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Andrea Palladio
Undoubtedly one of the most accomplished architects of the Renaissance, Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) is also the most widely imitated. Drawing inspiration from classical architecture, he created harmoniously proportioned villas and palaces in the Italian Veneto region. The influence of his work was wide-ranging, inspiring stately homes across Europe and America, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
Andrea Palladio Complete Illustrated Works
Andrea Palladio Palladian Ideal
The sixteenth-century builder Andrea Palladio of Vicenza was to become one of the most influential architects of all time. His famous and beautiful villas, built in the mainland territories of the Venetian Republic, provided his contemporaries and successors with a model for interpreting antique architecture through complex yet graceful proportion and simple, sometimes even stark, ornament.
Andrea Palladio Palladian Ideal
Andrea Palladio Perfect House
Before Andrea Palladio began designing his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, architectural genius was reserved for temples and palaces. Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form, and he not only designed and built, he wrote.
Andrea Palladio Perfect House
Palm Springs Modern
Internationally known as a luxurious oasis for the jet set, Palm Springs has attracted an eclectic crowd who have left a legacy of original and influential architecture. "Palm Springs Modern" showcases the premiere examples of homes that have made this city a mecca for mid-twentieth century modern architecture. As Hollywood celebrities, presidents, business barons, and artists came to play in Palm Springs during the winter months of the '40s, '50s, and '60s, they wanted exclusive estates and country clubs to create their own private Shangri-la. The city's popularity was so enormous that many visitors would buy land and build their vacation houses because they couldn't get a hotel room.
Palm Springs Modern: Houses in the California Desert
St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's was the first British cathedral to be built for the Anglican faith at the end of the 1600s. It is therefore ironic that its famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren, borrowed heavily from the Catholic Renaissance by adopting such features as the dome and Corinthian columns. The original St Paul's Cathedral was built on the same site in 604 by Bishop Mellitus. The Vikings burnt it down in 962 and it was rebuilt in the Gothic style. This was begun in 1087 and completed two centuries later in 1310. This cathedral was then destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
St Paul's Cathedral
John Pawson
John Pawson is the foremost proponent of a minimal aesthetic in architecture and design. Already known to designers for his ascetic yet luxurious interiors, he has attained public acclaim for his high-profile retail projects such as the Calvin Klein flagship store in New York, his celebrity clients like Martha Stewart and his book Minimum. This book looks at the spatial themes that preoccupy John Pawson’s work through a close examination of a range of different projects.
John Pawson Themes and Projects
Auguste Perret
French architect Auguste Perret (1874–1954) was a pioneering precursor to the Modern Movement. His career is inextricably linked to the constructional technique of reinforced concrete: in works such as his 1903 apartment building in rue Franklin, Paris, concrete – a material that previously had been perceived as common and industrial – was reinvented, handled artistically and given its own idiom. Le Corbusier described this building as ‘a foretaste of the modern world’.
Auguste Perret by Karla Britton
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano is an architect whose work seems increasingly relevant to our times. One of the few architects to be intimately involved in each stage of a building's development, from its concept and masterplan to its construction and detailing, Renzo Piano's insights into his own projects are revealing and insightful. Each new design never fails to be innovative and exciting.
Renzo Piano
Post-War Modernity in Switzerland
After the Second World War, talented young architects including several from Switzerland, turned to the task of promoting the ideals of Modernism. Their main interest lay in furthering the new design and construction methods which were then being made possible by industrial prefabrication and montage, even considering and incorporating them at the design stage. The time has now come to review this chapter of recent architectural history.
Post-War Modernity in Switzerland
Prairie Style
After nearly one hundred years, both the Arts and Crafts movement and the man most closely associated with it-Frank Lloyd Wright-continue to enjoy extraordinary popularity. Created and championed by Wright and his colleagues, the Prairie Style is firmly rooted in the domestic architecture of the American Midwest, and its influence has spread throughout the country and the world. This elegant, profusely illustrated book captures the enduring spirit of Prairie Style, celebrating its indelible contribution to the closing century.
Prairie Style: Houses and Gardens by Frank Lloyd Wright
Prefab
More and more architects (as well as their clients) are becoming aware of the benefits of prefabricated architecture. Here is a first-ever look at the light, modular, dismantlable, transportable, mobile, adaptable, self-supporting, and recyclable projects that make life easier for 21st-century nomads!
Prefab by Alejandro Bahamon
Prefab Modern
For many, the idea of prefab may bring to mind trailers and other less desirable images of housing. Instead, the new prefab is becoming the inevitable next step to cool housing as home buyers look for distinctive yet reasonably priced first and second homes. One in six new houses today is a prefab and 400,000 units are now produced in the United Srates each year.
Prefab Modern by Jill Herbers
