Showing posts with label Modern Buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modern Buildings. Show all posts

Monday, May 21, 2018

London's Contemporary Architecture


London's Contemporary Architecture
An Explorer's Guide
a map-based guide
Fourth edition

London's Contemporary Architecture is a practical, visual and analytical guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. Now in its fifth edition, the guide has been fully updated to cover the latest additions to the London skyline and buildings of architectural significance.

Spanning the very best of London architecture, from London's world famous public buildings, theatres, shops to schools, hospitals and offices, the guide locates buildings by geographical area for ease of use and provides a physical and intellectual tour of London's most celebrated buildings.
  • . New to this edition: more than 50 new buildings added, from the Saatchi Gallery and Zara on Oxford Street to Kew Herbarium and developments to the Young Vic
  • . Clear map-based format allows navigation of the sites in London most worth visiting
  • . Features more than 150 buildings with full commentary
  • . A superb full colour visual and analytical guide to the buildings of the capital

  • . Tried and trusted guide to London's contemporary architecture from this successful and established author
  • . Highly visual, full colour, portable format
  • . Analysis of the importance and significance of buildings makes the book more than just a pictorial guide


Sunday, May 20, 2018

Great Glass Building


Great Glass Building
228 Pages | PDF | 51 Mb

In Great Glass Buildings , Peter and Jennifer Hyatt present fifty exemplary modern projects that explore a number of theories about the nature, mystique and attraction of glass in the architecture of recent years. 

Variously performing roles that include giftwrap, lightweight armour, transmitter and insulator, glass began its re-emergence as an architectural force during the 1990s, as a symbol of new modernism. 

Advances in glass-making and construction technology and the advent of structural glazing, fixing systems, glass coatings and waterproof connections have transformed the ambitious dreams of the past into reality. 

Including projects by Foster and Partners, Murphy Jahn, Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Renzo Piano and many others, this book reveals the complex nature of glass in today's architecture.
 

Britain's Best Architecture


Britain's Best Architecture
English | 228 Pages | PDF | 150MB

A highly illustrative account of what is now in British Architecture, this new publication walks the reader through some of Britain’s finest houses. Filled with the best architectural projects from around the Untied Kingdom, the reader will be instructed on how they can achieve a result that says ‘wow’ and be introduced to the firms producing the work. People within the architectural and design industry and consumers alike will love this book. Edited by Gary Takle who has an eye for finding a design that has that certain ‘best of the best’ appeal.
 

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Bank Architecture


Bank Architecture
 English/Chinese Edition | 2013 | 271 pages | PDF | 101 MB

This book illustrates dozens of bank buildings. They are divided into three parts: Building shape, Public space, and VIP space. Architecture projects have magnificent presentations in form shaping, facade management, detailing, etc. Interior projects replaced obsolete design with fresh modern styles. Various design elements are used to highlight individualities of modern banks.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Lighting Modern Buildings


Lighting Modern Buildings
Derek Phillips

This is an important book, written by one of the top lighting designers in the country. Written at the end of a career as an architect and lighting designer, the book draws on the experience gained while living through a period of intense lighting development, from 1956 up to the millenium. It bridges the gap between the present day architect and lighting engineer, from the viewpoint of the 'independent lighting designer'.

'Lighting Modern Buildings' documents the part played by the independent lighting designer, leading to a greater understanding by architects and lighting engineers of the importance of lighting in architectural design. 

The book starts with an exploration of the basic human needs of vision and the perception of our exterior world...the intellectual and the physical...since this is what lighting is all about. To do this, it is necessary to trace the development of daylight from earliest times up to the present day; the starting point for any lighting design is the 'natural' source.

Whilst an essential understanding of the role of daylight is the beginning, a knowledge of the various forms and properties of artificial light is essential; not only at night but during the day. In early buildings, there was one form of light - daylight - during the day and another - artificial - at night. No attempt was made to integrate the two. The situation today is different; there are many reasons for this, not least in the possibilities of modern structure. The book therefore has extensive coverage of day and night lighting and how it is designed to provide optimum solutions in building design.

A major portion of Derek Phillips' book is devoted to 'design'. Sufficient technical detail is provided in the book to permit an understanding of the design principles of each scheme. Schemes illustrated vary from small domestic buildings, churches and workplace, to those devoted to leisure and sport. At the end of each section a series of conclusions are drawn leading to a philosophy of lighting design. 

  • * Learn how to design optimum lighting solutions
  • * Understand how to bridge the gap between architects and lighting engineers
  • * Discover how to integrate natural and artificial light sources



Thursday, September 5, 2013

London's Contemporary Architecture - An Explorer's Guide


London's Contemporary Architecture - An Explorer's Guide
a map-based guide
Ken Allinson 
Fourth edition

London's Contemporary Architecture is a practical, visual and analytical guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. Now in its fifth edition, the guide has been fully updated to cover the latest additions to the London skyline and buildings of architectural significance.

Spanning the very best of London architecture, from London's world famous public buildings, theatres, shops to schools, hospitals and offices, the guide locates buildings by geographical area for ease of use and provides a physical and intellectual tour of London's most celebrated buildings.

  • . New to this edition: more than 50 new buildings added, from the Saatchi Gallery and Zara on Oxford Street to Kew Herbarium and developments to the Young Vic
  • . Clear map-based format allows navigation of the sites in London most worth visiting
  • . Features more than 150 buildings with full commentary
  • . A superb full colour visual and analytical guide to the buildings of the capital 


  • . Tried and trusted guide to London's contemporary architecture from this successful and established author
  • . Highly visual, full colour, portable format
  • . Analysis of the importance and significance of buildings makes the book more than just a pictorial guide


Saturday, July 13, 2013

Planning the Modern Public Library Building



Planning the Modern Public Library Building 
(Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection)
Gerard B. McCabe, James Kennedy

This collection of 22 highly informative essays offers important insight into current activities in the area of building planning. Written by recognized building experts from the United States and Australia, the essays discuss critical planning issues from a management perspective.

Topics include space design; collection marketing; furniture selection; landscaping; accommodating different age groups; hosting activities and events; seeking support from the community; and more. Technology is given a high priority. A bibliographic essay provides an abundance of suggested titles for further study.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Lighting Modern Buildings


Lighting Modern Buildings
by Derek Phillips
english
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