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...