Willem van Tijen (Wormerveer 1894 – Heemstede 1974) was een visionaire architect. Hij was een pionier van het nieuwe bouwen, stond met zijn Rotterdamse architectenbureau aan de wieg van de sociale woningbouw en werd beeldbepalend voor het Nederlandse bebouwde landschap. Velen hebben zijn woonwijken, galerijflats, standaardwoningen, scholen en bejaardentehuizen gekend of zullen zich die herinneren. Ze hadden een diepgaande impact op het naoorlogse leven en wonen, waarbij de architect steeds ...

The Architecture Observer offers an overview of different forms of modern architecture in Central America since the outset of the 20th century. Although modern architectures constituted only a small percentage of the total building production in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, they hold in these countries an evident symbolic significance. Such buildings functioned as models for the desired societal, economic, and cultural changes, or as aspirational placeh...

A major overview of the most innovative, ambitious and beautiful houses on the Indian subcontinent.

The first major survey of contemporary apartment buildings that foster a sense of community while giving every resident an inspiring place to live.

The first book by the New York–based AD100 architect Elizabeth Roberts compiles photographs, sketches, and even vignettes of fiction, to showcase her award-winning work

An innovative and original survey of the best Mid-Century Modern architecture from around the world

School building architecture has greatly gained in pedagogical significance during the last years. This work presents more than 60 international projects which set themselves apart not only with their modern architectural vocabulary, but also with their architects hope of being their contribution to the improvement of educational standards.

Hertzberger's structuralism pictured in breathtaking black and white photographs

Featuring exquisite photographs of every structure the architect designed from scratch or incorporated into a historical building, this elegant volume is as sumptuous and inviting as a Scarpa interior.

Although he was not widely known during his lifetime, Carlo Scarpa has in the past-half century become one of the most revered of modern architects. His passion for integrating the ancient with the modern, the natural with the built environment, and the sensual qualities of glass, wo...