Traditional, great urban landscapes have helped to fullfil the needs for environmental and human health, for social and collectivized urban spaces that generates a positive quality of life in the citi
In 1997, the Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie moved into a former munitions factory, built in 1918. Hamburg architects, Schweger + Partner, were commissioned to convert this industrial structu
Many architects who built a house of one's own tried to bring the special message of their design to the public's attention by putting all their ideas into action. They created in this way their own "
Janson (fundamentals of architecture, Karlsruhe U.,) and Krohn, a freelance author, present color photographs and plans of Le Corbusier's building, Unité d'habitation, which was built in Marseilles fr
Together with his colleagues and students at the University of Cyprus, Phocas challenges traditional definitions of utopia by presenting us with analytical research and clearly delineated visions of s
Bryant, Croft, and Finch present readers with a collection of photographs meant to record, give permanence, and celebrate the first four years of the Arcaid Architectural Photography Awards. Lynne
This is one of Europe's largest exhibition halls and the most recent building of the internationally known British architect who is better than almost anyone else at making structural and architectura
Collaborating in research and teaching, Guo and Chang examine an 1870 weiwu at Dafuzhen in Fujian. Weiwu is one of two types of residential architecture that have dominated the Fujian region in Ch
This volume provides photos of architecture by photographer Klaus Kinold and an essay on his work, models, influences, and style in terms of his emphasis on fidelity to the object. The essay is pr
The Lake Constance Water Supply building fulfills both functional requirements and aesthetic criteria, making it an example of Louis Sullivan's principle: »Form follows function«. The book acknowledge
Hans Dieter Schaal worked on almost all important opera houses including those in Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Vienna, and Zurich. These projects served as vehicles for his extraordinarily expressive art
The Castelvecchio in Verona is the most perfectly resolved of Scarpa's works and today remain »outrageously« well pre-served. It is therefore unsurprising that a photographer-artist such as Richard Br
This book is primarily addressed to architects as social change requires them to be innovative in their responses. The buildings shown in this book represent a momentary situation and demonstrate at t
The car is probably one of the most fascinating inventions man has ever produced, and it is constantly being improved. Hans-Ulrich von Mende is equally well-informed on history, design, engineering, p
This book addresses the deconstruction of a founding myth and the last "great narrative" (for the time being) of the Occident – the narrative that Europe grew out of liberal humanistic tradi
Hans Dieter Schaal is known to the wider public as a stage and exhibition designer. However, a number of years ago, he brought out one of the most impressive theoretical contributions on landscape arc
One of the aims of this book is to rip the rotten, dead ideas out of the term "museum", to open the windows, air the exhibition galleries thoroughly and give vital, hopeful significance to the museum
