Arts / Architecture

Place Ville Marie: Montreal's Shining Landmark

by QA international Collectif

This book traces the fascinating history of what Montrealers still call the city’s “grande dame”. From the complex’s earliest beginnings with developer William Zeckendorf, through its later transformations,...

Art Deco

by Michael Windover

Journeying across the globe – from a skyscraper in Vancouver, B.C., to a department store in Los Angeles, and from super-cinemas in Bombay (Mumbai) to radio cabinets in Canadian living rooms – this richly...

Archeology of Sardinia

by Logus-Mezzolani

The most important archaeological monuments of Sardinia published for the first time in an ebook. From 3500 BC to the early centuries after Christ: the culture of the menhirs to the Roman baths, going for the...

The Colors of Catalonia

by Virginie Raguenaud

Catalonia boasts an extraordinary cultural heritage. Its lively Mediterranean villages have inspired artists such as Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Pablo Picasso, George Braque, Salvador Dali, and many others....

The Problem of Space Travel

by Herman Potočnik Noordung

Herman Potocnik Noordung’s ‘Inhabitable Wheel’.

In 1929, an Austro-Hungarian - Slovene called Herman Potocnik published a book under the pseudonym of ‘Noordung’. The book was Das Problem der Befahrung...

Laboratories

by Walter Hain

This book provides internationally applicable and updated information on the design of laboratories. It is a practical guide for the team responsible for the design and construction of laboratories, especially...

Designing Kinetics for Architectural Facades

by Jules Moloney

Architectural facades now have the potential to be literally kinetic, through automated sunscreens and a range of animated surfaces. This book explores the aesthetic potential of these new types of moving facades....