Mario Botta: Architectural Poetics

Mario Botta: Architectural Poetics

English | 2001 |240 pages | PDF | 32,8 MB

Mario Botta: Architectural Poetics is the newest book in the Universe architecture series. This volume presents the work of the Swiss-born architect who worked as an assistant to such architecture giants as Le Corbusier and Louis I. Kahn before starting his own firm in 1970 and achieving international fame. Botta' characteristic respect for topographical conditions and regional sensibilities, his deft craftsmanship and the importance of geometric order in his work are evidenced in thirty projects that range from smaller residential buildings to such grandiose projects as the Church of San Giovanni Battista, the Jean Tinguely Museum and, most famously, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This detailed study also includes the designs he created for furniture and the stage. Mario Botta: Architectural Poetics is a thorough survey of the architectural and design work that launched Botta into the pantheon of modern architecture.

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Valode & Pistre Architects

Valode & Pistre Architects

English

The firm of Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, which has been practicing for 25 years, entered upon a new phase of its career in 1992, when the architects in cooperation with the landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson received the Equerre d'argent prize of the journal Le Moniteur for the L Oréal corporate headquarters outside Paris. 

Their predominantly large-scale projects are distinguished by their high degree of diversity. For some years, Valode & Pistre have not only been practicing in France, their native country, but also maintain offices in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Mexico, China, and elsewhere.

This book contains detailed presentations of 18 projects by Valode & Pistre, with documentation focusing on the specific working and design methods of the architects. Projects presented include the Renault Technocentre in Guyancourt, France; the Las Mercedes business park in Madrid, Spain; a group of office and hotel towers in Beijing, China; and the Hyatt Hotel in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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Ten Houses : Wheeler Kearns Architects

Ten Houses : Wheeler Kearns Architects

 Wheeler Kearns Architects seeks out small- to medium-sized projects with intellectually challenging programs and involved clients. The firm enjoys these projects, typically institutional or residential, because they best utilize its talents and coincide with established goals.

Holding fast to this groundwork has proved valuable as Wheeler Kearns Architects has gained recognition. Early notice for its residential work in 1989 by the AIA's Chicago Chapter was followed in 1992 by the AIA's national publication, Architecture, when it included Wheeler Kearns Architects in their list of nine national firms of "emerging talent." 

The firm operates a Website at [http://wkarch.com] that not only distributes project information among consultants and clients, but also has portions open to the general public and is periodically updated.

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Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava

English, German and French.
190 Mb

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Richard Meier - Architect - Red Book

Richard Meier - Architect - Red Book

English | PDF | 417 pages

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MIES VAN DER ROHE

MIES VAN DER ROHE

Akal Arquitectura (Spanish Edition)

Español

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Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel

español

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Sir Norman Foster

Sir Norman Foster

(Big Series Art)

 1997 | 176 pages

English, German, French 

A detailed survey of the work of British architect, Sir Norman Foster, this volume includes details of projects from 1964 to the year 2000.

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Mies van der Rohe - European Works

Mies van der Rohe - European Works

Architectural Monographs

1986 | English | 112 pages

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An Architecture of the Ozarks : The Works of Marlon Blackwell

An Architecture of the Ozarks

The Works of Marlon Blackwell

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Carlo Scarpa Architect

Carlo Scarpa Architect

English/Spanish/Portugues

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Hopkins 2: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners

Hopkins 2: The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners

240 pages | 2001 | JPG | 350 MB

Michael Hopkins' recent architecture defies easy categorization. The High Tech style of his formative years has developed into something much richer. In buildings like the Glyndebourne Opera House, the Inland Revenue Centre and the New Parliamentary Building, a new toughness and individuality has emerged. 

These buildings have the uncompromising quality of certain 19th-century industrial buildings, yet they have managed to gain acceptance among some of Britain's most ancient institutions. 

They are often hybrid creations, juxtaposing strongly contrasting elements - lightweight fabric structures and massive loadbearing walls, for example - yet they remain loyal to a strict code of truth to materials and honesty of expression. 

Traditional and new forms of construction are combined in unconventional ways, often using innovative prefabrication techniques, but without sacrificing traditional craft virtues. This monograph documents the consolidation of Hopkins' mature style over the last 10 years. 

An essay by respected architecture critic Charles Jencks examines themes and historical precedent in the buildings. Detailed presentations of over 20 buildings and projects analyze the genesis and logic of a unique and now instantly recognizable architecture. 

The book's publication coincides with Hopkins' most important commission to date, the New Parliamentary Building in London's Westminster, which has an extensive presentation in the book, and which is also discussed in an essay by writer and architect Patrick Hodgkinson. "Hopkins 2" also includes works published as unbuilt projects in the previous monograph, including Glyndebourne Opera House and the Inland Revenue Centre, Nottingham.
 

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Alvar Aalto - Works and Projects

Alvar Aalto (Obras y Proyectos / Works and Projects)

 English, Spanish

Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto, is one of the great architects of the 20th century. Although his early work was influenced by the neoclassic movement, he went on to develop his own individual form of architecture which was functionalist yet expressionist, incorporating humane aspects into his work. 

This special edition provides a compact overview of his works, complete with plans, illustrations and explanatory texts. It is an ideal introduction to the work of Alvar Aalto and highlights his unique contribution to 20th century architecture.

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Alberto Campo de Baeza - Works and Projets

Alberto Campo de Baeza - Works and Projects

 English, Spanish

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Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics

Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics

A Perspective for the Future

384 pages | PDF | 7.4 Mb

First published two decades ago, the first edition of Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A Perspective for the Future became a benchmark for the field. Current-day process control encompasses a new generation of computer systems with enormous capabilities, including new display technologies. 

These new and emerging technologies integrated with human factors create an interconnectivity that enhances organizational development. This new edition of the handbook addresses developments in the concept of "Control Rooms". It includes modern approaches that emphasize the role of people in learning for self-development and in shaping their work environments.
 

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New generation in design - Featuring the Works of German Architects and Interior Designers

New generation in design - 

Featuring the Works of German Architects and Interior Designers

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Space 2 : Workplace

Space 2: workplace 

by George Lam

2013 | | English | 319 Pages | PDF | 104.60 MB

We spend a large proportion of our working hours at work which makes good workplace design crucial to projecting the right image in addition to putting us in the right mood and enhancing employee productivity. Space 2: Workplace features 51 projects from 33 international design firms in 18 countries (41 cities). Each project has been beautifully photographed and includes detailed plans alongside the designer's introduction.

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2G №5 - Eduardo Souto de Moura

2G №5 - Eduardo Souto de Moura

Spanish/English | Gustavo Gili | 1998 | PDF | 144 pages | 54 Mb

Eduardo Souto de Moura (b. Oporto, 1952) is one of the greatest architects on the contemporary Portuguese scene. A key figure among recent generations of architects in his country, it is he who has assumed the mantle the two great maestros of modern Portuguese architecture : Fernando Tavora and Alvaro Siza.

In 1990 Editorial Gustavo Gili published the first monograph devoted to his work, and the growing interest expressed by the international critical community since then has motivated us to publish this second monographic issue, which complements the first by focussing on the recent, extensive output of the architect.

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Zaha Hadid : The Complete Buildings & Projects

Zaha Hadid : The Complete Buildings & Projects

13 Mb / 144 Pages / PDF

 With her most recent commission, Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center, architect Zaha Hadid becomes the first woman ever to design an American museum. This long awaited first monograph on one of the world's most important architects collects Hadid's entire oeuvre-more than 80 built and unbuilt projects over 20 years- in one significant volume.
The groundbreaking monograph contains Hadid's own striking drawings and paintings, as well as hundreds of sketches, plans, and models. Readers will recognize her built work-the Vitra Fire Station near Basel and the IBA Building in Berlin- and will welcome details of her competition entry for Chicago's ITT Building, and her winning design for the Cardiff Opera House. With generous commentary by the architect and her office, this is a landmark publication.

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Exploring Boundaries: The Architecture of Wilkinson Eyre

Exploring Boundaries: The Architecture of Wilkinson Eyre

By Peter Davey, Kurt W. Forster

Publisher: Birkhauser Basel | 176 pages | PDF  | 17.56 Mb

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