Book layout

[Søren Hauberg]

Hi Everybody
I recently converted my father to linux.
My father is an architect and is about to write a book about his 
research. This being a book on architecture means there will be a lot of 
photographies and not that much text.

Now my question is what kind of software should I recommend him? 
OpenOffice.org/AbiWord seems to be more concerned with the text than the 
layout so I don't think that's a very good choice.

I know I'm being very precise here, but that's because I don't really 
know what I'm looking for.

Thanks (and a merry Christmas to those of you that celebrate Christmas)
/Søren