Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806) is today regarded as chief representative of French revolutionary architecture. With his extraordinary inventiveness he projected the architectural ideals of his era. Ledoux’s influential buildings and projects are presented and interpreted both…
Looks at his life and work, with approximately 120 illustrations, including photos, sketches, drafts and plans. Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs w…
Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016: the explosion reforming space
Individual architects & architectural firms. Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade she has completed nume…
Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016: the explosion reforming space
Individual architects & architectural firms. Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade she has completed nume…
Metabolism, the Japanese architectural avant-garde movement of the 1960s, profoundly influenced contemporary architecture and urbanism. This book focuses on the Metabolists' utopian concept of the city and investigates the design and political implications of their visionary pla…
Metabolism 1960 -- Metabolist utopias -- The myth of Tokyo Bay -- Structure and symbol -- Expo '70 -- Epilogue: re-accessing the future of the past.
Metabolism profoundly influenced contemporary architecture and urbanism. This book investigates the Metabolists' utopian projects of the city, which often envisioned the sea and the sky as human habitats of the future and proposed three-dimensional urban forms on an unprecedente…
This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population, reminding us that this is not about other people', but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older p…
This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population, reminding us that this is not about 'other people', but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older …
This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population, reminding us that this is not about 'other people', but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older …
This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population, reminding us that this is not about 'other people', but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older …
This book embeds the principles of how we should approach the design of future housing for an ageing population, reminding us that this is not about other people', but about each of us. This book focuses on anticipating the needs and aspirations of the next generation of older p…