Individual Architects & Firms

When the police shoot or choke civilians in supposed fear and dread of the people they are meant to be protecting and as a consequence deny them the full due process of the law, powerful fears and beliefs are in many cases being fatally enacted and are...

Villa Wolf in Guben (now Gubin), built between 1925 and 1927, was Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's first decidedly modern building. The residential building was destroyed at the end of the Second World War and in the immediate post-war period. The building...

Since the early buildings in the 1950s at Udine in Friuli, Gino Valle has been recognized by international critics as one of the most original and creative European architects of the post-war period. His artistic talent, associated with a great...

Boris Iofan is best known as the architect behind the Palace of the Soviets. Yet his style was not limited to the Socialist Clas-sicism that flourished under Stalin. Rath-er, Iofan's architectural language evolved throughout his lifetime, from his...

Originally published in 1911 as the fourth edition of the Ye Planry Building Company Inc.'s catalog of bungalow plans, this reproduction serves as an informative resource for today's architects, homebuilders, and homeowners. This edition features 102...

Rabih Hage defines his work in terms of a 'quiet architecture', a philosophy which focuses upon the creative re-use and adaptation of existing buildings, recognising the importance of both sustainability and character within this ethos. His thoughtful...

By retracing Frank Lloyd Wright's footsteps on journeys he made beyond his homeland of the USA, this book explores his global ambitions and his lasting legacy and offers an original and contemporary view of Wright and his architecture. While Lloyd Wright...

This book offers the first critical account of Studio Aalto’s religious modern architecture. Aalto’s ecclesiastical oeuvre is viewed as an evocative subgenre of the practice's portfolio, but its relationship to religion has eluded enquiry. Where...

'We build "new into old"': since Chris Dyson set up his own practice in 2004, he has gained a reputation as one of the foremost historic conservation architects, poetically adapting listed buildings for the 21st century. Yet the vigour and originality he...

Henry Flitcroft was first employed by the leading aristocratic architect of the time, Richard Boyle, Lord Burlington, who helped him to establish his long career. Flitcroft had about 50 clients over 40 years, working for many dynasties, including the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952620393Author David KampFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Library of American Landscape HistoryPublisher Library of American Landscape History

Since Seth Stein founded his practice in 1990, he has gained an international reputation and numerous awards for creating extraordinary buildings, both residential and commercial. From new-built coastal retreats to revitalised historic urban townhouses...

A ten-year survey of Omar Gandhi Architect-one of Canada's most influential young firms Celebrating the Canadian architecture firm Omar Gandhi Architect, this publication chronicles the firm's history through texts, interviews and reproductions of its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of RIBA South East Award 2019 (for Nick Veasey's Process Gallery) 2019 (UK).Book InformationISBN 9781911339403Author Guy HollawayFormat HardbackPage Count...

MARINA TABASSUM ARCHITECTURE: MY JOURNEY is the first book devoted to the Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum and her multifaceted architectural oeuvre.Marina Tabassum’s exploratory approach makes her architectural practice one of the outstanding...

Situated at the foothills of the Andes, overlooking the city of Santiago, Chile, the Baha'i Temple of South America will be opened in fall 2016. The Baha'i House of Worship is the most recent of the continental temples. It welcomes people from all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783869229003Author Philipp MeuserFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint DOM PublishersPublisher DOM PublishersWeight(grams) 245g

The pioneering Egyptian architect and teacher Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911-74) is best known for his founding in 1951 of the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre in Harraniya, a small village near the Giza Pyramids in Greater Cairo. The center, internationally...

A comprehensive introduction to the work and vision of one of Mexico's most acclaimed contemporary architects Mexican architect Alberto Kalach (born 1960) founded Taller de Arquitectura X (TAX) in 1981, and for more than 35 years the firm's work has...

The German-American architect Dirk Lohan began to record his conversations with his grandfather Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the summer of 1969. The tapes, recorded during the final weeks of Mies's life, captured some of the architect's very last words...

Into the Light: Lauretta Vinciarelli centres on the interdisciplinary work of Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943-2011), a key yet relatively unknown figure who inhabited a world of "firsts": she was the first woman to have drawings acquired by the Department of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929112282Author Brian CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint TUNS PressPublisher Dalhousie Architectural PressWeight(grams) 370g

The third monograph by the firm KieranTimberlake, demonstrating its exacting, sophisticated, and elegant projects of the past decade. KieranTimberlake: Fullness demonstrates the holistic impact of the work of the Philadelphia-based architecture firm. ...

A celebration of renowned sculptor and educator Kent Bloomer's work, examining the role of ornament in contemporary architecture and society Best known for New York's Central Park luminaires (1982), the ornamentation at Rice University's Baker Hall in...

The brilliant career of designer Francesc Rife is unarguable. His international projects range from industrial to interior design. Without abandoning his philosophy of design, Rife continues to surprise us with each of his creations, always recognisable...

Quirino De Giorgio (1907-1997) is among the few Italian architects whose careers represents the entirety of the twentieth century: from futurism through fascism to the experimentations linked to the invention of reinforced concrete. Too often remembered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945150739Author Andrea BranziFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Actar PublishersPublisher Actar PublishersWeight(grams) 1300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783863352202Author Julia Peyton-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

This new monograph celebrates the creative accomplishments of one of the world's most influential architects, Cesar Pelli. The book surveys this extraordinary body of work in terms of the AIA's Gold Medalist's design, architecture, and planning, tracing...

The global success story of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron has local roots. This book traces these origins while identifying the essential ideas, professional ethics, and development of their architectural practice, established...

In 1969 and 1970, Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974)-one of America's greatest 20th-century architects-participated in a series of interviews with a young German architectural historian, Heinrich Klotz, then a visiting professor at Yale University, and John W...

A catalogue of the almost life-size porcelain animals created for the elector of Saxony and king of Poland, Augustus the Strong, in 1735. This was perhaps the most significant commission for porcelain ever executed in Europe. The text discusses the...

This first monograph from New York-based Young Projects explores a new approach to spatial design that combines digital and analog methods at the intersection of exploration and architecture This monograph introduces the cutting-edge research and work...