Yasser Tabbaa 
The Production of Meaning in Islamic Architecture and Ornament 

The Architecture of Persistence argues that continued human use is the ultimate measure of sustainability in architecture, and that expanding the discourse about adaptability to include continuity as …

This book brings together some of the finest academics in the field to address important questions around the way in which people experience their physical environments, including temperature, light, …

This extensive text investigates how architects, planners, and other related experts responded to the contexts and discourses of development after World War II. Development theory did not manifest …

Architecture and the Housing Question examines how the design and provision of housing around the world have become central both to competing political projects and to the architecture profession. …

The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific revisits the use, growth, and potential of the cultural landscape methodology in the conservation and management of …

No single project or endeavour is immune to the issues that the climate crisis brings. The climate crisis encompasses a broad register of "symptoms" increased global temperatures and …

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to our understanding of infrastructure, and it s influence on happiness and wellbeing, by examining the concept from economic, human development, …

Well established as a classic reference and specialised textbook, since its first publication in 1973, Heinrich Kuttruff s Room Acoustics combines detailed coverage with a state of art presentation …

This book brings together a diverse group of theoreticians to explore architectural theory as a discipline, assessing its condition and relevance to contemporary practice. Offering critical …

The third edition of The Human Rights Reader presents a variety of new primary documents and readings and elaborates the exploration of rights in the areas of race, gender, refugees, climate, …