The book tackles a number of challenging questions: How can we conceptualize
architectural objects and practices without falling into the divides architecture/society …

Integral Urbanism is an ambitious and forward-looking theory of urbanism that offers a new
model of urban life. Nan Ellin's model stands as an antidote to the pervasive problems …

Activities related to refurbishment of the building stock as a percentage of all building work
have been constantly growing in most central European countries over the last 20 years …

Criado com o intuito de dar apoio às populações que se encontravam alojadas em
situações precárias, o SAAL, Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local, surgiu como um serviço …

Cine-scapes explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving
image. While an impressive amount of research has been done with regards to the way in …

The spread of newly'invented'places, such as theme parks, shopping malls and revamped
historic areas, necessitates a redefinition of the concept of'place'from an architectural …

This is Not Architecture assembles architectural writers of different kinds-historians, theorists,
journalists, computer game designers, technologists, film-makers and architects-to discuss …

Architecture can influence the way we feel, and can help us along as we go about our lives,
or sabotage our habitual ways of doing things. The essays collected here challenge, and …

While societies shape the way their cities look and are represented, urban images, in turn,
nurture and structure social relations in multiple ways. Nowhere is this dialectical …

Clara Irazábal and her contributors explore the urban history of some of Latin America's
great cities through studies of their public spaces and what has taken place there. The …