Since antiquity, Italy has been the origin of key themes of Western architecture and culture, many of which have evolved in exemplary and universally ...
In a complex transformation, the Basel-based architecture firm Focketyn del Rio Studio has converted the main building of the city's former military barracks into ...
The name Montessori is widely and inextricably associated with an entirely child-centered and careful pedagogy and education of children. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was an ...
Balloon Framing: The typical American construction method is capable of blurring the boundaries within America's socially and economically deeply divided society as well as ...
This eighth edition of Best of Austria offers a survey of the creative and economic achievements of Austrian architecture firms and the country's building ...
Basel-based architects Daniel Buchner and Andreas Brundler established their studio in 1997 and soon gained wide recognition for their designs. Today, Buchner Brundler Architects ...
On the occasion of their 30th anniversary, Vienna-based Pichler & Traupmann Architekten review their body of work to date. This lavishly illustrated monograph documents ...
Institutions -the state, the church, the army, the judiciary, the university, the bank, etc.- organise social relations. As social structures, they regulate societies according ...
At a time when architectural and urban studies are moving towards seeking to accept and understand informal neighbourhoods rather than ignoring or eradicating them, ...
In his new book Absolute Beginners, acclaimed Spanish architect Inaki Abalos explores forms of innovation in architecture. Drawing on diverse materials elaborated during the ...
Re-using entire parts and components of existing buildings in the construction of new structures has become highly topical in European architecture discourse. Re-using elements ...
Made In, one of Switzerland's most exciting architectural firms, presents the quintessence of their thinking: aan original and thought-provoking challenge to ideas about art, ...
From hand-made brick to high-tech product: building with blocks of fired clay today draws from a heritage of nine millennia and remains innovative, sustainable, ...
KAAN Architecten, founded and led by Kees Kaan, Vincent Panhuysen, and Dikkie Scipio, promote Dutch building traditions of sustainability, welfare, pragmatism, and quality through ...
