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This volume is the first comprehensive monograph on the Swiss architects E2A. Brothers Piet and Wim Eckert see their work as an interpretation of contemporary living conditions. In todays context, ...

American architect Hank Schubart was regarded as a genius for finding the perfect site for a house and for integrating its design into the natural setting, so that his houses ...

Chile lleva años proponiendo nuevos modos producción arquitectónica desde un lugar pequeño y hasta ahora periférico respecto a los tradicionales centros de producción contemporánea. Arquitectos de la talla de Mathias ...

This issue is devoted to the work of French architects Lacaton &Vassal (Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal). In order to fully capture their architectural and urban concerns in one volume, ...

A comprehensive, eye-opening first monograph on French-Swiss architect Philippe Meier and his firm MAA, covering 90 projects (almost all built) since 1988. Meier's work combines an impeccable modernist aesthetic with ...

Esta obra trata sobre uno de los principales proyectos históricos de intervención sobre el cauce del río Guadalquivir a su paso por Sevilla, elaborado con el objeto de eliminar sus ...

This issue covers each of the 42 houses designed by Atelier Bow-Wow, a practice established by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima. To illustrate the idea of 'House Genealogy, all projects ...

En 1998 estábamos tratando de decidir presentarnos al concurso para la T4 de Barajas. Recuerdo discusiones bastante subidas de tono acerca de la conveniencia de presentar un proyecto o no. ...

Metals, as surface or structure, play a role in nearly every strain of modern architecture. Non-architectural metals in the form of automobiles and hard goods are the engines of our ...

In architectural modernism, wood has never been regarded as avant-garde; instead it has been perceived as sentimental, steady, traditional. Not so for the Berlin architectural office of Kaden Klingbeil. Since ...

Illustrated with photographs, this book offers a fresh vision of the Mediterranean, past and future, linking cultural diversity and natural balance as discovered in its gardens, landscape design, literature, art ...

Over the last few decades, Iranian architects have made a significant contribution to architectural design. This has, however, remained largely unrecognised internationally, as architects in Iran have had little exposure ...

This volume, Metals, deals with the conservation of a group of materials that have been used in buildings for everything from structural components and fixings to weatherproofing, repairs, and decoration. ...

This volume, Mortars, Renders and Plasters, provides a broad perspective of contemporary conservation theory and practice not otherwise found in one publication, describing the history, physical properties, and deterioration of ...

This volume, Timber, deals with wide-ranging use of the material in historic buildings, from vast structural timber-frames through to high-class joinery and simple fixings. Particular attention is paid to how ...