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This monograph highlights and celebrates the forty-year career and work of WG Clark.

A timely overview of the pioneering work of the acclaimed Irish architectural practice Dublin-based Grafton Architects (founded by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara in 1978) has built up an impressive body of work over its 40-year history, ranging from houses in Ireland to public buildings in Italy, France, the UK, and Peru. In this long-overdue study, respected architectural writer and critic Robert McCarter presents 60 of Grafton's built a...

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A quasi cinquant'anni dalla morte, Wright (1867-1959) resta l'architetto moderno più conosciuto al mondo e le sue opere e le sue idee continuano a ispirare l'architettura del nostro secolo. Nonostante i numerosissimi libri su di lui, la parte essenziale della sua vita di architetto che lavorava - come disse egli stesso - "per la causa dell'architettura" è rimasta tuttavia inesplorata. Questo libro vuole colmare tale lacuna, proponendo la biogr...

Strategically placed above a waterfall, Fallingwater's horizontal cantilevered floors and terraces soar free of any apparent support. The building dynamically illustrates Frank Lloyd Wright's fascinating attitudes towards integrating architecture and nature and the truly extraordinary ways in which these are expressed. Launched in 1991, the Architecture in Detail series attracted immediate acclaim and now comprises more than 60 titles. These ...

A cultural icon who defined the twentieth-century American landscape, Frank Lloyd Wright has been studied from what seems to be every possible angle. While many books focus on his works, torrid personal life, or both, few solely consider his professional persona, as a man enmeshed in a web of prominent public figures and political ideas. In this new biography, Robert McCarter distills Wright's life and work into a concise account that explores...

The One-Man Pneumatic Life Raft was the unheralded and almost unknown savior of uncounted downed airmen of World War II and the early Korean War. This is the story of its history, development, and usage as little raft survival kits. Coverage includes issued raft kits of U.S. Army Air Forces, U.S. Navy, British RAF and Commonwealth, German Luftwaffe, and Imperial Japan. Details include many original issue specifications and accessories along wi...

A new way of reading and understanding architecture. A personal tour of 72 significant buildings from the Pyramids and the Pantheon tothe Sydney Opera House. Accessible text and images enable readers to experience the buildings as if theywere visiting them. Each building is presented with a clear architectural plan and images that allowthe reader to understand the project's key features. A perfect introduction to reading architecture and archi...

The first comprehensive monograph of this major North American practice - winners of more than 100 awards, including the 2015 Gold Medal from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Ein wissenschaftliches Nachschlagewerk zum Werk Frank Lloyd Wrights (1867-1959), einer der wichtigsten Schlüsselfiguren der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts

The acclaimed survey of the life and works of the celebrated Italian modernist master, available for the first time in paperback The work of Carlo Scarpa challenged, and continues to challenge, accepted notions of modern architecture. While several books have been published on his work, none has approached the breadth and depth of this monograph by Robert McCarter, who is celebrated for his meticulously researched, experientially based, and ja...

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The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed In Europe and the United States - from his beginning at the Bauhaus through his collaboration with Walter Gropius, and the establishment of his own practice in the USA.

Comprehensive monograph on one of America's greatest living architects by award-winning author and architecture critic Robert McCarter.

The Space Within explores how interior space has been integral to the development of Modern architecture from the late 1800s to today, and how generations of architects have engaged with interior space and its experience in their design processes.

Herman Hertzberger is een van de invloedrijkste figuren in de internationale architectuur van de laatste vijftig jaar. Hij is een voorvechter geweest van een humane moderne architectuur geworteld in plaats en geschiedenis, maar ook openstaat voor nieuwe vormen. Hertzberger wordt beschouwd als 's werelds meest vooraanstaande ontwerper van scholen, een type gebouw dat hij bijna in zijn eentje heeft geherdefinieerd. Zijn vernieuwende ontwerpen va...

Dialogues in Space: Process and Ideas in the work of Wendell Burnette Architects is the first multi-project monograph on this American architects selective body of work. The title alludes to the architects view that architecture is a constructed conversation between people, things and time.

Dialogues in Space: Process and Ideas in the work of Wendell Burnette Architects is the first multi-project monograph on this American architects selective body of work. The title alludes to the architects view that architecture is a constructed conversation between people, things and time.

A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the 20th century's most influential architects