A Prefab is a mass produced house, constructed in a factory and assembled on site in a few days or weeks. Once regarded as a cheap, easy solution for urgent housing problems, the prefab has evolved to become a synonym for ambitious design and sophisticated detailing solutions.
New Green Homes presents the latest innovations in sustainable architecture and design. Projects include "green" houses, apartments, lofts, and cabins, and explore various aspects of...
Millau Viaduct in France (Foster + Partners)
* Rügen Bridge in Stralsund, Germany (André Keipke and Karl Kleinhanss)
* Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, Israel (Santiago Calatrava)
* Woodrow...
Silent Office in Tokyo, Japan (Takashi Yamagushi )
* Crown Plaza Changi Airport in Singapore (WOHA)
* National Stadium in Beijing, China (Herzog & de Meuron)
* Nurai by Zaya in Abu...
•Followup
volume to the successful
Design Destinations Worldwide
•A collection of fascinating architectural
masterpieces from the booming continent Asia
•A unique compilation of...
•A journey through 100 years of mobile architecture
from all over the world
•A fascinating panorama of very special ways of
living
•Extensive historical graphic material on more...
Take a look into the future of home building with author Sheri Koones as she explores America's fastest-growing method of home construction.
In Modular Mansions, Koones profiles...
This passionate collection of dynamic images depicts London in all its cosmopolitan variety. Stunning photography on each and every page provides memorable portraits of cutting edge...
This is the third, completely new edition of the absolute bestseller in
the themed living series from Beta-Plus.
As with the previous editions this has become a real handbook, with...
This substantial publication is the first edition of a new series of yearbooks about timeless architecture and interiors of private homes. Every year, fifteen to twenty of the most...
Everyone has a different opinion about the way the ideal family home should look.
The different reports in this book reflect this variety of opinions: they range from historic country...
In our modern, high-tech society, traditional craftsmanship has
increasingly had to give way to mass production. Synthetic materials
have taken over from natural ones, and the world of...
After a successful career in Human Resources, Alexander Cambron started a few years ago with the sale of high-quality residential projects, ready for occupation: exclusive country houses,...
This is a comprehensively updated, restructured and expanded new edition of this non-nonsense student and practice primer equips the contemporary architect to deal with the profession's...
A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, this book provides solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues and is essential reading for...
Today’s innovative architecture would be inconceivable and unbuildable
without the rapid development of new building materials and
technologies. Against this background Made...
While there is a rich array of urban theory, design, and representation books available, there is currently no book which brings together, in a single volume, urban design theory and new...
