Information Fall-Out Buckminster Fuller's World Game
ISBN: PB: 9783037785539, Lars Muller Publishers, December 2025
240 pp., 24,0x16,5 cm, 150 illus.
Initially proposed for the US Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Buckminster Fuller's World Game was played for the first time in 1969 in New York. Over the next decade the World Game evolved and expanded. Across its different manifestations the World...
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New Building in Old Cities Writings by Gustavo Giovannoni on Architectural and Urban Conservation
ISBN: PB: 9781606068755, Getty Publications, July 2024
408 pp., 25,4x17,8 cm, 80 colour illus., 75 black&white illus.
The highly influential writings by an important early advocate for the conservation of historic cities are made available for the first time in English. The Italian architect, historian, and restorer Gustavo Giovannoni (1873-1947) was a key figure i...
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House of Victor Horta 20 Years of Conservation
ISBN: HB: 9780300273205, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, June 2024
160 pp., 26,5x17,0 cm, 100 colour and black&white illus.
The story of how the Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta conceived his private residence/studio and how architect Barbara Van Der Wee restored it to its original splendour. Victor Horta (1861-1947) is considered the most prominent Belgian ar...
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John Soane's Cabinet of Curiosities Reflections on an Architect and His Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300275698, Yale University Press, June 2024
224 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 155 colour and black&white illus.
An in-depth study that sheds a fascinating new light on Sir John Soane (1753-1837) and his world-renowned collection. Sir John Soane's architecture has enjoyed a revival of interest over the last seventy years, yet Soane as a collector – the strate...
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Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9780300276732, Yale University Press, May 2024
280 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm, 135 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.
An essential look at the Italian architect, writer, and designer whose work paved the way for the postmodern movement. Now available in paper, this crucial reassessment of Aldo Rossi's (1931-1997) architecture examines his writings, drawings, and p...
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Pierre Chareau Modern Architecture and Design
ISBN: HB: 9780300277852, Yale University Press, May 2024
288 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 285 colour illus.
Now back in print, a revealing look at the visionary French furniture designer and architect, highlighting his virtuoso designs and versatile creativity. The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His e...
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Cottages ornes The Charms of the Simple Life
ISBN: PB: 9780300276978, Yale University Press, April 2024
272 pp., 27,0x22,0 cm, 193 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
An engaging account of the cottages orne, exploring the history of this charming architectural form's aesthetic values, cultural impact, and lasting influence. Tracing the history of cottages ornes (ornamental cottages), this copiously illustrated...
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How to Enjoy Architecture A Guide for Everyone
ISBN: HB: 9780300263930, Yale University Press, April 2024
192 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 34 colour illus.
Charles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture. Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for most of us, it is experienced as a blur of habit. O...
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London A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings
ISBN: HB: 9780300269208, Yale University Press, April 2024
448 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 88 colour illus.
A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard. A walk along any London street takes you past a wealth of seemingly ordinary buildings: an Edwardian church, modernist postwar council...
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Mack Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art
ISBN: HB: 9780300239850, Yale University Press, April 2024
256 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 230 colour and black&white illus.
The most up-to-date account of the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterwork. The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art is a monument of international significance in the history of architecture and design. D...
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