Forthcoming Built Environment Books
When Modern Was Green
Life and Work of Landscape Architect Leberecht Migge
Today, contemporary landscape design is increasingly drawing from ideas of sustainability and ecological stability. Not in fact new, the foundations of this approach stem from...
March 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56139-6 (Routledge)
The Sacred In-Between: The Mediating Roles of Architecture
The sacred place was, and still is, an intermediate zone created in the belief that it has the ability to co-join the religious aspirants to...
April 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77964-7 (Routledge)
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Insurgent Public Space
Guerrilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities
In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge...
April 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77966-1 (Routledge)
The Exposed City
Mapping the Urban Invisibles
Imagine a city invisible to the human eye and only manifested by its non-visual urban phenomena. What shape will it take? If these new urban...
April 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55180-9 (Routledge)
Managing Interdisciplinary Projects
A primer for architecture, engineering and construction
April 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48171-7 (Spon Press)
Bauhaus Dream-house
Modernity and Globalization
A highly original and innovative study that brings critical social theory to bear on the ideas of architectural and design education at the Bauhaus - tracing the...
April 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47582-2 (Routledge)
Introduction to Tunnel Construction
Tunnelling is one of the most fascinating disciplines within civil engineering and provides a robust solution to a variety of engineering challenges. It is a...
April 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46842-8 (Spon Press)
Perspectives on Projects
Modern project management had its genesis in the field of operations research in the late 1940s, but today it is a much more diverse subject....
May 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99374-6 (Routledge)
The Universe of Design
Horst Rittel's Theories of Design and Planning
This book examines the theoretical foundations of the processes of planning and design.
When people—alone or in groups—want to solve problems or improve their situation,...
May 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77989-0 (Routledge)
Procuring Innovative Architecture
The case studies in this book describe how clients’ promotion of innovative communities of practice has led to important collections of architectural works. The book...
May 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42942-9 (Routledge)
Construction Materials
Their Nature and Behaviour
Considerable developments have occurred in the twenty first century in the understanding of materials’ behaviour and in their technology and use. The main classes of construction materials...
May 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46516-8 (Spon Press)
Distributed Urbanism
Cities After Google Earth
What form of housing will emerge in Dubai, where the majority of the population are non-citizens and average length of stay three days? How will...
May 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56232-4 (Routledge)
Managing the Brief For Better Design
Briefing is not just presenting a set of documents to the design team; it is a process of developing a deep understanding about client needs....
May 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46031-6 (Routledge)
Single Piles and Pile Groups Under Lateral Loading, 2nd Edition
This Second Edition of Reese and Van Impe’s book has been extensively revised to be compatible in the classroom setting. New features include homework problems...
June 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46989-0 (CRC Press)
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Responsible Corporate Strategy in Construction and Engineering
"Doing the right thing?"
The role that communities have to play in the evolution and implementation of an effective strategy is often overlooked, despite the fact that it is...
June 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45910-5 (Taylor & Francis)
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Grotton Revisited
Planning in Crisis?
Some thirty years ago the small Metropolitan County of Grotton found itself bathed in the bright glare of publicity as The Grotton Papers lifted the...
June 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54647-8 (Routledge)
Stadium Worlds
Football, Space and the Built Environment
Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment. Four thematic sections bring together an international...
June 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54904-2 (Routledge)
Effective Practice in Spatial Planning
After years of being regarded as regulatory tool, spatial planning is now a key agent in delivering better places for the future. Dealing with the...
June 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49282-9 (Routledge)
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Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites
Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
The first book to provide readers with the skills to assess development potential from a holistic standpoint. Until now, architectural books on conservation matters have...
June 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48644-6 (Routledge)
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Hydrology in Practice
Hydrology in Practice is an excellent and very successful introductory text for engineering hydrology students who go on to be practitioners in consultancies, the Environment...
June 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37042-4 (Spon Press)
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