As more and more people move into urban environments, there becomes a greater need for space-conscious housing in our cities. Collective Housing is a compilation of the best architectural designs for shared and social housing in a city or urban environment, where aesthetics are integral, and utilization of space imperative. The projects featured come from cities around the world, both those known for innovation in urban architecture, such as Tokyo, London and Barcelona, and those aspiring to world-class status. The book provides an illuminating look at the future of our urban landscapes. Architectural plans and drawings are featured alongside renderings and photographs of the completed housing projects. The text accompanying the images provides further insight into the design, execution and consideration of the space. The architects featured were often constrained by existing structures, small or awkward plots of land and strict city codes heightening their creative sensibilities.

"Geometrix" is a visual delight that illustrates and explains geometry's numerous potential applications in creating motifs, patterns and designs that make use of abstract shapes such as lines, circles, ellipses, triangles, rectangles and polygons. This is an invaluable resource for those wishing to understand the key elements of geometric graphics. To help with geometric comprehension, "Geometrix" contains case studies of over 100 projects, covering brilliant graphic designers and outstanding design agencies from all over the world, including the following: Anagrama, Artiva, Berg, BRR, Designers United, G2K, Hort, Madebysawdust, Since1416, Studio Newwork, Studio Lin, Associate and Face. "Geometrix" is an indispensable guide to using geometric shapes in the world of graphic design.

Highly stylized with delicate gestural flourishes or grounded in abstract geometric forms, plant inspired graphics are instantly distinguishable. With recognition of their forms hard-wired into our brains, they provide comfort, a reminder of our shared connection to the natural world and a balm to the austerity of urban living. Some reinforce a companys green ethic or product output others provide a renewable aesthetic to build visual identity around. With petals or bracts, pinnate or palmate leaves, one trunk or multiple stems - the seeds of inspiration are as vast as the hundreds of thousands of known plant species in existence. A growing