Architecture
CONCRETE HOUSES: FORM, LINE, AND PLANE
Written by Weber, Cheryl
Robust and raw, concrete has been a rudimentary building material for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that architects have begun exploring its softer, tactile side in the design of houses. Concrete is durable, recyclable, and thermally efficient, and it goes up quickly compared to wood or metal framing.
BEACHSIDE: WINDSOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Written by Keller, Hadley
Tropical living at its most chic The planned community of Windsor, on a barrier island in Vero Beach, Florida, offers elegant-yet-casual seaside living at its best.
ROWDY MEADOW: HOUSE - LAND - ART
Written by Walker, Anne
An art-filled, Cubism-inspired house set in an extensive sculpture park Welcome to Rowdy Meadow, a visionary house that is a complete work of art--from its architecture, interior design, furnishings, and collection of contemporary art to its landscape architecture and private sculpture park. Inspired by Czech cubism, it is unlike any other house anywhere.
SCANDINAVIAN ARCHITECTURE
Scandinavian Architecture presents the most complete survey of Nordic architecture available today. Showcasing examples of public, domestic and commercial buildings, this beautiful volume exhibits how Scandinavian architects use their own resources and traditions, as well as adapting the styles of medieval, Renaissance, baroque and modern Europe.
CALIFORNIA STYLE: ARCHITECTURE ON THE EDGE IN PARADISE
California is an incubator for technological, multicultural, ecological thought, and a love for the outdoors. It should be no surprise then to see that California architecture embodies these influences in home design.
GREEN ARCHITECTURE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
For several decades the concepts of ecology and sustainability have generated highly influential currents of opinion in our society, and creating a greener future is at the forefront of today's architecture design.
ALDO ROSSI: THE URBAN FACT: A REFERENCE BOOK ON ALDO ROSSI
Written by Rossi, Aldo
Rossi's urban theory of "collective memory" interpreted through 23 architectural projects
ARCHITECTURE IN MEXICO, 1900-2010: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MODERNITY: WORKS, DESIGN AND THOUGHT
An authoritative, two-volume compendium of 20th- and 21st-century Mexican architecture
JAPAN: NATION BUILDING NATURE
A new history of modern Japanese architecture, from an environmental perspective
LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY: FROM MATERIAL TO ARCHITECTURE: BAUHAUSBÜCHER 14
The foundational curriculum of the Bauhaus as outlined by one of its foremost theorists
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