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Ethics and the Built Environmentby Warwick Fox
Routledge 2000; US$ 47.95International contributors debate ethics in the built environment in all its forms. Will be of interest to architects, students of building and building design, environmentalists, politicians and readers with a general interest in ethics. more...
Architecture and Authority in Japanby William H. Coaldrake
RoutledgeCurzon 1996; US$ 69.95'This will be by far the best book on the place of architecture, especially monumental public architecture, in Japanese history and culture ... It is a major contribution to the cultural history of Japan.' - Martin Collcutt, Princeton more...
Facadismby Jonathan Richards
Routledge 1994; US$ 149.95Presents a critical analysis of a concept central to modern city development, examining the effects of architectural philosophies, principles of urban conservation, heritage planning and the market forces of urban development. more...
Conservation and the Cityby Peter Larkham
Routledge 1996; US$ 71.95Conservation and the City is a study of conservation and change throughout the built environment - city centres, suburbs and even tiny villages - and how the activities of conservation interact with the planning system. more...
Rome: A New Planning Strategyby Franco Archibugi
Routledge 2004; US$ 180.00This book describes the crucial role of planning the development of cities and outlines the consequences of not having a development strategy, focusing on the last century of Rome's evolution as an in-depth case study. more...
Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Designby Geoffrey Broadbent
Spon Press 1995; US$ 99.95This important work provides a clear analysis of the nature of many of today's design problems, identifying their causes in history and suggesting a basis for co-ordinated solutions. more...
Planning Europe's Capital Citiesby Thomas Hall
Spon Press 1997; US$ 44.95During the nineteenth century many of Europe's capital cities were subject to major expansion and improvement schemes. From Vienna's Ringstrasse to the boulevards of Paris, the townscapes which emerged still shape today's cities and are an more...
Traditional Islamic Principles of Built Environmentby Hisham Mortada
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 195.00Written with the non-Muslim reader in mind, this book analyses the principles and values established by the tradition of Islam to govern the social and physical environments of Muslims. more...
Public and Private Spaces of the Cityby Ali Madanipour
Routledge 2003; US$ 62.95This book sets out to find out how and why social space is subdivided in this way and to explore the nature of each realm as defined by spatial and symbolic boundaries. more...
Conservation and Planningby Edward Hobson
Spon Press 2003; US$ 62.95This book presents original research into how national and local decision-makers construct and implement conservation of the built environment. more...









