As Found Houses is a guide to the surprising design decisions found in the domestic architecture of rural China and a resource for thinking about contemporary design.

Die Vorfertigung von Bauteilen, Räumen oder ganzen Bauten ist eine attraktive Option für Bauherren, die eine schnellere, kostengünstigere und qualitativ hochwertige Wohnlösung suchen. Die Gestaltungsfreiheit moderner Systembauweisen steht konventionellen Baumethoden inzwischen in nichts nach. Ermöglicht durch technologische Fortschritte erfahren modulare Bauweisen einen bemerkenswerten Boom überall auf der Welt.

Neben industriell arbeitenden Firmen sind es zunehmend auch innovative Arch...

Magnificent Libraries Around the World. This journey to the grandest and most beautiful libraries of the world will make you fall in love with books all over again.

Almost all texts of this anthology revolves around this same topic: drawing. There are subtle variations in the inception and focus of each of the seventeen texts but, as a whole, the book can be read as a continuous monologue that keeps going back to that same core idea, almost compulsively. Flores & Prats believe in the capacity of drawing by hand to generate multiple and complex strata of knowledge about a space or a place, so they use it to guide the successive steps in their design p...

A deluxe presentation of thirty architects with their latest dream house projects in Europe, Asia and the USA.

The Sonneveld House in Rotterdam is one of the best preserved examples of Dutch Functionalist domestic architecture. It was built in 1933 to a design by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt, an architectural practice that acquired international fame with its designs for the Van Nelle Factory, the Van der Leeuw House and Feyenoord Stadium, all three in Rotterdam. The Sonneveld House, now a museum, was originally built for one of the Van Nelle directors, A.H. Sonneveld.

An unusual feature of the Sonnevel...

Architect Hugh Maaskant (1907-1977) heeft een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de moderne Nederlandse architectuur. Hij ontwierp vooruitstrevende, complexe, grootschalige gebouwen met metropolitane allure, zoals het Groothandelsgebouw en de Euromast in Rotterdam en de pier van Scheveningen.Hugh Maaskant geldt als godfather en voorloper van de generatie van Winy Maas (MVRDV), Adriaan Geuze (West 8), Willem Jan Neutelings en Rem Koolhaas. Toch was hij lange tijd ondergewaardeerd. Provoost beschrijft...

Migration is one of the most pressing and complex spatial urban challenges in Europe today. Observing how newcomers, such as labour migrants, refugees, border crossers sans papiers, and asylum seekers are accommodated, we must conclude that at present not a single urban strategy convincingly enables us to receive new arrivals at the heart of our societies and cities. People are being stored in overcrowded refugee settlements on Greek islands, in squalid basement apartments in central Athens, ...

Amsterdam Architecture is the ideal guide for every visitor who wants to get to know Amsterdam's unique architecture better. This handbook covers the architectonic history of the capital city of The Netherlands from the Middle Ages down through today, and includes over 450 buildings from the past and present, which are to be found both in the old city centre and in the outer neighbourhoods. This seventh edition includes the most recent construction projects in the still-growing city. Of cours...

The first of a unique series of translations of Scamozzi's L'Idea della Architettura Universale. The northern Italian architect, Vincenzo Scamozzi, (1548-1616) designed a number of important palaces, villas and churches in and around Vicenza, Padua and Venice. In addition, he completed a comprehensive study of ancient classical architecture. including the possibilities for its application in a modern context. The first edition of the book was published in 1615. Scamozzi distinguishes himself ...