Affordable housing for the masses has been an age-old problem that some of the best minds in the world have tried to solve. Never was it more criti...

"This book is an attempt at architectural criticism" – that is how Robert Venturi opened the discussion on Post-Modernism in architecture in Comple...

This book presents documentation, reflection and critical analysis of two award-winning projects Monash Steps and Stawell Steps. These linked proje...

The Spanish Revival movement in architecture was well established when Barker Brothers, a California furniture retailer, approached the Mason Manuf...

Tour the homes of great movie stars of the silver screen, from early silent films to the Technicolor years. Over 360 postcards and photos display t...

World-class woodworker Sam Maloof (1916-2009), the first craftsperson to receive a MacArthur Foundation grant, inhabited his family compound in Alt...

Text in English and German. A yawning gap between two 1960s buildings. Not at all unusual in Cologne. A gap between two buildings, 2,56 m wide and ...

This brilliant book combines the wisdom of a great reference tool with the wonder of an inspiration guidebook. Basics in foundations, framing, wall...

Where does a fox raise its young? Where does a bird lay its eggs? Readers will learn what animals live in burrows, trees, dens and more! Aligned to...

Text in English and German. One and a half million visitors per year can't be wrong. For them the royal castle at Neuschwanstein is the pinnacle of...

Popular artist Wallace Nutting traveled throughout New England and the United States giving lectures as minister, photographer, author, furniture m...

Turn any outdoor space into a personal paradise with these inspiring ideas. Over 330 beautiful color images present hardscape design elements to su...

One of America's oldest public buildings of European origin, the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe celebrates its quatrocentennial in photographs...

Museum architecture has blossomed over the past few decades. Art museums lead the way in terms of new buildings by superstar architects such as Fra...

Text in English and German. Spanish museum architecture has experienced a marked upturn since the 1990s, helping even small towns off the tourist b...

New Orleans was a melting pot of Spanish and French culture, in a climate that forced a uniquely American architecture. More than 260 images presen...

The accelerating pace of world urbanisation has been one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century. This development has had gr...

The public sphere is normally considered to be a forum for democratic deliberation. It can serve many other uses, however, such as an arena for str...

Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "the Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, thes...

Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "the Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, thes...

Norman Foster, one of the most consistent advocates of architec- ture based on modern technology, achieved a world-wide reputa- tion with the headq...

Since early times, humans have explored the space below their feet for different purposes: to flee persecution and war, to find protection from sev...

Long before the parents bring home the new baby they are planning the nursery. What kind of crib or diaper stand? What color palette? What décor? ...

Barns strike a sentimental chord among the populace, perhaps as reminder of our nations agricultural heritage, most definitely as symbols of solid ...

The regions of Europe have an architectural heritage that is a thousand years old; today's challenge is to integrate this heritage into contemporar...

This is an examination of the cultural, economic, and psychological influences which shaped the evolution of domestic architecture in Greenville, V...

Those solid, sensible homes of New England have been studied for their architectural merit and as reflections of popular styles in this comprehensi...

In 545 beautiful color images, this fascinating book presents a broad sampling of residences that embody a living and evolving history of the Alamo...

Stained glass has long been a part of domestic architecture, but in the late 1800s its popularity soared. In part, this was due to new manufacturin...

This is the classic resource for authentic Mediterranean and Spanish architecture, compiled in 1929 by the pioneer architect of its revival style. ...

This book captures today's hottest design trend for the home - textures, design, colors, and craftsmanship that evoke European ideals of a bygone e...

A historic overview of the parks the Olmsted companies created in New Jersey primarily for the county park commissions in Essex, Union, and Passaic...

Adolf Loos (1870-1933) is recognised today as one of the great masters of modern architecture. He did not leave a unified oeuvre but articles scatt...

The objective of this work is not to suggest complete theories, neither absolute design solutions. It much more takes the path of directing the att...

The aim of the study is to analyse and describe in detail one of the most important trends in architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries: the evol...

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...

Over 320 beautiful color photos and concise text address reclaiming lost outdoor areas and transitioning them into useful, enjoyable spaces. This d...

605 color images show the wide variety and creative ways balusters and columns were used to enhance the homes in historic Oak Bluffs and Martha's V...

605 color images show the wide variety and creative ways balusters and columns were used to enhance the homes in historic Oak Bluffs and Martha's V...