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BK Books was an Open Access platform dedicated to publications in architecture produced by the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology. Established in 2011, it includes books, journals, dissertations, lectures, conference proceedings and monographs. BK Books was an important forum for the Faculty of Architecture to bring ideas and experts together in one place. It was key in showcasing the latest research produced by the faculty. The role of publishing new titles has been taken over by TU Delft OPEN Publishing.
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Anne Lacaton
SpotlightAnne Lacaton has been a visiting professor at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment during the Fall Semester 2016-2017, hosted by the Chair of Heritage & Design. It’s important to collect and publish these ideas and positions by students and teachers involved with the semester’s work. We hope that this booklet will leave a trace and a lasting material for reflection and discussion.
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Cultural Heritage Leading Urban Futures
SpotlightThe ROCK project sees historic city centres as laboratories to demonstrate how Cultural Heritage can be an engine of regeneration, sustainable development and economic growth. ROCK approach foresees the systemic and flexible application of a series of role-model practices in the testing sites of three Replicator cities, to turn historic city centres afflicted by physical decay, social conflicts and poor life quality into Creative and Sustainable Districts. This book provides an overview of the project, extracting themes, material and final remarks from the...
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Adaptive facade network — Europe
SpotlightThe main aim of COST Action TU1403 with 120 participants from 26 European countries is to harmonise, share and disseminate technological knowledge on adaptive facades on a European level and to generate ideas for new innovative technologies and solutions.