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  1. The World’s Greenest Buildings (January 2013)

    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 supply one simple thing: actual performance data, to demonstrate their claims to sustainable operations.

    For more infomration about the book click here

  2. Enough is Enough January 2013 Launch

    Enough is Enough by Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill is set to publish on January 10th 2013 and the UK launch is taking place on January 24th at the University of Leeds.

  3. British Gardens (March 2013)

    Garden design began in West Asia and spread through Europe. This book tells how, in the British Isles, it flourished to an extraordinary degree. Following the historical method in Tom Turner’s books on Asian Gardens (2010) and European Gardens (2011), British Gardens uses almost 1000 color photographs, plans and style diagrams to provide a word and image history of garden design. Individual chapters cover the Celtic, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Arts and Crafts, Modern and Postmodern periods. Additional information about the gardens in the book is available on the Gardenvisit.com website, which the author edits http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/british_gardens_companion

    Click here to read a short interview with Tom Turner
     

  4. Transforming Urban Transport (November 2012)

    Drawing together leading scholars from different disciplines in Australia, Japan and China, this book provides a unique fusion of Asian and Australasian perspectives and engages with the coming needs of transportation planning practitioners in both high density and dispersed cities. Complete with a companion website with a wealth of supporting material around the topic, this is essential read for all students and practitioners of transportation planning. Companion website: www.routledge.com/cw/Low

    To order a copy of the book click here

  5. Development and Planning Law, 4th Edition ( November 2012)

    This book is the fourth edition of a highly regarded work widely used by students and practitioners of real estate management, development, surveying, valuation, planning and law. Written by two experienced experts on law and the UK planning system, Development and Planning Law is essential reading for anyone involved in building and construction, surveying, planning and development, and who needs to know the law as it relates to their everyday professional practice.

    It has been extensively updated to reflect the most recent legal developments, including the 2011 Localism Act.

    To order a copy of the book click here

  6. Portfolio and Programme Management Demystified (November 2012)

    You’re now responsible for a program, or you’ve got a portfolio to manage? Where do you start? Right here!

  7. Thinkers for Architects Series (November 2012)

    Gadamer for Architects is the latest in the Thinkers for Architects series.

    If you would like a copy of of our latest leafleet about the series please click here.

  8. The Construction of Drawings and Movies (September 2012)

    "Combining Alberti’s theory with examples of experimental movie making is a brilliant way to continue the traditions of linear perspective construction in the digital age, and to establish greater rigor and knowledge in the application of movement and time to architectural representations."  Brian McGrath, associate professor, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, USA
     

  9. Capital Spaces ( August 2012)

    Has the market really become the sole factor that influences the treatment of public space? Have the financial and personal interests of the few really come to dominate those of the many?

    To answer these questions Matthew Carmona and Filipa Wunderlich have carried out a detailed investigation of the modern public spaces of London, that most global of cities. For more information about the book click here

  10. Latin American Modern Architectures (August 2012)

    Latin American Modern Architectures: Ambiguous Territories has thirteen new essays from a range of distinguished architectural historians to help you understand the region’s rich and varied architecture.

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