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      Confucius’ Courtyard: Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in China

      Xing Ruan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

      For more than three thousand years, Chinese life - from the city and the imperial palace, to the temple, the market and the family home - was configured around the…

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      Confucius’ Courtyard: Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in China

      Xing Ruan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)

      For more than three thousand years, Chinese life - from the city and the imperial palace, to the temple, the market and the family home - was configured around the…

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      Topophilia and Topophobia: Reflections on Twentieth-Century Human Habitat

      Topophilia and Topophobia relates our love of a place and aversion to it to the human habitats of the twentieth century, presenting a comprehensive range of case studies and philosophical…

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      Topophilia and Topophobia: Reflections on Twentieth-Century Human Habitat

      Topophilia and Topophobia relates our love of a place and aversion to it to the human habitats of the twentieth century, presenting a comprehensive range of case studies and philosophical…

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      Hand & Mind: Conversations on architecture and the built world

      Architects and designers reflect on the parts of their practice that are often hidden - their inspiration, the genesis of projects and problems encountered. Through dialogues, interviews, creative reflections and…

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      New China Architecture

      Xing Ruan

      The spectacular transformation of China in the last decade is symbolized by its architecture. The booming cities of China are evolving at a speed which is hard to comprehend, and…

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      Bangkok Utopia: Modern Architecture and Buddhist Felicities, 1910-1973

      Lawrence Chua

      Outlines an alternative genealogy of both utopia and modernism in a part of the world that has often been overlooked by researchers of both. The book examines representations of utopia…

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      Skyplane: What Effect Do Towers Have on Urbanism, Sustainability, the Workplace and Historic City Centres

      In Skyplane, some of architectures leading thinkers and practitioners examine both the global phenomenon of the tall building and its adaptation to the Asian-Pacific context, addressing the following questions: What…

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      Advances in Global Optimization

      This proceedings volume addresses advances in global optimization-a multidisciplinary research field that deals with the analysis, characterization and computation of global minima and/or maxima of nonlinear, non-convex and nonsmooth functions…

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      Advances in Global Optimization

      This proceedings volume addresses advances in global optimization-a multidisciplinary research field that deals with the analysis, characterization and computation of global minima and/or maxima of nonlinear, non-convex and nonsmooth functions…

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