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Urban Design in the Arab World
Reconceptualizing Boundaries
Häftad, 2021
716 kr
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The Arab World is perceived to be a region rampant with constructed and ambiguous national identities, overwhelming wealth and poverty, religious diversity, and recently the Arab uprisings, a bottom-up revolution shaking the foundations of pre-established, long-standing hierarchies. It is also a …
Public Space
Between Reimagination and Occupation
Av Svetlana Hristova, Mariusz Czepczyński
Häftad, 2019
776 kr
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Public Space: Between Reimagination and Occupation examines contemporary public space as a result of intense social production reflecting contradictory trends: the long-lasting effects of the global crisis, manifested in supranational trade-offs between political influence, state power and private …
Daylight, Design and Place-Making
Av Hisham Elkadi, Sura Al-Maiyah
Häftad, 2023
671 kr
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Daylight, Design and Place-Making examines the role of daylight in creating and revealing the wonders of heritage and contemporary architecture. Shifting from a purely technical approach to daylighting, this book places importance on the creation of meaningful aesthetics through an understanding of …
Towns and Cities: Function in Form
Urban Structures, Economics and Society
Av Julian Hart
Häftad, 2021
716 kr
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Challenging existing assumptions about how our towns and cities are structured and formed, Julian Hart provides an engaging and thought-provoking alternative theory of urban design. This is not urban design in the sense of the practice of design; rather it is a theory of the form of the town at all …
Design of Frontier Spaces
Control and Ambiguity
Av Carolyn Loeb, Andreas Luescher
Häftad, 2021
716 kr
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In a globalizing world, frontiers may be in flux but they remain as significant as ever. New borders are established even as old borders are erased. Beyond lines on maps, however, borders are spatial zones in which distinctive architectural, graphic, and other design elements are deployed to signal …
Constructing a Sense of Place
Architecture and the Zionist Discourse
Av Haim Yacobi
Inbunden, 2004
2600 kr
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While it is widely recognized that architects and their architecture play a key role in constructing a sense of place, the inherent nexus between an architectural ideology and the production of national space and place has so far been neglected. Focusing on the Zionist ideology, this book brings …
City Making and Urban Governance in the Americas
Curitiba and Portland
Inbunden, 2005
2525 kr
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Cities in both North and South America are confronting tremendous challenges in urban growth and management as they enter the new century. Curitiba in Brazil and Portland in Oregon, US are cities that have achieved recognition for exemplary urban planning programmes over the past three decades. As …
Making the Digital City
The Early Shaping of Urban Internet Space
Inbunden, 2005
2525 kr
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Since the late 1990s, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been hailed as a potentially revolutionary feature of the planning and management of Western cities. Economic regeneration and place promotion strategies have exploited these new technologies; city management has …
Architecture and Utopia
The Israeli Experiment
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
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There are more than 450 Moshavim settlements and about 270 kibbutzim in Israel. While there is a range of communal and cooperative kibbutz movements, all with slight ideological differences, they are all collective rural communities, based on an ideal to create a social utopian settlement. Placing …
London's Turning
The Making of Thames Gateway
Av Michael J. Rustin, Philip Cohen
Inbunden, 2008
2525 kr
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The Thames Gateway plan is the largest and most complex project of urban regeneration ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. This book provides a comprehensive overview and critique of the Thames Gateway plan, but at the same time it uses the plan as a lens through which to look at a series of …
Olympic Cities: 2012 and the Remaking of London
Av Iain MacRury, Gavin Poynter
Inbunden, 2009
2525 kr
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Drawing upon historical, cultural, economic and socio-demographic perspectives, this book examines the role of a sporting mega-event in promoting urban regeneration and social renewal. Comparing cities that have or will be hosting the event, it explores the political economy of the games and the …
Daylight, Design and Place-Making
Av Hisham Elkadi, Sura Al-Maiyah
Inbunden, 2020
2600 kr
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Daylight, Design and Place-Making examines the role of daylight in creating and revealing the wonders of heritage and contemporary architecture. Shifting from a purely technical approach to daylighting, this book places importance on the creation of meaningful aesthetics through an understanding of …
Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa
Intertwined and Contested Histories
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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Colonial architecture and urbanism carved its way through space: ordering and classifying the built environment, while projecting the authority of European powers across Africa in the name of science and progress. The built urban fabric left by colonial powers attests to its lingering impacts in …
Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage
Unforeseen Paths
Av Stefania Stellacci, Danilo Giglitto m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
2600 kr
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Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage: Unforeseen Paths rethinks how to analyse, preserve, and adapt Architectural Heritage and its surroundings along unforeseen paths using a broad spectrum of advanced research and design tools. By delving into conceptual foundations and …
Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage
Unforeseen Paths
Av Stefania Stellacci, Danilo Giglitto m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
731 kr
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Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage: Unforeseen Paths rethinks how to analyse, preserve, and adapt Architectural Heritage and its surroundings along unforeseen paths using a broad spectrum of advanced research and design tools. By delving into conceptual foundations and …
Temporal Urban Design
Temporality, Rhythm and Place
Häftad, 2025
731 kr
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Temporal Urban Design: Temporality, Rhythm and Place examines an alternative design approach, focusing on the temporal aesthetics of urban places and the importance of the sense of time and rhythm in the urban environment.The book departs from concerns on the acceleration of cities, its impact on …
Urban Planning in Lusophone African Countries
Häftad, 2024
636 kr
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Urban planning on the five Lusophone African countries - Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and PrÃncipe - has so far been relatively overlooked in planning literature. Bringing together a team of leading scholars, this book fills the gap by providing an in-depth analysis …
Urban Planning in North Africa
Häftad, 2024
636 kr
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There has been relatively little written on the history of urban planning in North Africa, despite the wealth of towns and cities in this region which date back to Antiquity. The book explores the history of urban planning in North Africa and the challenges confronting contemporary urban planning …
Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa
Intertwined and Contested Histories
Häftad, 2017
776 kr
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Colonial architecture and urbanism carved its way through space: ordering and classifying the built environment, while projecting the authority of European powers across Africa in the name of science and progress. The built urban fabric left by colonial powers attests to its lingering impacts in …
Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability
Theory, Practice, and Product
Av Donia Zhang
Häftad, 2016
942 kr
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Cultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the fourth pillar alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither fully explored, nor widely accepted or recognized. This book …
Architecture and Utopia
The Israeli Experiment
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
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There are more than 450 Moshavim settlements and about 270 kibbutzim in Israel. While there is a range of communal and cooperative kibbutz movements, all with slight ideological differences, they are all collective rural communities, based on an ideal to create a social utopian settlement. Placing …
Chinese Urban Design
The Typomorphological Approach
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
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The traditional Chinese city is undergoing an identity crisis. With the rapid development taking place, there is growing conflict between this new building and the existing urban heritage. An appropriate approach, both in design and in legislation, is urgently needed to deal with this problem. …
Constructing a Sense of Place
Architecture and the Zionist Discourse
Av Haim Yacobi
Häftad, 2017
942 kr
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While it is widely recognized that architects and their architecture play a key role in constructing a sense of place, the inherent nexus between an architectural ideology and the production of national space and place has so far been neglected. Focusing on the Zionist ideology, this book brings …
London's Turning
The Making of Thames Gateway
Av Michael J. Rustin, Philip Cohen
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
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The Thames Gateway plan is the largest and most complex project of urban regeneration ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. This book provides a comprehensive overview and critique of the Thames Gateway plan, but at the same time it uses the plan as a lens through which to look at a series of …
City Making and Urban Governance in the Americas
Curitiba and Portland
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
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Cities in both North and South America are confronting tremendous challenges in urban growth and management as they enter the new century. Curitiba in Brazil and Portland in Oregon, US are cities that have achieved recognition for exemplary urban planning programmes over the past three decades. As …
Olympic Cities: 2012 and the Remaking of London
Av Iain MacRury, Gavin Poynter
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
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Drawing upon historical, cultural, economic and socio-demographic perspectives, this book examines the role of a sporting mega-event in promoting urban regeneration and social renewal. Comparing cities that have or will be hosting the event, it explores the political economy of the games and the …
Making the Digital City
The Early Shaping of Urban Internet Space
Häftad, 2016
882 kr
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Since the late 1990s, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been hailed as a potentially revolutionary feature of the planning and management of Western cities. Economic regeneration and place promotion strategies have exploited these new technologies; city management has …
Architecture Competition
Project Design and the Building Process
Av Ignaz Strebel, Jan Silberberger
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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Much valued by design professionals, controversially discussed in the media, regularly misunderstood by the public and systematically regulated by public procurement; in recent years, architecture competitions have become projection screens for various and often incommensurable desires and hopes. …
New Suburbanism: Sustainable Tall Building Development
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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Much of the anticipated future growth in the United States will take place in suburbia. The critical challenge is how to accommodate this growth in a sustainable and resilient manner. This book explores the role of suburban tall as a viable, sustainable alternative to continued suburban sprawl. It …
Designing for Play
Inbunden, 2017
3173 kr
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The second edition of this much-admired book offers an accessible and coherent selection of readings illustrating for students the depth and contours of how American politics has developed over time. Grounded in foundational debates, classic political science scholarship, and the best contemporary …
