Continuing in the holistic philosophy of the Technologies of Architecture series, this volume examines the various layers of knowledge, skills and mechanisms that make up…

Framing Places is an account of the nexus between place and power, investigating how the built forms of architecture and urban design act as mediators…

With contributions from provocative art and architectural historians, this book is a unique exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it…

A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, this volume brings into focus the discourse around proportion with current problems of post-humanism in…

Though we may take them for granted, doorways impinge on our lives in many ways. Their powers are even richer and more varied than those…

This book focuses on the complex ways in which architectural practice, theory, patronage, and experience became modern with the rise of a mass public and…

Humphry Repton’s Red Books have long been the subject of scholarly interest for their unique contribution to British landscape discourse around 1800. Lavishly illustrated with…

Did alligators ever really live in New York's sewers? What's it like to explore the old aqueducts beneath the city? How many levels are beneath…

Unprecedented in its scope, Cross-Cultural Urban Design: Global or Local Practice? explores how urban design has responded to recent trends towards global standardisation. Following analysis…

This book is about the love and hate relations that humans establish with their habitat, which have been coined by discerning modern thinkers as topophilia…