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  • Introduction to Residential Layoutby Mike Biddulph

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.95

    Introduction to Residential Layout is ideal for students and practitioners of urban design, planning, engineering, architecture and landscape seeking a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of designing and laying out residential areas. Mike Biddulph provides a clear and coherent framework from which he offers comprehensive practical advice... more...

  • A Guide to Port Sunlight Villageby Edward Hubbard; Michael Shippobottom

    Liverpool University Press 2005; US$ 14.95

    The model industrial village of Port Sunlight was founded by the soap manufacturer W. H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1888 for the factory workers of his firm of Lever Brothers. The village was acclaimed from the first as exemplifying the best in English town planning and house design, and greatly influenced subsequent industrial villages such... more...

  • Responsive Environmentsby Sue McGlynn; Graham Smith; Alan Alcock; Paul Murrain; Ian Bentley

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 70.00

    Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places or buildings. This is a practical book about architecture and... more...

  • Architecture and Participationby Peter Blundell Jones; Doina Petrescu; Jeremy Till

    Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 70.00

    Bringing together leading international practitioners and theorists in the field, ranging from the 1960s pioneers of participation to some of the major contemporary figures in the field, Architecture and Participation opens up the social and political aspects of our built environment, and the way that the eventual users may shape it. Divided into... more...

  • Open Design, a Stakeholder-oriented Approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Managementby R. Binnekamp; L.A. Van Gunsteren; P.-P. Van Loon

    IOS Press 2006; US$ 100.00

    Open Design refers to a stakeholder-oriented approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Management, as developed by the Chair of Computer Aided Design and Planning of Delft University of Technology. This edition collects the following three volumes on Open Design: 1) Open Design, a Collaborative Approach to Architecture, offering concepts... more...

  • Architecture and the Urban Environmentby Derek Thomas

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95

    This well illustrated text forms a critical appraisal of the place and direction of architecture and urban design in a new world order at the start of the 21st century. The book defines architectural and environmental goals for the New Age by analysing recent contemporary work for its responsiveness to important social and environmental issues and... more...

  • Intimate Metropolisby Vittoria Di Palma; Diana Periton; Marina Lathouri

    Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 59.95

    Intimate Metropolis explores connections between the modern city, its architecture, and its citizens, by questioning traditional conceptualizations of public and private. Rather than focusing purely on public spaces?such as streets, cafés, gardens, or department stores?or on the domestic sphere, the book investigates those spaces and practices... more...

  • The Architecture of Happinessby Alain De Botton

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008; US$ 18.00

    The Achitecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings,... more...

  • Site Furnishingsby Bill Main; Gail Greet Hannah

    Wiley 2009; US$ 75.00

    Introducing the first all-in-one guide to site furniture principles, processes, and best practices Furniture matters—outdoors as well as in. Understanding the connections between site and site furniture enhances the creative opportunities for designers of outdoor spaces and increases their ability to influence the long-term success of the spaces... more...

  • Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark Art in Public Space Styriaby Werner Fenz; Evelyn Kraus; Birgit Kulterer

    Springer 2011; US$ 39.99

    Das Jahrbuch stellt die im Rahmen von Kunst im ffentlichen Raum Steiermark realisierten Projekte des Jahres 2009 vor, darunter Projekte von Helmut und Johanna Kandl, Jochen Gerz, der K nstlergruppe IRWIN, Michael Kienzer, zweintopf und Werkstadt Graz. Neben umfangreichem Bildmaterial enth lt der Band einleitende Essays, Theorie und K nstlerstandpunkte... more...