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  • African Identity in Post-Apartheid Public Architecture

    White Skin, Black Masks

    by Jonathan Alfred Noble ...
    Series series Ashgate Studies in Architecture
    Since the end of Apartheid, there has been a new orientation in South African art and design, turning away from the colonial aesthetics to new types of African expression. This book examines some of the fascinating and impressive works of contemporary public architecture that 'concretise' imaginative dialogues with African landscapes, craft and indigenous traditions. Referring to Frantz Fanon's ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

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  • Mysteries of the Mall

    And Other Essays

    by Witold Rybczynski ...
    A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes.Following How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski casts a seasoned critical eye over the modern scene with Mysteries of the Mall. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan world.In thirty-five discerning essays, Rybczynski ranges over subjects as varied as shopping malls, Central ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles

    Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region

    by L. Anders Sandberg, Gerda R. Wekerle, Liette Gilbert ...
    The Oak Ridges Moraine is a unique landform that generated heated battles over the future of nature conservation, sprawl, and development in the Toronto region at the turn of the twenty-first century. This book provides a careful, multi-faceted history and policy analysis of planning issues and citizen activism on the Moraine’s future in the face of rapid urban expansion.The Oak Ridges Moraine ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Russia and the North

    Edited by Elana Wilson Rowe ...
    Russia holds more Arctic territory than any other state, yet unlike other Arctic states it does not have a unified strategy identifying economic and political aims for the North. Russia's policies on the North are dispersed across a variety of fields from domestic migration politics to oil and gas development. This volume engages the disparate elements of Russian northern policy and illustrates ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Potsdamer Platz

    The Reshaping of Berlin

    by Quazi Mahtab Zaman, Malgorzata Nowobilska ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The redesign of Potsdamer Platz depicts the struggle to revive Berlin, Germany. This central and highly visible square has undergone a series of strategic revisions to restore its vitality and so to meet place-enhancing objectives. Specifically, the book critically addresses the challenging tasks of restoring Potsdamer Platz from a state of disintegration to a condition worthy of a world-class ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Architect

    The Pritzker Prize Laureates in Their Own Words

    Edited by Ruth Peltason, Grace Ong-Yan ...
    In this completely revised and up-to-date edition, the world's most accomplished architects -- Gehry, Pei, Meier, Nouvel, Piano, and 37 more-express their views on creativity, inspiration, and legacy in this visually stunning, one-of-a-kind collection.The Pritzker Prize is the most prestigious international prize for architecture. Architect includes all 42 recipients of the Pritzker Prize, and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Biophilic and Bioclimatic Architecture

    Analytical Therapy for the Next Generation of Passive Sustainable Architecture

    by Amjad Almusaed ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Biophilic and Bioclimatic Architecture is a guide to innovative architectural design for architects, engineers and other specialists who are working with biophilic and bioclimatic architectural concepts.Biophilic and Bioclimatic Architecture has three parts:• Part I focuses on the relationship between architecture and human needs and the creation process, demonstrating the meaning of architectural ... Read more

    $268.99 CAD

  • Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness

    Architectural Multiculturalism in North America

    by Donia Zhang ...
    Health and happiness are fundamental to human quality of life. The United Nations World Happiness Report 2012 reflects a new worldwide call for governments to include happiness as a criterion to their policies. The Healthy Cities or Happy Cities movement has been endorsed by the WHO since 1986, and a Healthy House or Happy Home is a critical constituent of a healthy city or a happy city. ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • The Making of the European Spatial Development Perspective

    No Masterplan

    by Andreas Faludi, Bas Waterhout ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
    The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) is published in eleven official EU languages and so is the most international planning policy document that exists. This book is the only comprehensive account of the process of preparing, negotiating and adopting this document. It outlines the differing perspectives of the European member states and shows that the last thing its proponents ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Designing the Urban Renaissance

    Sustainable and competitive place making in England

    by Francesco Vescovi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is an academic essay about the urban regeneration policies which have been changing the physical - and partly social - outlook of many English cities during the last 10-15 years, eventually giving birth to a process which is also known as ‘Urban Renaissance’. The main focus is on urban design: the way it has been promoted by the government as an important means for delivering attractive ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015

    From Colonial to Global

    by Charlie Q. L. Xue ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on the transformation from colonial to global – the formation, mechanism, events, works and people related to urban architecture. The book reveals hardships the city encountered in the 1950s and the glamour enjoyed in the 1980s. It depicts the public and private developments, and especially the public housing which has sheltered millions of residents. The author identifies the ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • In-Between: Architectural Drawing and Imaginative Knowledge in Islamic and Western Traditions

    by Hooman Koliji ...
    Series series Ashgate Studies in Architecture
    Contemporary technical architectural drawings, in establishing a direct relationship between the drawing and its object, tend to privilege the visible physical world at the expense of the invisible intangible ideas and concepts, including that of the designer’s imagination. As a result, drawing may become a utilitarian tool for documentation, devoid of any meaningful value in terms of a kind of ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD