Due to the rapid growth of population within China, there is an ever-increasing need for landscape design. And a new generation is attending China’s Universities, eager to improve the living environme
Architecture is doomed to a permanent process of reinvention, which produces constitutionally partial, transient and questionable truths. Much of its charm lies precisely in its instability, which ins
Curzio Malaparte's house in Capri is the core of a dense, illustrated narration - a pretext for generating a thousand other architectures. By uctuating between truth, interpretation and fabrication,
Mexico City became one of the centers of architectural modernism in the Americas in the first half of the twentieth century. Invigorated by insights drawn from the first published histories of Mexican
Rise of the Modern Hospital is a focused examination of hospital design in the United States from the 1870s through the 1940s. This understudied period witnessed profound changes in hospitals as they
1970–90 entwickelte sich die als Postmoderne bekannte Reaktion auf die funktionalistische Moderne. Architektur sollte der Tradition eine identitätsstiftende Form geben. Diese Entwicklung stellte die K
"There's a secret trapdoor, a kind of magic key into every project," says Bartholomew Voorsanger, whose life and work are chronicled in UNFOLDED, How Architecture Saved My Life". The book, by award-wi
Skyscrapers—up close and personal: A testament to the New York we once knew and still loveReinhart Wolf (1930–1988) had the unique ability to make every picture essential. He approached each of his su
Contemporary Architecture Made in Germany : From the first sketch to turnkey solutions. The success of a building project depends on many factors that vary from good design to efficiently organised co
"Motherland and Progress" ("Haza és haladás") – the motto of the 19th-century Hungarian reformers reflected the programme the country embraced in its drive to define its identity and shape its future.
Scholars have long explored the problem of ornament and expression when considering Viennese modernism. By the first decade of the 20th century, however, the avant-garde had shifted its focus from the
"These 53 magnificent drawings by a distinguished architect recapture landmarks of colonial America. Originally published in 1922, Otto Reinhold Eggers' portfolio of pencil sketches depicts historic s
The late bloomerThough Louis Isidore Kahn (1901–1974) started his career late in his life, the few projects he was able to undertake were realized to perfection. With the Jonas Salk Institute in La Jo
Along with plan and elevation, section is one of the essential representational techniques of architectural design; among architects and educators, debates about a project's section are common and oft
Expanding Disciplinarity in Architectural Practice presents an argument for the role of an architect as a generalist with a particular ability to bring spatial intelligence to bear on the significant
Expanding Disciplinarity in Architectural Practice presents an argument for the role of an architect as a generalist with a particular ability to bring spatial intelligence to bear on the significant
