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Water house

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This exploration of built and yet-to-be-realized aquatic habitats shows how water has become architecture's next frontier. Whether they're floating on top, hovering over, or submerged beneath the water, each of the more than fifty structures examined here demonstrates an innovative use of water resources. Colourfully illustrated with photographs, drawings, and plans, this global and historic sampling includes Shanghai's Bionic Tower, complete with its own lake; Biorock, an artificial reef in the Indian Ocean; an undersea hotel where scuba divers can spend a comfortable night; and Sweden's Ice Hotel, where translucent frozen walls reveal the beauty of the Northern Lights. Each of these projects demonstrates man's ability to live in the water without interfering with nature's rhythms. Together they offer reassuring proof that today's architects are finding workable and appealing solutions to the problems of shrinking resources and growing populations. Each of these projects demonstrates man's ability to live in the water without interfering with nature's rhythms. Together they offer reassuring proof that today's architects are finding workable and appealing solutions to the problems of shrinking resources and growing populations.

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XS : big ideas, small buildings

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This book is the celebration of small buildings, those unexpected structures that make us momentarily pause to ponder their meaning, or our own meaning, or simply to appreciate the elegance of their creation. From the spectrum of functions and styles of these structures, it is clear that size imposes no limits on creativity, and utility is no constraint to beauty. Thonking small is a wonderfully constructive exercise.

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Tiny homes: simple shelter

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In this book are some 150 builders who have taken things into their own hands, creating tiny homes (under 500 sq. ft.). Homes on land, homes on wheels, homes on the road, homes on water, even homes in the trees. There are also studios, saunas, garden sheds, and greenhouses. There are 1,300 photos showing a wide variety of small homemade shelters, and there are stories (and thoughts and inspirations) of the owner-builders who are on the forefront of this new trend in downsizing and self-sufficiency.

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Architecture contemporaine, mode d'emploi

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L'architecture est tout à la fois l'art le mieux partagé et le plus imposé qui soit. Omniprésente, à portée d'oeil et de main et pourtant souvent indéchiffrable, l'architecture est avant tout écriture, rythme, expression, poésie, création. À cet art se superposent des techniques et des matériaux, des savoirs et des pratiques d'une grande complexité. Création et maîtrise qui, conjuguées, débouchent sur des fonctions et des usages essentiels. Mais ce qui distingue l'architecture de la construction, c'est sa dimension créative, qui en fait un art en perpétuelle évolution, lié aux avancées technologiques, économiques, sociologiques, politiques, philosophiques.

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XS future: new ideas, small structures

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XS Future, the third volume in the successful XS series, focuses on two of today’s most challenging design problems—how to conserve space and help preserve the environment. The houses that are profiled here all represent striking, cost-effective, functional solutions located "at the edge of possibility"—remote locations previously deemed unbuildable, sites that face extreme environmental conditions, or simply, designs so daringly provocative that they are literally at the extremity of contemporary architecture. Each project shares the same basic design brief: build as small and efficiently as possible, harmonize with the site, use natural heating/cooling techniques, and, above all, combine aesthetic beauty with ecological sensitivity.

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Micro: very small buildings

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Very small buildings have a special appeal. The constraints of space and cost can actually liberate the imagination. Most of the projects in this book consist of no more than a few key spaces, in many cases just a single space. They are united only by their compact nature, the pleasure that they can provide, and the intelligence that they embody. A brief introduction is followed by five thematic chapters: Public Realm, Community Spaces, On the Move, Compact Living, and Extra Space. The 53 case studies include a park bench that transforms into a shelter for the homeless in Australia, an inflatable treetop structure for rainforest observation, a portable house for victims of hurricane Katrina, a transportable church in Finland, and a suspended office in France.

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Mini micro maison

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Les maisons présentées ici ont pour objectif de maximiser l'utilisation du moindre espace afin de préserver l'environnement. Elles prouvent qu'on peut allier efficacité et design intelligent et esthétique au sein d'un cadre réduit. Chaque projet rappelle l'historique du lieu, les défis de la conception, et comment l'architecte les a relevés, un plan détaillé, et des photos couleurs intérieures et extérieures.

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Nanotecture: tiny built things

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An inspiring, surprising and fun collection of 300 works of small-scale architecture including demountable, portable, transportable and inflatable structures as well as pavilions, installations, sheds, cabins, pods, capsules and tree houses.

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Small homes: the making of Bouwexpo Tiny Housing in Almere

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Are small homes going to be the new norm? By mid-century, a large number of people will be living by themselves, meaning it is time the building industry gave small homes more attention. In the Dutch city of Almere, BouwEXPO Tiny Housing launched an open ideas competition in 2016. The winners built sixteen permanent and greatly varied houses at one location in the city, all of which are actually lived in today. The houses naturally serve as inspiration for small dwellings elsewhere, whether on vacant lots, as infill, on a roof, or in completely new neighbourhoods. This book offers an in-depth reportage on the entire design, funding, and building process of the awarded small homes.

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Nanotecture: édifices miniatures

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Un livre inédit et étonnant sur l’architecture version petit format. Une sélection passionnante, accessible et instructive des structures architecturales infiniment petites imaginées au cours des dernières décennies. L’ouvrage présente 300 projets réalisés dans le monde entier, notamment en Chine, en Corée, au Japon, en Amérique du Sud et du Nord et en Europe. Un ouvrage de référence visuel documenté et divertissant destiné aux architectes, aux designers et aux personnes qui s’intéressent à la construction contemporaine dans son environnement.