The next wave: architecture's future stars (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition) Who are the Norman Fosters, Richard Meiers, and Tadao Andos of tomorrow? Discover the next generation of designers who are already starting to shape the future of architecture for the new millennium, redefining...
From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. Since 1949, the site has operated as an international museum of...
Do you ever find yourself wondering, "Has she had work done?" Do you flip through supermarket tabloids to see who's the latest star to have gone under the knife? Do you secretly adore before and after photos? Well, let's face it, who doesn't? Aesthetic surgery has become a global phenomenon. In plac...
We've searched far and wide, through Africa's deserts and jungles, cities and wildlife reserves, islands and mountains, to uncover the continent's most inspirational dwellings; our goal was to find the kind of interiors that defy description, and we think the results will definitely leave you speech...
A fantastic journey through the history of esoteric lore: the great work of the alchemists (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition) The Hermetic Museum takes its readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the mediaeval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascin...
A compact overview of one of the world's greatest architect"Modern architecture does not mean using immature new materials; the main thing is to work with materials towards a more human line." - Alvar Aalto Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898?1976) was not only influenced by the landscape of his nat...
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!"For the person who gets a kick out of movies such as Shrek 2 and Finding Nemo, consider Animation Now!, a survey of 80 of the great cartoonists and animation studios worldwide, from Hollywood's Pixar, Walt Disney, and DreamWorks SKG, to decidedly higher-...
* TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! Special budget abridged edition!"This book reveals everything about me. It's been a 60-year contract. Photography is love and death-that'll be my epitaph."-ArakiThe subject is Japanese photographer Araki, a man who talks about life through photographs....
Of buildings and men: Architects on their favorite subject (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition) If you¡¯ve ever wondered what goes through architects¡¯ minds when they design buildings, you¡¯ll be happy to know that there¡¯s no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosi...
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!The ultimate architectural reference work This is the be-all-end-all reference work for architecture in the 20th century. From Frank Lloyd Wright to Gaudi to Frank O. Gehry to Shigeru Ban and all the best stuff in between, it's all here. The chronological...
A tri-lingual overview of recent contemporary architecture taking examples from all over the world and trying to distill them into some semblance of trends and evolution. Lavish, often full-page, color photographs, plans, diagrams, and drawings provide focus for the minimal text....
As always, TASCHEN is doing its best to keep up with the fast paced world of architecture by continually producing guides to the world's best designers and projects. For the third volume of our Architecture Now! series, we're included many new and exciting names as well as recent projects by perenni...
* TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special editionAbridged version for new low price!The quest for a new architecture: a who's who of today's most innovative architectsThe fine line between art and architecture is rapidly becoming harder to perceive. With the aid of sophisticated computer programs, toda...
* TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!Big-sized, new designed edition at special bestseller price! Art Nouveau, whose emergence at the same time as cinema was no mere coincidence, represents the most remarkable attempt to reconcile the demands of the technical age with the undying wish for ...
Contemporary art, continued Unless you regularly trawl the Chelsea galleries, hang out at the Tate Modern, peruse the Pompidou, attend every Biennale, and religiously read Artforum, you could probably use a primer on the art scene in the world today. Fortunately we¡¯ve created our second Art Now vol...
We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published in any language. In 1830, having received his...
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through the end of the 19th century, this grand work, originally published between 1876 and 1888, remains completely unique in its scope and detail.