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Circularity in the built environment? A call for a paradigm shift (2020)
Book Chapter
Malmqvist, T., Moncaster, A., Rasmussen, F., & Birgisdottir, H. (2020). Circularity in the built environment? A call for a paradigm shift. In M. Brandão, D. Lazarevic, & G. Finnveden (Eds.), Handbook of the Circular Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This chapter considers how circularity is being, and might be, approached and achieved within the built environment. Three case studies illustrate the current situation. The first case address life cycle assessment (LCA) in measuring circularity, sho... Read More about Circularity in the built environment? A call for a paradigm shift.

Mitigating air pollution and the urban heat island effect: The roles of urban trees (2020)
Book Chapter
Sinnett, D. (2021). Mitigating air pollution and the urban heat island effect: The roles of urban trees. In I. Douglas, D. Goode, M. Houck, D. Maddox, P. M. L. Anderson, H. Nagendra, & P. Yok Tan (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology (1176). (2nd ed). Routledge

Trees in the urban environment have been proposed as one mechanism to reduce air pollution and the impacts of the UHI in cities. There are now policies and initiatives in place globally to increase the canopy cover in our neighbourhoods. Trees have n... Read More about Mitigating air pollution and the urban heat island effect: The roles of urban trees.

Urban form and walkable environments (2020)
Book Chapter
Sinnett, D., & Williams, K. (2020). Urban form and walkable environments. In J. Nelson, & C. Mulley (Eds.), Urban Form and Accessibility: Social, Economic and Environment Impacts (141-156). Elsevier

This chapter presents the evidence on the relationship between urban form and walking behaviours. Globally, lack of physical activity is a major public health concern, and regular walking has the potential to offer an accessible and achievable form o... Read More about Urban form and walkable environments.

Installation/Drawing: Spaces of drawing between art and architecture (2020)
Book Chapter
Banou, S. (2020). Installation/Drawing: Spaces of drawing between art and architecture. In K. Chorpening, & R. Fortnum (Eds.), A Companion to Contemporary Drawing (431-450). Wiley Blackwell

The text examines recent practices of expanding drawing from surfaces into three-dimensional constructs, through a review of drawing practices across architecture, installation art and land art. In particular, installations and architectural drawings... Read More about Installation/Drawing: Spaces of drawing between art and architecture.

A comparative study of MSW to emery in Oman (2020)
Book Chapter
Umar, T. (2020). A comparative study of MSW to emery in Oman. In Biomass [Working Title]. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93745

The adverse impact of the energy production from fossil fuels is now well recognized globally; therefore, the move toward renewable and sustainable energy has become an integral part to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).... Read More about A comparative study of MSW to emery in Oman.

Kaleidoscopic drawings: Sights and sites in the drawing of the city (2020)
Book Chapter
Banou, S. (2020). Kaleidoscopic drawings: Sights and sites in the drawing of the city. In S. Ewing, & I. Troiani (Eds.), Visual Research Methods in Architecture. Bristol: Intellect

The city’s presence is conventionally described and comprehended in architectural representation and print media through ocular-centric processes of figuration. Yet, the means through which this visualization proceeds is not strictly sensory, and at... Read More about Kaleidoscopic drawings: Sights and sites in the drawing of the city.

Adaptive Reuse as Design Process (2020)
Book Chapter
Bassindale, J. (2020). Adaptive Reuse as Design Process. In Architectural Regeneration. UK: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119340379.ch10

The potential scope of adaptive reuse projects is wide ranging in size and complexity, from the multi-billion-pound redevelopment of large post-industrial structures such as Battersea Power Station in London to the re-use of the tiny, ruined dovecote... Read More about Adaptive Reuse as Design Process.

Understanding citizen and community behaviours and preferences (2020)
Book Chapter
Lamond, J., Everett, G., & England, K. (2020). Understanding citizen and community behaviours and preferences. In C. R. Thorne (Ed.), Blue-Green Cities: Integrating urban flood risk management with green infrastructure. London: Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing)

Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams (2020)
Book Chapter
Costa, E., Shepherd, P., Orr, J., Ibell, T., & Oval, R. (2020). Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams. In Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (863-872). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84

The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions, mainly due to the large amount of concrete used. Traditional formwork methods for concrete result in prismatic building elements with a constant cross-section, but... Read More about Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams.

From best practice to relevant practice in international city-to-city learning (2020)
Book Chapter
Hambleton, R. (2020). From best practice to relevant practice in international city-to-city learning. In L. van den Dool (Ed.), Strategies for Urban Network Learning (31-56). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36048-1

This chapter sets out five main reasons why there is no such thing as 'best practice' when it comes to international city-to-city learning and dialogue. The chapter then considers the nature of international exchange and distinguishes three overlapp... Read More about From best practice to relevant practice in international city-to-city learning.

The architectural virtual: From language to experience (2020)
Book Chapter
Banou, S. (2020). The architectural virtual: From language to experience. In A. Hougaard, & M. Søberg (Eds.), The Arftul Plan: Architectural Drawing Reconfigured (206-221). Basel/Berlin/Boston: Birkhäuser

In recent decades, architecture has persistently engaged with defining its relationship to digitization. The practice of architectural drawing has often been at the centre of this discussion, which has questioned its relevance by putting emphasis on... Read More about The architectural virtual: From language to experience.

Are we still not there yet? Moving along the gender highway (2019)
Book Chapter
Greed, C. (2019). Are we still not there yet? Moving along the gender highway. In C. Scholten, & T. Joelsson (Eds.), Integrating Gender into Transport Planning: From One to Many Tracks (192-210). Palgrave Macmillan

This book comprises a collection of international contributions, particularly from Scandinavia, on the extent to which gender has been integrated into transport planning

A health map for architecture: The determinants of health and wellbeing in buildings (2019)
Book Chapter
Rice, L. (2019). A health map for architecture: The determinants of health and wellbeing in buildings. In M. Jones, L. Rice, & F. Meraz (Eds.), Designing for Health and Wellbeing: Home, City, Society (155-184). Delaware, United States: Vernon Press

The health crisis facing society, whereby most humans suffer illness, is related to the design of the built environment. The chapter identifies key issues for built environment design professionals to improve the health of architectural environments.... Read More about A health map for architecture: The determinants of health and wellbeing in buildings.

Stakeholder engagement - developing a blue-green vision (2019)
Book Chapter
O'Donnell, E., Lamond, J., Krivtsov, V., & Thorne, C. (2019). Stakeholder engagement - developing a blue-green vision. In Blue-Green Infrastructure - Perspectives on Planning Evaluation and Collaboration C780a. London: CIRIA

An Exploration of Key Concepts in Application of In Situ Processes for Recovery of Resources from High-volume Industrial and Mine Wastes (2019)
Book Chapter
Sinnett, D., Sapsford, D., & Crane, R. (2019). An Exploration of Key Concepts in Application of In Situ Processes for Recovery of Resources from High-volume Industrial and Mine Wastes. In L. E. Macaskie, D. J. Sapsford, & W. M. Mayes (Eds.), Resource Recovery from Wastes: Towards a Circular Economy (141 - 167). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788016353

This chapter presents a synthesis of key concepts concerning the potential application of in situ leaching processes for direct and indirect resource recovery (with emphasis on metals) from wastes. The global stocks of industrial and mining wastes (I... Read More about An Exploration of Key Concepts in Application of In Situ Processes for Recovery of Resources from High-volume Industrial and Mine Wastes.

Cinematic collage as architectural design research (2019)
Book Chapter
Carless, T., & Troiani, I. (2020). Cinematic collage as architectural design research. In H. Campbell, & I. Troiani (Eds.), Architecture Filmmaking. Bristol: Intellect

This chapter argues that cinematic representation can, and must, be understood as a method of developing a form of critical architectural enquiry and thinking in the same manner as text - a textual analysis and a communication means for practice-base... Read More about Cinematic collage as architectural design research.

Local community preferences, understandings and behaviours (2019)
Book Chapter
Everett, G., Lamond, J., & Krivtsov, V. (2019). Local community preferences, understandings and behaviours. In S. Arthur, D. Allen, E. O'Donnell, & V. Krivtsov (Eds.), Blue-Green Infrastructure - Perspectives on Planning Evaluation and Collaboration C780a (11-29). London: CIRIA

This chapter: • Provides an introduction to the long term engagement of local communities with BGI, and gives an overview of recent relevant literature • Lists the main stakeholders for WSUD, and discusses different ways to conceptualise communit... Read More about Local community preferences, understandings and behaviours.