City & Town Planning – Architectural Aspects

Current planning and design modes of cities are facing challenges of philosophy and form. Past approaches no longer sustain new demands and call fo...

Cohabitation Strategies: Challenging Neoliberal Urbanization Between Crisis presents 12 years of urban theories, projects, and interventions develo...

Constructing Gardens, Cultivating the City is the first cultural history of major new parks developed in Paris in the late twentieth century, as pa...

Updated with a new Introduction by the authors and a foreword by Richard Florida, this book is a comprehensive guide book for urban designers, plan...

Reconstructing modernity assesses the character of approaches to rebuilding British cities during the decades after the Second World War. It explor...

In this work, Carl Anthony shares his perspectives as an African-American child in post-World War II Philadelphia; a student and civil rights activ...

An illustrated, essential guide to engaging children and youth in the process of urban design From a history of childrens rights to case studies d...

This book covers fundamental aspects of neighborhood planning and architecture along sustainable principles. Written by a designer and instructor, ...

A thorough investigation of how Jane Jacobss ideas about the life and economy of great cities grew from her home city, Scranton Jane Jacobss First ...

An accessible reader offering case studies of innovative alternatives to expansionist urban housing This reader takes the following assumption as ...

This collection of case studies by design educators critically explores the current practice of service-learning in architecture, landscape design,...

MVVAs 23-year story of transforming 85 acres of Brooklyn waterfront into parkland that reconnects New Yorkers to the East River Reclaimed from 1.3 ...

This useful guide sets out clearly a bespoke urban design process for practice, developed by the authors. The process works through urban analysis;...

The ways in which urban areas have evolved over the past 100 years have deeply influenced the lives of the communities that live in them. Some infl...

Useful and inspiring cases illustrate participatory placemaking practices and strategies. How Spaces Become Places tells stories of place makers wh...

How do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, equitable, and inviting? This question is becoming increasingly urge...

Becoming an URBAN PLANNER Are you considering a career in urban planning? Becoming an Urban Planner is the best place to start. Through in-depth in...

Lessons from the British and French New Towns: Paradise Lost? explores the evolution of the New Towns in both France and the UK from several perspe...