Examines narratives as rigorous drivers of design rather than mere storytelling devices

Provides detailed insight into three KAAN Architecten projects that reflect changing architectural practice in the Netherlands and beyond

Connects to ongoing research from the "Activating Design" initiative at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

Building Narratives proposes design as a communications engine and enabler of collaboration, as opposed to the traditional understandin...

Architects, researchers and poets share their approaches to place

Stimulating explorations of architecture, poetry and place

Featuring interviews with Anna West, Erik Linder and Ted Landrum

Architects and poets alike experiment with writing as a spatial act, using verse and reflection to navigate landscapes both real and imagined. But how does poetry emerge from place, and what knowledge of place can poetry reveal— for architects, designers, and spatial practitioners?

This inaugural...

Like sushi, Giga Pets, and Jackie Chan, feng shui has made its way West in a big way. Promising health, wealth, and happiness, feng shui offers endless appeal -- at least in concept. Unfortunately, feng shui's seemingly complicated methods are often difficult to learn and apply in a meaningful way. Fortunately, Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life is written in plain and simple English for the modern Western reader. Presenting sound feng shui advice in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-use manne...

A manual, monograph, and call to action, Toward an Urban Ecology points to the future of landscape architecture's role in making resilient, sustainable, and community-oriented spaces

Kate Orff, 2017 MacArthur Fellow, has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes.

Part monograph, part manual, part manife­sto, Toward an Urban Ecology reconceives urban landscape design as a form o...

With this Construction and Design Manual, architects and researchers Kostas Grigoriadis and Guan Lee present a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the 3D printing.

Yearning for rustic simplicity? Open the door to Cabins, a gorgeous showcase of minimal, low-impact, peaceful abodes around the world. From contemplative bliss in an English coastal studio to a bamboo bungalow in Sri Lanka, each of these minimal homes exudes innovative, eco-friendly, mindful living.