RIBA Publishing

Quick, concise and direct, this pocketbook outlines the essentials that every architect needs to know about construction disputes - from tips on avoiding them in the first place and informally negotiating issues as they arise, to how to go about settling full-blown disputes more formally.

Drawing on first-hand interviews and full access to previously confidential material from primary sources, Planning, Politics and City-Making: A Case Study of King's Cross is a fascinating insight into a rarely-told story.

This book proposes alternative interpretations of broadly-debated concepts within architectural modernity.

An essential guide that illuminates the way for evidence-based urban lighting

With easy-to-understand tips, real-world examples and over 100 hand-drawn illustrations, this book helps you to create happier places - from individual homes and workplaces to landscaping and urban design. It explores how factors, such as lighting, comfort, control over our environments and access to nature, exercise and social interaction, can impact how we feel.

The architecture profession is changing. Practices must stay abreast of new developments in AI or risk being left behind. Architecture's best-known technologist, Phil Bernstein, provides a strategy for long-term success.

A fascinating, progressive collection of articles and case studies that explore the intersectionality of environmental justice and social justice, setting the table for inclusive architectural engagement.

This inspirational book guides designers and homeowners through the challenges of designing for rural properties and how to adapt a metropolitan design ethos into practical schemes for country living.

This is a call to action. Capturing insight and experiences from role models in architecture, this book provides a voice for the under-recognised to encourage understanding, reflection and meaningful change.

In this highly-illustrated survey, John Boughton, author of Municipal Dreams, examines the remarkable history of social housing in the UK.

This book contains essays that reveal the technical and creative secrets of Passive House design, as well as containing case studies of some of the world's best examples of beautiful, technically excellent buildings that still feel great even when the power supply is turned down to almost nothing.

Peppered with inspirational case studies and giving indications of costs and timescales, Home Extension Design 2e demystifies both the building process and all the surrounding issues. This book is the essential go-to resource for reliable, independent advice on how to set up and run a building project.

This book presents the path to healthier cities through six core themes - urban planning, walkable communities, neighbourhood building blocks, movement networks, environmental integration and community empowerment.

Cities are under increased pressure to be resilient and resistant to the effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation. However, this idea has still not been fully integrated in to practice.

An essential how-to guide to build business resilience into your architectural practice, offering methods for managing business-critical events and crises.