BIRKHAUSER VERLAG A.G.

Whether we like a room or not largely depends on the design of the color landscape that we perceive when we enter the room. What is the key? In what ...

The publication rethinks climate control - a key concern of the discipline of architecture - through the lens of city climate phenomena over the course of the 20th century. Based ...

Giuseppe Pizzigoni, architect of classical and postwar modernism in northern Italy, owes his reputation to his connections with the Novecento movement, his independence from fascism, and his interest in innovative ...

Architecture and freehand drawing are inextricably linked. Even in the Gothic period, the principle applied: what you can't build, you at least draw. The same applies to the sketches of ...

Peter Rowe and Yun Fus second volume on the modernization of architecture in the Far East deals with Southeast Asia and Austronesia, including the 12 nation states of Vietnam, Cambodia, ...

This carefully curated catalog celebrates the rich detail in the work of Aino, Elissa, and Alvar Aalto. Every support, railing, and handle is the result of intensive formal and functional ...

Modernism is the most defining architectural expression of the 20th century-a movement that transformed built environments around the world in an unprecedented way. Many of these buildings are in need ...

The book is a guide for students and teachers to understand the need for, the role of and the methods and techniques of freehand analytical sketching in architecture. The presentation ...

Founded in 2008, the French-Lebanese firm of Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates has a delicate signature that takes the regional context as its starting point in developing an individual architectural ...

This set of four volumes on steel design by Terri Meyer Boake comprises both an overall approach for understanding how architects design and build with steel, as well as cutting-edge ...

A multimedia exploration of the morphology of architecture in the American Southwest as defined by evolving modes of transportation. In examining advances in transportation, the book asks how we have ...

How can architecture create a pleasant indoor climate using construction techniques and as little technology as possible? Researchers from four different departments at the Technical University of Munich joined forces ...

ERICH MENDELSOHN BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS

RESILIENT CITY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture Fourth and revised edition

Seit 20 Jahren bearbeiten Bernhard Winking und Martin Froh in Europa und China das gesamte Spektrum architektonischer und städtebaulicher Aufgaben. Mit ihrer preisgekrönten Sanierung der Spiegel-Insel sowie der Ergänzung der ...

Adaptive reuse is a design practice where changes in the building structure go along with new programs and functions. Many concerns of the day that are the hallmark of current ...

François Valentiny and Hubert Hermann founded their studio shortly after graduating from the University of Applied Arts Vienna where they both studied under Wilhelm Holzbauer. Soon after, they staked out ...