City & Town Planning – Architectural Aspects

This book, by an architect and a sociologist, addresses the disconnect between the design of the built environment and social life and lays out a p...

This book, by an architect and a sociologist, addresses the disconnect between the design of the built environment and social life and lays out a p...

This book presents a critical vision of the role of architecture and design in constantly changing cities, territories and societies from a Latin A...

An inspirational look book for conceiving, planning, and building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), a small house that is on the same property as t...

More than Buildings studies the buildings typology in Portuguese cities and their relationship with the program (the way in which it responds to a ...

Architectures of Existence proposes that philosophical thinking (ecosophical thinking) can inform the way we engage with our world and its inhabita...

This book is about the soul of the city, embodied in its spaces and people. It traces dynamics in inner city neighbourhoods of South Africas post-a...

This book considers and examines the concept of a Smart City in the context of improving the quality of life and sustainable development in Central...

Is it truly the end of public space? This handbook presents evidence that the answer is no. In cities in different parts of the world, people still...

Authored by two architects, Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation: Thoughts, Dreams and Places tells a story of buildings that were built ...

Contemporary cities are in thrall to rocketing real estate prices, climate change, and relentless growth. Make City brings together highly diverse ...

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for ...

This book offers a cross-national perspective on contemporary urban renewal in relation to social rental housing. Social housing estates as develo...

This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. I...

SHORTLISTED, 2024 MSA FIRST BOOK PRIZE Topothesia reads urban planning as a mode of speculative fiction, one inextricably linked to histories of Br...

SHORTLISTED, 2024 MSA FIRST BOOK PRIZE Topothesia reads urban planning as a mode of speculative fiction, one inextricably linked to histories of Br...

This book explores the use of street art tourism in eight cities: Barcelona, Paris, Porto, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Montevideo, Bogota and Buenos Air...

Urbanisation reconsidered in the face of ongoing climate emergenciesIn the face of the ongoing climate emergency, can humanity keep chipping at its...

This book examines the impact of space on the perception of art and visual culture in early nineteenth-century Paris. It turns its attention to the...

The ambition of the book is to give a contemporary insight in the state of the art when it comes to designing our cities and landscapes for dry con...

This anthology radically resituates architecture as a support system in the service of infrastructure. A collection of 12 critical essays and creat...

Planning guide for good living spaces The intelligent and appropriate use of living space as a resource is culturally, socially and economically c...

How architecture became a medium In the modern world, architecture interacts with and within networks. Long before they began to communicate wit...

Contemporary art, entertainment, and architecture cultures offer a growing amount of digitally mediated spatial experiences, situated either in the...

Contemporary art, entertainment, and architecture cultures offer a growing amount of digitally mediated spatial experiences, situated either in the...

Contemporary art, entertainment, and architecture cultures offer a growing amount of digitally mediated spatial experiences, situated either in the...

Contemporary art, entertainment, and architecture cultures offer a growing amount of digitally mediated spatial experiences, situated either in the...

This book investigates the spaces where architecture and computer science share a common set of assumptions and goals, using methods and objectives...

This book investigates the spaces where architecture and computer science share a common set of assumptions and goals, using methods and objectives...

Collective Urban Planning in Research, Teaching and Practice This practice orientated handbook aims at all urban actors wishing to develop and r...