A critical review of the public buildings

Abstract As communities worldwide grapple with wicked problems ranging from environmental challenges to economic crises to public safety, some believe that only priv...

Abstract Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elite...

Buildings consume nearly 40% of global energy, and no component influences that demand more directly than the building envelope—especially windows. As the primary interface between...

Pluralist Publics in Market Driven Education opens a conversation on the nature of the public in education systems weary from market driven educational reform. Ruth Boyask observes...

OUP is a publisher, but it is also an architectural patron, a facilities manager, and the inhabitant of buildings in Oxford and across the globe. By 2004 the OUP estate included a ...

What is critical practice; what is critique? And what do these ideas have to do with higher education?This book argues that engaging in critical practice is fundamental to meaningf...

The Dutch Police is one of the largest owners of public real estate in the Netherlands. From police station to forensic laboratory, from listed buildings in the centre of The Hague...

Abstract Illustrated with hundreds of illuminating line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building’s function: how it stands up, keeps...