Sou Fujimoto is fast becoming a contemporary icon of Japanese architecture. This Special Volume in the Contemporary Architect's Concept series shows why. The university ...
Additions to existing buildings include a Primary School in Kuchl by Kadawittfeldarchitektur, a house in Frontenex by Charles Pictet Architecte, Hankai House by Katsuhiro ...
Whereas the first volume of this set provides the intellectual groundwork for Schumacher's ideas, the second volume addresses the specific, contemporary challenges that architecture ...
An Archaeology of Materials sets out a new approach to the study of raw materials. Traditional understandings of materials in archaeology (and in western ...
Walter Benjamin has become a decisive reference point for a whole range of critical disciplines, as he constructed a unique and provocative synthesis of ...
Typological Urbanism Projective Cities Guest-edited by Christopher CM Lee and Sam Jacoby How can architecture today be simultaneously relevant to its urban context and ...
The internationally acclaimed team of architect Boa Baumann and musician/ cross-media artist Fritz Hauser has worked together for two decades exploring the tension and ...
Patrick Geddes is considered a forefather of the modern urban planning movement. This boook studies the various, and even opposing ways, in which Geddes ...
The much-praised "Cultural Quarters" returns in a revised edition, offering new case studies and new chapters on the economics of cultural quarters and the ...
Few subjects court such widespread controversy as urban and regional planning. The decisions of planners, builders and politicians literally shape our landscape for decades ...
Explore the architectural transformation of Manchester's city centre. See the changes through over 400 photographs and illustrations. This title is taken from the website ...
John Marins Watercolors is the first book to present the Art Institute of Chicagos impressive collection of his works in its entirety, ranging from ...