Today the practice of urban design has forged a distinctive identity with applications at many different scales – ranging from the block or street scale to the scale of ...

This is a guide to producing high quality illustrations in urban design projects and plans. The authors describe high quality material as being clear, relevant, accessible ...

Unlike the mechanistic buildings it replaces, eco-architecture is in harmony with nature, including its immediate environs. It makes every effort to minimize the use of energy ...

Based on Urban Design Associates in-house training procedures, this unique handbook details the techniques and working methods of a major urban design and planning firm.

"A balance of sophistication and clarity in the writing, authoritative entries, and strong cross-referencing that links archtects and structures to entries on the history and ...

Over the past few decades, many American architects have reclaimed urban and suburban land development as an important, contemporary architectural issue. This renewed interest ...

Apply cutting-edge spatial design techniques. If you're a design professional who wants to expand your horizons, Katherine Benzel's The Room in Context will inspire you with ...

The core of the research presents the views of activists, elected officials, police officers, and citizens who have argued their positions on civil gang injunctions.

Introducing Urban Design: Interventions and Responses is a new departure in the town planning series under the editorship of Clara Greed. The dynamic new subject and profession ...