Ecological Architecture charts the ascendancy of an ecological approach to building over the past century, assessing as it does so the situation as it stands today, and identifying where we might go next.

Explores the design and engineering ideas, large and small, that make the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC outstanding. This book is of interest to owners and architects who aspire to design excellence.

A monograph on the award-winning Jordanian architect Rasem Badran (b. 1945), and a celebration of his works. The introduction explains the author's first encounter with Badran's work and provides a brief outline of the architect's unique approach to architecture.

This work is a survey of trends in architecture worldwide since the 1960s. It takes as its starting point the international modernism that was once the norm, and charts its disintegration and the counter-movements and styles that have replaced it over the last 30 years.

The story of the Queen Mary , once the world's largest and fastest ocean liner. Put into service in 1936, she soon captured the imagination of the public on both sides of the Atlantic, and came to represent the spirit of an era that was characterized by elegance and style.

Archaeologists and biological anthroplogists set out their methods for reconstructing the social systems and cultural traditions of our ancestors; an essential introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduates and researchers.

Charles Eames, who always worked with his wife and partner Ray, was the most innovative and broad-based of American designers. The Eames House was one of his few experiments with architecture. Highly successful, it is a highly significant building of the post-war era.

Louis Kahn's Salk Institute sits high above the Pacific at La Jolla, California. The project presented Kahn with the opportunity to design for a closed community, in this case research scientists. Incomplete at the time of Kahn's death, it survives as an enduring reminder of his genius.

Pierre Koenig (born 1925) is one of the major figures of the Modern Movement in the USA. His work provides an insight into the evolution of the modernism of the West Coast and the scope of its influence internationally.

A three-volume chronologically organized set, which allows students to understand the social, political, economic and religious conditions that existed for their inhabitants. It features color and black-and-white images, which illustrate the homes of people throughout the world.