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Space Meets Status - Designing Workplace Performance (Paperback): Jacqueline Vischer Space Meets Status - Designing Workplace Performance (Paperback)
Jacqueline Vischer; Foreword by Fritz Steele
R1,376 R1,170 Discovery Miles 11 700 Save R206 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book deals with the problems that are created when employers try to decrease the size of individual offices and workstations in order to increase work efficiency. Employees, who often regard their workspace as a "home from home," a retreat and a space that symbolizes their status and marks their territory feel threatened by this attempt to shrink "their" room.
Jacqueline Vischer summarizes significant research findings on office-space design and behavior from fields such as environmental psychology, architecture and interior design, employing terms that are accessible and interesting to practicing designers as well as business managers. Examples and case studies illustrate how space is a corporate resource, and how companies can improve their design decisions.
The book also examines the practical aspects of planning workspace for users. Worker productivity and stress levels are affected by lighting, ventilation, temperature, noise, and furniture layout. This book takes a new approach by showing how the technical aspects of human comfort in terms of building systems does not always tally with users' perceptions and behavior. By understanding more about how these factors affect work performance, corporate managers and design professionals can plan, design and manage the layout of the work environment more effectively.

A World History of Art, Revised 7th ed. (Paperback, 7th Revised edition): John Fleming, Hugh Honour A World History of Art, Revised 7th ed. (Paperback, 7th Revised edition)
John Fleming, Hugh Honour 1
R1,586 R1,290 Discovery Miles 12 900 Save R296 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most comprehensive history of art ever published in a single volume. Presenting art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, it offers an authoritative, balanced and enlightening account, ranging from a statuette carved in central Europe some 30,000 years ago to the digital, video and installation art of the new millennium. The volume covers painting, mosaic, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, architecture and photography. Textiles, coins, pottery, enamels, gold and silver are also included. The scope is international, encompassing the arts of Asia, Africa and Oceania as well as Europe and the Americas. This Revised Seventh Edition expands the original coverage by embracing new developments in archaeology and art historical research, and in particular contemporary art historian Michael Archer has greatly expanded the authors' discussion of the art world over the past two decades, providing a new perspective on the latest developments shaping our cultural history. The insight, elegance and fluency that the authors bring to their text are complemented by 1459 superb illustrations, many of which are now in colour.

Negotiating Domesticity - Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture (Hardcover): Hilde Heynen, Gulsum Baydar Negotiating Domesticity - Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture (Hardcover)
Hilde Heynen, Gulsum Baydar
R4,373 Discovery Miles 43 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the home the intricate relations between architecture, gender and domesticity become visible. Negotiating Domesticity investigates the many and complex themes evoked by the interconnections between these terms.

Topics covered include famous as well as less well-known architectural examples and architects, which are explored from sociological, anthropological, philosophical and psychoanalytical approaches. The authors explore the relationships between modern domestic spaces and sexed subjectivities in a broad range of geographical locations of Western modernity.

This richly interdisiplinary work presents architects and postgraduate students with an in-depth exploration of domesticity in the modern era.

Negotiating Domesticity - Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture (Paperback): Hilde Heynen, Gulsum Baydar Negotiating Domesticity - Spatial Productions of Gender in Modern Architecture (Paperback)
Hilde Heynen, Gulsum Baydar
R1,663 Discovery Miles 16 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The home as part of material culture is the very place where the intricate relations between architecture, gender and domesticity become visible. This book investigates the multi-layered themes evoked by the interconnections between these terms. The contributions to this book address the gendered conceptions and the use of built spaces, the role of women as active agents of spatial production, and the mutual inscriptions of the materiality of architectural space and gendered subjectivities.
The focus of inquiry is modern architecture, also including the celebrated architecture of the Modern movement as its more common and widely spread derivatives that became the dominant mode of building in the twentieth century. The articles in the introductory section provide an overview of the existing discourse on modernity, domesticity and gender. The following three sections consist of essays on specific spatial scenarios from a broad range of geographical locations in the West, whereby the complicated relationship between gender and domestic space are revealed in architectural discourse and practice. The topics range from well-known architects and architectural examples such as Adolf Loos and the Maison de Verre to relatively unknown cases such as the polykatoikia apartments in Greece. In all cases, the authors' emphasis remains on how the concept of domesticity is produced by the gendered subjectivity of builders and users of domestic spaces and by architectural discourse.
The essays brought together in this book are based upon new interdisciplinary research which enriches architectural history with sociological, anthropological, philosophical and psychoanalytical approaches. Despitethe Modern movement's prominent emphasis on housing, the point is often made that modern art and architecture were about the suppression rather than the glorification of domesticity. This book contends that the modern era marks the rise of a new sense of domesticity that developed simultaneously with re-definitions of gender roles and which led to unprecedented articulations of sexuality with domestic space.

Gentrification in a Global Context - The new urban colonialism (Paperback): Rowland Atkinson, Gary Bridge Gentrification in a Global Context - The new urban colonialism (Paperback)
Rowland Atkinson, Gary Bridge
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gentrification, a process of class neighbourhood upgrading, is being identified in a broader range of urban contexts throughout the world. This book throws new light and evidence to bear on a subject that deeply divides commentators on its worth and social costs given its ability to physically improve areas but also to displace indigenous inhabitants.
Gentrification in a Global Perspective brings together the most recent theoretical and empirical research on gentrification at a global scale. Each author gives an overview of gentrification in their country so that each chapter retains a unique approach but tackles a common theme within a shared framework. The main feature of the book is a critical and well-written set of chapters on a process that is currently undergoing a resurgence of interest and one that shows no sign of abating.

Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process (Paperback, New): Peter Szalapaj Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process (Paperback, New)
Peter Szalapaj
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process introduces the reader to new developments in the computer modelling of design form in contemporary architectural practice through a series of detailed case studies. The book illustrates how evolving design practices use and exploit the potential of new computing technologies in a wide range of areas and application. A central thesis of this book is that technology follows design demand, rather than design adjusting to available new technology. Designers are not merely passive recipients of prescribed computing tools and techniques. Instead, they are increasingly able to express their intuitive design ideas through the rational medium of computing. The book features several contemporary building projects, each of which introduces a range of CAD and computing issues based upon the work of creative architectural and engineering design practices. These include the offices of Frank O. Gehry, Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, Anthony Hunt Associates, Peter Hubner, Szyskowitz-Kowalski, and Faulkner Brown. All these examples show what architects need to know and the skills they need to acquire to use advanced CAD technology.

Testing of Concrete in Structures - Fourth Edition (Paperback, 4th edition): John H. Bungey, Michael G. Grantham Testing of Concrete in Structures - Fourth Edition (Paperback, 4th edition)
John H. Bungey, Michael G. Grantham
R2,885 Discovery Miles 28 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Providing a comprehensive overview of the techniques involved in testing concrete in structures, Testing of Concrete in Structures discusses both established techniques and new methods, showing potential for future development, and documenting them with illustrative examples. Topics have been expanded where significant advances have taken place in the field, for example integrity assessment, sub-surface radar, corrosion assessment and localized dynamic response tests. This fourth edition also covers the new trends in equipment and procedures, such as the continuation of general moves to automate test methods and developments in digital technology and the growing importance of performance monitoring, and includes new and updated references to standards. The non-specialist civil engineer involved in assessment, repair or maintenance of concrete structures will find this a thorough update.

The Transparent State - Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany (Paperback): Deborah Ascher Barnstone The Transparent State - Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany (Paperback)
Deborah Ascher Barnstone
R1,716 Discovery Miles 17 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the transformation of transparency as a metaphor in West German political thought to an analogy for democratic architecture, questioning the prevailing assumption in German architectural circles that transparency in governmental buildings can be equated with openness, accessibility and greater democracy.
The book traces the development of transparency in German political and architectural culture, tying this lineage to the relationship between culture and national identity, a connection that began before unification of the German state in the 18th century and continues today. The Weimar Republic and Third Reich periods are examined although the book focuses on the postwar period, looking at the use of transparency in the three projects for a national parliament, the 1949 Bundestag project by Hans Schwippert, the 1992 Bundestag building by Gunter Behnisch and the 1999 Reichstag renovation by Norman Foster.
Transparency is an IMPORTANT issue in CONTEMPORARY architectural practice; this book will appeal to both the practicing architect and the architectural historian.

Integrating Information in Built Environments - From Concept to Practice (Hardcover): Adriana X. Sanchez, Keith Hampson,... Integrating Information in Built Environments - From Concept to Practice (Hardcover)
Adriana X. Sanchez, Keith Hampson, Geoffrey London
R4,506 Discovery Miles 45 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In an increasingly globalised built environment industry, achieving higher levels of integration across organisational and software boundaries can lead to improved economic, social and environmental outcomes. This book is the direct result of a collaborative global network of industry and academic researchers spread across nine countries as part of CIB's (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) Task Group 90 (TG90) Information Integration in Construction (IICON). The book provides a broad view of some of the opportunities and challenges brought by integrating information across organisational and system boundaries in the built environment industry. Chapters cover a large range of topics and are separated into three sections: resources, processes and added value. They provide a much-needed international perspective on a current global evolution in the industry and present leading original research and valuable lessons for researchers, industry practitioners, government clients and policy makers across the industry. Key features include: a broad range of topics that are not covered elsewhere in the literature; contributions from a diverse group of industry research leaders from across the globe; exemplar case studies providing real-world examples of where information integration has been a key factor for success or lack thereof has been at the root cause of failure; an analysis of future priority areas for research and development investment as well as their strategic implications for public and private decision-makers; the book will deliver innovation in best practice methodology for information sharing across disciplines and between the design, construction and asset management sectors.

Understanding Architecture - An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Hazel Conway,... Understanding Architecture - An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Hazel Conway, Rowan Roenisch
R5,247 Discovery Miles 52 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the environment. This new edition brings in the new emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, urban regeneration and cultural identity, in order to take a holistic approach to the subject of architecture.
Highly illustrated, this book enables the reader to make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by understanding more about the form, construction, meaning and history of the subject.

Gentrification in a Global Context - The new urban colonialism (Hardcover): Rowland Atkinson, Gary Bridge Gentrification in a Global Context - The new urban colonialism (Hardcover)
Rowland Atkinson, Gary Bridge
R5,101 Discovery Miles 51 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gentrification, a process of class neighbourhood upgrading, is being identified in a broader range of urban contexts throughout the world. This book throws new light and evidence to bear on a subject that deeply divides commentators on its worth and social costs given its ability to physically improve areas but also to displace indigenous inhabitants.
"Gentrification in a Global Context "brings together the most recent theoretical and empirical research on gentrification at a global scale. Each author gives an overview of gentrification in their country so that each chapter retains a unique approach but tackles a common theme within a shared framework. The main feature of the book is a critical and well-written set of chapters on a process that is currently undergoing a resurgence of interest and one that shows no sign of abating.
The book is aimed at undergraduates, academics and those with an interest in urban affairs more generally. It is designed to be an integrated introduction as well as contemporary survey on the process with an expansive set of geographical reference points.

The Anxious City - British Urbanism in the late 20th Century (Hardcover, New): Richard J. Williams The Anxious City - British Urbanism in the late 20th Century (Hardcover, New)
Richard J. Williams; Foreword by Anthony Vidler
R5,251 Discovery Miles 52 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the Western world, cities have arguably never been more anxious: practical anxieties about personal safety and metaphysical anxieties about the uncertain place of the city in culture are the small change of journalism and political debate. Cities have long been regarded as problems, in need of drastic solutions. In this context, the contemporary revival of city centres is remarkable. But in a culture that largely fears the urban, how can the contemporary city be imagined? How is it supposed to be used or inhabited? What does it mean? Taking England since WWII as its principal focus, this provocative and original book considers the Western city at a critical moment in its history.

Performance-Based Optimization of Structures - Theory and Applications (Hardcover, New): Qing Quan Liang Performance-Based Optimization of Structures - Theory and Applications (Hardcover, New)
Qing Quan Liang
R7,150 Discovery Miles 71 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Performance-Based Optimization of Structures" introduces a method to bridge the gap between structural optimization theory and its practical application to structural engineering. The Performance-Based Optimization (PBO) method combines modern structural optimisation theory with performance based design concepts to produce a powerful technique for use in structural design. This book provides the latest PBO techniques for achieving optimal topologies and shapes of continuum structures with stress, displacement and mean compliance constraints.
The emphasis is strongly placed on practical applications of automated PBO techniques to the strut-and-tie modelling of structural concrete, which includes reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Basic concepts underlying the development of strut-and-lie models, design optimization procedure, and detailing of structural concrete are described in detail. Alternative approaches to topology optimization are also introduced. The book contains numerous practical design examples illustrating the nature of the load transfer mechanism of structures.

Material Bernini (Paperback): Evonne Levy, Carolina Mangone Material Bernini (Paperback)
Evonne Levy, Carolina Mangone
R1,362 Discovery Miles 13 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bringing together established and emerging specialists in seventeenth-century Italian sculpture, Material Bernini is the first sustained examination of the conspicuous materiality of Bernini's work in sculpture, architecture, and paint. The various essays demonstrate that material Bernini has always been tied (whether theologically, geologically, politically, or in terms of art theory) to his immaterial twin. Here immaterial Bernini and the historiography that sustains him is finally confronted by material Bernini. Central to the volume are Bernini's works in clay, a fragmentary record of a large body of preparatory works by a sculptor who denied any direct relation between sketches of any kind and final works. Read together, the essays call into question why those works in which Bernini's bodily relation to the material of his art is most evident, his clay studies, have been configured as a point of unmediated access to the artist's mind, to his immaterial ideas. This insight reveals a set of values and assumptions that have profoundly shaped Bernini studies from their inception, and opens up new and compelling avenues of inquiry within a field that has long remained remarkably self-enclosed.

Architectural Model as Machine - A New View of Models from Antiquity to the Present Day (Paperback, New): Albert Smith Architectural Model as Machine - A New View of Models from Antiquity to the Present Day (Paperback, New)
Albert Smith
R1,724 Discovery Miles 17 240 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the history and significance of models in architecture from the magic of the Egyptian scale model to the present day. Through this description of the relationship between architecture and the scale model, Smith demonstrates the most effective process between concept and 'machine', between the idea and the final building. The great value of this book is to reveal the nature of the scale model and to unlock the tremendous potential of this design tool as a thinking and communicative advice. His chronological analysis goes on from Egypt through Rome to the relationship between the Greek paradigm scale model and then on to Medieval and Renaissance models. It concludes with the models of the Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi, the Russian Constructivists, the American architect Louis Khan and finally looks at the role of scale models in the present day through the work of the Polish/American architect Daniel Libeskind and the American Frank Gehry.

Alt-Form: Indeterminacy and Disorder (Paperback): Vago Alt-Form: Indeterminacy and Disorder (Paperback)
Vago
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In a world that is missing a central theoretical voice in architecture, now more than ever it is time to solicit emergent voices on the topic of'alternative formalisms'(Alt-Form). This issue of AD aims to reach peripheral disciplines in order to support an architecture that no longer operates as a standalone field of study, and is rather one that responds to broader, urgent and pluralistic cultural shifts. In the existing contemporary landscape of visually oriented fields of study, casual compositions and other formless expressions have begun to re-emerge, particularly in the disciplines of art, architecture and popular image culture. In architecture, with the rise of the digital, the last two decades have witnessed a field in pursuit of novel styles through the use of the latest digital tools. More recently, however, over the last five years or so, the field has experienced a more novelty-apathetic attitude, permeated with project proposals that resist the urge to offer immediate solutions in favour of enmeshment with a contemporary condition characterised by duress, destruction, uncertainty and other formless becomings. This AD explores this new, emerging world. Contributors: Suzanne Cotter, Andrew Culp, Jack Halberstam, Jeff Halstead, Carolyn Kane, Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller, Carl Lostritto, Thom Mayne, V Mitch McEwen and Kristina Kay Robinson, Anna Neimark, Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers, Dorina Pllumbi, Faysal Tabbara, and Dalena Tran. Featured architects: AGENCY, Architecture and Other Things, Atelier Office, Dream the Combine, First Office, MIRACLES, and Morphosis.

Digital Infrastructures - Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information Technology (Hardcover): Thomas Horan,... Digital Infrastructures - Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information Technology (Hardcover)
Thomas Horan, Rae Zimmerman
R5,390 Discovery Miles 53 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on network demand, performance, reliability, and security. Digital Infrastructures presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the technological systems that envelop these networks. The book balances analyses of specific civil and environmental infrastructures with broader policy and management issues, including the challenges of using IT to manage these critical systems under crises conditions.

Articulating British Classicism - New Approaches to Eighteenth-Century Architecture (Hardcover, New edition): Elizabeth McKellar Articulating British Classicism - New Approaches to Eighteenth-Century Architecture (Hardcover, New edition)
Elizabeth McKellar
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whereas the past decades have seen a profound reconsideration of eighteenth-century visual culture, the architecture of that century has undergone little evaluation. Its study, unlike that of the early modern period or the twentieth century, has continued to use essentially the same methods and ideas over the last fifty years. Articulating British Classicism reconsiders the traditional historiography of British eighteenth-century architecture as it was shaped after World War II, and brings together for the first time a variety of new perspectives on British classicism in the period. Drawing on current thinking about the eighteenth century from a range of disciplines, the book examines such topics as social and gender identities, colonialization and commercialization, notions of the rural, urban and suburban, as well as issues of theory and historiography. Canonical constructions of Georgian architecture are explored, including current evaluations of the continental intellectual background, the relationship with mid seventeenth-century Stuart court classicism and the development of the subject in the twentieth century.

Digital Infrastructures - Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information Technology (Paperback): Thomas Horan,... Digital Infrastructures - Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information Technology (Paperback)
Thomas Horan, Rae Zimmerman
R1,771 Discovery Miles 17 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on network demand, performance, reliability, and security. Digital Infrastructures presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the technological systems that envelop these networks. The book balances analyses of specific civil and environmental infrastructures with broader policy and management issues, including the challenges of using IT to manage these critical systems under crises conditions.

Chinoiserie (Paperback): Richard Hayman Chinoiserie (Paperback)
Richard Hayman
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Despite taking its name from the French word for 'Chinese', the style also incorporated influences from other Asian countries, helping to shape the period's popular fantasy of the 'exotic Orient'. Wealthy consumers jostled to obtain imported wallpaper, lacquered cabinets and hand-painted porcelain, while domestic manufacturers such as Royal Worcester and Chippendale met demand with mass-produced items of their own. Though interest in the style waned as the Gothic Revival took hold, many examples of Chinoiserie have been preserved. In this beautifully illustrated book, Richard Hayman tells the story of this fascinating phenomenon, and explores the profound impact of Chinoiserie on the material culture of the West.

Architecture, Technology and Process (Paperback, Reissue): Chris Abel Architecture, Technology and Process (Paperback, Reissue)
Chris Abel
R1,274 Discovery Miles 12 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This new selection of essays follows Chris Abel's previous best selling collection, Architecture and Identity. Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines and the world we live in.Key topics include: new patterns of urbanism in the fast growing cities of asia pacific; metaphorical extensions of mind and body in cyberspace; the divergent European and North American values shaping Sir Norman Foster's and Frank Gehry's work, and the collaborative work methods and technologies creating the adaptable design pratices of today.

Beginnings of Interior Environments 12th Edition (Paperback): L.M. Jones Beginnings of Interior Environments 12th Edition (Paperback)
L.M. Jones
R2,780 Discovery Miles 27 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The new edition of the leading textbook remains the gold standard for interior design education. In this twelfth edition of Beginnings of Interior Environments, established interior designer and professor Lynn M. Jones, ASID, IDEC collaborates with innovator Heidi Plumb, IIDA, IDEC, to deliver a practical and balanced overview of commercial and residential interior design. Written to offer coverage of the creative and technical characteristics of the profession, the text also addresses Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) content. Part I opens with a discussion on the scope and value of the profession and includes a pictorial overview of the history of design. Subsequent parts cover design fundamentals, the spatial envelope--including space planning and systems--, products and materiality, and designing for a living. A new chapter addresses the art and science of visual communications. Hundreds of images from actual design projects, supplied by national and international design firms, illustrate quality examples. "Precedent Studies" include in-house production work from these practicing designers. Content, updated throughout, includes additional information on design thinking, inclusivity, WELL building standards, casework, and architectural millwork. New end-of-chapter self-directed projects provide students the opportunity to apply their knowledge. Written by two successful educators and practitioners, both NCIDQ certified with terminal degrees, the text applies a balance between education and practice. It is the ideal textbook for introductory interior design or interior architecture courses, and an invaluable resource for anyone looking to apply a holistic interior design perspective to their own home or business. As in previous editions, the text Introduces interior design with a foundation in its health, safety, and welfare benefits Explores design fundamentals, including visual literacy, and the elements and principles of design, with a special emphasis on color and now visual communications Discusses construction, including building components, codes, regulations, as well as lighting, electrical, and communication systems Offers an in-depth examination of the profession, including career pathways and professional organizations Reviews critical global issues such as sustainability, universal design, and culturally sensitive design Includes a dedicated section on interior materials and finishes--floorings, ceilings, wallcoverings, upholstery--and furnishings such as furniture, art, and accessories Leads students to analyze the needs of clients to design safe and sustainable environments that enhance the quality of life Includes a companion site for instructors featuring PowerPoint slides and an Instructor's manual with discussion points, objectives, lecture outlines, learning activities, and example quizzes with answers

Dictionary of Architectural and Building Technology (Hardcover, 4th edition): Peter Smith, Henry Cowan Dictionary of Architectural and Building Technology (Hardcover, 4th edition)
Peter Smith, Henry Cowan
R4,228 Discovery Miles 42 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive summary of the vocabulary used across the building industry, from the preparation of an architectural brief, through creative and technical design, to construction technology and facilities management. The latest edition has several substantially revised entries as well as many new additions, including new illustrations and terms. Covering a range of disciplines across architecture and building and including both SI metric and Imperial units, this dictionary and reference work will enable students and professionals to use and understand vocabulary from other areas of expertise, and contribute to better communication.

Transforming Barcelona - The Renewal of a European Metropolis (Hardcover): Tim Marshall Transforming Barcelona - The Renewal of a European Metropolis (Hardcover)
Tim Marshall
R5,100 Discovery Miles 51 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This unique book, written by local experts in the city, deals with the transformation of Barcelona during the last twenty years. Barcelona has been held up as a model of urban planning and economic regeneration amongst built environment professionals. The redesign of square parks and streets throughout the city in the 1980s first attracted attention and praise and then the 1992 Olympics hosted in the city raised international awareness. The city received many awards and accolades including a Gold Medal from the RIBA. The selection of writings is well illustrated throughout with maps, drawings and photographs and will be of interest to architects, planners and urban designers as well as those interested in the social and economic impacts of regeneration.

Transforming Barcelona - The Renewal of a European Metropolis (Paperback, New): Tim Marshall Transforming Barcelona - The Renewal of a European Metropolis (Paperback, New)
Tim Marshall
R1,656 Discovery Miles 16 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This unique book, written by local experts in the city, deals with the transformation of Barcelona during the last twenty years. Barcelona has been held up as a model of urban planning and economic regeneration amongst built environment professionals. The redesign of square parks and streets throughout the city in the 1980s first attracted attention and praise and then the 1992 Olympics hosted in the city raised international awareness. The city received many awards and accolades including a Gold Medal from the RIBA. The selection of writings is well illustrated throughout with maps, drawings and photographs and will be of interest to architects, planners and urban designers as well as those interested in the social and economic impacts of regeneration.

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