Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities

The topic of streets and street design is of compelling interest today as public officials, developers, and community activists seek to reshape urban patterns to achieve more sustainable forms of growth and development. Streets and the Shaping of Towns and Cities traces ideas about street design and layout back to the early industrial era in London suburbs and then on through their institutiona…

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At Road's EndTransportation And Land Use Choices For Communities

At Road's End is a timely guide to a new era of holistic transportation. It presents new models for transportation planning, describes effective strategies for resolving community disputes, and offers inspiration by clearly demonstrating that new ways of planning and implementing transportation systems can work.

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Planning as if People MatterGoverning for Social Equity

American communities are changing fast: ethnic minority populations are growing, home ownership is falling, the number of people per household is going up, and salaries are going down. According to Marc Brenman and Thomas W. Sanchez, the planning field is largely unprepared for these fundamental shifts. If planners are going to adequately serve residents of diverse ages, races, and income level…

Alfred Preis DisplacedThe Tropical Modernism of the Austrian Emigrant and Arc…

The first publication to catalog the complete works of architect and arts advocate Alfred Preis, a Viennese modernist who fled Nazi-occupied Austria and transformed regional Hawaiian architecture, with his best-known project being the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Architect, planner, and arts advocate Alfred Preis (1911–1994) dedicated his many creative talents to his beloved, adopt…

The Women Who Changed Architecture

A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion Mahony Griffin passed the architectural licensure exam in 1898 and created exquisite drawings that buoyed the reputation of Frank Lloyd Wright. Her story is one of the many told in The Women Who Changed Architecture, which sets the rec…

CASAS INTERNACIONAL 150 CASAS URBANAS

La vivienda ?como objeto de estudio de la arquitectura? está sujeta a constantes transformaciones en las cuales intervienen diferentes condicionantes tales como la evolución de las costumbres y el concepto de intimidad, entre otros. La civilización fue modificando sus características en pos de mejorar la calidad de vida de sus ocupantes. Así, la reformulación del habitar genera un impacto…

What to Sow, Grow and DoA seasonal garden guide

Find out what needs to be done at just the right time to create a garden full of life and colour all year round. Keeping on top of when to sow seeds, plant bulbs or prune roses can be tricky for new and experienced gardeners with busy lives. What to Sow, Grow and Do takes the hassle out of remembering what to do next with a month-by-month guide. Tracking a year in the garden, it shows you wha…

CASAS INTERNACIONAL 151 ARQUITECTURA PORTUGUESA

Los ejemplos que se recogen en esta publicación apuntan entonces diferentes direcciones y señalan los más diversos intereses pero, reunidos, no son solamente una compilación. De hecho, estas casas no pueden ser explicadas únicamente a partir de lo construido, y el sitio, a su vez, debe ser entendido a partir de una lectura geográfica del territorio que lo envuelve. En verdad, la intensa r…