City Guides

Monterrey means mountain king, a name befitting its location surrounded by the Sierra Madre in north-eastern Mexico. It was founded in 1596 near the natural springs of Santa Lucia, a luscious oasis in an otherwise arid landscape. Its colonial beginnings are still visible in the architecture of the Barrio Antiguo district in the city centre. In the

This handy pocket guide to modern and contemporary architecture in Rome has entries for 87 buildings, and a clever folding map with thumbnail photographs which correspond to marked locations.

This pocket guide to highlights of modern and contemporary architecture in New York City features entries for 85 famous skyscrapers and cutting-edge projects.

Focuses on Berlin's last one hundred years when, generation by generation, Berlin daringly and almost obsessively rediscovered itself architecturally. This book includes selected examples that convey a visually impressive and representative longitudinal progression. It presents 466 architectural works built since 1907.

Tokyo has earned a reputation as one of the innovative cities in the world, and nowhere is this more evident than in its modern architecture. This book covers eighty-three examples of contemporary architecture and introduces them not just from an architectural perspective, but as part of the social, cultural, and political tapestry of the city.