Combine concrete's stoicism with luscious vegetative environments and you get to the language of tropical modernism. In continuity with its founding principles from the mid 20th century, today's architectural visionaries renew the use of raw materials, such as exposed concrete, to explore functionality rather than aesthetics.

No matter if works are created in total symbiosis with the tropical landscape or surrounded by flourishing nature, Concrete Jungle presents the dichotomy of the rough ma...

An in-depth study of Russian architecture in the 20th century, through the work of Russian avant-garde architect Boris Velikovsky and featuring previously unpublished plans and photographs.

Beloved and contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, this book examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself.

A superb guide to the recently constructed National Museum of Qatar, leading the vistor through the magnificent collection within the museum’s extraordinary new space.

A new edition of the classic introduction to art since the end of the Second World War.

Presents over 100 of the world’s most significant residential buildings, now published in a compact format to create a handy resource for all lovers and enthusiasts of house design.

A penetrating book on colour theory and the humanexperience of colour with technical tools, simple rules andpractical advice about how we can understand and usecolours in our homes, presented in an easy-to-read andunderstandable way.