Urban interventions establish strong links between the social and spatial spheres of cities, giving place to interactions by which art and architecture make use of public spaces. "Urban Interventions" presents a rigorous selection of projects that ha...

The built environment in today's hybrid cities is changing radically. The pervasiveness of networked mobile and embedded devices has transformed a predominantly stable background for human activity into spaces that have a more fluid behavior. Based o...

This superbly illustrated volume presents the ArtLab project, which highlights the intersection of science, art, and the public at the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Switzerland. Designed by the renowned Japanese architect Kengo K...

This manual nurtures initiative in public administrators, designers and citizens. Promoting social cooperation, it recommends projects that use systems, technologies, and innovative economies to achieve a greater urban quality of life. Featured chapt...

Steven and Susan show how to create a range of useful structures and furnishings, both large and small, at relatively little expense by using mostly recycled materials. The first chapters show the kinds of materials used and their possible uses; the...

Embracing that which could dominate us – the city, infrastructure and overpopulation – has been part of the process of Steven Holl Architects as the office has taken on work of increasing complexity and scale in China over the past decade. The projec...

What does a library say about the mind of its owner? How do books map the intellectual interests, curiosities, tastes, and personalities of their readers? What does the collecting of books have in common with the practice of architecture? "Unpacking...