Architecture & Design

Delve into the hidden world of creativity and design afforded by the humble caravan.

My Cool Houseboat features boats of all shapes and sizes restyled and refurbished for modern life; from canal boats and riverboats to barges and cruisers moored in marinas from Europe, North America and Australia. Not only static residential boats and floating dwellings, houseboats are now holiday homes, bookshops and vintage clothes stores.

This book departs from the standard look-alike conventional kitchens offered by mass-market home stores. Instead, it celebrates individuality, creativity and artistic flair. From the kitchens of beach houses and warehouses to tiny city apartments and cupboards, this is a refreshing look outside the boxes and units of the catalogue kitchen.

Using high-end interiors, landscape and lifestyle photography and styling in the specially commissioned images (photographed in all seasons and weather conditions), the book includes 35 treehouses with different budgets and styles, from the rustic that seem to disappear into the foliage to the futuristic made out of contemporary materials.

What happens when great writers meet great buildings.

The Reflections series by Roads is a visual exploration of the spaces and buildings that mirror the cultures in which they play such a crucial part (extrait 4ème de couv)

Plastic Dreams - das Standardwerk des Plastikdesigns.

Plastic Dreams schärft den Blick für die ureigene Qualität und Asthetik von Plastik und demonstriert die edlen Eigenschaften von Kunststoffen durch die einzigartige Zusammenstellung der Ikonen des Plastikdesigns seit den 1920er Jahren. Der Bogen ...

"There has been a groundswell of interest in modernist architecture in recent years, particularly buildings from the second half of the twentieth century. Individuals and groups are engaging with modernist environments in the form of popular histories, documentaries and community projects, and digital ...

In capturing the spirit of the Beijing 2008 Olympics in a virtual environment, this digital experiment offers readers a fascinating introduction to museums and their architecture in the 21st century.

Leonard Manasseh was one of the leading British architects of the 1960s, designing private houses and offices as well as major public commissions. Lavishly illustrated with images from Manasseh's private archive and stunning new photography, this book is an essential read for architects,students and ...

McMorran & Whitby are arguably one of the most unsung practices of post-war British architecture. This is the first major publication on their work and contains a combination of contemporary photography and previously unpublished archival material.

Contains an essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of their work.

According to Orham Pamuk, 'Real museums are places where Time is converted into Space.' In this lavishly illustrated title we investigate these spaces. Since Frank Gehry created the phenomenon that is The Guggenheim in Bilbao, thus transforming the city into a popular tourist destination, there has been ...

For the past 25 years, tangerine has been among the world's leading design consultancies. With past directors including Sir Jonathan Ive (now Senior VP of Design at Apple, Inc.), tangerine has produced some of the most innovative and ground-breaking designs for organizations ranging from British Airways ...

Covers the various aspects of contemporary ceramic practice and includes work of all scales from a few centimetres in size to vast room-sized installations. With over 600 illustrations, this comprehensive survey is suitable for ceramists, students and collectors alike.

Rhythm in Architecture is the first ever translation into English of a key early Modernist text, written by the celebrated Soviet Constructivist architect Moisei Ginzburg and first published in Russian as Ritm v Arkhitekture in 1923.

Features a wide-ranging selection of projects spanning three decades, which reflect true architectural innovation, and provides an insight into the most current architecture and design discourse directly from a leader in the field.

Essays on architecture, beautifully illustrated with the author's own photographs and drawings. John Melvin, one of the UK's most experienced architects and town planners, reflects on the nature of tradition and the role of memory in the renewal of our cities. With a profound understanding of the history ...

Unforgettable Ancient Sites includes mysterious megalithic sites that appear to have been built using geometric principles far in advance of their time, pyramids that once ran with sacrificial blood, vast temple complexes, lost cities and stunning works of ancient architecture, these sites all have one ...