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Passion for the Built Environment provides new insights and perspectives and illuminates the array of methodological approaches and design options called for by our built environment - from the design to the realisation and the finished property.

The construction sector is not exactly known for its innovation. Also, the reputation of large-scale projects builds less on their capacity to generate novelty than on their likelihood to fail in terms of project managements performance indicators of time and cost. And yet, throughout the history of construction, the sector has regularly experienced the introduction of novel technologies and techniques, often advanced through large-scale projects such as the Eiffel Tower or Sydney Opera House. This book seeks to shed light on this aspect of large-scale construction projects. The volume contains the results of an interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars from the social sciences and construction engineering. Through six indepth case studies comprising recent large-scale construction projects in Germany, chapters take different disciplinary and conceptual premises to explore the contribution these projects have made in generating and dispersing innovations.

An in-depth study of the current influences shaping the future of urban development.

In the urban centres of Europe, residents are increasingly demanding not only to participate in the discussion about the densification of our cities. This volume brings together perspectives from a number of different professions involved in urban planning, in order to seek answers to some central questions.

A retrospective look at Hamburg's interdisciplinary approach to landscape studies, both in the past and present day.

Explores examples of failed mega-projects, and offers ways to reverse the trend by pooling expertise and resources.