Peter Zumthor Works Buildings and Projects (1979-1997)

Peter Zumthor : Works Buildings and Projects (1979-1997)

Peter Zumthor is possibly the most innovative European architect working today. His projects inspire enthusiasm with their exactitude, their poetry, and their radically independent aesthetics and vocabulary of form.

This publication, exquisitely designed to the architect's exacting standards, is the first complete survey of Zumthor's oeuvre. As exceptional as the architect's work itself, the book investigates eight realized buildings in detail, including the Home for the Elderly in Chur, the Gugalun House in Safiental, the Art Museum in Bregenz, Austria, and his best-known work, the Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland.

 Each of these projects is extensively illustrated with duotone photographs by British architectural photographer Helene Binet and is accompanied by plans as well as commentary written by Zumthor himself. This title also includes a list of projects, a biography of the architect, and an introduction by Zumthor.

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Murphy/Jahn (Selected and Current Works)

Murphy/Jahn (Selected and Current Works)

1995 | PDF | 264 pages | 130 MB

The German architecture firm Murphy/Jahn has grown and evolved steadily under the leadership of Helmut Jahn. Forward-looking, but with a strong grounding in tradition they incorporate several building technologies, such as photosynthetic, photovoltaic or photochromatic processes. This title considers the firm's work.

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Kisho Kurokawa : Selected and Current Works

Kisho Kurokawa : Selected and Current Works

English & Chinese | 2002 | PDF | 218 pages | 128 MB

Kisho Kurokawa has always aimed to create an architecture of, what he calls, 'the age of life' principle, which employs the concepts and vocabularies of life systems, biology and ecology. Simultaneously, his intention when designing a structure is to address how cultural identity can be incorporated into contemporary architecture so that people everywhere will understand it. These two demanding challenges do indeed breathe life and bring meaning to his varied and distinctive portfolio of work, a selection of which is featured in this book.

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Eisenman Architects: Selected and Current Works

Eisenman Architects: Selected and Current Works

(Master Architect Series)

Peter Eisenman

English

THE MASTER ARCHITECT SERIES is a series of monographs on some of the greatest architects and architectural firms of our time. Each monograph will contain 256 pages displaying several hundred color photographs, drawings, sketches and renderings. Although primarily a pictorial essay, the books will contain selected projects described in concise detail, along with a critique or overview of the firm, a resume of the partners, and a comprehensive bibliography.

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Dominique Perrault : Selected and Current Works

Dominique Perrault : Selected and Current Works

(Master Architect Series) 

English

Dominique Perrault's architecture and urban designs are strictly modern, yet his simple and efficient shapes contain a classical and timeless element. 

He constantly manages to satisfy the need to be reasonable without sacrificing the aesthetic awareness that breathes life into his buildings. 

Perrault's work is without a predictable set of standards or style. He gives no specific meaning or system to his designs, but a uniqueness from start to finish. 

Perrault's portfolio of work includes Biblioth,que nationale de France, APLIX Factory, The Great Greenhouse, Book Technology Centre, Water Purification Plant for S.A.G.E.P., University for Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Olympic Velodrome and Swimming Pool in Berlin.

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NBJJ - Selected and Current Works

NBJJ - Selected and Current Works

The Master Architect Series

English/Chinese Edition

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Itsuko Hasegawa : Selected and Current Works 1976-1996

Itsuko Hasegawa 

Selected and Current Works 1976-1996

(The Master Architect Series II)

English

A leading Japanese architect whose projects range from formal beginnings through Shondndai cultural centre and beyond to the sophistication of recent work which is an orchestra of practicality and elegance.

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KPF: Selected and Current Works (Kohn Pedersen Fox)

KPF: Selected and Current Works (Kohn Pedersen Fox)

The Master Architect Series II
English/Chinese Edition
 

 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (also known by the acronym KPF) is an international architectural design firm located in New York, London and Shanghai providing urban design and master planning for public authorities and private companies

.The firm's designs can be seen in commercial skyscrapers such as the Shanghai World Financial Center. In 1990, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded KPF with its Architecture Firm Award.

The firm was established in 1976 by Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen and Sheldon Fox

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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  

 

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NBJJ - Selected and Current Works - The Master Architect Series

NBJJ - Selected and Current Works - 

The Master Architect Series

English/Chinese Edition

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KPF : Selected and Current Works (Kohn Pedersen Fox) - The Master Architect Series II

KPF : Selected and Current Works (Kohn Pedersen Fox) 

The Master Architect Series II

English/Chinese Edition

The firm was established in 1976 by Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen and Sheldon Fox

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (also known by the acronym KPF) is an international architectural design firm located in New York, London and Shanghai providing urban design and master planning for public authorities and private companies.The firm's designs can be seen in commercial skyscrapers such as the Shanghai World Financial Center. In 1990, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded KPF with its Architecture Firm Award.

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Itsuko Hasegawa : Selected and Current Works 1976-1996 (The Master Architect Series II)

Itsuko Hasegawa : Selected and Current Works 1976-1996 

(The Master Architect Series II)

Itsuko Hasegawa

Images Publishing Dist Ac; 1st edition (July 21, 1997)

Language: English

A leading Japanese architect whose projects range from formal beginnings through Shondndai cultural centre and beyond to the sophistication of recent work which is an orchestra of practicality and elegance.

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Eisenman Architects : Selected and Current Works (Master Architect Series)

Eisenman Architects : Selected and Current Works 

(Master Architect Series)

Peter Eisenman

The Images Publishing Group (January 1996)

Language: English

THE MASTER ARCHITECT SERIES is a series of monographs on some of the greatest architects and architectural firms of our time. Each monograph will contain 256 pages displaying several hundred color photographs, drawings, sketches and renderings. Although primarily a pictorial essay, the books will contain selected projects described in concise detail, along with a critique or overview of the firm, a resume of the partners, and a comprehensive bibliography.

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Dominique Perrault : Selected and Current Works (Master Architect Series)

Dominique Perrault : Selected and Current Works 

(Master Architect Series) 

Images Publishing Group

English

Dominique Perrault's architecture and urban designs are strictly modern, yet his simple and efficient shapes contain a classical and timeless element. He constantly manages to satisfy the need to be reasonable without sacrificing the aesthetic awareness that breathes life into his buildings. Perrault's work is without a predictable set of standards or style. He gives no specific meaning or system to his designs, but a uniqueness from start to finish. Perrault's portfolio of work includes Bibliothéque nationale de France, APLIX Factory, The Great Greenhouse, Book Technology Centre, Water Purification Plant for S.A.G.E.P., University for Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Olympic Velodrome and Swimming Pool in Berlin.

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