RIBA Publishing

Chinese Urban Transformation: A Tale of Six Cities is a a comprehensive analysis of urbanisation and transformation across Chinese cities, taking in the dramatic social and economic changes over the past decades.

Breaking down both the technical considerations and the design needs and challenges, Streetscapes: A Guide to Better Street Design is an essential text for anyone interested in the creation or improvement of quality public environments.

What does the future of the construction industry look like? This book brings together opinion pieces by all RIBA Ambassadors and other leading construction voices, setting the scene for how our industry will look in the future and the role that architects could, and perhaps should, play in this new world.

Deals with the subject of architectural 3-D computer modelling. This book explores the hints at its monumental potential, a potential that is within reach of very small practices - even sole practitioners. It contains sections on 'Architecture and Structure', 'Evolution and Emergence', and 'Animation, Design Interrogation, Drawing'.

Offers an illustrated analysis of the various specific sustainability challenges presented by different building types. This book examines the consequences of contemporary construction methods and the ways in which their environmental impacts can be improved. It is suitable for architects and other building construction professionals.

This book is invaluable for students and practitioners, providing a detailed specialist, contemporary historical analysis of their profession and is beautifully illustrated, with over 200 photos and images from the 1950s through to the present day.