Architecture: public and commercial Books
Birkhauser Herzog & de Meuron Transforming Park Avenue
Book SynopsisHow to deal with historic buildings has long been a core issue of the international architectural discourse. Herzog & de Meuron began addressing the potential of existing structures very early on: the maintenance and alteration of buildings are among the key strategies of the architects. For the Park Avenue Armory in New York, Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new model for dealing with monuments. The historical building was opened in 1881 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a meeting place and training ground for the National Guard, and boasts a rich mixture of different styles. Herzog & de Meuron developed a multifaceted strategy for the transformation of the building, now used as a cultural center, that allows for a combination of restoration, transformation, and innovation. From the exposing of historic structures to the addition of new elements, the architecture gained new vibrancy from the considered entanglement of different aspects. In the current debate, this departure from the practice of historic preservation in the United States is, beyond its value as an actual example, a unique contribution that unfolds in close reference to material. It is exemplary and groundbreaking.
£59.08
Birkhauser Schools and Kindergartens: A Design Manual
Book SynopsisAs a new generation of educational environments are designed and built, this Design Manual illustrates the most up-to-date educational strategies and how they are realized in built form. Concepts such as working with small teams of students, interdisciplinary learning and inclusion of SEN students all require specific spation solutions. This specialized field is explained in all its relevant aspects such as role in the community, outdoor spaces, sustainability and technical requirements such as lighting and acoustics. With over 70 case studies from Europe, North America and the Pacific Region, this is an essential guide for architects involved in the design of schools and kindergartens. For the revised edition six groundbreaking new best-practice examples were selected such as Primary School Niederheide near Berlin, the first plus-energy school in Germany, the education center “Tor zur Welt”, one of the key projects of building exhibition IBA 2013 in Hamburg and “Children’s House for All” by Maki Onisha and Toyo Ito, conceived for use in refugee camps.
£39.15
Birkhauser Platzatlas: Stadträume in Europa
Book SynopsisThe question of composition and spatial qualities arises in every urban design concept or intervention in the spatial structure of urban public squares. How are the essential elements involved: dimension, proportion, alignment, cohesion, accesses, shaping of focus point and of edges like surfaces and materials? How do they contribute to a character of urban space with which residents can identify? Comparing historical examples with current designs aids one in visualizing spatial effect. Similar to a floor planmanualfor buildings,Platzatlas allows the user to evaluate spatial conditions for movement and rest based on comparable existing urban squares. The book offers the planner a comparative example for most conditions (shape, size, location, topography, and so on). Seventy European urban squares are presented and explained with the most important characteristics in a consistent manner in as-built plan, ground plan, section, and axonometric projection.
£1,335.38
De Gruyter Bildungsschock.: Lernen, Politik und Architektur
Book SynopsisBildungsschock blickt auf die Folgen des "Sputnik-Schocks" von 1957. Nachdem die Sowjetunion den Westen mit einem ungeahnten Erfolg beim Wettlauf ins All düpiert hatte, expandierte Bildung im globalen Maßstab, um die "Weltbildungskrise" der Nachkriegsordnung zu bewältigen. Unter dem Druck demografischer und technologischer Entwicklungen, sozialer Bewegungen und kultureller Veränderungen wurden das Lernen selbst, aber auch die Räume des Lernens neu gedacht und geplant. Zusammen mit Künstler*innen, Wissenschaftler*innen und Architekt*innen untersucht Tom Holert eine Epoche der Reformen, Experimente und Ausbrüche, die es als Archiv-Ressource aktueller Debatten neu zu entdecken gilt. Der reich illustrierte Band begleitet die gleichnamige Ausstellung am Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, im Frühling 2021.
£24.22
Bohlau Verlag The Governance of Style: Public buildings in
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£60.29
Aschendorff Verlag Burg Vischering: Wasserburg Und Wahrzeichen
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£28.31
De Gruyter Kleinpolen
Book SynopsisNach dem erfolgreichen Pilotprojekt zu »Schlesien« (erschienen 2005/06 in deutscher und polnischer Version), mit dem sich die von Georg Dehio begründete traditionsreiche Reihe erstmals den Kunstdenkmälern im heutigen Polen widmet, erscheint nun endlich die lang erwartete nächste Publikation. Diese dreibändige Ausgabe umfasst die historische Region »Kleinpolen« im Südosten Polens mit den westlichen Gebieten um Krakau, Kielce/ Sandomierz (Band 2) sowie den östlichen Gebieten um Lublin und Przemy l/Rzeszów (Band 3). Ein zusätzlicher Band (Band 1) bietet eine grundlegende Einführung in Geschichte und Kunst Kleinpolens vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart. Als nützlicher Reisebegleiter und umfangreiches Wissenskompendium zugleich, bietet der »Dehio Kleinpolen« detaillierte Informationen über alle bedeutenden Denkmäler dieser faszinierenden Gegend mit Blick auf die deutsch-polnische Geschichte. Ergänzt werden die Bände neben ausgewählten Stadtplänen und Grundrisse durch ein Künstlerverzeichnis und zweifarbige Übersichtskarten.
£63.90
De Gruyter Gio Ponti: Valmartello al Paradiso del Cevedale.
Book SynopsisUnter dem faschistischen Regime wurde im Südtiroler Martelltal 1937 das vom Architekten Gio Ponti geplante Hotel Paradiso eröffnet. Das heute verlassene, ehemalige Sporthotel, ein langgestreckter, geschwungener Solitär, der einst die Qualitäten eines Luxushotels mit denen einer Schutzhütte zu kombinieren vermochte, wurde als Gesamtkunstwerk geplant. Eine Besonderheit sind Gio Pontis Studien zum eigenwilligen und bis ins Detail entworfenen Farbkonzept, das auf vier Grundfarben basierend für die Wände und Decken der Räume verwendet wurde. Mangelnde Wartung und Vandalismus haben dem Hotel seit der Schließung 1946 arg zugesetzt. Vor dem Hintergrund der Würdigung der Anlage als Gesamtwerk und einer sorgfältigen Bestandsaufnahme ist es möglich, den Entwurfsprozess von den ersten Skizzen bis zur Ausführung zu verfolgen.
£28.35
De Gruyter 70 Years of Art in Architecture in Germany
Book SynopsisIn 1950, the obligatory participation of visual artists in state building measures at home and abroad was decreed in the German Bundestag as well as in the parliament of the GDR. Over a period of 70 years, numerous artworks that reflect the politics, society, and architecture as well as the tasks of institutions have been created. The book sheds light on the significance and potentials of building-related art for state authorities and institutions, research institutes, military facilities, and German representation around the world. It discusses its specific aspects, like the creation of the works, as well as their maintenance and preservation, and elucidates how close building-related art can be to day-to-day life—as inspiration, statement, and national visiting card that adds value to architecture.
£37.05
Harrassowitz Das Grossartigste Gebaude in Munchen: Die
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£62.40
Brill U Schoningh Mythos Wewelsburg: Fakten Und Legenden
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£35.06
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Baukonstruktion – vom Prinzip zum Detail: Band 3
Book SynopsisDie Konstruktion im Dienst der Architektur – diesem Thema widmet sich das mehrbändige Werk des Architekten José Luis Moro. Der 3. Band stellt die Ausführung des Gebäudeentwurfs in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung. Die Thematik Verbindungen wird grundlegend behandelt und entsprechende Techniken im Detail erörtert. Innere wie äußere Gebäudehüllen erläutert der Autor ausführlich und untersucht verschiedene prinzipielle Aufbauvarianten wie Schalen- oder Rippensysteme aus einer auf den konstruktiven Aufbau der Hülle bezogenen Perspektive.Table of ContentsVerbindungen.- Grundlagen des Fügens.- Kraftübertragung.- Fügeverfahren.- Zusammensetzen.- An-, Einpressen.- Fügen durch Urformen.- Fügen durch Umformen.- Fügen durch Stoffvereinigen.- Äußere Hüllen.- Grundsätzliches.- Erdberührte Hüllen.- Schalensysteme.- Mehrschichtverbundsysteme.- Rippensysteme.- Punktgehaltene Hüllen.- Addierte Funktionselemente.- Membransysteme.- Öffnungen.- Innere Hüllen.- Grundsätzliches.- Horizontale Raumabtrennungen.- Vertikale Raumabtrennungen.- Öffnungen.
£999.99
Niggli Verlag Postmodern Non-Residential Berlin
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£36.00
Birkhauser Einfamilienhäuser
Book SynopsisThe private single family house is still very much the preferred choice of home. Yet in recent years there have been many changes not only in the personal situations of the residents, their expectations and desires, but also in the rising costs of energy and raw materials. This has meant that issues such as multi-functionalism, the use of innovative building materials or energy-efficient building methods are increasing in significance. In this completely revised and expanded second edition these topical developments have been taken into consideration. The organisation and layout of the first volume, with its concise and detailed project documentation, has been retained. The authors introduce floor plan solutions using contemporary projects which bear in mind changing family structures. At the same time, the contributions provide an in-depth introduction to planning single family houses, from the design of the floor plan to useful tips for the realisation. In addition to this fundamental information, 22 projects are documented, providing ideas and inspiration for planners, students and clients. The international selection of projects highlights current trends in planning and designing single family housing and reveals the tried and tested basics.
£51.85
Birkhauser LichtEinfall: Tageslicht im Wohnbau
Book SynopsisThe image of open working and living spaces flooded with light has, more than any other, become fixed in our minds as a symbol of modernity and the spirit of the times. While the workplace has always been the focus of ergonomic studies and optimization with respect to a good provision of daylight, large glass surfaces have now become the order of the day for living spaces as well. But does this automatically make for better illumination? Taking this question as its starting point, the publication Illuminating thematizes central aspects of light planning, including the connection between the provision of daylight and architectural design, building orientation, the nature of the facade, the ground plan, comfort, and the proportions and atmosphere of rooms. In the process, general characteristics and fundamental principles as well as subtle facets of an intelligent treatment of daylight are discussed and critically examined within an expanded architecture- and culture-historical context.Table of ContentsVorwort, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Was das Kunstlicht aus dem Tag macht, einführendes Essay von Gerhard Auer Richtig belichtet – wesentliche Aspekte der Tageslichtplanung im Kontext des Wohnens, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Licht, Sicht, Architektur – über die wechselseitige Beziehung zwischen Tageslicht und Architektur, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Situation und Reaktion – Typologie, Grundriss und Struktur des Gebäudes in Abhängigkeit von der Orientierung, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Raumproportionen und Fensterflächen – planerische Einflussmöglichkeiten für gute Belichtungsverhältnisse in Wohnräumen, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Raum und Wahrnehmung – die Inszenierung des Raumes durch Licht und Schatten, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Raumwirkung und Behaglichkeit – Parameter die die Raumwirkung beeinflussen, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Licht Räume – Anregungen für die Planung und Einbindung von Tageslicht in den Entwurfs- und Bauprozess, Klaus Spechtenhauser, Michelle Corrodi Biografien Literaturnachweis
£27.45
Birkhauser Planning Guide for Conference and Communication
Book SynopsisEnglich and Remmers provide a comprehensive, analytical, and programmatic introduction to face-to-face communication in the work world. Against the backdrop of globalization, with its dynamic transformations of office environments and worldwide digital networks, they analyze the strategic significance of the various communication processes for organizational and corporate development. They show how the motives and aims of communication, the organizational forms and procedures appropriate in a given case, the size and arrangement of spaces, the required capabilities of furniture and furnishings, and modern communications and media technology all condition and influence one another. Their integrated and user-oriented approach to analysis and planning enables architects, interior designers, and facility managers to foster communication processes, structure them sensibly, and avoid unnecessary friction and needless follow-up costs, all through proper planning.
£50.85
Hatje Cantz Phylum H (bilingual): Brunet Saunier Architecture
Book SynopsisPhylum H describes a very special architectural task: constructing a hospital. Brunet Saunier Architecture is dedicated to this type of research and further development. Their process is based on intensive research on the functional procedures required in medicine, social demands, and aesthetic possibilities. With these complex ideas, their plans become fascinating time capsules. On one hand, the analytical gaze looks to the past, searching for the medical, historical, and typological elements of the function of hospitals. On the other, potential new technologies, and practices for life and treatment are also examined. In the present, this results in unique buildings distinguished by a sophisticated mastery of flexible spatial structure and integrative design. They create a place for technology, knowledge, work, and social life—for both today and tomorrow. This illustrated volume discusses this unique creative process, using sketches, interviews, 3-D models, blueprints, and photographs.Bilingual: English and French.
£28.00
Hatje Cantz Michael Wesely (Bilingual edition): Neue
Book SynopsisThere is more to numbers than sums; they can also conceal histories, too. In this case, world-famous architectural history. For five years the renowned Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was closed to the public for renovation. Nevertheless, the photographer Michael Wesely was able to accommodate “four guests” inside the iconic building: Four cameras, each one pointing in a different direction, were installed on the ceiling. Every day they took between 600 and 1100 pictures with an exposure time of two minutes each. Edited into bewitching montages, this fascinating synopsis allows readers to envision the building’s metamorphosis as it was undergoing renovations. The long exposure time is an aesthetic coup, for ephemeral, restless, rapid movements contrast with the still, timeless quality of the architecture, presenting a sophisticated interplay of identity and change.
£48.00
Hatje Cantz Michael Wesely Updated Edition Bilingual edition
Book SynopsisThere is more to numbers than sums; they can also conceal histories, too. In this case, world-famous architectural history. For five years the renowned Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was closed to the public for renovation. Nevertheless, the photographer Michael Wesely was able to accommodate four guests inside the iconic building: four cameras, each one pointing in a different direction, were installed on the ceiling. Every day they took between 360 and 730 pictures with an exposure time of 90 seconds each. Edited into bewitching montages, this fascinating synopsis allows readers to envision the building's metamorphosis as it was undergoing renovations. The long exposure time is an aesthetic coup, for ephemeral, restless, rapid movements contrast with the still, timeless quality of the architecture, presenting a sophisticated interplay of identity and change. This book is published on the occasion of the re-opening of the Neue Na
£20.00
Hatje Cantz Clyfford Still Museum: Allied Works Architecture
Book SynopsisThe Clyfford Still Museum was designed by the leading architectural practice Allied Works and its founder, Brad Cloepfil. The building creates space for the voice and artistic vision of American painter Clyfford Still (1904–1980), housing the vast majority of his creative output over a sixty-year period. The museum’s design is inspired by the work of Still and by its monumental context: the site is located at the intersection of prairie and mountains, within an urban district of major cultural buildings, vacant lots, historic housing, and new development. The building looks to the earth as a source of silence and profound connection to the elemental forces the artist explored through his painting. This publication presents the vision and realization of the museum from initial concepts to completion. A rich collection of stories, artifacts, documents, and conversations trace the evolution of the building and Allied Works’ unique creative process. New essays and photography examine its significance within contemporary architectural discourse and the singular experience of the completed work.
£34.00
Hatje Cantz Institut Jules Bordet Instituut (Multi-lingual
Book SynopsisThe Jules Bordet Institute is one of the largest integrated cancer centers in Europe. Located at the heart of the Erasme campus in Anderlecht, Belgium, the university hospital’s structure evolved from the objective to establish smooth connections with its environment. The building’s luminous patios and extensive timber cladding rhythmize the collaborative design by Brunet Saunier Architecture, Archi 2000, and TPF Engineering, emanating in an interplay of natural shades and lights and a welcoming atmosphere. Through texts, photographs, and plans, Institut Jules Bordet Instituut retraces the different stages of the project. From the initial medical vision to the arrival of the first patients, the publication outlines the architectural approach to intensifying the relationship between medical practice and research, integrating technological changes, and improving the comfort of its patients.
£999.99
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Residenzschlösser in Verschiedenen Städten Des
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£51.00
Hirmer Bethany Eden Jacobson Ode to a Cemetery
Book SynopsisBethany Jacobson is an award winning Brooklyn-based photographer and filmmaker. Her films and photographs have been exhibited at international exhibitions and film festivals. She teaches at Pratt Institute and Brooklyn College. Cole Swensen is the author of nineteen books of poetry. A former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of the National Poetry Series and the PEN USA Award for Literary Translation, she has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
£23.96
Gebruder Mann Verlag Architektur ALS Zweiter Korper: Eine
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£110.55
Prestel Taste and Place: The Design Hotels Book
Book SynopsisThis influential reference work—revered by architects, designers, restaurateurs, hoteliers and creatives around the world— contains exquisite images from leading photographers and expert commentary from the world’s greatest food writers and culinary innovators. Their stories take the reader beyond the dish, the kitchen and the dining room to explore the holistic connectivity between food and locality; its provenance and production; the people, landscape and architecture. From regional terroir, through the kitchen, to the community, the stories gathered from the experts that created them detail their methods of production; work practices; and visionary hospitality. It poses questions such as, how can we travel more responsibly? How can hotels reduce their impact on the environment? How can travelers give back more than they take? Journeying from the ancient island of Crete; through traditions in Swiss and Japanese mountains; to cutting-edge culinary practices in the Caribbean—every hotel featured in this annual compendium is uniquely exquisite.
£68.82
Schnell & Steiner GmbH Die Lowenburg Im Schlosspark Wilhelmshohe
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£999.99
Schnell & Steiner Der Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin Und Seine
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£14.20
Thorbecke Jan Verlag Landkreis Rottweil
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£999.99
Thorbecke Jan Verlag Zentren der Macht in Schwaben
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£21.00
Thorbecke Jan Verlag Residenzstadte Im Alten Reich 13001800. Ein
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£999.99
Jan Thorbecke Verlag Vermarktung Von Vergangenheit: Die
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£30.00
Gta Verlag Retail Apocalypse
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£999.99
JOVIS Verlag Negotiating Spaces
Book SynopsisFocuses on the uses of the second building for the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Leipzig and the dialogues between the architecture and the processes that occur within and around it. This work presents the artistic and curatorial exhibition concepts realised in the GfZK-2 alongside essays examining the concepts of the architectural space.
£25.20
JOVIS Verlag Kunst einer anderen Stadt
Book SynopsisArtists increasingly address the issues of legacies of previous planning, neo-liberal development processes, and spectacular new designs as well as the plurality, globalisation and virtuality of our cities in their work. They initiate artistic processes in urban space and allow realms of experience, which interrupt everyday life and open up gridlocked horizons of expectation, to emerge. This volume documents the art and exhibition projects, which are exemplary of that, realised by the Academy of Another City as an artistic platform of the International Building Exhibition IBA Hamburg 2009 and 2010. It furthermore discusses topics such as development and expectations of public space, freedom, responsibility, urban development, gentrification and cultural education from the perspectives of art and urban planning, cultural science, philosophy, and pedagogy.
£31.35
JOVIS Verlag Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in China
Book Synopsis"The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (SOSC) has emerged as a model project of German architecture and engineering skill" is the verdict of the renowned architecture journalist Dirk Meyhöfer in his architectural critique of the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. Inaugurated in 2011 on the occasion of the FINA World Swimming Championships, the site brings together the SOSC swimming facilities, a multipurpose venue, and a press centre, whose forms and materials harmonise as an ensemble. From an urban development perspective, its park grounds merge with their surroundings. In this volume, the SOSC is presented by the responsible architects and illuminated by means of images and plans. Dirk Meyhöfer comments on the ensemble in an extensive accompanying critique. Text in English and German.
£23.40
JOVIS Verlag Qingdao Grand Theater in China
Book SynopsisBilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) The Grand Theater Qingdao lies in the Laoshan district of the harbor city at a newly created park that stretches from the sea to the foot of the Laoshan mountains. The objective of the design was to translate the landscape and the elements into the language of architecture, creating a unique ensemble in harmony with the genius loci, or the spirit of the place. The building rises up out of the landscape like a mountain massif, while a “floating” cloudlike roof surrounds it. This publication shows the significance of this “stage of urban life” in the historical context of China’s opera and concert houses. Texts by the architecture critic Christian Brensing and photos by the architecture photographer Christian Gahl present the building in detail.
£1,972.81
JOVIS Verlag Neue Moscheen: Entwürfe und Visionen
Book SynopsisBilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/english) The realization is gradually dawning in Europe that many immigrants from Muslim countries are here to stay and are seeking to be naturalized— and therefore have the right to build buildings in which to practice their religion. The current building activities frequently cause tension, also for esthetic reasons, within society well into the mosque associations. The question of how the structure and appearance of a mosque can gain acceptance by society is a subject of heated debate especially in Western Europe.14 interior architect students from RheinMain University have pursued this question and studied the traditional spatial concepts of mosques creatively. The range of ideal-typical designs shows not only the rich design potential harbored by this construction task, but also how contact between Islam and a western context could lead to a new, intercultural architecture, which reflects the reality of our living environment, without compromising commitment to tradition.
£21.14
JOVIS Verlag Vietnamesische Nationalversammlung in Hanoi
Book SynopsisZweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) Was ist „vietnamesische Baukultur“? Eine Frage, die nicht leicht zu beantworten ist in einem Land, das bis 1976 geteilt war und dessen Architektur durch die Kolonialmächte Frankreich und Japan geprägt wurde. gmp gibt mit dem Neubau der Vietnamesischen Nationalversammlung in Hanoi eine Antwort. Das Gebäude verbindet Vergangenheit und Zukunft Vietnams, indem die wichtige Landestradition von Symbolen und Zeichen aufgegriffen und modern interpretiert wird. Dabei stehen die Grundformen Kreis (Himmel) und Quadrat (Erde) im Vordergrund. In diesem Band stellen die verantwortlichen Architekten das mit dem Vietnamesischen Nationalpreis für Architektur ausgezeichnete Gebäude anhand von Plänen, Bildern und Texten anschaulich und detailliert vor.
£24.70
JOVIS Verlag Denkmal Ost-Moderne II: Denkmalpflegerische
Book SynopsisArchitecture and urban development of the 1960s and 1970s have now become part of everyday heritage protection and the subject of an interdisciplinary discourse. It is redevelopment practices that have emerged as the actual hurdle with regard to responsible and careful approaches to this heritage. It is not the basic heritage worthiness of this construction era that is questioned, but the possibilities to preserve it successfully. Therefore examples and evidence have to be found to show whether and how these heritage buildings can be adapted to present-day economic, safetyrelated and ecological requirements. Denkmal Ost-Moderne II is based on the conference of the same name and presents current viewpoints and examples from heritage protection practice, including inventorization: how can one make and justify a selection from the enormous range of buildings available? The credibility of heritage protection with regard to post-war modernity depends on this to a significant extent.
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JOVIS Verlag The Essence of Berlin-Tegel: Taking Stock of an
Book SynopsisTegel Airport, opened in 1974 in West Berlin, was not only finished under budget and on time but today also remains an impressive work of art. For their design of the terminal, the architects chose the figure of a large hexagon with edges of 120 metres. A sophisticated use of space created an 'airport of short distances', with as little as 28 metres between the doors of the cars and the aircraft. Peter Ortner's photographs capture his uniquely personal view of the airport complex - the details so familiar to anyone who has travelled through or waited inside Tegel. Text in English and German.
£17.10
JOVIS Verlag Mobility Design: Shaping Future Mobility. Volume
Book SynopsisClimate change and increasing resource scarcity together with rising traffic volumes force us to develop new environmentally friendly and people-oriented mobility options. In order to provide a positive mobility experience, the transition from one mobility mode to another must be managed smoothly and safely, and individual, shared or public means of transportation must become convenient and easy. Conceptual as well as existing infrastructure projects provide models for future sustainable and connected mobility. This volume focuses on the importance of design, introducing through photos, plans, and brief texts over 60 groundbreaking projects from the disciplines of product design, architecture, and urban planning. With this international overview Mobility Design portrays the current situation of sustainable mobility systems, while identifying mobility as one of the most important design tasks of the future. With project texts by Markus Hieke, Christian Holl, and Martina Metzner
£32.85
JOVIS Verlag Mobility Design: Die Zukunft der Mobilität
Book SynopsisClimate change and increasing resource scarcity together with rising traffic volumes force us to develop new environmentally friendly and people-oriented mobility options. In order to provide a positive mobility experience, the transition from one mobility mode to another must be managed smoothly and safely, and individual, shared or public means of transportation must become convenient and easy. Conceptual as well as existing infrastructure projects provide models for future sustainable and connected mobility. This volume focuses on the importance of design, introducing through photos, plans, and brief texts over 60 groundbreaking projects from the disciplines of product design, architecture, and urban planning. With this international overview Mobility Design portrays the current situation of sustainable mobility systems, while identifying mobility as one of the most important design tasks of the future. With project texts by Markus Hieke, Christian Holl, and Martina Metzner
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JOVIS Verlag Topographie des Terrors / Topography of Terror:
Book SynopsisZweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) Wo sich während des NS-Regimes die Zentralen der Gestapo, der SS und des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes befanden, ist mitten in Berlin ein Lern- und Erinnerungsort mit jährlich mehr als einer Million Besucher*innen entstanden. In diesem Band berichtet Historiker Andreas Nachama, von 1994 bis 2019 Direktor der Stiftung Topographie des Terrors, von seinen ersten persönlichen Begegnungen mit dem Ort und zeichnet den Weg von der Entstehung und Etablierung der Topographie des Terrors nach, an der er seit den 1980er-Jahren entscheidend mitwirkte. Die Architektin und Ausstellungsgestalterin Ursula Wilms und der Landschaftsarchitekt Heinz W. Hallmann legen die Leitgedanken ihres Entwurfs für die Neugestaltung der Topographie des Terrors dar – ein Gesamtkonzept aus Architektur, Landschaftsarchitektur und Ausstellungsgestaltung. Erstmals werden in dem Band die Fotografien Friederike von Rauchs veröffentlicht, in denen die Künstlerin die Atmosphäre des Ortes kurz vor dessen Fertigstellung im Jahr 2010 festgehalten hat.
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JOVIS Verlag Archäologie der Moderne: Denkmalpflege Bauhaus
Book Synopsis The Bauhaus Building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius in 1926, represents a "built manifesto of Bauhaus ideas" and is one of modernism’s most important buildings. Together with the associated Masters’ Houses (Meisterhäuser), the Houses with Balcony Access (Laubenganghäuser) in Dessau, and Bauhaus buildings in Weimar and Bernau, it is included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The book focuses on strategies for preserving the Bauhaus Building. It presents the building—and its eventful history—from its construction to its destruction, rebuilding, and restoration. Using texts, photographs, and numerous blueprints, the book provides a detailed exploration of specific aspects of the architecture—such as the building’s outer shell, materials, construction, color scheme, and surfaces—and the long-term preservation concept for the site. In doing so, it proposes structural measures aimed at adapting the building to today’s challenges and at conserving the building with its historic and artistic characteristics. Archaeology of Modernism. Preservation Bauhaus Dessau is the revised and expanded edition of Archaeology of Modernism. Renovation Bauhaus Dessau, which was published by JOVIS as Volume 23 of the EDITION BAUHAUS series in 2006. This new edition is presented as Volume 58.
£29.70
JOVIS Verlag Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt /
Book Synopsis Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) In recent years, few German buildings have received as much public attention as the capital’s new airport, designed by von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects. Since opening in October 2020, BER can now be experienced by everyone. This volume of the gmp FOCUS series offers insight into the design and planning of the airport, which is characterized by short distances, a high degree of modularity, and flexibility of use. Based on a universal planning and design manual, all elements of the airport are integrated into an axial system and form an architectural-functional unit. An essay by architecture critic Falk Jaeger and an interview with the designing architects provide background information on the project.
£23.40
JOVIS Verlag Interstitial Hong Kong: Exploring the Miniature
Book SynopsisEnmeshed in Hong Kong’s densely woven urban fabric, wedged between its towering mixed-use complexes and perched along its steep hillsides, sits a network of more than 500 miniature public parks comprising the smallest unit of the city’s public open space network. Though plentiful, these so-called Sitting-out Areas – referred to locally as 三角屎坑 (literally: a “three-cornered shit pit”) – have never been considered in terms of the collective resource they have the potential to be. This book presents a series of critical essays revealing the city’s Sitting-out Areas in relation to Hong Kong’s planning histories and shifting terrains, while also tracking how these spatial fragments have been shaped by concepts of publicness, accessibility and regulation. The second half of the book presents 44 richly illustrated case studies revealing the variety and idiosyncrasies of Hong Kong’s smallest open spaces. Ultimately, the book argues that we can understand the high-density city not only through its buildings, but through the character and potency of its interstitial landscapes.Table of ContentsFrontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- PART 1: Contexts -- Introduction -- Hong Kong Terra Infirma: A City’s Defiance of Its Slippery Slopes -- Between the In-between: Research Findings on Data-Driven Strategic Urban Design -- On Imported Planning Policies: Adaptability and Resilience of a Small Public Open Space Typology -- Ambiguous Topologies of Public Open Space in Hong Kong: Stairs, Alleyways, Sitting-out Areas, Parks, Playgrounds, Privately Owned Public Spaces and Vacant Lots -- Reassembling the Case Study: Critical Analysis and Design Production in the Studio -- PART 2: Cases -- Index -- Lapse -- Misfit -- Rift -- Littoral -- Gap -- Lacuna -- Authors -- Acknowledgments
£25.20
JOVIS Verlag Urban Open Space+: Strategies in between
Book SynopsisGemeinschaftlich genutzte und gestaltete Freiräume sind Ankerpunkte in der Stadt und eine mögliche Antwort auf die Folgen von Urbanisierung und Klimawandel sowie auf soziale und kulturelle Unterschiede. Das Buch untersucht die Rolle von Add-ons in urbanen Freiräumen: spezifischen Nutzungskomponenten zur Produktion von Nahrungsmitteln, Wasser, Energie und Materialien sowie von wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Ressourcen. Es fragt, inwieweit diese hinzugefügten Bestandteile urbane Räume resilienter und nachhaltiger machen können, indem sie auf die Bedürfnisse und Vorlieben der Nachbarschaft reagieren und mit dem umgebenden Stadtraum Verknüpfungen eingehen. Wissenschaftliche Texte und Stellungnahmen internationaler Expert*innen bilden einen einzigartigen interdisziplinären Diskurs ab, der die Vielfalt an Add-ons in unterschiedliche Mikro- und Makroperspektiven darstellt und Strategien für kollaborative, multicodierte Stadträume an der Schnittstelle von Architektur und Freiraumplanung aufzeigt.
£23.75
JOVIS Verlag Das Berliner Zimmer: Geschichte, Typologie,
Book SynopsisDas Berliner Zimmer ist seit jeher Zumutung und Angebot zugleich: dunkel, schwer zu beheizen, ohne klar definierte Funktion. Ein Raum, der zur kreativen Aneignung einlädt, der geliebt und gehasst wird – aber bisher kaum erforscht wurde. Jan Herres leistet in diesem Buch Pionierarbeit. Er zeigt auf, wie das Berliner Zimmer ab dem 18. Jahrhundert entstand und warum es bis heute Eingang in den Berliner Wohnungsbau findet. Die architekturgeschichtliche Beschreibung wird durch Fallstudien und Bildstrecken zu heutigen Formen der Nutzung und Möblierung ergänzt. Durch die Erfassung von Grundrissen, Größen und Wohnpraktiken liegt mit Das Berliner Zimmer. Geschichte, Typologie, Nutzungsaneignung die erste Anthologie des Berliner Zimmers vor, die zugleich ein Plädoyer dafür ist, Wohnarchitektur nutzungsoffen und wandelbar für künftige Anforderungen zu planen.
£999.99
