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Diese grundlegende und umfassende Mies-Monografie betrachtet sein Werk von einem entwurfsbezogenen Standpunkt der Architektur aus: Sie rekonstruier...

It is understood that Mies van der Rohe is one of the most important architects of the Modern movement. But how do Mies ideas on architecture and o...

Mirei Shigemori had a major impact on the development of Japanese landscape architecture in the twentieth century. Active from the 1920s, he found...

Modern Construction Case Studies focuses on the interface between the design of facades, structures and environments of 12 building projects, all d...

New edition of the popular handbook The Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic of advanced construction literature, not least due to i...

New edition of the popular handbook The Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic of advanced construction literature, not least due ...

Modernism is the most defining architectural expression of the 20th century a movement that transformed built environments around the world in an ...

Many African countries are home to extraordinary architecture that is virtually unknown. There are interpretations of Art Deco, International Style...

Ornament is currently acquiring a renewed status in architecture. As contemporary technologies of design and fabrication introduce unprecedented op...

Solid matter. Monolithic and homogeneous concepts for a circular approach to architecture. In response to climate change, architects have been...

The desk is a place of work and of action, but it also serves as a place to exhibit personal things and preferences. Thus it always characterizes i...

Timber: the old raw material and building material returns.There are many reasons today for building with wood and there are great advantages over ...

Dimensions of the Surface / Dimensionen der Oberfläche is a comprehensive documentation of the work of the Indian-born artist Nita Tandon, who live...

Keeping alive the tradition of Eternit AG's architectural journals, this book presents new directions in architecture, design and art: a panorama s...

The Graubünden-based architect Valerio Olgiati has become well-known outside Switzerland for such buildings as his school building in Paspels and t...

The Graubünden-based architect Valerio Olgiati has become well-known outside Switzerland for such buildings as his school building in Paspels and t...

Olympic sports facilities are places that get a great amount of attention for a short period of time. Moreover, media attention has rapidly increas...

Free thinking, unconstrained by facts The book is based on the thesis that we live in a world of abundance, full of natural riches, and cultural ...

Developing cultural heritage in a more sustainable way. New approaches and examples from practice. Open Heritage is a response to the urgent need ...

Contrary to the view that postmodern architects regarded themselves as self-referential artists, this book draws on the buildings, projects and wri...

Master of sensuality and the architectural utopiaThe Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) is a twentieth century classic. He became world...