Modernist Estates - EuropeThe buildings and the people who live in them today

From the pre-war Viennese Werkbund Estate (designed by the likes of Gerrit Rietveld and Adolf Loos), the post-war Swiss Siedlung Halen (by Atelier 5) to more recent builds such as the Medina Complex in Eindhoven (Neave Brown),Modernist Estates: Europeshowcases 15 housing schemes through archival and contemporary photography, alongside a series of interviews with current residents. This beautifu…

Sobre la biografía y el gran arquitecto

Con el objetivo manifiesto de resaltar cómo la escritura biográfica nutre los relatos hagiográficos alrededor del arquitecto como figura autónoma, el libro compilado por Ana María Rigotti y Georg Leidenberger invita a una lectura en doble clave: la biografía se considera no solo como un género de investigación, sino también como un género de escritura. Historiadores como Jacques Le Go…

An Architect's Note-Book in Spainprincipally illustrating the domestic archit…

"An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country" by Sir M. Digby Wyatt. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or yet undiscovered gems?of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Pr…

Anti-UglyExcursions in English Architecture and Design

Since 2004 Gavin Stamp, one of Britains most eminent and readable architectural historians, has written a monthly column for Apollo, the esteemed architecture and fine art magazine. The subject is simply whatever in design or architecture happens to take his fancy. It might be the splendid reopening of the magnificent Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station, or the dilapidation of a little-kn…

La casa, a modo de poema

"La casa, a modo de poema / El habitante" recoge una serie de circunstancias y reflexiones en torno a la casa. En él la literatura se pone al servicio de la arquitectura y la realidad se une a la ficción tratando de incorporar experiencias sobre la práctica del oficio. Pero ¿por qué se ha utilizado el género poético? No es un capricho y menos cuando uno, de formación racionalista, no pu…

American ArchitectureStudies

"American Architecture: Studies" by Montgomery Schuyler. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or yet undiscovered gems?of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost reada…

Color, Space, and StyleAll the Details Interior Designers Need to Know but Ca…

A comprehensive handbook of all the crucial information interior designers need to know on a daily basis. In the world of interior design, thousands of bits of crucial information are scattered across a wide array of sources. Color, Space, and Style collects the information essential to planning and executing interiors projects of all shapes and sizes, and distills it in a format that is as ea…

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The Poor Side of TownAnd Why We Need It

The book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies--including public and other subsidized housing, as well as exclusionary zoning--with the idea that small houses --a poor side of town--helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more an historic narrative than a straight policy book, however--telling stories of …

Materials and Meaning in ArchitectureEssays on the Bodily Experience of Build…

Interweaving architecture, philosophy and cultural history, Materials and Meaning in Architecture develops a rich and multi-dimensional exploration of materials and materiality, in an age when architectural practice seems otherwise preoccupied with image and visual representation. Arguing that architecture is primarily experienced by the whole body, rather than chiefly with the eyes, this broad…