New glass architecture
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The book begins with an introduction that traces the history of key moments in glass architecture--from the stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral to the Crystal Palace of 1851, and early constructions by John Soane, Bruno Taut, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe. Author Brent Richards explains the importance of glass artists in the second half of the 20th century(...)
New glass architecture
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The book begins with an introduction that traces the history of key moments in glass architecture--from the stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral to the Crystal Palace of 1851, and early constructions by John Soane, Bruno Taut, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe. Author Brent Richards explains the importance of glass artists in the second half of the 20th century and describes developments in glass technology over the last twenty years. Illustrated with newly commissioned photographs by Dennis Gilbert, the book features twenty-five case studies of recent glass constructions from around the world by such leading architects as Foster and Partners, Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito & Associates, Jean Nouvel, Raphael Viñoly, and Peter Zumthor. Each building is illustrated in full color and accompanied by detailed drawings.
Materials and Lighting
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Une sélection de projets et d'édifices récents qui révèlent l'ampleur de l'usage des nouveaux bétons. Avec une production de six milliards de mètres cubes de béton par an, soit au moins un mètre cube par personne, le béton est la deuxième substance la plus consommée par l’homme, après l’eau. Depuis longtemps choisi comme matériau pour la construction des aqueducs, des(...)
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June 2006, Paris
Architectures du béton : nouvelles vagues, nouvelles recherches
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Une sélection de projets et d'édifices récents qui révèlent l'ampleur de l'usage des nouveaux bétons. Avec une production de six milliards de mètres cubes de béton par an, soit au moins un mètre cube par personne, le béton est la deuxième substance la plus consommée par l’homme, après l’eau. Depuis longtemps choisi comme matériau pour la construction des aqueducs, des usines ou des parkings, le béton est aujourd’hui considéré par les architectes et les ingénieurs les plus inventifs comme un matériau indispensable, non seulement à cause de sa souplesse d’usage et de sa résistance mais également pour sa capacité expressive sans limite. Substance hybride composée de ciment, d’eau, de sable et d’agrégats minéraux, le béton n’a pas de forme propre : il endosse celle que lui imposent le coffrage et l’imagination de l’architecte. Grâce au développement d’étonnantes propriétés physiques et structurelles et de nouvelles techniques de construction liées au béton, ses caractéristiques n’ont cessé de le rendre plus attractif. Les recherches techniques ont donné naissance à de nouveaux composés défi ant toutes les idées jusqu’alors associées au béton : hier dense, mat et monolithique, il est désormais flexible, léger, flottant, autoplaçant, résistant malgré son extrême finesse, et peut même devenir translucide. Cet ouvrage rassemble des textes d’architectes, d’ingénieurs et d’universitaires qui décrivent du point de vue technique autant qu’esthétique la nature changeante du béton. Conçus par les architectes Jean Nouvel, Herzog & de Meuron, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Norman Foster ou Santiago Calatrava, plus d’une trentaine de bâtiments sont présentés avec des descriptions détaillées, des photographies et des dessins techniques. Textes de : Jean-Louis Cohen; Adrain Forty; Réjean Legault; Martin Moeller; Guy Nordenson; Antoine Picon; Billie Tsien; Franz-Josef Ulm; Tod Williams.
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"Architecture in detail : colors" examines how color plays a role in even the most upscale architectural designs. The series itself examines the role of details in contemporary architecture through the work of many emerging and established practitioners.
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September 2006, Gloucester, MA
Architecture in detail : colors
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"Architecture in detail : colors" examines how color plays a role in even the most upscale architectural designs. The series itself examines the role of details in contemporary architecture through the work of many emerging and established practitioners.
Materials and Lighting
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This book profiles the emergence of colour in architecture, both internal and external, selecting colourful buildings from around the world, built and unbuilt. The book is divided into two main sections, architecture and art, within which various key design philosophies and techniques are explored, such as screen printed enamels, film, lamination, and sandblasting.(...)
Colours of architecture : coloured glass in contemporary buildings
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This book profiles the emergence of colour in architecture, both internal and external, selecting colourful buildings from around the world, built and unbuilt. The book is divided into two main sections, architecture and art, within which various key design philosophies and techniques are explored, such as screen printed enamels, film, lamination, and sandblasting. Exponents of these trends from all over the world are represented, including architects Will Alsop (UK), Sauerbruch and Hutton (Germany), and Jamie Carpenter (USA) and artists Brian Clarke (UK), Warren Carther (Canada), and Jose Castrillo (Spain), with illustrations of their individual projects.
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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.
Materials and Lighting
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The city at night is defined by light. A well-lit urban space can be inviting, giving visitors a sense of well-being and security. A successful nighttime lighting design can also give a city its own identity and accentuate certain architectural qualities. At the same time, an overabundance of light sources can result in light pollution and spatial confusion. In Light Zone(...)
Light zone city : light planning in the urban context
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The city at night is defined by light. A well-lit urban space can be inviting, giving visitors a sense of well-being and security. A successful nighttime lighting design can also give a city its own identity and accentuate certain architectural qualities. At the same time, an overabundance of light sources can result in light pollution and spatial confusion. In Light Zone City author Christa van Santen uses her many years of experience as a practitioner and teacher of lighting design to articulate basic planning rules for the outdoor lighting of buildings, traffic routes, and squares. In preparation for this guide to urban lighting design, she visited ten European cities—including Paris, Brussels, Berlin, London, Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam—with different urban conditions. Light Zone City presents different planning and design tasks systematically and uses each to illustrate specific solutions. Van Santen also explains new artificial lighting systems and outdoor lamps through numerous examples.
Materials and Lighting
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Exposed concrete is one of the most fascinating and demanding building materials. To work with it calls for technical precision of the highest order, especially where the architecture’s character is determined by the material’s special qualities. Architects such as Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Gigon-Guyer, and Diener & Diener have defined the highest(...)
Materials and Lighting
December 2005, Basel
Exposed concrete : technology and design
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Exposed concrete is one of the most fascinating and demanding building materials. To work with it calls for technical precision of the highest order, especially where the architecture’s character is determined by the material’s special qualities. Architects such as Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Gigon-Guyer, and Diener & Diener have defined the highest standard for the use of exposed concrete with their buildings. In its first part, this book presents groundbreaking examples of exposed concrete architecture by ten international architects and analyzes their treatment of the material. In its second part, it describes the key aspects of exposed concrete (surface, color, sheeting, framework, seams, composition, etc.); discusses the concreting process in detail; and gives advice on avoiding defects and writing successful proposals.
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Transmaterial 2
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Following the success of the first volume of the Transmaterial series, Transmaterial 2: A catalog of Material That Redefine Our Physical Environment offers a clear and concise directory that provides information about two hundred of the latest, most intriguing materials, organized according to emerging industry trends.
Transmaterial 2
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Following the success of the first volume of the Transmaterial series, Transmaterial 2: A catalog of Material That Redefine Our Physical Environment offers a clear and concise directory that provides information about two hundred of the latest, most intriguing materials, organized according to emerging industry trends.
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