People and Spaces explores our relationship with our environments, unveiling the unique ways that built environments and human behavior interact in today’s rapidly evolving world and climate.

For more than forty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has served as the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. In this fifth edition, more recent additions to the architectural panoply illustrate how contemporary digital and building technologies have influenced the development of architectural forms and spaces and how architectural siting and design have responded to the call for more environmentally responsible buildings. ...

This monograph includes the latest works built by the Barcelona studio of Víctor Rahola (also in his time in partnership with Jorge Vidal), from the expansion of the library of the Biology Faculty of the University of Barcelona, passing through the wineries in Mont-Ras to various hotels in the Balearic Islands. In addition to the works, three texts by the architect himself reflect on important issues contemporary architecture, specially in the Mediterranean area. Foreword by the critic Josep...

- non-standard- building relations- open sourceThe iA bookzine series will consist of twelve issues, bi-annually published over a period of six years under the supervision of Prof. ir. Kas Oosterhuis., director of the Hyperbody at the Delft University of Technology. Contributors to this first issue of iA are Cas Aalbers, Ayssar Arida, Henriette Bier, Nimish Biloria Michael Bittermann, Sven Blokker, Sander Boer, Lukas Feireiss, Chris Kievid, Christian Friedrich, Hans Hubers, Tomasz Jaskiewicz,...

In Zuid-Korea is een enorme ontwikkeling waar te nemen op het gebied van architectuur. Het land heeft zich razendsnel ontwikkeld, momenteel is het de elfde wereldeconomie. Door de snelle ontwikkeling zijn er zowel in de hoofdstad Seoul, momenteel een van de compactste steden van de wereld, als in de rest van het land, veel plannen op het gebied van architectuur en stedenbouw.'SeoulScape. Towards a New Urbanity in Korea' brengt een overzicht van het werk van zes gerenommeerde Koreaanse archite...

Conditional Design is the sequel to Operative Design. This book will further explore the operative in design in a more detailed, intentional, and functional manner. Spatially, the conditional is the result of the operative. Both terms work together to satisfy a formal manipulation through a set of opportunities for elements such as connections and apertures. The conditional starts with investigating not only ideas of circulation and light but also how volumes relate to the ground. These manip...

The Ship in Amsterdam marks an international high point in art, architecture and social housing. It was designed by the Dutch architect Michel de Klerk in the expressionist Amsterdam School style of architecture.

With its wavy patterns in colourful brick, sculptural forms and wealth of detailing, The Ship is a real eye-catcher that continues to attract visitors from around the world. In this richly illustrated book, Museum het Schip - housed within The Ship - shows why The Ship is known as a ...

Twelve one-hour video lectures are archived online, and can be accessed for free. These lectures apply cutting-edge mathematical techniques to architectural and urban design. The course material is original, and includes innovative topics such as algorithms, fractals, cellular automata, complexity, emergence, information theory, symmetries, scaling, codes, and networks, here introduced into architecture and urbanism for the first time. Students from around the world can now learn the intellig...

For English see belowHet boek Writingplace: Investigations in Architecture and Literature is een nieuwe stap in het groeiende debat over literaire middelen in de architectuur. Het boek richt zich op geschreven taal alseen cruciaal aspect van architectonische cultuur en op de potentie van literaire methodes in het architectonisch en stedenbouwkundig onderzoek, onderwijs en ontwerp.Voor eenieder die geïnteresseerd is in de wisselwerking tussen architectuur en literatuur biedt Writingplace zowe...