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The urban housing handbook
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The handbook provides graphic representations and analysis of 30 urban case studies from around the world. These range from the London town house to apartments in Chicago and New York, taking in other European, South American, North African, and Asian examples. In each chapter, a housing type is fully explored through a traditional case study and then a more modern(...)
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February 2009, West Sussex
The urban housing handbook
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The handbook provides graphic representations and analysis of 30 urban case studies from around the world. These range from the London town house to apartments in Chicago and New York, taking in other European, South American, North African, and Asian examples. In each chapter, a housing type is fully explored through a traditional case study and then a more modern example that demonstrates how it has been reinterpreted in a contemporary context.
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February 2009, West Sussex
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Together: A blueprint for collaborative living: Towards collective self-organisation in housing
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Amid an unprecedented housing crisis, people are increasingly turning toward collective self-organization for housing that is community-oriented, affordable and environmentally sustainable. Together presents essays, interviews and case studies addressing the revival of collaborative living in the Netherlands and beyond.
Together: A blueprint for collaborative living: Towards collective self-organisation in housing
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Amid an unprecedented housing crisis, people are increasingly turning toward collective self-organization for housing that is community-oriented, affordable and environmentally sustainable. Together presents essays, interviews and case studies addressing the revival of collaborative living in the Netherlands and beyond.
Collective Housing
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In the "Landscape Architecture Manifesto," essays reject the broad-based tendency to view the world as divided between nature and humanity—instead offering coeval case studies from the the authors’ own architecture firms, CHVOJKA/architekt, New Visit and M Architekti.
Landscape architecture manifesto
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In the "Landscape Architecture Manifesto," essays reject the broad-based tendency to view the world as divided between nature and humanity—instead offering coeval case studies from the the authors’ own architecture firms, CHVOJKA/architekt, New Visit and M Architekti.
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Ecohouse, fourth edition
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Ecohouse provides design information about the latest low-impact materials and technologies, showcasing the newest and best ‘green’ solutions. Revised and updated, this edition also includes new case studies with more real-life examples of how to make an ecohouse work.
Ecohouse, fourth edition
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Ecohouse provides design information about the latest low-impact materials and technologies, showcasing the newest and best ‘green’ solutions. Revised and updated, this edition also includes new case studies with more real-life examples of how to make an ecohouse work.
Green Architecture
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of UniFor—a leading Italian design company founded in 1969 that partners with Italy’s most prestigious architecture firms—this book presents a selection of case studies from its impressive five decades of design work.
UniFor: a commitment for architecture
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of UniFor—a leading Italian design company founded in 1969 that partners with Italy’s most prestigious architecture firms—this book presents a selection of case studies from its impressive five decades of design work.
Design Monographs
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Addressing the scientific methodology of experimental architecture, the essays on art and architectural theory collected in this volume explore what a scientifically led experimental architecture might look like. Examples from current architectural practices, art production and case studies supplement the essays.
Architectural Theory
November 2010
Experiments: Architecture between sciences and the arts
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Addressing the scientific methodology of experimental architecture, the essays on art and architectural theory collected in this volume explore what a scientifically led experimental architecture might look like. Examples from current architectural practices, art production and case studies supplement the essays.
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Architecture in detail II
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Following on from Graham Bizley's successful Architecture in Detail, Architecture in Detail II presents 40 case studies of detailing on recent construction projects. Over 150 full colour drawings and photos provide a reference compendium for the professional architect seeking detailing inspiration.
Architecture in detail II
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Following on from Graham Bizley's successful Architecture in Detail, Architecture in Detail II presents 40 case studies of detailing on recent construction projects. Over 150 full colour drawings and photos provide a reference compendium for the professional architect seeking detailing inspiration.
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xviii, 191 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.
Speaking for a long time : public space and social memory in Vancouver / Adrienne L. Burk.
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xviii, 191 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Institute of Network Cultures, 2026.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Institute of Network Cultures, 2026.
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This publication examines the contemporary international phenomenon of retro districts, the new cities built to imitate historical models. It investigates historicizing urban construction through 14 international case studies, including the Hallstatt in China, Poundbury in England and the Mercado District in Tucson, Arizona.
Historical versus modern: identity through imitation?
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This publication examines the contemporary international phenomenon of retro districts, the new cities built to imitate historical models. It investigates historicizing urban construction through 14 international case studies, including the Hallstatt in China, Poundbury in England and the Mercado District in Tucson, Arizona.
Architectural Theory