A comprehensive title setting out the law and practice of planning applications, appeals and challenges, particularly fo......more
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In these times of climate change, the effects of climatic conditions on the composition of building materials, component......more
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This is a guidebook to Syria’s historical and archeological treasures. It is a new, revised and expanded edition in a tr......more
This handbook explores the critically important topic of embodied carbon, providing advanced insights that focus on meas......more
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Living Off-Grid is an informative guide to self-sufficient living, encouraging you to connect to nature and protect the ......more
In den Bereichen Mobilität, Arbeit und Handel, aber auch bei der Glaubensausübung ist, vor allem in Städten, ein tiefgre......more
This book chronicles experimental approaches to the design and production of architectural terra cotta facades and struc......more
Modern, Again: The Benda House & Garden in Chicagoland is equal parts a history of modern residential architecture in Am......more
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What is a "detail" in architecture? The concept of detail has long played an important role in the discourse and practic......more
The Colombian architectural firm ESUS (Esguerra, Saenz, Urdaneta y Samper) played a key role in the development of moder......more
The Loop: Chicago Architecture and the Social Imaginary discusses the social function of architecture. Through close rea......more
On the study of prearchitecture that took place after WWII. Can there ever be a world before architecture? Is there an a......more
Explore foundational and advanced topics in smart electric power in the context of smart cities In Smart Electric Power:......more
This book explores the work of important authors in the search for a transition towards more ethical design focused on m......more
The Boston-based landscape architect Warren H. Manning (1860-1938) forged an innovative approach to city, regional, and ......more
The Laurel Hill Association, founded by Mary Hopkins Goodrich in 1853, transformed the Berkshires’ village of Stockbridg......more
As a planned community, Indianapolis boasted finished frame and brick buildings from its beginning. Architects and build......more
Urban regeneration research studies not only on the design aspects of urban planning but also takes into account the dem......more
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A new addition to the University of Pittsburgh Press award winning Culture Politics & the Built Environment series...more
This book addresses the work of architect John Dalton (1927-2007), an important voice in mid-century modernism in Austra......more
Throughout the history of popular music, the careers of many culturally significant artists and groups began on the smal......more
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Companion book to Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks, a historical look at sports centers. Local writer and lifelong baseba......more
If you’ve ever wondered what goes through architects’ minds when they design buildings, you’ll be happy to know that the......more
Brilliant, sociable, amusing and utterly original, Clotilde Brewster defied all the odds by becoming an architect. This ......more
A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world’s greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories ......more
This book provides designers and students with the first in-depth analysis of the architecture of the world-renowned Mag......more
This book provides designers and students with the first in-depth analysis of the architecture of the world-renowned Mag......more
Designed by Marks Barfield Architects, Cambridge Central Mosque is an innovative building, which is both sustainable and......more
The 20 years between First and Second World Wars were a time of dramatic development for English people and their homes.......more
Paris has long been the world’s most popular destination and, in the view of many, the world’s most beautiful city - the......more
Digital Decoys examines the social and political implications of the decoys that have emerged in the age of imaging and ......more
This book presents a survey of LPA Studio’s professional career, spanning urban planning projects, infrastructure and la......more
Made in Miami Hecho en Miami is an alternative, bi-lingual guidebook of the city of Miami. Through the power of observat......more
The focus of this book has been concentrated on a criticism of the current resilience strategies: how adapting an anachr......more
This book presents a collection of ideas, organized as a visual assemblage of drawings, models, and buildings. Printed i......more
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The Climate Imaginary reflects on a global collection of design works that are engaged with the social, political and cu......more
This book addresses questions of pluralism in a time of increasing ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in the publi......more
Green Building: An Engineering Approach fills a void in green building which has good textbook options for practitioners......more
As Asia heads into the new 21st Century era a new architecture is called for. It needs now to think of a future in which......more
Benjamin Ferrey (1810-1880) is remembered today as the childhood friend and biographer of A.W.N. Pugin, but that represe......more
Hamburg setzt auf eine nachhaltige innere Stadtentwicklung. Neue Orte des Wohnens, der Dienstleistung, der Produktion, d......more
Aesthetic practices shape and are shaped by spatial formations. The essays in this volume survey configurations of space......more
Gorgeous photographs of lost Los Angeles, paired with historical and architectural insights. Los Angeles Before the Free......more
Featuring a global compendium of sites, buildings, urban settlements, and cultural landscapes, this volume combines rece......more
Ancient Bovillae is the first comprehensive study in English about the ancient city south of Rome that flourished for ce......more
The area of West London around Kensington was built up from the 1800s onwards, although there were a handful of earlier ......more
The catalog Blühstreifen--zwischen Traum und Zaun appears on the occasion of the exhibition, with the same name, at the ......more
Was ist gute Architektur? Welche Herausforderungen bringt die digitale Revolution für das Planen mit sich? Wie wichtig i......more
A gorgeous, gargantuan selection of Herzog & de Meuron’s key projects, with documentation by leading photographers, essa......more
After critiquing--and infuriating--the art world with The Painted Word, award-winning author Tom Wolfe shared his less t......more
A Certain Kind of Life examines how we dwell and live together, delving into the relationships between architecture and ......more
This book features innovative and productive responses, in the form of architectural design and thinking, to the shift i......more
Threatened with demolition and celebrated as icons of brutalism, Gerd and Magdalena Hänska’s Mäusebunker and the former ......more
In Twelve Mormon Homes: Visited in Succession on a Journey through Utah to Arizona, first published in 1874, Elizabeth K......more
In Twelve Mormon Homes: Visited in Succession on a Journey through Utah to Arizona, first published in 1874, Elizabeth K......more
Die Randgebiete und Zwischenräume urbaner Regionen sind zum gro en Teil Wohn- und Arbeitslandschaften. Dennoch verstehen......more
A massive value shift for existing buildings, infrastructure, materials, unbuilt land, earth, and the labor that holds o......more
Uses social and environmental justice theories to rethink the future of architecture. Thought Forms is a series featurin......more
The first book on New York-based La Dallman Architects. The Middle Front is the first-ever monograph on New York-based L......more
Nithurst is a much lauded and multi-awarding winning new-build house, designed for the architect and his family in the S......more
Can qualitative ideas of place be adequately encompassed by the quantitative methods of digital and parametric design? T......more
Foster + Partners is one of the world’s best-known and most influential design firms. Founded in London in 1967 by Norma......more
The result of years of research, this epic volume shows the global reach of the Art Nouveau idiom Modernismo, Jugendstil......more
A stunning photo book on Europe’s supreme example of the Italian Renaissance garden The Villa d’Este is a 16th-century v......more
This fascinating picture of this important legacy from the prehistory of Britain will be of interest to all those who ha......more
A series of original essays on the history of British postwar architecture through the concept of performance--and the u......more
The magnitude of error in building a skyscraper is staggeringly large. Flaws in engineering take on exponential importan......more
An in-depth exploration of the work of Frederick Kiesler, the visionary architect, with a special focus on his Mobile Ho......more
The Design and Construction of Pitched Roofing is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofin......more
The Design and Construction of Pitched Roofing is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofin......more