Architecture - Buildings - Residential

Old Town Style showcases Alexandria's historic homes through rich stories and stunning photos, blending past and present in a tribute to timeless architecture and design. Step beyond Old Town Alexandria's historic brick facades and gas lamps to discover a world of timeless architectural beauty...

The first English translation of Kazuo Shinohara's landmark book on twentieth-century Japanese architecture. Kazuo Shinohara's (1925-2006) book Residential Architecture is considered one of the most significant pieces of writing on Japanese architecture of the late twentieth century. First published in Japan in 1964 as...

A meticulously researched and profusely illustrated celebration of Michigan Architecture.Author: John GallagherISBN-10: 098161440XISBN-13: 9780981614403Publisher: DistributedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2008Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.96lbsSize: 10.70h x 9.40w x 0.87d

For most, home is a sanctuary, a safe abode to retreat from the bustle of life. For the last six decades, this is what HDB has provided for millions of Singaporeans, helping them realise their dreams of owning a home. But the work never...

This monograph explores the whole host of influences from Mies van der Rohe, to Richard Neutra, to Rafeal Moneo. Strong, and explicit, these outside references are both conscious and deliberate while simultaneously contradictory and perhaps even random. In his work Rahola revisits the places...

Jean Prouvé began to design portable and demountable barracks for the French army during the Second World War. After the war, the French government commissioned Prouvé to design inexpensive, effective housing for the newly homeless, prompting him to perfect his patented axial portal frame...

Jean Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret's BCC Demountable House is part of the series of projects initiated in 1939 that center on the construction principle of the axial portal frame, created by Prouvé in 1938. The several examples of this small wooden building that were...

The house that Rubens built a few years after his return to Antwerp from Italy, and where he lived to the end of his life, was for the most part lost during the course of alterations carried out over the years. Two original parts...

The story of the building of an iconic mid-century housing estate, that is often seen as the model for housing architecture. Fully illustrated with commissioned photography of the interiors and exteriors, archive images and newly commissioned writing by leading architectural historians, plus interviews with...

A fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and the diverse housing styles of the twentieth and twenty-first century. This book showcases 100 houses - one from each year from 1914 - that represent the range of architectural styles throughout the years and show how...

Situated at the center of Liverpool is this fascinating house, home between 1947 and 1988 to photographer Edward Chambré Hardman and his wife Margaret. The house contains the studio where most of his photographs were taken and the darkroom where they were developed and...

A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them. Shropshire is the largest English inland county, and has a wide variety of important landed country houses, with...

Nineteen stunning houses by Latin America's most innovative architects.Author: Mercedes DaguerreISBN-10: 1780750005ISBN-13: 9781780750002Publisher: Phaidon PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/2012Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 3.15lbsSize: 11.50h x 9.30w x 1.00d

Places like attics, yards, and basements all seem rather dreary and uninteresting. But they aren't nearly as boring asyou might think! All you need are these handy guides and your imagination to turn any spot into a zone of extraordinary fun.Author: Eric BraunISBN-10: 1644664224ISBN-13:...

A visual celebration of New York's Legendary summer retreat as the vanguard of residential design todayThere are few places in the United States that have experienced as many waves of American modernism as Long Island's East End, long known as a haven for the...

An alluring overview to the thirty-year, award-winning output of Brininstool + Lynch, whose rigor, vision, and elegance has distinguished their diverse projects since its founding. Brad Lynch and David Brininstool of Chicago-based Brininstool + Lynch feature their most exemplary built works from over the...

Architectural Digest Top 100 interior designer Penny Drue Baird's rooms are universally admired for their seamless weaving of past and present. From luxurious Manhattan apartments and a jewel-toned Parisian pied-à-terre, to family homes in Connecticut and New Jersey, and a whimsical Bucks County barn,...

A survey of houses designed by Steven Ehrlich, an award-winning architect whose work combines modernist forms with concepts and details drawn from North and West AfricaResidential design forms the core of Steven Ehrlich's award-winning architectural practice. Sixteen houses are presented here, designs characterized by...

Sleeve Shakings is a collection of editorial features published in the North Hills Monthly Magazine, the first year of an ongoing series addressing architectural issues of the home. List of essays included: Icicle Lightsabers Bumps in the Night The Shrinkage of Space Affordance for...

Casa Construction aims to teach people in the construction industry the English or Spanish they need to better communicate, and better their construction knowledge. More than an English-Spanish dictionary of construction terms, Casa Construction is a guidebook to understanding residential construction concepts in both...

Communal living comes in many forms. Although we'd all like to forget the absolute failure of past attempts, there exists a much more refined and high-tech version that can be quite amazing to learn about. When done correctly, living communally can dramatically lower our...

Explore the timeless beauty of French vernacular architecture in "Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, No. 10, Oct 1895: French Farmhouses." This meticulously prepared print republication offers a fascinating glimpse into late 19th-century architectural design and history. Delve into detailed illustrations and insightful...

A richly photographed book showcasing the homes and gardens of Pasadena.At Home Pasadena is the first book to showcase the range and diversity of the San Gabriel Valley's renowned homes and gardens. With lush color photographs and evocative text, the book celebrates how Pasadenans...

A lavish volume on the work of Mexican architect Carlos Herrera, who is known for beautifully sited houses that dissolve boundaries between indoors and outdoors. This beautiful monograph is the first book in English on Carlos Herrera, a prolific architect with built work throughout...

This Is Not a House takes a close look at spaces that reformulate the idea of what "home" means, in innovative houses in cities around the globe. This Is Not a House showcases recent projects that represent the vanguard of architects creating innovative spaces...

A lavish volume on the stunning interiors and houses of contemporary Mexican architect Miguel Ángel Aragonés. This beautiful monograph is the first book in English on Miguel Ángel Aragonés, a prolific architect known for his modernist sensibilities and artistic and creative use of lighting,...

This richly illustrated volume explores the character of pre-1940 domestic and agricultural buildings in the towns and rural landscapes of southern New Jersey, Delaware, and coastal Maryland and Virginia. Winner of the Fred Kniffen Prize from the Pioneer America Society From the eighteenth-century single-room...

This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of the bishop's residence in the urban centers of northern Italy over the Middle Ages, Maureen C. Miller asks why this once...

Internationally acclaimed architect, Avi Friedman recounts the genesis and development of his project, the Grow Home. In this illustrated guide, he describes the conception of these modest homes and details their construction, showing how the design has been adapted for prefabrication to meet the...

The amazing stories behind the rescue and restoration of 100 Scottish castlesIs there any other architectural form that is more universally loved than the castle? This book is a beautifully illustrated celebration and account of the renaissance of Scottish castles that has taken place...

Author: John LinISBN-10: 1943532796ISBN-13: 9781943532797Publisher: Applied Research & DesignLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/12/2021Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.70w x 0.60d

Author: Hannes Bäuerle,Claudia MillerISBN-10: 3955531813ISBN-13: 9783955531812Publisher: DetailLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2014Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 9.40h x 10.10w x 0.80d

Author: Christian SchittichISBN-10: 3764374896ISBN-13: 9783764374891Publisher: BirkhauserLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/23/2006Pages: 176Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.70lbsSize: 11.90h x 9.20w x 0.80d

What do we make at home? At a time when working from home has almost become the norm, Home Made - Create, Produce, Live looks at how the professional and the private meet in the heart of the home. Bringing work back into the...

Based on the findings of an interdisciplinary research project, Transcultural Modernisms maps out the network of encounters, transnational influences, and local appropriations of an architectural modernity manifested in various ways in housing projects in India, Israel, Morocco, and China. Three case studies, realized in...

Individualistic and oppositional in comparison to other post-World War II architectural achievements, the design of Hölzinger's buildings is very distinctive. The playful elements of postmodernism are as alien to his work as the functionalism of New Building. Because of his association with Hermann Goepfert,...

The team Karle and Buxbaum renovated the post-war Modernist building in Germany, breaking up the old cell structure to make larger units, thus restoring its former chrisma.Author: Klaus HonoldISBN-10: 3930698501ISBN-13: 9783930698509Publisher: Axel MengesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/2003Pages: 60Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.76lbsSize: 12.28h x 11.26w x 0.45d

A 'vessel for living' - such were the words Glenn Adamson used to describe this remarkable residence. Richard Meier designed the Grotta home to house Sandra and Louis Grotta's collection of contemporary studio jewelry and significant works in wood, ceramic and fibre. The building...

The architectural design process often starts with a practical interpretation of a theme; the object becomes the associative raw material for the architectural design. Werkstücke considers this stage of the process, compiling sketches of the objects that will eventually become homes.Author: Bettina KrausISBN-10: 3868594639ISBN-13:...

This book elegantly traces the genesis of David Chipperfield's extension for the Kunsthaus Zürich. David Chipperfield's new building for the Kunsthaus Zürich now stands in all its splendor on Zurich's Heimplatz, opposite the old museum building of 1910 designed by Karl Moser. Its opening...

In architecture, nothing is ever truly new; everything has been tried before. And nowhere is this more evident than in the architecture of housing. Each proffered solution to a specific architectural problem is actually an amalgam of predecessors' ideas and new approaches, which itself...

What will architecture be like in the coming years and decades? Who are the future protagonists? What will be their goals and what values will they represent? This title presents architects ranging in age from their mid-twenties to their mid-forties who with a few...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the department store developed from markets and urban arcades, from which the shopping mall evolved in the post-war period. The operators of department stores and shopping centers are coming under increasing pressure from the competition of the...

Claudius Fruehauf, Guillaume Henry and Carlos Viladoms have different backgrounds, but run the Lausanne office together. Since 2008, all three of them have won a conspicuous number of competitions. Among their fully-realized constructions are a housing development with a very urban atmosphere, including a...

Housing of exceptional quality has been developed in the greater Zurich area since the mid-1990s. Public funding, the high standard of the competition culture and a vibrant architectural scene has resulted in a rich field of experimentation for good residential architecture. The approximately 500-page...

Marc Held made history in 1965 with his famous Culbuto armchair and followed it in 1966 with furniture manufactured by Prisunic. Over a period of fifty years, he created some 150 furniture pieces, notably participating in the interior design of the apartments in the...

The first monograph of renowned architect and interior designer Thomas Griem, featuring projects in London (5 projects), Hong Kong (2), Paris, Mallorca (3) and Ibiza. Thomas opened TG Studio in 2011 and this new book is a testament to the success of the studio's...

Published in conjunction with the tenth year of the New York-based showhouse Holiday House, the book highlights the best and brightest rooms by over 75 of the world's top interior designers. Holiday House: Ten Years of Decorating for a Cure is a celebration of...

Self-Build Homes connects the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on self-build with commentary from leading international figures in the self-build and wider housing sector. Author: Michaela BensonISBN-10: 1911576887ISBN-13: 9781911576884Publisher: UCL PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/27/2017Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d

The American House is an exceedingly diverse collection of contemporary residential designs in the United States. This book follows the successful title European House, likewise a gorgeous collection of new residential architecture. The American House contains cutting-edge residential designs by leading architects from across...