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A Beginner's Guide to Urban Design and Development: The ABC of Quality, Sustainable Design by Laura B. Alvarez 9781032154152
RRP: $38.69$34.37This book provides invaluable guidance to all those with an interest in placemaking and the built environment, from those with no experience to those who have worked for many years in industry, illustrating key principles that will secure higher quality,... -
Reinventing the Chinese City by Richard Hu 9780231211000
RRP: $140.61$107.56Since the late 1970s, China has undergone perhaps the most sweeping process of urbanization ever witnessed. This is typically understood as a story of growth, encompassing rapid development and economic dynamism alongside environmental degradation and... -
The Intimate City: Walking New York by Michael Kimmelman
RRP: $34.82$22.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593298411Author Michael KimmelmanFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
RRP: $14.18$10.02Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city livingThis is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why are some cities a joy to live in?As Charles... -
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander
RRP: $68.37$55.70You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide... -
Social Value in Practice by Ani Raiden 9780367457150
RRP: $61.91$53.93Social Value in Practice offers the reader a simple, accessible guide for considering, creating, and delivering social value in projects and within their organisation. The book connects social value to the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and... -
The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch
RRP: $36.12$24.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262620017Author Kevin LynchFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 10mm -
The Essential Guide to the Dubai Real Estate Market by Michael Waters
RRP: $56.75$49.59This is the first book to fully present, analyse and interpret the Dubai real estate market. Dubai is fast becoming one of the world's most attractive places to invest in real estate and this book examines the market from three interlinked sectors that... -
The Towns of Malaya: An Illustrated Urban History of the Peninsula Up to 1957 by Dr Neil Khor 9789814610223
RRP: $23.16$21.63The Towns of Malaya examines the history, development, planning and architecture of the major towns of Peninsular Malaysia. The book is divided into chapters each focusing on different types of Malayan towns, including royal towns, ports, mining towns... -
Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism by Barnabas Calder
RRP: $14.18$10.02AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARBeginning in a tiny hermitage on the remote north Scottish coast, and ending up backstage at the National Theatre, Raw Concrete embarks on a wide-ranging journey through Britain over the past sixty years, stopping to examine... -
Staging Urban Landscapes: The Activation and Curation of Flexible Public Spaces by B. Cannon Ivers
RRP: $78.69$72.10Urbane Freiraume bilden eine ideale Buhne fur oeffentliche Events. Massgeblich fur deren Planung in einer zunehmend heterogenen, multikulturellen Stadtlandschaft ist das Zusammenspiel von Gestaltung, Nutzung und sozialer Funktion. Das Buch... -
101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School by Matthew Frederick
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451496690Author Matthew FrederickFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Architecture for the Poor: Experiment in Rural Egypt by Hassan Fathy
RRP: $42.57$41.34This volume describes Hassan Fathy's plan for building the village of New Gourna, near Luxor, Egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. Using mud bricks, the native technique that Fathy learned in Nubia,... -
Urban Activism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia: Strategies and Practices by Carola Neugebauer 9783869227399
RRP: $38.70$31.70With the rise of grassroots initiatives in urban spaces across Eastern Europe and Eurasia in recent decades, Urban Activism in Eurasia addresses three central questions: What are distinctive features and the dynamic of urban activism in contemporary... -
Affordable and Social Housing: Policy and Practice by Paul Reeves
RRP: $64.49$56.12Affordable and Social Housing - Policy and Practice is a candid and critical appraisal of current big-ticket issues affecting the planning, development and management of affordable and social housing in the United Kingdom. The successor to the second... -
Once Upon a China by CJ Lim
RRP: $33.53$29.19Once Upon a China is an unconventional architectural story of great beauty, empathy, honour and sadness. The chapters are ingenious reimaginations of 'Dream of the Red Mansion', 'Journey to the West ', 'The Water Margin', and 'Romance of the Three... -
The City in the City: Architecture and Change in London's Financial District by Amy Thomas 9780262048415
RRP: $37.41$27.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048415Author Amy ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 992gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 167mm * 33mm -
Emergent Tokyo: Patterns of Spontaneous Micro-Urbanism by Jorge Almazan
RRP: $25.80$17.22"A clearly articulated manifesto for those trying to preserve Tokyo's emergent properties, Emergent Tokyo helps distil lessons for other cities" -Benjamin Bansal, Urban Studies Journal This book examines the urban fabric of contemporary Tokyo as a... -
Urban Planning For Dummies by Jordan Yin 9781118100233
RRP: $23.21$16.18How to create the world's new urban future With the majority of the world's population shifting to urban centres, urban planning-the practice of land-use and transportation planning to help shape cities structurally, economically, and socially-has... -
The Property Lobby: The Hidden Reality behind the Housing Crisis by Bob Colenutt 9781447348160
RRP: $21.92$17.52In this accessible and passionately argued book, Bob Colenutt goes to the roots of the long-term crisis in housing and planning in the UK. Providing a much needed, in depth critique of the nexus of power of landowners, house builders, financial backers... -
Games and Play in the Creative, Smart and Ecological City by Dale Leorke 9780367618193
RRP: $49.01$43.06This book explores what games and play can tell us about contemporary processes of urbanization and examines how the dynamics of gaming can help us understand the interurban competition that underpins the entrepreneurialism of the smart and creative city... -
BIG little house: Small Houses Designed by Architects by Donna Kacmar
RRP: $56.75$50.10What are the challenges architects face when designing dwelling spaces of a limited size? And what can these projects tell us about architecture - and architectural principles - in general?In BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar... -
Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities by Tim Gill
RRP: $49.02$40.76What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and... -
Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities by Veronica Davis 9781642832099
RRP: $33.54$27.99Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the US face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while charting the course for the next generation. This task requires empathy while pushing against forces in the... -
What if Women Designed the City?: 33 leverage points to make your city work better for women and girls by May East 9781913743871
RRP: $19.35$16.20Dr. May East here explores the set of symbiotic relationships between women and the cities they live and work in. She considers how cities would look if they were designed by women, and how that design (or redesign) could help to achieve the dream of... -
Food Urbanism: Typologies, Strategies, Case Studies by Craig Verzone
RRP: $64.50$59.02Die Landwirtschaft kehrt in neuer Gestalt in die Stadte zuruck. Wo findet sie hier Raume und wie kann sie das stadtische Leben mitpragen? Die Motivation ist vielschichtig: Aufwertung stadtischer Grunraume, Begegnung mit der Natur, Biodiversitat - aber... -
Becoming Urban: City of Nomads by Joshua Bolchover
RRP: $32.25$21.65This book positions Ulaanbaatar as a unique case and one that allows us to view our urban world differently. Operating as a primordial soup of emerging conditions, Ulaanbaatar is conceived as an incubator for alternative urban concepts. The book rejects... -
Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students by Jennifer Charlson
RRP: $61.91$54.45Ideal for students taking law modules on construction, surveying, real estate, planning and civil engineering courses, Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students is an excellent overview of the key legal issues in the built environment... -
Hitler's Northern Utopia: Building the New Order in Occupied Norway by Despina Stratigakos 9780691198217
RRP: $32.25$24.42The fascinating untold story of how Nazi architects and planners envisioned and began to build a model "Aryan" society in Norway during World War IIBetween 1940 and 1945, German occupiers transformed Norway into a vast construction zone. This remarkable... -
The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture by Tim Waterman
RRP: $41.27$35.71From climate change to sustainable communities, landscape architecture is at the forefront of today's most crucial issues and this book provides an introduction to the key elements of this broad field. The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture... -
Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality by Melissa Bruntlett 9781610918794
RRP: $28.37$23.93In car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of transportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including... -
Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life by David Sim 9781642830187
RRP: $38.70$32.57Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to... -
Restorative Cities: urban design for mental health and wellbeing by Jenny Roe
RRP: $34.82$28.90Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning... -
Green Mallorca by Patricia Parinejad
RRP: $58.05$43.10"We discover eco-hotels, slow-food producers and green initiatives, and meet a new generation of islanders dedicated to sustainability and to preserving the lush green biodiversity that remains. A beautiful escape." -Reclaim Magazine Mallorca: the jewel... -
Thin Place Design: Architecture of the Numinous by Phillip James Tabb 9781032408293
RRP: $42.56$37.62What makes the places we inhabit extraordinary? Why are some urban spaces more vital and restorative? Wonderful landscapes, inspiring works of architecture and urban design, and the numinous experiences that accompany them have been an integral dimension... -
The FAC-1 Framework Alliance Contract: A Handbook by David Mosey 9781913019839
RRP: $51.60$45.00This handbook explores the FAC-1 Framework Alliance Contract as a multi-party umbrella that connects the team members engaged on any project or programme of works, services or supplies. It explains the FAC-1 processes for planning, joint working,... -
City Planning: A Very Short Introduction by Carl Abbott
RRP: $13.53$9.60City planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and--sometimes utopian--aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of cities as physical spaces and social environments calls on the same range of disciplines and approaches that... -
Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World by Wade Graham
RRP: $25.80$18.43Dream Cities is a lively, unique and accessible cultural history of modern cities which allows us to view them through the planning, design, architects and movements that inspired and built them. It explores our urban areas in a new way - as expressions... -
How to Read Towns and Cities: A Crash Course in Urban Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
RRP: $19.34$14.80A highly-illustrated, pocket-sized guide to understanding the forces that have shaped the world's cities from the dawn of civilisation to the present day. The fortunes of towns and cities rise and fall along with the fate of the civilisations to... -
Paris Haussmann: A Model's Relevance by Benoît Jallon 9783038602194
RRP: $54.18$37.40First published in 2017 in conjunction with an exhibition at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris, this widely praised and much sought-after book becomes available again in a new edition. It offers an analytical review from today's perspective of the...