Books about ARCHITECTURE AND HOUSING

ARCHITECTURE IN VORARLBERG. PORTAIT OF A REGIONAL BUILDING CULTURE

The architecture and building culture of Vorarlberg have long been held in high regard, both within Austria and beyond. This book showcases the most ...

THE ROOFLESS TRUTH. PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE FOR HOMELESSNESS

Homelessness is one of the most pressing social challenges of our time and is closely linked to issues of urban design and architecture. Homeless ...

AD HOC BAROQUE: MARCEL RAYMAEKERS' SALVAGE ARCHITECTURE IN POSTWAR BELGIUM

Marcel Raymaekers was a household name in much of Belgium from the 1970s to the 90s. More than an architect - though technically he ...

AFF: NEW SCHOOLS ON THE BLOCK. SCHOOL BUILDINGS-A TYPOLOGICAL INVENTORY

School buildings are among the most complex design, planning, and construction tasks for architects. They reflect educational concepts as well as cultural and spatial ...

YOU SHOULD CONSIDER...

You Should Consider brings together texts by American architecture critic Richard Ingersoll (1949-2021) from five decades, published in magazines such as Domus, Arquitectura Viva, ...

KERE/ MONTANA: SPIRITS OUT OF TREES

Spirits out of Trees traces the interwoven stories of two architectural works by Burkinabé-German architect Francis Kéré: Xylem, a contemplative pavilion nestled within the ...

INTERESPECIES

¿Qué nos puede decir la arquitectura acerca de la transición desde un mundo humanista hacia un nuevo paradigma poshumano? Y, por otro lado, ¿qué ...

CHIRICO: GIORGIO DE CHIRICO. L'ULTIMA METAFISICA

Tra il 1968 e il 1978 Giorgio de Chirico abbandona il precedente periodo ispirato al barocco e riprende a dipingere manichini, piazze d'Italia e ...

PONTI: GIO PONTI E ROMA. OPERE E PROGETTI PER LA CAPITALE

Il volume indaga il complesso rapporto tra Gio Ponti e la città di Roma. A partire da ricerche archivistiche e dallo studio dei progetti, ...

URSPRUNG ORIGIN ORIGINE

Founded in Stockholm in 2010 by Johan Arrhov (1979) and Henrik Frick (1977), Arrhov Frick has received a number of international accolades and was ...

ANTIFASCIST ARCHITECTURE

Architects, historians, and theorists have had a weird obsession with fascist architecture since postmodernism. Why? And who are the antifascist architects? What does antifascist ...

HERINGER: ANNA HERINGER. ARCHITECTURE IS A TOOL TO IMPROVE LIVES

'Perfection blocks any form of participation and also causes an excessive consumption of resources.' In Form Follows Love, Anna Heringer describes her understanding of ...

GRANDES DAMAS DE LA PINTURA CHINA, LAS "LA HISTORIA PINTADA EN EL SILENCIO"

En la China clásica el arte se ha expresado a través de la tinta, el papel y el pincel, y la poesía, la caligrafía ...

ADAPTABLE HOMES. CONVERTIBLE DWELLINGS AND FURNISHINGS

Rising housing and energy costs, the emergence of the non-traditional small household and an increase in the number of seniors have contributed to a ...

MAKING OF ALPINE ARCHITECTURE. MEDIA, AWARDS, AND EXHIBITIONS IN VORALBERG AND GRISONS

What makes some regional architecture more famous than others? The Making of Alpine Architecture investigates the cultural construction behind contemporary Alpine architecture, exploring the ...

STUDIOLADA: RADICALLY LOCAL.

Based in Nancy in eastern France, studiolada is an architectural collective founded on values such as commitment to the common good, responsible use of ...

OFFICE: KERSTEN GEERS DAVID VAN SEVEREN VOL.4,5 &6

New architecture from the internationally active Belgian architecture firm. The three new volumes of OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen are part of an ...

ATLAS MITOLOGICO DE GRECIA

Nueva versión -reestructurada, actualizada y enriquecida- de la obra clásica de Pedro Olalla sobre la geografía de los mitos griegos. Esta obra monumental, fruto ...

OFFICE: KERSTEN GEERS DAVID VAN SEVEREN VOL.4,5 &6

New architecture from the internationally active Belgian architecture firm. The three new volumes of OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen are part of an ...

TIERRA HUECA. LA ARQUITECTURA DE LA OCUPACION ISRAELI