Architecture (6)

• Architecture
• Reference Books
• Textbooks and Learning Guides

Spaces for Action: A Repository of Tools and Methods for a Socially Situated Architectural Education

• Guido Cimadomo
• Ingrid C. Vargas Díaz

'Spaces for Action' provides a hands-on guide for teachers and students looking to make architectural learning more engaging, collaborative, and socially meaningful. The book brings together over 80 creative tools that can be adapted to different classrooms, communities, and design challenges. The tools are grouped by teaching approaches—like cooperative teamwork, experiential learning, and transformative practices—and by the stages of the design process: identifying challenges, generating ideas, and putting them into action. Each entry gives a clear overview of what the tool is for, how it works, and what you need to make it happen. You’ll also find tips on group sizes, resources, and possible collaborators, making it easy to bring these methods straight into practice.

• Anthropology
• Architecture
• European Studies: English and Irish Studies
• History
• Politics and Sociology

City of Capital and Labour: The Making and Transformation of Industrial Manchester

• Tom Saunders

This compelling book explores the evolution of industrial Manchester, offering a fresh perspective on its built environment through the lens of architecture, archaeology, and social history. Richly illustrated and designed for both academic and general audiences, it sheds new light on Manchester’s transformation during the Industrial Revolution, highlighting how the city’s physical form shaped and was shaped by its socio-economic and cultural dynamics.

• Anthropology
• Architecture
• History
• Politics and Sociology

Housing, Heritage and Urbanisation in the Middle East and North Africa

• Lilia Makhloufi

This book explores the interconnection between housing, heritage and urbanisation. Bringing together architects, archaeologists, urban sociologists, urban designers, urban planners and landscape architects, this multi-authored and interdisciplinary volume presents diverse case studies from the Middle East and North Africa, shedding light on the past, present and future of residential spaces.

• Anthropology
• Architecture
• History
• Politics and Sociology

Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation

• Lilia Makhloufi

This book offers a deep exploration of architectural and urban heritage, using interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to assess how historical, social, economic and political factors have impacted heritage development and its sustainability. It sheds light on the stakes of heritage conservation, management and maintenance in today’s globalised world.

• Anthropology
• Architecture
• History
• Politics and Sociology

Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation

• Lilia Makhloufi

Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Age of Globalisation offers a rich collection of perspectives on the complex interplay between tangible and intangible heritage. These essays illustrate the need to redefine heritage as an interdisciplinary and intercultural concept. They interrogate heritage paradigms while also providing concrete recommendations to promote the preservation of physical heritage spaces, and the cultural practices and social relationships that depend on them.

• Architecture

An Extension of Ourselves: Richard Neutra, Nature, and Embodied Architecture

• Barbara Lamprecht

FORTHCOMING

In this book, Barbara Lamprecht—one of the world’s foremost authorities on Richard Neutra—presents a compelling new interpretation of the Austrian-American architect’s work that will engage both design professionals and general readers. Rather than viewing Neutra merely as a master of Modernism’s refined forms and clean geometries, Lamprecht reveals him as a visionary who conceived architecture as a living expression of human biology. She demonstrates that Neutra’s true innovation lay not in the stylistic language of modernity, but in his deep conviction that human well-being is rooted in our physiological and psychological bond with nature.As he said, ‘If we fabricate an environment—of which, after all, we seem an inseparable part—but cannot make it an organically possible extension of ourselves, then the end of the race may be in sight’. Drawing on Neutra’s early training in landscape design and his lifelong fascination with science—from experimental psychology to environmental biology—Lamprecht shows how he envisioned architecture as ‘an exultant dance of interconnectedness’ between body, mind, and environment. This insightful volume repositions Neutra among, yet distinct from, his iconic mentors and contemporaries and ultimately restoring his legacy as a pioneer in architecture’s enduring conversation with nature and human experience.