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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This volume contains in-depth profiles and project information on approximately 30 educational buildings throughout North America, ranging in size, program, sitting, construction materials and use. The projects profiled represent some of the latest trends in design for educational buildings, and the text provides an overview of where the field is heading. Each project(...)
février 2002, Victoria, Australia
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This volume contains in-depth profiles and project information on approximately 30 educational buildings throughout North America, ranging in size, program, sitting, construction materials and use. The projects profiled represent some of the latest trends in design for educational buildings, and the text provides an overview of where the field is heading. Each project profile contains information on the client’s needs and how the design meets those demands.
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The curtain wall—a non-bearing wall attached to a building's structural frame like a curtain made of metal or, more likely glass—is an omnipresent feature of contemporary architecture. Variations of pattern and color, transparency and opacity offer the architect almost limitless design possibilities, a tremendous palette for "skinning" the structural frame of buildings(...)
Curtain walls : recent developments by Cesar Pelli & Associates
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The curtain wall—a non-bearing wall attached to a building's structural frame like a curtain made of metal or, more likely glass—is an omnipresent feature of contemporary architecture. Variations of pattern and color, transparency and opacity offer the architect almost limitless design possibilities, a tremendous palette for "skinning" the structural frame of buildings from museums to skyscrapers.There are few practitioners of curtain wall design as accomplished as Cesar Pelli & Associates, and this book presents twenty of their most exemplary projects.
Architecture, monographies
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In an age of diminishing natural resources, architects and their clients need to know about an environmentally sustainable alternative to new construction: new life for old buildings. This book presents six case-study buildings, each more than a generation old, that were on the brink of oblivion. Mitchell Giurgola Architects worked closely with the client to determine(...)
janvier 2005, Victoria (Australia)
Boomer buildings : mid-century architecture reborn
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In an age of diminishing natural resources, architects and their clients need to know about an environmentally sustainable alternative to new construction: new life for old buildings. This book presents six case-study buildings, each more than a generation old, that were on the brink of oblivion. Mitchell Giurgola Architects worked closely with the client to determine how each project could be salvaged by incorporating updated program elements to serve a new generation of users. All six case studies present in detail how each project is analyzed, from its energy use and curtain-wall performance to its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, and structural stability. The buildings often expand in size, with a seamless melding of new and old. Contemporary curtain walls not only improve building performance, but also lend a fresh aesthetic appeal. The results are born-again buildings created for a fraction of the cost and consuming far fewer materials than, a new facility built from scratch. Today, our cities and suburbs are peppered with buildings of the same era as those profiled here that are on the brink of failure and are excellent candidates for rebirth. Mitchell Giurgola documents a new, more sustainable approach to design and construction that builds on the past, and makes the old better than new.
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The Petronas towers took only a couple of years to build an amazing accomplishment, due to the fact that it is the largest structure in the world and that the economic crisis in Asia hit during the middle of its construction. This book tells the story of the construction of these towers from many angles : engineer, architect, and client and sets it in the context of the(...)
Architecture, monographies
août 2005, Chichester
Petronas twin tower : the architecture of high construction
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The Petronas towers took only a couple of years to build an amazing accomplishment, due to the fact that it is the largest structure in the world and that the economic crisis in Asia hit during the middle of its construction. This book tells the story of the construction of these towers from many angles : engineer, architect, and client and sets it in the context of the rest of Cesar Pelli s work.
Architecture, monographies