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A fascinating analysis of the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II. With Germany's gradual loss of the strategic initiative to the Allies, in 1942 Hitler was forced to const……続きを見る

Following the fall of France and the surrender of Paris on 14 June 1940, the British Government announced that the Channel Islands had no strategic importance and would not be defended. The Germans ……続きを見る

UN CONCEPT QUI FAIT LE TOUR DU MONDE La « ville du quart d’heure » propose un nouveau modèle urbain fondé sur la proximité. Suivant ses principes, chaque habitant doit pouvoir accéder à ses besoins ……続きを見る

This edited volume presents a synthesis of recent research on villas and villa landscapes in the northern provinces of the Roman world. It offers an original, multi-dimensional perspective on the so……続きを見る

Before the first purpose-designed exhibition spaces and painting exhibitions emerged, showing art was mainly related to the habit of dressing up spaces for political commemorations, religious festiv……続きを見る

The Building as Screen: A History, Theory, and Practice of Massive Media describes, historicizes, theorizes, and creatively deploys massive media -- a set of techno-social assemblages and practices ……続きを見る

Underneath picturesque views of palm trees, fruity cocktails in hotel lounges, and day trips to preserved colonial zones lies a history of tourism design that intersects with larger projects of deve……続きを見る

Take a tour of the world's most talked about architectural wonders. This is your passport to 100 places designed to impress – think France’s Eiffel Tower, India's Taj Mahal, Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza……続きを見る

Die NRW Forschungskollegs sind mit anwendungsbezogener Forschung auf Themenfeldern von hoher gesellschaftspolitischer Relevanz befasst. Kennzeichnend für ihre Forschungsansätze ist eine hohe Komplex……続きを見る

Rehabilitation is an essential part of the healthcare continuum and can benefit both the individual and the community. Design for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation addresses a vast group of healt……続きを見る

Au terme de la guerre franco-allemande de 1870-1871, l’ancienne petite cité épiscopale de Delémont se trouve projetée au cœur du réseau ferroviaire traversant l’actuel canton du Jura. Les tunnels so……続きを見る

The hundred places of this book were visited over several decades, and played an important role in Davis’s career. Insights come from everyday places and famous landmarks: some beautiful, some the p……続きを見る

A no-holds-barred look at the collision of interests behind the ambitious attempt to raise a new national icon at Ground Zero When we stand in downtown Manhattan in the future and look up and ask, "……続きを見る

"[An] extraordinary history . . . mixes politics, history, architecture and biography to lay bare the secret heart of Russia's history. . . . a delight to read." ー The Wall Street Journal The Mosco……続きを見る

Our planet is at a tipping point. Climate change, resource depletion, urban sprawl, and pollution are all symptoms of unsustainable development. Cities, while engines of human progress, are also maj……続きを見る

Pourquoi les mascarons ont-ils décidé de donner de la voix ? Eux qui se contentaient depuis des siècles de rester à demeure, impassibles, se bornant à orner les frontons de portes et de porches myst……続きを見る

Federick Hundertwasser was born in Vienna in 1928. He bought Kaurinui in the Bay of Islands in 1974 and designed the Kawakawa Public Toilets in 1999. He died in February 2000 of a heart attack while……続きを見る

Extended Mobility for the City as a Common offers a novel framework for understanding how urban inhabitants access and experience cities. It invites readers to critically examine the ways in which s……続きを見る

First published in 1974, Architecture of Middle Tennessee quickly became a record of some of the region's most important and most endangered buildings. Based primarily upon photographs, measured dra……続きを見る

Cinematic Starchitecture explores how examples of famous architecture have circulated throughout cinema history across diverse genres. Building on the term "starchitecture" – coined in 1997 for dram……続きを見る

This book explores the malleability of race as a construct, one subject to continuous redefinitions in different times, cultures and places. While race has been deployed historically to establish hi……続きを見る

Architect and urban planner Frans van der Werf discloses in this book his own experiences as one of the pioneers of the worldwide Open Building approach. He designed Molenvliet, the first executed h……続きを見る

Bringing a design perspective to the birth environment, this fascinating book collects and critically examines the knowledge we have. It exposes the social, political, and historical thinking that i……続きを見る

'A thoughtful, open-hearted, deeply reported book about what we need to live. In How To Build A City, Bennett roams the world in search of answers to some of the most profound questions of our prese……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie das Geheimnis einer gesunden und harmonischen Wohnumgebung! „Sicherer Wegweiser zu einer guten und gesunden Wohnung“ von Meyer-Merian und Balmer ist mehr als nur ein Ratgeber – es ist ……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die verborgenen Geheimnisse der alten ägyptischen Architektur! „Die Ägyptische Pflanzensäule“ von Ludwig Borchardt entführt Sie in die faszinierende Welt der altägyptischen Baukunst un……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die Kunst der modernen Wohnkultur mit einem zeitlosen Klassiker! „Die moderne Wohnung und ihre Ausstattung“ von Joseph Aug. Lux ist mehr als nur ein Buch – es ist eine Reise in die Wel……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie das Geheimnis einer gesunden und harmonischen Wohnumgebung! „Sicherer Wegweiser zu einer guten und gesunden Wohnung“ von Meyer-Merian und Balmer ist mehr als nur ein Ratgeber – es ist ……続きを見る

The shopping mall seems an unlikely place to go for health care services. Yet, the mall has become home to such services as well as a model for redesigning other health care facilities. In Medicine ……続きを見る

More than a history of a train stationーthe story of a city and an age, as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral. Winner of the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Ar……続きを見る