This is a multi-disciplinary study that adopts an innovative and original approach to a highly topical question, that of meaning-making in museums, focusing its attention on pedagogy and visual culture. This work explores such questions as:How and why is it that museums select and arrange artefacts, shape knowledge, construct a view?How do museums produce values? How do active audiences make meaning from what they experience in museums?This stimulating book provokes debate and discussion on t...

Tells the fascinating story of the journey taken by the Bauhaus - both the concept behind the school and some of the individuals who represented it - from Germany to Britain and the USA.

A collection of nine contemporary homes by architect Celeste Robbins, who imbues her modern designs with warmth and emotion

Die Vorfertigung von Bauteilen, Räumen oder ganzen Bauten ist eine attraktive Option für Bauherren, die eine schnellere, kostengünstigere und qualitativ hochwertige Wohnlösung suchen. Die Gestaltungsfreiheit moderner Systembauweisen steht konventionellen Baumethoden inzwischen in nichts nach. Ermöglicht durch technologische Fortschritte erfahren modulare Bauweisen einen bemerkenswerten Boom überall auf der Welt.

Neben industriell arbeitenden Firmen sind es zunehmend auch innovative Arch...

Vibrant Interiors: Homes Alive with Colour is a lively and inspiring interior design book thatcelebrates the transformative power of colour in the home.

An illustrated exploration of the architectural marvels which are to be found across the New England landscape of north-east America.

An illustrated compendium of old homes (both apartments and family houses), which have been remodelled to suit contemporary lifestyle needs and modern living.

A deluxe presentation of thirty architects with their latest dream house projects in Europe, Asia and the USA.

Amerikaanse architectuur is al eeuwenlang een symbool van vooruitgang en identiteit. Terwijl moderne ontwerptrends de skyline van de Verenigde Staten blijven transformeren, biedt het koffietafelboek American Icons Vol. 2 een diepgaande blik op de evolutie van de Amerikaanse architectuur. Dit indrukwekkende fotoboek presenteert 50 iconische projecten en bevat vier essays die zich richten op de International Style en het modernisme van de midden twintigste eeuw.

Met adembenemende foto’s en ge...