Architecture - Buildings - Residential

Presents the interiors of 22 private residents from the UK, the US, Italy, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, designed by am designs. In their first monograph, am designs presents 22 private residences in Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, Italy, and France that...

There is an undeniable pull to high-rise homes: an intrinsic, almost primal draw to seeing the world from above, to inhabiting a space that holds you aloft, at once contained within its height and unbound by the vastness beyond. Penthouse Syndrome examines this condition,...

A manifesto for a new age of architecture, Plugin House presents innovative, sustainable, and community--driven solutions to the global housing crisis. Challenging conventional architectural practices, the book champions the prefabricated house as an affordable and practical way to address homelessness, housing scarcity, or gentrification....

The Nordic region is one of the most influential when it comes to the modern home. Nordic architects and designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and J rn Utzon played a key part in the development of Nordic modernism, with its unique sense...

Looking to buy a property in Dubai? Buying a property for the first time can be such an exciting process. But with so many options, rules, and things to consider, it could be quite challenging as well. Through this book, Anastasia shares general obstacles...

Stone House is an 1889 mansion with an architectural design based on two styles--the Richardsonian Romanesque and the Shingle Style, which was built on the prairie of Nebraska. The study of the architectural elements is presented in color photographs.Author: Virginia Llego LundISBN-10: 1426911025ISBN-13: 9781426911026Publisher:...

Author: Wim PauwelsISBN-10: 2875501623ISBN-13: 9782875501622Publisher: Beta-Plus PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2025Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 7.40lbsSize: 13.71h x 10.95w x 1.51d

A new edition of an award-winning book on three of Kazuo Shinohara's designs. 2025 marks the centenary of Kazuo Shinohara (1925-2006), one of the most distinguished and influential Japanese architects of the twentieth century. In homage, this stunning book, first published by Quart Verlag...

In an age when the world moves at an ever-quickening pace, the allure of the countryside feels more vital than ever. Country Retreats is a celebration of this enduring appeal, offering a rare glimpse into 36 extraordinary homes that embody both the romance and...

This is a detailed report from the Tenement House Department of the City of New York for the year 1917. Volume 9 offers a comprehensive look into the conditions of tenement housing in New York City during this period. The report likely contains statistical...

Most of those who build a house will do so only once in their lifetime. For this reason, it needs to be done right the first time. Even if you do not believe in traditional sciences like Vastu, you might still want to follow...

An inspiring, lavishly illustrated book about how artist Tom Gottsleben and his wife, Patty Livingston, spent years building and living in a 5-story spiral house made of stone Architects, landscape designers, and artists who explore metaphysical ideas in their work will be drawn to...

Thomas Archer is responsible for some of the most celebrated country houses, churches and garden buildings in this country, yet remains one of the most overlooked architects of this period. This new study of Archer's life and works reconsiders each of his designs afresh,...

Discover how an iconic modernist home was brought back to life through an ambitious restoration grounded in historical research and architectural integrity. This beautifully produced volume tells the story of La Nouvelle Maison, the fourth and final home of the Belgian architect Henry van...

Exercises and conversations from architects, interior designers and educators that reconsider our definitions of domesticity and the concept of homeDivided into two correlated parts--"Reflections" and "Exercises"--this book brings together 21 perspectives in the form of essays, conversation and interactive exercises to reconsider home as...

Discovering the elegance of contemporary country house architecture - where tradition meets modern design in stunning rural settingsCountry houses have always served as retreats for withdrawing, deceleration, and contemplation. The rural environment provides a refuge from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, seamlessly...

In his professional career of more than 60 years, Wu Liangyong has made significant contributions to the development of architecture and urban planning in China. This book explores the relationship between humans and environments, also with a view of the way out for human...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1839 Edition.Author: John Claudius LoudonISBN-10: 1169981267ISBN-13: 9781169981263Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 714Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.07lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.43d

Using an innovative architectural and social science approach, this book examines the political, economic, social, and spatial factors that affect cultural sustainability. Supported by a multiplicity of data including: field surveys, interviews with residents, architects, and planners, time diaries, drawings, photos, planning documents, observation...

After the success of his richly illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture (1833), which is also reissued in this series, the landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843) received a great deal of correspondence from interested readers. This prompted him and...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This book is an inspiring exploration of Sólheimar Ecovillage in Iceland, a pioneering community that embodies sustainability, social responsibility, and inclusivity.Cohousing expert Charles Durrett delves into the unique aspects of this ecovillage of about 100 residents, 45 of whom include those with developmental and...

Tired of feeling overwhelmed by sky-high contractor quotes, confusing permits, and cookie-cutter designs that don't fit your lifestyle? Dreaming of building your own barndominium but don't know where to start-or how to avoid expensive mistakes? This book is your complete roadmap. Building Your Barndominium...

Author: Wim PauwelsISBN-10: 2875501607ISBN-13: 9782875501608Publisher: Beta-Plus PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2025Pages: 624Format: Hardcover

The renowned designer invites readers into breathtaking homes where clean lines, bold traditionalism, and contemporary warmth coexist in perfect harmony. With a master's degree in architecture and a gift for human connection, the Houston-based designer approaches each house he designs with both precision and...

The largest house in America and an example of Gilded Age magnificence, Biltmore opens its doors for a tour of both its grand and belowstairs rooms in the first book on the iconic residence in more than thirty years. George W. Vanderbilt created one...

The aims of this work are to provide as complete a list as possible of all the timber, motte and bailey castles, built in the counties of Gwent and Ergyng, Wales, between AD 1050 and 1250. The list not only records number and place,...

Canberra's Diplomatic Corps had its beginnings in 1936 when the United Kingdom appointed their first High Commissioner to Australia. Soon after Canada and the United States followed. The United States built their embassy in the form of a southern mansion and started a trend...

What does our workplace look like when we no longer need to "go" to work?As organisations navigate a new frontier, struggling to stand out in today's hybrid and distributed world, how can we leverage one of our greatest assets? Our Work Place.The design of...

This book focuses on the relationship between buildings and our health and wellbeing, and by extension our quality of life. Author: Stephen EmmittISBN-10: 1032383755ISBN-13: 9781032383750Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2025Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d

A House in Japan examines the Japanese home as a site of architectural inquiry--an intimate scale through which ideas about space, structure, and domesticity are continually reimagined. In a context shaped by constraint, precision, and cultural continuity, the residential realm becomes a space of...

Dallas & the New Tradition explores Dallas's unique architectural history and celebrates Larry E. Boerder's vision of restoring the city's great revival past in a manner fit for the 21st century. Dallas & the New Tradition explores Dallas's unique architectural history and celebrates Larry...

Author: Mary MiersISBN-10: 0847830578ISBN-13: 9780847830572Publisher: Rizzoli International PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2009Pages: 484Format: HardcoverWeight: 6.21lbsSize: 11.32h x 11.18w x 1.49d

Exploring the latest advancements and showcasing projects that show just how beautiful and innovative prefab and modular dwellings can be.The prefabrication of modules, rooms or entire buildings is becoming increasingly important in the modern construction industry. It is an extremely attractive option for builders...

New Scottish Houses: Contemporary Architecture and Living in the Landscape brings together for the first time the best examples of contemporary rural houses in Scotland. Showcasing the new rural vernacular that has developed in Scotland over the past 20 years, it presents this rich...

Since its publication in the early 90s, Brenda Boardman's Fuel Poverty has been the reference text for those wishing to learn about this complex subject. In this, its successor, she turns a critical eye to the new millennium and finds that the situation, while...

The Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia: The Architectural Record, December 1935 is a book that documents the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, a historic town in Virginia, USA. The book was published by Architectural Record and it provides an in-depth look at the architectural...

The porch, whether simple or grand, evokes feelings of welcome, comfort, and nostalgia in all of us, yet there has been little published on the history of this omnipresent architectural feature. This book examines how porches in their many forms have evolved in the...

This study of the housing market in the San Francisco Bay Area offers insights into the challenges and opportunities facing builders and developers in a rapidly changing market. With case studies and analysis, Maisel shows how shifts in demographics, economics, and policy are affecting...

This publication presents five Swiss architects providing insight on their "good plans" with short texts and images: Elli Mosayebi (EMI Architekten); Jeannette Kuo (Karamuk Kuo Architects); Maria Conen (Conen Sigl Architekt: innen); Lütjens Padmanabhan (Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten); Philipp Esch (Esch -Sintzel Architekten). Apartment floor...

Beyond Walls: The Subtle Elegance of Japanese InteriorsLife in Japan - and therefore also the culture of living - oscillates between two very contrasting poles: on the one hand, the tranquility of country life, surrounded by the sounds of nature, with tatami mats, sliding...

Nordic Design as a Timeless Source of InspirationThe design culture of the Nordic countries is celebrated for its successful blend of minimalism, coziness, comfort, and beauty. Few places in the world approach housing with such intentionality, where architecture and interior design continually strive to...

Starting as an examination of space in Roman Pompeii, the author soon found the sheer architectural fabric of the city at odds with the rather simplistic explanations for it offered in the academic literature. This prompted a more rigorous exploration of the definition of...

A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture of evolving themes and concerns around the legibility and meaning of habitat and home for the individual, and the serious challenges that suburbia sets for literature.Author:...

This stunningly illustrated volume presents forty-five of the most interesting tropical houses of the last fifty years, surveying India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and northern Australia.Author Patrick Bingham-Hall sets the houses in context, arguing that climate, colonization, and modernism, as...

Performing Home is the first sustained study of the ways in which artists create artworks in, and in response to, domestic dwellings.In the context of growing interest in ideas and practices that cross between architecture, arts practice and performance, it is valuable to understand...

In Biophilic Visions, Ward Blake Architects explores its unbuilt projects, releasing them from the office archives and giving them a new life in print. Biophilic Visions: The Conceptual Works of Ward Blake Architects represents a large cross-section of the firm's work, from its beginnings...

Author: Wim PauwelsISBN-10: 2875501631ISBN-13: 9782875501639Publisher: Beta-Plus PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/13/2026Pages: 668Format: Hardcover

An engaging history of The University of Alabama President's MansionAs part of The University of Alabama's 175th anniversary celebration (2006), the new edition of A Mansion's Memories includes details of the tenures of the four presidents who have served since the Mathews term. Profusely...

Above the forest floor, a world of wonder awaits. Tree houses have always captured our imaginations--symbols of escapism, endless youthful summers, and a deep-rooted connection to nature. But today, they've evolved beyond childhood hideaways into architectural marvels that blend sustainability and cutting-edge design. So,...