Houses, Apartments, Flats, etc

DIY enthusiasts, tiny house-lovers, and van-lifers will find inspiration and step-by-step instructions in Tin Can Homestead, the ultimate resource ...

The architectural work of Hans and Wassili Luckhardt (18901954/18891972) is not yet adequately appreciated. As members of the Glass Chain initiativ...

Welcome to the hybrid home, in which the bathroom has become a temple of wellness, the living room an online couch, and the kitchen a lounge. Every...

In the West the Japanese house has reached iconic status in its architecture, decoration and style. Is this neat, carefully constructed version of ...

Health and happiness are fundamental to human quality of life. The United Nations World Happiness Report 2012 reflects a new worldwide call for gov...

Definitions of urban entities and urban typologies are changing constantly to reflect the growing physical extent of cities and their hinterlands. ...

The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the ...

Modern Apartment Design provides guidelines to the design of modern apartment buildings as well as a summation of current cutting-edge practice in ...

For some time, residential architecture has not been limited simply to creating a place to live, but also to providing a quality of life for its oc...

After a golden era of house building in the 1930's, Britain emerged from the Second World War with a desperate need to rebuild its bomb damaged tow...

The SMOTIES network is a partnership of ten design universities, research centres, creative agencies, and national associations. Each partner selec...

The Inclusive Housing Design Guide is a revised and updated edition of the seminal Habinteg Housing Design Guide first published in 2002. The guide...

As slums were cleared after the Blitz, there was a pressing need for housing. Successive governments championed prefabrication as a speedy solution...

In 1859, Dubliners strolling along country roads witnessed something new emerging from the green fields. The Victorian house had arrived: wide red ...

This volume gathers together thirty of the most recognized international architects and presents current architectural trends in multi-housing desi...

Despite the fact that cities are becoming denser and denser, leading to increased competition for space and with house prices putting increased fin...

This book shows the transformation of an existing apartment with problems into a new, open floor space that satisfies the needs of the owners. The ...

During the eighteenth century cities and towns all across the British Isles experienced a wave of expansion. Tall, elegant Georgian houses made a d...

Wohnen ist individuell: Jeder hat andere Vorstellungen und Wünsche vom Wohnen und durch die Art zu Wohnen äußert sich sein Lebensstil. Wohnen heißt...

An exquisitely photographed collection of the great houses and mansions of the South. In the tradition of Rizzolis Historic Houses of the Hudson Va...

Charming old houses in a uniquely American form are lovingly showcased in this engaging book. Romantic, imaginative, and eminently photogenic, Carp...

This sumptuous and comprehensive volume embraces one of the most beloved house forms, the Spanish Colonial Revival, presenting at once a lavish por...

The prototypical recipe book provides a loose framework for BLDUSs unique farm-to-shelter architecture in Home on Earth, offering delectable sugges...

Nithurst by Adam Richards Architects is a much-lauded, multi-award-winning house designed by the architect for his family, and situated in the pict...

In den dichtbesiedelten Ballungszentren Japans entstehen auf scheinbar unbebaubaren engenFlächen kleine Häuser mit ungewöhnlichen Raumkonzepten u...

This collection of visionary residences takes us on a tour of the height in luxury, designed to accommodate all amenities available from the indoor...

The Modern Californian Beach House catalogues the eclectic and always original modernist beach house architecture of Patrick Killen, founder of st...

'The unrelenting tension of this well-crafted debut kept me whizzing through the book . . . I loved the tension, the secrets and the satisfying, u...

This beautiful illustrated volume is a showcase of favourite projects from international interior designer Thomas Hamel. Published to mark Thomas' ...

This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the enginee...

Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs and drawings, Collett-Zarzycki: The Tailored Home provides a thoughtful and comprehensive account of ...

'The unrelenting tension of this well-crafted debut kept me whizzing through the book . . . I loved the tension, the secrets and the satisfying, u...