No comments about Space and Muslim Urban Life: At the Limits of the Labyrinth of Fez (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East).

No comments about Building a Masterpiece: The Sydney Opera House.

No comments about Urban Origami: ARUP's Complete Storefront, Gary Shoemaker Architects.

No comments about Urban Villages and the Making of Communities.

No comments about Design Guidelines in American Cities: A Review of Design Policies and Guidance in Five West-Coast Cities (Liverpool University Press - TPR [Town Planning Review] Special Studies).

No comments about Architecture and Utopia (Design and the Built Environment).

No comments about Architecture Production and Reproduction (Revisions, Volume 2).

No comments about Cities Without Cities: Between Place and World, Space and Time, Town and Country.

2 comments about The Urban Planning of Chinese Ancient Cities.

1. I bought this book about 1 year ago. This book has covered many ancient chinese historical sites. Ancient chinese civilization have been existing so many years. The capital of yuan dynastry is the earliest topic can easily understand by a non chinese reader. Italy have kept many historical sites very well. China have too many people. Tourists and explorists have distroyed historical sites intentionly or unintentionly.
   I have contact the author about other cities not covered by this book. He said, "Many newly discovered historical sites is still in research stages. most statics data and pictures have been stored in a sacred museum collection. It is very difficult to get this kind of informations out of China"
   "Author House, formerly known as First Book, have made all extra-large scale image into small prints. The cover page design have changed without auther permission. THe printing process have made so many spelling mistake. It made readers very hard to understand many sentences. "
   He is trying to contact another publishers to resolve these big problems before his new books coming out. Lets hope the new books coming soon...



2. This book was not written by a native English speaker, and wasn't even proofread by a native English speaker. Did not even finish the book because the writing was so bad. Reasons and conclusions reached are simplistic as well. For example: "It is amazing that Chinese had the great idea incepted early in the era of Dar-Yu." Furthermore, as a reader who is not a native Chinese, I found it hard to put everything in context.

   The book was put out by 1st books library, an online library that is print on demand. I have had one other print on demand book and the printing of illustations and photos is not up to snuff--as if the laser printers had very low dpi's. Anyhow, the diagrams in this book were lousy, badly copied from other sources and not helpful or well-captioned.

1 comments about The Theory of Architecture: Concepts Themes & Practices (Architecture).

1. Johnson's exploration of the theory of western architecture is meticulously organized and incredibly concise. Drawing from a wide collection of sources, "The Theory of Architecture" is a perfect beginning to understanding the paradigms that have shaped western architectural heritage--this book does not pretend to be something it is not. It is an honest, functional, and explicit work that should not be overlooked.