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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

Steven Johnson - Computers - 2002 - 290 pages
In the groundbreaking tradition of "Complexity" and "The Society of Mind, " visionary guru Johnson makes sense of the cutting-edge theory of emergence and demonstrates its ...
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Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience

Jerold S. Kayden, The New York City Department of City Planning, The Municipal Art Society of New York - Architecture - 2000 - 366 pages
In New York - wie auch in vielen anderen Großstädten - wächst die Zahl der öffentlichen Plätze, die Privatpersonen gehören und auch privat betrieben werden. Als Gegenleistung ...
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Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape

Peter Reed - Architecture - 2005 - 172 pages
Presents twenty-three projects that reveal the surge of creativity and discussion surrounding the designed landscape in a broad, principally urban, international context. In ...
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Planning in the USA: Policies, Issues, and Processes

J. B. Cullingworth, Roger W. Caves - Architecture - 2009 - 480 pages
This revised edition continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies and practices of planning. Discussing land use, urban planning and environmental ...
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Excavating Our Past: Perspectives on the History of the Archaeological ...

Susan Heuck Allen - Social Science - 2002 - 272 pages
The essays in this volume highlight the history of the Archaeological Institute of America, and development of the AIA and address broad historical developments in the field of ...
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Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines: The Life and Times of a ...

Stephen B. Goddard - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 268 pages
In the 1890s Colonel Albert A. Pope was hailed as a leading American automaker. That his name is not a household word today is the very essence of his story. Pope's production ...
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Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary who Designed Washington, D.C.

Scott W. Berg - Architecture - 2007 - 360 pages
A portrait of French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant is set against the backdrop of the design and creation of the nation's capital, describing his service under George ...
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