Architecture & Design

This book opens the doors to studios around the world and asks creatives what their workplaces say about them.

James Stirling and Michael Wilford realised a significant body of work during their partnership. Considered one of the most important international architectural practices of the twentieth century, Stirling and Wilford made an exceptional contribution to contemporary architecture. Young, radical and ...

The Good Gardener? Nature, Humanity, and the Garden illuminates both the foundations and after-effects of humanity's deep-rooted impulse to manipulate the natural environment and create garden spaces of diverse kinds.

The creation, history and near destruction of Notre-Dame - and the reconstruction controversy

An insight into university accommodation, featuring projects in the USA and Europe, including lavish photography.

A visual survey of some of the finest handmakers, the spaces in which they work and the products they create, Made By Hand is a remedy to mass production and a celebration of the return to artisan craft. At a time when owning handmade items is fashionable and economically friendly, this book captures the essence of what many are looking to explore.

Written with a sparkle matching Townley's own enthusiasm, this beautiful and engaging publication tells the story of 14 Queen Anne's Gate and examines the extraordinary life of Charles Townley and his remarkable collection of over 150 Roman marble statues.

Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (ABK) was established in London in 1961 by three young AA graduates, Peter Ahrends, Richard Burton and Paul Koralek. By the 1970s, ABK was known as one of the most creative and versatile of Britain's younger practices, its workload ranging from college buildings in Oxford ...

In 1833, the Select Committee for Public Walks was introduced so that `the
provision of parks would lead to a better use of Sundays and the replacement of
the debasing pleasures.' Music was seen as an important moral influence
and `musical cultivation ... the safest and surest method of popular culture',
and ...

Written by leading social and art historians, this book examines how political, industrial and cultural leaders have used design. With photographs of fascinating and often unfamiliar objects, it shows how design has been a vital tool to acclimatizing people to life in the modern world.

Featuring hundreds of inspiring small houses from around the world, this book will show that a reduced footprint is no obstacle for fine design.

Business cards have changed. Once they were designed almost as an afterthought, and made to match the letterhead and envelope.

The new business card is a business tool, but only if it stands out. The business card that is given to someone must impact. It must connect the card with the person, and ...

Sustainability has emerged as a central issue for contemporary societies and for the world community as a whole. Furthermore, many of the social and environmental concerns that are embodied in the term 'sustainability' are directly or indirectly related to design. Designers help to define our human made ...

Explore the fifty designs that have shaped modern Paris with this latest addition to the prestigious Design Museum Fifty series.

Designers are used to working for clients, but there is nothing better than when the client is oneself. Graphic and product designers, who are skilled with the tools and masters aesthetics, are now in the forefront of this growing entrepreneur movement. Whether personal or collective, drive is the common ...

Text by Nasir Kassamali, Frank Reinhardt, Francesco Zurlo, Anna Yudina, et al.

Add color and depth to these 31 original symmetrical patterns, each an unusual combination of swirling forms. Then put on the enclosed 3-D glasses and watch them spring to life. Previously published as Abstracts Coloring Book.

The official guide to The Mark Twain House & Museum, this volume tells the dramatic story of the famous author and his family and their Victorian mansion. The history of the house and its residents is illustrated with architectural drawings and period photos as well as dozens of new color images of the ...