Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts

By David Chappell

This latest edition of David Chappell’s bestselling guide to the most popular form of construction contracts has been completely revised to take into account the...

Published April 4th 2007 by Taylor and Francis.

Crime Prevention and the Built Environment

By Ted Kitchen, Richard H. Schneider

With a comprehensive analysis, this book links theory, evidence and practical application to bridge gaps between planning, design and criminology. The authors investigate connections between...

Published March 19th 2007 by Routledge.

Spatial Planning Systems of Britain and France

A Comparative Analysis

Edited by Philip Booth, Michelle Breuillard, Charles Fraser, Didier Paris

Spatial Planning Systems of Britain and France brings together a wide selection of comparative essays to highlight the fundamental similarities and differences between the spatial...

Published March 13th 2007 by Routledge.

Colonial Modernities

Building, Dwelling and Architecture in British India and Ceylon

Edited by Peter Scriver, Vikramaditya Prakash

A carefully crafted selection of essays from international experts, this book explores the effect of colonial architecture and space on the societies involved – both the...

Published March 7th 2007 by Routledge.

Abstract Space

Beneath the Media Surface

By Therese Tierney

This visually stunning, conceptually rich and imaginative book investigates the cultural connection between new media and architectural imaging. Through a range of material, from theoretical texts...

Published March 5th 2007 by Taylor and Francis.

The Green Braid

Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy and Equity

Edited by Kim Tanzer, Rafael Longoria

This volume presents the discipline’s best thinking on sustainability in written, drawn, and built form, drawing on over fifteen years of peer-reviewed essays and national design...

Published February 28th 2007 by Routledge.

Altering Practices

Feminist Politics and Poetics of Space

Edited by Doina Petrescu

This collection of essays addresses and defines the state of contemporary theories and practices of space: it is concerned with the growing importance of technology...

Published February 23rd 2007 by Routledge.

Material Matters

Architecture and Material Practice

Edited by Katie Lloyd Thomas

Material Matters brings together texts and work by theorists and practitioners who are making material central to their work and reflects the diverse areas of...

Published December 22nd 2006 by Routledge.

The Environmental Brief

Pathways for Green Design

By Richard Hyde, Steve Watson, Wendy Cheshire, Mark Thomson

The built environment is responsible for an estimated forty-five per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. As the greatest opportunities for reducing these emissions occur during the...

Published December 22nd 2006 by Taylor and Francis.

Softspace

From a Representation of Form to a Simulation of Space

Edited by Sean Lally, Jessica Young

This well-illustrated book unites essayists and emerging architectural practices to examine how digital tools are increasingly being used in architectural design, not only to show...

Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge.