Residential Buildings, Domestic Buildings

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

In modern architecture, natural stone is now thought of as a material that provides both elegance and sustainability, which can transform both resi...

Featuring fully illustrated examples of several types of homes (prefabricated, rehabilitated, made with natural materials) this volume is divided i...

This book presents some of the best examples of hostel design from around the world, based on a combination of their interior design, comfort and s...

Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity presents 12 new projects designed and built via collaborations between architects and...

Designed for Habitat: New Directions for Habitat for Humanity presents 12 new projects designed and built via collaborations between architects and...

Eco House Plans contains more than 300 floor and elevations plans, as well as constructive details of 36 ecological architecture projects. The spec...

Can we get a feeling of spaciousness and well-being in an apartment when the available space is very limited? This book shows that not only is it p...

Houses without stairs or obstacles, all distributed on the same floor, lounge area, dining room, bedrooms, kitchen and service facilities. They sta...

Household organisation is complicated, and achieving uncluttered yet functional rooms usually depends on choosing good storage options. This book e...

The loft, a quintessentially urban form, is an ideal way to convert a home into a unique space that reflects its owner's personality. This book emp...

Whilst our outside world is modifying into a more complex and hybrid networked world, our most intimate dwelling, our home, is at risk of falling b...

'Provocative, elegant, intriguing - Jenkins is a bold, imaginative writer, brilliant at challenging old assumptions and encouraging you to look at ...

Packed with accessible information, this book covers all the technical and practical aspects of home design in tropical environments.It begins by o...

Architecture and the Housing Question examines how the design and provision of housing around the world have become central both to competing polit...

In the architecture of Richard Neutra (18921970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek ...

Though it lies just across the Mediterranean from Europe, barely a stones throw from Spains southernmost tip, Morocco couldnt possibly be farther a...

Theres an elemental satisfaction in living in a cozy sanctuary in the midst of a snowy landscape. It evokes feelings of warmth, security, refuge, a...

Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (18871965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private vil...

Famed for his motto less is more, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (18861969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture and a hotly-debated ta...

In the architecture of Richard Neutra (18921970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek ...

In a globalising world, many mature economies share post-growth characteristics such as low economic growth, low fertility, declining and ageing of...

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 ...

House and home are words routinely used to describe where and how one lives. This book challenges predominant definitions and argues that domestici...

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

The expansion of cities in the late C19th and middle part of the C20th in the developing and the emerging economies of the world has one major urba...

This book presents an architectural overview of Dublins mass-housing building boom from the 1930s to the 1970s. During this period, Dublin Corporat...

Architecture and the Housing Question examines how the design and provision of housing around the world have become central both to competing polit...

New Town House brings together a collection of some of the more interesting and creative town house projects which have been recently constructed. ...

When much of our existing housing stock was built, lifestyles were very different. This means that a large proportion of a contemporary architect's...

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...

Arriving in the later 1890s, by the end of the First World War motor vehicles had ousted horses as the main means of transporting goods. In the int...

Until the 20th century, neither the capacity nor the means to inflict major damage upon the British Isles existed. This situation changed during th...

For this Los Angeles firm, modernism is not a matter of style or ideology, but rather a commonsense approach to contemporary living. Their goal is ...

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

Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (18871965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private vil...

The story of the creation of an astonishing house that renews and reinvigorates the spirit of the avant-garde in the Hamptons Architecture critic ...

Small footprint design that proves living better doesnt have to mean living larger. Following the success of their first book, the second volume o...

The design and construction of traditional homes in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, are an important part of Chinese cultural heritage. They illustrate t...

Born and bred New Yorker Jill Gill is equal parts artist and author, commentator and collector, a true inamorata of the ever-changing city. Since t...

Travel back in time to the Tudor era and explore the magnificent royal palaces of London along the River Thames. Discover the stories and events th...