Against the backdrop of countries around the world advancing digital infrastructure
construction and sustainable development, using China as an example to study the green …

Increasingly the world around us is becoming 'smart'. From smart meters to smart production,
from smart surfaces to smart grids, from smart phones to smart citizens.'Smart'has become …

This thesis uses the typology of coworking and the values associated with it as a lens
through which to look at the design of the broader workplace. It examines the ways in which …

In the early 1970s, the architect Alison Smithson documented her experience of several car
journeys as she travelled from London to her Wiltshire cottage in the English countryside …

With the continued growth of PhD programs in architecture and the simultaneous
broadening of approaches, InterVIEWS: Insights and Introspection on Doctoral Research in …

It is with great delight and pride that we announce that the good ship known as the ARENA
Journal of Architectural Research, or AJAR for short, is now launched. A sizeable Editorial …

The Dramaturgy of the Door examines the door as a critical but under-explored feature of
theatre and performance, asking how doors function on stage, in site-specific practice and in …

This text reflects on how a travelling design studio that visited Xixinan, in Anhui Province,
China in April 2019 has extended the observational urban analysis work Nigel Bertram and …

At its most basic, an urban house is a private space that can be separated and secured from
the outside space of the city. This space might be a single volume, but it usually comprises a …

This chapter explains new approaches to the designing of dwellings that are emerging,
providing a specific type of flexibility and adaptability relevant to an ageing and diversifying …