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Architects build in and for a system that is not only pathological, but toxic. It is ruining the only planet we have, and we are clearly at the end of ...

Despite the notorious fact of it being one of the most veiled countries in modern history, North Korea recently has started to get engaged with the rest of the world, ...

SOUPERgreen! features projects and essays that offer a long overdue critique of the current approach to 'green' architecture and, in turn, demonstrate a more appropriate way for architects to address ...

Architecture must not only be functionally green, but its formal, conceptual and physical properties also need to constitute a novel and integrated living material system, one that can flourish within ...

Building upon theories of planetary urbanization, this book evaluates the limits and potentials of remotely sensed data and other forms of geospatial information as a basis for mapping and understanding ...

Energy and design are currently imprisoned within a narrow framework of commonplaces, moral mediocrity, and outright error. Yet the platitudes that ensue from it continue to claim the attention of ...

The Toolbox for Exuma presents an approach to environmental management, design, and planning rooted in fieldwork and engagement. The Toolbox includes a number of unfolding pamphlets which can be displayed ...

A wider conversation on the policies and collective experiences of large-scale development that are shaping Chinas urban future. Superblocks are the basic unit of Chinas urban development, but they are ...

The book talks about the design and construction of the building 774 at CERN. The building 774 is a unique building both for its architectural value and for its location. ...

CAZA: 2011-15, the inaugural monograph of the Brooklyn-based design studio CAZA, celebrates the first five years of the firm, and includes photographs, drawings, building descriptions, essays, and conversations that relate ...

Architecture and design currently play a minor role in the design and construction of industrial building types, especially waste-to-energy facilities. Through comparing the well-established waste-to-energy industries in Sweden with less ...

The Possible Mediums book will present a diverse collection of texts, drawings, and images from invited contributors. Five chapters - Histories, Figures, Objects, Parts, and Projections - group together contributors ...

This book considers the material basis of building as a key impetus of both urbanization and the energetics of urban life. The otherwise externalized material geographies and thermodynamics of buildings ...

From the comprehensive scale of the city to the small scale of the installation, Architecture Is All Over responds to the fields dichotomous conditions of monumentality and invisibility. Structured as ...

Measuring over 10,000 miles, the Great Lakes coastline, known as the 'third coast,' is longer than the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of the United States combined. It is difficult to ...

MCHAP: The Americas brings together leading architects and academics in a dialogue exploring the current state of architecture throughout the Americas and analyzes themes raised by the seven finalist projects ...

The book demonstrates how entrepreneurial, hybrid spaces and cleaner and greener factories can reintegrate manufacturing into city life as new paradigms for urban industry that will prove more sustainable, self-sufficient, ...

Skyscraper collectives, tower agglomerations, high-rise housing, mixed-use developments, luxury condominiums, airport hubs, suburban office enclaves, industrial and technology parks, hotel complexes and resorts, conference and financial centers, entertainment venues, gated ...

This richly illustrated book presents the exhibits and curatorial visions of the 2015 Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (UABB), organized around the theme, Re-Living the City. It highlights the ...