Public Space

The Management Dimension

Edited by Matthew Carmona, Claudio d. Magalhães, Leo Hammond

In both the UK and the US there is a sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism about the state of urban environments, particularly with the quality...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39649-3 (Routledge)

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The Evolution of Designs

Biological Analogy in Architecture and the Applied Arts

By Philip Steadman

This book tells the history of the many analogies that have been made between the evolution of organisms and the human production of artefacts, especially buildings....

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44753-9 (Routledge)

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The Evolving Arab City

Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development

Edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy

Today cities of the Arab world are subject to many of the same problems as other world cities, yet too often they are ignored in...

May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41156-1 (Routledge)

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Writing Urbanism

A design reader

Edited by Douglas Kelbaugh, Kit McCullough

Urban design continues to grow as an increasingly important and expanding field of study, research and professional endeavour.

This welcome new reader, distinguished by its...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77439-0 (Routledge)

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Heterotopia and the City

Public Space in a Postcivil Society

Edited by Michiel Dehaene, Lieven De Cauter

Heterotopia, literally meaning ‘other place’, is a rich concept in urban design that describes a space that is on the margins of ordered or civil...

May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42288-8 (Routledge)

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The Dynamic Landscape

Design, Ecology and Management of Naturalistic Urban Planting

Edited by Nigel Dunnett, James Hitchmough

The last quarter of the twentieth century witnessed a burgeoning interest in ecological or naturally inspired use of vegetation in the designed landscape. More recently...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43810-0 (Taylor & Francis)

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Balbus or the Future of Architecture Heraclitus or the future of Films Euterpe or the Future of Art The Future of Futurism

By Betts, McColvin, Rodker, Barman

Balbus: Or the Future of Architecture by Christian Barman

This volume discusses the history and future of architecture by examining key social movements which have influenced...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46400-0 (Routledge)

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Architecture, Power and National Identity

By Lawrence Vale

The first edition of Architecture, Power, and National Identity, published in 1992, has become a classic, winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for the best...

April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95515-7 (Routledge)

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Islam

From Medina to the Magreb and from the Indes to Istanbul

By Christopher Tadgell

This book examines the architectural tradition which developed with the religious culture of Islam. Essentially heir to the Roman development of space, it had its...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43609-0 (Routledge)

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Today and Tomorrow

By Various

Originally published between 1925 and 1928 these volumes examine the challenges and developments for the future of visual and performing arts from artistic, sociological and...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46403-1 (Routledge)

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