The world’s best buildings created from 1950 to the present, dissected and analysed through specially commissioned freehand drawings.

Smart-lighting design is a rapidly growing area of interactive and cross-disciplinary design that is defining new practices in the profession. This book focuses on the projects that use light to animate architecture and media screens; new forms of lighting in industrial zones and public areas, and interactive installations in urban spaces.

An expertly written and exquisitely photographed study of the buildings of Victor Horta, a figure of central significance to Art Nouveau and to the origins of modernism in architecture and interior design.

The definitive overview of and ultimate resource on the iconic architect-designed houses built in Japan from 1945 to the present. The Japanese House Since 1945 is a cohesive chronology of iconic Japanese houses, presenting 100 architect-designed homes to show developments in form, material, architectural expression and family living over almost eight decades.

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated history of the paints and colours used over three centuries of interior decoration.

Universal Principles of Architecture is a concise, visual introduction to 100 of the most fundamental elements of architecture.

With their original approach to space, light, well-thought simplicity and functionality, Nordic interior designers and architects have set the trends for comfortable, modern lifestyle for decades. This book takes you to some of the most recent and outstanding interiors across Scandinavia - both in cities and in the countryside - and introduces you to private houses that are inspired by the best of local traditions, yet with a twist of contemporary aesthetics reflecting in the palette of soft ...