This book provides one of the first comprehensive discussions of contemporary landscape architecture practice across the Asian region. Bringing together established designers, …
Bilingual edition (English/Spanish) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (spanisch/englisch) In view of rapidly progressing urbanization worldwide, informal settlements, especially in the …
The book Public Spaces – What for? Wozu? Pourquoi? presents essays and discussions about the significance of one’s own design aspirations for the planning of public spaces. It …
In the twenty-first century, the Ruhr area—with 5.1 million inhabitants, the largest conurbation in Germany—finds itself poised between historical preservation and …
Climate change, increasing resource scarcity, and rising traffic volumes are forcing us to develop new environmentally friendly and people-oriented mobility options. With the …
Unmarked on maps and largely unnoticed by urban design, architecture, and planning communities, Combat Cities have quietly spread throughout the western hemisphere. The Complete …
Finland is the undisputed pioneer in architectural education. In 1998, it was one of the first countries in Europe to develop an official architectural policy, the declared aim of …
The history of housing can also be told as the (cultural) history of a city—from its agricultural settlement by the Celts to the social housing of the present. Within this dual …
Landscape architecture’s fundamental task is to uncover and develop the specificity of a site. SPECIFICS emphasizes the differences of qualities of a location and invites to focus …
New solutions to the way in which the resources within the city can be best used. Resources are the stuff of which the future is made. The city itself is a resource, as it opens up …
