Libros de ASIA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

BIOMIMETIC MICRO- ECOSYSTEM

Directed by Jeong-Der Ho, the biomimetic micro-ecosystem project at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan explores artificial life through biomimetics, applying this growing field of ...

NAKAMURA: YOSHIFUMI NAKAMURA. FUTSU NO JUTAKO, FUTSU NO BESSO

NAKAMURA: YOSHIFUMI NAKAMURA

SHINOHARA: JA Nº 93. KAZUO SHINOHARA. COMPLETE WORKS IN ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS

Kazuo Shinohara, one of the most influential architects in the generation after the Metabolists. The issue consists of photographs and drawings which appeared in ...

NAITO 2: HIROSHI NAITO 2005- 2013. FROM PROTOFORM TO PROTOSCAPE

FRY: ARCHITECTURE OF EDWIN MAXWELL FRY AND JANE DREW. TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE, PIONEER MODERNISM

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early ...

CASABLANCA CHANDIGARH. A REPORT ON MODERNIZATION

This richly illustrated volume invites us to think afresh about urban life and the modern city by offering images and analyses of two very ...

HEALTHY HOMES IN TROPICAL ZONES. IMPROVING RURAL HOUSING IN ASI AND AFRICA

Throughout the tropics a huge diversity in house design and use of building materials can be observed, based on centuries of local experience, customs, ...

VILLAGE IN THE CITY. ASIAN VARIATIONS OF URBANISM OF INCLUSION

'Village in the City' investigates an equally specific and spectacular urbanisation process that many regions in China have been undergoing during the past two ...

CHUN: KWANG YOUNG CHUN. MULBERRY MINSCAPES

Covering the entirety of Kwang Young Chun's career from his early abstract paintings to his famed Aggregation series - complex structures and canvases created ...

JACOB HASHIMOTO. KITES

When forms become as much a space for the spirit as for the body. Jacob Hashimoto is one of the most interesting young artists ...

SAU: LUKE HIM SAU ARCHITECT. CHINA'S MISSING MODERN

Luke Him Sau/Lu Qianshou (1904-1991) is best known internationally and in China as the architect of the iconic Bank of China Headquarters in Shanghai. ...

NISHIZAWA: PLOT Nº 04 RYUE NISHIZAWA

LE CORBUSIER: SHODHAN HOUSE. AHMEDABAD, INDIA, 1951- 56

Shodan house 1951-56 originally conceived for the patron of the Mill Owners' Association Surottam Hutheesing but later taken over and completed by his friend ...

POINT- COUNTERPOINT. TRAJECTORIES OF TEN KOREAN ARCHITECTS

The projects by ten Korean architects highlighted in this exhibition catalogue satisfied briefs that mostly called for modest and 'human' buildings, in opposition to ...

CULTURAL MONUMENTS OF TIBET (2 VOLS)

Focusing on Central and Southern Tibet, these two beautifully illustrated volumes are the product not only of years of scholarship but also, importantly, of ...

CASABELLA Nº 837 (CINA: KOOLHAAS, OMA, ATELIER TEAMMINUS; STANDAR ARCHITECTURE/ SUIZZERA

MOSHE ZARHY. HEALTH FACILITIES IN ISRAEL

Moshe Zarhy, born in 1923 in Jerusalem, counts among the second generation of architects, who have contributed decisively to shaping the face of today's ...

VOLUME Nº 39. URBAN BORDER. UABBA / SHENZHEN 2013

The 2013 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in Shenzhen took 'urban border as its theme. For good reason. If there is a place to study ...

JAPANESE ZEN GARDENS

The austere, enigmatic rock gardens of Kyoto, Japans ancient capital, have never ceased to fascinate garden lovers. Weather-beaten rocks set in an expanse of ...