The book takes the reader on an intellectual adventure through a carefully curated selection of 120 places that can be understood as metaphors of contemporary global culture. Spread across all seven continents, from the depths of the ocean to out...Lasīt vairāk
This handbook aims to increase attention to small and medium sized cities and explore the unique challenges they face, as well as provide practical recommendations for built environment practitioners to understand and respond to these challenges i...Lasīt vairāk
The book analyses contemporary art spaces both in terms of production and consumption in Hongkong and Singapore, which all rose in the last decade. It is about embedding these places in the respective urban context as well as the spatial design of t...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of British Columbia Press, ISBN-13: 9780774871907)
The right to the city the freedom for all to occupy, govern, change, and enjoy the city and access its resources is fundamental to genuinely inclusive democracy. Claiming the Right to the City critically explores attempts to redefi...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of Regina Press, ISBN-13: 9781779400765)
Reflections from the lone traveller, for whom a highway was never the intended destinationWalking the Bypass recounts Ken Wilsons singular experience of walking alongside the decidedly pedestrian-unfriendly Regina Bypass, al...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Regina Press, ISBN-13: 9781779400772)
Reflections from the lone traveller, for whom a highway was never the intended destinationWalking the Bypass recounts Ken Wilsons singular experience of walking alongside the decidedly pedestrian-unfriendly Regina Bypass, al...Lasīt vairāk
A standard reference on the typology of the urban high-rise, now available in English for the first time in a revised, updated, and expanded edition...Lasīt vairāk
Explores four centuries of colonization, land divisions, and urban development around this historic landmark neighborhood in West HarlemIt was the neighborhood where Alexander Hamilton built his country home, George Gershwin wrote h...Lasīt vairāk
At the heart of the modern world lie ventilation shafts. We may not notice them, but wherever there are tunnels, sewers, mines, car parks and energy stations under our feet, vents will be doing vital work keeping them cool and fume-free....Lasīt vairāk
Supergraphic Landscapes explores contemporary public art and creative placemaking strategies that amplify identity, access, and belonging in public spaces.The book catalogs, analyzes, and speculates on urban design methodologies that p...Lasīt vairāk
Existing as it does on the brink of being overrun, urbanized or abandoned, rurality is contested. Even in the field of academia, it is often questioned or considered a minor subordinate appendix to urbanity.Since the ancient Greeks, co...Lasīt vairāk
Through cultural mapping and design methodologies, this book illuminates the role of architecture in preserving collective memory while adapting to contemporary needs. The focus on memory and history brings attention to the restoration and reinter...Lasīt vairāk
This visual and textual essay surveys cities from Jerusalem to Hong Kong to Mexico City from the point of view of the weeds that inhabit them, learning from their tenacity and mutability....Lasīt vairāk
Concrete research, data visualization and blueprints for transforming Czechia into a beacon of sustainable innovationContaining interviews with local experts and research by 150 local and international students, this richly...Lasīt vairāk
How human beings shaped the urban and natural landscapes of the Netherlands over eight centuriesFrom Amsterdams ring of canals to the motorway network and the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands is constantly being rebuilt an...Lasīt vairāk
This book, by an architect and a sociologist, addresses the disconnect between the design of the built environment and social life and lays out a pathway for interdisciplinary engagement.Through this scholarly collaboration, the authors cre...Lasīt vairāk
This book, by an architect and a sociologist, addresses the disconnect between the design of the built environment and social life and lays out a pathway for interdisciplinary engagement. Through this scholarly collaboration, the authors create a ne...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Documentary Media LLC, ISBN-13: 9781933245744)
The powerful story of a place shaped by trade, conflict, and continuous transformationFrom canoes on the beach at Dzidzilalich to steamships and piers, Seattles waterfront was the center of the citys economy and culture for genera...Lasīt vairāk
