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Lichträume / Light spaces
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Kress & Adams belong to the most renowned offices for daylight and artificial light planning in the German-speaking countries. Amongst their best known lighting projects are the Museums Quarter in Vienna, the ship-building hall in Zurich, the art gallery in Graz and the gas containers in Simmering. One of Kress & Adams´ great strengths is their ability to interpret and(...)
Materials and Lighting
November 2002, Basel
Lichträume / Light spaces
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Kress & Adams belong to the most renowned offices for daylight and artificial light planning in the German-speaking countries. Amongst their best known lighting projects are the Museums Quarter in Vienna, the ship-building hall in Zurich, the art gallery in Graz and the gas containers in Simmering. One of Kress & Adams´ great strengths is their ability to interpret and express the architect´s spatial vision with light. Their integrated lighting concepts are derived primarily from the architecture whilst taking into consideration the functional requirements. The development of individual light fittings is also an essential part of creating a successful dialogue between architecture and lighting: minimalist and highly expressive forms with a great degree of technical expertise are characteristic of their light designs.
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November 2002, Basel
Materials and Lighting
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Pioneered by Peter Rice and Hugh Dutton for structural glazing of façades, glass as a structural material is now commonly used throughout buildings. Glass Roofs, Glass Façades, Other Glass Walls, Glass Floors, Glass Beams and, as the utmost point of experiment, Glass Columns are the subjects of the main chapters of the book.
Glass in structures : elements, concepts, designs
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Pioneered by Peter Rice and Hugh Dutton for structural glazing of façades, glass as a structural material is now commonly used throughout buildings. Glass Roofs, Glass Façades, Other Glass Walls, Glass Floors, Glass Beams and, as the utmost point of experiment, Glass Columns are the subjects of the main chapters of the book.
Materials and Lighting
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This is sourcebook for professional designers providing ideas and inspiration for lighting design concepts for residential and commercial spaces. The material is illustrated with interior images presenting lighting design concepts in use in interiors.
Materials and Lighting
September 2002, Gloucester, Mass.
Lighting design sourcebook : 600 solutions for residential and commercial spaces
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This is sourcebook for professional designers providing ideas and inspiration for lighting design concepts for residential and commercial spaces. The material is illustrated with interior images presenting lighting design concepts in use in interiors.
Materials and Lighting
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This book presents 20 internationally renowned architects and engineers with the main focus being on "glass". Based on surveys and interviews the authors not only show their most important buildings but also air their opinions, wishes and perspectives. "Do you consider a typology of glass to be possible? Do ecology and technology play a role in your work? What future do(...)
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January 1900, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Glass architects : concepts, buildings, perspectives
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This book presents 20 internationally renowned architects and engineers with the main focus being on "glass". Based on surveys and interviews the authors not only show their most important buildings but also air their opinions, wishes and perspectives. "Do you consider a typology of glass to be possible? Do ecology and technology play a role in your work? What future do you think glass has as a building material?" An interesting and detailed insight is given by experts from all corners of the world: Europe, USA, South America and Asia. Including large format photos predominantly in colour.
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In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened. What they heard was a new kind of sound that was the product of modern technology. They listened as newly critical consumers of aural commodities. By examining the technologies that produced this sound, as well as(...)
The soundscape of modernity : architectural acoustics and the culture of listening in America, 1900-1933
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In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened. What they heard was a new kind of sound that was the product of modern technology. They listened as newly critical consumers of aural commodities. By examining the technologies that produced this sound, as well as the culture that enthusiastically consumed it, Thompson recovers a lost dimension of the Machine Age and deepens our understanding of the experience of change that characterized the era. Reverberation equations, sound meters, microphones, and acoustical tiles were deployed in places as varied as Boston’s Symphony Hall, New York’s office skyscrapers, and the soundstages of Hollywood. The control provided by these technologies, however, was applied in ways that denied the particularity of place, and the diverse spaces of modern America began to sound alike as a universal new sound predominated. Although this sound--clear, direct, efficient, and nonreverberant—-had little to say about the physical spaces in which it was produced, it speaks volumes about the culture that created it. By listening to it, Thompson constructs a compelling new account of the experience of modernity in America.
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April 2002, Cambridge, Mass.
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The well-known artist Jean Pfaff has undertaken a series of fascinating colour interventions in buildings – documented and analysed here for the first time. Jean Pfaff’s colour interventions in architecture are not just a matter of art in buildings, rather they are an exciting dialogue between colour and space. The chromatic modifications allow materials to assume a(...)
Colours are like the wind : Jean Pfaff's colour interventions in architecture
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The well-known artist Jean Pfaff has undertaken a series of fascinating colour interventions in buildings – documented and analysed here for the first time. Jean Pfaff’s colour interventions in architecture are not just a matter of art in buildings, rather they are an exciting dialogue between colour and space. The chromatic modifications allow materials to assume a different appearance, to seem insubstantial, and they are a vital factor in the visual interplay between inside and outside spaces. Areas of dynamic colours alternate with indirect colour effects and reflections which enrich the ambiance of the building. With expressive photographs and enlightening texts, Heinrich Helfenstein reveals the quality and range of Jean Pfaff’s interventions, using examples including Peter Zumthor’s Kapelle Sogn Benedetg, Meili and Peter’s Timber Industry College, Biel, and Schrodt Architects' office building at Iserlohn.
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November 2001, Basel
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Aluminium is an extremely versatile material, its light weight and its resistance to corrosion make it a particularly suitable material for some specific building requirements. Even in the post-war years, aluminium was already playing an innovative role as can be seen in the work of the French engineer, Jean Prouvé. For today's sophisticated architecture, aluminium is(...)
Aluminium architecture : construction and details
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Aluminium is an extremely versatile material, its light weight and its resistance to corrosion make it a particularly suitable material for some specific building requirements. Even in the post-war years, aluminium was already playing an innovative role as can be seen in the work of the French engineer, Jean Prouvé. For today's sophisticated architecture, aluminium is highly rated with its clear aesthetical qualities and great strength. This book provides a systematic overview of the applications of aluminium as a building material, giving information on the properties of the metal and highlighting the latest technical advances. A selection of 25 international projects document the application of aluminium in load-bearing structures, facades, roofs and windows. Amongst the projects included are Toyo Ito's Aluminium House in Tokyo, Renzo Piano's Mercedes Benz Design Centre in Stuttgart, SOM's Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, and Norman Foster’s Greenwich Transport Interchange.
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September 2001, Basel
Materials and Lighting
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Lighting and city - a necessary, yet sometimes difficult, relationship. Four public, historical sites, in the heart of Milan, were "occupied" by well-known lighting designers and hosted a few small-scale projects, ephemeral lighting installations introduced and explored for everyday urban life. Squares, streets, and gardens that, lit in most unusual ways, lived under a(...)
Milano : lights in the blue / luci a cielo aperto
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Lighting and city - a necessary, yet sometimes difficult, relationship. Four public, historical sites, in the heart of Milan, were "occupied" by well-known lighting designers and hosted a few small-scale projects, ephemeral lighting installations introduced and explored for everyday urban life. Squares, streets, and gardens that, lit in most unusual ways, lived under a different light for four days, then photographed by masters of contemporary photography.
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Concrete design
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Over the last ten years concrete has become established as the favorite material for a number of internationally renowned architects, designers, sculptors, artists, and interior designers. In this look at the design possibilities of concrete within the domestic environment, desing expert Sarah Gaventa redresses the preconceptions surrounding the material, examining(...)
Concrete design
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Over the last ten years concrete has become established as the favorite material for a number of internationally renowned architects, designers, sculptors, artists, and interior designers. In this look at the design possibilities of concrete within the domestic environment, desing expert Sarah Gaventa redresses the preconceptions surrounding the material, examining experimentation on the medium by many of the world's leading designers such as Rem Koolhaas, Tadao Ando, Maya Lin, and Ron Arad. With a foreword by architect Piers Gough, and a wealth of inspirational images, Sarah Gaventa presents concrete as the material for the 21st century.
Materials and Lighting
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More than any building material, light produces spatial effects, generates moods, and “stages” architectural designs. Moreover, especially in office buildings, the combination of a sensible natural lighting design with a corresponding approach to artificial lighting is a decisive factor in energy conservation. Assembled by experienced authors and experts from the(...)
Lighting design : principles - implementation - cases studies
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More than any building material, light produces spatial effects, generates moods, and “stages” architectural designs. Moreover, especially in office buildings, the combination of a sensible natural lighting design with a corresponding approach to artificial lighting is a decisive factor in energy conservation. Assembled by experienced authors and experts from the worlds of practice and teaching, this volume in the series "Detail praxis" provides an introduction to the most important aspects of natural and artificial lighting design. In addition to straightforward planning rules — such as ground plan design, building orientation, and the structuring of facades — it also introduces and explains current natural and artificial lighting systems with the help of example projects. With 200 illus., 124 in colour.
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