The Architecture of the City

Boundaries of the City: The Architecture of Western Urbanism 9781442623583

In this study Alan Waterhouse draws on anthropological, social and cultural history, literature, and philosophy to reach

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Architecture and the Smart City 9781000706710, 1000706710

Increasingly the world around us is becoming ‘smart.’ From smart meters to smart production, from smart surfaces to smar

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The City as Architecture 9783035617986, 3035617988

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Boundaries of the City: The Architecture of Western Urbanism [1 ed.] 9781442623583, 9781442655041

In this study Alan Waterhouse draws on anthropological, social and cultural history, literature, and philosophy to reach

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Writing on the Image: Architecture, the City and the Politics of Representation 9780755603725

From an examination of the politically-laden spectacle of George IV’s visit to Edinburgh in 1822 (as stage-managed by th

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Venice: The City and Its Architecture 0714838640, 9780714838649

The Most Serene Republic of Venice was the most extraordinary and the longest surviving of the European city states. Hav

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Architecture Walks: The Best Outings Near New York City 9780813549163

Welcome to the fascinating world of Architecture Walks--from reflections of three hundred years of history to expression

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Le Corbusier: ∗precisions∗: On The Present State O F Architecture & City Planning: On the Present State of Architecture and City Planning [1 ed.] 0262121492, 9780262121491

This first English translation of Precisions reproduces the original book published in French in 1930, with an introduct

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The Open-Ended City: David Dillon on Texas Architecture 9781477318621

In 1980, David Dillon launched his career as an architectural critic with a provocative article that asked “Why Is Dalla

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Architecture and the Turkish City: An Urban History of Istanbul since the Ottomans 9781784531058, 9781350985353, 9781786732309

Architecture and urban planning have always been used by political regimes to stamp their ideologies upon cities, and th

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