Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus, founded in 2001 as one of the first private architectural firms in China, is also one of the country's most distinguished and innovative design studios. The firm made i
The first-ever serious compilation of architectural mock-ups that sheds light at an important yet ephemeral aspect of contemporary construction, illustrated with a previously unpublished series by Can
This first-ever comprehensive book on cellular compartment floor plans discusses this versatile design principle based on designs by renowned Basel-based firm Luca Selva Architects, one of the interna
Architecture and photography are both semi-autonomous disciplines, suspended between the fine arts and the utilitarian. Because of this condition, realism is considered a given in both, something that
This book gathers writings by Swedish American architect Lars Lerup, in which he sharply observes and analyzes the urban environment around him, then applies those findings to develop innovative theor
Today one of Australia's leading architects, Angelo Candalepas's career lifted off in 1994, when, at the age of twenty-six, he gained wide recognition for his winning project in the international comp
A groundbreaking new study on the VkHUTEMAS and their pioneering curriculum. Examines the way the VkHUTEMAS challenged established canons of academic tradition. Highlights their advanced explorative p
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) was one of the most significant and influential architects in history. His designs and buildings—to say nothing of his thought and writing—contin
Though the effects of climate change are more visible every year, it is still largely not a tangible phenomenon in day-to-day life—which is one of the reasons it’s hard to galvanize action
Very few architects are equally prolific in theory and design, and Austrian Hermann Czech is one of the few. Over the course of six decades, he has created a widely recognized body of built work while
From 2008 to 2014, ETH Studio Basel, under the guidance of Roger Diener and Marecl Meili, has been investigating the process of urbanization taking place outside cities. Territory brings together the
As a child, architect Arna Mackic experienced firsthand the Bosnian civil war, and with her family she fled her native country for the Netherlands. In 1999, she was able to visit bosnia and the city o
Josef Frank (1885–1967) ranks among Europe’s most significant architects of the twentieth century, and his designs for furniture and textiles have made him one of the eminent figures of modernist inte
The Friendship Centre in Gaibandha, Bangladesh, was built for the local NGO Friendship, which provides services for poor citizens of the region. Built by Dhaka-based architect Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
Paulo Providencia is an architect who occupies a special place in contemporary Portuguese architecture, and he is recognized by many as one of the leaders of the generation following Eduardo Souto de
The Structure explores the work of Mahendra Raj, India’s most significant structural engineer. Examining Raj’s sixty prolific years of practice, this volume looks at his unusually inventive and intuit
Inaki Abalos and Juan Herreros established the renowned architectural firm Abalos and Herreros in Madrid in the 1980s. At the time, following the end of the Franco regime, architects were more highly
After nearly two decades of appropriating the Internet’s virtual public space, people are once again taking to the real public space of streets and squares to voice their opinions. Recent political mo
The Atelier de la Conception de l’Espace (ALICE), affiliated with the School of Architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, is an educational facility focusing on preparing students
Featuring previously unpublished material, an exploration of the spaces created by interventions in urban and rural landscapes and captured by internationally recognised architectural photographer Gis
In this first book to collect the achievements of 4a Architekten, Wolfgang Bachmann presents a selection of seventeen projects that exemplify the firm’s work along with more than three hundred plans a
