In this in-depth conversation, illustrated by extensive plans, models, references and photos, the founders of Baranowitz Kronenberg Architecture, the acclaimed Tel - Aviv-based studio, provide a personal analysis of the thinking behind seven of their projects: two hotels, three restaurants, a store and a private home. Incorporating culture, time and place into the design process is fundamental to Baranowitz Kronenberg's approach. Symbolic starting points as disparate as, among others, the art...

Victor Bourgeois (1897-1962) was de belangrijkste voortrekker van de internationale Moderne Beweging in België. Hij bouwde mee aan de befaamde Weissenhofsiedlung van Stuttgart (1927) en speelde tussen 1928 en 1930 een cruciale rol in de CIAM, het meest invloedrijke platform voor moderne architectuur en stedenbouw van de twintigste eeuw.Het boek vormt de eerste studie van het gebouwde en geschreven œuvre van Victor Bourgeois. Het fijnzinnige werk van Bourgeois en zijn scherpe theoretische in...

The 1977 book A Pattern Language was a landmark in the design world, introducing a methodology that has become influential across many fields. Among them are software and “design patterns,” and important spinoff technologies like wiki (the basis of Wikipedia) and Agile Methodology. Yet curiously, the field where pattern methodology began – the built environment – has lagged conspicuously. As one remedy, a number of long-time collaborators with the original book’s lead author have f...

Na zijn jarenlange ervaring in onderwijs, onderzoek, ontwerp en beleid bundelt professor Marcel Smets, grondlegger van het stadsontwerp en voormalig Vlaams Bouwmeester, zijn inzichten over stad en stedenbouwkundig ontwerp in een persoonlijk boekje.

In zijn zoektocht naar de fundamenten van het stadsontwerp schuift Marcel Smets twintig complementaire begrippenparen naar voren. Hij vertrekt van archetypische nederzettingsvormen (lint en tros, ladder en ster), typeert morfologische categorieën...

An architectural journey through the cityscapes and buildings of Andrew Bromberg’s career to date, exploring the influences of nature and social and urban development on his projects and ideas about architecture.

Noted architect Thomas Kligerman celebrates the magic of summer, exploring the seaside setting and design of secluded cottages facing the Atlantic along the Rhode Island coast

An inspiring collection of 50 spectacular houses built almost entirely from glass

Glass Houses presents 50 stunning architect designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. The international selection includes early modernist houses from the 1930s, such as Philip Johnson’s Glass House and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, and glamorous mid-century LA villas like Pierre Koenig’s Case Study #22, alongside outstanding contemporary examples, where new innovations have made even mo...

Station is a celebration of modern railway architecture, from a brutalist signalbox in Birmingham to the futuristic snake-like footbridge at Koge Nord station in Denmark, taking in romantic station hotels, bustling interchanges and the latest railway innovations along the way.