Public Buildings

The rich story of the lighthouse in the human imagination.

The Sydney Opera House is an Australian icon. With wonderful photography, this guidebook traces the turbulent, yet ultimately triumphant history of Australia's most famous building.

Where We Learn investigates how learning spaces are evolving to be made more engaging, flexible and all-around better suited to today's challenges and opportunities.

Thirty international interior designers and architects present their latest design projects for shops and larger retail outlets.

This book is published on the occasion of the re-opening of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, August 2021. It is a slightly altered special edition of the original numbered edition of April 2021.

From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores.

Cultural districts are playing a key cultural and social role throughout the world in the twenty-first century. They offer an incomparable density of art and culture and have a profound influence on the development of cities and regions.

Consuming Scenography offers an insight into contemporary scenographic practice beyond the theatre. It explores the ways in which scenography is used to create a global cultural impact and accelerate profits in the site-specific context of themed shopping malls.

The Culture Factory: Architecture and the Contemporary Art Museum examines museum design using international examples from Western Europe, China, Brazil and the USA. Written accessibly, it argues that the development of the art museum since the mid-1970s has involved the deliberate blurring of boundaries between different categories of art.