Atmosphere Anatomies: On Design, Weather and Sensation
by Silvia Benedito
'Atmosphere Anatomies' illustrates how the atmosphere can affect sensory and physiological well-being when incorporated as a meteorological medium into the disciplines of design, particularly urban design and landscape architecture. Using paradigmatic projects, the essays discuss the diverse techniques and contexts that have focused on the atmosphere as an essential part of the design process. Woven throughout the book, the evocative photographic essays of Iwan Baan showcase selected design proj...
Urban Complexity and Spatial Strategies (Rtpi Library)
by Patsy Healey
A Comparative Study of Urban Planning System in Hong Kong and Taiwan
by Tin-Yan Lee
Should a Home Ownership Policy Be Re-Introduced to Hong Kong?
by Wing-Yin Lai
Role of Non-Signage Elements in the Image of Underground Stations
by Mohammad Sami Al Hasan
Can the Current Residential Services Fulfill the Needs of Middle Class Elderly People?
by Ka-Wai Woo
Transboundary Water Pollution and Its Implications for Planning and Environmental Management
by Zi-Soen Belwin Shen
Framework for Planning and Development of Central Business District in Kathmandu
by Sujeet Sharma
Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. Skateboarding and the City presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectu...
Waste Management and Its Implications for Environmental Planning
by Wing-Yeung So
New York is an exciting book dedicated to one of the world's most fascinating and vibrant cities. Lavishly illustrated this architectural overview documents both the historical development and the future prospects of New York. Throughout New York you will find a wide range of projects which demonstrate every aspect of the city's construction, including commercial, residential, industrial and public buildings, as well as transportation and landscape works. The projects, both built and yet to be...
The Tamar Valley Landscape (CCP S., #364)
Housing Subsidy of Public Rental Housing Planning Implications
by Wai-Shan Lai
50 Years of Community Development Vol II (Community Development Research and Practice, #2)
This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. Beginning in 1970 with the advent of the Community Development Society and its journal shortly thereafter, Community Development, the editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development. The evolution of community development as an area of scholarship and application, and the subsequent founding of the discipline, is vital to...