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An Outline of European Architecture

For over 60 years Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s study of European architecture has been regarded as a seminal work which has inspired countless students of architecture around the world. In this updated, larger format edition, which also has a new and ...

Architecture After Modernism

Architecture of the Islamic World

From mosques to markets, from citadels to cemeteries, this is a panoramic survey of the entire field of Islamic architecture, with contributions by leading experts in the field. Widely praised on its first publication, it is now brought to a wider ...

Australian Architecture Now

Australian Architecture Now is a crucial record of the most significant buildings created in one of the most fascinating and dynamic countries in the world during its unprecedented building boom of the 1990s.

Avant Gardeners

Now available in paperback, Avant Gardeners profiles the 50 most exciting contemporary landscape practices from around the world. With between four and six case studies for each designer, it presents an encyclopaedic look at the most advanced ...

Avant Gardeners

Avant Gardeners profiles the 50 most exciting contemporary landscape practices from around the world. With between four and six case studies for each designer, it presents an encyclopaedic look at the most advanced thinking in garden design and ...

Baroque and Rococo

Baroque and Rococo art and architecture have become popular once more, after a century and a half of neglect, misunderstanding and scorn. This radical shift in taste has led to a rapid growth of detailed knowledge about the artists who created these ...

Bawa

Geoffrey Bawa’s architectural work is well documented, but less attention has been paid to his work on gardens. This book focuses on his two most famous gardens: Lunuganga, on his own estate, and the lesser-known garden he fashioned for his brother, ...

Beyond Bawa

Geoffrey Bawa (1919–2003) was among the most influential architects in southeast Asia in the last decades of the 20th century, and the principal force behind what is today known globally as ‘tropical modernism’. This brilliantly illustrated volume ...

Big Shed

If the 20th century was the age of the skyscraper, the 21st century belongs to the ‘Big Shed’ – colossal and highly engineered structures, such as sports arenas, airports and concert halls, that have become landmarks around the world. A radically ...