A tour of 70 small, experimental architectural magazines published during the 1960s and 1970s offers insight into their format and influence, in a volume that is complemented by reproductions of pamph
Re-envisioning Landscape/Architecture suggests that the relationship between landscape and architecture might be imagined over and over again, in such a way that each is defined less as a quantifiable
Africa is certainly not only a continent of small villages in the jungle and savannah. The urbanisation of the continent is advancing rapidly, while African cities and metropolitan regions are among t
Generations showcases six decades of the art and architecture of Herb Greene, informed by his readings in brain science and history. This “picture book” is organized to showcase images of Mr. Greene’s
Often portrayed as a confluence of cars and movies, this book traces another course to uncover Los Angeles' primal sources of creation - land and opportunity. Within the endless sprawl there reside f
This volume examines one year of research and pedagogy at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, engaged in the conditions ofthe built environment, relative to 3 states of Flux, Stasis and
This tiny book presents essays as well as graphics and technical details of selected best-projects from a Catalonian architecture and design conference. The theme was futurist designs for the 21st cen
Full-page photos, drawings, and descriptive text showcase the prize winner, special mentions, and finalists in the competition. The Mies van der Rohe Award has been awarded every two years since 1988
The importance of the focus on pivotal texts for current and future design research cannot be overstated. However, while certain charismatic names come up again and again in the current discussion, th
Semi-facsimile and bilingual edition (English and Spanish) of the nine Letters on Landscape Painting, published by Durand in 1855 in The Crayon (the first periodical publication devoted to fine arts i
Landscape architecture meets art in Munich. The new and extremely playful park in Munich covers a three-hundred meter section of railroad tracks and creates urgently needed open space for the neighbor
Thomas Balsley is a renowned American landscape architect whose NYC-based studio is responsible for some of the most notable and richly awarded spaces throughout the U.S. and Far East. This volume of
Spaces of Serenity features six projects by Architect and Professor Jeffery S. Poss, FAIA. Each project responds to the basic human desire to identify and seek out creative ways to resolve the conflic
llAW of WAll is a critique of absolutes: absolute closure and openness, absolute privacy and public-ness. The critique is presented through a study of the networks that link two families, two location
Imagine a site fifteen minutes from the heart of downtown Vancouver, able to capture in one view: snow-covered mountains and an archipelago, a lighthouse and the downtown skyline, the vegetation of a
Urban building blocks and a knowledge of these elementary components is part of the basic equipment of city planning. It is absolutely essential for urban design that one understands their form and st
Urban building blocks and a knowledge of these elementary components is part of the basic equipment of city planning. It is absolutely essential for urban design that one understands their form and st
Mimesis broadly concerns the work of lynch architects—with a focus on the practice’s interest in the ideas of mimesis and civic architecture—and revolves around their recent body of work in Victoria S
A study of the contemporary city and urban space which adopts a systemic perspective for approaching the urban complexity and the nature of urban / public space in the era of globalization. A new lang
Every book relating the history of modern architecture features a large number of pages dedicated to avant-garde designs and the formation of the modern movement in the interwar years, and a similar n
GSD Platform 3 presents a selection of work produced during the 2009-2010 academic year of the Harvard University GSD and the potential of that work to address broader questions and inform global init
A compact, portable drawing resource book of over 200 highly illustrated pages of sketching and drawing techniques, the book is crafted to be a companion tool which is tucked in your travel gear and r
Wonder Wood presents this timeless material as it is being used today and how it can be used in the future. It also documents a selection of current international projects and processes, making-ofs, a
AGENDA is a catalog of 365 days, like a diary or journal: a collective narrative, personal and subjective. It documents the work and thinking of JDS Architects over a specific year marked by crisis, b
The Car in 2035: Mobility Planning for the Near Future focuses on the car, the street, and public policy in Southern California. In this collection of essays and images, the car is viewed as both a ch
Eye on Design will take the reader into the world of a designer and what turns him on emotionally and visually so as to influence the design process. The Mark Zeff formula is to never repeat a design
The requirements confronting our workplaces have recently undergone a dramatic transformation. Constantly shifting workspace populations and varying uses of workspace call for flexible spatial structu
Identifies innovative applications of materials in design professions, focusing on such operations as folding, carving and screening while profiling prototype examples that demonstrate the treatments
Felicity D. Scott revisits the architectural, art, video, and intermedia practices of the experimental collective Ant Farm, self-described ‥super-radical activist environmentalists.‥ Drawing together
While mathematics in architecture has historically referenced notions of order, proportion, and ideal form, the discipline of mathematics itself has shifted to encompass uncertainty, incompleteness, r
Lacoste + Stevenson: Architecture Stories is a compilation of projects by award-winning architects Lacoste + Stevenson. Run from Sydney by French emigre Thierry Lacoste and Australian David Stevenson,
The modern House reflects upon the complicated relationship architecture has with the terms “Modernist”, “Modernism” and “Modern” specifically in relation to the potent concept of the home, reflecting
With their centuries-long development, the English landscape garden, the formal French garden, as well Japanese and Chinese gardens constitute an unparalleled repository of design solutions familiar t
In an era of accelerating population growth, mass urbanisation, and increasing pressure on the natural environment, the megacities of China's eastern seaboard have become a focal point of architectura
Beyond a design school, the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is an immersive environment--a dense atmosphere saturated with creative and intellectual activity. Platform 4 represents a selective
Intending to draw connections between the shape of urban planning and architectural design, this volume explores the expansion of East Asian cities through an examination of major architectural projec
Old and New provides a comprehensive overview of intelligent approaches for working with existing building stock. Presented in this volume are everyday projects such as the revitalizing of structures
