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Energy Management and Operating Costs in Buildings

by Keith Moss

Managing the consumption and conservation of energy in buildings must now become the concern of both building managers and occupants. The provision of lighting, hot water supply, communications, cooking, space...

Investment, Procurement and Performance in Construction: The First National Rics Research Conference

by P.S. Brandon, T. Mole & P. Venmore-Rowland

The proceedings of a major conference on the built environment ran by the RICS to examine recent research and development in: investment; building procurement and construction; and building performance analysis....

Origins of Form: The Shape of Natural and Man-made Things-Why They Came to Be the Way They Are and How They Change

by Christopher Williams

Origins of Form will make readers—especially those who design and build—aware of their physical environment. Williams' practical, no-nonsense approach and his exquisite drawings provide a clear understanding...

Landscape and Sustainability

by John F. Benson & Maggie H. Roe

This unique book is about landscape, sustainability and the practices of the professions which plan, design and manage landscapes at many scales and in many locations; urban, suburban and rural. Despite the...

Great City Parks

by Alan Tate

Great City Parks is a celebration of some of the finest achievements of landscape architecture in the public realm. It is a comparative study of twenty significant public parks in fourteen major cities across...

Intelligent Cities: Innovation, Knowledge Systems and Digital Spaces

by Nicos Komninos

At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the USA, displayed an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The favourable environment for research,...

Houses of Mexico: Origins and Traditions

by Verna Cook Shipway & Warren Shipway

This book delves into the roots of the bold yet elegant Mexican style, illustrated with many photographs from Spain and Portugal reflecting the Moorish influence. In addition to coverage of the architecture...

Global Warming and the Built Environment

by D.K. Prasad & R. Samuels

The role of the built environment on global warming is seen to be of increasing relevance. In this book, contributors of international repute offer a wide perspectivet on the subject. This new paperback edition...

Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in Construction: An International Perspective

by Edward Davies, Peter Fenn & Michael O'Shea

Many construction conflicts and disputes are not limited to particular jurisdictions or cultures, but are increasingly becoming common across the industry worldwide. This book is an invaluable guide to international...

Whose Public Space?: International Case Studies in Urban Design and Development

by Ali Madanipour

Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in...

Architects' Guide to Fee Bidding

by M. Paul Nicholson

Fee bidding still generates emotive reactions from within many sections of the architectural profession. Fee bidding is not taught in most schools of architecture, so practitioners generally rely on hunches...

Interpretation in Architecture: Design as Way of Thinking

by Adrian Snodgrass & Richard Coyne

Drawing on cultural theory, phenomenology and concepts from Asian art and philosophy, this book reflects on the role of interpretation in the act of architectural creation, bringing an intellectual and scholarly...

Landscape Architecture

by Barry Starke & John Ormsbee Simonds

The most comprehensive, current guide to the theoryand practice of landscape architecture

For more than 50 years, this pioneering guide has served as the foremost resource on the principles and practices of landscape...

Whose Urban Renaissance?: An international comparison of urban regeneration strategies

by Libby Porter & Kate Shaw

The desire of governments for a 'renaissance' of their cities is a defining feature of contemporary urban policy. From Melbourne and Toronto to Johannesburg and Istanbul, government policies are successfully...

Loose Space: Possibility and Diversity in Urban Life

by Karen Franck & Quentin Stevens

In cities around the world people use a variety of public spaces to relax, to protest, to buy and sell, to experiment and to celebrate. Loose Space explores the many ways that urban residents, with creativity...

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning 2

by Bruce Stiftel, Vanessa Watson & Henri Acselrad

Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning offers a new selection of the best urban planning scholarship from each of the world's planning school associations. The award winning papers presented illustrate the...

Structural Dynamics and Vibration in Practice: An Engineering Handbook

by Douglas Thorby

This straightforward text, primer and reference introduces the theoretical, testing and control aspects of structural dynamics and vibration, as practised in industry today.

Written by an expert engineer of...

Hurricane Generated Seas

by Michel Ochi

Hurricanes are one of the most adverse aspects of the ocean environment, with the potential to cause a disastrous event for marine systems in the ocean. This is an invaluable reference for all involved in the...

Syntax of Cities

by Peter F. Smith

First published in 1977, Syntax of Cities is a valuable contribution to the field of Geography.

Meaning in the Urban Environment

by M. Krampen

First published in 1979, Meaning in the Urban Environment is a valuable contribution to the field of Geography.