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Mies van der Rohe's Breakthrough to Modernity War and destruction caused Villa Wolf, built between 1925 and 1927, to be largely forgotten. Yet this building, which is now to be rebuilt, is a key work...

Housing is the most omnipresent urban typology. Housing is also the essential architecture of the human condition. Perhaps more than any other architectural species, housing determines the ways...

This essential work of reference covers the spectrum of interior architecture in consultancies, pharmacies, and other medical facilities. Photographs, scale plans, and sketches illustrate 50...

This book presents the wide range of modern interior architecture in the areas of medical practice, out-patient departments, and other medical facilities, extensively documenting the most successful...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was an architect who communicated his ideas with the same disciplined restraint as he developed his buildings. This book is a heterogeneous collection of writings, speeches,...

From the 1920s onwards, Milan has become a laboratory of architecture due to architects such as Giuseppe Terragni, Gio Ponti and Giuseppe Pagano. Magazines such as Domus and Casabella were founded in...

This guide not only introduces the reader to popular tourist attractions in Minsk, it offers a comprehensive picture of all layers and aspects of the city. The architectural works presented range...

The orthodox concept of modernism, as it was passed on with little alteration from the 1920s to the post-war era, has been in a state of crisis for some time. This is especially clear to see in the...

Monterrey means mountain king, a name befitting its location surrounded by the Sierra Madre in north-eastern Mexico. It was founded in 1596 near the natural springs of Santa Lucia, a luscious oasis...

Moshe Zarhy, born in 1923 in Jerusalem, counts among the second generation of architects, who have contributed decisively to shaping the face of today's modern state of Israel. By his functional,...

Ce guide d'architecture pr?sente plus de 250 r?alisations, ?rig?es depuis 1898, se situant ? Paris et en banlieue. En dehors des sentiers battus, cette s?lection invite tout un chacun ? r??valuer...

Once upon a time a pharmacy was a small place with a cosy yet patrician air, where the all-knowing master of medicine would dispense pills, mix potions and generally perform the offices of a...

Prefabricated housing has long since ceased to mean the disfigurement of the urban landscape with monotonous grey boxes. Particularly in Central Europe and Russia, modern assembly methods and 100...

Anyone concerned with the history, tradition, and culture of our built environment will come across the term 'public humanities' sooner or later. At the interface between an academic discipline and...

This book is about renewing the city with room for people, about historical overlay and respect for the building traditions of the past, and about new architecture on a human scale. The book takes...

Discover the architectural wonders of Sarajevo, a city that bears the vivid scars of its complex history. From hosting the 1984 Winter Olympics to enduring a brutal civil war in the 1990s, the...

Sergey Chernyshev, one of the founders of Soviet urban planning, deservedly occupies a special place among the leading Russian architects of the 20th century. Chernyshev's large-scale designs...

Gathering a large group of academics, researchers, artists, architects, and urban planners, the publication Shrinking Cities in Romania is a pioneering initiative to raise awareness of an acute and...

As the byproduct of the Cold War, the space race produced a considerable number of objects disseminated in networks, not only in the East and West but also in the global South - rockets, launching...

This collector's album presents Moscow's architectural icons. With photographic precision, Denis Esakov captures the fifth fa?ade of the largest European metropolis: roofs, domes, and cube-like...

The Addis Ababa House: A Typological Analysis of Urban Heritage in Ethiopia1886-1936Author: NAPublisher: Dom PublishersPublication Date: May 21, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesBinding: Hardback or...

This title is about the life of architect Archibald and his daily struggle with his office colleagues, employees, clients, contractors, civil servants, consultants, architecture critics, and other...

This book highlights radical urban transformation in eight cities spread across continental Europe. The point of departure, and the foundation of European urbanisation, is the Roman colonial town. In...

The T?rten Project: Murder and Crime Mysteries from a Bauhaus Estate takes readers beyond the chaste white facades of the world-renowned Bauhaus Settlement by Walter Gropius. The book features 10...

From the record-breaking architecture of Dubai to the majestic gravitas of buildings found in Abu Dhabi, this book combines the diversity and complexity of the United Arab Emirates. However, the rich...

In the writing of urban design history of the twentieth century, functionalist and avant-garde models of the dissolution of the city are dominating. In contrast this book presents projects whose goal...

World Zoo and Aquarium Architecture Vol. 1 provides an overview of current trends in planning zoos and aquariums. As the curator of this series, the Institute of Zoo Architecture is committed to...

Wroclaw is one of the oldest cities in Poland with a long and turbulent history that is manifest on every corner. Throughout the ages, the city has been passed from hand to hand in many different...