A comprehensive study of the important Florentine architect and sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi.

This volume brings together the most important essays on and by Frank Lloyd Wright, described by the American Institute of Architects as 'the greatest American architect of all time', as well as providing an overview of the very principles that are at the foundation of great architecture.

Widely regarded as one of the significant prophets of modern architecture, Adolf Loos was a celebrity in his own day. This book argues that Loos' masterful "astylistic architecture" was an appreciation of tradition and utility and not, as most architectural historians have argued, a mere repudiation of the florid style of the Vienna Secession.

The quintessential Japanese architect, Kengo Kuma has forged a modern design language that artfully combines the countries traditional building crafts with sophisticated technologies and materials. This title documents a leading light of the global architecture scene and offers insight into interpretations of Japans ancient building traditions.

Documents the author's most important project: the Neues Museum, the centrepiece of the Berlin Museumsinsel. In this title, photographs show the rooms after their completion and before they were furnished. It also describes the fragmented history of which this building is evidence, thanks to its many layers.

A celebration of a unique culture and its experience, Responding to Chaos offers a timely examination of Japanese design at the start of a century.