Willem van Tijen (Wormerveer 1894 – Heemstede 1974) was een visionaire architect. Hij was een pionier van het nieuwe bouwen, stond met zijn Rotterdamse architectenbureau aan de wieg van de sociale woningbouw en werd beeldbepalend voor het Nederlandse bebouwde landschap. Velen hebben zijn woonwijken, galerijflats, standaardwoningen, scholen en bejaardentehuizen gekend of zullen zich die herinneren. Ze hadden een diepgaande impact op het naoorlogse leven en wonen, waarbij de architect steeds ...

The Architecture Observer offers an overview of different forms of modern architecture in Central America since the outset of the 20th century. Although modern architectures constituted only a small percentage of the total building production in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, they hold in these countries an evident symbolic significance. Such buildings functioned as models for the desired societal, economic, and cultural changes, or as aspirational placeh...

A major overview of the most innovative, ambitious and beautiful houses on the Indian subcontinent.

Explores specific categories of materials glass and ceramic, altered naturals, high-performance composites, digitally fabricated metals and polymer films applied to an extensive range of projects, from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision to the Ordos Art and City Museum in Mongolia.

The first major survey of contemporary apartment buildings that foster a sense of community while giving every resident an inspiring place to live.

A dazzling showcase of the best contemporary residential projects across Central and South America.