Showcases the best of contemporary rural residential architecture from the world's most innovative architects. This title features homes that range from traditional to experimental, exemplifying a shift from the conventional country vernacular towards ultra-modern, forward-thinking and eco-friendly designs.

The German architecture firm Murphy/Jahn has grown and evolved steadily under the leadership of Helmut Jahn. Forward-looking, but with a strong grounding in tradition they incorporate several building technologies, such as photosynthetic, photovoltaic or photochromatic processes. This title considers the firm's work.

Features award-winning interiors from the USA by notable architecture and design firms. This work contains 55 projects that were selected based on the criteria of creativity and innovation.

Presents Steven Ehrlich Architects, founded in 1979, a 20 person architectural team whose office is in Culver City. It is internationally recognised for its distinctive residential designs that extend Los Angeles' tradition of architectural innovation, fusing technology with cultural and environmental sensitivity.

Writer-photographer Michael Webb and designer-photographer Arnold Schwartzman offer a world tour in pictures and text of walls; the building blocks of our homes and cities, the barriers we erect to protect our lives and property, and the canvasses we paint and decorate.

The ASSAR group, has had a major impact on the cityscape of Brussels. This monograph features some of ASSAR's major projects, including headquarter buildings for companies such as AXA Belgium, ING Bank, L'Oreal, Robert Bosch and UCB, and several research laboratories, including a substantial facility for GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals.

Alongside mass-produced models, the craftsmanship of bespoke bicycle makers has emerged to satisfy the passion of people who ride bikes as a means of daily transport, as a sport and for recreation. This book by passionate cyclists is aimed to be a product of a world-wide search for skilled bike makers.

This title showcases the work of an Australian-based landscape architecture practice.

The central focus of the firm, which was founded in 1976 in Columbus, Indiana, and now has offices in London and Tokyo as well, is a commitment to designing buildings that respond to the environment physically and from the point of view of sustainability. This portfolio presents the firm's projects through colour photographs.

Presents architects Botti and Rubin, who graduated architectural school together and formed a partnership. They have been responsible for hundreds of projects ranging from single family homes to high-rise buildings and urban planning. This book features projects including the Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz and the Centro Empresarial Nacies Unidas.

Features drawings and concept sketches with useful summaries, as well as full-colour photographs of the finished detail.

Rocco Yim's work is recognised internationally as being among the most cutting-edge in Asia. This book focuses on their work.

Features a variety of projects from luxurious, sleek beach villas and tucked-away mountain retreats, to straw-clad sustainable houses and isolated wooden cabins.

Swatt Architects is an award-winning San Francisco Bay Area firm known for fusing a modernist sensibility with the particular challenges of California landscapes to create unique spaces for living. This new publication documents the firm's most significant residential design work and examines its individual approach to house design.

Michael Graves is one of the world's truly international designers. His name is as synonymous with architecture as it is with product and interior design. This three-book set presents a volume for each design genre.

Presents photographs of outstanding interior architecture and design, accompanied by captions and biographical information on featured firms. This book includes commercial spaces and atria, hospitality spaces and restaurants, leisure and arts centres, retail spaces and showrooms.

Mitchell/Giurgola Architects LLP established an office for general practice in New York in 1968. This book is a compilation of projects which includes a range of commissions across the US and Europe that build upon the firm's founding principles of design.

Barba is a leading porponent of bioclimatic architecture, orientating houses to take advantage of a view, pull in natural light and shut out strong sun. This text looks at some of his best designs, located in Spain, Portugal and the Greek islands.'