How can the public library fulfil its classic social mission in our individualized and sometimes fragmented society? And how does such a library fit into the urban public space, in which commerce and consumption seem to reign supreme? This requires innovative architecture, the strength of imagination and the willingness to think countercyclically.

In Imagination and Participation librarians Rob Bruijnzeels and Joyce Sternheim examine the most important transitions in public library work. They...

25 september 1520: met de nodige precisie wordt het vergulde kruis op de vieringtoren van de Bavo geplaatst, 78 meter boven de grond. De kerk is nu officieel ‘af’, ook al zou er nog veel aan gebouwd, verbouwd en gerestaureerd worden.

Dit boek beschrijft de geschiedenis van de Bavo, de maatschappelijke, religieuze en culturele betekenis van de kerk voor de stad Haarlem, het interieur, de glazen, het wereldberoemde orgel, de ‘grote restauratie’ door voornamelijk Pierre Cuypers en nog ve...

The housing stock in Vietnam has boomed in the last few decades, especially in urbanised areas. However, the increasing number of housing units did not go along with housing quality, a healthy living environment or a sustainable building stock. Recent legislation only applies to public buildings but not the private housing sector, which accounts for the majority of the building stock. Therefore, this research aimed to contribute to a more sustainable building stock in Vietnam by improving the...

Numerous actors have been involved in the planning of the port and city of Naples. National and local authorities—namely central government, the Region, the Municipality of Naples, and the Port Authority—act upon the port at different scales, according to diverging interest and by using different planning tools. Each entity has different spatial claims and contrastive views on what port city integration can be. Their diverse goals have led port and city to develop into separate entities, ...

A sound understanding of how our built environment came about constitutes a core competence in any architectural training and professional experience. The history of urbanism on the European continent, in particular, constitutes a fundamental basis for thinking about the city today.

This textbook offers a synthetic, chronological and illustrated overview of the essential ideas, protagonists and paradigms that dominated the theory and practice of urbanism on the European continent from Antiq...

How must design studies be structured in order to not only keep pace with the changes in the economy and society but also to shape them? How much artificial intelligence and coding must be conveyed during studies? This book documents five years of international research on these questions, which 250 designers participated in worldwide. Text in English and German.

De westerse architectuur van David Watkin is inmiddels een veel gebruikt handboek voor opleidingen en een naslagwerk voor geïnteresseerden. Deze nieuwe editie is grondig herzien en uitgebreid. Door het hele boek heen zijn plattegronden, doorsnedes en stedenbouwkundige situaties toegevoegd, waardoor de bruikbaarheid voor het onderwijs is verhoogd.

‘Watkins meeslepende beschrijvingen en zorgvuldig uitgekozen beeldmateriaal maken De westerse architectuur tot een van de meest leesbare en boeie...