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Presents a thorough examination of the future of travel, both in terms of personal mobility and commerce.

The education sector will be key to the continued success of the UK economy, but will need to adapt to significant changes in its demographic mix coupled with higher social expectations. This book studies the future of the knowledge and creative economies in our changing world.

Tells the various stories behind the conception, development, realisation and construction of the capital's newest landmark, including personal and political dramas, corporate conflicts, doubts, risks, obstacles and accidents.

Focuses on Architects Design Partnership's work for schools, universities and colleges. This book begins by placing the founding of the practice against the cultural backdrop of Britain in the 1960s, with the death of Winston Churchill, the emergence of The Beatles, and the foundation of many 'redbrick' universities.

PRP is one of the successful housing practices. Peter Phippen, Peter Randall and David Parkes founded the practice in 1963. This work comprises essays by Phippen, Randall and Parkes, Barry Munday and Chris Rudolph on PRP's work, as well as texts by commissioned writers on the topics of 'place', 'building technology' and 'home' in architecture.

Innovation in design, construction, planning and sustainability have established bptw's reputation within the residential, health care and mixed-use sectors. This work explores bptw's approach that provides an insight into both the practice's philosophy and working methods. It is interspersed with case studies of their award-winning projects.

Explores and assesses the phenomenon of the contemporary metropolis. Touching on the historical context of humanity's earliest settlements in ancient world, this work looks ahead to creative, forward-thinking and possibly fanciful notions of the city, such as biospheres, space stations and virtual realities.

Presents a compilation of new and classic writing and visual art on spatial culture in modernity post 9/11. This work features essays, artworks and images, with a particular interest in decay, monument, ruin, weakness, permanence, waste, and consumption.

Chronicles the course of James Gowan's life and work, based on an extended interview conducted with the architectural critic Ellis Woodman. This work includes photographs, drawings and sketches of Gowan's architectural projects. It also features his freehand drawings and sketchbook notations.

Taking into account the origins and history of RMJM, and their inspiring approach to a new way of practising architecture, this book presents an account of a body of work and an overall vision. It includes a diversity of material that provides a different way of looking at architecture, art, design, space, and visual culture.

Discusses Penoyre and Prasad's engagement with their clients and examines its relationship to both architectural history and the contemporary situations for which the practice works. This work provides an insight into Penoyre and Prasad's major projects, including Moorfields Eye Hospital, the Rich Mix Centre and Wolverhampton Civic Halls.

Suitable for those interested in architecture and the built environment, this book looks at the entirety of ECA's work, starting from the 1950s. Charting the influences of the key architectural practice, it also traces how ECA have continued to inspire architecture debates around public and private space.

Rick Mather Architects (RMA) have been working in London since the early 70s. This book establishes Rick Mather's approach to resolving complex design issues, and also describes the work of the practice. Covering a range of the projects, it also explores Mather's response to the technical and social requirements of the briefs.

Armed Surfaces presents DRD Lab's investigations into contemporary reality and a new typology for living. An analysis of transitional moments in daily life instigates a re-examination of Modern Functionalism as an ideology of standardisation and normalcy.

Out of the Ordinary is a detailed account of current work by Pollard Thomas Edwards architects (PTEa), accompanied by an overview of the career of this prominent practice.