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"In 1919 the Social Democrat city council of Vienna initiated a radical program of reforms designed to reshape the city's infrastructure along socialist lines. The centerpiece and most enduring achievement of "Red" Vienna was the construction of the Wiener Gemeindebauten, 400 co…
"Through evidence-based research and international case studies, this book focuses on the effects that dangerous defects have on the housing consumer"--
"Through 12 case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the USA, this book focuses on the housing reconstruction process after an earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, flood or fire. Design of post-disaster housing is not simply replacing the destroyed house b…
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Ground floor planning and living space requirements have changed little over the past decade, but the selected case studies and their graphic presentation have been updated to satisfy the demands of today's audience.
"Steven Holl is known for an architecture that considers place, time, and the senses of the viewer. This philosophy has created some of the richest and most celebrated buildings of the past several decades. In Holl's own poetic voice, House describes fifteen residences (built an…
"The tall residential architecture market has dramatically changed in the past 10 years. We are now discovering more and more super-tall residential projects, some as tall as 70 or 80 stories, but more importantly, the overall scale of these projects is now reaching levels seldo…
Large-scale urban development projects aim to create better places in underused or deteriorated areas. For their realisation, cooperation between planning authorities and market parties is indispensable. This book focuses on the development agreements that these parties close. I…
In this revealing look at the forces influencing domestic life, health, and architecture in Victorian England, Annmarie Adams argues that the many significant changes in this period were due not to architects' efforts but to the work of feminists and health reformers. Contrary t…
