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Vad kan vi lära av historien? Svensk bostadsstandard var år 1900 sämst i Europa. Några decennier senare, i slutet av 1960-talet, byggdes det i Sverige flest bostäder i världen, per invånare. I dag särskiljer sig det svenska bostadsbyggandet genom ...

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Providing unique, accessible lessons on urban design, this title in the bestselling 101 Things I Learned¿ series is a perfect resource for students, recent graduates, general readers, and even seasoned professionals. Students of urban design often...

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"Så byggdes staden" handlar om det vi alla har omkring oss - den byggda miljön. Att förstå sin omgivning är lustfyllt och viktigt: När byggdes huset jag bor i och hur levde människorna då? Här får vi en illustrerad introduktion till stad...

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Urban Design Thinking provides a conceptual toolkit for urban design. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it shows how the design of our cities and urban spaces can be interpreted and informed through contemporary theories of urbanism, a...

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The Routledge Handbook of Planning Theory presents key contemporary themes in planning theory through the views of some of the most innovative thinkers in planning. They introduce and explore their own specialized areas of planning theory, to conc...

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Boken är den första på svenska som utförligt behandlar Roms byggnadskonst i vår tid i sammanhang med antikens stad. Här finns en sammanflätad arkitektur- och stadsbyggnadshistoria från antiken till vår tid. Författarna som båda är arkitekter med l...

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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, weaving together art, philosophy, history, and literature, this book investigates the landscapes and buildings of Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund. Through critical essays and beautiful illustrations focu...

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Hur byggs en stad? Har vi allt tillgängligt vetande samlat när vi tar beslut som ändrar förutsättningen för livet i staden? I ett land med växande befolkning och stark urbanisering är byggandet av stad en grundläggande samhällsfråga. Vem bygger? H...

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Arkitekten Jan Gehls bok Städer för människor sammanfattar 50 års forskning, studier och projekt om stadsliv och samspelet mellan arkitektur, staden och människorna. Baserat på exempel från städer runt om i världen förklaras utvecklingen av stadsp...

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Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies develops important new relational and institutionalist approaches to policy analysis and planning, of relevance to all those with an interest in cities and urban areas. Well-illustrated chapters weave togeth...

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The first Danish language version of this book, published in 1971, was very much a protest against the functionalistic principles for planning cities and residential areas that prevailed during that period. The book carried an appeal to show conce...

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Public Places Urban Spaces is a thorough introduction to the principles of urban design theory and practice. Authored by experts in the fields of urban design and planning, it is designed specifically for the 2,500 postgraduate students on Urban D...

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Using a typological structure (landscape, park, square, garden, promenade, etc.), Gunther Vogt describes the theoretical foundation on which the successful projects of Vogt Landscape Architects are based. In recent years they have realized interna...

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Staden har blivit het. Vi lever nu i en stadsrenässansens era. Därmed inte sagt att de urbana kvaliteterna blivit fler i våra städer, utan s narare att sensibiliteten för staden och dess möjligheter går att finn a hos allt fler. Jane Jacobs klassi...

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For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use - or could use - the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents ...

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Planning under Pressure offers managers, planners, consultants and students a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the Strategic Choice Approach, which has gradually been attracting worldwide recognition as a fresh, versatile and practical app...

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From small gardens to complete cities, humans have always moulded their environment to express or symbolize ideas - power, order, comfort, harmony, pleasure, mystery. It is Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe's distinction to have realized that these are ...

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Featuring updates and revisions to reflect rapid changes in an increasingly globalized world, Readings in Planning Theory remains the definitive resource for the latest theoretical and practical debates within the field of planning theory. * Repre...

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Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adap...

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Announcing the new revised edition of the classic industry reference! "Landscape Graphics" is the architect's ultimate guide to all the basic graphics techniques used in landscape design and landscape architecture. Progressing from the b...

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A key aspect of town planning, landscape planning and landscape architecture is to identify and then use the distinctive features and characteristics of space, place and landscape to achieve environmental quality. Landscape Analysis provides an in...

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Die ersten freien Wahlen zum Wiener Gemeinderat bringen 1919 der Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei die absolute Mehrheit. So beginnt ein international beachtetes Reformprojekt, das auf eine tiefgreifende Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen in der...

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This book is an introduction to landscape architecture for students. Landscape architecture is a visual subject so the book is illustrated with the author's own drawings.

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18 forskare och praktiker skriver om förhållningssätt, formande och utveckling av kommuner i Sverige idag. Ytterst handlar antologin om den brännande frågan om upprätthållandet av ett demokratiskt, rättvist och fritt samhälle; den byggda miljön är...

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This celebration of the style, design, and joy that pools bring to us brims with over 200 glamorous photographs. It is organized by swimming pool design from glimmering infinity pools with a view of the ocean to dramatic cascading waterfall pools ...

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Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, facade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator: the book seeks to excavate the micro-narratives of building detail.The resul...

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An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden. The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the h...

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Modernity was critically important to the formation and evolution of landscape architecture, yet its histories in the discipline are still being written. This book looks closely at the work and influences of some of the least studied figures of th...

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Making tangible connections between theory and practice, ideas and form, this book encourages debate about the artistic, conceptual, and cultural significance of the way things look. What are the metaphysical concepts at the heart of design educat...

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The last quarter of the twentieth century witnessed a burgeoning interest in ecological or naturally inspired use of vegetation in the designed landscape. More recently a strong aesthetic element has been added to what was formerly a movement aime...

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