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Modern Architectural Theoryby Harry Mallgrave
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 43.00Modern Architectural Theory is the first book to provide a comprehensive survey of architectural theorem, primarily in Europe and the United States, during three centuries of development. In this synthetic overview, Harry Mallgrave contextualizes architectural discourse within its social and political atmosphere. more...
Concrete Reveriesby Mark Kingwell
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 5.99An exploration of urbanism, personal identity, and how the space we live in shapes us According to philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell, the transnational global city-New York and Shanghai-is the most significant machine our species has ever produced. And yet, he says, we fail again and again to understand it. How do cities shape us, and how do we shape them? That is the subject of Concrete Reveries , which investigates how we occupy city space and why place is so important to who we are. Kingwell explores the sights, smells, and forms of the city, reflecting on how they mold our notions of identity, the limits of social and political engagement, and our moral obligations as citizens. He offers a critique of the monumental architectural... more...
Services and Metropolitan Developmentby Peter W. Daniels
Routledge 1991; US$ 238.00Explores the processes guiding both the development and the spatial impacts of services on the urban system and individual areas and describes the internationalisation of services and the effects of re-structuring on urban systems. more...
Housing Policy in the 1990sby Johnston Birchall
Routledge 1992; US$ 210.00Explores the deluge of Conservative legislation in the late 1980s which aimed to restructure post-war housing policy and examines what its effects will be during this decade and into the next century. more...
Housebuilding in Britain's Countrysideby Mark Shucksmith
Routledge 1990; US$ 150.00Examines the controversial issue of whether looser planning controls are necessary in order to provide affordable housing or whether we should protect the countryside from urban encroachment. more...
Land and the Cityby Philip Kivell
Routledge 1992; US$ 61.95In the rapidly changing sphere of urban development, land is shown to provide the basic morphological structure of the city, but also the source of economic and social power and the key to planning through examples from around the world more...
Modelling the Cityby C. S. Bertuglia; G. P. Clarke; A. G. Wilson
Routledge 1994; US$ 218.00Examines the changing role of urban models in relation to urban well-being and planning problems and offers a `new geography of performance indicators' for the public and private sector based on principles of spatial interaction. more...
Cities and Natural Processby Michael Hough
Routledge 1995; US$ 59.95Economic and technological values have squeezed nature out of the modern city, seriously affecting our quality of life within and shaping a negative aesthetic. This offers ecological approaches to urban design which can work with nature too. more...
Urban Planning in Europeby Peter Newman; Andy Thornley
Routledge 1996; US$ 67.95An analysis of the influences on urban planning in Europe. Detailed case studies are used to explore planning policies in a range of European cities, and discuss the social and environmental objectives that influence today's urban planner. more...
Planning in the USAby J. Barry Cullingworth
Routledge 1997; US$ 59.95This comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning outlines land use, urban planning and environmental protection policies and explains the nature of the planning process. more...