Product Description: A comprehensive survey of the work of twenty-first century century architect of "The Sensual City," Jacques Ferrier Influenced by the critic Rayner Banham, by the work of French architect/engineer Jean Prouvé, and by his early experience of working with Norman Foster, Jacques Ferrier has developed a highly individual approach to architecture that seeks to harness technology in order to create buildings and urban environments that fully engage with the practical and emotional needs of people...read more

Product Description: What distinguishes an impressive building from a truly remarkable one? In Cult Buildings, architecture critic Kenneth Powell looks beyond the famous and the grand to identify those buildings that have had an impact on architects and the wider public alike...read more

Product Description: 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 and Chichester to housing, public libraries, retail and industrial buildings...read more

Product Description: This book presents a selection of the most exciting building projects in London since the year 2000. The first decade of the twenty-first century has marked out London as arguably the pre-eminent international city for innovative and ambitious architecture, with the design and construction of imaginative buildings of all types...read more

Product Description: London at Night is a fascinating tour of the city as seen through the lens of award-winning aerial photographer Jason Hawkes. The images, taken from a helicopter, offer a fresh perspective on such familiar landmarks as the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral and the 'Gherkin', as well as unexpected views of daily life in the capital: office blocks are deserted as commuters make their way home through busy traffic, shoppers crowd a festively lit Regent Street, and tourists and revellers head for the bars and theatres of the West End...read more

Product Description: For the first time a comprehensive and engaging account of one of Britain's most significant post-war practices, Powell & Moya, has been chronicled in this new book by eminent architectural author and critic Kenneth Powell. Founded in 1946 by Philip Powell and Hidalgo "Jacko" Moya, the practice rapidly established a reputation for an approach best described as 'humane modernism'...read more

Product Description: 'They think it's all over, it is now.' So, the immortal words of Ken Wolstenholme as Geoff Hurst rammed in his winner, it is for the old Wembley; long live the magnificent new stadium. With its spectacular 133-metre-high arch dramatically illuminating London's night skyline, we have a new icon worthy of the old building's beloved twin towers...read more

Product Description: RICHARD ROGERS COMPLETE WORKS includes three volumes detailing the work of Richard Rogers, the innovative British architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 2007. Phaidon previously published the three volumes in the set in 1999, 2001, and 2006...read more

Product Description: Offering children sufficient physical activity time is a challenge for every educator. But with Hip-Hop Health: Learning Concepts Through Physical Activity, you can provide your students with physical activity and health concepts in ways that are fun and engaging! The Hip-Hop Health DVD can be easily incorporated into a health unit...read more

Product Description: Following the success of 'New London Architecture', this book presents an entirely new selection of the most exciting building projects of the 21st century in London. Projects range in size and budget from such landmark structures as Wembley Stadium to such cultural projects as the Young Vic theatre...read more

Product Description: Written by the well-known architectural critic Kenneth Powell, this new monograph provides a richly illustrated overview and an ideal introduction to the works of Richard Rogers internationally renowned office. Founded in 1977, with offices in London, Barcelona and Tokyo, RRP has a long-established reputation for high-tech and energy-efficient designs...read more

Product Description: Scenically and architecturally, Nottingham is one of the most remarkable of English cities. This text records more than two decades of regeneration and change, featuring over 60 major projects which focus on a wide range of building types as well as the key districts of the city...read more

Product Description: The office building designed by Foster and Partners for client Swiss Re at 30 St Mary Axe in London is already a well-established icon on the City skyline. Intelligently conceived, innovative in design and construction, and environmentally progressive, there can be few offices worldwide that have earned such affection from the public...read more

Product Description: The latest addition to Art Spaces series profiles one of the most famous and prestigious buildings in the world. The two-acre square, enclosed by a spectacular glass roof, transforms the Museum's inner courtyard into the largest covered public square in Europe, with the world-famous Reading Room at its centre...read more

Product Description: The architectural renaissance of Britain's capital at the turn of the millennium has affected the design of everything front residential skyscrapers to corporate offices; from internationally important sports facilities to chic new boutiques; from imaginative new medical centres and libraries to striking riverside dwellings for students...read more

Product Description: This is an investigation into the adaption and conversion of buildings as an area of design. It looks at 44 schemes to demonstrate that reuse is a positive way to achieve forward-looking architecture - the message is transformation; a physical approach to constructing new form from old fabric...read more

Product Description: This work examines the new urbanism which is becoming an increasingly potent force in architecture. The text presents a selection of key projects, dating from the 1990s to the millennium, which exemplify the renaissance of the urban ideal.

Product Description: Features forty key architectural projects that have played a central role in the regeneration and renewal of Southwark, one of the most historic districts of London, included are Tate Modern, the Millennium Bridge, the Globe Theatre, Peckham Library, London's City Hall and many of the new stations on the Jubilee line extension of London Underground...read more

Product Description: John McAslan + Partners is one of Britain's most respected and dynamic architectural practices, with projects in the United Kingdom, Europe, North Africa, Asia and the United States. Culture of Building provides an up-to-date account of the work of the McAslan studio (which celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2004) and detailed, fully illustrated descriptions of many recent and ongoing projects, from the Volubilis visitor centre and museum in Morocco and the extension of Frank Lloyd Wright's Florida Southern College campus to educational buildings in London, Manchester and Southampton and a major office scheme in the City of London...read more

Product Description: This is the third monograph from Rizzoli to feature the highly esteemed architecture of Kohn Pedersen Fox. Headquartered in New York and London, KPF initially distinguished itself through its dedicated attention to the development of the most characteristic and significant American building type, the skyscraper...read more

Product Description: This is the third monograph to feature the highly esteemed architecture of Kohn Pedersen Fox. Headquartered in New York and London, KPF initially distinguished itself through its dedicated attention to the development of the most characteristic and significant American building type, the skyscraper...read more

Product Description: Will Alsop is one of the most exciting British architects working today, responsible for such striking buildings as Le Grand Bleu in Marseilles, the Ferry Terminal in Hamburg and, most recently, the Sterling Prize-winning Peckham Library in south London...read more

Product Description: The work of British architects ABK is characterized by the founding partners' belief that buildings shold address farm more than purely functional needs. Key issues for this practice since it was founded 40 years ago have become central concerns for architecture in the early 21st century: energy and the environment, historic context and the importance of user participation...read more