From his Great (Bamboo) Wall house to the Japan National Stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma pioneered sustainability in architecture, turning local craftsmanship into a new, tactile approach. Discover his oeuvre in this extensive monograph.

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

The Architecture of Creative Reuse. Reduce, reuse and recycle. In todays world, there is a renewed enthusiasm for the adaptive reuse of our existing structures at different scales.

These extraordinary homes accentuate the cosmopolitan designs of such architectural talents as Gurjit Matharoo from India, Mohamed Amine Siana from Morrocco, and Mariko Mori from Japan. Building private houses, which can sometimes be quite small, they demonstrate creativity and technological inventiveness, shaping the architecture of tomorrow.

Travel the world to investigate one of the greatest renaissances in architecture: wood. How has this elemental material come to steal the show at luxury hot spring structures and cutting-edge urban renewal schemes? With 100 projects from China, Chile, and everywhere in between, this global survey explores the technical, environmental, and sensory elements that have inspired a return to timber.

Smart-lighting design is a rapidly growing area of interactive and cross-disciplinary design that is defining new practices in the profession. This book focuses on the projects that use light to animate architecture and media screens; new forms of lighting in industrial zones and public areas, and interactive installations in urban spaces.