Through original contributions and case studies, this volume shows that socially engaged architecture is both a theoretical construct and a professional practice navigating the global politics of poverty, charity, health, technology, neoliberal urbanism, and the discipline's exclusionary basis.

The Allure of Charleston celebrates this historic city's eighteenth- and nineteenth-century styles and demonstrates how they continue to be employed and updated by design professionals today.

This book exposes dialogue between history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations that enhance the assessment and values of our material choices, looking to Alvar Aalto as the primary protagonist for channeling discussions related to these topics.

Known for her modern approach to classic elegance, New York based interior designer Alyssa Kapito presents her most extraordinary residential projects in this highly anticipated debut.

This volume reframes the development of US-American avant-garde art of the long 1960s-from minimal and pop art to land art, conceptual art, site-specific practices, and feminist art-in the context of contemporary architectural discourses.

The American Construction Industry meticulously chronicles the evolution of the construction industry from its roots in the medieval guild system to the high-tech jobsite of tomorrow.

The Analyst's Ear and the Critic's Eye is the first volume of literary criticism co-authored by a practicing psychoanalyst and a literary critic.