A house is a representation of the idea of the world, of life, of existence. For the Cologne architect Oswald Mathias Ungers (1926–2007), owner of...

During the 1960s Italy's museum sector witnessed a fertile period of renewal. A generation of architects, working in partnership with the directors...

Autumn 1958 marked the launching of the Bodensee-Wasserversorgung (Lake Constance water supply), an infrastructure project whose largest part is un...

Contains thirty-six original essays by the celebrated Viennese architect, Adolf Loos (1870-1933). Most deal with questions of design in a wide rang...

Text in German & English. When the stadium for a "Workers Olympiad" -- one of the most beautiful complexes in Europe, as the daily press put it...

Text in English & German. With the Kollegiengebäude II (college building II) of the University of Freiburg dedicated in 1961 the architect Otto...

Text in English and German. Otto Ernst Schweizer (1890-1965), architect, philosopher and teacher, had a crucial effect on the path of Modern archit...

2 books in slipcase. A history and description of The Palace of Christian VII at the royal castle, Amalienborg, in Copenhagen.

178 stunning color and b/w photos present mid-century modern architecture clustered, perhaps in its highest concentration, in Palm Springs, Califor...

In their sculptural works, artists have always broken out of the workshop or studio and into open-air spaces. After all, the place where sculptures...

Text in French. Depuis plus de 350 ans les Parisiens ont conçu mais aussi préservé de phénoménaux espaces en plein air, ouverts au public. Dans son...

For over 350 years Parisians have designed and preserved phenomenal public outdoor spaces. In this book Jacqueline Widmar Stewart follows the fine-...

Text in English & German. The central Mosque of the Turkish-Islamic Union in Köln-Ehrenfeld has given us one of the most vigorously discussed G...

Text in English and German. The Neues Haus, the new building for the Munchner Kammerspiele, is not a big building in any sense. The plot of land no...

This book seeks to identify emerging trends in urban design as they are reflected in the city's architecture and spatial design. A 'cultural grafti...

Text in English and German. Peter Hübner began his career as an orthopaedic shoemaker and moved on to cabinet-making before studying architecture. ...

Text in German. When the synod of the Westphalian Evangelical Church made the decision to build the school in about 20 years ago, this was accompan...

Text in English and German. Early in the 20th century, Robert Bosch, the founder of the Stuttgart electrical business, built a large villa on the h...

Text in English and German. Peter Kulka is a major German architect. His buildings in recent years have been characteristically succinct and minima...

In this his newest book, Peter MacCallum has assembled collections of his documentary photographs of the last decade that examine the particulariti...

This guide provides over three hundred descriptions and photographs, both colour and black-and-white, of the city's architecturally most significan...

A concise, full-colour visitor’s guide to dozens of historical churches scattered throughout Vancouver Island, from humble country chapels to soari...

Community planner Susan Guyette presents the first field-tested model of development planning that addresses the special concerns of Native America...

Important examples of realised objects show the interplay of use of nature resources, and the building technology that is added on. Natural ventila...

The Prussian gardens in Berlin, Potsdam and elsewhere in Brandenburg: for the first time, texts and photographs present an overall view of all the ...

William Lumpkin's residential designs speak volumes about the fusion of styles -- Spanish colonial, Pueblo, Art Deco -- in the Southwest. This book...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is a unique collection of architectural works -- the Caroline Wiess Law Building, comprising the original William...

Intent on realising her late husband's vision, Dorothy de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new building housing the Supreme Court ...

Test in English & German. The town hall in Bremen with its associated Roland statue in the market square in front of the building make up a UNE...

Created in 1933, the Historic American Buildings Society (HABS) federal programme established the first systematic identification and documentation...

Created in 1933, the Historic American Buildings Society (HABS) federal programme established the first systematic identification and documentation...

Camps as a global and ubiquitous mass phenomenon of the present and a flexible isolation tool for/against specific socially, politically, or ethnic...

TEXT IN GERMAN. Architecture started to move towards Modernism around 1900 with a reform movement involving architects, art critics, humanities sch...

Text in English and German. The extensive built work of the 1925 born Reinhard Gieselmann, focussing on housing and church architecture, is charact...

Designed for California fourth grade teachers, Remembering the California Missions: A Curriculum Guide is a secondary supplement to the fourth grad...

Evoking the rich beauty of California's mission heritage in lush watercolours and insightful prose, this beautifully illustrated exploration follow...

Magnum photographer Patrick Zachmann was on the scene when the disastrous fire erupted in Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on the evening of April 15,...

Text in English & German. Manfred Sack, in an essay about bridges: The Latin word ‘relegere' means to connect. The assumption is that this is t...

Text in English and German. The distinguished architect and Pritzker laureate Richard Meier has attracted public attention mainly with his museum a...

As a civil engineer with leading German construction companies, Horst Barow has built highways and bridges in many parts of the world. He was aware...

Text in German & English. The architect is at all times also an artist. How otherwise would he be able to tame the three-dimensionality of spac...

In 1940, manufacturer Robert Bosch (1861-1942) opened the first hospital to bear his name. He was interested in promoting public welfare as well as...