Here are papers based on selected contributions to the Workshop on Architecting Dependable Systems (WADS 2009), & invited papers by renowned experts. Covers mobile & ubiquitous systems, architecting systems, fault management & experience & vision. ...

Architectural design is a crucial step in developing complex software intensive systems. This work establishes key concepts in architectural design for software intensive systems, including architectural drivers, structures, & fundamental guidance for architectural design. It describes the industry tested Architecture Centric Design Method. ...

German drama studies the communist regime in the former East Germany through the eyes of an architect. A talented young architect in East Berlin before the collapse of the Berlin wall is charged with designing a small suburb. He dreams up a beautifully futuristic & accomplished design with a lightness of character perhaps out of step with the prevalent greyness of the times. Getting approval from dour city planners & against other competitors saps his enthusiasm & forces the progressively-minded designer into creeping disillusionment with the regime. Through his immersion in his plans, his marriage dissolves & furthermore the bureaucrats' callous dismissal of his plans conspire to push him down as far as a man can go. ...

Architects 49 is part of the 49 Group, a multidisciplined firm of design professionals & consultants. Architects 49's unique collaborative way of working ensures that each project receives individual attention & benefits from the collective experiences & resources of the entire 49 Group. This monograph discusses the work of Architects 49. ...

Brings together the revised papers of a conference co-sponsored by Queen's in December 2008. This title focuses on the personalities & careers of key, but often-overlooked, individuals who shaped the Department over the past century & offers an accessible introduction to the history of Canadian diplomacy by some of Canada's leading scholars. ...

The town of Balsam Corners hosts over one hundred disabled veterans from the war in Iraq, & their families, for one week in July. On adaptive bikes, the New American Veterans ride on highways free of motorised traffic, through the forested hills & welcoming villages of the Adirondack Park. This is a story about America as it could be. ...

Concepts from architects' minds evolve through sketches & as a mode of transference are conveyed to the finished building. This book compares qualities of sketches to reveal various approaches to the instruments of thinking. It provides insight into the relationship between architectural sketches & the process of creative manipulation. ...