Architecture
Urban Open Spaces
Brings together extensive research and practical experience to prove the opportunities and benefits of open spaces to society and individuals.
Architecture and Revolution
Architecture and Revolution presents a series of essays which explore the consequences of the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe from an architectural perspective.
Words Between the Spaces
The authors use texts about such projects as Berlin's new Reichstag, Scotland's new parliament, and Auschwitz concentration camp museum to clarify the interaction between texts, design, critical debate and response.
Cutting the Cost of Cold
Academics and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines provide a survey of research into buildings epidemiology and medical issues, followed by an assessment of the tools available to the practitioner.
Reading Architectural History
Reading Architectural History examines the historiographic and social/cultural implications of the mapping of British architectural history with particular reference to eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain.
Spon's Landscape Contract Handbook
This indispensable manual for landscape work covers the documentation and management of landscape contracts. It is written for all those involved in the landscape industry.
Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design
This important work provides a clear analysis of the nature of many of today's design problems, identifying their causes in history and suggesting a basis for co-ordinated solutions.
Laboratories
This book provides internationally applicable and updated information on the design of laboratories. It is a practical guide for the team responsible for the design and construction of laboratories, especially for newcomers to these activities.
Norman Foster Studio
This is a unique critical appraisal of the work of Sir Norman Foster & Partners from their early years through to projects completed in 1994.
Care Homes for Older People
This book describes the needs of the users of residential and nursing homes, provides detailed design guidance and summarises building procurement techniques.