To date, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the disperse research on the squatters’ movement in Europe. In Squatters in the Capitalist City, Miguel A. Martínez López presents a critical review of the current research on squatting and of the historical development of the movements in European cities according to their major social, political and spatial dimensions. Comparing citi…
Story and Sustainability explores the role of story in planning theory and practice, with the goal of creating U.S. cities able to balance competing claims for economic growth, environmental health, and social justice. In the book, urban practitioners and scholars from fields as diverse as American studies, English, geography, history, planning, and criminal justice reflect critically on the tr…
"A history of the relationship between modern architecture and abstraction"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Prior Art offers the first ever history of the use of patents in architecture, spanning the period 1830 - 1996"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The first book to provide a comprehensive approach to architecture as spatial justice by a renowned, award-winning author, educator, and director of Los Angeles's cityLAB"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A work of literary non-fiction about the life of architect Minoru Yamasaki (architect of the Twin Towers), but also a parallel narrative about an artist (the author) interrogating art and architecture's role in culture in NYC"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An analysis of recent developments in computer-based design and production in architecture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Part photographic survey, part theoretical inquiry, Tokyoids focuses on the field of robotic aesthetics from a conceptual point of view, and identifies the robotic face as a critical apparatus of modern culture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A history of the relationship between architecture and mathematics, with a special focus on the transition in the postwar period between analogue to digital design"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Smith investigates the role of parasites in the planning of Paris, specifically those stealing resources, hurting the city's health, and interfering of information transmission"--Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University, 2015, under the title: Paris and the parasite : the politics of noise in the mediatic city.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.