From its inception this book has been aimed at filling a vacuum in the existing literature. Most books on learning environments prepared for use by architects are little more than visual case studi…
Houses by Indonesian Architects is an inspirational guide describing diversity of new approaches to the modern house. The book featured 19 houses, from ecofriendly structures with local material to…
Over three-quarters of the world's population live in cities where the need for affordable urban housing of good design is vital to the quality of urban living. Zhou and Colquhoun look at a wide va…
Proyek Muhammad Husni Thamrin: Pengalaman sebagai bahan pembelajaran tentang kampung di Jakarta, apakah kampung sebagai masalah ataukah tantangan yang konteksnya pada perkembangan sosial, budaya, d…
This book assesses the ways in which English children are responding to different environments (particularly urban) in their play. Material is drawn from three complementary approaches: (1) A neigh…
THE PURPOSE of this book is to call attention to the social consequences of the local physical environment, to suggest that improvement and development is urgently needed, and to indicate how this …
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD. A definitive classic, Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence — from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to …
For Siegfried Kracauer the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In Ornaments of the Metropolis, Henrik R…
We architecture fans get a poor look-in when modern architec- ture is being discussed. All too quickly, the discussion becomes a tussle between producers and consumers: the producers-archi- tects-m…
The fourth seminar of the Aga Khan Award series, "Architectural Transforma-tion in the Islamic World," represented an attempt to outline those aspects of architectural history which could be useful…