Who would have thought that participating in group improv could be so enlightening and rewarding? Peter Gwinn and his colleagues at the i.O. Theatr...

Readers grow their own bean plants to help Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, and infographics, t...

Latvian-born architect Gunnar Birkerts belongs to the second wave of modernists who arrived in the United States from abroad, a group that includes...

Text in English and German. Gunter Rambow (b.1938) is one of the most prominent designers in the area of visual communication and cultural advertis...

In 1972 while driving around California, Gus Foster photographed through his car window, using his camera as a notebook, a record of where he had b...

The fact that there is Gypsy architecture may surprise quite a few people, for Gypsies are regarded as nomads who roam through the world and settle...

Book & micro DVD. In 1919 the Gaumont Motion Picture Studio created the first movie to ever be based entirely on a famous science fiction novel...

The Haida are islanders first and foremost -- a people apart. Discover the source of their distinctive culture and the inspirations for their arts.

Enjoy an amazing assembly of historic images of half-timbered buildings from across Northern Europe. These striking, two-tone buildings range from ...

Two wartime artists, one bustling harbour, and a city ravaged by the Halifax Explosion. Two perspectives on Halifax one year after the Explosion.A ...

The Arts and Crafts Movement, a fascinating period in American decorative history, led to the unprecedented commercialization of fine crafts and th...

Famous color woodcut printmaker Gustave Baumann was a superb wood-carver who was captivated by puppet theater. In the 1930s Baumann carved a collec...

Visit a dozen exciting homes where the owners have ignored standard building practices in favor of creative alternatives. These homes, found from M...

Text in English and German. Hans Dieter Schaal worked on opera with Ruth Berghaus for ten years, he also created unforgettable stage architecture f...

Text in English & German. From the 1970s to the present day there is scarcely an architect who has produced such pioneering work as a creative ...

Hans Dieter Schaal is already something of a cultural institution in Germany. Trained as an architect, he always operates outside the "main stream"...

At the urban scale the harbour is a grandiose meeting between the town and the fjord landscape, representing an interesting interface between the l...

For those uninitiated into the 21st century world of concrete, this book will serve as a real eye-opener. For those in the concrete, landscaping, a...

Harker Pottery produced popular ceramic tableware for over 130 years, including early Rockingham, Yellowware, sturdy Ironstone, and delicate Pate S...