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  • Gert Wingårdhby Mikael Nanfeldt

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 52.00

    Gert Wingårdh (*1951) ist Schwedens führender Architekt. Seine klugen, erfindungsreichen räumlichen Gestaltungen sind ebenso in ökonomischer wie ökologischer und soziologischer Hinsicht bemerkenswert. Diese Monografie analysiert in grundlegenden Essays renommierter Architekturkritiker die Hauptaspekte seines Wirkens. more...

  • Crucial Wordsby Gert Wingårdh; Rasmus Wærn

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 38.00

    Zeitgenössische Architektur verstehen heißt, die Bedingungen verstehen, unter denen sie entsteht: «Crucial Words» bietet rund 50 originelle, witzig illustrierte Essays zu Begriffen wie Branding, Collaborators, Corporate, Desire, Future, Everyday, Ornament oder Wheelchair. more...

  • Architecture in Contextby Peter Davey

    De Gruyter 2011; US$ 88.00

    Der finnische Architekt Pekka Helin gründete bereits 1979 in Helsinki sein erstes Büro. In seiner Entwurfshaltung knüpft das Büro in einer spezifisch skandinavischen Ausdrucksform sowohl an den Funktionalismus, als auch an die organische Architektur eines Aalvar Alto, Viljo Revell, Heikki Sirèn oder auch eines Arne Erve an. Das Material Holz spielt... more...

  • Architecture in a Climate of Changeby Peter Smith

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 28.95

    Focusing on the recently introduced compulsory course element on sustainability in architecture, the book outlines all of the arguments and provides a comprehensive source of information. The author's insider knowledge of the curriculum structure provides you with an invaluable companion to the new section of the course work. An outline seminar is... more...

  • The Modern Thai Houseby Robert Powell; Albert Lim KS

    Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 39.95

    [A tremendous body of sophisticated and sensitively designed architectural work has been produced in Thailand in the first decade of the 21st century. The 25 houses in The Modern Thai House illustrate the radical new ideas coming from a dynamic younger generation of architects who are producing work comparable with and sometimes even surpassing... more...

  • Architecture and Identityby Chris Abel; Norman Foster

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 100.00

    'Instead of tuning the consumer to the machine we can now tune the machine to the consumer' This edited collection of essays, now in its second edition, brings together the author's key writings on the cultural, technological and theoretical developments reshaping Modern architecture into a responsive and diverse movement for the twenty-first century.... more...

  • Future Practiceby Rory Hyde

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 34.95

    Designers around the world are carving out opportunities for new kinds of engagement, new kinds of collaboration, new kinds of design outcomes, and new kinds of practice; overturning the inherited assumptions of the design professions. Seventeen conversations with practitioners from the fields of architecture, policy, activism, design, education,... more...

  • Bali Modernby Gianni Francione; Luca Invernizzi Tettoni

    Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 34.95

    The Balinese Style of architecture and interior design is renowned and increasingly popular the world over. A thatched Balinese Bale, overlooking a panorama of rice fields and open to the evening breeze, or a courtyard that combines temple carving with relaxing, recreational lounging space are enduring features of a distinctive "Bali-style". Shimmering... more...

  • Architecture & Culture SHARRby Adam Sharr

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95

    Architecture displays the values involved in its inhabitation, construction, procurement and design. It traces the thinking of the individuals who have participated in it, their relationships, and their involvement in the cultures where they lived and worked. In this way, buildings, their details, and the documents used to make them, can be read closely... more...

  • Organizing for Changeby DOM Research Laboratory; Michael Shamiyeh

    De Gruyter 2007; US$ 52.00

    Mit fortschreitender globaler Ökonomisierung und Vernetzung entstehen für Architekten neue Betätigungsfelder und das Berufsbild befindet sich im Wandel. International renommierte Experten setzen sich in 25 Fachbeiträgen mit dieser Entwicklung auseinander. more...