Remaking Chinese Urban Form

Modernity, Scarcity and Space, 1949-2005

By Duanfang Lu

In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society constructed itself through the making and remaking...

Published September 6th 2006 by Routledge.

Rethinking Architectural Historiography

Edited by Dana Arnold, Elvan Altan Ergut, Belgin Turan Ozkaya

Rather than subscribing to a single position, this collection informs the reader about the current state of the discipline looking at changes across the broad...

Published August 25th 2006 by Routledge.

Original Matters in Architecture

Edited by Jo Odgers, Flora Samuel, Adam Sharr

This innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive.

The word primitive is fundamental to the discipline of architecture...

Published August 16th 2006 by Routledge.

Creating Child Friendly Cities

Reinstating kids in the city

Edited by Brendan Gleeson, Neil Sipe

Leading planning and geography authors present this comprehensive assessment of the extent to which the physical and social make up of Western cities accommodates and...

Published August 10th 2006 by Routledge.

Urban Design Futures

Edited by Malcolm Moor, Jon Rowland

The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance....

Published July 27th 2006 by Routledge.

New Generation Whole-Life Costing

Property and Construction Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

By Ian Ellingham, William Fawcett

New Generation Whole-Life Costing presents an innovative approach to decision-making and risk management for construction and real estate. It applies the options-based approach that has...

Published July 6th 2006 by Taylor and Francis.

Integral Urbanism

By Nan Ellin

Integral Urbanism is an ambitious and forward-looking theory of urbanism that offers a new model of urban life. Nan Ellin's model stands as an antidote...

Published June 26th 2006 by Routledge.

Strategies for Sustainable Architecture

By Paola Sassi

Filling a gap in existing literature on sustainable design, this new guide introduces and illustrates sustainable design principles through detailed case studies of sustainable buildings...

Published June 19th 2006 by Taylor and Francis.

Cinematic Urbanism

A History of the Modern from Reel to Real

By Nezar AlSayyad

The city and the cinema have become inextricably intertwined over the last century, with the identities of places becoming bound up in their cinematic portrayals....

Published June 15th 2006 by Routledge.

Housing Transformations

Shaping the Space of Twenty-First Century Living

By Bridget Franklin

Drawing together a wide range of literature, this original book combines social theory with elements from the built environment disciplines to provide insight into how...

Published June 6th 2006 by Routledge.