Architectural structure and design Books

Book SynopsisUnderstanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. This book clearly explains the core aspects of architectural technology: structural physics, structural elements and forms, heating, lighting, environmental control and computer modelling. The third edition includes six new case studies, more on structural types, new information on construction detailing, passive building principles and designing for different climatic conditions. This essential introduction to architecture will help students to integrate their design thinking with the appropriate structural and environmental solutions.Trade ReviewAn important contributor to students' development and understanding of technology. * YAZID KHEMRI - BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY *

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Book SynopsisEveryone is a designer. But while many practitioners may be looking for solutions or ideological certainties, Easterling argues that solutions are mistakes and ideologies are unreliable markers. Instead, Medium Design speaks to anyone looking for alternative approaches to the world's unresponsive or intractable dilemmas-from climate cataclysm to inequality to concentrations of authoritarian power. Such an approach joins many disciplines in considering not only separate objects, ideas and events but also the space between them.In case studies dealing with everything from automation and migration to explosive urban growth and atmospheric changes, Medium Design looks not to new innovations but rather to sophisticated relationships between emergent and incumbent technologies. It does not try to eliminate problems but put them together into productive combinations. And it offers forms of activism for modulating power and temperament in organization of all kindsTrade ReviewEstablishes Keller Easterling's growing reputation as the savviest student of post-national spatial and infrastructural forms. -- Arjun Appadurai, author of The Future as Cultural Fact * [for Extrastatecraft] *An essential text for anyone with a stake in the built environment, architect and citizen alike, in articulating the forces that shape our nation-states, and cataloguing-in a precise and readable style-the strategies of an otherwise unaccountable global order. -- Architectural Review * [for Extrastatecraft] *I have long admired Keller Easterling's talent for extracting a space, a shape, a marking, from mixes of elements rarely brought together-whether materially or conceptually. In Extrastatecraft she does it at a grand scale, cutting across fields of meaning and of practice. A must read. -- Saskia Sassen, author of Expulsions * [for Extrastatecraft] *This is a remarkable work. Keller Easterling has written one of the most original works about the American environment I've ever read. -- Michael Sorkin * [on Enduring Innocence] *Easterling is one of our most provocative theorists of infrastructures and the critical actions that might make them better. Here she gives us ways to remix, radically, their ingredients. Who else could parse the "canine mind" of the canny designer and city-dweller to show that we already know how to break the deadlock formed by binaries and manipulative media loops? Read this immensely engaging book to find a new toolkit for infiltrating, occupying, and recasting the mediated and material world. -- Caroline A. Jones, Professor in the Department of Architecture, MITEasterling wants designers and architects and urbanists to think less about designing discrete things and more about "parameters for how things interact with each other. -- Hari Kunzru * Harper's Magazine *Medium Design actively works against popular culture's hunger for simple solutions. While embracing a diversity of tactics for a diversity of crises, Easterling puts forward an expansive definition of "design" that includes examples of systemic hacks like community land trusts and tactical refusals of market norms like social capital credits. -- Ingrid Burrington * OneZero *An insurgent energy and imagination crackle beneath the surface ... this a hopeful and thrilling text. -- David Terrien * ArtReview *Keller Easterling is a thinker intent on peering behind the veil to inquire into the forces and conditions that give rise to forms and spatial formations: the infrastructural, political, and financial milieux that softly but surely govern the production of architectural objects. -- Kearon Roy Taylor * Archinect *Easterling's work turns reason's cunning - and therefore the indirect acts of history - into a vibrant political theater for our age. -- Michael Osman * Los Angeles Review of Books *At its best, Medium Design reads a bit like Sun Tzu. It is calm and distant from the fray of disasters and conflicts that define our collective action or inaction in the midst of climate crises and failed globalization. Easterling's voice tends toward the wise and poetic. -- V. Mitch Mcewen * The Avery Review *

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together an international team of scholars to re-evaluate Roman-period architecture outside Rome and the Italian Peninsula, looking at the regions that formed part of the Roman Empire over a broad time frame: from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. Moving beyond traditional views of ‘Roman provincial architecture’, they highlight the multi-faceted features of these architectures, their function, impact and significance within the local cultures, and the dynamic discourse between periphery and centre.Architecture is intended in the broad sense of the term, encompassing the buildings’ technological components as well as their ornamental and epigraphic apparatuses. The geographic framework under examination is a broad one: along with well-documented areas of the ancient Mediterranean, attention is also paid to the territories of north-west Europe. The discussion throughout the volume focuses on three interrelated themes – models, agency, and reception. The broader scope of these essays gives a reinvigorated impetus to the scholarly debate on the role and influence of ancient architectures beyond the centre of Empire. The book has a strong interdisciplinary character, reflecting the authors’ diverse expertise in the fields of archaeology, architecture, ancient history, art and architectural history.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of figures List of abbreviations 1. Architectures of the Roman World: An introduction Niccolò Mugnai 2. …incorrupti imbribus, ventis, ignibus omnique caemento firmiores? Earthen building materials in the Roman West Ben Russell, Christopher Beckett, Tanja Romankiewicz, J. Riley Snyder and Rose Ferraby 3. Unusual terracotta tiles for the vaulting of Roman baths: An investigation into the exchange and diffusion of technical knowledge in the western Roman Empire Lynne C. Lancaster 4. From dry to mortared construction: Building at Nikopolis and Olympia between the first century BCE and the first century CE Paolo Vitti 5. Green shoots: Architectural transfer and sustainability in the architecture of the Roman provinces Edmund Thomas 6. Building cities on the Rhine and on the Danube: The socio-ecological diversity of Roman construction Dominik Maschek 7. Provincial-sized monumentality: The construction site of the Roman theatre of Augusta Raurica (Switzerland) Thomas Hufschmid 8. Building public baths outside Rome: The case study of Nora, Sardinia Caterina Previato 9. What have the Romans ever done for us? Early Roman Jerusalem as an urban centre between local tradition and Roman rule Orit Peleg-Barkat 10. Building and reshaping public spaces in North Africa in the early imperial period: The examples of Thugga, Lepcis Magna, and Cyrene Niccolò Mugnai 11.Responding to ‘Classical’ architecture in Roman-era Athens Christopher Siwicki 12. A matter of perspective: The reception of early imperial composite column capitals in Asia Minor Phil Stinson 13. Where do we live? Local stonescapes and globalized architecture in Cyrenaica and Cyprus Eleonora Gasparini 14. Architectures of the Roman World: Some conclusions Janet DeLaine

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Book SynopsisPart architectural guidebook and part critique, Sky-High documents the pencil-thin, supertall towers that are transforming New York City's skyline as well as its streets. New York City's penchant for building skyward has reached new heights with its crop of supertall towers—those that rise at least 984 feet above the sidewalk. The city that never sleeps is also the city that never stops building ever higher, from the Woolworth and Chrysler buildings of an earlier race to the top to today's super luxury aeries of 57th Street's Billionaires' Row and the offices of One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. Bruce Katz's extraordinary photographs capture a dozen of these self-styled odes to wealth and power, alongside Eric P. Nash's incisive critique documenting the evolution of the skyline, past and present, and the supertalls' transformative effects on the contemporary cityscape. Among the twelve buildings featured are One World Trade Center, Three World Trade Center, 30 Hudson Yards, 35 Hudson Yards, One57, 432 Park Avenue, 53West53, Central Park Tower, and One Vanderbilt.

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Book SynopsisMemorials have long been an important part of our built environments. In recent decades, there have been enormous changes in who and what we commemorate, and how. This increasing need for unique and sensitive memorials opens up new creative horizons for architects tasked with translating complex subjects and feelings into emotive spatial experiences that are as memorable as they are commemorative. This book showcases 45 contemporary memorials dating from since the beginning of the 21st century. Hauntingly eloquent, or starkly confrontational, each example highlights the effectiveness of such structures in focusing society’s consciousness on important and diverse issues. From Argentina to New Zealand, Comoros to South Korea, the memorials represent a wide geographical spread, and each interacts in original and surprising ways with its context. Interspersed with the memorials are interviews with leading international architects, including Carmody Groarke, MASS Design Group, Michael Arad, Moshe Safdie, Philippe Prost and others. Their words offer insights into how architects have given form to such abstract concepts as loss, love, permanence, peace, justice, hope and memory itself.Table of ContentsPreface. Foreword. Introductory essay. Case studies. Interviews with Andy Groarke/Carmody Groarke; Philippe Prost/Philippe Prost; Claudio Vekstein / Opera Publica; Michael Arad/Handel Architects; MASS Design Group; Sook Hee Chun/WISE Architecture; Moshe Safdie/Safdie Architects. Endnotes. Index

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Book SynopsisFrom artworks and chairs to architecture, landscaping and interior design, Michael Boyd’s devotion to the principles of modernism is comprehensive. An artist and musician, he acquired his expertise as a collector, surrounding himself with rare and beautiful finds. His immersion in the philosophy and creativity of the masters inspired him to restore a succession of classic modern houses, curate exhibitions, create a versatile range of furniture and rugs, and design sculptural gardens. Millennium Modern: Living in Design details his work across the first two decades of the new millennium and reflects his belief that the tenets of modernism – honesty and simplicity - developed more than a century ago, are equally relevant to our pluralistic age. In contrast to the pioneers who wanted to do away with the past, his creations are deeply rooted in the history of design. Essays by Boyd and architectural writer Michael Webb, along with comments from collaborators and critics, explore each facet of his residential design. This beautifully illustrated volume reveals Boyd’s holistic design practice from his discovery of design classics in flea markets, to his own furniture designs, which feature in residential interiors, hotels and museums, through to his sensitive restoration of the houses by Paul Rudolph and Oscar Niemeyer, Richard Neutra and Craig Ellwood, and the sculptural landscapes he designed to enhance these residences, as well as masterpieces by John Lautner.Trade Review‘Michael Boyd is one of those rare designers that can work creatively in various mediums and the book's essays and more than three hundred photos clearly reveal this.’ - Robin BensonTable of ContentsForeword by Roman Alonso, Principal of Commune Design; Introduction by Michael Webb; Collecting Modernism; Restoring Modernist Houses; Designing from the Ground Up; Rethinking the Chair; Designing Abstract Rugs; Collaborating with Commune; Enhancing Museums; Saving a Jean Prouvé Schoolroom; Landscaping Outdoor Rooms; Michael Boyd: Living in Design.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the most accurate and most complete account of the evolution of King's Cross Central, one of Europe's most successful, and most significant, urban regeneration projects. It is already the subject of considerable international interest, attracting the attention of planners, politicians and urban designers both at home and abroad. The four authors of this book all played key roles in the development of the project and together they describe how and why King's Cross Central came about. Beginning by setting out King's Cross's rich and complex history, the book then provides fascinating insights from the main protagonists, from initial concept, based on an innovative mixed-use approach based on ten guiding principles which set out the human city'; through its evolution with various stakeholders involved; the complex negotiations regarding planning, conservation and financing; to the development and creation of the public spaces and landscapes and the selection of individual architects and buildings which, together with the renovation of historical buildings, has created King's Cross's unique and successful character. Throughout, it is generously illustrated with historic photos and maps, drawings and diagrams, photographs recording the construction phase and specially commissioned graphics summarising key data and images of the site today.

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Book Synopsis'I first saw the Goetheanum as a fifteen-year-old through binoculars. I was fascinated and wanted to know more about this incredible building. What am I seeing? Why these forms? What happens in this building?' - Hans Hasler The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, was conceived as a visible expression of Rudolf Steiner's spiritual philosophy - a living experience of anthroposophy in the form of art. Whilst Steiner conveyed his ideas and concepts in many books and lectures, the Goetheanum - with its pioneering concrete forms built in the 1920s - is a manifestation of spirituality in architecture, painting and sculpture. This essential handbook, packed with colour photos and illustrations, gives a broad background to Rudolf Steiner's architectural masterpiece and the work that goes on within it. Hasler explains how the present Goetheanum was built, and describes its recently remodelled great hall and stage, with its painted ceiling and sculpted walls. He details the building's context and landscape design, the other significant structures in its vicinity, and gives a description of the first, wooden, Goetheanum and its destruction by fire. Today the Goetheanum's remarkable external contours house theatres and studios, laboratories, offices and libraries. Apart from its major stages for drama and eurythmy, it serves as the headquarters of the Anthroposophical Society and the School of Spiritual Science, with the latter's sections for medicine, agriculture, education, the arts, science, and so on. The Goetheanum is also home to numerous conferences, meetings and events. This book provides a marvellous visual and textual guide to one of the most original buildings of our time.

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Book SynopsisThe window is one of the most essential components of architecture, yet it rarely receives the detailed examination that it deserves. This new study explores the development of the window, showing how it transformed human experience by increasing access to light and air, and simultaneously changed our perception of architectural space. Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles of the window in architecture through thematic chapters that allow for spectacular visual comparisons, juxtaposing images from different cultures and historical periods. He provides engaging commentaries on over 80 exceptional buildings of all types, both ancient and modern, ranging from the Pantheon in Rome, Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto to Walter Gropius's Bauhaus in Dessau, Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal in New York, Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi and Dorte Mandrup's Icefjord Centre in Greenland. Featuring more than 150 superb photographs, this is an intriguing and accessible survey of a formerly neglected subject in architectural history. AUTHOR: Christopher Masters is a London-based author specialising in art and architecture. SELLING POINTS: . A new survey of an integral but little-studied aspect of architecture across the centuries . With more than 80 buildings worldwide by architects from Palladio and Christopher Wren to Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Santiago Calatrava, Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid . A wide-ranging, informative text analyses the window as a central aesthetic and functional feature of architecture, and also considers key social and technological factors 150 colour illustrations

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Book SynopsisHow should we train? What should we learn? What is our value? Disruptive technologies have increased speculation about what it means to be an architect. Innovations simultaneously offer great promise and potential risk to design practice. This volume identifies the game-changing trends driven by technology, and the opportunities they provide for architecture, urbanism and design. It advocates for an approach of intelligent control that transforms practice with specialist knowledge of technological models and systems. It features new developments in automation, generative design, augmented reality, videogame urbanism, artificial intelligence and robotics, as well as lived experiences within a continually shifting landscape. Showcasing evolving research, it discusses the cultural, social, environmental and political implications of various technological trajectories. In doing so it speculates upon future urban, spatial, aesthetic and formal possibilities within architecture. The future is already here. Now is the time to act. Features: Austrian Institute of Technology AiT - City Intelligence Lab CiT, Bryden Wood, Mollie Claypool, Soomeen Hahm, Hawkins\Brown, LASSA Architects, The Living, Danil Nagy, Odico Construction Robotics, Stefana Parascho, Luke Caspar Pearson, SHoP Architects, Kostas Terzidis, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen and Sandra Youkhana.Table of ContentsAbout the Editor’s Acknowledgements Editor’s Note Articles Complex Urban Futures: Design Science for Flux Territories by Ulysses Sengupta, Eric Cheung., Solon Solomou, Sigita Zigure, Mahmud Tantoush, May Bassanino, Rob Hyde, Manchester School of Architecture The Allegorithmic Utopia of Videogame Urbanism by Sandra Youkhana and Luke Caspar Pearson Evolving Design: From Computer Tools to Generative Design Partners by Danil Nagy Entering a Bio-Based Material Paradigm: Probing Advanced Computational Methods for a Shift in Material Thinking by Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen Home Position: Reflecting on Disciplines, Discontinuities and Design Spaces by Stefana Parascho Automation, Architecture and Labour by Mollie Claypool Augmenting Human Designers and Builders: Augmentation Discussed in Architectural Design Research by Soomeen Hahm Profiles An Intelligent Framework for Resilient Design (Infrared) by Austrian Institute of Technology AiT - City Intelligence Lab CiT Disrupting Design(ers) Through Automation by Bryden Wood Scaling Construction Robotics by Odico Construction Robotics Natural Intelligence: Designing with Living Materials by The Living Case Studies Research by Design: The Gantry by Hawkins\Brown Digital Constructivism: Democratising the Digital by Theo Sarantoglou Lalis, LASSA Architects Panels, Polygons and Pixels: How Data Informs Supertall Tower Design by SHoP Architects Final Word by Kostas Terzidis

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Book Synopsis"Modern life getting on top of you? You'll find inspiration for an escape to the wild in the pages of this new photo book, which showcases spectacular cabins in breathtaking locations." — The Daily Mail "If you're a cozy cabin enthusiast, this coffee table charmer, published on Sept. 28, 2022, may be for you." — Fox News "If you're refraining from an entire bookshelf, at least keep one very cool coffee table book on show. Points for escapism, notes on architecture, design, or whatever else you're into, because sometimes you can judge a book by its cover." — Real Homes Modern Cabins: Return to the Wild reveals infinite possibilities to connect with nature in contemporary cabins set in idyllic locations. This richly illustrated book includes a worldwide selection of projects—across Asia, Australia, Europe, United Kingdom, and the Americas— showcasing inventive methods to maximise small spaces, and to make the fast pace of city living a distant memory. These cosy retreats—embedded in stunning and remote locations and designed to be at one with the wilderness—are truly sanctuaries. Also available: Cabins: Escape to Nature, ISBN 9781864708332Trade Review"Modern life getting on top of you? You'll find inspiration for an escape to the wild in the pages of this new photo book, which showcases spectacular cabins in breathtaking locations." - The Daily Mail"If you're a cozy cabin enthusiast, this coffee table charmer, published on Sept. 28, 2022, may be for you." - Fox News"All across the world, architects are reimagining the cabin experience, and a new book from Images Publishing is cataloguing them all. Modern Cabins: Return to the Wild, looks at the most extraordinary cabins from Asia to Europe to the United States, and it captures the structures in their perfectly remote settings." - Architectural Digest"Showcases spectacular cabins in breathtaking locations, from New York to Norway." - Brit+Co"This book highlights a collection of breathtaking examples of modern architecture that are in various ways in dialogue with their wild surroundings." - Hoom Press"If you're refraining from an entire bookshelf, at least keep one very cool coffee table book on show. Points for escapism, notes on architecture, design, or whatever else you're into, because sometimes you can judge a book by its cover." - Real HomesTable of ContentsChapters: Forest, Water, Mountain, Rural Forest Cabin Moss - Kőszeg, Hungary Cabin on a Rock - White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA Kynttilä - Finland Maidla Nature Villa - Maidla Village, Rapla County, Estonia Niliaitta prototype - Kivijärvi, Finland Woodnest - Finland Woven House - tbc Ashen Cabin - Ithaca, NY Oak Cabin - Dartmoor, Devon, UK Forest Glamp - Québec, Canada Huaira - tbc Water Bow House - Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Cabin ANNA - Schaijk, The Netherlands Cabin Rones - tbc Lucia Smart (Smart Lucia) - Iisalmi and Sotkamo, Finland The Filmmaker's Hut - Iisalmi, Finland Majamaja Wuorio Eco-Cabin - tbc Project Ö - Archipelago National Park, Finland 72h Cabin - TASERUD-ARVIKA ÖSTRA, SWEDEN Mountain Dagsturhytter - Finland Mountaineer's Refuge - Comuna de San esteban, V región, Chile Tungstolen Hiking Cabin - tbc Cabin A24 - Coorg, India Space of Mind - Porvoo, Finland Rural Gawthorne’s Hut - Mudgee, NSW, Australia Holly Water Cabin - Devon, UK Indigo Cabin - Barchem, the Netherlands Wood and Mountain Cabin - Mae Rim, Chiangmai, Thailand Bruny Island Hideaway (Cabin) - Bruny Island, Tasmania Guincho TOW - Alentejo, Portugal Ursa TOW - Cascais, Portugal Koto Muutama Prefabricated Cabin - Belfast, Northern Ireland Tini XS - Plasencia, Spain Gamestation Cabin - Budapest Hungary Wauhaus - Csáford, Hungary

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Book SynopsisEast Anglia has a unique and very substantial heritage of flint-built churches and secular buildings over a wide area that range from Saxon times to the 20th century, many of them of exceptional beauty, and most in a good state of preservation. Stephen Hart considers that these buildings, in which a large number of different flintwork techniques and designs are used that are partly functional, partly dependent upon local materials and partly aesthetic in inspiration, constitute an important part of our heritage. It has only been scantily treated in previous works. His book is the first comprehensive one to be written on English flint architecture and is likely to become the definitive work on the subject. He shows that, although some of these techniques and designs are also to be found in other chalkland regions of England, including Hampshire, Sussex (e.g. Goodwood House), Kent, Wiltshire and Dorset, the greatest variety is in East Anglia. He has devised a classification system based on analysis of the materials and workmanship in flintwork which distinguishes between different types of flint, including flint combined with brick and stone. The numerous colour plates and black and white photographs convey the fascinating multiplicity of styles to be found, some of them reminiscent of the work of contemporary artists like Richard Long, and the virtuoso skills of the craftsmen who created them. There is a deeper consciousness and wider appreciation of vernacular architecture today in Britain than there has ever been, and the book could well inspire people to explore new possibilities in the use of flint architecture. Apart from its general appeal, it is a book that will strike a particular chord among architects, designers, craftsmen, local historians, artists and regional councils responsible for planning and conservation.Trade Review'...[a] truly wonderful book...delightful and imaginative, as well as scholarly, comprehensive and useful...' Norman Scarfe, author of Faber Shell Guide to Suffolk 'This important and comprehensive book...is a richly rewarding [one] to read and study. To those unfamiliar with flint architecture, the discovery of the subtlety and sophistication of the techniques and designs of the flint tradition will be a revelation...The depth of the author's study, research and knowledge of flint is very impressive and the book is destined to become a standard work on the subject.' Building DesignTable of ContentsOrigins and nature of flint; constructional features of flint walls; flint building through the ages; local flintwork character; the varieties of flintwork; as-found flintwork; knapped flint; compound flintwork; flint with brick; flint with stone; triple composite flintwork; multiple composite flintwork; freestone flushwork; flushwork derivatives; walls of varied flintwork.

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Book SynopsisShare: Conversations about Contemporary Architecture ? The Nordic Countriesis the first book in a new global series of investigative interviews about the modern architectural process. Initiated and undertaken by the Norway-based Canadian architect Todd Saunders, the Nordic Countries edition features interviews with 30 architectural practices from Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.With more than 25 years of professional practice behind him, Saunders has always been fascinated by the role of creativity in everyday practice and the potential power alluded to it. In a series of interviews undertaken over the past year, Saunders has queried the changing role of the architect, the challenges of contemporary practice ? especially the impact of the pandemic ? and the ways in which architects can achieve the right balance in the relationship between site, client, craft and innovation.Presented as a series of candid conversations between architect and architect, the book offers insights that go beyond the polished histories that usually make it into print. In particular, the interviews explore the role of challenge and failure, conflict and mistakes, chance and coincidence; all familiar aspects of the architectural process yet elements that tend to be glossed over in conventional monographs.The Nordic Countries edition will be followed by companion volumes that explore the work of architects in North and South America, central Europe and the Far East.

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Book SynopsisAlthough Hong Kong has produced many internationally renowned architects and designers who have contributed significantly to its cityscape, there are many talented local architects who have played the role of an unsung hero in shaping this beautiful city. This book aims to capture the stories of theses talents whose unique work should be more widely known and appreciated. This lavishly illustrated book is the first to provide this essential showcase.

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Book SynopsisThe experimental provides architects with a vital means to test ideas and the untried. Like authors and artists, architects harness the power of fiction to explore alternative models of society and push the boundaries of the possible. Though these imaginings can be influential aesthetically, like the prisons of Piranesi or the cities of Lebbeus Woods, they remain largely confined to paper or the screen – unbuilt. By injecting the experimental with a new realism, however, speculative design has the potential to advance new inclusive, equitable and desirable futures. Showcasing cutting-edge insight, this Design Studio volume advocates the inclusion of the visionary in the architectural design process. It explores the real-world application of near-future fantastical storytelling and the power of imaginative literacy. Articles cover subjects such as plausible impossibilities, other worlds, terraforming, activism, democratising design, future innovations and education, to name but a few. Departing from unrealistic utopian or dystopian visions, they empower plural design reactions in response to real-life scenarios. What impacts might a generational wave of ethical non-monogamy have on the way we use space and the future design of our built environment? Or the introduction of a universal basic income? Or the ready availability of lab grown meat? Thinking, imagining, designing, storytelling … these are political acts. How will you use your vote? Features: Phil Balagtas, Nicolay Boyadjiev, Benjamin H. Bratton, Dana Barale Burdman, Tom Greenall, Anab Jain, Nicola Koller, Matteo Mastrandrea, César Reyes Nájera, Kathy Nothstine, Ethel Baraona Pohl, Anna Pompermaier, Ayesha Silburn, Phoebe Walton, Matt Ward and Liam Young.Table of ContentsIn Other Worlds: Cities Shaped Like Fiction by Liam Young Plausible Impossibilities by Tom Greenall, Matteo Mastrandrea and Nicola Koller The Terraforming by Benjamin H. Bratton and Nicolay Boyadjiev Equitable and Desirable Futures by Gem Barton City-based Testbeds: Simulating Possible Futures in ‘Real-world’ Conditions by Kathy NothstineA New Type of Design Education: Models, Materials and FuturesBy Matt Ward The Aesthetics of Misuse: Mitigating Excess by Ayesha Silburn Meet Me Halfway: An Exploration of Architecture Across Realities by Anna Pompermaier The Net Blvd by Dana Barale Burdman James v Birnmann: Designing a Never-Ending Legal Drama, in a World Judges Are No Longer Human by Phoebe Walton Experiments in Speculative, Critical Activism by Anab Jain Speculative Design and Emerging Practice: From Local Meetups to a Global Community by Phil Balagtas Future Architecture, A Beautiful Chaos by César Reyes Nájera and Ethel Baraona Pohl

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Book SynopsisHow do we ensure sustainable buildings perform as intended? The performance gap between predicted and actual energy use in new homes has been identified as a key problem by government and industry experts. This updated edition is an illustrated practical design guide to delivering better energy performance in all types of new build homes. It introduces readers to the concept of the performance gap and highlights clear issues and solutions to help architects improve their detailing at design stage. The book: Features annotated details with photos taken from live construction sites Includes accessible practical guidance for busy practitioners Highlights how to boost the construction quality and performance of new homes Promotes the case for more architect supervision throughout the construction process. A new chapter features innovative, low-carbon building methods, including hempcrete blocks, clay blocks and straw bales. All information has been updated to reflect the latest data with fresh details and technologies.Table of ContentsHow to use this book Glossary Introduction Chapter 1: The performance gap and how to reduce it Chapter 2: How to detail a thermally efficient building envelope Chapter 3: Masonry – cavity wall construction Chapter 4: Concrete frame construction Chapter 5: Timber frame construction Chapter 6: Insulated concrete formwork Chapter 7: Off-site construction Chapter 8: Natural building materials Chapter 9: Building services performance Chapter 10: How to deliver improved performance Appendix 1: Site inspection checklist Appendix 2: Designed to Perform checklist Appendix 3: Thermal conductivity assumptions

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Book SynopsisHow did you do that drawing? What software did you use? What’s your process? You may have found yourself asking these questions about a striking architectural drawing. In recent years, social media has become a primary source of expression for architects and designers, yet there isn’t always the means to find out how their works became reality. Giving you a peek behind the illustrative curtain, this book demystifies the process and technique that created some of the most outstanding drawings in your feed. Offering lessons that many universities don’t teach, it’s an essential guide for architecture students and designers, featuring profiles from highly regarded illustrators, thinkers, and emerging architectural influencers. Covering a mix of styles, concepts and mediums, it gives a detailed breakdown of a diverse range of drawing processes alongside technical tips and concept inspirations. Whether you’re a flourishing student or established professional: This is your guide to drawing attention.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Architectural Drawing in the Age of Social Media by Hamza Shaikh 01. Drawing Parallels – Architecture Representation, Then & Now by Hamza Shaikh 02. Instagram as Interface – The New Picture Plane by Perry Kulper 03. DRAWING PROFILE #1: Hamza Shaikh / Vector Sketch 04. DRAWING PROFILE #2: Bea Martin / Machinic Assemblies 05. DRAWING PROFILE #3: Eric Wong / Creating Worlds 06. Sketch Like an Architect by David Drazil 07. DRAWING PROFILE #4: Yvette Earl / Street Illustrations 08. DRAWING PROFILE #5: Bryan Cantley / Line Politics 09. DRAWING PROFILE #6: Malavika Madhuraj / Digital Art 10. The Basics of Healthy Productivity by Sana Tabassum 11. DRAWING PROFILE #7: Saul Kim / Architecture Anomalies 12. DRAWING PROFILE #8: Ana Aragão / Mega Drawings 13. DRAWING PROFILE #9: Salmaan Mohamed / Drawing is Design 14. Multimedia Representation by Thomas Rowntree 15. DRAWING PROFILE #10: Perry Kulper / Analog Art 16. DRAWING PROFILE #11: Alex SYH / Isometric Insanity 17. DRAWING PROFILE #12: Veronika Ikonnikova / Ink & iPad 18. Line Ideation by Fraser Morrison 19. DRAWING PROFILE #13: Ehab Alhariri / Procreative 20. DRAWING PROFILE #14: Clement Luk Laurencio / Pencil & Eraser 21. DRAWING PROFILE #15: Zain Al-Sharaf Wahbeh / Art is Artefact 22. Observational Sketch by Hammad Haider 23. DRAWING PROFILE #16: Karina Armanda / The Ghibli Effect 24. DRAWING PROFILE #17: Pauline Personeni / Paper Narratives 25. DRAWING PROFILE #18: Neil Spiller / Non-chronology 26. Capturing Culture by Areesha Khalid 27. Drawing on the Future by Hamza Shaikh

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Architectural Book Awards 2020 Architectural History Book of the Year. Cameron Mackintosh is the world’s leading theatrical producer of musicals such as Cats, Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera. He is also a significant theatre owner and has completed a two-decade campaign of refurbishment and rebuilding of eight London theatres that has set the tempo for maintaining one of Britain’s greatest cultural heritages for the next century. Master of the House charts the stories of these eight historic London buildings – their origins, their iconic shows and productions, the stars and the glamour. Lavishly illustrated with images from the Delfont Mackintosh archive, the book also contains original architect drawings, specially-commissioned photographs of the refurbishment, show posters and other theatre ephemera, and many sweeping panoramas of the exquisitely finished spaces.

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Book SynopsisHow do I follow a brief? What is the site’s context? What’s its history and what is adjacent to it now? How have other designers responded to similar site conditions? Conducting a site analysis is an essential part of the design process. Through careful examination, observation and documentation, you can cultivate a deeper understanding of the place you are designing. Designed to help students understand what a ‘site analysis’ is and why it is valuable to their design proposals, this book provides 100 easy-to-follow rules of thumb with simple line drawings and illustrations to help. Through a series of lenses, strategies and ideas, this book provides step-by-step guidance through the process to increase your understanding of a place and how to deliver the appropriate solution for your site. Supported by case studies with examples of tackling specific problems, you will develop the tools to explore, rationalise and convince others that your approach is right for the project.Table of ContentsFramework Introduction Focus of the Study Chapter 1: Context Rules 1 - 44 Chapter 2: Routes Rules 44 - 55 Chapter 3: Environment Rules 56 - 77 Chapter 4: Groupings and Usage Rules 78 - 85 Chapters 5: Interface Rules 86 - 100 Chapter 6: Putting into Practice

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Book SynopsisDesigning Peace asks, how might we collectively put our creative forces together to envision a future we want to live in and take action to create it now? This book is an intersectional snapshot of the actions—culturally diverse and wide-ranging in scale—that are currently in play around the world. Offering perspectives on peace through essays, interviews, critical maps, project profiles, data visualizations, and art, this book conveys the momentum that design can gain in effecting a peace-filled future. From activists, scholars, and architects to policymakers, graphic, game, and landcape designers, Desiging Peace flips the conversation: peace is not simply a passive state signifying the absence of war, it is a dynamic concept that requires effort, expertise, and multi-dimensional solutions to address its complexity. Designers engage with individuals, communities, and organizations to create a more sustainable peace—from creative confrontations that challenge existing structures, to designs that demand embracing justice and truth in a search for reconciliation. This publication aims to expand the discourse on what is possible if society were to design for peace.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Cynthia E. Smith, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum I. How might design support a more humane security and peace? “An Architecture of Peace: Scaling the Intimate, Containing the Infinite,” Michael Murphy, MASS Design Group “The Business of Peace: Designs for Peace-Positive Technology,” Jason Miklian, University of Oslo, and Kristian Hoelscher, Peace Research Institute, Oslo “Borders and Boundaries,” Beth Simmons, Michael Kenwick, and Dillon Horwitz, University of Pennsylvania “In Transit: Urban Mobility and Migration,” Tone Selmer-Olsen and Håvard Breivik, Institute of Urbanism and Landscape, Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) “Imagine the Just City,” Toni L. Griffin, Just City Lab, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Projects: The Adventures of Daly graphic novels (Tunisia) Body Mapping (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Island Tracker (East and South China Seas) Oceanix City (Global) Papers, Please (Virtual) Startblok Elzenhagen (The Netherlands) Social Emergency Response Center (Canada, Serbia, United States) “Borderwall as Architecture,” Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, University of California, Berkeley Teeter-Totter Wall (Mexico, United States) II. How can design help advance peace by addressing the root causes of armed conflict? “The United Nations Security Council Negotiation Process from an Architect’s Point of View,” Michael Adlerstein, United Nations “New World Summit,” Jonas Staal, artist and organizer Projects: CONIFA (Global) Hate Speech Lexicons (Africa, Middle East) Regreening Africa (Africa) Peace Pavilion (India) House of Peace (Denmark) Positive Peace Index (Global) Stalled! (United States) Universal Declaration of Human Rights Posters (United States) Rare Earthenware (China) Astropolitics (Earth and Moon) New World Summit – Rojava (West Kurdistan) III. What ways can creative confrontation challenge existing structures and the status quo? “Beautiful Trouble Toolbox,” Nadine Bloch and Andrew Boyd, Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution “Glyphs, Inc.: The Quest for Universality through Visual Symbols,” Lee Davis, Maryland Institute of Art and Design “Objects, People, and Peace,” Caroline O'Connell, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Projects: Art the Arms Fair (United Kingdom) Extinction Symbol (Global) World Peace Symbol (Uruguay) Maps (bullet rug) series (Colombia, Guatemala, Lebanon, Mexico, Spain, United States) Black Lives Matter Harlem street mural (United States) IV. How might design embrace truth and dignity in a search for peace and justice? “Designing the Kitchen,” Merve Bedir, Land+Civilization Compositions “The Global Legacy of Colonialism: Citizen-State, A Bottom-Up Reparation Model,” Everisto Benyera, University of South Africa, Pretoria “¿A quién pertenece la tierra? [Who Owns the Land?]” Pablo Ares and Julia Risler, Iconoclasistas Binalakshmi Nepram, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and Control Arms Foundation, India, with Cynthia E. Smith Projects: Conflict Kitchen (United States) Christmas Operations (Colombia) My Ancestors’ Garden (United States) Paper Monuments (United States) The Chronic (Global) The Murder of Halit Yozgat (Germany) V. What ways can design support/facilitate transitions from instability to sustainable peace? Chelina Odbert, Kounkuey Design Initiative for the World Bank/Gender Inclusive Urban Planning Projects: HarassMap (Canada, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey) Recoding Post-war Syria (Syria) RefAID (Global) Korea Remade (North Korea, South Korea) Safe Passage Bags (Greece) Ideas Box (Global) Designing for Dignity (Norway) Stone Garden (Lebanon) BLUE: Architecture of UN Peacekeeping Missions (Mali, Libera) Casa Azul (South America, Central America, and the Caribbean) Jordan River Peace Park (Israel, Jordan, Palestine)

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Book SynopsisThis book weaves a much needed and transformational narrative about making architecture through paying close attention to cross-laminated timber as a material for today. The material becomes the site of experimentation, innovation, and research in search of specific meanings of CLT in architecture at various scales by selecting the “CLT Blank” as the building unit. The structure of the book brings together work and texts from a diverse group of theorists and practitioners, who make material central to their inquiry, to suggest design approaches that will broaden the cultural, spatial, and technological significance for architecture, education, engineering, and industry. The outcome focuses on materiality through fast slippages between art, architecture, and science, that we hope will invigorate and expand new discourse to act as an antidote to the current conversations about the material, that is fixated on its making and mass production, disappointingly portraying it as a bland and lifeless product—a notion we want to be distant from in preference to seeking areas we feel were not yet conceptualised or theorised. The potential to see the spatial properties of its use and what kind of world that might suggest is shown in the book, with selected striking visual materials, to reposition its architecture though new forms of representation and responses that continue to stay in touch with pragmatics. Aesthetics of CLT with a connection to wood and art practice is a central thread though the book.Table of ContentsBlank Towers Prologue: Built-in Sprezzatura - Erika Naginski After Timber Trends, or Speculations on the Cross-Laminated Timber Blank - Jennifer Bonner and Hanif Kara Blank Houses Endless Lamellae and Finer Grains: A Brief History of Better Wood - Erin Putalik Essential Planes - Christopher C. M. Lee On Blankness: Courtney Coffman Blank Panels Blank Shots: Monolithic Desires and Laminar Inevitabilities - Nader Tehrani Ten Points on CLT Models and Public Performance - Yasmin Vobis Wood Grain Models Constructing the Supergraphic: A Drawing of a Wall as Much as a Wall - Sam Jacob Cut-Out - Nelson Byun Lauren Halsey Surface Tensions - Victoria Camblin Jennifer Bolande Exploded Blanks Switcheroo, Blanks Everywhere - Jennifer Bonner Blank Characters: Elisions in Artistic Practice and Domestic Spaces - Sean Canty Pervasive Structural Analysis Dialogues of Material - Hanif Kara CLT Forecasts Contributors Image Credits Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisFor long, spatial design has been seen as an action that could be performed by people and for people only. And today, even though some of the most meaningful projects of our times seem to challenge this concept, qualitative researches still struggle to emerge. This is why this book collects, reconstructs, and discusses archetypal models of posthuman architecture, from the cabin of Henry David Thoreau to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. To show how architectural, landscape, and industrial designers, be they professional practitioner or not, redefined their tools in order to meet the functional and symbolic needs of new and different kinds of subjects. All this in ten monographic architectural tales, thought to trace the evolution of an extended idea of coexistence between humans and other species and technologies.

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Book SynopsisDrawing from the unique design experience at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) as architects of the next world’s tallest tower and several others under construction, Supertall Megatall: How High Can We Go? highlights the design, sustainability, innovative technology, programming, and contextualism that defines supertall and megatall towers. The book is a mixture of under construction and design-only projects divided into several chapters that are organized according to their special characteristics: Innovative Systems, Harnessing Energies, Designing an Icon, Extending Ecologies, and Achieving Megatall. Each project, completed between 2007–2020 at AS+GG, is discovered through context, program, form, research and development, and performance, highlighting the stories, challenges, and lessons learned.

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Book SynopsisThe book takes as its starting point the city of Canton, at the heart of the most populous built-up metropolitan area in Mainland China, and a city that has for several centuries held a central position with regard to economic, social, and physical change in the country. Included are hundreds of beautiful illustrations and drawings that help articulate Smith's historical insight into key events surrounding the development of Canton, from its preliminary trading and treaty port history, to its Republican city building program, the Socialist planned economy after 1949, the post-1978 reform period, and the regenerative impetus of the contemporary city. Shaping Canton focuses on the modern history of Canton. The text and illustrations explore and set out the various stages and events leading up to the modern city, by way of a reinvigorated Chinese superpower, from the founding of trade between Europe and the East in the late 15th century, to the beachheads of foreign influence, and forces of transformation through periods of revolution, political transition, and reform up to the present time.Table of ContentsPreface 7 Introduction 17 The Mandate of Heaven 21 Avenues of Commerce 49 Adventurism and Hostilities 87 Beachheads of Foreign Influence 111 An Emerging Modernism 141 Forces of Transformation 173 The Socialist Planned Economy 1949–1976 195 Reforms, Challenges, and Resurgence 229 Remaking the Canton Metropolis 259 The Political Paradox 299 Acknowledgments 316 Endnotes 318

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Book SynopsisThe impact of artificial intelligence in the discipline of architecture is unavoidable and undeniable. The recent mass adoption of highly accessible machine learning tools including DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney has allowed designers to test their limits and assess their role as an author in the design of the built environment. This book includes speculations on the introduction of artificial intelligence bots/apps into architecture and features a collection of works from 18 architects and designers who are interrogating current AI applications. Within each chapter, authors put forth a position through a framework consisting of theory and application lenses. Additionally, interviews from leading practitioners will offer insights into the current curiosities fuelling investigation. This book will incite dialogue about the potential of AI as an ideation device and extension of the architect’s authorship. As a part of this work, curation plays an important role as the technology generates content at an incredible pace. Architectural design thinking will have to reconcile the injection of this new tool and this book will speculate on the current state in its infancy.

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Book SynopsisLPA Design Studios rose to national prominence by demonstrating that designers can make a real impact on carbon reduction on a large scale. The firm's integrated design approach breaks down the traditional model, eliminating barriers between disciplines to develop innovative designs that reduce energy and water and create a better human experience. The firm's diverse body of work has earned the industry's top awards and set new benchmarks for building performance, proving that there is a better process for designing buildings.Design Matters: Every project. Every budget. Every scale. presents a beautifully curated collection of LPA projects that illustrate what can be achieved through a collaborative design process with architects, engineers, interior designers and landscape architects working together from a development's earliest stages. The projects cross a wide range of sizes and types, including transformational education, commercial, civic, cultural and healthcare facilities. Each was created through a repeatable process focused on cost-effective research-driven design strategies. As a collection, LPA's work is an inspirational model for an integrated, inclusive approach that connects design excellence and building performance.

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Book SynopsisGREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture is a compelling exploration of the contributions of diverse architects to the field of architecture. This book delves into the essence of various architectural typologies, including residential, institutional, and master planning, through the lens of designers from varied backgrounds. It highlights the historical evolution of these typologies and their impact on urban planning and architecture, reflecting a wide range of lifestyles, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds.The book addresses the darker aspects of architectural history, such as housing injustice and redlining, while also celebrating the healing power of design in fostering community well-being and environmental sustainability. It emphasises the importance of community-centric approaches in residential design and the role of architecture in shaping equitable and sustainable environments.Featuring global projects, the book showcases how architects and designers worldwide address unique challenges and opportunities, enriching our understanding of architecture''s role in shaping human lives. GREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture is a call to action for architects and designers to create inclusive, sustainable, and responsive environments that foster community, dignity, and a sense of belonging for all.

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Book SynopsisA book that brings awareness to preservation in architecture. This third TSAM volume presents content from teaching courses that have been developed at the EPFL for fifteen years. The aim is to promote preservation as a discipline, one of the main branches in the emerging field of socioecological transition. This book also demonstrates how the educational potential of preservation can be harnessed, uniting many social and scientific disciplines, the history of architecture and architects, materiality and its constructed expression, the theory of architecture and design, and the examination—both abstract and concrete—of what surrounds us in every sense, from the teaspoon to the territory. In short, what a minority of responsible architects has always concerned itself with: a silent and sometimes fragile architecture. These qualities should enable preservation to reform and reconstruct a new design process for architecture, which will in turn lead to a new kind of practice. Table of ContentsForewordThe teaching of the laboratory of techniques and the preservation of modern architecture1. THEORETICAL COURSES2. THE PRESERVATION WORKSHOP3. THE PROJECT IN THE PRESERVATION ORIENTATION4. THE MASTER PROJECTEpilogue

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Book SynopsisIn formulating a design concept into a viable plan, architects oscillate constantly between two planes of observation: the actual design task in the context of planning typologies such as residential buildings, office buildings, museum, or airport, and the individual room, meaning the kitchen, office, classroom, sanitary rooms, storage rooms, and so on. Planning Architecture offers architects and students a thought-out planning tool, in which two main sections reciprocally complement one another: the “spaces” and the “typologies” between which the planner can flexibly oscillate depending on his or her plane of observation. All relevant planning information is presented in a detailed clear fashion, and in context. These two sections are flanked by an introductory chapter explaining the basis and framework for typological design, as well as a “reference section” at the end of the book that clearly lists general dimensions and units, regulations and standards.

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Book SynopsisIt is understood that Mies van der Rohe is one of the most important architects of the Modern movement. But how do Mies’ ideas on architecture and on the logic of construction relate to his built – and sometimes unbuilt – oeuvre? This book investigates this question based on 14 projects, with a focus on the choice of detail and material. Specially produced three-dimensional drawings provide an easy-to-understand analysis of Mies’ construction concepts. The projects include Lange and Esters Houses (1927–30), Tugendhat House (1928-30), the Barcelona Pavilion (1928-29), Farnsworth House (1946-51), Lake Shore Drive (1948-51) and the New National Gallery (1962-68). The investigation covers several decades of Mies’ work, and hence his German and American creative periods.

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Book SynopsisThe Pritzker laureate Renzo Piano is recognized worldwide as one of the most renowned architects of our time. Central elements of his aesthetics include the playful use of natural light, the transparency of his buildings and their fine detailing. This publication documents nine museum buildings by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.

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Book Synopsis A roof over one’s head is a basic need – it provides shelter from rain, wind and the cold. In addition to these requirements, the structure must be load bearing and stable. Out of traditional craftsmanship, roof shapes and typologies have developed that fulfill these tasks and endure to this day. Basics Roof Construction describes the different kinds of roofs and which advantages and disadvantages each of them has. It explains which tasks are performed by the structural elements and layers and how to account for these in planning construction. The objective is to provide students with the principles, properties and technical terms of construction so that they can implement this knowledge in concrete design plans: from building, to insulation and sealing, all the way to the basics of drainage.

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Book Synopsis Timber is one of the most elementary and oldest building materials used by mankind, and has still not lost any of its attractiveness and topicality. In many cultural spheres and climate zones, the primary construction methods of domestic architecture include both masonry construction and timber construction. However, this living, lightweight, and easy-to-work material has specific characteristics that impact on the way it is used in construction in different ways compared to other building materials. In order to develop high-quality designs that suit the material, architects need to be familiar with the specific characteristics of this building material and with the rules governing timber construction. The new edition of the successful Basics Timber Construction volume lists the most common solid timber construction systems, including that using solid timber wall elements, as well as the rules, applications, and the relevant details. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Building material.- Timber.- Growth.- Timber moisture.- Qualities.- Ways of cutting.- Loadbearing properties.- Timber construction products.- Solid timber.- Timber materials.- Construction panels.- Timber protection.- Timber selection.- Structural timber protection.- Chemical timber protection.- Construction.- Stability.- Loadbearing system.- Wall reinforcement.- Timber construction systems.- Log construction.- Timber-frame construction.- Frame construction.- Skeleton construction.- Panel construction.- Building components.- Foundations and base.- Slab foundation.- Strip foundations.- Individual foundation.- External wall.- Layer construction.- Building science.- External formwork.- Surface treatment.- Interior cladding and installation.- Apertures.- Interior wall.- Structure.- Incorporation.- Ceilings.- Beam ceilings.- Structure.- Layer of beams.- Support.- Solid ceilings.- Roof.- Pitched roofs.- Flat roof.- Appendix.- DIN standards.- Information sources.- Picture credits.

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Book SynopsisAt the beginning of their studies students of architecture are confronted with a wealth of different ways in which to visually present their designs. Expressing ideas in the form of drawings and models is usually required in the early stages of studying: “learning by doing” is the only way for students to quickly develop a repertoire for their design work.However, there are important issues to consider between the phases of devising the spatial concept and recreating it in a two- or three-dimensional drawing or physical model: How to construct a perspective freehand drawing? What plan drawings are necessary to present my design? What scale should my model be and what materials should I use to construct it?Basics Architectural Presentation combines the highly successful single volumes Technical Drawing, Freehand Drawing, CAD, Modelbuilding (new edition) and Architectural Photography from the series BASICS in a new volume. Step-by-step, it conveys possible ways to present architectural projects throughout the various project phases. In an informative and practical approach, the publication discusses the basics of architectural representation from freehand drawing, which is especially important in the design phase, to the plan drawing, model, and architecture photography. The student architect learns the tools necessary for presenting his or her work, supported by many concrete examples and practical tips that are directly applicable.

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Book SynopsisThe book is a guide for students and teachers to understand the need for, the role of and the methods and techniques of freehand analytical sketching in architecture. The presentation focuses on drawing as an approach to and phase of architectural design. The conceptual goal of this approach is to use drawing not as illustration or depiction, but as exploration. The first part of the book discusses underlying concepts of freehand sketching in design education and practice as a complement to digital technologies. The main component is a series of chapters that constitute a typology of fundamental issues in architecture and urban design; for instance, issues of "façade" are illustrated with sketch diagrams that show how façades can be explored and sketched through a series of specific questions and step-by-step procedures. In the expanded and updated edition, a new part explores the questions and experiences of large architectural offices in applying freehand drawing in the practice of architectural design. This book is especially timely in an age in which the false conflict between "traditional vs. digital" gives way to multiple design tools, including sketching. It fosters understanding of the essential human ability to investigate the designed and the natural world through freehand drawing.

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Book SynopsisThe publication Two Lakes is the result of a comparative study of two cultural regions Lake Lucerne in Switzerland and Lake Biwa in Japan. Based on the results of a five-year cooperation entitled The Culture of Water (20182023) between the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture and the Kyoto Institute of Technology, it engages with the architecture of the future. Addressing the core themes of danger, beauty, commons and eternity and their according relationships to water it develops hypotheses on both regions with respect to the interdependence between people and the architecture they produce. The book is rounded off by in-depth articles, two photographic essays and archive documents.

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Book SynopsisThe publication explores the different yet corresponding architectural concepts of Umberto Riva and Bijoy Jain. On the basis of building visits and ongoing conversations, the author Mirko Zardini interprets Umberto Riva's and Bijoy Jain's motivations and inds unlikely resonance in their complementary approaches. The publication accompanies the exhibition held under the same name at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.

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Book Synopsis”Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Recover“ is the sustainable guideline that has replaced the ”Take, Make, Waste“ attitude of the industrial age. Based on their background at the ETH Zurich and the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, the authors provide both a conceptual and practical look into materials and products which use waste as a renewable resource. This book introduces an inventory of current projects and building elements, ranging from marketed products, among them façade panels made of straw and self-healing concrete, to advanced research and development like newspaper, wood or jeans denim used as isolating fibres. Going beyond the mere recycling aspect of reused materials, it looks into innovative concepts of how materials usually regarded as waste can be processed into new construction elements. The products are organized along the manufacturing processes: densified, reconfigured, transformed, designed and cultivated materials. A product directory presents all materials and projects in this book according to their functional uses in construction: load-bearing, self-supporting, insulating, waterproofing and finishing products.

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Book SynopsisFrom hand-made brick to high-tech product: building with blocks of fired clay today draws from a heritage of nine millennia and remains innovative, sustainable, and highly appreciated for its manifold applications. Since 2004, Wienerberger, the world's largest manufacturer of bricks and other clay building materials, biannually presents the international Brick Award as a scene for outstanding achievements in brick architecture. The 2020 edition of this master class saw 644 submissions from fifty-five countries that were reviewed by an international jury of experts. This book features the fifty nominees and the six winning designs, which are located in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central America. All projects are presented in texts and richly illustrated with atmospheric images, site and floor plans, views, elevations and sections. Five topical essays by international authors, discussing the winning buildings in a wider context, round out this celebration of contemporary brick architecture.

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Book SynopsisThe Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich has been researching the integration of robots into the architectural practice, both in design and the fabrication process, for some time. This book—created in collaboration with the chair of Christophe Girot, Gramazio Kohler Research, and Marco Hutter at ETH Zurich’s Robotic Systems Lab—is the first to investigate the use of robot-based construction equipment for large-scale soil grading in landscape architecture. As landscapes are continuously changing due to ever-changing environmental conditions, the application of autonomous systems that respond to the environment rather than perform predefined and static earthwork is of particular interest in this field. Robotic Landscapes sheds light on a series of groundbreaking experiments in an interdisciplinary collaboration of landscape design, environmental engineering, and robotics that aims to make landscape architecture sustainable and ecological in the long term.

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