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...

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.

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.

Back in print, the spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier – one of the twentieth century’s most influential architects ‘Le Corbusier arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architect… You couldn’t make a book like this about just any architect. Beyond the architecture, it reveals a great deal about the man himself’ – Guardian Almost two decades since its first publication, the bestselling and classic monograph L...

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...

Ein Tiny House ist viel mehr als nur ein sehr kleines Haus. Es ist ein Lebenskonzept, das Fragen an die Zukunft stellt - von der grundsätzlichen Frage nach der Finanzierung des Traums vom Eigenheim über komplexere Abwägungen, etwa ob der Verzicht auf materiellen Luxus mehr Freiheit bedeutet, bis hin zu gesellschaftlichen Fragestellungen wie jener, wie wir mit den Ressourcen unseres Planeten umgehen.

In diesem Band werden bemerkenswerte Beispiele von meisterhaft umgesetzten Lösungen für K...