A groundbreaking survey of the Buddhist architecture of Southeast Asia, abundantly illustrated with new color photography and 3-D renderingsOver the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has foun
Celebrated landscape architect Gilles Clement may be best known for his public parks in Paris, including the Parc Andre Citroen and the garden of the Musee du Quai Branly, but he describes himself as
We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the earthquakes in China's Sichuan province, Haiti, and Chi
This book focuses on the complex ways in which architectural practice, theory, patronage, and experience became modern with the rise of a mass public and a reconfigured public sphere between the end o
The City Rehearsed offers an entirely new perspective on printed architecture in early modern Europe through the lens of Hans Vredeman de Vries. It probes the geographical encounters of dozens of engr
On March 17 1989, the Civic Tower of Pavia collapsed without apparently any warning sign, killing four people. After an experimental and analytical investigation lasted nine months, the collapse cause
Robinson (art history and classical studies, Vanderbilt U.) has written an epic work, describing not only the origins and classical form and context of the fountain of Peirene in the city of Corinth,
This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in
Davis, a curator, teacher, and art critic, et al. present three essays on the life and work of Canadian abstract artist Marion Nicoll (1909-1985), who was the first female instructor at the Provincial
The underlying interdisciplinary focus of this volume is on streets as historically the basic functional and social unit of the urban environment. Ten contributions rest on a tripod of main themes inf
The fourth book from the Seoul Biennale 2017 explores the sites, exhibition installations, and diverse array of programs that were realized during the Seoul Biennale.Imminent Commons: Live from Seoul
