Architecture Books

New and Published Books

1. The Contradiction Between Form and Function in Architecture

   By John Shannon Hendrix

   Continuing the themes that have been addressed in The Humanities in Architectural Design and The Cultural Role of Architecture, this book illustrates the important role that a contradiction between form and function plays in compositional strategies in architecture. The contradiction between form...

   Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. 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
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. 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
6. Green Buildings Pay

   Design, Productivity and Ecology, 3rd Edition

   By Brian Edwards, Emanuele Naboni

   This third edition of Green Buildings Pay presents new evidence and new arguments concerning the institutional and business case that can be made for green design. The green argument has moved a long way forward since the previous edition, and this fully updated book addresses the key issues faced...

   Published January 6th 2013 by Routledge
7. The World's Greenest Buildings

   Promise Versus Performance in Sustainable Design

   By Jerry Yudelson, Ulf Meyer

   The World’s Greenest Buildings tackles an audacious task. Among the thousands of green buildings out there, which are the best, and how do we know? Authors Jerry Yudelson and Ulf Meyer examined hundreds of the highest-rated large green buildings from around the world and asked their owners to...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
8. Ryder

   By Rutter Carroll

   Founded in 1953 as Ryder and Yates and now known simply as Ryder, this multi-award winning studio has grown to become one of the largest in the United Kingdom. A varied output of buildings for education, healthcare, interior design, research and manufacturing, residential, and retail and leisure...

   Published December 31st 2012 by RIBA Publishing
9. Planning and Place in the City

   Mapping Place Identity

   By Marichela Sepe

   Under the influence of globalization, the centres of many cities in the industrialised world are losing their place identity, the set of cultural markers that define a city’s uniqueness and make it instantly recognisable. A key task for planners and residents, working together, is to preserve...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
10. International Heritage and Historic Building Conservation

    Saving the World’s Past

    By Zeynep Aygen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Heritage

    The majority of books in English on historic building conservation and heritage preservation training are often restricted to Western architecture and its origins. Consequently, the history of building conservation, the study of contemporary paradigms and case studies in most universities and...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge