Álvaro Siza (b.1933) is considered Portugal's greatest living architect. His buildings are known for their austere beauty and their imaginative relationship to their surroundings. ...
Arata Isozaki has conceived this book in collaboration with Ken Tadashi Oshima. It presents a unique, monographic tour through his architecture from the first ...
This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars to discuss frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. Starting ...
This is the ultimate guide to planning, building, and living in your own environmentally friendly, energy efficient underground home. Ever-increasing energy costs are us ...
La tipologia della villa costituisce uno dei campi d'esercizio privilegiato dell'architetto. I maestri dell'architettura contemporanea hanno confermato tale vocazione, rendendola anzi il banco di ...
Donogoo-Tonka or The Miracles of Science: A Cinematographic Tale is a mock film scenario written by the French novelist Jules Romains. It was first ...
We are conditioned over time to regard environmental forces such as dust, mud, gas, smoke, debris, weeds, and insects as inimical to architecture. Much ...
"Engineered Transparency" presents a portfolio of projects featuring cutting-edge glass designs by today's most innovative architects, including SANAA's acclaimed Glass Pavilion at the Toledo ...
Few designers did more to influence the appearance of postwar American interiors than the furniture designer Gilbert Rohde (1894-1944). This first in-depth book on ...
Eyeglasses have been transformed from medical necessity to fashion accessory. This revolution has come about through embracing the design culture of the fashion industry. ...
Les infrastructures inscrivent sur le territoire des imaginaires réalisés de la ville, de la mobilité et des transports, un système de communication symbolique aussi ...
In this first book-length study of Robert Ryman, Suzanne Hudson traces the artist's production from his first paintings in the early 1950s, many of ...
Esta obra representa un complemento de los últimos títulos publicados del DSM-IV. Conviene destacar el índice de síntomas des DSM-IV que enumera aquellos trastornos ...