Libros de ASIA: ARQUITECTURA Y ARTE

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 ...

XINGJIAN: GAO XINGJINA. PAINTER OF THE SOUL

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000, novelist Gao Xingjian is also an artist whose paintings are exhibited worldwide. Born in China ...

JAPANESE EROTIC ART. THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SHUNGA

Japanese erotic art, or shunga, has a long history, with thousands of high- quality paintings, prints, handscrolls and illustrated books produced by artists both ...

TRANSFORMING CHINES CITIES

The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China's reform process and for the world ...

XU JIANG/ SHI HUI: FLOURISNHING SPIRITS

MANABU CHIBA (JPEAK)

This comprehensive monograph on the architecture and vision of Manabu Chiba features detailed profiles of more than 20 works and projects, including numerous photos ...

ATELIER BOW-WOW: GRAPHIC ANATOMY 2. ATELIER BOW-WOW

Atelier Bow-Wow allows a crucial inside look at a range of more than 40 recent projects, including residential buildings, public facilities and installations created ...

CHO: BYOUNG CHO

Byoung Cho aims to make each of his buildings so it looks like its not designed at all, its just there. Influenced by Koreas ...