Taylor & Francis Ltd

Rethinking Aesthetics is the first book to bring together prominent voices in the fields of architecture, philosophy, aesthetics, and cognitive sciences to ask you to radically rethink the relationship between body and design.

A fascinating and accessible look at modern American prisons and museums

Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt with diverse but surprisingly familiar economic issues.

The first comprehensive architecture survey of the Western Hemisphere, combining the latest scholarship about the indigenous past with an environmental history approach covering issues of climate, geology, and biology, so that you'll see the relationship between urban and rural in a new, more inclusive way.

Demonstrates the tools to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of living roofs for cities to manage urban runoff.

A comparative study of thirty significant public parks in major cities across Western Europe and North America.

In Food City, a companion piece to Smartcities and Eco-Warriors, innovative architect and urban designer CJ Lim explores the issue of urban transformation and how the creation, storage and distribution of food has been and can again become a construct for the practice of everyday life.

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.