Written by scholars of international stature, Aeolian Winds and the Spirit in Renaissance Architecture presents studies of Renaissance pneumatology exploring the relationship between architecture and…

Looking back over the twentieth century, Hartoonian discusses the work of three major architects: Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry and Bernard Tschumi, in reference to their…

This volume studies the architecture and urbanism of modern-era Italian colonialism (1869-1943) as it sought to build colonies in North and East Africa and the…

This in-depth history of the interior design of ocean liners surveys the transient history of interior design in relation to the development of passenger shipping,…

In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society constructed itself through the making and remaking…

Rather than subscribing to a single position, this collection informs the reader about the current state of the discipline looking at changes across the broad…

This innovative edited collection charts the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive.

The word primitive is fundamental to the discipline of architecture…

Leading planning and geography authors present this comprehensive assessment of the extent to which the physical and social make up of Western cities accommodates and…

The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance.…