Ontdek de schoonheid van kapellen en kerken aan de rand van een stad of verscholen tussen de bomen, waar het zonlicht door het bladerdak valt en prachtige schaduwen werpt op het gebouw. Ze herbergen indrukwekkende kunstwerken van hedendaagse kunstenaars.

Kunst is universeel, of ze nu profaan of sacraal is. Het kruisbeeld van Germaine Richier was aanleiding tot polemiek, en wordt besproken in dit boek. Ook de interpretaties van het kruis door Paul Gauguin, Marc Chagall en Salvador Dali komen ...

The Scheepvaarthuis (the ‘Shipping House’), on Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam, diagonally opposite the central railway station, is one of the city’s iconic buildings. There were several phases of construction, starting in 1913. The architect Joan Melchior van der Meij (1878–1949) was commissioned to design the building, in part thanks to his research into brickwork construction during his Prix de Rome travels (1907–1910). He gave it an entirely unique style and appearance, with the ...

From the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Manhattan to his UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, discover Calatrava’s organic forms through texts, photos, and the original watercolor sketches that distinguish him as a unique creative mind. The architect, engineer, sculptor, and artist showcases early collaborations and his most recent works.

The Andrew Martin Interior Design Review presents the latest and most creative interiors by the best international designers on over 500 pages.

Let's pause… and rethink home beyond its architecture. This book explores domestic life as a living, evolving experience - felt, remembered, imagined, and continuously made. Through essays, conversations, and interactive exercises with architects, designers, and educators, it examines dwelling, belonging, and everyday rituals. Divided into Reflections and Exercises, it invites readers both to consider diverse perspectives on home and to engage in their own exploration of what home truly means.

Exponential population ageing is changing how we coexist in urban spaces. The Architecture of Ageing is de Architekten Cie.’s long-term collaborative project on housing, ageing, and care in the city. It is where we synthesise our knowledge and share our experience through continuous dialogues at home in the Netherlands and internationally.

Improving discourse on ‘care’ is high on the agenda in our globally ageing world. Our task of densifying cities with hundreds of apartments in single...

Architecture and design as a source of inspiration for album covers

Collection of the finest, strangest and most remarkable architecture covers

An endless delight for lovers of both music and architecture

‘Architecture is frozen music’, Wolfgang Goethe is quoted as saying. It turns out that architecture is a major source of inspiration for musicians and composers – from classic and modern composers via jazz and the blues to new wave bands and rappers who sing the praises of the big cit...