"China Dialogues is a rigorously selected collection of insightful interviews that the book's author Vladimir Belogolovsky has conducted with 21 leading Chinese architects during his extensive travels in China."
"Gebundenes BuchA comprehensive survey of the work of a master of mid- to late-twentieth-century modernist design. Over the course of a career spanning more than five decades, Australian architect Harry Seidler embarked upon a long series of dramatically innovative and sculptural houses with a rare sensitivity to site, space, and structure. And while these soaring, inspiring houses have been the source of Seidler's fame within architectu ..."
"An illuminating study of the architecture of one of the 20th century’s most important tropical modernists Vladimir Ossipoff (1907–1998), known as the “master of Hawaiian architecture,” was at the forefront of the postwar phenomenon known as tropical modernism. Although he practiced at a time of rapid growth and social change in Hawaii, Ossipoff criticized large-scale development and advocated environmentally sensitive designs, developin ..."
"At the forefront of the postwar phenomenon known as tropical modernism, Vladimir Ossipoff (19071998) won recognition as the master of Hawaiian architecture.” Although he practiced at a time of rapid growth and social change in Hawaii, Ossipoff criticized large-scale development and advocated environmentally sensitive designs, developing a distinctive form of architecture appropriate to the lush topography, light, and microclimates of ..."
The Other Modern Movement Architecture, 1920-1970 (Hardback) by KennethFrampton Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2021 by Yale Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-300-23889-1, ISBN: 0-300-23889-4
"Of this juxtaposition Barbara Mac Lamprecht has written: The texture of the rock creates a vibrato of light and dark chiaroscuro that only enhances the smoothness of the glass, steel, plaster and stucco. However, the stonework is also a ..."
Modern Architecture A Critical History (Paperback or Softback) by KennethFrampton Paperback, 736 Pages, Published 2020 by Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-0-500-20444-3, ISBN: 0-500-20444-6
"An extensively revised and updated edition of a bestselling classic on modern architecture and its origins by Kenneth Frampton."
"The first book to feature this modernist masterpiece, one of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer's most important residential commissions.Offering a rare opportunity to explore the largest and most luxurious house designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Marcel Breuer, leading architect and furniture designer of the twentieth century, this beautifully designed volume celebrates the Alan I W Frank House in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl ..."
"The housing projects built in Camden in the 1960s and 1970s when Sydney Cook was borough architect are widely regarded as the most important urban housing built in the UK in the past 100 years. The schemes – which included Alexandra Road, Branch Hill, Fleet Road, Highgate New Town and Maiden Lane – set out a model of street-based housing that continues to command interest and admiration from architects to this day. Cook recruited some o ..."
"NESS.docs is Lots of Architecture's monographic series. Each issue features one practice or subject for in-depth analysis: interviews, texts, and a variety of graphic pieces cooperate to unveil singular work that can globally inspire modes of thought about architecture and landscape. The first NESS.docs features the work and thoughts of Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the School of Architecture + Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Techno ..."
"Carlo Scarpa worked on the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona intermittently between 1957 and 1975. It is perhaps his most important project. His work there draws on all his remarkable skills. It demonstrates how to work creatively within a building which already possesses a complex history. It is a magnificent example of his highly personal language of architecture, not least his incredible eye for detail and mastery of the crafting of mat ..."
"Writings on Wright traces the discursive work of Frank Lloyd Wright through a set of essays by Kenneth Frampton. Originally written as a series of introductions to the five-volume collection of Wright's writing published in 1992, the essays are gathered here as a critical survey of the architect's written and spoken work--a body of text that testifies to Wright's staggering prolificacy, pleasure in argument, diversity of interests, and ..."
"James Stirling and Michael Wilford realised a significant body of work during their partnership. Considered one of the most important international architectural practices of the twentieth century, Stirling and Wilford made an exceptional contribution to contemporary architecture. Young, radical and eccentric, their work rejected the prevalent orthodoxy of the International Style, revisiting instead the early masters of heroic Modernism ..."
"Colquhounery is a commemorative volume celebrating the life and work of the architect and architectural historian Alan Colquhoun, who died in December 2012. Testimonials from friends, colleagues and students are gathered together alongside original photographs, sketches, letter transcripts, biographical and archival data tracing Colquhoun’s career as an architect, writer and educator on both sides of the Atlantic. This anthology represe ..."
"Completed in 1992 in Lexington, Kentucky, the Miller House stands as architect José Oubrerie's most notable accomplishment in the United States. Among the last members of Le Corbusier's Paris atelier, Oubrerie is best known for his collaborations with Le Corbusier on projects including the Venice Hospital and the church of St. Pierre de Firminy-Vert. The Miller House, with its deft synthesis of modernist elements with American vernacula ..."
"In a little over a decade, David Walker Architects have risen to an award-winning and internationally respected status, undertaking a remarkable number of significant projects across London, including the headquarters for Deutsche Bank in the City of London, and for Merrill Lynch Bank of America. As a modest sized practice their notable achievements have covered a wide range of projects including offices, hotels, residential, cultural a ..."
"Erieta Attali: In Extremis: Landscape into Architecture presents a cartography of contemporary global architecture, focusing upon the close relationship between different building types and the landscapes in which they are situated, illuminating the resonances and contrasts, continuities and discontinuities between new work and the natural or urban environment. The photographs identify unlikely affinities between projects located in ver ..."
"The quintessential Japanese architect of today, Kengo Kuma has forged a modern design language that artfully combines the country's traditional building crafts with sophisticated technologies and materials. Associating a deep understanding and respect for native construction techniques with a more globalized outlook than many of his compatriots, Kengo Kuma's work represents a significant generational shift in a country rich with contemp ..."
"Fumihiko MakiFumihiko Maki's many buildings are characterized by a commitment to the ongoing project of Modernism as well as a humanist concern for the experience of the people who inhabit them. Both a thoughtful writer and a prolific builder, Maki was a founding member of the Metabolists, a highly influential group of Japanese architects in the 1960s who redefined how designers thought about large-scale urban planning. His own work, wh ..."
"Architecture on Trial: Stirling and Gowan's Leicester Engineering Building brings together original interviews with the architects of the Leicester Engineering Building, James Gowan and Michael Wilford, with critical voices from Stan Allen, ..."