Architectuurgeschiedenis

Bouwen zonder scrupuleslaat zien hoe de Nederlandse bouwwereld zich tijdens de bezetting vrijwillig en op grote schaal heeft laten inschakelen door de

Serves as a guide to vital features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. This work describes twenty types of buildings; and includ

The first global history of architecture to give equal attention to Western and non-Western structures and built landscapes, Architecture since 1400 i

"An in-depth history of the Stalinist skyscraper"--

The Hidden Rules of Architecture: how to build world-class, award winning, creative, innovative, sustainable, liveable and beautiful spaces that foste

The Front Room: Diaspora Migrant Aesthetics in the Home, originally published in 2009, has become a beloved and much-praised source, providing fascina

Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline’s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzke

A Financial Times Best Book of the YearA Guardian Best Architecture Book of the Year“Sharp, revealing, funny.”—The Guardian“An original and even occas

Seine Arbeit gilt zu Recht als außergewöhnlich. Mit einer weltumspannenden Karriere über sechs Jahrzehnte schöpft Norman Foster, einer der einflussrei

A building by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is at once unmistakably individual, and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional underst

Het oeuvre van Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856-1934) is een fundament van het Nederlands cultureel erfgoed. In de loop van de tijd is zijn bekendheid all

In De droom van Odysseus komen ruim dertig eeuwen aan cultuur en geschiedenis rond de Middellandse Zee tot leven – de auteur verweeft verhalen, mythes

How did the landscape now known as Amsterdam look before there was an Amsterdam? Why is the Jordaan so different from the ring canals? Is Central Stat

This book includes a foreword which sets Mien's work within the wider context, as well as interviews with gardening experts and landscape architects w

Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture   Archite

One of the most enduring and pervasive myths about modernist architecture is that it was white—pure white walls both inside and out. Yet nothing could

The global boom in skyscrapers-why it's happening now, how they're made, and what they do to cities and people.

While often seen as unplanned or spontaneous, informal settlement is better understood as a mode of production: a co-evolution of architecture, urban

How workers fought for municipal socialism to make cities around the globe livable and democratic - and what the lessons are for today

"An in-depth history of the Stalinist skyscraper"--