Whether you've visited London, or just dreamed about going there, Yoni Alter's stunning, boldly colored silhouettes create lasting impressions of the city's most recognizable features. From St Paul's to the Shard, London's skyline tells a story of an...

Whether you've visited New York, or just dreamed about going there, Yoni Alter's stunning, boldly colored silhouettes create lasting impressions of the city's most recognizable features. New York's towering skyscrapers and intricate bridges reveal a...

A building's facade sets the aesthetic tone for its entire design while serving a variety of functions, from regulating light and protecting against the elements to providing insulation for temperature and sound. This absorbing book details hundreds...

It can be hard to keep up with New York City's surge of cutting-edge architecture since the turn of the millennium. This portable, easy-to-use guide directs readers to the city's newest architectural gems, all completed in the 21st century with some...

Urban theorists have tried for decades to define exactly what a neighborhood is. But behind that daunting existential question lies a much murkier problem: never mind how you define them – how do you make neighborhoods productive and fair for their r...

Not for sale in Ukraine and Russia! The new criteria for sustainable housing planning benefit from an inexhaustible source of ideas, based on wood due to its versatility. The variety of finishes and the fact that it is easy to recycle, facilitate t...

One of the most important architects of the twentieth century, Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was remarkably prolific and intriguingly idiosyncratic. A participant in the efforts to reshape Italian culture in her youth, Bo Bardi immigrated to Brazil in 19...

In this remarkable and gorgeously illustrated book, Neil Jackson presents a vibrant profile of the Los Angeles architect Pierre Koenig, who Time magazine said lived long enough to become "cool twice". From the influences of Koenig's youth in San Fran...

The International Highrise Award celebrates architectural excellence in buildings that integrate sustainability, design, and community interaction. Bestowed biennially by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), DekaBank, and the City of Frankfurt, the...

By the 18th century, the Mughal Empire was well beyond its so-called golden age. Its control of the Indian subcontinent was increasingly threatened by regional Indian states, as well as by the encroaching British Empire. In response to a rapidly chan...