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

In 2008, the Department of Art and Architecture at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts developed a new basis for the architecture curriculum. They crea...

The systematic development of building types is an important task in housing construction. A deeper understanding of the underlying building types ...

Design interventions for the reuse of existing structures must face the question of the past and the extent to which it should be included in the d...

This publication presents, for the first time, the artistic life-work of Roswitha Ennemoser (1953 - 2008) to the public. Her oeuvre is in the tradi...

Als gelernter Zimmermann war Rudolf Wäger (19412019) in der Architektur Autodidakt. Das 1965 eigenhändig errichtete Würfelhaus, ein emblematisches...

While most attention is given to the booming mega-cities in China and the associated problems of over-population, the rural areas in China are bein...

Space and ritual Le Corbusier not only designed and built churches, but also engaged intensely with religion and faith and, through his oeuvre, ...

Le Corbusier not only designed and built churches, but also engaged intensely with religion and faith and, through his oeuvre, had a significant i...

There is a continually increasing interest in parks and gardens in which modern sculptures and nature form a special symbiosis. Landscapes are an i...

Why does live performance continue to engage us? In a world saturated with recorded entertainment, we seek out the intimacy and immediacy of live m...

Das Interesse an Parks und Gartenanlagen, in denen moderne Skulpturen und Natur eine besondere Verbindung eingehen, steigt stetig. Landschaft dient...

In an age where the globalization process is threatening the uniqueness and vitality of small towns, and where most urban planning discourse is dir...

Southeast Asian modernity an overview Peter Rowe and Yun Fus second volume on the modernization of architecture in the Far East deals with Sout...

How has Berlins urban landscape changed in its remarkable transformation from divided city to creative capital? Despite the monumental heritage and...

How has Berlins urban landscape changed in its remarkable transformation from divided city to creative capital? Despite the monumental heritage and...

Children who live in towns and cities need spaces where they can freely play, explore and encounter other children. Today, many children suffer fro...