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Roman Architecture casts new light not only on many familiar monuments of the city of Rome, but also on less well-known examples from across the Roman empire. Rome and its empire were fundamental to the development of western architecture, and its forms and motifs remain significant elements of our own built environments.

Masterworks of Berliner architecture by Werner Düttmann Honoring the centennial birthday of Werner Düttmann (1921-83), German architect, professor, and Director of Urban Development in West Berlin, this volume traces his most significant Berlin projects, including the Brücke Museum, the Akademie der Künste, Ernst Reuter Platz and the residential development at Mehringplatz.

The architecture by Arne Jacobsen and Otto Weitling is of outstanding importance for post-war modernism in Germany. The calibre of their projects, however, has been forgotten. Gesamtkunstkwerke closes this gap in the appreciation of their work with a comprehensive presentation of seven out of eight German projects by the Danish master architects.

In People, Planet, Design, architect Corey Squire builds the case, provides the data, and lays out the practical tools for a transformative human-centered architecture. This approach integrates beauty and delight with an awareness of how every design choice impacts the community, the planet, and the people who will use the building.

History states that it was men who owned grand estates and houses, who commissioned famous architects, and who embarked upon elaborate architectural schemes. Hidden Patrons dismantles this myth - revealing instead that women were at the heart of the architectural patronage of the day, exerting far more influence and agency than has previously been recognised.

What the cosmos can teach us about architecture and gender This monograph brings together the works of Madrid-based architecture studio Izaskun Chinchilla and the founder's concept of the cosmos as a spatial theory for architecture. This volume reflects upon the philosophy and politics of Izaskun Chinchilla's spaces, with special attention placed on women's relationships to the built environment.

This study presents the Early Helladic II ceramic roofing tile fragments from Zygouries, a site excavated by Carl Blegen more than a century ago. It is the first publication of an entire assemblage of Early Helladic roofing tiles, an oft-neglected find on archaeological sites. Details about the tiles' forms, features, and variability are presented first, followed by a production-oriented analysis reconstructing much of the chaIne operatoire and complementary volumetric and energetic analyses.

Looking beyond established concepts of triumph and imperialism, Facing Crisis situates the artistic interactions between Byzantium and Venice into ongoing processes of state formation and attests to the power of images to inform-and transform-political imaginations in troubled times.