The book is about the universal phenomenon of citymaking seen in a historical perspective - how and why cities took the shape they did. It focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as a diagram, the grand manner, and the skyline - and moves through tim…
In den dichtbesiedelten Ballungszentren Japans entstehen - auf scheinbar unbebaubaren engen Flächen - kleine Häuser mit ungewöhnlichen Raumkonzepten und überraschenden Grundrisslösungen. Aber nicht nur dieses Gespür für Raum, auch der sinnliche Umgang mit Materialien, das Gefühl…
Floor Plan Manual Housing
Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space investigates the relationship between the built environment and the organisation of space. The contributors are classical and prehistoric archaeologists, anthropologists and architects, who from their different backgrounds are able to p…
Wo Architekten arbeiten: Where architects work
"How do things actually look where people spend their days thinking about good architecture? Seventy-six architectural firms open their doors and show us the spaces in which they work. Employees work in skyscrapers and barns, in townhouses and storage buildings, on the water and…
Biographical note: Nils Ballhausen, Redakteur Bauwelt, Bauverlag Berlin. Biographical note: Nils Ballhausen, editor Bauwelt, Bauverlag Berlin. How do things actually look where people spend their days thinking about good architecture? Seventy-six architectural firms open their…
What does it actually look like in the offices of people who think on a day-to-day basis about good architecture? Where do the ideas and designs of contemporary architecture originate? Seventy architectural firms, in German-speaking countries and internationally, open their door…