The modern interior design movement was well underway when artists Erwine and Edwina Laverne started their modest printed textiles and wallpaper bu...

Text in English and German. Third Revised Edition 2018. If there is one building by Le Corbusier that represents a synthesis of his basic concepts ...

This book takes you through 53 homes that reflect the growing trend for environmentally friendly houses. Resource- and energy-efficient residences ...

Percy Leonard James was one of Victoria, British Columbia's pre-eminent architects through the early decades of the twentieth century. This well-re...

In this classic study Faber Birren brings his expertise in color to the places we live; our homes, offices, factories, hospitals and schools. The c...

Learn historical facts and enjoy entertaining stories about lighthouses along the coasts of Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Alaska, and Bri...

More than 60 of today's top lighting designers from the United States and Europe are showcased here, along with up-and-coming talents. Over 300 col...

Across America old barns of all kinds are being imaginatively converted into new spaces in which to live and work. They offer luxuries otherwise sc...

Text in English and German. Architects in Europe, the Far East, the U.S., and Australia illustrate that a positive sense of space is more dependent...

Wonder at amazing widths of log that stretch the lengths of walls, and soar to cathedral ceilings amidst exposed timber framing. This is an inspiri...

For those who dream of living in a log home, this treasure trove of images will be a welcome delight . Now in its second edition, the book has been...

For those who dream of living in a log home, this treasure trove of images will be a welcome delight . Now in its second edition, the book has been...

Air pollution resulting from high energy consumption is a major factor threatening our environment. Heating buildings accounts for about 40 per cen...

Looks at many of London's Elite Hotels including Claridge's, the Dorchester, the Savoy, the Waldorf Hilton and new hotels such as The Peninsula and...

Visit Louisville, Kentucky's historic districts, replete with antebellum and Victorian homes that will take your breath away. Immerse yourself in S...

Visit treasured house museums in the lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia, exploring the essence of ante-bellum elegance. 222 lovely color phot...

Text in English & Portuguese. The Luz Integrated Health Complex, comprising the Hospital da Luz and the Casas da Cidade (Senior Residences), is...

Readers construct and test their own houses to help the three little pigs survive a wolf attack. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebar...

Readers construct and test their own box trap to help Hansel and Gretel trap the witch. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, and in...

Recording studios have personalities as varied as the artists who record in them. This unique book takes you on a tours eighteen one-of-a-kind reco...

Over 600 archival colour and black-and-white photos take readers inside the magnificent Hotel des Artistes on Manhattan's West Side. This is the we...

Situated at the intersection of public realm, urban design and site specific art, Martha Schwartz Partners has over 35 years of experience designin...

A compilation of more than 1,100 images that explore and record elements of Mediterranean architecture, in both detail and as whole compositions, f...

This book explores the public policy involved in memorialising and preserving the nation's historical sites. Topics discussed include: national mon...

Text in English & German. The topic of this book is memory. What do we remember? We like to recall joyful events and wish we could relive them ...

Text in English and German. What links film and architecture? Above all it is 'Metropolis', the film that Fritz Lang made in the Babelsberg studios...

This unique book of over 325 full color photographs takes you into a little-known world of magic, mystery, and color, behind the walls of some of t...

Take a visually rich tour through a burgeoning community on Mexico's Baja Penninsula, and learn how the dream of visionaries is shaping the communi...

Photographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near Plano, Illinois, and designed in 19...