Architecture for the books
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In the age of information, digital communication and the computer, the traditional library building type is undergoing dramatic change, as these buildings become portals to information in a wide variety of forms beyond the printed page. 'Architecture for the books' shows how designers meet the challenge of library design for a new generation of library users. This(...)
décembre 2003, Victoria (Australia)
Architecture for the books
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In the age of information, digital communication and the computer, the traditional library building type is undergoing dramatic change, as these buildings become portals to information in a wide variety of forms beyond the printed page. 'Architecture for the books' shows how designers meet the challenge of library design for a new generation of library users. This publication presents more than 30 new projects from North America, with a combination of public libraries, school libraries and university libraries. Projects are documented with full-colour photographs, plans, drawings and descriptive text.
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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(...)
octobre 2010
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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octobre 2010
New museums
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The lead article in the October 2004 issue of Architectural Record, devoted to contemporary museums, noted that “museums continue to proliferate across the international landscape, leading to the conclusion that, post-Bilbao, every municipality seems to want a smash.” Certainly, following the opening of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, museums gained a newfound(...)
mai 2005, London
New museums
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The lead article in the October 2004 issue of Architectural Record, devoted to contemporary museums, noted that “museums continue to proliferate across the international landscape, leading to the conclusion that, post-Bilbao, every municipality seems to want a smash.” Certainly, following the opening of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, museums gained a newfound cache among architects and clients. The mission and purpose of the museum is rapidly evolving: museums today are frequently more than repositories for historical art: they can be research centers, memorials, contemporary galleries, or site-specific artworks in themselves. New Museums documents the best of new museum design and features 27 projects in 13 countries in Europe, the United States, Israel, and Japan. The architects represented are among the most renowned practitioners in the world today; in addition to those mentioned above, they include van Berkel + Bos, Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, and Alvaro Siza, as well as lesser-known, talented designers such as Zvi Hecker in Israel and Diener & Diener in Switzerland. An illustrated general introduction discusses well-known historical precedents as well as current themes relevant to museum design: the museum as a neutral container, its role in placing art in context, the museum as an addition to an existing building, and as a distinct work of art. Each project is documented with color photographs, plans, drawings, and a project description.
Fashion retail
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When it comes to architecture and design, one area in which there has been a huge amount of popular interest is that of interiors. Yet, surprisingly little has been published in the area of fashion, despite the fact that today many top fashion houses are choosing to collaborate with leading architects and designers, with the aim of creating a unique brand. From(...)
mai 2004, Chichester
Fashion retail
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When it comes to architecture and design, one area in which there has been a huge amount of popular interest is that of interiors. Yet, surprisingly little has been published in the area of fashion, despite the fact that today many top fashion houses are choosing to collaborate with leading architects and designers, with the aim of creating a unique brand. From unique boutique-chic to department stores, this book showcases around 30 of the most successful and inspiring collaborations around the world. The results are laid out over more than 300 full colour photographs, which are accompanied by simple captions.
The playground project
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From the 1950s to the 1980s, the open-air playground was a social laboratory. Innovative, wacky, and educational playground designs emerged in European and American cities, as well as elsewhere around the world. Artists, landscape designers, architects, and activists sought to provide children with the best possible place to play, while also reimagining cities and(...)
février 2024
The playground project
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From the 1950s to the 1980s, the open-air playground was a social laboratory. Innovative, wacky, and educational playground designs emerged in European and American cities, as well as elsewhere around the world. Artists, landscape designers, architects, and activists sought to provide children with the best possible place to play, while also reimagining cities and communities as a whole. This expanded new edition revives the wealth of ideas of that period to inspire us today. It offers many previously unpublished images, numerous new portraits—especially of female protagonists of the time—as well as findings from the latest research on playground design.
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In the third volume of the new series exploring the foundational theories and works of architects Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, more than 150 buildings are documented through floor plans, axonometric projections, recent color photographs, and halftones. The buildings, many of them relatively unknown, were chosen in order to provide a basis for looking at(...)
mai 2015
Typology 2: Delhi, Paris, Athens, Sao Paulo. Review no.III
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In the third volume of the new series exploring the foundational theories and works of architects Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, more than 150 buildings are documented through floor plans, axonometric projections, recent color photographs, and halftones. The buildings, many of them relatively unknown, were chosen in order to provide a basis for looking at metropolitan design in the twentieth century, and they show the patterns and differences found in architecture from around the world. Included is an essay that provides meaningful context for the buildings and examines how local government and zoning practices guide architecture
Être archi bien
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Le premier livre d’une collection qui vous emmène à travers l’Europe et vous aide à choisir un séjour de qualité, avec des critères hors du commun : la rencontre de l'architecture et du design, avec la qualité de l'accueil, de la table, et le souci du bien être. Plus qu’un répertoire de lieux de rêve, c’est une réflexion sur une nouvelle conception de l’hôtellerie :(...)
janvier 2007, Bruxelles
Être archi bien
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Le premier livre d’une collection qui vous emmène à travers l’Europe et vous aide à choisir un séjour de qualité, avec des critères hors du commun : la rencontre de l'architecture et du design, avec la qualité de l'accueil, de la table, et le souci du bien être. Plus qu’un répertoire de lieux de rêve, c’est une réflexion sur une nouvelle conception de l’hôtellerie : comment l’architecture peut cadrer le paysage, quels détails architecturaux et quels matériaux nous procurent des sensations inoubliables, et un focus sur les gens qui ont pour passion de s’occuper de nous. Nous espérons qu’elle incitera une nouvelle génération d’hôteliers à sortir des stéréotypes de l’hôtellerie de luxe classique.
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Whether for a few minutes, a weekend, or a long vacation, todays spaces for recreation are available in a variety of forms and activities, and pursue a wide diversity of basic methodological ideas. Rather than being focused on productivity and efficiency, they allow one to unwind, contemplate, unravel, and experience. The 30 projects featured in this volume help create(...)
Calm Down: recreational Architecture
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Whether for a few minutes, a weekend, or a long vacation, todays spaces for recreation are available in a variety of forms and activities, and pursue a wide diversity of basic methodological ideas. Rather than being focused on productivity and efficiency, they allow one to unwind, contemplate, unravel, and experience. The 30 projects featured in this volume help create harmony and kindle a sense of recovery through their structural and material impact. The diverse scales and typologies they represent draw upon traditional constructions as well as modern spatial realities, wherein the design forms a framework for relaxation while enabling the mind to escape and reinvigorate.
Visiorama Lingotto
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A booklet to illustrate and discover a historic building, the Lingotto in Turin, through photographs provided by the Fiat archive which retrace the different architecture of the complex over the course of time, as well as its design and management. The architect and designer Marco Rainò and the writer Gianluigi Ricuperati accompany the reader/viewer in a discovery of the(...)
décembre 2015
Visiorama Lingotto
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A booklet to illustrate and discover a historic building, the Lingotto in Turin, through photographs provided by the Fiat archive which retrace the different architecture of the complex over the course of time, as well as its design and management. The architect and designer Marco Rainò and the writer Gianluigi Ricuperati accompany the reader/viewer in a discovery of the Lingotto’s many different facets. Along the edge of each page, the reader will find a verse of poetry, a song that describes the building. Each verse has a direct or indirect relationship with the chosen images, which they graphically interrupt, questioning them and breaking them up.
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Disrupted by online shopping, shops and brands find themselves in a permanent battle over the most innovative store concepts, striking window displays, and genius presentation of goods, to breathe new life into the traditional retail flow. This creative struggle has heralded a golden era of retail design. Brand experiences now stretch far beyond the end product; the(...)
Shoplifter! New retail architecture and brand spaces
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Disrupted by online shopping, shops and brands find themselves in a permanent battle over the most innovative store concepts, striking window displays, and genius presentation of goods, to breathe new life into the traditional retail flow. This creative struggle has heralded a golden era of retail design. Brand experiences now stretch far beyond the end product; the dialogue between a shop and its consumers is becoming increasingly important. Companies are tapping the talents of top designers and using them in sophisticated flagship stores or unexpected temporary venues. This volume showcases the most outstanding concepts across a number of industries, introducing the most innovative brands with rich, in-depth case studies.