Книги видавництва Thames & Hudson

These sketchbooks explode with creativity and originality! Here is privileged access to the sketchbooks of some of the world’s leading street and graffiti artists. These are very private spaces, often reserved for a handful of friends. Th...

With over 1000 colour illustrations A new global street culture has emerged, uniting the world's diverse subcultures. Graffiti and skateboarding, DJ-ing, fashion and printmaking – this packed book celebrates the street as a stage for the...

The tango is not a dance but an obsession. Erotic and passionate, haunting and melancholy, it involves not only the body but also the soul. How did a dance born in the slums of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires remain spectacularly alive for more th...

Andrey Tarkovsky was the most important Russian filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world’s most renowned cinematic geniuses. Tarkovsky’s films are characterized by metaphysical themes, extended takes, an absence of conventio...

Never before has a volume of such lavishness been devoted to printed textiles. Covering the past two centuries, during which the Industrial Revolution drastically altered textile manufacture, Textile Designs presents a dazzling, comprehensive selecti...

This book surveys the astonishing array of textiles made, worn, used and displayed throughout the Islamic world, from the glorious fabrics of the past to those still being produced today. Lavish illustrations feature examples from around the globe...

Textiles owe their development to religion, commerce, exchange and travel, and their vibrant and creative preservation to tenacious regionalism. Artists and designers from India, Mali, Madagascar, Morocco, Burkina Faso and Nigeria have reinvigorated ...

Pieced together much like the fine garments it portrays, this colourful volume guides the reader on an international textile tour, presenting in over 700 glorious photographs a raft of remarkable clothing, people and fabric from all over the world. ...

This vibrantly illustrated book, which is newly available in paperback, is an original look at the myriad roles played by textiles in all aspects of human life, from ancient weavings to light-sensitive and other futuristic fabrics of our own era. Bev...

In creative advertising, no amount of glossy presentation will improve a bad idea. That’s why this book is dedicated to the first and most important lesson: concept. Structured to provide both a complete course on advertising and a quick ref...

All students who have a budding interest in architectural design will value this book for its solid foundational orientation and instruction. Learn to • See and sketch with accuracy • Develop fundamental drawing and modelling skills &...

An inspirational and insightful resource for architecture students, offering a fresh perspective and new approaches to the challenges of the 21st century In architecture, no amount of fashion-following or flashy presentation can disguise a bad or ...

A comprehensive and thoughtful survey, the book begins with a brief introduction to the history of architecture, seen through the advances and experimentation put forward by architects over the centuries. Separate chapters follow, devoted to specific...

This is the first comprehensive international survey of one of the most neglected but most important building types of the modern era: the parking garage. An introduction sets out the history and architectural significance of these buildings and thei...

Housing the maximum number of cars in a well-designed space is one of the most challenging aspects of twentieth-century architecture, which has attracted a stellar array of architects. This is the first major international survey of parking garage...