Product Description: An elegant and colorful tour of some of the most ambitious examples of residential design, in some of the most breathtaking settings in the world. Raul A. Barreneche has searched the globe—including such spectacular locales as Hawaii, St...read more

Product Description: Modern House 3 is an overview of the most innovative houses built around the world in recent years, following the successful publication of Phaidon's Modern House (1993) and Modern House 2 (2000). This book presents 33 houses in 15 countries, by both distinguished architects and up-and-coming young designers, including David Adjaye (London), Tadao Ando (Japan), Carlos Ferrater (Spain), Sean Godsell (Australia), Kengo Kuma (China), Richard Meier (United States), Julie Snow (Canada), and Werner Sobek (Germany), among others...read more

Product Description: Book by Barreneche, Raul A.

Product Description: In the decades since the advent of the shopping mall, shopping has become synonymous with entertainment and the retail store a key player in establishing brand identity. In a growing trend, high-profile architects are designing provocative storefronts and interiors that create an aura of uniqueness, draw in customers, and attract media attention rivaling the goods within...read more

Product Description: The lead article in the October 2004 issue of Architectural Record, devoted to contemporary museums, noted that museums continue to proliferate across the international landscape, leading to the conclusion that, post-Bilbao, every municipality seems to want a smash...read more

Product Description: Builders of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the tallest building in the world at the date of its completion--though Chicago's Sears Tower stills wins in the "highest occupied floor" category--Cesar Pelli & Associates is one of the world's most important architectural firms today...read more

Product Description: Spillis Candela was one of the first firms in Miami to acknowledge the cultural and historical roots of that locale. This volume focuses on the firm's work of the last 10 years.

A colorful variety of luxurious modern homes that combine modern technology with frequently exotic materials, a continuity of indoor and outdoor space, and an eco-conscious sensibility is captured in more than two hundred full color photographs that document the work of such acclaimed designers as Oscar Niemeyer, Geoffrey Bawa, Gio Ponti, and Isay Weinfeld. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: The projects presented here, including the Los Angeles County Emergency Operations Center and Casa Pacific Children's Crisis Care Center, are related to a common set of concepts and beliefs.

Product Description: Based in Washington D.C., CORE combines pragmatic tools with well-defined ideals to design residences, restaurants, and retail locations, creating interesting design often within tight budgets.

Product Description: This volume presents 15 of the firm's most important projects, including Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Loew's Boston Hotel, the Rochester Riverfront Redevelopment projects, and the Superblock Housing Competition at the University of Pennsylvania.

Product Description: This book presents a comprehensive view of the firm's design process and the resulting built environments.

Product Description: This book documents an unprecedented effort by the structural engineering firm ARUP to open its doors to the public.

Product Description: This volume presents 13 of the firm's most important projects completed between 1984 and 2000. Beautiful color photography, informative drawings, and insightful text place the work in the context of EHDD's rich history. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The idea and function, image, and built reality of the house vary from culture to culture, locale to locale, generation to generation, demographic to demographic. Houses do much more than provide a roof over our heads: They are sanctuaries, havens-- our private kingdoms, our personalized cocoons...read more