After years of experience in education, research, design and policy, Professor Marcel Smets, former Flemish Government Architect, compiles his insights on the city and urban design in a personal booklet.

In his search for the foundations of urban design, Marcel Smets puts forward thirty complementary pairs of concepts. He starts from archetypal settlement forms (ribbon and cluster, ladder and star), typifies morphological categories (street and road, island and archipelago) and highlights ch...

A design monograph series on Frank Lloyd Wright: a historical-critical essay discussing his life and work, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.

A fascinating new take on the architecture of Adjaye, exploring his approach to five building materials through his projects

‘The emphasis that Scandinavians place on the home being a source of happiness and wellbeing is one we identify with. We believe that everyone should have a home they don’t want to leave!’

Venice of a thousand reflections; Venice of silk, marble, mirror, and light. In an intimate and informed invitation to the city, Servane Giol guides us through a maze of canals, secluded campos, and narrow alleyways to meet some of Venice's most creative residents, opening the door to private historic palazzi, as well as more recently restored houses and apartments owned by a new generation of artists and designers drawn to Venice's radiant beauty, energy, and lifestyle. Whether it is in inte...

Residential architecture and landscape design projects in the USA desert states, highlighting unique design challenges and opportunities.

Twenty eight architects from Scandinavia present their latest projects involving residential, commercial and public buildings all characterised by Nordic flair.

This publication brings together for the first time Anish Kapoor's architectural projects and ideas that span the last 40 years. These are concepts that continue to inform all areas of Kapoor's artistic output, many of which have been realized in works that confound the distinctions between art and architecture, pushing architecture into radical new territory.

Kapoor's projects renegotiate the relationship not only between art and architecture but also between the very sense of space within o...