History of architecture Books
Merrell Publishers Ltd London: Architecture, Building and Social Change
Book SynopsisLondon, a fascinating metropolis not just in terms of its history and landmark buildings, is also a city that grew out of villages. Its unique geography is expressed in a mosaic of districts, each with its own distinctive character and pedigree. London's districts, with their patchwork layout of primarily Georgian and Victorian squares and terraces juxtaposed with modern buildings and estates, reflect changing ideals in architecture, urban design and planning as well as shifting values in real estate and the insatiable thirst of its consumers. London is thus both text and context: fossilized social history, layerings of economic, social, and architectural history conveyed in stock brick, stucco, Portland stone, glass and steel. Underpinning this urban landscape is an evolutionary resilience that has maintained the basic spatial framework of the metropolis and sustained its imitable character. The city's institutional framework has been severely ruptured and reinvented time and time again after fires, bombs, floods or wholesale redevelopment. Political unrest and racial conflict have resulted in riots, while successive rounds of investment and disinvestment have replaced elements of the built environment many times over. This book offers an insightful perspective into the distinctiveness of London as expressed through its socially significant buildings and districts.
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Merrell Publishers Ltd Metroburbia: The Anatomy of Greater London
Book SynopsisLondon's suburbs are home to many thousands of people who travel into the centre every day to work, but they also house many thousands who rarely find a reason to do so. They contain all the essential infrastructure for the city, too, including airports, offices, shopping centre, factories and warehouses. Outer London is therefore both metropolitan and suburban at the same time - it is Metroburbia. In this book Paul Knox examines the architectural history and development of London's suburbs, and celebrates their surprising variety and organized structure, refuting the common claim that they are monotonous or amorphous. The first chapter, The Foundations of Metroburbia, explains the foundation and development of Metroburbia and looks at how topography and geology influenced the siting of the villages that would become part of Greater London. The River Thames, of course, is one of London's most important and well-known structural elements, and in this chapter Knox examines how its meanders and bends have produced distinct patterns of settlement and development. He also describes in detail the seven distinctive sectors of London, which are (running clockwise from the west) the Thames Valley, Northwest London, North London, the Lea Valley, Northeast London, the Thames Estuary and South London. Finally, he looks at how early settlements, country estates and royal palaces shaped Metroburbia, and how the increase in roads and industry consolidated the development of what would become suburbia. Chapter 2, Pattern-book London, looks at Victorian and Edwardian suburbs - the first developments to be given that name. The building booms and their effect on employment in the city, and the difference in style and purpose between the various suburbs, are discussed, and Knox also examines the effects of immigration and industrialization on the city's housing requirements. He also describes the genesis of the parks, cemeteries and garden villages that now provide such valuable green space for Londoners, and the creation of the impressive industrial, civic and institutional buildings that are still striking parts of the city's infrastructure. Chapter 3, Inter-war Suburbia: Metro-Land and the Universal Plan, describes the acceleration of building projects between the wars and the beginning of the transition from Edwardian society to the modern welfare state. The term 'Metro-Land', introduced by the Metropolitan Railway Company in the early twentieth century, gives the chapter its title, and describes the expansion of residential London along the route of the Underground lines into Buckinghamshire. The effect of widespread car ownership is discussed, and the various housing styles - Stockbroker Tudor, Suburban Moderne, the mansion block, and so on - are described. The fourth chapter, Secular Reformation and Modernism, covers the thirty years from the end of the Second World War, during which time the welfare state brought about radical changes to life in London and the architecture of the city. Chapter 5, Counter-Reformation, describes the changes wrought on the country by the new neo-liberal agenda, as the welfare state was overtaken by a market-driven economy that fostered free-for-all development. By this time Metroburbia had spread outwards to incorporate Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Guildford, Reading and Luton. This was an era of radical new infrastructure projects - from the rise of the suburban shopping centre to the construction of the new Thames Barrier - and huge increases in house prices. The regeneration of the Isle of Dogs into the Docklands commercial area is one of the most high-profile developments of the era, but infill house-building and small-scale environmental developments were also produced, and social housing regenerated. Finally, the last chapter, Megapolitan Futures, explores the various theories about the capital's future and conjectures about the shape of the city in the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Foundations of Metroburbia Chapter 2: Pattern-book London Chapter 3: Inter-war Suburbia: Metro-Land and the Universal Plan Chapter 4: Secular Reformation and Modernism Chapter 5: Counter-Reformation Chapter 6: Megapolitan Futures Notes Further Reading Index
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Fontanka Architecture of the NKTP Sanatorium in Kislovodsk
Book SynopsisThe NKTP (People''s Commissariat for Heavy Industry) Sanatorium was commissioned in 1934 by Grigory Ordzhonikidze, one of Stalin''s closest allies and head of the Commissariat for Heavy Industry (he committed suicide after falling out with Stalin in 1937, the year of the sanatorium''s completion). Despite the prevailing ideology that sought to outlaw modernism in favour of Stalinist neoclassicism, architect Moisei Ginzburg, with a team that included Ivan Leonidov, Evgeny Popov and Nikolai Paliudov, succeeded in creating an architectural ensemble that essentially retained its modernist integrity - and today remains a masterpiece of 1930s modernism - while making only minor concessions to the new Stalinist orthodoxy. In the early Soviet period, Kislovodsk in the northern Caucasus became known as a center for health spas and sanatoria - ''palaces of health for the workers''. Ginzburg''s sanatorium still functions as a therapy center, and retains many of its original features, including windows, light fixtures, some of the furniture etc. This first English-language publication of the original book documenting its creation is an important addition to the Ginzburg canon.
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Old Street Publishing Concretopia A Journey Around the Rebuilding of
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University College Dublin Press More Than Concrete Blocks: Dublin city's
Book SynopsisMore Than Concrete Blocks: Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories is a three volume series of architectural history books which are richly illustrated and written for the general reader. Unpacking the history of Dublin's architecture during the twentieth century, each book covers a period, in chronological sequence: Volume 1, 1900-1939; Volume 2, 1940-1972; Volume 3, 1973-1999. The series comes out of a pioneering research and survey project commissioned and funded by Dublin City Council's Heritage Office and has received grant support from the Heritage Council and the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage. Edited by Dr Ellen Rowley, the series considers the city as a layered and complex place. It makes links between Dublin's buildings and Dublin's political, social, cultural and economic histories. By focusing on architecture as the central thread in the story of the city in formation, 1900-2000, More Than Concrete Blocks is about the relationship between architecture and people in Dublin City. For Volume 3, the series editor is joined by Dr Carole Pollard as co-editor. This volume contains three introductory historical essays covering the building culture in Dublin of the 1970s (Carole Pollard), the 1980s (Ellen Rowley) and the 1990s (Merlo Kelly). These overview essays are followed by 31 studies ranging from iconic situations such as the Poolbeg Chimneys (1971-78), the Papal Cross (Phoenix Park, 1979) or the Central Bank (1979) on Dame Street, to lesser-known structures like the Willowfield housing scheme (1985) in Sandymount, the AnCO Training Centre (1981) in Finglas or the Donaghmede RC parish church (1979). Each study is framed according to key historic questions, and raises issues around architectural technology and materials, patronage, economic histories and urban planning, residents and ceremonial or daily use, and so on. Importantly, Volume 3 covers the decades of the end of the twentieth century, as Ireland joined the European Commission and Dublin city grew confident enough to reimagine Temple Bar. So, much of this history captures the energy and subsequent architectural framing of social infrastructure during this period. Volume 3 also presents an overview, in guidebook style, of 140 sites; a survey of the city's buildings over the period 1973 to 1999, not as 'a best of' but as a representation of architectural endeavour at the time.Trade Review'Dublin’s 20th century architecture can get a raw deal, More Than Concrete Blocks highlights its many strengths' –Frank McDonald, Irish Times, December 2023.
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University College Dublin Press Stones in Water: Inheritance in the Built
Book SynopsisStones in Water explores how the inherited built environment is understood and valued. This inheritance, created by the forebears of communities worldwide, is central to cultural identity everywhere. It is variously protected, exploited and at times weaponised, used to celebrate human achievement and also to undermine it. This curated collection, written over a period of years, reflects on persistent themes in heritage protection. These range from the implications of tourism for the cultural heritage of buildings and landscapes, to supporting recovery from the impacts of catastrophic events affecting historic places. The need to maintain the useful lives of inherited environments brings new demands and, also, fresh opportunities. Stones in Water: Inheritance in the Built Environment draws on the author's work, nationally and internationally, to interrogate how current and emerging challenges are changing perceptions of this endowment, and how new understandings can contribute positively to constructing a sustainable future.Trade Review'This curated collection, written over a period of years, reflects on persistent themes in heritage protection. These range from the implications of tourism for the cultural heritage of buildings and landscapes, to supporting recovery from the impacts of catastrophic events affecting historic places.' - RTE Culture (06/07/2023); 'A pilgrimage of thought. A window into the author consciousness as they move through a life lived in sharp focus to the intricacies of contradiction. Should been seen as essential for any student or practitioner of heritage conservation in Ireland.' Architecture Ireland, September 2023.
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University College Dublin Press Enduring Ruin: Environmental Destruction during
Book SynopsisAn environmental history of the Irish Revolution. The Irish Revolution inflicted unprecedented damage to both natural and human-built landscapes between 1916 and 1923. Destruction transcended national and ideological divisions and remained a fixture within Irish urban and rural landscapes years after independence, presenting an Ireland politically transformed yet physically disfigured. Enduring Ruin examines how and to what degree revolutionary activity degraded, damaged, and destroyed Ireland’s landscapes. The first environmental history of the revolutionary period, it incorporates the roles animals, earth, water, trees, weather, and human-made infrastructure played in directing and absorbing revolutionary violence. It traces the militarization of private and public spaces and how the destruction of monuments renegotiated Ireland’s civic spaces and colonial legacy. Re-evaluating conventional interpretations and introducing new arguments, Enduring Ruin pioneers a new phase in the study of the Irish Revolution. Trade Review'Ernie O’Malley’s description of the destruction of the Four Courts as 'duelling orchestras of crashing stone and singing flame' was poetic, but this book does justice to the range of environmental destruction behind such lyricism.' - Diarmaid Ferriter, The Irish Times, January 2023; 'Enduring Ruin is a welcome study in that it departs from the normal discussions around either politics or the metrics of death and violence in quantifying revolutionary activity in Ireland from 1916 to 1923.' - Westmeath Examiner, December 2022.
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Blue Crow Media Concrete Los Angeles Map: Guide to concrete and
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Blue Crow Media Art Deco New York Map: Guide to Art Deco
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Mount Orleans Press Holland Blind Twilight
Book SynopsisRobinson describes his involvement with saving Spitalfields; his life as a "Young Fogey" with characters such as A.N. Wilson, Glynn Boyd Hart and Gavin Stamp; and the Georgian Group. The style is humorous, personal, politically incorrect and very entertaining.
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Jonglez Abandoned France
Book SynopsisFollowing the success of Sylvaine Margaine's first book, Forbidden Places, Abandoned France continues his journey in search of forbidden and often overlooked places. He draws attention to the dramatic fate of the country's heritage, the preservation of which has become a matter for serious reflection. An unrestricted visual journey inside the forgotten heritage of France; Captivating, explorative photography exposes the forgotten places and buildings shedding light on a long-abandoned world; 22 abandoned places chosen from 15 years of exploration take you to the four corners of France to tell the story of a forgotten heritage through thought-provoking images and text; Places included are the Gandrange steelworks, the decommissioned Uckange blast furnaces in Lorraine, a marine graveyard in Brittany, a forgotten chateau on the outskirts of Paris, a derelict sanatorium in the Alps, a military fort in the Pyrenees. For readers who love old things, old places, forgotten places, once elegant places of once thriving businesses. The photographs and text bring these forgotten places back to life.
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Birkhauser Architektur denken
Book SynopsisArchitecture that is meant to have a sensuous connection to life calls forthinking that goes far beyond form and construction. In his texts, Peter Zumthor articulates what motivates him to design his buildings, which appeal to the visitor's heart and mind in so many different ways and possess a compelling and unmistakable presence and aura.Now in its third edition, this book has been expanded to include two new essays: „Architecture and Lanscape” deals with the relationship between the structure and its surroundings, with the secret of the successful placement and topographical integration of architecture. In „The Leis Houses,” Peter Zumthor describes the genesis of two wooden houses in the town of Leis in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, thus thematizing the special challenge of integrating contemporary architecture into a traditional architectural context.
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Birkhauser Basics Entwurfsidee
Book SynopsisDesign Ideas offers students a variety of different ways to go about finding a design solution. In addition to suggesting fundamental ways to get the creative process moving and develop a design approach, it also proposes various sources of inspiration for design ideas. It focuses on the three elements of place, form, and function, which can sometimes constitute immediate springboards for concrete designs. These elements must eventually be incorporated as the design process.Subjects: Creativity in the design process; Sources of inspiration and design approaches; Working with place; Working with form; Working with function.
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Birkhauser Basics Technisches Zeichnen
Book SynopsisTechnical Drawing deals with the representation of plans throughout all phases of a project. For students, the primary focus is on the development and methodical construction of a technical drawing. Themes: Types of plan (from site plan and preliminary drawings to design and detail plans) Components of the plan (floor plan, section, elevation, detail) Line width, dimensioning, hatching, use of text, symbols Plan presentation and compilation
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Birkhauser Architekturtheorie im 20. Jahrhundert: Eine
Book SynopsisWorte bringen die Architektur zur Sprache, sie halten sie am Leben, vermitteln sie im kulturellen Diskurs. Mit dieser einzigartigen Textanthologie liegt nun ein unverzichtbares Vademekum der Architekturtheorie in einer zweiten, überarbeiteten Auflage vor. 100 Quellentexte von Architekten, Künstlern, Kunsthistorikern und Philosophen, zum Teil mit Illustrationsmaterial der Erstdrucke, stehen dem Leser für die eigenen Recherchen zur Verfügung: nach fünf Themenbereichen geordnet, in kommentierter Form und handlichem Format. Die zweite überarbeitete Auflage enthält neue Texte und ein neues Vorwort zur aktuellen Theorie-Entwicklung.
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Birkhauser Mies van der Rohe: Raum - Material - Detail
Book SynopsisEs ist unbestritten, dass Mies van der Rohe als einer der bedeutendsten Architekten der Moderne gilt. Aber wie verhalten sich seine Überlegungen und Ideale zur Architektur in seinem gebauten – und teils auch ungebauten – Werk? Dieser Frage geht das Buch anhand von 14 Projekten Mies‘ nach. Dabei stehen Detaillierung und Materialwahl im Vordergrund. Die Bauten umfassen, beim Haus Esters und Haus Lange (1927-30) beginnend, über das Haus Tugendhat (1928-30), den Barcelona-Pavillion (1928-29), das Farnsworth House (1946-51), den Lake Shore Drive (1948-51) bis hin zur Neuen Nationalgalerie (1962-68), mehrere Jahrzehnte Mies‘ Wirkens und sowohl seine deutsche, als auch seine amerikanische Schaffensphase.Sämtliche Zeichnungen sind durch den Autor einheitlich neugezeichnet.
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Birkhauser Das Rote Wien 1919–1934: Ideen, Debatten, Praxis.
Book SynopsisDie ersten freien Wahlen zum Wiener Gemeinderat bringen 1919 der Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei die absolute Mehrheit. So beginnt ein international beachtetes Reformprojekt, das auf eine tiefgreifende Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen in der Stadt und eine weitreichende Demokratisierung der Gesellschaft zielt. Zentrales Handlungsfeld wird die Wohnungsfrage. Auf der Grundlage von „Luxussteuern" werden bis 1934 mehr als 60.000 Wohnungen sowie zahlreiche Sozial-, Freizeit- und Kultureinrichtungen geschaffen. Die umfangreich illustrierte Publikation fragt nach historischen Voraussetzungen und Wirkungen, den internationalen Einflüssen und der Ausstrahlung nach Außen, nach dem Verhältnis von Ideologie und Pragmatismus sowie nach dem aktuellen Potenzial dieser dynamischen Stadtentwicklung im Zeichen der Moderne. Table of ContentsVorläufiges Inhaltsverzeichnis: Schulreform/Bildung/Volksbildung Willfried Göttlicher: Schulreform, Experimentelle Pädagogik Christian Dewald: Freihofsiedlung Christian Stifter: Volkshochschule Alfred Pfoser: Arbeiterbüchereien Elsbeth Walnöfer: Heimatbegriff im Roten Wien Frauen/Gender Veronika Duma/Marie Yazdanpanah: Frauenpolitik im Roten Wien (Käthe Leichter) Ökonomie/Versorgung Peter Eigner: Überblick Christian Stadelmann: Versorgung, Energie, Elektrizität, Gas Kultur/Kunst/Wissenschaft Elke Wikidal: Franz Čižek / Kinetismus Wolfgang Fichna Rotes Wien und Neue Musik Sabine Zelger: Dichtung (Luitpold Stern), Literatur Berthold Ecker: Bildende Kunst, Avantgarde Gernot Waldner: Wiener Kreis, Sozialforschung Elizabeth Danto: Psychoanalyse und Rotes Wien Ralph Gleis: O. R. Schatz Kommunikation (Fotografie, Ausstellungen, Statistik, Museen, Modellbau etc.) Marion Krammer: Fotografie Günther Sandner: Otto Neurath und das Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum Joachim Schätz: Kino- und Filmpolitik Julia König, Christian Maryska: Plakat Rob McFarland: Amerikanismus Sport/Freizeit/Arbeiterkultur Georg Spitaler: Überblick Bernhard Hachleitner: Stadion und Arbeiter-Olympiade Ernst Gerhard Eder: Badekultur im Roten Wien (Amalienbad, Kongressbad etc.) Austromarxismus Vrääth Öhner: Überblick Kolonialismus/Postkolonialismus/Internationalismus Wohnen/Architektur/Städtebau/Stadtplanung Andreas Nierhaus: Überblick Andreas Pavlic: Anarchistische Siedlungsbewegung Sandor Békési: Verkehrsplanung Eva Maria Orosz: Wohnen, Mobiliar Christine Zwingl: Schütte-Lihotzky, Wiener Küche Christoph Freyer: Architektur für Kinder Susanne Breuss: Küche Hans Kapfinger: Brenner Haus Reinhard Sieder: Arbeiterfamilien Christoph Reinprecht: Rotes Wien im internationalen Vergleich des sozialen Wohnbaus (Berlin, Amsterdam, Glasgow, Moskau etc.) Romana Pöter: Freihofsiedlung Sabrina Rahman: Leeds, Quarry Hills Flats Johan Hartle: Manfredo Tafuri und die linke Kritik am Roten Wien Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik Katrin Pilz/Birgit Nemec: Eheberatung, Sozialfürsorge Sigrid Wadauer: Obdachlosigkeit, Bettelei etc. Wer sind die WienerInnen, Migration Stadtverwaltung Peter Becker, Therese Garstenauer Partei/Mobilisierung/Wahlen Wolfgang Maderthaner: Überblick Judentum / Antisemitismus Gerhard Milchram: Überblick Margit Reiter: Antisemitismus im Roten Wien
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Birkhauser Ein kleines Haus
Book SynopsisDie Villa le Lac, die seit 2016 zum Weltkulturerbe zählt, hat Le Corbusier 1925 am Genfer See für seine Eltern projektiert und gebaut. Aufgrund seiner sparsamen Raumdisposition bezeichnete er es selbst als „Wohnmaschine“. Bis heute ist es der moderne Prototyp des „kleinen Hauses“ geblieben, das mit einem Minimum an Grundfläche und ineinander übergehenden Räumen alle Funktionen des Wohnens erfüllt. Das Buch erscheint erstmals in drei getrennten Sprachausgaben und folgt der Originalausgabe, in der Le Corbusier die Geschichte des Gebäudes dokumentiert hat: mit Fotos, Skizzen und einem poetischen Text. Sie greift dabei aber auch auf die Originalfotografien zurück und bietet so eine maßgeblich verbesserte Abbildungsqualität; zudem enthält sie ein Nachwort der Architekturhistorikerin Guillemette Morel-Journel.
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Birkhauser Erich Mendelsohn: Bauten und Projekte
Book Synopsis Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953) was one of the most versatile architects of the 20th century. His work reconciles the opposites of organic and rational building, of technological innovation and a regionalist attitude, of individual form and universal expression. He fled from Germany in 1933 via England and Palestine to the USA, and his work remains influential to this day. This comprehensive monograph documents all 70 of Mendelsohn's known completed buildings through text and images. In two essays, it also looks at his unbuilt projects. A newly compiled catalogue raisonné lists all of his works. The publication also contains numerous new photographs by Carsten Krohn, newly drawn plans and historical illustrations.
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Birkhauser Kinder der Moderne: Vom Aufwachsen in berühmten
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Birkhauser Die Sprache der Räume: Eine Geschichte der
Book SynopsisDas reich bebilderte Buch untersucht die Präsentation von Dingen und Ideen durch szenografische Raumgestaltung. Sein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt in der Darstellung ihrer historischen Entwicklung, die durch thematische Exkurse ergänzt wird: Von Musentempeln der Antike über Schatzkammern und Sammlungen bis hin zu bekannten Gestaltern, Universal Design und Science Center werden räumliche Vermittlungsstrategien anschaulich dargestellt und erläutert. Die historische Chronologie wirkt dabei als ordnende Systematik, die vergessene, jedoch inspirierende Praktiken sichtbar macht, seien sie anonymer oder künstlerischer Natur. Der Leser kann so etwa über die Erfindung von Vitrinen nachlesen oder Arbeitsweisen großer Ausstellungsmacher wie Rudofsky und Szeemann oder zeitgenössischer Büros wie Brückner und Merz kennenlernen.
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Birkhauser Tempel und Teehaus in Japan
Book Synopsis After a trip to Japan in 1953, Werner Blaser published his landmark book on classical Japanese architecture. His studies of 17th- and 18th-century wooden buildings document minimalist, grid-based structures using stark black-and-white photographs, some color photographs and numerous line drawings. His book, highly prized in terms of design and content, contributed significantly to introducing Japanese aesthetics to Western architecture, art and graphics. Mies van der Rohe, for example, gave it to many of his friends. The reprint is enriched by a text on the history of the book by Christian Blaser, Werner Blaser's son, a contribution by Inge Andritz on Mies van der Rohe and Japanese architecture, and a personal afterword by Tadao Ando.
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Birkhauser Frauen Bauen Stadt: The City Through a Female
Book SynopsisIm Jahr 2030 werden weltweit 2,5 Milliarden Frauen in Städten leben und arbeiten. Traditionell war die Arbeit am Lebenskonzept Polis in ihrer Beauftragung, Planung und Ausführung jedoch männlich dominiert. Frauen Bauen Stadt porträtiert 18 Städtebauerinnen aus aller Welt und wirft einen anderen Blick auf die künftige Stadt: Internationale Autorinnen aus den Bereichen Architektur, Stadtplanung, Kunst, Architekturtheorie und -vermittlung gehen der Frage nach, wie sich die Stadtplanung in Theorie und Praxis aus weiblicher Perspektive darstellt. Und sie diskutieren, inwiefern die Zukunft auf die Wünsche und Bedürfnisse von Frauen zugeschnitten sein wird und welche Rolle Gestalterinnen, Architektinnen und Stadtplanerinnen spielen werden.
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Birkhauser Das Holz und seine Verbindungen: Traditionelle
Book SynopsisTwo millennia of wood architecture There is a long tradition of using wood as a distinct and ecologically sound building material. Wooden architecture conveys for today’s world the breadth of knowledge held in Western and Eastern cultures about the creative use of this unique material. The typical technique of building with wood, joinery, requires that elements are connected only by the skillful interlocking of the constructive parts. In this book, the history of wooden architecture is described in detail using hundreds of examples from Japan, China and Europe. From a holistic understanding, a picture emerges that is informative for architects, and designers, reopens an almost lost world to builders, and will enthrall laypeople.Table of ContentsInhalt Einleitung zur dritten Auflage Das Material Die Verwendung Typologie und Funktionen der Holzverbindungen Holzverbindungen und ihre Entwicklung Holzverbindungen als Ausdruck ästhetischer Wertvorstellungen Holzkonstruktionen in China
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Birkhauser Wood and Wood Joints: Building Traditions of
Book Synopsis There is a long tradition of using wood as a distinct and ecologically sound building material. Wooden architecture conveys for today’s world the breadth of knowledge held in Western and Eastern cultures about the creative use of this unique material. The typical technique of building with wood, joinery, requires that elements are connected only by the skillful interlocking of the constructive parts. In this book, the history of wooden architecture is described in detail using hundreds of examples from Japan, China and Europe. From a holistic understanding, a picture emerges that is informative for architects, and designers, reopens an almost lost world to builders, and will enthrall laypeople. Also available in a German edition (ISBN 978-3-0356-2479-3) Table of ContentsContents Introduction to the Third Edition The Material Working with Wood Types and Functions of Wood Joints Wood Joints and Their Evolution Wood Joints as an Expression of Aesthetic Values Wood Constructions in China
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Birkhauser Adaptive Reuse in Architecture: A Typological
Book SynopsisLiliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.
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Birkhauser Discovering Early Modernism in Switzerland: The
Book SynopsisAn insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos is a masterpiece of early modernist architecture by the Swiss architects Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) and the renowned civil engineer and bridge builder Robert Maillart. A new form of architecture was forged here, full of contradictions and compromises and the result of intense collaboration between engineer, architect, and client. It stands at the threshold of modernism, which is largely characterized by the use of reinforced concrete. Apart from certain early mentions in architectural history, very little has been written about this Swiss precursor of modernist architecture. Drawing on numerous archival records, Daniel Korwan now provides the first detailed chronology of this 1909 building, thus expanding the record on the historical reception of modernism. First publication on a Swiss building that prefigured modern architecture Unpublished illustrations and plans of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos Insightful and engagingly narrated new contribution to the study of 20th century modernism
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Birkhauser Tibetan Houses: Vernacular Architecture of the
Book SynopsisThe region of the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan plateau is known for its unique and characteristic vernacular architecture and housing culture which is slowly but surely disappearing. The first part of the book analyses 21 traditional houses in the region that respond in diverse ways to the specifics of their location and local climate. The second part presents a comparative study of the construction elements – walls, roof and façades – using photographs and hand-drawn construction details. The newly produced scale drawings provide an excellent basis for comparative review. Detailed plans, atmospheric photographs and informative texts take the reader on a journey through a fascinating building culture.
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Birkhauser Über chinesische Gärten: Landschaft und die
Book SynopsisA classic in German for the first time China has a long history of garden design, resulting in the emergence of a unique style and diverse forms of expression. Common to all Chinese gardens is that they follow the principle that less is sometimes more, and are designed to evoke a sense of the infinite. Chen wrote his text in five essays between 1978 and 1982, and these appeared in succession in the Journal of Tongji University. Due to continuing demand, they were eventually published as a book with 32 photographs and Chinese calligraphy by Jiang Qiting. This first German edition is based on that edition. Brief history of Chinese garden design Convenient format with calligraphy, over 30 photos and 10 hand drawings by the author A book for anyone who appreciates beautiful gardens Chen Congzhou (1918-2000) was a renowned garden designer and an internationally recognized expert in Chinese architecture and garden history. He advocated the preservation of the natural environment and the restoration of many historic buildings. His numerous publications on traditional Chinese buildings and gardens have also been translated into English.
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MC - De Gruyter Architektur in Niederösterreich im 20.
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Birkhauser Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of
Book SynopsisThe book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at, among other places, the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. These films capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Lluis Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. Across six chapters, the book shows impressive stills from these films and places them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in introductory texts. Two introductions are devoted to the history of these pioneering amateur films and to Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier. A documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover (9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints (9783035627305)
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Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH Was ist tschechisch an der Architektur in Böhmen
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Quart Publishers Koerper in Raumen
Book SynopsisFranziska Wittmann researches at the Chair of Gion A. Caminada on approaches to natural physical laws and physiological factors in architecture. Instead of focusing on the creation of physical constellations through architecture, her work investigates the effects of these conditions on people. The publication presents collected physiological effects in a way that makes them applicable, with the aim of enhancing architecture. The collection presents physiological phenomena, architectural parallels and prominent examples in architectural history. Text in German.
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Quart Publishers Brutales Luzern: Brutalistische Architektur im
Book SynopsisBrutales Luzern presents Brutalism in the Swiss Canton of Lucerne. In recent years, the phenomenon of Brutalism has enjoyed great international attention. The 53 portraits in this publication present the incredible diversity of this expressive architecture in the Lucerne region. It is incredible how much the relatively small region of 1,500 square kilometres has to offer. The most important buildings from the 1960s and 1970s are presented chronologically, including numerous photographs, compact, detailed information and extensively documented plans. The selection of private and public buildings, such as schools, municipal administrations, homes for the elderly, churches, monasteries, missionary and theological colleges, industrial facilities and infrastructure, is remarkable. It includes outstanding and widely appreciated buildings, as well as lesser known examples. A plan provides an overview of the buildings and an essay locates Swiss Brutalism in an architectural-historical context. The book also serves as a useful travel guide for architecture enthusiasts. Text in German.
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Braun Publishing AG Building Berlin, Vol. 9: The latest architecture
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Braun Publishing AG Building Berlin, Vol. 11: The latest architecture
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Birkhauser Basics Ausschreibung
Book SynopsisTendering constitutes the transition from the drawing and planning stage to the construction phase. In addition to its economic and contractual dimension, it is also an essential tool for translating design quality into built quality. This volume presents various ways to put construction works out to tender. In addition, it explains in practical terms how to describe construction work and how to prepare all of the documentation required for a complete invitation to tender.Subjects: Allocating construction work; Different ways to specify construction work; The structure of a work specification; Quantity determination; Using invitations to tender to realize plan quality.
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Birkhauser Basics Architekturfotografie
Book SynopsisArchitectural photography is an important tool for studying built architecture and documenting students own projects.Basics Architectural Photography provides a practically based explanation of the key technical aspects of photography, image analysis and photo editing, and includes helpful tips on how to take and process photographs.Topics: Photographic concepts (focal length, image circle, angle of view, depth of focus, exposure time, contrast range, etc.) Equipment (camera, lens, tripod, light meter, etc.) Photographing architecture (perspectives, architectural models, etc.) Stylistic devices in architectural photography Exterior shots Interior shots Image editing, scanning, image correction Table of ContentsVorwort Einleitung Grundlagen der Architekturfotografie Fotografische Begriffe Stilmittel in der Architekturfotografie Grundlagen Licht und Belichtung Ausrüstung Kameraarten Objektive Stativ Sonstige Ausrüstung Außenaufnahmen Standortwahl Perspektiven - räumliche Wirkung Kamera- und Objektivwahl Lichtsituationen Reflexionen Innenaufnahmen Standortwahl Räumliche Wirkung Lichtsituationen Architekturmodelle Perspektive Räumliche Wirkung Kamera- und Objektivwahl Belichtung und Beleuchtung Wahl des Kontrastumfangs Bildbearbeitung Richtig Scannen Bildfehler bei Digitalkameras Bildkorrekturen Anhang
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Park Books Neighbours: A Manifesto, a Play for Two
Book SynopsisThe Swiss Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale exhibits itself and the relations to its immediate surroundings. The exhibition is a conversation over the shared boundary of the pavilions of Switzerland (1952, designed by Bruno Giacometti) and Venezuela (1954, designed by Carlo Scarpa), the only two in the Giardini not fully detached: they share one wall. Artist Karin Sander and art historian Philip Ursprung temporarily open this wall and dismantle the gates from the Swiss Pavilion, thus revealing unanticipated connections between the two neighbours, both distant and close. The complementing book offers a manifesto, a play with the two buildings as dramatis personae, and three brief topical essays. Ten conversations with architectural historian Kurt W. Forster, photographers Paolo Gasparini and Guido Giudi, and Venezuelan architects Elisa Silva and Margarita López-Maya round off this volume.
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Bohlau Verlag Die Sudan: Ihre Kurorte und Hotels
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Aschendorff Verlag Burg Vischering: Wasserburg Und Wahrzeichen
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Bohlau Verlag Ljubljana: Geschichte, Architektur und Kunst der
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BÃhlau Verlag KÃln Die gotische Kirchenbaukunst in Schlesien
Book SynopsisNeue Interpretationen gotischer Kirchen in Schlesien
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BÃhlau Verlag KÃln Die kÃlnischniederrheinische SpÃtromanik
Book SynopsisâžKunstlandschaft✠â âžSpÃtromanik✠â âžÃœbergangsstilâœ?
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Böhlau-Verlag GmbH Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein 228 2025
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De Gruyter Die Barockbaumeister Fischer von Erlach
Book SynopsisIncluding more than 6,000 titles, the bibliography represents the full spectrum of research on the life and work of the Baroque architects Johann Bernhard and Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. The first bibliography on Fischer von Erlach, published over 35 years ago, has now been more than tripled in size; it is arranged thematically and chronologically and also includes contributions of a more general nature on Austrian Baroque architecture. For the first time, both beginners and experts are thus provided with an important aid to research. The bibliography is supplemented by a volume of essays bringing together Andreas Kreul's older and more recent writing on Fischer von Erlach. Baroque architecture, Karlskirche in Vienna, Kollegienkirche in Salzburg, State Hall of the Court Library, Fischer von Erlach''s drawings in Zagreb Albert Ilg English Baroque, reception of his work
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De Gruyter Set Fischer Aufsatze Bibliografie
Book SynopsisDie Studien vereinigen einige wichtige ältere sowie drei unveröffentlichte Aufsätze zum Werk und zur Rezeption des Barockbaumeisters Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Zentrale Themen sind die Zagreber Zeichnungen zu dessen Buch Entwurff einer Historischen Architectur (1721) sowie die Kirchen in Salzburg und der Prunksaal der Hofbibliothek in Wien. Daneben werden seine englischen Beziehungen und das Werk seines ersten Monographen, Albert Ilg, untersucht. Die Bibliografie stellt mit über 6.000 Titeln die Forschungsbreite zu dem Leben und Werk der Barockbaumeister Johann Bernhard und Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. Die vor über 35 Jahren erschiene erste Bibliografie zu Fischer von Erlach konnte damit um Umfang mehr als verdreifacht werden; sie ist thematisch und chronologisch geordnet und nimmt auch sämtliche allgemeinen Beiträge zu österreichischen Barockarchitektur auf. Sowohl dem Einsteiger wie den Fachleuten wird damit erstmals wieder ein wichtiges Instrumentarium zur Recherche an die Hand gegeben. Die Bibliografie wird durch einen Aufsatzband ergänzt, der ältere und neuere Beiträge von Andreas Kreul zu Fischer von Erlach versammelt. Zeichnungen Fischer von Erlachs und Rezeption seines Werkes Albert Ilg Englischer Barock
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