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Dostępność: na zamówienie Glass protects from sunshine, warmth, noise and radiation. It can be self-cleaning, energy storing, regulating and supporting. Glass can do more than encase and illuminate, it can expressively put on display and so accompanies light on its way in both directions. It is provided every time again, what phenomenal qualitites glass contributes as an architectural building block. Glass primarily offers design options by the various styles of treating its surface.

W prezentowanej monografii przedstawiono wpływ, jaki terroryzm wywiera na kształtowanie współczesnej architektury i urbanistyki. Autor opisuje zmiany, jakie zachodzą w sposobach funkcjonowania i kształtowania organizmów miejskich na skutek zagrożeń terrorystycznych, szczegółowo omawia metody antyterrorystycznej prewencji sytuacyjnej oraz sposoby zabezpieczania budynków i konstrukcji budowlanych przed atakiem bombowym.

"British Tradition" is a journey into the world of British furnishing and lifestyle. "British Tradition and Interior Design" gives readers an insight into the lifestyle and culture of the inhabitants of the British Isles. It takes you to historical palaces, mansions, manor houses and apartments, both in the country and in cities, explains their architecture and history, and describes the classical furniture and accessories that are a must in those bastions of traditional style.

Dostępność: na zamówienie Sydney Opera House (1957-73) is one of the best-known buildings of the late twentieth century and perhaps Australia's most potent landmark, its white shell-like forms inextricably linked with the image of Sydney itself. A momentous breakthrough for the architecture of its time, Jørn Utzon's building remains monumental in contemporary world architecture across the world. Launched in 1991, the Architecture in Detail series attracted immediate acclaim and now comprises more than 60 titles.

Celem tej pracy jest osadzenie współczesnej architektury w continuum cywilizacji, dlatego autor pozostaje przy renesansowym terminie: sztuka budowania - res aedificatoria. Stawia tezę o istnieniu współczesnego paradygmatu, który pozwala porozumiewać się we wspólnym języku twórcom, teoretykom i odbiorcom architektury.

Dostępność:na zamowienie Andrew Martin jest jedną z najbardziej znanych marek meblarskich w świecie, oferującą swoje produkty w ponad 50 krajach. Na organizowany co roku konkurs Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year , uznany przez The Times "Oskarem świata projektantów wnętrz", przybywają zgłoszenia z całego świata. Zwycięzcami nagrody byli dotychczas: Kelly Hoppen, Thomas Pheasant, Michael Reeves, Stephen Falcke, Jean de Meulder, Amanda Rosa and Tara Bernerd.

Dostępność:na zamowienie This condensed edition of Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture is a definitive and richly illustrated volume that presents the oeuvre of one of this century's most influential practitioners, teachers, and thinkers in architecture. Here is the detailed account of the architecture and philosophy of Louis Kahn, whose buildings have become the very signature of the modernist aesthetic and whose vision permanently changed the direction of American architecture. Kahn's career is documented here with meticulous attention to all aspects of his work-- from his own fascinating biography to the unique philosophy that underlies his buildings to the structures themselves.

Since the early twentieth century, Latin America has been home to some of the most compelling architecture - from the large-scale and otherworldly civic structures of the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer to the more intimate work of Mexico's Luis Barragan. In her new book "Latin American Houses", historian Mercedes Daguerre shows that this tradition of architectural innovation lives on in the work of such contemporary architects as 2006 Pritzker Prize-winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha (Brazil), Mathias Klotz (Chile), Angelo Bucci (Argentina), and LBC Arquitectos (Mexico), among others.Focusing on one-family houses that have been built over the past decade, this lively new title explores the elegance and innovation with which today's Latin American architects evolve their modernist heritage.