In the aftermath of independence in 1947–48, architecture in South Asia became a decisive arena for negotiating modernity, political self-determination, and cultural identity.

Set within the fascinating cultural and political world of Vienna from the fin-de-siècle to the present day, this book provides an insightful analysis of the city's extraordinarily rich architectural tradition.

da vinciDie Ausstellung "Leonardos intellektueller Kosmos" fand vom Mai bis zum Juli 2021 in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin im Dietrich Bonhoeffer-Saal statt.

First published in 1966, Robert Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture is widely considered a foundational text of postmodernism and has become an essential document in architectural theory and criticism.

Seit fast zwanzig Jahren dokumentiert der britische Fotograf Simon Phipps den Wiederaufbau Großbritanniens nach

The book provides graphic information and previously unpublished analyses of the typical cell of one of Le Corbusier's most important buildings:

Hasso Gehrmann (*1924 in Weißenfels, †2008 in Bregenz) war ein Pionier an der Schnittstelle von Kunst, Design und Lebensgestaltung.

Eduardo Souto de Moura is one of Portugal’s most distinguished architects, known for an approach that merges modernist clarity with a deep sensitivity to place, material, and tradition. His architecture is characterized by restraint, precision, and a poetic understanding of context.

Structured Lineages: Learning from Japanese Structural Design presents a selection of essays and roundtable discussions by internationally prominent structural engineers on the intertwined traditions of architecture and engineering in postwar Japan.

The catalogue raisonné of Miró’s ceramic works marks the continuation of the comprehensive documentation of his oeuvre: following the four-volume catalogue of his graphic work, the six volumes dedicated to his paintings, and the volume on his sculpture.

The sculptures of Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948–2015) are imagined architectural propositions and improbable structures for a fairytale urban landscape. Comprised of paper, commercial packaging and the stuff of everyday life, his “extreme maquettes” transform these materials into fantastic visions that encompass civic buildings, public monuments and private pavilions.

Artisan craft is quickly evolving to combine handwork with machine technology, providing unlimited possibilities for customization.

This book presents over 100 influential architecture publications that have shaped thinking and practice across generations.

Starting from research-based interventions in real architectural spaces, Viebrock develops hybrid environments where sculpture, scenography, and architecture converge.

You'll Never Watch Alone: The Screen as a Place of Work addresses a pressing issue within today’s dominant hypercapitalist system:

Formica Forever, published in celebration of Formica®’s centennial, offers a vibrant and insightful journey through the evolution of one of the most iconic materials of the modern era.

Die unversöhnlichen Gegensätze der Ideologien in Österreich, die seit dem Justizpalastbrand 1927 eskalierten, schlugen sich in einer Flut von Propaganda- und Kampfschriften nieder.

„Atelier E.B: Passer-by“ – Eine interdisziplinäre Auseinandersetzung mit der Welt der Schaufensterpuppen.

Celebrates the revival of weaving with works by influential and contemporary weavers from around the world - An inspiring book for lovers of textiles, interiors and design.

The graphics, interiors, and products designed by Vignelli Associates are internationally recognized for their refined aesthetics, evolving modernity, and crisp execution.

The Rasch Brothers and their Influence on ... and their Influence on Modern Architecture

In der Sonderpräsentation „Die Vermählung“ in der Kunstkammer des Kunsthistorischen Museums können Besucher:innen Schmuckstücke der österreichischen Schmuckkünstlerin

The publication Raummalerei – Spatial Painting: Analytical Secessionism 1900–1910 explores a pivotal moment in Viennese modernism, focusing on the emergence of a holistic approach to spatial design at

Der Katalog macht zentrale Tendenzen seines Schaffens sichtbar, etwa die Verbindung von dekorativer Linie, figürlicher Reduktion und symbolistischer Ausdruckskraft – und

Vor zehn Jahren hat der Schweizer Architekt Hans-Jörg Ruch mit seinem grossformatigen und opulent ausgestatteten Buch Historische Häuser im Engadin grossen internationalen Erfolg erzielt.

Presented here in this visual anthology are the current boutique periodicals so cutting-edge, they will continue to flourish in print even as their mainstream contemporaries move to digital.

Renowned for his sculptural approach to furniture and his groundbreaking use of materials and techniques, Paul Evans (1931–1987) occupies a singular position in postwar American design history.

Otto Wagner markiert eine Schlüsselfigur in der Entwicklung der modernen Architektur. Als zentraler Vordenker der Wiener Moderne

Im 19. Jahrhundert erlebte die Tapetenkunst eine Blütezeit – prachtvolle Farben, filigrane Muster und ein neuer Anspruch an die Gestaltung bürgerlicher Wohnräume bestimmten das ästhetische Ideal.

I asked architects to send me important images that show the basis of their work. Images that are in their head when they think.

This booklet describes our entry for the competition to design the public spaces surrounding the Humboldt-Forum in Berlin.

Eine der ältesten Formen chinesischen Volksglaubens erweist sich als lebendiger Brauch, der überall in der Kultur Chinas praktiziert wird:

In addition to recent works, the exhibition focused on “Signetische Zeichnung” (1994-95), a spectacular early work by the Frankfurt-based artist, which was on display in its entirety for the first time.

Dynamisches Kunstlicht im Museum, In Galerien und Museen wird die Wahrnehmung von Kunst, Raum und Atmosphäre wesentlich durch den Faktor Licht bestimmt.

Neuware - A career-spanning, slipcased monograph in two volumes presenting the work of one of Asia's most thoughtful and innovative architects.

What might be considered the research output of a walking practice? An important caveat to this would be to ask where and when the research occurs in relation to the walk, the walking, and the walkers. Does the walk activate our senses, or do our senses demand that we walk? Since walking involves encounters with various objects and subjects, how

Die Kunst von Sandra Peters eröffnet Bezüge zwischen Skulptur, Architektur, Sound und bewegtem Bild. Anspielungen auf historisch Bekanntes werden in ihren Arbeiten zur Anregung für die Imagination des Betrachters. Ihre Werke erzeugen

Capsule is a huge new offering from the team at KALEIDOSCOPE, a glossy, chunky, spiral bound design mag—‘indulging in a lavish physicality’—and refusing to be put in a single box. It covers interiors and architecture, fashion and technology, ecology and craft in order to assess and explore the relationship between design and consumption.

Casa Barragán, built in 1948 by famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán as his private residence and studio, is today considered a landmark of modern architecture. It is filled with all of the artworks and artifacts that Barragán placed in it during his lifetime, faithfully kept as they were when the residence was inhabited by its author. Recognizing the special regard

The most famous example of the modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier is located in Marseille and was built between 1947 and 1952.

Matthias Wermke is teaching a seminar (Zweckfreie Räume - Intervention und Performance) with four students at ETH Zurich (Department of Architecture and Art, Prof. Karin Sander) on the topic of "appropriation and theft in art". Later, this very technical title is changed to "Absenz – das Abwesendsein von einem Ort" (absence - being absent from a place ).

Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Époque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers,

With this work in the form of a book, Maria Lalou & Skafte Aymo-Boot present the phenomenon of a particular pending architecture mutely present all over Athens. The concrete skeletons of polykatoikia – multi-story apartment buildings – are emblematic of the development of modern Greece throughout the second half of the twentieth century.

The richly illustrated book Without and within: essays on territory and the interior contains a series of essays that trace a thread of ideas,

The Thinking Foot is a study of history and associations. In method and form it claims to be no more (nor less) than an illustrated essay on the architectural expression of surface. It concentrates on the Earth on which we walk: not the Earth in depth (the underground world) nor the geological Earth, but simply the Earth as visible crust, as surface.

Reuse to Reduce shows the future of architecture through the process of building the new BioPartner 5 laboratory.

Headdresses and head coverings are among the most powerful vehicles of cultural identity, referring variously to nationality, subculture, gender, ethnicity, religion, and profession. Yet cultural identity is also continuously evolving. “Hybrid Heads” is a project by Daniela Dossi and the open collective studio Manoeuvre,

Felix Orsini-Rosenberg zählte zweifelsohne zu den prägendsten Personen, die zu einer aufgeschlossenen Denkweise über Architektur und ihre Entwicklung nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg in Kärnten beitrugen. Er wirkte aber auch über den regionalen Bereich hinaus in seiner stets auf wesentliche kulturelle Inhalte ausgerichteten, zugleich bescheidenen,

Buy the Poster and download the Booklet (PDF) for free. Hybrid Publication: Analog Poster and Booklet Folded Artwork.

Der Berliner Schlüssel von Bruno Latour liest sich als wunderbar klarer Text, der nicht nur Latours Verständnis unserer Gesellschaft verdeutlicht, sondern gleichzeitig auch einen für viele Berliner alltäglichen und doch mysteriösen Gegenstand bespricht: Diesen Schlüssel mit doppeltem Bart, der vor 100 Jahren

In the first half of the 20th century, when architecture and literature dreamed of transparency, glass was the material these dreams were made of. However, the historiography of both fields usually focuses on a few canonical works by male authors to tell the story of this shared fascination. Departing from this imbalance,

Städte sind Orte der Vielfalt. Diese Vielfalt ist einer der Schlüssel, den großen Herausforderungen der Menschheit gestaltend zu begegnen. Wie werden aus passiv Konsumierenden aktiv Gestaltende? Welche sind die Orte, an denen

Wenn wir angesichts des aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Wandels über radikale Veränderungen des Zusammenlebens nachdenken, müssen dabei auch das Wohnen und die zugehörigen Prozesse und Ressourcen miteingeschlossen werden.

Neue Straßen überwinden das Leitbild der autogerech­ten Stadt und zeigen so die wiedergefundene Bedeutung öffentlichen Raums auf. So werden aus reinen Verbin­dungs- und Erschließungslinien multifunktionale Aufenthalts- und Begegnungsräume.
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New streets overcome the model of the car-friendly city and thus demonstrate the rediscovered importance of public space. In this way, pure connecting and access routes are transformed into multifunctional recreational and meeting spaces.

The Fountains of Za'atari is the articulated project that artist Margherita Moscardini has been developing since 2015 from her study of refugee camps as urban realities meant to last.

This book is aimed at tracing a connection between the architecture of the Albanian tradition and the informal nature of the spontaneous transformations of contemporary Tirana. The attempt to establish a link between the opposing features of functionalist formalism, typical of the city that grew during the totalitarian regimes, and those of the informal architecture, which represent the constructive freedom of recent times aims to provide a critical interpretation that is applicable to recent interventions for the recovery of the existing built heritage.

A conversation between Oscar Tusquets and Luis Cerveró. Co-Produced by BD and Terranova. Photography by Eduard Sánchez Ribot

Aktuelle und historische Strategien für die Gestaltung „neuer Welten In Krisenzeiten:

Design führte in Wien lange Zeit ein Schattendasein. Doch seit den späten 1990er-Jahren hat sich eine kreative Szene etabliert, die mittlerweile auch über die Grenzen Österreichs hinaus wahrgenommen wird.

Plants are among the most important materials for effective landscape design. Yet the fundamentals of plant biology and growth; their morphology, color, and functional assets; and details such as planting, pruning techniques, and maintenance practices are surprisingly absent from our education and training, which tend to focus on other core principles like drainage, grading, and spatial relationships.