"Alexander Wood asks a deceptively simple question about New York City in its most iconic period of growth from the 1880s to the 1930s: "Who did this?" In chronicling the labor of architects, builders, contractors, and construction workers, Wood compels our attention to the physical and social...

We propose a method to estimate the capitalized value of the architectural design quality of a neighbourhood. Our economic design premium is identified by spatially differentiating property prices and design quality within neighbourhoods and comparing the differences across neighbourhoods. We...

This dissertation is about the spatial organization of contemporary psychiatric practice, about 'healing architecture' in psychiatry. I take 'healing architecture' to represent a particular effort to spatially and materially organize contemporary psychiatric practice. The problem motivating my...

The most productive way to engage society as a whole with issues of sustainability is to involve them in the development and execution of the solutions. Pragmatic Engineering and Lifestyle draws together international experts from engineering and architecture to disclose the latest insights into...

Das Buch stellt in 32 Kapiteln "Die Großen Köpfe" der Schweizer Innovations- und Kreativszene aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart vor, welche die Gemeinsamkeit in der Gegensätzlichkeit manifestiert. Einige Beispiele: Der Designer und Ingenieur Hans Hilfiker, dessen Bahnhofsuhr zu den Designikonen...

"Las labores chacineras han configurado la construcción de Guijuelo y el modo de vida de sus habitantes en el último siglo y medio, Su arquitectura y urbanismo se han desarrollado buscando la funcionalidad y adaptándose progresivamente a las necesidades de la industria cárnica, desde su...

This dissertation investigates the relationships between food systems and the built environment through the lens of political economy, focusing on the case of Egypt. It argues that food systems as well as the factors that influence them at social, economic, and political levels also affect...

In this dissertation, I take interest in crowdsourcing and architectural competitions as I focus on examining how a crowdsourcing platform works in the building industry and how the practices unfolding on it relates to - and maybe mimics - architectural competitions. The platform is operated and...

STRATEGIEN ZUM AUFBAU EINER IDENTITÄTSBASIERTEN IMMOBILIENMARKE. Der Kauf einer Immobilie ist für die meisten Menschen die komplexeste Kaufentscheidung des Lebens und vielfach Ausdruck eines individuellen Lebensstils. Umso mehr verwundert es, wie wenig bisher in den Aufbau von Immobilien als...

Über die Architektur von Gebäuden lassen sich Botschaften formulieren, die von Konsumenten implizit wahrgenommen und verstanden werden. Ihre Interpretation ist das Ergebnis eines Zusammenspiels aus kollektiv angelegten und individuell erlernten Verarbeitungsmustern. Diese ermöglichen es, die...

Introduction: Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms / Lisa B. Welch Drummond and Douglas Young -- Part 1: Housing Experiences and Life Trajectories -- From Socialist Moderns to Urban Poor: Gender and the Housing Question in Post-Reform Vinh City / Christina Schwenkel -- From ABC to...

We propose a method to estimate the capitalized value of the architectural design quality of a neighbourhood. Our economic design premium is identified by spatially differentiating property prices and design quality within neighbourhoods and comparing the differences across neighbourhoods. We...

We propose a method to estimate the capitalized value of the architectural design quality of a neighbourhood. Our economic design premium is identified by spatially differentiating property prices and design quality within neighbourhoods and comparing the differences across neighbourhoods. We...

Despite the increasing implementation of community-based enterprise (CBE), two problems are prevailing: (1) lack of comprehensive understanding about the organization of CBE and (2) lack of generalizability of the individual findings. In response to these problems, this paper aligns its research...

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema der Baukultur in alpinen Regionen und befasst sich mit der Frage, inwiefern eine qualitativ hochwertige bauliche Gestaltung den Tourismus beeinflusst. Gelungene "Tourismusbaukultur", die im Einklang mit der umgebenden Landschaft steht, kann die...

This book presents the history of modern architecture in Swedish housing. It is essential reading, especially at a time when a lack of accommodation is having such a brutal impact on Swedish society. However, this has not always been the case. Decisive public policies implemented during the 20th...

Wohin der nächste Urlaub geht, hängt nicht nur von dem Klima, der Landschaft und dem Service im Hotel ab, sondern auch von der Architektur vor Ort. Neben der malerischen Altstadt steht vor allem die erlebbare Architektur von Hotels, Museen und Shoppingmalls im Mittelpunkt. Das Buch skizziert...

Purpose: This paper discusses the use of Project-Based Learning (PBL) in the subject "Acondicionamiento y Servicios 2", which is taught at the Escuela de Arquitectura at the UPV. Design/methodology/approach: Case study. Findings: The results show that the goals (motivation, improved learning...