Architecture & Design

This beautifully presented monograph on the Luxembourg-based studio, Architectes Paczowski et Fritsch is a significant addition to the collection for IMAGES' renowned Leading Architects Series.

Across a range of settings - from dry river valleys of Yemen to tropical high-rise fabric of Singapore - projects selected for 10th cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture match the design with a deep commitment to place. This text explores issues raised by the projects, from ecological urbanism to cosmopolitanism in architecture.

PAUL GOLDBERGER ON THE AGE OF ARCHITECTURE The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry, the CCTV Headquarters by Rem Koolhaas, the Getty Center by Richard Meier, the Times Building by Renzo Piano: Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger’s tenure atThe New Yorkerhas documented a captivating ...

An examination of the standard reference book for architects as both practical sourcebook and window on changes in the profession. Architectural Graphics Standards by Charles George Ramsey and Harold Reeve Sleeper, first published in 1932 (and now in its eleventh edition), is a definitive technical reference ...

Projects from all around the United States are featured as spaces designed to enhance the performing arts.

Documents and analyses the architecture and material artefacts from the Nizam Shahs, one of the early modern Deccan sultanates.

This book looks at the development and influence of buildings and why they are designed in a particular way.

A revisionist history of the modernist architectural movement, which encapsulated internationalist politics and ideals in the inter-war years and beyond.

Provides a comprehensive compilation of works by acclaimed international architects and interior designers showcasing contemporary residential projects across Europe.

Morphogenesis is one of India's leading Architecture and Urban Design practices based out of New Delhi, India; this book discusses in detail how Morphogenesis is a design practice engaging in a critical dialogue towards bridging the boundaries of architecture, design, urbanism, and environmental design in India.

Home should be a retreat, a place for our minds to slow down and unwind, a place that feels safe and free of the stresses and insecurities of the outside world. Many people fear pattern and strong colour, thinking it can take this sense of calmness away. But pattern, when chosen carefully, can ground ...

Combines restoration and classic modern design and reveals why we respond so strongly to our surroundings. This, Harriet Anstruther's first book, showcases her projects and inspirations and provides an insight into her fundamental interest in the psychology of interior design.

Women are the primary home buyers and more and more want to do their own repairs and improvements. A cross between a home improvement and a home decorating book, this book is divided into: Walls and Ceilings; Floors and Stairs; Plumbing; Doors and Windows; Furniture and Accessories, and Outdoors.

Overwhelming amounts of information are available for readers and consumers in modern times, but how can it be made understandable, and given context and importance? The designers and creatives whose works are featured in Information Made Beautiful address these issues with projects that don't just make ...

Notions of authenticity lie at the heart of many questions about heritage and identity in the built environment. These questions are most pertinent when buildings have been destroyed in disaster or war, and the built fabric is being reconstructed to reinstate traditional or historic appearances in place ...

An alluring glimpse into magnificent Cornell-like boxes created by some of the world's leading architects and designers

In this long-awaited follow up to the enormously popular informal, designer, writer and engineer Cecil Balmond invites readers into his creative process as he documents his most innovative projects in art, architecture and bridge design.

This book opens the doors to studios around the world and asks creatives what their workplaces say about them.

James Stirling and Michael Wilford realised a significant body of work during their partnership. Considered one of the most important international architectural practices of the twentieth century, Stirling and Wilford made an exceptional contribution to contemporary architecture. Young, radical and ...

The Good Gardener? Nature, Humanity, and the Garden illuminates both the foundations and after-effects of humanity's deep-rooted impulse to manipulate the natural environment and create garden spaces of diverse kinds.