Research has been done over the last decades on both mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the built environment, but the outputs of much of this research have failed to result in the uptake of effective greenhouse gas emission reduction solutions. This volume introduce…
There is an urgent need to build human capacity to make the often vulnerable and exposed buildings and communities we live and work in more resilient to the changing social, economic and physical environments around us. Extensive research has been done over the last decades on b…
Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of new kinds of retail space cropping up just about everywhere in the urban landscape. This book describes how the retailization of public domains affects our everyday life and our use of the built environment.
Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of new kinds of retail space cropping up just about everywhere in the urban landscape. This book describes how the retailization of public domains affects our everyday life and our use of the built environment.
Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of new kinds of retail space. Retail space has cropped up just about everywhere in the urban landscape: in libraries, workplaces, churches and museums. In short, retail is becoming a more and more manifest part of the public…
Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of new kinds of retail space. Retail space has cropped up just about everywhere in the urban landscape: in libraries, workplaces, churches and museums. In short, retail is becoming a more and more manifest part of the public…
In an era of brash, expensive, provocative new buildings, a prominent critic argues that emotions--such as hope, power, sex, and our changing relationship to the idea of home--are the most powerful force behind architecture, yesterday and (especially) today. We are living in the…