On Rigor provides an engaging, in-depth look at 13 seminal residential and commercial projects by critically acclaimed Johnsen Schmaling Architects, whose award-winning work is widely known for its conceptual rigor, serene simplicity, and an unequivocal commitment to architectural innovation and environmental sustainability.
Erdy McHenry Architecture's work celebrates place, program, and cultural relevancy while exploiting the conceptual potential of practicality, constructability, and responsive design
This book traces the historic evolution of urban form, principles, and design; it serves as a compendium, or reference, of city design; and is a polemic about the necessity for the recovery of the city and a contemporary urban architecture.
This book examines the urban fabric of contemporary Tokyo as a valuable demonstration of permeable, inclusive, and adaptive urban patterns that required neither extensive master planning nor corporate urbanism to develop.
Building on the techniques of the Manual of Section, the book is comprised of newly generated cross-sectional drawings of fifty-five recent, modestly sized houses from around the world, making legible the tectonics and materials used in their construction.
Building Toys: An Architect's Collection documents over 100 architectural building toys from the author's collection, from the mid-1800s to the present.
This is a book about ideal landscapes and Feng-Shui and explores the origin, structure, and meanings of Feng-Shui in juxtaposition to the ideal landscape models in Chinese culture.
An informative exploration of some of France's gothic cathedrals, intended as a visitor's guide it covers both art historical and architectural approaches.