An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations

This is a multi-disciplinary study that adopts an innovative and original approach to a highly topical question, that of meaning-making in museums, focusing its attention on pedagogy and visual culture. This work explores such questions as:How and why is it that museums select and arrange artefacts, shape knowledge, construct a view?How do museums produce values? How do active audiences make meaning from what they experience in museums?This stimulating book provokes debate and discussion on t...

This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change triggered Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation.

For more than forty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has served as the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. In this fifth edition, more recent additions to the architectural panoply illustrate how contemporary digital and building technologies have influenced the development of architectural forms and spaces and how architectural siting and design have responded to the call for more environmentally responsible buildings. ...

An in-depth look at how tent cities and containers could possibly be the best short-term housing solution for displaced persons.

Landscape architects rely on images to explore ideas and to communicate them to others. Their designs range from large-scale master plans and strategic visions, through to specific vegetation and precise construction details. Concepts and creative solutions are developed, refined, and explained on paper.

This handbook focuses on areas which, even in the age of digital media, remain foundations of the profession: drawing, graphics, and projections. Both instructional and inspirational, it cove...

Energiebewust ontwerpen van nieuwbouwwoningen welke concrete , direct toepasbare richtlijnen en hulpmiddelen voor het ontwerp van nieuwbouwwoningen geeft.

Hierbij komen zowel ruimtelijke, bouwtechnische als installatietechnische aspecten aan de orde.

Het vademecum geeft ook aanwijzingen voor uitvoeringen beheer en bewonerszaken.

Energie Vademecum is bedoeld voor iedereen die betrokken is bij het ontwerpen en realiseren van nieuwbouwwoningen, zoals architecten, opdrachtgevers, aannemers , inst...

How can we design and develop a transformation area in an integral way into an attractive and future-proof urban environment? This is the the central question of the research project Stad van de Toekomst (City of the Future).

This question is motivated by urgent social as well as local tasks in the urban areas, varying from housing demand, social inclusiveness, new economy, climate adaptation, and the like, taking into account the transitions in energy, mobility, circularity and digitization....

This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a `joined up' approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of a building, the authors show the practical implications of the utility value of buildings. Starting by looking at how the relationship between form and function has been dealt with by different approaches to architecture from a historical perspective, it goes on to discuss how the desired functional quality and uti...