Built Environment Books

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21. 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
22. 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
23. Non-traditional Houses

    Identifying Non-traditional Houses in the UK 1918-75 (AP 294)

    By Harry Harrison, Stephen Mullin, Barry Reeves, Alan Stevens

    Non-traditional houses was first published as a book in 2004 and is now available in a fully searchable pdf format on CD ROM. The CD ROM gives building surveyors, engineers and architects easy access to a vast reference library detailing 450 non-traditional house types classified by form of...

    Published December 18th 2012 by IHS BRE Press
24. Principles of Structure, Fifth Edition

    By Ken Wyatt, Richard Hough

    Since its first publication in 1974, Principles of Structure has established itself at the forefront of introductory texts for students of architecture, building and project management seeking a basic understanding of the behavior and design of building structures. It provides a simple quantitative...

    Published December 17th 2012 by CRC Press
25. Energy from the Desert

    Very Large Scale PV Power-State of the Art and Into The Future

    Edited by Keiichi Komoto, Christian Breyer, Edwin Cunow, Karim Megherbi, David Faiman, Peter van der Vleuten

    The fourth volume in the established Energy from the Desert series examines and evaluates the potential and feasibility of Very Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Generation (VLS-PV) systems, which have capacities ranging from several megawatts to gigawatts, and to develop practical...

    Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
26. Which Contract?

    Choosing The Appropriate Building Contract, 5th Edition

    By Hugh Clamp

    Which Contract? is an invaluable desktop companion to be turned to at the start of every new project and is recommended to any professional whose clients expect him or her to know the contemporary procurement landscape inside out.Providing clear guidance on how to identify the most appropriate...

    Published December 17th 2012 by RIBA Publishing
27. Biofuels and Rural Poverty

    By Joy Clancy

    Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas...

    Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
28. Architecture, Print Culture and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France

    By Richard Wittman

    Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture

    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 a reconfigured public sphere between the end of the seventeenth century and the French Revolution. Presenting a fresh theoretical...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
29. Urban Regeneration

    Property investment and development

    Edited by J.N. Berry, N.G. Deddis, W.S. McGreal

    This book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of property investment and development in the urban regeneration process. It relates the physical, economic, financial and environmental aspects of urban change and development to the realities of particular cities by case studies drawn from...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Taylor & Francis
30. International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness

    Edited by Paul Cloke, Paul Milbourne

    Series: Housing, Planning and Design Series

    Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of fifteen specially commissioned chapters, International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness provides...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge