This is an appreciation of architecture of Islam in India. Indo-Islamic architecture is characterised by the prolific use of sandstone -- red stone...

An analysis of the major royal castles with special regard to their functions and strategic importance. The book presents an overall view of the ro...

Sanjay Patil’s tryst with architecture began in his early childhood as he soaked up the environs that surrounded him in his birthplace, Nashik. Mov...

The pioneering character and continuing success of Schaal's scenic compositions for stage sets and exhibitions is significantly due to this field a...

Text in German & English. Schinkel's Look towards India discusses a subject to which little attention has been paid to date: Schinkel's interes...

Text in English & German. Three places mark the chequered history of the provost church of St Trinitatis Leipzig. Not far from the site of the ...

Text in English and German. In autumn 1997 the Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) moved into the production hall of a former munitions f...

Text in English & German. Photographs of a huge building site, taken by night, show a bewildering world of machines, boards, cables and scaffol...

In 1980 the book Judith Turner Photographs Five Architects was internationally recognized by architects who admired and valued Turner's unique way ...

Text in English & German. The way we sit simultaneously defines privileges, social status, power, and taboos. Parallel to the presentation of C...

Situating Design in Alberta makes the case that design has the potential to drive economic growth, improve quality of life, and promote sustainabil...

Sketches & Measurings - Danish Architects in Greece 1818-1862

At the time San Francisco International Airport opened as Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco in 1927, most of the San Francisco Peninsu...

Text in English and German. Shortly after the navy had given up its Flensburg Fjord base a group of developers acquired the site which comprises 7 ...

Book & CD. When visitors to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., walk through the Skylab of 1967-73 they experience the vehic...

Book & CD. Husain Lehri, the director of Super Book House, approached Yashwant Pitkar, teaching at the Sir J J College of Architecture in Mumba...

This book contains secrets and stories about Hong Kong that have never before been published. Prepare to have your preconceived notions of this bus...

Spatial planning refers to the methods used by the public sector to influence the distribution of people and activities in spaces of various scales...

Text in English & German. The ongoing paradigm change in regard to the use of energy, its efficient usage and the consumption of resources is g...

Text in German. What runs through our minds when somebody says the names of the following cities: Rome, Venice, Warsaw, Singapore, Tel Aviv, Jerusa...

Text in German and English. Stefan Heiliger is one of the most prominent product designers in Europe, known for his -- often mechanically assisted ...

Text in English & German. Since the 1950s Stefan Polónyi has realised a large number of buildings of all kinds from his Cologne office, working...

Text in English and German. The building for the Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung is near the city centre by the commercial h...

Text in English and German. Otto Steidle acquired international recognition for his extraordinary early residential buildings in Munich and for exe...

Originally developed in linguistics, the structuralist approach has been introduced as a scientific method in anthropology and other human sciences...

Text in English and German. The building has been totally restored for the 125th anniversary of the Museum's opening in 1876. Merz's basic idea was...

Text in English and German. Linking art and architecture is one of the great Utopias of our century. Art has been released from its traditional bon...

Together with his colleagues and students at the University of Cyprus, Phocas challenges traditional definitions of utopia by presenting us with an...

The Architecture of Colonial America sets forth a brief history and an analysis of the architecture of Colonial America, in such a way that they ma...

Since 1970, based in an isolated building situated on the peninsula of Posillipo, Pica Ciamarra Associati (www.pcaint.eu) has acted as a laboratory...

Rome is where the history of European architecture was written. The foundations were laid in ancient Roman times when the first attempts were made ...

Luxury is defined in this stylish look at over 70 examples of ultra-high-end architecture, automobiles, timepieces, and lifestyle products.In this ...