City & Town Planning – Architectural Aspects

The provision of attractive dwellings in Europe's population centers has long been a topic of central concern not only to architects but also to ci...

Cities in China are extremely dynamic and experience high pressure to grow, transform and adapt. But in what directions, on what basis and to which...

For plenty years, many popular mountain resorts have seen largely uncontrolled development consisting of the multiplication of archetypal chalet-s...

Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata offers an extended analysis of the architecture and urban planning of Kolkata from the earliest d...

The business districts of many metropolises worldwide share the same characteristics: monotonous office building façades, uninviting public spaces,...

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address...

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) MigraTouriSpace is an artistic examination of travelling as an appro...

The construction sector is not exactly known for its innovation. Also, the reputation of large-scale projects builds less on their capacity to gene...

Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) Armin Linkes Nachtaufnahmen zeigen die Leerstelle der Bauakademie al...

The Neue Nationalgalerie on the Berlin Kulturforum is an architectural icon as well as the crowning conclusion of architect Ludwig Mies van der Ro...

Reconstructing Italy traces the postwar transformation of the Italian nation through an analysis of the Ina-Casa plan for working class housing, es...

Whilst recognising that distinctly different traditions exist within the study and practice of urban design, this book advances an interdisciplinar...

In the rapidly expanding public space debate of the past few years, a recurring theme is the loss of publicness of contemporary urban public places...

A multimedia exploration of the morphology of architecture in the American Southwest as defined by evolving modes of transportation. In examining a...

Gibt es eine architektonische und städtebauliche Agenda hinter der Politik zeitgenössischer rechtspopulistischer, rechtsradikaler, rechtsextremisti...

House Plans for Challenging Sites features more than 350 floor plans, sections, sketches, and elevations, as well as construction details of 35 hou...

Gemeinschaftlich genutzte und gestaltete Freiräume sind Ankerpunkte in der Stadt und eine mögliche Antwort auf die Folgen von Urbanisierung und Kli...

Addis Ababa is one of the fastest transforming environments on the globe and a prototype of an emerging territory. What can architecture and urban ...