In recent decades demographic shifts have significantly influenced young peoples' residential preference. Due to the rise of single-person households, smaller family sizes, and the ...
Situated at the intersection of public realm, urban design and site specific art, Martha Schwartz Partners has over 35 years of experience designing and ...
Carlo Scarpa began to come into national prominence with several designs for exhibitions. The first were in Venice: »Paul Klee« (1948) for the 1949 ...
Konstantin Melnikov (1890-1974) is unquestionably one of the outstanding architects of the 20th century'in spite of the fact that he fell silent early, leaving ...
Throughout the tropics a huge diversity in house design and use of building materials can be observed, based on centuries of local experience, customs, ...
First published in 1989 by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. The fundamental significance of the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart for the history of early modern architecture ...
Immo Boyken is professor of building history and architectural theory in Konstanz. He is particularly interested in late 19th- and 20th-century architecture. He was ...
Rob Krier, perhaps the only urban-planning artist among Germany's architects, has, for the first time in 30 years, completed a major urban project in ...
The architects in the Viennese Coop Himmelb(l)au team have felt committed to the credo of constructing cities and buildings that float like clouds ever ...
Leonhardt was involved as a structural engineer on the first post-war high-rise buildings in Germany. He worked with the architects concerned on the cable-net ...
Describes potential strategies that play an essential role in curbing carbon emissions, reducing - or replacing - fossil fuel usage. This book shows the ...
Cities are often seen as symbols of order: the existence of city walls, fortified gates, palaces, temples, roads, pavements, highways, public institutions, city centres ...
