World cities are reaching previously inconceivable sizes and populations, and this escalation of urban quantities and scales has ignited a fascination for the phenomenon ...
Originating from Japan in 1960, and now influential globally, the Metabolist movement proposed that cities can be metabolized, like machines - growing wildly, and ...
This book investigates what the history of Hong Kong's urban development has to teach other cities as they face environmental challenges, social and demographic ...
Architects, urban planners, urban designers, developers, city officials, and all those interested in revitalizing their post-industrial cities will find the tools they need here. ...
¿Qué está pasando en el urbanismo español? ¿Cuáles son sus características? ¿Conocemos sus implicaciones a largo plazo? Para el autor contestar a estas preguntas ...
Situada casi en las antípodas del escenario que dio origen al proyecto moderno, Singapur se erige sorprendentemente como adalid triunfante de la estrategia de ...
From 1963 to 1965 roughly 6,000 families moved into Rochdale Village, at the time the worlds largest housing cooperative, in southeastern Queens County. The ...
The architecture of the last several decades was shaped by the need for individual representation and demarcation. Today, a growing countermovement is focusing on ...
Actualmente existen tres tecnologías para el aprovechamiento de la energía solar que puede afirmarse que son una clara alternativa a los combustibles de origen ...
Cities are often the central battlefields of modern wars, resulting in the massive destruction of urban structures. In processes of reconstruction, international actors initiate ...
Quelle est la place du logement à l'ère du développement durable et comment se traduit-elle concrètement dans le cadre d'une opération à Paris dans ...
Coming out of an international symposium at Germany's University of St.Gallen and Hamburg's Kampnagel Culture Factory in 2007, this huge book addresses the question ...
Since its foundation the European Union has gradually developed policies that are aimed at achieving increased economic and social cohesion. This book examines the ...
Companion to Urban Design includes more than fifty original contributions from internationally recognized authorities in the field. These contributions address the following questions: What ...
