Karel Appel: Works on Paper presents the artist's drawings, which have rarely been exhibited. Appel did not consider his drawings byproducts of painting. In ...
Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is one the most influential architects of the 20th century. In the Scandinavian countries, his influence is arguably most pronounced in ...
The role of design, both expert and nonexpert, in the ongoing wave of social innovation toward sustainability.In a changing world everyone designs: each individual ...
The 18th-century rediscovery of the three archaic Greek-Doric temples in Paestum in southern Italy turned existing ideas on classical architecture upside down. The porous ...
Exploring how the universal visual language of geometric abstraction was influenced by different societies, this volume also demonstrates how the movement's revolutionary aesthetic continues ...
Today political protest often takes the form of spontaneous, noninstitutional, mass action. Mass protests during the Arab Spring showed that established systems of power ...
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are unequally confronted with social, economic and environmental challenges, particularly those related with population growth, urban sprawl, and informality. This ...
The truth is, decorative art is equipment, beautiful equipment," Le Corbusier, L'Art decoratif d'aujourd'hui This book traces the history of an encounter between a ...
In Think Vintage Piet Swimberghe and Jan Verlinde guide you through some of the most beautiful vintage interiors. 'Vintage' is perceived in a different ...
This is the sixth volume to appear in the Getty Conservation Institute's Readings in Conservation series, which gathers and publishes texts that have been ...
In 2013, Hieronyme Lacroix and Simon Chessex produced a student housing development close to the Geneva railway lines that represents exemplary urban architecture, with ...
The House of Switzerland is a relocatable building serving as Switzerland's official visitor centre at major international events. Its operational premiere were the 2014 ...
Un libro de imágenes y palabras sobre la experiencia de los trabajadores migrantes en Europa, explorando sus esperanzas, miedos, frustraciones y aspiraciones. No es ...
The Habitat Marocain housing project was built in Casablanca between 1954-56 by two Swiss architects, Jean Hentsch (1921-84) and Andre Studer (1926-2007). The complex ...
ETH Zurich's new building LEE is an extraordinary project from both an urban planning and an architectural design perspective. Located on a slope above ...
Street art is more than artistically acknowledged graffiti. This book highlights this new art form in all its facets, beyond the cliches. From installation ...
