond ...
1 Nuevo Ayuntamiento Santa Marta de Tormes, Salamanca Emilio Sánchez Gil, Fernando Sánchez Cuadrado y Emilio Sánchez Cuadrado 2 Centro de asistencia primaria Badalona, ...
A very personal notebook: Zvi Heckers architectural sketches from 1946 to the present, accompanied by his own texts 'I am an artist whose profession ...
This highly illustrated book looks at how Urban Splash has grown from small beginnings into one of the most respected regeneration companies in the ...
This fascinating, interactive autobiography presents Chuck Closes story, his art, and a discussion of the many processes he uses in the studio. The question-and-answer ...
Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe ...
Chicago is a city dedicated to the modern'from the skyscrapers that punctuate its skyline to the spirited style that inflects many of its dwellings ...
An American Palace: Chicagos Samuel M. Nickerson House, explores the rich and varied history of one of Chicagos grandest Gilded Age residences. Commissioned by ...
