History of architecture

This book peers into the concept of conservation under the framework of sustainability.

Chinese Experimental Architecture Or French Poststructuralist Theory: Different Patches of the Concrete starts with a paradox: how the Chinese Cultural Revolution-through its adaptation by French Theory and French Theory's subsequent adaptation by Chinese Experimental Architecture-shaped the Chinese reformative effort to redefine itself, amidst its struggle against colonial dynamics, and against the Cultural Revolution.

The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West AfricaPrinted books did not reach West Africa until the early twentieth century.

This book explores the malleability of race as a construct, one subject to continuous redefinitions in different times, cultures and places.

The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West AfricaPrinted books did not reach West Africa until the early twentieth century.

The hundred places of this book were visited over several decades, and played an important role in Davis's career.

This book explores the malleability of race as a construct, one subject to continuous redefinitions in different times, cultures and places.

The hundred places of this book were visited over several decades, and played an important role in Davis's career.

Is literature of political use, and if yes, how might this use be defined?

Chinese Experimental Architecture Or French Poststructuralist Theory: Different Patches of the Concrete starts with a paradox: how the Chinese Cultural Revolution-through its adaptation by French Theory and French Theory's subsequent adaptation by Chinese Experimental Architecture-shaped the Chinese reformative effort to redefine itself, amidst its struggle against colonial dynamics, and against the Cultural Revolution.

The profound impact that design has on human experience-physically, emotionally, cognitively, or ecologically-is now well established.

This book presents a new way of examining cities to reveal the many and varied meanings which are written into urban landscapes.

This book provides a fresh look at Alvar Aalto's regional and community planning work, particularly the ways in which he incorporated sustainability, resiliency, energy, and health, and examines how contemporary architects and planners can learn from this approach for the betterment of 21st-century urban design and our future cities.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) ist zweifellos einer der bedeutendsten und vielseitigsten Theoretiker der Aufklarung.

Focusing on the street as a socio-spatial catalyst, this book fosters a comprehensive conversation on the past, present, and future of streets and public space.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) ist zweifellos einer der bedeutendsten und vielseitigsten Theoretiker der Aufklarung.

This book brings new scholarship to students on the origins and development of planning thoughts, theories, policies, institutions and practices, outlining how these have shaped planning as a state and professional activity.

This book brings new scholarship to students on the origins and development of planning thoughts, theories, policies, institutions and practices, outlining how these have shaped planning as a state and professional activity.

This books offers a novel account of the nature of numbers firmly grounded in results from numerical cognition and the philosophy of mathematics.

This books offers a novel account of the nature of numbers firmly grounded in results from numerical cognition and the philosophy of mathematics.

This book follows the campaign to disestablish religion in Virginia from 1776 to 1786, when Thomas Jefferson’s bill to establish religious freedom was passed.

This book follows the campaign to disestablish religion in Virginia from 1776 to 1786, when Thomas Jefferson’s bill to establish religious freedom was passed.

This book revisits the history of the international garden city town planning movement in the early twentieth century, focusing on the significance of various forms of 'physical culture' - sport, recreation, leisure, and other active body practices - within garden city planning discourse and the development of some of the first garden city communities in the United Kingdom and United States.

This book revisits the history of the international garden city town planning movement in the early twentieth century, focusing on the significance of various forms of 'physical culture' - sport, recreation, leisure, and other active body practices - within garden city planning discourse and the development of some of the first garden city communities in the United Kingdom and United States.

This book examines the legacy of one of the most influential members of Spanish society in the seventeenth-century Philippines, Dominican scholar Juan de Paz.

This book examines the legacy of one of the most influential members of Spanish society in the seventeenth-century Philippines, Dominican scholar Juan de Paz.

This book shows the interesting connections within political epistemology that can be established between ancient approaches and contemporary ones.

This book shows the interesting connections within political epistemology that can be established between ancient approaches and contemporary ones.

The main objective of the book is to teach how to practically construct periodic tessellations with stars and rosettes using an Interactive Geometry Software (IGS).

The main objective of the book is to teach how to practically construct periodic tessellations with stars and rosettes using an Interactive Geometry Software (IGS).

This book traces the genesis of the indebtedness of the nation-state in the West, arguing that it is a phenomenon which preceded the emergence of capitalism.

This book traces the genesis of the indebtedness of the nation-state in the West, arguing that it is a phenomenon which preceded the emergence of capitalism.

This book focuses on a biographical and cultural rendering of Adlai E.

This book focuses on a biographical and cultural rendering of Adlai E.

This book provides a fresh look at Alvar Aalto's regional and community planning work, particularly the ways in which he incorporated sustainability, resiliency, energy, and health, and examines how contemporary architects and planners can learn from this approach for the betterment of 21st-century urban design and our future cities.