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The International Highrise Award celebrates architectural excellence in buildings that integrate sustainability, design, and community interaction. Bestowed biennially by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, the award spans the globe to honor nearly forty outstanding skyscrapers completed within the last two years. Previous winners include the apartment(...)
Contemporary Architecture
November 2018
Best highrises 2018/19: the international highrise award 2018
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The International Highrise Award celebrates architectural excellence in buildings that integrate sustainability, design, and community interaction. Bestowed biennially by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, the award spans the globe to honor nearly forty outstanding skyscrapers completed within the last two years. Previous winners include the apartment buildings VIA 57 West in New York City by BIG, Bosco Verticale in Milan by Boeri Studio, and The Met in Bangkok by WOHA Architects, and the office building 1 Bligh Street in Sydney by ingenhoven architects. This book profiles the winner and finalists of the competition through photographs, illustrations, architectural drawings, and essays.
Contemporary Architecture
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In the 1920s, an unprecedented program of architectural and cultural renewal was established in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. This scheme became inscribed in cultural history under the name ''The New Frankfurt.'' As part of the housing and urban development initiative decided in 1925, more than 10,000 new residential units were planned. The Building Ministry’s(...)
July 2019
New human, new housing: architecture of the New Frankfurt 1925-1933
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In the 1920s, an unprecedented program of architectural and cultural renewal was established in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. This scheme became inscribed in cultural history under the name ''The New Frankfurt.'' As part of the housing and urban development initiative decided in 1925, more than 10,000 new residential units were planned. The Building Ministry’s architects, recruited from home and abroad, created pioneering work in many areas. Examples include the typification of family-oriented flats, plans for affordable apartments for those on low incomes, the first standard kitchen, the industrial prefabrication of building shells, the construction of schools designed around children’s needs, and integrated urban and green planning. In this book, four essays delve into the cultural background of the scheme and provide illuminating insights into the context of the work of its many actors.
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The Pavilion examines both the history and the contemporary state of pavilion architecture, something of a niche genre in the field, but with a long history of masterpieces. It consists of two parts: first, the examination of a group of twentieth-century pavilions, and second, a collection of essays that survey historical and more recent examples. This outstanding(...)
The pavilion: Pleasure and polemics in architecture
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The Pavilion examines both the history and the contemporary state of pavilion architecture, something of a niche genre in the field, but with a long history of masterpieces. It consists of two parts: first, the examination of a group of twentieth-century pavilions, and second, a collection of essays that survey historical and more recent examples. This outstanding analysis was produced by students of architecture at Frankfurt's Städelschule. In the theoretical section, well-known authors discuss the materials used in pavilions, starting with influences from the Orient, India and Asia, and moving on to significant twentieth-century pavilions and recent temporary buildings that seem to occupy a space between art and architecture. In addition, the book documents the research and development of a summer pavilion for the garden at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt produced by the offices of Barkow Leibinger and Werner Sobek.
Commercial interiors, Building types
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The rediscovery of the city that has been evident recently has by no means superseded the human desire for nature. On the contrary, the goal has been finding urban solutions that do justice to these growing needs and do so in ways that meet the requirements for design, ecology, sociology, and economy. This publication addresses the subject of designing inner-city spaces.(...)
Urban green: European landscape design for the 21st century
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The rediscovery of the city that has been evident recently has by no means superseded the human desire for nature. On the contrary, the goal has been finding urban solutions that do justice to these growing needs and do so in ways that meet the requirements for design, ecology, sociology, and economy. This publication addresses the subject of designing inner-city spaces. It documents twenty recently realized examples in Europe, most of which feature greenery, designed by international landscape architects such as Gustafson Porter, Field Operations, Michel Desvigne, Gross.Max, Latz + Partner, and West 8. The projects, built between 2004 and 2010, range from private urban gardens by way of squares, streets, and promenades to large-scale projects such as the revitalization of riverside areas or master plans for the green spaces of entire cities. Urban greenery is an important contribution to ecological urban development. The projects documented offer examples of how this can succeed using the most modern materials and technologies.
Urban Landscapes
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The latest edition of this annual volume featuring the best in German architecture focuses on showrooms, museums, residential, and commercial buildings. The DAM yearbook features numerous photographs, plans, and drawings of 23 projects brought together in a format that allows for close inspection and inspiration. The projects presented in the book are accompanied by(...)
November 2010
Deutsches architektur Jahrbuch: German architecture annual 2010-2011
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The latest edition of this annual volume featuring the best in German architecture focuses on showrooms, museums, residential, and commercial buildings. The DAM yearbook features numerous photographs, plans, and drawings of 23 projects brought together in a format that allows for close inspection and inspiration. The projects presented in the book are accompanied by numerous illustrations, basic specs, and brief architectural analyses. The main project presented in the book-the reconstruction and renovation of the Neues Museum in Berlin by David Chipperfield Architects-illustrates the contemporary approach to reconstructing historic buildings by incorporating new elements into the old.
Best highrises 2010-11
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Based on nominations worldwide, The International Highrise Award is bestowed every two years jointly on the developer and planner of a completed building. Finalists are chosen by an esteemed jury of architects, engineers and property specialists who judge on the basis of a building's special aesthetics, pioneering design, sustainability, cost efficiency, integration into(...)
Best highrises 2010-11
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Based on nominations worldwide, The International Highrise Award is bestowed every two years jointly on the developer and planner of a completed building. Finalists are chosen by an esteemed jury of architects, engineers and property specialists who judge on the basis of a building's special aesthetics, pioneering design, sustainability, cost efficiency, integration into its urban context and use of innovative technology. Presented by Deutsches Architekturmuseum and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, the prestigious award consists of a monetary prize of 50,000 Euro and is accompanied by a certificate and a sculpture by renowned German artist Thomas Demand. This book presents the 27 nominated projects encompassing a range of uses in cities throughout the world: Bangkok, Barcelona, Brisbane, Cádiz, Chicago, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt am Main, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg City, Munich, New York, Osaka, Paris, Philadelphia, Rotterdam, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo and Winnipeg.
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WOHA: breathing architecture
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A monograph on the architectural practice WOHA, known for its environmentally friendly buildings. This first monograph on Singapore-based WOHA uses examples such as open-aired tropical family homes, green permeable high-rises, and a cutting-edge resort on the island of Bali to show how the firm has continued to create innovative, environmentally sensitive structures that(...)
Architecture Monographs
February 2012
WOHA: breathing architecture
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A monograph on the architectural practice WOHA, known for its environmentally friendly buildings. This first monograph on Singapore-based WOHA uses examples such as open-aired tropical family homes, green permeable high-rises, and a cutting-edge resort on the island of Bali to show how the firm has continued to create innovative, environmentally sensitive structures that blend into their environments, yet maintain aesthetic integrity. Essays in the book explore WOHA's tropical architecture, discuss the Asian understanding of nature, and examine newly designed community spaces. Headed by Wong Mun Summ and Richard Hassell, the practice is making a name internationally for their sophisticated projects, which are presented in this volume. Through numerous illustrations and in-depth essays, this book reveals the innovative, sustainable, and green designs of WOHA.
Architecture Monographs
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The architectural scale model has long had an essential role in the design process, creating a tangible, three-dimensional representation of the finished building, but it has not been explored as an artistic medium in its own right. The Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) began to fill in this gap in architectural scholarship in 2009, focusing on the history of the model(...)
The architectural model: tool, fetish, small utopia
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The architectural scale model has long had an essential role in the design process, creating a tangible, three-dimensional representation of the finished building, but it has not been explored as an artistic medium in its own right. The Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) began to fill in this gap in architectural scholarship in 2009, focusing on the history of the model with particular attention paid to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Drawing on the museum’s vast collection of models, comprised of more than 1,200 objects created by over four hundred architects from around the world, researchers created both this book and a corresponding exhibit set to open in May 2012. The Architectural Model covers a variety of topics, from the rise of specialized workshops after 1945 to the way in which more sophisticated machinery led to a “Miniature Boom” in the 1950s and ’60s. Of special interest is the discussion of the how working models are used by professionals to develop and change their ideas.
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