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Founded during the Space Age boom of the fifties, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus showcases some of California's finest postwar architecture, ranging from spare sixties concrete structures to light, open California modernists designs and, in the new millennium, buildings that reflect that latest ideas about connecting buildings with the emerging(...)
University of California San Diego: The campus guide
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Founded during the Space Age boom of the fifties, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus showcases some of California's finest postwar architecture, ranging from spare sixties concrete structures to light, open California modernists designs and, in the new millennium, buildings that reflect that latest ideas about connecting buildings with the emerging campus community. The book presents almost ninety significant architectural works on the UCSD campus and reveals the very sources of modernist California architecture, from the influence of Richard Neutra, Frank Gehry, and the Case Study Architects in Los Angeles, to early San Diego modernist Louis Gill, and architect Louis Kahn.
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This book features international locations, concepts, and designers that deal with the world of food in a timely and surprising way. On the one hand, the book sheds light on current trends and future developments in restaurant design. It presents an extensive selection of locations with a design spectrum varying from glamorous to minimalist, from romantic to high-tech. On(...)
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April 2010
Eat out!
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This book features international locations, concepts, and designers that deal with the world of food in a timely and surprising way. On the one hand, the book sheds light on current trends and future developments in restaurant design. It presents an extensive selection of locations with a design spectrum varying from glamorous to minimalist, from romantic to high-tech. On the other hand, it examines in detail the different concepts that this variety of restaurants uses to create unique dining experiences.
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Bath views
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The editors of this edition asked six architects to envision their schemes for the bath of the future. This volume examines six bathing projects from Terunobu Fujimori, Kumiko Inui, Sou Fujimoto, Junya Ishigami, Torafu and Yuko Nagayama. A blend of photographs, plans, models and sketches accompany each design that is also explored through the thoughts and motivations of(...)
Bath views
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The editors of this edition asked six architects to envision their schemes for the bath of the future. This volume examines six bathing projects from Terunobu Fujimori, Kumiko Inui, Sou Fujimoto, Junya Ishigami, Torafu and Yuko Nagayama. A blend of photographs, plans, models and sketches accompany each design that is also explored through the thoughts and motivations of each participating architect.
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Now more than ever, architects and designers are crossing aesthetic borders, and redefining craft to suit their own creative needs, philosophies, and expectations—often by commenting upon or challenging it. Featuring twenty-five residential, commercial, and institutional projects—by major international design figures as well as the relatively unknown and(...)
Re:crafted: Interpretations of craft in contemporary architecture and interiors
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Now more than ever, architects and designers are crossing aesthetic borders, and redefining craft to suit their own creative needs, philosophies, and expectations—often by commenting upon or challenging it. Featuring twenty-five residential, commercial, and institutional projects—by major international design figures as well as the relatively unknown and up-and-coming—this volume looks at what constitutes the craft influence in contemporary architecture and design.
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University buildings pose an interesting challenge for contemporary architecture. The seven liberal arts have long ago been joined by countless other faculties and departments. This branching out of knowledge requires a specialization of its structures which play a role in the transmission of learning and the creation of new knowledge. In addition, subjects of(...)
Colleges and universities
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University buildings pose an interesting challenge for contemporary architecture. The seven liberal arts have long ago been joined by countless other faculties and departments. This branching out of knowledge requires a specialization of its structures which play a role in the transmission of learning and the creation of new knowledge. In addition, subjects of interconnectivity and sustainability on campuses step into focus together with the multimedia requirements imposed by modern universities. For both teaching and research it is essential to enable the preservation and access to the constantly growing knowledge of mankind. This volume presents about 70 recent projects from around the world by means of texts, photos and drawings.
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July 2010
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This volume presents examples of revolutions in library design and renovation, an architectural challenge to strike the finest balance between functionality and aesthetics.
Library architecture and design
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This volume presents examples of revolutions in library design and renovation, an architectural challenge to strike the finest balance between functionality and aesthetics.
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Theaters, concert halls and opera houses belong to the main building tasks of our times. Numerous cities as well as communities are adding stage buildings for performing arts to their cultural infrastructure and are renewing historical buildings. The acoustics and stage mechanisms are adjusted to modern requirements, while the standards of the in-house technology and the(...)
Performance architecture and design
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Theaters, concert halls and opera houses belong to the main building tasks of our times. Numerous cities as well as communities are adding stage buildings for performing arts to their cultural infrastructure and are renewing historical buildings. The acoustics and stage mechanisms are adjusted to modern requirements, while the standards of the in-house technology and the amenities for visitors are decidedly improved. Prestigious projects for various towns and states result in extraordinary buildings. These not only convince in terms of their interior design, but also make an impact on the cityscape as solitary structures. 60 outstanding projects from around the world are presented in this volume from the Masterpieces series.
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Toilet brings together twelve essays by urbanists, historians and cultural analysts (among others) to shed light on the public restroom. Based on a broad range of conceptual and political viewpoints, the original essays in this volume show how bathroom design reflects and sustains social practice.
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November 2010
Toilet: Public restrooms and the politics of sharing
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Toilet brings together twelve essays by urbanists, historians and cultural analysts (among others) to shed light on the public restroom. Based on a broad range of conceptual and political viewpoints, the original essays in this volume show how bathroom design reflects and sustains social practice.
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Beginning with the origins of Finnish sauna and arrival of the practice to North America, and continuing all the way to contemporary design, this book is a commemoration of the history, culture, and practice of Finnish sauna in the north woods. With photographs of unique and historic saunas of the region — including the oldest sauna in North America, incredible surviving(...)
The opposite of cold : the Northwoods Finnish sauna tradition
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Beginning with the origins of Finnish sauna and arrival of the practice to North America, and continuing all the way to contemporary design, this book is a commemoration of the history, culture, and practice of Finnish sauna in the north woods. With photographs of unique and historic saunas of the region — including the oldest sauna in North America, incredible surviving saunas from immigrant farmsteads, and the contemporary saunas from noted architects —Michael Nordskog and Aaron W. Hautala unveil the importance and beauty of sauna culture in modern Midwestern life.
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October 2010
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Retail architecture now
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This book is full of the most recent retail spaces in the world, ranging from shopping centers by Daniel Libeskind or the young Swiss firm HHF to interactive store windows or a tiny chocolate store in the heart of Paris.
Retail architecture now
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This book is full of the most recent retail spaces in the world, ranging from shopping centers by Daniel Libeskind or the young Swiss firm HHF to interactive store windows or a tiny chocolate store in the heart of Paris.
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