urbanistyka

This book provides critical and interdisciplinary reflection upon issues of contemporary cultural and social significance to architectural critics, practitioners, educators and students.

The Biennale has decided to dedicate the theme of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition to the metacities. The changes in the physical and social morphology of the city now allow us to delineate the features of a...

A group of scholars studied the various manifestations of public space by investigating the example of the booming central African capitals Brazzaville and Kinshasa. BRAzzaville-KINshasa, viewed as one metropolis in this...

This is the most comprehensive survey and analysis of twentieth-century Brazilian Architecture, written by Brazilian architects and writers for an international audience. Its key events and buildings appear not in a conventional...

A history of the planning, design, and construction of the six-building Getty Center in Los Angeles. Richard Meier takes us behind the scenes of the 13-year-long, one-billion-dollar project.

Morledge, Smith and Kashiwagi: Building Procurement: Back Cover Text The procurement of construction work is complex, and a successful outcome frequently elusive. Clients have developed increased expectations of the industry

Now in an updated and expanded edition, an invaluable guide to the work of one of the world’s leading architects. Highlighting recent projects, Norman Foster: Catalogue traces the development of the Foster studio...

This book chronicles Chicago's architectural tradition from the nineteenth through the early twenty-first century, from the structural simplicity of Chicago School commercial building to the low-slung Prairie School house

The fascinating architecture of Chicago unfurls before your eyes in this acclaimed -- and now completely revised and updated -- walking tour guide to the birthplace of the skyscraper. Full of little-known facts intriguing...

A definitive catalog of the tenth International Architecture Exhibition reflects its exploration of the rapidly changing structure of today's meta-cities, offering insight into how today's new variety of civilian agglomeration...