The Koenigstein Fortress, located not far from Dresden on a rocky plateau high above the Elbe River, is considered one of the most interesting and best preserved fortifications in Europe. It has a long eventful history dating back to the Bronze Age. Koenigstein was first mentioned in documents in 1241. It was not until the end of the 16th century ......
Text in English and German. Ullmann has explored Venice photographically for more than twenty years. This book shows the famous city from a very individual point of view, not emphasising the tourist highlights, but investigating the 'essence' of Venice in a number of impressive photographs.
Giancarlo De Carlo has been at the center of the European architectural scene for half a century. His philosophy has found expression in coherent architectural work: writings, teachings and design projects.
Franz Riepl retired professor retired from the Technische Universitat in Graz, working in Munich from 1958,is the outstanding exponent of the architecture now called the other architecture.
Himeji Castle represents an architectural type that probably does not occur in other areas of the world. Large parts of the building were classified as (TM)Kokuho State Treasure as early as 1951, and others as (TM)Important Cultural Property ". The building was placed on the World Cultural Heritage list in 1993.
Since 1970, based in an isolated building situated on the peninsula of Posillipo, Pica Ciamarra Associati (www.pcaint.eu) has acted as a laboratory of architectural and urban design which has gradually incorporated new members and new energies over the time: using a multidisciplinary approach, the roots of the architectural practice lie in the ......
The book is a collection of contributions by internationally renowed authors and examines not only the buildings themselves but also other aspects of the topic that have hitherto received little attention. It turns to architecture students, professionals working in architecture as architects, architectural historians and critics. Many architects ......
In their sculptural works, artists have always broken out of the workshop or studio and into open-air spaces. After all, the place where sculptures are best able to show their three-dimensional quality is in an open space not enclosed by walls and ceiling, in which all flows of power and movement can have free rein. However, because public spaces ......
With Robert Capa as Photojournalist in the Spanish Civil War
Paris in the summer of 1937. A giant funeral procession wends its way from the city centre eastward toward the Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, accompanied by the sounds of Chopin's Marche funebre. The photojournalist Gerda Taro had been killed in the Spanish Civil War a few days earlier. Thousands come to pay their last respects to the emigree from ......
