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Since the walls of caves were first decorated with primitive paintings, it has
been a natural instinct for humans to embellish their environment. For many
people, the design, decoration and remodeling of a home provide a
wonderful outlet for…

This book explores some of the main findings of a piece of research funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (award 00 23 7661) that the authors, Rachel Johnson, Oliver Fulton, and Stephen Watson conducted at Lancaster University from…

The publication of a Sociological Review Monograph on urban issues and processes is timely, both sociologically and politically. With the global recession of 2008 placing cities near the top of policy-making agendas, urban environments came to…

Change was the story of the 20th century and will inevitably be the story of the 21st. In order to survive and prosper, organizations in the private and the public sectors will need to respond in a timely and flexible way to social, techno- logical,…

In working with educators every day who are down in the trenches making a difference in the lives of their students, I have come to realize something that is so, so exciting. We already have in place the talent and resources to transform our…

This book is for anyone who is interested in teaching. It started as an attempt to map out and summarize reliable knowledge about teaching and how it functions to aid learning. It was written, in the first place, mainly for students training to…

As we embrace a world in which the lines between
the physical and the digital are increasingly blurred,
we see a maturing vision for architecture that actively
participates in our lives. In the few years since the
original Interactive…

In the case of urban design the main actors in the
play presented here are the square, the street and
the buildings that make up the public face of towns
and cities. The meaning and role these elements
play in urban design, the ways in which they…

The construction industry’s relative costs have steadily risen over the last 50
years or so, while profit margins of its contractors and sub-contractors have
been eroded to the level that is no longer sufficient to justify significant…