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
The photographs taken by Michele Nastasi of L’Aquila after the earthquake lay the city implacably bare as a place where it has become impossible to live: a deserted and surreal landscape, choked with
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
In the Age of Environment, the scale waste management is geographic all while often relegating such undesired matter to invisibility as "matter out of place." Geographies of Trash re
The Clares, practicing architecture on the far side of the world, approach their work with a philosophical position that produces beautiful, climatically responsive, low-impact, environmentally sensit
Toward Total Performance chronicles forty years of architecture at Booth Hansen, a distinguished firm deeply rooted in the architectural tradition of Chicago. With Laurence Booth, FAIA, as design prin
Imagine the most extreme urban environment on earth—a place three times as dense as Manhattan, enveloped in a constant flow of water, beset by a relentless stream of rural migrants, plagued by annual
An investigation into how place and context affects critical design development in an architectural site related programme. Architects were shortlisted for this project for their particular (and somet
The publishing industries’ production of ubiquitous volumes on “StArchitects” does little to inform society the benefits good architecture can have on our everyday lives. The small, regional architect
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
MAD works in forward-looking environmentsdeveloping futuristic architecture based on acontemporary interpretation of the eastern spiritof nature. All of MAD's projects - from residentialcomplexes or o
XXL-XS represents the emerging discipline of ecological design by assembling a wide range of innovators with diverse interests. Geo-engineering, synthetic biology, construction site co-robotics, low-e
This richly illustrated book presents the exhibits and curatorial visions of the 2015 Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (UABB), organized around the theme, Re-Living the City. It highligh
The main reason for this book is to offer another point of view the way Barcelona is read. A tribute to scale, territory, nature and architecture. A complete vision of the evolution of a city that kno
The book talks about the design and construction of the building 774 at CERN. The building 774 is a unique building both for its architectural value and for its location. Located in front of of the CC
Vision of recent buildings and projects from one of the most outstanding European architectural practices, also presented from a multilayered critic panel. to 2015, divided in types and thoroughly exp
CAZA: 2011-15, the inaugural monograph of the Brooklyn-based design studio CAZA, celebrates the first five years of the firm, and includes photographs, drawings, building descriptions, essays, and con
Landscape Tunings foregrounds design as mediator between the community and the riverbanks through its civic, ecologic and micro-climatic a ordances. e book unpacks the design process (bottom-up) and
Sluminsider is a choral narrative that attempts to reveal the complexity of the slum of Mathare, one of the biggest shantytowns in Nairobi. The project of expansion of a street school, the Why Not Jun
