City and town planning: architectural aspects

The Heart of the City concept, which was introduced at CIAM 8 in 1951, has played an important role in architectural and urban debates.

The Heart of the City concept, which was introduced at CIAM 8 in 1951, has played an important role in architectural and urban debates.

In the wake of the Great Recession, housing and its financing suddenly re-emerged as questions of significant public concern.

In the wake of the Great Recession, housing and its financing suddenly re-emerged as questions of significant public concern.

Much of feminist architectural scholarship focuses on the enormous task of instating women's experience of space into spatial praxis.

Much of feminist architectural scholarship focuses on the enormous task of instating women's experience of space into spatial praxis.

Every 20 years since 1920, Madrid has undergone an urban planning cycle in which a city plan was prepared, adopted by law, and implemented by a new institution.

Every 20 years since 1920, Madrid has undergone an urban planning cycle in which a city plan was prepared, adopted by law, and implemented by a new institution.

If architectural judgment were a city, a city of ideas and forms, then it is a very imperfect city.

If architectural judgment were a city, a city of ideas and forms, then it is a very imperfect city.

This ambitious and innovative volume stretches over time and space, over the history of modernity in relation to antiquity, between East and West, to offer insights into what the author terms the 'geographical unconscious.

This ambitious and innovative volume stretches over time and space, over the history of modernity in relation to antiquity, between East and West, to offer insights into what the author terms the 'geographical unconscious.

In recent years architectural discourse has witnessed a renewed interest in materiality under the guise of such familiar tropes as 'material honesty,' 'form finding,' or 'digital materiality.

In recent years architectural discourse has witnessed a renewed interest in materiality under the guise of such familiar tropes as 'material honesty,' 'form finding,' or 'digital materiality.

Morphological research studies the physical form of landscapes, including how landscape structures function and operate, the adaptability of forms, and how functions and forms change over time.

Morphological research studies the physical form of landscapes, including how landscape structures function and operate, the adaptability of forms, and how functions and forms change over time.

Bringing together comparative case studies from Belfast, Beirut, Amsterdam and Berlin, this book examines the role of the urban environment in social polarisation processes.

Bringing together comparative case studies from Belfast, Beirut, Amsterdam and Berlin, this book examines the role of the urban environment in social polarisation processes.

Through a detailed study of the principal spaces of Italian cities, this book explores the relationship between political systems and their methods of representation in architecture.

Through a detailed study of the principal spaces of Italian cities, this book explores the relationship between political systems and their methods of representation in architecture.

Challenging the widely held notion of a hospice as a building or a place, this book argues that it should instead be a philosophy of care.

Challenging the widely held notion of a hospice as a building or a place, this book argues that it should instead be a philosophy of care.

A fully revised second edition providing a systematic treatment of engineering dynamics that covers Newton–Euler and Lagrangian approaches.

Guides readers in the new and growing research field of Ambient/Active Assisted Living to understand its multidisciplinary background.

Covering theory and practical industry usage of the finite element method, this highly-illustrated step-by-step approach thoroughly introduces methods using ANSYS.

Learn how Single-Task Construction Robots (STCRs) can improve productivity in the construction industry with this application-oriented volume.

Learn how Single-Task Construction Robots (STCRs) can improve productivity in the construction industry with this application-oriented volume.

This book presents the most recent and advanced techniques for creating autonomous AI systems capable of planning and acting effectively.

This book presents the most recent and advanced techniques for creating autonomous AI systems capable of planning and acting effectively.

This book provides a complete and comprehensive reference for agricultural mobile robots, covering all aspects of the design process, from sensing and perceiving to planning and acting for practical farming applications.

This book demonstrates how powerfully triumphal monuments shaped Roman experience of military victory and, consequently, of Roman identity.

This book demonstrates how powerfully triumphal monuments shaped Roman experience of military victory and, consequently, of Roman identity.

From experts in engineering and biology, this is the first book to integrate sensor and actuator technology with bioinspired design.

From experts in engineering and biology, this is the first book to integrate sensor and actuator technology with bioinspired design.

The Cambridge Handbooks on Construction Robotics series focuses on the implementation of automation and robot technology to renew the construction industry.

The Cambridge Handbooks on Construction Robotics series focuses on the implementation of automation and robot technology to renew the construction industry.

First published in 1994, this book brings together the papers presented at the International Forum on 'Future Visions of Urban Public Housing' held on November 17-20, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

First published in 1994, this book brings together the papers presented at the International Forum on 'Future Visions of Urban Public Housing' held on November 17-20, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Films use architecture as visual shorthand to tell viewers everything they need to know about the characters in a short amount of time.

Films use architecture as visual shorthand to tell viewers everything they need to know about the characters in a short amount of time.

How Drawings Work cheekily explains that what architects make is information that enables other people to make buildings.

How Drawings Work cheekily explains that what architects make is information that enables other people to make buildings.

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address the growing tendency of local governments to institute programs of aesthetic control.

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address the growing tendency of local governments to institute programs of aesthetic control.

Architecture of Resistance investigates the relationship between architecture, politics and power, and how these factors interplay in light of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

Architecture of Resistance investigates the relationship between architecture, politics and power, and how these factors interplay in light of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

Drawn from a lifetime's experience of shared city-making from the bottom up, within rapidly expanding urban metabolisms in Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Kathmandu, West Africa and London, Loose Fit City is about the ways in which city residents can learn through making to engage with the dynamic process of creating their own city.

Drawn from a lifetime's experience of shared city-making from the bottom up, within rapidly expanding urban metabolisms in Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Kathmandu, West Africa and London, Loose Fit City is about the ways in which city residents can learn through making to engage with the dynamic process of creating their own city.

First published in 1987, the seven chapters that comprise this book review contemporary work on the geometric side of robotics.

First published in 1987, the seven chapters that comprise this book review contemporary work on the geometric side of robotics.