Sculpture: The Assemblage from the Theater

This book presents in detail the freestanding sculptures of the Corinth Theatre assembled from fragmentary remains, and reveals other architectural sculptures and figures. Drawing on over 30 years of study, the author also presents her ideas about sculptural decoration in the Corinth theatre and ...

Stephen Paraskevopoulos 1926-1976

This presentation of the life and work of the architect Stephen Paraskevopoulos, professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Michigan from 1954 to 1976, documents his multifaceted work as a teacher, researcher, inventor and visionary. The text in this book is presented in both Gr...

The Churches of Rome, 1527-1870 Volume II

A detailed book on 261 churches in Rome and Vatican City, covering their history, interior decorations, and artisans involved from 1527 to 1870. Extensive research reveals new insights on artworks and artists, making it a valuable guide and resource for visitors, accompanied by 250 photographs.

Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture, Vol. I

Hillenbrand's writings cover Islamic architecture across regions and centuries, examining Iran's Saljuq period, Umayyad monuments and the iconographic significance of Muslim architecture. These two volumes present primary material, exploring historical periods and dynasties, and analyzing the con...

The Churches and Monasteries of Tur'Abdin

Gertrude Bell's early 20th-century studies on Christian architecture in Turkey's Tur 'Abdin region are reprinted in this volume. It includes previously unpublished photos, an updated text, and a comprehensive catalog of sites and monuments visited by Bell. The work is a valuable resource for unde...

I. Vikelas

A study of the work of architect Ioannis Vikelas, spanning his fifty-year career.   Concise descriptions of each building are accompanied by plans and details regarding its function, complemented by abundant photographs. Greek and English bilingual. 600 illus., mainly colour.

Tatoi periigisi ston xrono kai ton xwro

This guide to the Tatoi estate and its buildings (the former summer palace of the Greek royal family) is the ideal guidebook for every excursion to Tatoi. It spans the period from the years before the War of Independence to the present day. 100 illus. including maps, photographs and architectural...

Kinimatografoi tou oneirou

New York-based Theo Kalomirakis is a leading creator of opulent home theatres and one-of-a-kind entertainment environments. This book includes fifteen of these incredible spaces with photographs and descriptions of the technology that make this revolution in entertainment and design possible. Gre...

Beyond Ruins

This book explores the potential of modern architecture renovation in the Global South as a catalyst for self-determination and community-building. The volume presents case studies, conversations, and visual essays by international experts in architecture, governance, regenerative design, contemp...

The Southeast Building, the Twin Basilicas, the Mosaic House

This volume discusses the important, mainly Roman, buildings at the east end of the Corinthian Agora; the Julian Basilica and the Southeast Building, the South Basilica (immediately behind the South Stoa), and the Mosaic House adjoining it.

Building to Heal

This book examines the hardships and challenges faced by the hospital system today, presenting innovative models and solutions in healthcare architecture. Through critical, scientifically based discourse, contributors examine healthcare systems and hospital architecture, and how architecture can ...

The Katholikon of the Holy Monastery of Greatest Lavra on Mount Athos: History and Architecture

The Katholikon of the Holy Monastery of Greatest Lavra, erected in 963, is the first of the big Katholikons on the peninsula, initiating the building of the monasteries of Mount Athos in the form we know today. This book is a detailed study of the history and architecture of the Katholikon. In Gr...

The Panagia Houses at Mycenae

Excavations at Cerro Azul, Peru

Winner of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize. During the Late Intermediate period , the lower Canete Valley of Peru was controlled by the Kingdom of Huarco. The seaside community of Cerro Azul, 130 km south of Lima, produced fish for the kingdom. This is the final site report on the architecture ...

The Church of the Archangel Michael at Kavalariana

Crete, a vital Venetian stronghold, saw cultural interaction between Greek Orthodox locals and Venetian colonists. This book delves into the case of the Archangel Michael church at Kavalariana, revealing a hybrid society's artistic development, with unique features like a pro-Venetian inscription...

The Church of the Holy Apostles

The Church of the Holy Apostles stands at an important crossroads in the southeast corner of the area of the ancient Agora. This book considers its design in relation to other churches in Greece, and describes the restoration. It includes photos of the structure before, during and after restorati...

T-Squared

Original collection explores the relationship between research that shapes art, architecture and design practices, and assignments that are developed by faculty for students. Demonstrates how pedagogical inquiry can become an evolutionary agent and makes innovative ideas/exercises available for t...

Anarchitectural Experiments

Comprehensive exploration of architectural visualization through speculative design projects. Outlines how cinema and animation augment traditional design drawing practices to expand the possibilities for theoretical architectural projects. It provides a history of speculative designs and elabora...

The senses in interior design

Interior design is all about the senses. This volume explores how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors from the late sixteenth century to today. It provides new insight on the significance of the senses in all aspects of interior design and ...

The Origin and Development of Dougong and Zaojing in Early China

This book inquiries about the origin of dougong and zaojing in Chinese Bronze Age, and their heavenly interpretations in the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220), with an aim to remind people the rich cultural meanings embodied in these two important architectural elements in early China.

Multicriteria Analysis for Environmental Decision-Making

The book provides an introduction to key concepts of multicriteria analysis, and a series of case studies that illustrate its application to a variety of environmental decision-making problems, ranging from protected area zoning to landfill siting, and from forest restoration to environmental imp...

Architecture, Film, and the In-between

Architecture, Film, and the In-Between: Spatio-Cinematic Betwixt brings together some of the most prominent thinkers in contemporary architectural discourses with an investigation of the filmic imagination of architectural in-betweenness, as well as the in-between spaces within the architectural ...

Street Scenes

Since 1989, Berlin has continued to be a city in transition. Bertolt Brecht's "Street Scene" model relies precisely on establishing a connection between art's functioning and everyday life. This book interrogates what kind of "life" is permitted to "flow" in the "new Berlin." It strives to establ...

Epidemic Urbanism

The recent pandemic has put into perspective the impact of epidemic illness on urban life and exposed the vulnerabilities of societies. Interdisciplinary case studies from across the globe explore what insights from the outbreak, experience and response to previous epidemics might inform our unde...

Cultures and Settlements. Advances in Art and Urban Futures, Volume 3

Inner empire

This book presents for the first time a coherent analysis of the British Isles as an imperial setting understood through its buildings, spaces, and infrastructure. It considers ‘internal’ colonisation and its infrastructures of order and suppression, alongside wider relationships between architec...

The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States

The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States provides an in-depth analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosystem services in the United States. It explains why very few of these markets have succeeded even after close to twenty years of scholarly enth...

1 Angel Square

This book charts the building of 1 Angel Square, the remarkable new head office for The Co-operative Group in Manchester’s new NOMA district.Combining text and photographs to illustrate the building from commissioning to completion, Len Grant has interviewed the whole project team – clients, arch...

Manchester Cathedral

This is the first comprehensive study of Manchester Cathedral. Founded in 1421 by charter of Henry V, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, as it then was, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance. In this highly-illustrated book, a team of experts reconstructs its past, offering ...

Demystifying informal urban design and planning

Borrowing from Isaiah Berlin’s foxes vs hedgehogs and Gregory Treverton’s puzzle vs mystery solving analogies, this book encourages urban designers to be multitaskers like foxes, rather than hedgehogs who can do one thing right. Thinking this way allows them to better engage with and unravel the ...

Watch This Space

Watch This Space is a collection of insightful essays on the interconnectedness of urban design, architecture and moving image studies. 82 b&w illus.

Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow

Scholars and practitioners from the realm of 'Islamic architecture’ consider its changing nature and continued significance. Reflective essays address the meaning of ‘Islamic’ in built environments, and the geographical, chronological, disciplinary diversity of a dynamic field of study encompassi...

The Cultural Meaning of Aleppo

A documentation of the cultural meaning of the urban landscape of the Ancient City of Aleppo though the urban structures and characteristic courtyard houses, this is both a theoretical and practical handbook for architects, urban planners and restorers alike. 70 b/w illus.  Free sample: Introduc...

Spectacle, Entertainment, and Recreation in Late Ottoman and Early Turkish Republican Cities

An analysis of entertainment, spectacle and recreation activities and spaces of late Ottoman and early Turkish cities, discussing their evolution, and significance for the urban life as well as their interaction with society’s modernization processes, through contributions of numerous authors por...

The Making of Modern Muslim Selves through Architecture

Addresses the question of how architecture – defined broadly – mediates the forces that constitute various forms of flows and boundaries, and thus creates nuanced definitions of Muslim selves. It book discusses how different experiences of partition and consolidation informed or resisted architec...

Architectural Dynamics in Pre-Revolutionary Iran

This volume considers the major trends and developments in Iranian architecture during the 1960s and 70s in order to further our understanding of the underpinnings and intentions of Persian architecture during this period. Free sample: Preface – Mohammad Gharipour

Islamic Architecture on the Move

This book brings together scholars from architectural studies, design, art history and other fields to challenge and expand concepts of Islamic architecture. Ranging from eighteenth-century Ottoman tents to Islamic motifs in 1960s Hawaii, this volume raises key questions about Islamic architectur...

Israel as a Modern Architectural Experimental Lab, 1948–1978

This collection discusses the innovative and experimental architecture of Israel during its first three decades following the nation’s establishment in 1948. The volume highlights new perspectives on the topic, discussing the inception, modernization and habitation of historic and lesser-research...

Reframing Berlin

Reframing Berlin investigates the concept of urban memory through the transformation and/or consistency of the built environment. These architectural changes, defined as urban strategies, range from demolition (forgetting) to memorialisation (remembering) and are shown through case studies using ...

Architecture and the Virtual

Architecture and the Virtual is a study of architecture as it is reflected in the work of seven contemporary artists, working with the tools of our post-digital age. 

Cultural Quarters

The book offers a concise illustration of how cultural practice is maintained and expanded within an urban environment. This single volume, packed with detail, can be used in higher education courses to support the study of cultural policy, management and regeneration.