As software systems become ubiquitous, the issues of dependability become more crucial. Given that solutions to these issues must be considered from the beginning of the design process, it is reasonable that dependability is addressed at the architectural level. This book contains papers based on the contributions to two workshops. ...

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. ...

An illustrated guide to London's greatest historic buildings & the lives of the architects who designed them. It features the architectural forefathers of London, such as Inigo Jones & Sir Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Robert Adam & John Nash, Butterfield & Street, Blomfield & Lutyens. ...

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. ...