Books by Derek Thomas

Derek Thomas resides in Cape Town, South Africa. A graduate of the Oxford School of Architecture UK and holder of a masters degree in environmental science from the University of Cape Town, he has been in architectural practice for 40 years and is a registered member of the respective professional institutes. More recently he has forged a new career as a writer on architectural and environmental issues of our times. The author's experience in finding responsive architectural and ecological solutions in his own country adequately equips him to write on the need to address the global paradigm shifts in cultural life and imperatives arising from climate change and excessive deployment of natural resources.During the 1990s the author was commissioned as architect and environmental planner for major housing projects : by a Garden Cities development company for middle-income housing on sites within metropolitan Cape Town; and by the Candidate City, Cape Town for the athletes' and media villages for the 2004 Olympic Games. A handbook written by the author on the generic requirements for the Olympic villages is assisting candidate cities in their future bids to host the Games. In recognition of this work, the author is registered as a researcher in the directory of the Centre for Olympic Studies in Barcelona.The author's current book Architecture and the Urban Environment : A Vision for the New Age is a summation of his abiding interest in architecture in the context of a changing world.