Katrin Hanses 
Basics Betonbau [PDF ebook] 

Open Building is an internationally recognized approach to the design of buildings and building complexes with roots in the way the ordinary built environment grows and regenerates. The Open Building …

This handbook introduces surveyors to the use of microcomputers in the property industry using ”real-life” example applications with clear explanations, it will provide the surveyor with the knowle …

Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions – a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, …

The act of identifying, protecting, restoring, and reusing buildings, districts, and built landscapes of historic and cultural significance is, at its best, a reflective and consequential process of …

Ian Mc Harg and the Search for Ideal Order looks at the well-known and studied landscape architect, Ian Mc Harg, in a new light. The author explores Mc Harg’s formative years, and investigates how hi …

By including ecological concerns in the design process from the outset, architecture can enhance life. Author Brook Muller understands how a designer’s predispositions and poetic judgement in dealing …

Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India”s fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) development on the city. …

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. Illustrated by c …

Over the past century, luxury has been increasingly celebrated in the sense that it is no longer a privilege (or attitude) of the European elite or America’s leisure class. It has become more ubiquit …

Winner of the 2016 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award presented by the Society of Architectural Historians. In many cities across the world, particularly in Europe, old buildings form a prominent par …