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Back in print, the spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier – one of the twentieth century’s most influential architects‘Le Corbusier arguably had more of an influence on the form of the modern world than any other architect… You couldn’t make a book like this abou...

Written by Clare Chapman and Federico Monsalve, and photographed by Simon Devitt, Jackie Meiring, Samuel Hartnett, David Straight, and Simon Wilson, Homes of this Decade is a beautiful hardcover book that explores exceptional New Zealand residential architecture of the past ten years. Including the ...

The Spanish architecture firm SelgasCano was founded in 1998 by architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano, who have since built a reputation for their creative use of materials and focus on the relationship between architecture and nature. Following on an earlier issue of ‘El Croquis’ featuring wo...

S,M,L,XL presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings.The inventive collaboration bet...

This unique and established guide to the management of design and designers has been comprehensively reimagined and updated. Written for students of architecture and early career architects, the book explores the benefits of design management from the context of managing design projects and the mana...

The architects of Studio Macías Peredo, based in Guadalajara and led by Salvador Macías Corona, Magui Peredo Arenas, and Diego Quirarte Contreras, believe that the act of designing is inseparable from the act of remembering. Architecture is a living testimony to the culture of a place. The studio ...

The definitive collection of residential work by celebrated contemporary architect Tom KundigTom Kundig is one of the most sought-after architects working today, known for his extraordinary houses that deeply engage with their surrounding environment.Based in the Pacific Northwest, Kundig’s intern...

‘An uncommonly intelligent guide through 4,000 years of spaces and buildings.’ – San Francisco ChronicleBack in print, an elegant presentation of stunning and inspiring architectural drawings from antiquity to the present dayThroughout history, architects have relied on drawings both to develo...

Two Austrian-born designers have left their indelible mark on California’s residential architecture of the 1930s to 1960s: Richard Neutra (1892–1970) and Rudolph M. Schindler (1887–1953) combined modern form and inventive construction with new materials to create a truly modern vision of livin...

A comprehensive monograph on , one of the great masters of modern architectureThis comprehensive monograph on the renowned twentieth-century architect, , explores both his major architectural designs and many of his minor projects in detail. Robert McCarter analyses Wright’s work chronologically, ...

Envision a world without architecture, a world-tecture without arche, the latter meaning not only beginning or origin but also the authority to arrange and subordinate persons, objects, and processes into an identifiable power structure. Pre-architecture is not simply 'not architecture' – it is wh...

The book archives 60 images by Pedro Cardigo, in a black and white special selection curated by Antonio Choupina, of details and contrasts of Álvaro Siza’s architecture, namely:BOA NOVA TEA HOUSE, QUINTA DA CONCEIÇÃO SWIMMING POOL, MARÉS SWIMMING POOL, BOUÇA NEIGHBOURHOOD, FAUP, ARCHITECTURE ...

A stunning portfolio of work by Japan’s leading contemporary architect, showcasing exquisite photography of 28 extraordinary projects selected by AndoFollowing the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando’s monograph series with Phaidon, Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light (1996), this new volume showc...

With over 30 years of experience, Aires Mateus is a Lisbon-based architecture studio led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus. Their work spans from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs, always grounded in collaboration—with engineers, landscape architects, economists, and commu...

Step inside the most exceptional homes in Australia in this definitive showcase of the Robin Boyd Award, the nation's highest accolade for residential architecture. Spanning four decades, this collection highlights inspiring dwellings - from urban sanctuaries to coastal retreats and bushland escapes...

Cities are bad for us: polluted, noisy and fundamentally unnatural. We need green space, not concrete. Trees, not tower blocks.So goes the argument. But is it true? What would the city of the future look like if we tried to build a better life from the ground up? And would anyone want to live there?...

The extraordinary career of Ricardo Bofill is collected in this monograph, which reveals his inspiring approach to architecture and life. Ricardo Bofill changed the 20th century with his revolutionary visions for urban architecture. From sci-fi utopian social housing projects to postmodern classicis...

The magazine presents the work of Harquitectes, the Spanish architectural firm founded in 2000 by David Lorente, Josep Ricart, Xavier Ros, and Roger Tudó. In addition to showcasing their most significant projects and works completed since 2021, the monographic issue includes a conversation with Har...

The first comprehensive monograph focused on the most spectacular residential projects built and designed by Antonio Farré, one of Mexico’s most distinguished contemporary architects.This publication showcases a curated and handpicked selection of the most outstanding houses in Mexico.The project...

A whopping two-volume publication presenting and analyzing the work of one of the world's leading architectsThis new monograph celebrating 40 years of practice by David Chipperfield Architects is published in double-volume format and covers a cross section of both built and unbuilt work. The monogra...

This book brings together all of the most important and influential essays about architecture written since the Renaissance, copiously illustrated and neatly organized chronologically by country. From Alberti and Palladio to Le Corbusier and Koolhaas, the best treatises by architecture's greatest ma...

The best and most memorable tropical houses from the last fifty years.This stunningly illustrated volume presents forty-five of the most interesting tropical houses of the last fifty years, surveying India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and northern Austra...

Founded in 1985, Neometro has established itself as Melbourne’s most long-standing design-focused and socially led development group, with numerous projects that enhance everyday urban living. Here, the residents of some of these buildings open their doors to share their stories of life in high-de...

A captivating and comprehensively illustrated study of the seventeenth-century Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, JapanAn outstanding example of Japanese architecture, Katsura has inspired countless architects from Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier to Tadao Ando and Kenzo Tange, and is often considered a pr...