The landscape of the global labour market has changed. Demographic pressure continues to rise and technological developments require a different skill set of both employees and employers. Companies want to grow, but the war on talent is over and employees won. A fundamental shift in the mind set of employers is required and employer branding is the key to success. It can help employers to reach their goals, but how? In his book, Boost Your Employer Brand, Yves Pilet explains how to unlock the...

De wijde omgeving van grote luchthavens, die te maken krijgt met geluidsoverlast, extra infrastructuur en tijdelijke vormen van architectuur, is tot op heden nog nooit onderzocht als een samenhangend fenomeen. Maar dergelijke geluidslandschappen zijn wereldwijd in opkomst. Hun afmetingen overtreffen in veel gevallen die van naburige steden en steken die in termen van economisch belang soms naar de kroon.

Aan de hand van acht Europese praktijkgevallen (Amsterdam, Zürich, Londen-Heathrow, Fran...

Designing from Heritage deals with challenges architects are faced with when dealing with the conservation and reuse of built heritage, with a focus on Modern Movement Monuments. It discusses how to carry out a thorough analysis and evaluation of monuments upon which their conservation and transformation can be based. It is meant for MSc education, but may be of interest to architects in general.

This book - the third in the Rondeltappe series - reflects the philosophy and didactic approach o...

English edition only.

In 1954 there were about 300 playgrounds in Amsterdam designed by Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) which gave him the opportunity to start the making of one of the most important buildings in modern architectural history: the orphanage in Amsterdam (1955-1960). Every detail, material, colour of this highlight with several pavilions, picturesque domes and ingeniously connected patios is to be found in a new richly illustrated book. Already before it was finished the architects B...

Interdisciplinary education has been identified by many educational organisations in Europe and the United States as important for what lies ahead, and it has become a buzzword in some debates about educating for the future. Now, more than ever, higher education is challenged to educate students to see beyond the limits of their own discipline and to come up with innovative integrated solutions for our global challenges. But how do you define interdisciplinarity? How do you measure whether a ...

Family memoirs in the recent past are not uncommon but 13 Round the Table is quite different. In this book no less than eleven living siblings share memories from their youth in their own characteristic ways

The differences are almost greater than the similarities, which provides a fascinating range of reflections. This large Calvinistic rural family from the North part of The Netherlands, rises from the poverty of the 50s – when happiness was common - to prosperity. This book shows fami...

'This Road Leads to Nowhere: Pierre Punk' brings together archives and reflections from a music scene that flourished in small-town South Dakota from the early 90's through 2010. Merging the tradition of DIY punk publications and regional travel guides, the book sings an unsung hymn of American underground culture. This Road Leads to Nowhere includes writings and images from Pierre community members, musicians who traveled through and played in the town, and kindred spirits from similar scene...

Deze essaybundel onderzoekt het werk van Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland: zijn beeldende kunstpraktijk, kunstkritiek, institutioneel leiderschap en institutionele kritiek, en zijn literaire werk. De groep internationale auteurs geven een vers perspectief op zijn oeuvre, dat aan beide kanten van de Atlantische Oceaan een grote bijdrage aan de kunsten heeft geleverd.

In Nederland is Brian O'Doherty vooral bekend geworden dankzij zijn invloedrijke boek Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the...

There are several dimensions of occupant behavior and energy consumption of dwellings: dwelling characteristics including the energy and indoor comfort management systems, building envelope, lighting and appliances; occupant characteristics including the social, educational and economical; and actual behavior, including the control of heating, ventilation and lighting of spaces, and appliance use, hot water use, washing, bathing, and cleaning. Attempting to understand this complexity asks for...

A GLOBAL HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE NOW FEATURING ADDITIONAL COVERAGE OF CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE AND MORE SUPERB DRAWINGS BY FRANCIS D.K. CHING! The book that forever changed the way architectural history is viewed, taught, and studied, A Global History of Architecture examines 5,000 years of the built environment. Spanning from 3,500 BCE to the present, and organized along a global timeline, this unique guide was written by experts in their fields who emphasize the connections, contras...