Serves as a guide to vital features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. This work describes twenty types of buildings; and includes national monuments, libraries, theaters, hospitals, prisons, factories, hotels, and many other public buildings. It contains more than seven hundred illustrations.

MVVA's 23-year story of transforming 85 acres of Brooklyn waterfront into parkland that reconnects New Yorkers to the East River

Meuser examines five generations of zoological structures in order to show that the architecture of zoos has always incorporated social values, fostering the coexistence of humans and animals, ever since the opening of the first scientifically run zoo.

How must design studies be structured in order to not only keep pace with the changes in the economy and society but also to shape them? How much artificial intelligence and coding must be conveyed during studies? This book documents five years of international research on these questions, which 250 designers participated in worldwide. Text in English and German.

The Italio-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) forged a unique path with her bold designs. Spanning architecture, stage sets, fashion, and furniture, her work drew inspiration from the International Style, which she translated into her own visual language. Fundamental to her work was her thoughtful en­gagement with her adopted country of Brazil, its cul­ture, society, and politics, and she productively and provocatively voiced her sometimes radical views through designs, exhibitio...

From Paper Tube Emergency Shelters and his Nomadic Museum built with containers to the Swatch/Omega Campus and the Centre Pompidou-Metz, discover the altruistic practice of the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban, who is lauded for his “curiosity, commitment, endless innovation, infallible eye, and acute sensibility.”

An illustrated celebration of the architectural and design values at the heart of rustic living - simplicity, self-sufficiency and a deep reverence for the land and natural materials.

A colour illustrated guide to the most beautiful international skateboarding parks created in recent years by the world's top designers, architects and urban landscapers.

Het koffietafelboek The Book of Temples neemt je mee op een visueel indrukwekkende reis door 30 eeuwen spiritualiteit verspreid over vijf continenten. Van Ethiopische synagogen en Franse kathedralen tot Mayatempels en Japanse schrijnen – dit boek biedt een rijke verzameling van uiteenlopende heilige plekken. Het is een eerbetoon aan de diversiteit van geloof en devotie wereldwijd.