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Bhabha for Architects

Bhabha for Architects

By Felipe Hernandez

The work of Homi K. Bhabha has permeated into numerous publications which use postcolonial discourse as a means to analyze architectural practices in previously colonized...

February 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47746-8 (Routledge)

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Housing Boom and Bust

Housing Boom and Bust

Owner Occupation, Government Regulation and the Credit Crunch

By Peter King

Housing bubbles burst, creating economic misery for millions. Over the past thrity years, the culture of property ownership has become so ingrained that policy makers,...

February 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55314-8 (Routledge)

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Housing Policy in the United States

Housing Policy in the United States

By Alex F. Schwartz

The most widely used and most widely referenced "basic book" on HOUSING POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES has now been substantially revised to examine the...

February 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80234-5 (Routledge)

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Shotcrete: Elements of a System

Shotcrete: Elements of a System

Edited by Stefan Bernard

Over the last twenty years we have witnessed a revolution in ground stabilization in both underground and above-ground applications, thanks largely to the widespread adoption...

February 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47589-1 (CRC Press)

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Programming.Architecture

Programming.Architecture

By Paul Coates

programming.architecture is a simple and concise introduction to the history of computing and computational design, explaining the basics of algorithmic thinking and the use of...

January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45188-8 (Routledge)

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Sustainable Buildings in Practice

Sustainable Buildings in Practice

What the Users Think

By George Baird

Current assessment methods of sustainable buildings do not adequately account for the users’ needs. Given that over the life of a building, total salary costs...

January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39932-6 (Routledge)

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Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement

Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement

Urban Utopias of Modern Japan

By Zhongjie Lin

Metabolism, the Japanese architectural avant-garde movement of the 1960s, profoundly influenced contemporary architecture and urbanism. This book focuses on the Metabolists’ utopian concept of the...

January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77660-8 (Routledge)

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Emergent Technologies and Design

Emergent Technologies and Design

Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture

By Michael Hensel, Achim Menges, Michael Weinstock

Emergence - the process by which new and coherent structures, patterns and properties ‘emerge’ from within complex systems

Traditional architecture starts from the premise that architectural...

January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49344-4 (Routledge)

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Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook

Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook

By Bryan Spain

Have you ever had to provide accurate costs for a new supermarket or a pub "just an idea...a ballpark figure..." ?

The earlier a pricing decision...

January 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54715-4 (Taylor & Francis)

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Structural Identification and Damage Detection using Genetic Algorithms

Structural Identification and Damage Detection using Genetic Algorithms

By Chan Ghee Koh, Michael J. PerryDan Frangopol

Rapid advances in computational methods and computer capabilities have led to a new generation of structural identification strategies. Robust and efficient methods have successfully been...

January 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46102-3 (CRC Press)

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