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Author : James Steele
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 13,77 MB
Release : 2001-01-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780714840970
A guide to the prominent architectural movements of the last 25 years.
Author : David Andreu Bach
Publisher : Booq Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,98 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788499360812
Presents exciting contemporary commercial and industrial design projects by thirty professional architects from around the world.
Author : Jean-Marcel Humbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 16,64 MB
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1315427001
This book presents and analyses the results of the use and adaptation of ancient Egyptian architecture in modern times. It traces the use of ancient Egyptian motifs and constructions across the world, from Australia, the Americas and Southern Africa to Western Europe. It also inquires into the cultural, economic and social contexts of this practice. Imhotep Today is exceptional not only in its global coverage, but in its analyses of thorny questions such as: what was it about Ancient Egypt that inspired such Egyptianizing monuments, and was it just one idea, or several different ones which formed the basis of such activities? The book also asks why only certain images, such as obelisks and sphinxes, were incorporated within the movement. The contributors explore how these 'monuments' fitted into the local architecture of the time and, in this context, they investigate whether 'Egyptianizing architecture' is an ongoing movement and, if so, how it differs from earlier, similar activities.
Author : Charles Jencks
Publisher : Harry N Abrams Incorporated
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 13,24 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780810918832
Surveys late-modernism, post-modernism, and alternative architectural styles, providing examples of homes, office buildings, museums, churches, and apartment buildings that illustrate each approach
Author : Jennifer Siegal
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 2008-09-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568987583
The allure of mobile, portable architecture is worldwide and centuries old. From the desert tents of the Bedouin to the silvery capsules of the Airstream trailer, mobile architecture has inspired designers with its singular characteristics of lightness, transience, and practicality. In "More Mobile", the follow-up to her groundbreaking 2002 book Mobile, Jennifer Siegal explores the ever-growing range of possibilities of portable, demountable structures. From serious Refuge Wear to the playful Bar Rectum and the practical Kunsthallen, "More Mobile" explores the working methods and finished work of the most exciting contemporary designers and presents today’s most dynamic, active mobile structures in beautiful color images, detailed drawings, and thoughtful text. Contributors include Studio-Orta, Dré Wapenaar, Andrea Zittel, Andrew Maynard, Andreas Vogler, Horden Cherry Lee Architects, N55, Atelier Bow-Wow, Mark Fisher Studio, MMW, LOT-EK, and the Office of Mobile Design. A foreword by Jude Stewart discusses life on the move, while an introduction by William J. Mitchell considers the house as a robot in which to live.
Author : Clovis Heimsath
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780292731455
"Geometry in Architecture, a revised edition of Pioneer Texas Buildings, juxtaposes the historic structures with works by twenty contemporary architects who are inspired by the pioneer tradition to show how seamlessly the basic geometries translate from one era to another. As in the earlier book, sketches and brief commentary by Clovis Heimsath explain how squares, triangles, and circles take shape in the cylindrical forms that comprise houses and other buildings. Then black and white photographs, the heart of the book, illustrate these geometric forms in historic and modern buildings."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Tom Porter
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1134719833
What role does colour play in our built environment? How are our attitudes to colour changing? What potential do new technologies bring for the use of colour and light in architecture? Combining real examples from practice with colour theory, this book will help you to fully understand the role and impact of colour in our urban spaces. Contributions from leading architects Will Alsop, Legorreta and Legorreta, John Outram, Sauerbruch Hutton and Neuterlings Riedijk accompany those from artists Alain Bony and Yann Kersalé, and from colour researchers such as Kristina Enberg and Anders Hård, who developed the Natural Colour System. Topics include: how and why we see colour methodologies in the documentation of traditional colours the development of new urban palettes recent colour psychology research the effect of light levels on human behaviour dramatic colour effects achievable with light guidelines for future deployment of colour in the built environment. This is a sequel to the immensely influential Colour for Architecture, published in 1976. Much has changed in 30 years; new cutting edge technologies and materials have emerged allowing architects to experiment with colour and light in an energy efficient and sustainable way, paving the way for a more colourful and exciting built environment.
Author : Chris Abel
Publisher : HOW Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,1 MB
Release : 2006-10-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781581809978
• More than 120 of today's architecturally significant homes, selected by a panel of international consultants • A written and visual journey through the homes of different times and cultures-from Mayan thatched huts to the grand palaces of Europe and Asia • Includes an "Architects A-Z" feature--an easy-reference historical guide to the architects who have shaped architectural trends and design From inner-city living and outer-city sprawl to spectacular country retreats and glimpses to the future, the architectural solutions used by today's architects can be found in Home. The book offers an insider's perspective, drawing on examples from history through to current trends. Home features easy to read floor plans and section views, stunning photography and perspectives from the architects themselves. Home is a beautifully rich and inspiring visual reference book for anyone interested in designing, creating, and expanding their knowledge of architecture and home design.
Author : Dana Buntrock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,12 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1134725019
In this beautiful and perceptive book, Dana Buntrock examines, for the first time, how tradition is incorporated into contemporary Japanese architecture. Looking at the work of five architects – Fumihiko Maki, Terunobu Fujimori, Ryoji Suzuki, Kengo Kuma, and Jun Aoki – Buntrock reveals the aims influencing many wonderful works barely known in the West; the sensual side of Japanese architecture borne out of approaches often less concerned with professionalism than with people and place. The buildings described in this book illustrate an architecture that embraces uniqueness, expressing unusual stories in the rough outlines of rammed earth and rust, and demonstrating new paths opening up for architectural practice today. For some, these examples will offer new insight into expressions of tradition in Japanese architecture; for others, this book offers inspiration for their own efforts to assert the unique heritage of other regions around the world. Compelling, insightful and groundbreaking, this book is essential for everyone studying Japanese architecture and anyone trying to invoke narrative and tradition in contemporary design.
Author : Kester Rattenbury
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781856694926
This volume offers both an introduction to and an insight into key contemporary architects as well as giving a snapshot of the varied nature of architecture today. For each architect there are details of their life and work and illustrations of their most representative and iconic buildings.