Analysing Option Values to Delay Development of Land in Windhoek, Namibia
(2014)
Journal Article
All Outputs (87)
Computational modelling and digital materialization of Alberti’s column system: a reflection on results obtained (2014)
Journal Article
We hereby focus the study of the Albertian column system, as part of the Digital Alberti project, a research initiative that aims to shed some light on the influence of Alberti on Portuguese architecture. Starting from Alberti’s treatise on architect... Read More about Computational modelling and digital materialization of Alberti’s column system: a reflection on results obtained.
Impact of current steel lintels on the thermal performance of cavity wall buildings under the elemental recipe of Part L1A 2013 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This study investigates the impact of current steel lintels on the CO2 emissions of a notional building when trying to comply with the new PART L1A 2013 of the Building Regulations of England and Wales. For this purpose different families of lintels... Read More about Impact of current steel lintels on the thermal performance of cavity wall buildings under the elemental recipe of Part L1A 2013.
Osborne's devo deals disguise centralisation (2014)
Journal Article
Public toilet provision, gender and menstruation (2014)
Journal Article
The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream? (2014)
Report
This report analyses the opportunities and challenges facing designers in adapting buildings for a changing UK climate.
This industry-led report, ‘The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream?’, is mainly aimed a... Read More about The business case for adapting buildings to climate change: Niche or mainstream?.
Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The complexity of repeated changes in natural environment and their impact on the dynamic urban built environment setting, whether it is the primary physical impact by means of ingress of water to normally dry areas or evacuation from the forces of h... Read More about Towards an integrated framework for building resilience using flood memory in built environment.
Transgression: Body and space (2014)
Journal Article
The theme of “Transgression: body and space” emerges from a vigorous series of research activities, publications and events (herein entitled the Transgression project) that were undertaken between 2010 and 2014 at the School of Architecture, Universi... Read More about Transgression: Body and space.
Planning in the UK: An Introduction (2014)
Book
Re-assessment of national energy codes in Jordan in terms of energy consumption and solar right in residential buildings (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The need for energy efficiency codes is increasing worldwide due to the continual decrease in the non-renewable energy resources such as fossil fuels. The time has come to improve the utilization of sustainab... Read More about Re-assessment of national energy codes in Jordan in terms of energy consumption and solar right in residential buildings.
The aim of the research is to explore and understand the role of local councillors in local government. There are three dimensions that influence this role. The first is the tension between central and local government and the highly centralised pa... Read More about An examination of the role and views of elected councillors in the governance of growth areas and whether political differences play a part in decision making.
Towards a design for frugal: Review of implications for product design (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Since 2010 the concept of frugal innovation has increasingly attracted the attention of both researchers and industry. Frugal innovation holds much promise in the rapidly changing global economy. It has been suggested that this approach needs to be u... Read More about Towards a design for frugal: Review of implications for product design.
Foreword (2014)
Book Chapter
The nature of society: Enmapping nature, space and society into a town-green hybrid (2014)
Journal Article
The paper describes the transformation of derelict land into a ‘town-green’ and the role legislation played in transforming social and natural relationships. Town-green denotes a legal status under the Great Britain Commons Act (2006) that protects c... Read More about The nature of society: Enmapping nature, space and society into a town-green hybrid.
Transgression: Towards an expanded field of architecture (2014)
Book
The potency of the word “transgress” is hardly reflected in its Latin etymology – to go or walk across. The language is benign, but symbolically loaded: to violate, to infringe, to go beyond the boundaries. To transgress is to break, violate, infring... Read More about Transgression: Towards an expanded field of architecture.
Taking women's bodily functions into account in urban planning: Sanitation, toilets, menstruation and biological differences (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Project competencies of Podlasie companies (2014)
Journal Article
Building and strengthening the project’ competencies is one of the key aspects that determine the efficiency of the implementation of innovation projects in enterprises and thus achieve and maintain the company's competitive advantage. Development of... Read More about Project competencies of Podlasie companies.
Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shocks such as flooding are sudden events that can affect the well-being of people, whether it's a single household or business or the entire community. Repeated flood shocks is one of the least researched phenomena associated with understanding the... Read More about Socio-economic complexities of flood memory in building resilience: An overview of research.
Pentecostals and planning in the UK (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution