Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies

This study, originally published in 1985, examines the evolution for housing reform in Germany and France, from the middle of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the First World War. This book also examines the social and political nature of 'the housing problem'.

This book explores Bruno Taut, a leading architectural theorist in Germany, and the modern architectural movement during the years 1914-1920. Dr Whyte suggests that many of the roots of modern architecture were mystical, irrational and political. The author also explores the failure of modern architecture to achieve its aim, which was to improve the physical and social condition of society.

Originating from their work at Cambridge University on the design of energy efficient homes in Northern Europe, the authors consider the site constructions, building designs, available renewable energy sources, and servicing systems in different types of low energy houses.

Barry Parker was a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement in England. This volume, first published in 1986, is based upon his essays and offers a critical evaluation of Parker's work in his designs and plans of gardens and buildings. Many of the illustrations are taken from original drawings and photographs.

Originally published in 1976, The Architecture of Form is a collection of fourteen contributions by ten authors towards a quantitative approach to architectural design. This book should be of wide interest to architects, building scientists, systems designers, operational research workers and computer scientists.

Originally published in 1976, this book introduced a series of mathematical models of urban phenomena relevant to scientists and planners attempting to understand and predict the form of cities and regions. Much of the material presented in the book is based on research carried out by the author.

The initial purposes of this 1983 text were to develop mathematical topics relevant to the study of the incidence and symmetry structures of geometrical objects and to expand the reader's geometric intuition. The two fundamental mathematical topics employed in this endeavor are graph theory and the theory of transformation groups.

This book, first published in 1972, outlines the growth of research work in land use and attempted to understand some of the factors which, at a theoretical level, condition the range of choices that are available, whether in a building, the nodal point in a city or the complete urban system.

The integration of the location of activities in space and the use of transport has been a theoretical planning issue for many years. However, most books on this subject treat each component of the land use and transportation system with different, sometimes even conflicting, theories. The purpose of this book is to present the issue in the light of a single and consistent theoretical framework, that of random utility theory and discrete choice models. This is achieved in a methodical way, reviewing microeconomic theory related to the use of space, spatial interaction models, entropy maximising models, and finally, random utility theory. Emphasis is given to the concepts of decision chains and hierarchies. Spatial input-output models are also discussed, followed by chapters specifically dealing with the location of activities, the land market and the transport system. The book ends with the description of a number of real case studies to show how the theory can be used in practice.