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This book examines the idea of organism in the work of Louis I. Kahn, from the turning point of Rome to the project for Venice.

Beyond the Workplace Zoo offers high-level pragmatic guidance on office design that meets basic human needs, drawing on the fields of psychology anthropology, sociology and zoology.

Museums and Design for Creative Lives questions what we sacrifice when we allow economic imperatives to shape public museums, whilst also considering the implications of these new museum realities. It also asks: how might we instead design for creative lives?

Bringing together a comparative analysis of the accessibility by public transport of 23 cities in four continents, this book provides a practical introduction to the evolution, rationale and effectiveness of a new generation of accessibility planning tools. The Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS)

This book takes a critical view of the real cost of green building. It provides readers with a non-biased evaluation based on empirical construction cost data, and sheds light on the affordability of sustainable buildings.

Architectural Type and Character provides an alternative perspective to the current role given to history in architecture, reunifying architectural history and architectural design to reform architectural discourse and practice.

This international piling handbook details current types of pile, piling equipment, and methods. It includes calculations of the resistance of piles to compressive loads, pile groups under compressive loading, piled foundations for resisting uplift and lateral loading, and the structural design of piles and pile groups. Marine structures, durabi

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Suitable for the people studying or working in architecture, construction or any of the built environment fields, this title provides them with: 10,000 definitions with over 2,000 illustrations; comprehensive cross referencing system; and, clear presentation of information for the visual reader.