Architecture: residential and domestic buildings

Gain insight into both modern and Japanese styles with this stunning Japanese interior design book.

The New Malaysian House is a collection of 25 contemporary houses that demonstrate a remarkable flowering of Malaysian design talent that has been germinating since the mid- 1980s.

This comprehensive interior design book showcases the best in Balinese architecture with over 280 photographs and insightful commentary.

Singapore Houses features top architects and designers with ideas that are stylish, contemporary, and show twenty-first century savvy.

This Asian interior design and architecture book showcases the best luxury homes and interior spaces of the Pacific region.

With over 500 beautiful photographs, Cool Hotels showcases the best hotels in India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

Houses and Gardens of Kyoto presents over 500 photos of the most excellent examples of traditional Japanese architecture from every significant historical period in this new edition of a favorite classic.

This Asian interior design and architecture book showcases the best luxury homes and interior spaces of the Pacific region.

Originally published in 1995, Barns of the Midwest is a masterful example of material cultural history.

Explore the latest developments in Filipino architecture and interior design.

This award-winning, lavishly illustrated history displays the wide range of North Carolinas architectural heritage, from colonial times to the beginning of World War II.

Originally published in 1995, Barns of the Midwest is a masterful example of material cultural history.

25 Tropical Houses in Indonesia offers a selection of the best contemporary architecture and interior design in the archipelago.

Tropical Style showcases thirty-five contemporary Malaysian homes and resorts that feature the use of indigenous cultural forms and cross-cultural influences in new and exciting ways.

The Living House is a pioneering work by respected anthropologist Roxana Waterson that has become a classic in its field.

Houses and Gardens of Kyoto presents over 500 photos of the most excellent examples of traditional Japanese architecture from every significant historical period in this new edition of a favorite classic.

This Balinese design book, containing over 300 beautiful photos and extensive commentary will add a distinctive tropical flair to your interior decorating and architecture.

Explore the latest developments in Filipino architecture and interior design.

This Balinese design book, containing over 300 beautiful photos and extensive commentary will add a distinctive tropical flair to your interior decorating and architecture.

With over 350 full-color photographs, this Indonesia architecture and interior design book showcases the stunning luxury homes of Indonesia.

Singapore Houses features top architects and designers with ideas that are stylish, contemporary, and show twenty-first century savvy.

The largely untold stories of innumerable, rather humble, lives spent 'in service' are lying just below the surface of many great houses.

This book examines the women whose contributions significantly shaped housing management, policy and design.

This book examines the women whose contributions significantly shaped housing management, policy and design.

This Japanese architecture and design book is a wonderful source of new styles and ideas for those looking to add a distinctively Zen flair to their home.

The Philippines were declared an American Territory on January 4, 1899, and fortification construction soon began on the islands in the mouth of Manila Bay.

With the exception of the key royal sites, such as Stirling and Edinburgh, few Scottish castles were located at strategic points, or were intended to house garrisons required to defend or subjugate towns.

An illustrated guide to the defences beset by prolonged and bloody fighting for control of the Japanese occupied Pacific islands in World War II.

During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong (VC) main forces and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were forced to hide weapons and supplies underground and to dig protective shelters to counter massive US firepower.

The German Army of World War II considered itself an offensive, mobile force.

From June 1941, the Soviets were forced to undertake large-scale defensive operations in the face of the overwhelming German blitzkrieg assault, operations which ran counter to their preference for highly mobile, offensive warfare.

A fascinating analysis of the most ambitious military fortification program of World War II.

An illustrated history of the defences of this pivotal position in the Mediterranean, an outpost between North Africa and the soft underbelly of Europe, and one of the most fortified places in the world.

At the outbreak of World War II, Fort Eben Emael in Belgium was the strongest fortress in the world, and it lay exactly across the German invasion route of Belgium and France.

The defence of the 9th-century kingdom of Wessex under King Alfred against the 'Great Viking Army' is one of the major military achievements of Early Medieval history.

In 1277 Edward I gathered a huge army and marched into Wales to subdue the rebel Welsh princes.

The border between East and West Germany was closed on 26 May 1953.

Dr Stephen Turnbull is internationally recognised for his research into and writing on Japanese military history.

The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country.

Artillery fire support bases of the Free World Forces played a critical role in the conduct of operations during the Vietnam War.

Artillery fire support bases of the Free World Forces played a critical role in the conduct of operations during the Vietnam War.

Descended from the Viking raiders who settled in Northern France under the leadership of Rollo in around 911, the Normans were amongst the most feared warriors of their time.

Descended from the Viking raiders who settled in Northern France under the leadership of Rollo in around 911, the Normans were amongst the most feared warriors of their time.

Following the Israel Defence Forces' success in the Six Day War of 1967, the IDF Chief of Staff, General Haim Bar-Lev, ordered the construction of a series of fortified positions named the Bar Lev Line.

Following the creation of the Duchy of Normandy, the Normans were soon introduced to the castle and they built them in large numbers.

The Maginot Line, the massive series of fortifications built by France in the 1930s to defend its borders with Germany and Italy, is perhaps the most maligned collection of fortifications ever built.

Following the battle of Bussaco on 27 September 1810 Wellington's heavily outnumbered troops began to withdraw towards Lisbon.

In the course of the Peninsular War, Wellington's army fought several hard battles and smaller actions, but it was the bloody sieges that troubled him more than anything else.

In the late-19th century, with the advances in technology and the increase in America's economic stature, a new round of fortification building began in the United States and its overseas territories.

An illustrated history of the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller, repeatedly besieged during the Crusades.