Built Environment Books

New and Published Books

1. Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran

   Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era

   By Pamela Karimi

   Series: Iranian Studies

   Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture, Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Transcultural Cities

   Border-Crossing and Placemaking

   Edited by Jeffrey Hou

   Transcultural Cities uses a framework of transcultural placemaking, cross-disciplinary inquiry and transnational focus to examine a collection of case studies around the world, presented by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and activists in architecture, urban planning, urban studies, art,...

   Published January 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. A House In The City

   Home Truths in Urban Architecture

   By Robert Dalziel

   What makes a great house in the city? This title examines what has worked well in some of the most successful housing types throughout the world – from old to new, high rise to low rise, innovative to conventional. Alongside editor Tim Battle, authors Robert Dalziel and Sheila Qureshi critically...

   Published January 28th 2013 by RIBA Publishing
4. Building Surveys

   8th Edition

   By Peter Glover

   Building Surveys has been a trusted guide for both students and professionals for over 30 years, evolving throughout its eight editions to address the challenges and responsibilities of the building surveying role. It covers everything needed for initial inspections such as equipment, know-how and...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
5. Fundamental Building Technology

   2nd Edition

   By Andrew J. Charlett, Craig Maybery-Thomas

   Fundamental Building Technology introduces the technology, methods, and processes fundamental to construction by focussing on what is involved in building a typical low-rise house. Written with the novice in mind, this textbook is the ideal starting point for any construction student, as it fully...

   Published January 24th 2013 by Routledge
6. OHS Electronic Management Systems for Construction

   By Imriyas Kamardeen

   Series: Spon Research

   Occupational accidents have a massive personal and social cost as well as a major financial cost. The construction industry is one of the most dangerous industries, accounting for around 20–30% of all occupational deaths worldwide. The accompanying financial cost is either absorbed directly or...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
7. Emergency Planning Guide for Utilities, Second Edition

   By Samuel Mullen

   An increase in major natural disasters—and the growing number of damaging events involving gas, electric, water, and other utilities—has led to heightened concerns about utility operations and public safety. Due to today's complex, compliance-based environment, utility managers and planners often...

   Published January 21st 2013 by CRC Press
8. The Conservation Movement: A History of Architectural Preservation

   Antiquity to Modernity

   By Miles Glendinning

   In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent part of the built environment, and we often take it for granted that their contribution is intrinsically positive. How has that widely-shared belief come about, and is its continued general acceptance inevitable...

   Published January 20th 2013 by Routledge
9. Introduction to Estimating for Construction

   By Brian Greenhalgh

   Students and professionals encountering estimating for the first time need an approachable introduction to its principles and techniques, which is up to date with current practice. Introduction to Estimating for Construction explains both the traditional techniques, and best practice in...

   Published January 20th 2013 by Routledge
10. Of Planting and Planning

    The making of British colonial cities, 2nd Edition

    By Robert Home

    Series: Planning, History and Environment Series

    ‘At the centre of the world-economy, one always finds an exceptional state, strong, aggressive and privileged, dynamic, simultaneously feared and admired.’ - Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th–18th Centuries This, surely, is an apt description of the British Empire at its...

    Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge