It is well known that architecture has the potential to support and promote ideological propaganda. In the totalitarian regimes of twentieth-century Europe, political leaders clearly understood that potential and knew ...

An in-depth look at the influence of Zaha Hadid's pedagogy on her practice and the architecture field The first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and the designer of ...

This book takes a new look at the eclectic work of Dominique Coulon; his production of public buildings illustrates the complexity of his architectural approach. Dominique Coulon plays with context, ...

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 ...

In the world of interior design, mid-century Modernism has left an indelible mark still seen and felt today in countless open-concept floor plans and spare, geometric furnishings. Yet despite our ...

Despite the growing interest in Africa, the continents built environment is still largely unfamiliar in many parts of the world. The seven volumes of the Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide form ...

Tracey Emin (b. 1963) has long claimed that Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was the artist who had inspired her the most. In her formative years as an artist, it was the ...

Historically, women architects were disappointingly absent in the news and at awards ceremonies, but now they are spearheading some of the most exciting and important projects in every corner of ...

The Meadows Museum, founded by Algur H. Meadows, boasts one of the finest collections of Spanish art outside Spain. This impressive handbook presents the breadth of the museum's holdings, which ...

Italian architect and designer Carlo Mollino (1905-73) is known to many for his furniture designs. Although none of Mollinos designs were mass-produced, they command high prices among collectors of twentieth-century ...

Digital architecture - the use of computer modelling, programming, simulation, and imaging to create both virtual forms and physical structures - is increasingly popular in architecture all over the world. ...

Modernist fans will want to dive right into the pages of this guide to remarkable buildings designed by famous architects from Alvar Aalto to Charlie Zehnder. Featuring over 130 unique ...

Kurt Schwitters was a major protagonist in the histories of modern art and literature, whose response to the contradictions of modern life rivals that of Marcel Duchamp in its importance ...

he monograph on Egon Schiele edited by Rudolf Leopold in 1972 forms the basis for Egon Schieles world fame. This important document of art-historical literature has long been out of ...

This magnificent book sheds new light on the celebration and uses of marble in art and literature and on the iconic potential of the stone. With 240 color illustrations, it ...

Cet ouvrage clôt lensemble des événements ayant eu lieu à loccasion de « Picasso-Méditerranée ». Son contenu retranscrit les sujets de réflexion exhumés et développés au cours des expositions et ...

The area of focus of the first international, interdisciplinary conference on Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, one of the most important artist personalities of the twentieth century, lay on fundamental questions of ...

In the art of the Italian Renaissance, the subject of the Madonna with Child was chosen for pictures more frequently than any other. Raphaels paintings are regarded as some of ...

Ryue Nishizawa: SHOCHIKUCHO HOUSE Katsufumi Kubota: HO-HOUSE Hirotaka Kidosaki: Nanjo Villa MONADNOCK Hirotaka Kidosaki: Ferryman's Hut Kimiyoshi Sasaki + Takayuki Bamba: House O Kohei Kudo: Villa in Narayama Taiga Kasai ...

Editado por Jorge Sainz, Norman Foster. Sketchbooks 1975-2020 es el primer título de una recopilación de varios volúmenes que siguen la obra de Norman Foster en décadas cronológicas. Esta serie ...