The theme of the Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 is Healing Sites. At a time when labour inequality and climate issues have resulted in a demand for change, this edition of the Prix de Rome Architecture calls to rethink and redesign spatial practices. Architecture has been complicit in establishing the ecocidal legacies of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism. How can architects, urbanists, and landscape architects reflect upon and rearticulate their working methods in order to undo these ...

The seventh edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city. Sixty-three selections are included: forty-five from the sixth edition and eighteen new selections, including three newly written exclusively for The City Reader. The anthology features a Prologue essay on "How to Study Cities", eight part introductions as well as individual introductions to each of the selected articles.

The new edition has been extensively upd...

Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management. Aided by over seventy illustrations, the author casts light on the often overlooked basics of this fascinati...

A fresh edition of the sustainable design pioneer Victor Papanek’s classic and ever-relevant book.

China's recent re-emergence as a world power is one of the transformative events of our time, and the most visible manifestations of the country's continuing rise can be seen in its two greatest cities: Beijing and Shanghai.

Since its inception as a colonial enclave in 1842,Shanghai has been one of the world's largest, richest, and most important cities. Traditionally

it has set the pace of change in China, and acted as a model for the rest of the country, both as an icon of capitalism befor...

Tweede deel in de reeks ‘Interactive Architecture’ uitgegeven door episode publishers in samenwerking met Hyperbody. De iA-bookzine serie brengt een overzicht van interdisciplinaire bijdragen over het onderwerp ‘Interactive architecture’ van onderzoekers, studenten, gast-docenten van Hyperbody, Faculteit Bouwkunde, TU Delft. Deze tweede editie bestaat wederom uit papers, reportages van workshops, een dialoog tussen Kas Oosterhuis en choreografe Krisztina de Châtel, en een overzicht van a...

Eerste monografie over het Amsterdamse architectenbureau VenhoevenCS Architekten. Ton Venhoeven (1953) studeerde als architect cum laude af aan de TU Delft. In 1995 is hij als zelfstandig architect gaan weken en in 1998 richtte hij zijn eigen bureau op. Mei 2005 werd Venhoeven benoemd tot hoogleraar Architectural History and Theory aan de TU Eindhoven. Venhoeven werd augustus 2008 benoemd tot Rijksadviseur voor de Infrastructuur. Als ontwerper is Venhoeven geïnteresseerd in diverse schaalge...

Does our knowledge about city and urban planning have solid ground? Can historical research promote creative thinking? How can we theorise about urban design and architecture in our age of the media?

These questions have guided the creation of this multi-layered, richly documented and illustrated triptych, in which the Dutch architectural theorist Wim Nijenhuis pursues a creative goal: to stimulate new ways of thinking in architectural culture.

Each part of the triptych treats distinctive i...