University Planning and Architecture: The search for perfection

The environment of a university ? what we term a campus ? is a place with special resonance.They have long been the setting for some of history?s most exciting experiments in the design of the built environment. Christopher Wren at Cambridge, Le Corbusier at Harvard, and Norman Foster at the Free University Berlin: the calibre of practitioners who have shaped the physical realm of academia is superlative. Pioneering architecture and innovative planning make for vivid assertions of academic excellence, while the physical estate of a university can shape the learning experiences and lasting outlook of its community of students, faculty and staff. However, the mounting list of pressures ? economic, social, pedagogical, technological ? currently facing higher education institutions is rendering it increasingly challenging to perpetuate the rich legacy of campus design. In this strained context, it is more important than ever that effective use is made of these environments and that future development is guided in a manner that will answer to posterity. This book is the definitive compendium of the prestigious sphere of campus design, envisaged as a tool to help institutional leaders and designers to engage their campus?s full potential by revealing the narratives of the world?s most successful, time-honoured and memorable university estates. It charts the worldwide evolution of university design from the Middle Ages to the present day, uncovering the key episodes and themes that have conditioned the field, and through a series of case studies profiles universally-acclaimed campuses that, through their planning, architecture and landscaping, have made original, influential and striking contributions to the field. By understanding this history, present and future generations can distil important lessons for the future. The second edition includes revised text, many new images, and new case studies of the Central University of Venezuela and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Additional ISBNs 9781315750774, 9781317613169, 9781322604435, 9781317613145University Planning and Architecture: The search for perfection 2nd Edition is written by Jonathan Coulson; Paul Roberts; Isabelle Taylor and published by Routledge. ISBNs for University Planning and Architecture are 9781317613152, 1317613155 and the print ISBNs are 9781138808027, 1138808024. Additional ISBNs include 9781315750774, 9781317613169, 9781322604435, 9781317613145.