Asia

An investigation of the public-private spatial relationships that embody the urban landscape seen in Hong Kong today.

Chronicles the development of the International Commerce Centre (ICC) and how what was originally just another office building is changing the way Hong Kong residents live, work, play and perceive West Kowloon as the new central business district.

A detailed case-study on Shanghai, which looks into the future of a city in need of regeneration. Will be of interest to students of architecture and design, as well as those who want to know more about Shanghai.

re]TOKYO explores a wide, understanding vision of the transformative processes of one of the most influential and unknown metropolitan areas in the world, from large scale efforts such as Tokyo's land engineering transformations, to smaller examples such as its capital vending machine system.

Features a collection of essays on architecture of modern China, covering a period from 1729 to 2008, focusing on the 20th century.

Documents cultural and religious sites across the Tibetan Plateau and its bordering regions from the Paleolithic and Neolithic times all the way up to today. This book ranges through the five periods in Tibetan history, offering introductory maps of each followed by details of western, central, and eastern regions.

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of California, Berkeley, 2008) under the title: Resurrecting Banaras: urban space, architecture and religious boundaries.