When a child steps outside their ordinary world and travels to a foreign city or country, an adventure awaits. In Find and Seek New York a small boy arrives in the city of New York with his family, wi
At the height of the Gilded Age, America’s wealthiest families began to build luxurious summer ‘cottages’ away from the grit and grime of New York, Boston,and Philadelphia in idyllic locales such as,
Experiences of Art: Reflections on Masterpieces is a book that explores themes in the history of art through the insights of students. The book engages themes such as the origins of creativity in pre
While much has been written about the life and the innovative organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, little scholarly attention has focused on Wright’s third wife, Olgivanna, the individual who s
John Dixon Hunt introduces PWP Landscape Architecture: Building Ideas with a discussion of how we read landscapes and, hence, how they are designed with the reader/client in mind and the historical im
This is a book for people to dip into, as they would walk in and out of the room of a dinner party and embrace their interests. Before Information Architecture, before the rules on how to organize inf
First and foremost, this is a book about New Zealand landscape architecture and urban design, viewed through the lens of Isthmus, an award-winning design studio that for more than twenty-five years ha
Swan & Maclaren were the most prominent and prestigious architectural practice working in Singapore during the latter part of the British era, that is to say, from 1892, when the firm was founded, thr
This first edition of Folio represents a snapshot of one academic year of the Department of Architecture at Florida International University. It provides a look into the department’s diversity of desi
In Urban Hallucinations, architects Koning Eizenberg take on the idyll of local and neighborhood through the design of recent projects in the Los Angeles region. They bring a fresh eye to placemaking
First used in the 15th century, the word transparent has origins in the Medieval Latin—transparere, meaning to show through. It’s original Latin derivation is trans + parere, meaning to show oneself.
Largely self-taught as an architect, John Yeon (1910-1994) designed some of the most beautiful and influential structures in the Pacific Northwest, among them the Watzek House of 1937 which received n
Fentress Architects is an international design firm that passionately pursues the creation of sustainable and iconic public architecture. This monograph spans the 30-year history of the Denver-based
In something as complex as the built environment, how does one design and engineer the right outcome? Is there a way to account for all the factors impinging on the final product and guide the creati
"There's a secret trapdoor, a kind of magic key into every project," says Bartholomew Voorsanger, whose life and work are chronicled in UNFOLDED, How Architecture Saved My Life". The book, by award-wi
