Indeks: GA Document Extra 10 BERNARD TSC
Dostępność: na zamówienie In 1929 Barcelona was host to the World Arts Fair, an international architecture and design exposition attended by members of the Spanish royalty and many senior European government officials. It was an occasion for cultural grandstanding, an opportunity for countries to parade their native talent. So when the German government approached Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) to design a pavilion, he was left in no doubt as to their expectations--and he met them, erecting an ultra-modern creation in glass, steel and four types of marble.
Dostępność: na zamówienie TASCHEN's Architecture Now! 7 features an arching overview of today's architecture, from modern to radically avant-garde. As with previous books in the series, Architecture Now! 7 includes a broad variety of projects from around the world, as well as some works of art that have a direct relation to architecture, from the likes of Giacomo Costa or Shinro Ohtake. It also explores how the recent economic downturn has led to fewer large-scale projects, but has also stimulated creative thinking, as architects find new ways to work imaginatively inside budget constraints. Large-scale works include the futuristic Chinese Central TV Tower in Beijing (OMA) and the Burj Khalifa (SOM)
Dostępność: na zamówienie Since 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has set the standard for corporate design practice, producing some of the most iconic buildings of the century and shaping cities throughout the world, The "SOM Journal", a new, small-format publication, takes stock of the firm's most recent work in progress and brings SOM's current design research to light.
Najnowszy poradnik Oficyny Wydawniczej POLCEN, który, zgodnie z zamierzeniem autora, ma pomóc inwestorom i mieszkańcom budynków jednorodzinnych przy wyborze rozwiązań dotyczących wyposażenia budynku w instalacje elektryczne, w tym także optymalnego korzystania z energii elektrycznej. Autor szczególną uwagę zwraca na takie zagadnienia, jak: warunki bezpiecznego użytkowania instalacji i urządzeń elektrycznych, zużycie energii elektrycznej, zastosowanie specjalistycznego ogrzewania elektrycznego.
Surveying applied arts and industrial design from the 18th century to the present day, this book explores the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social and commercial context in which this relationship developed. The effects of a vastly enlarged audience for the products of modern design and the complex dynamic of mass consumption are also discussed. Part of this dynamic reveals that products serve as signs for desires that have little to do with need or function.
