Housing & Homelessness

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 explores how histories of migration, cultural encounter and transculturation have shaped formations of urban space, domestic architecture...

Over the past century, American demographics and social norms have shifted dramatically. If trends continue, we should expect to see more people li...

This book provides new and original insight on the senior living housing needs in Poland. It focuses on housing needs of the 60-74 age group that a...

Critical time intervention (CTI) is a time-limited, evidence-based model of care coordination for people that is delivered during a critical period...

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...

This book, from social theorist Peter King, considers how a dwelling can protect and promote both our anxieties and our relationships. Dwelling mag...

Enthralling; it is well worth the trip. --New York Journal of Books Conceived as the most modern, humane incarceration facility the world had ever ...

Armed conflicts, natural disasters, poverty, and the pandemic have forced over 117 million people to abandon their homes and heritage. Surging push...

Housing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we re...

Can one city's solutions to homelessness help the United States face the issue nationally?The United States grapples with a solution for the unhous...

Tom Adams writes instant poetry for passers-by on the streets of the city of Bath, Somerset. It normally takes him 10 to 15 minutes to write a pe...

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This ...

This book describes a secondary analysis of survey data collected from a modified snowball sample of 96 homeless and runaway youth. The sample cont...

In Doors: History, Repair and Conservation, readers are guided through the function, history, development, care, repair and conservation of doors b...

Over the last two decades new and significant demographic, economic, social and environmental changes and challenges have shaped the production and...

This book examines new tenementsdense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since t...

Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework acknowledging that civil soc...

***Winner of Architectural Guide of the Year at the Architectural Book Awards 2024***The Deck Access Housing Design Guide is the first practical de...

This book critically engages with the idea of decentralization as empowering cities and their residents to act innovatively and creatively. The con...

The UK is experiencing a housing crisis unlike any other. Homelessness is on the increase and more people are at the mercy of landlords due to unaf...

The Aesthetics of Neighborhood Change explores cultural shifts that result from gentrification and redevelopment, showing how cultures of racially ...

Housing and the City explores housing histories, theories, and projects in diverse geographies. It presents a geographically dispersed history of t...

Ageing population and rapid urbanisation are the two major demographic shifts in todays world. Architectural designs and urban policies have to dea...

Schools are facing increasing numbers of homeless students and school social workers and other related professionals are often at the front line of...

The San Francisco Bay Area is generally considered the most expensive regional housing market in the country. Because the region added jobs and res...

The San Francisco Bay Area is generally considered the most expensive regional housing market in the country. Because the region added jobs and res...

When the Corporation of Glasgow undertook a massive programme of council house construction to replace the city's notorious slums after the First W...

designing networks cities presents a sophisticated, multi-disciplinary, and multi-dimensional approach to urban design. Emerging from years of prac...

Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the...