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Dostępność: na zamówienie There are several books surveying the history of architecture, but until A Global History of Architecture was published, they were all derivatives of earlier histories of Western architecture, with newer chapters tacked on to address "non-Western" areas.
Dostępność: na zamówienie "Plastic Dreams" is a lavishly illustrated reference work that raises the aesthetic perception of plastics and celebrates their nobility as materials by bringing together an exquisite and highly curated survey of landmark product designs in plastics, from Bakelite in the 1920s to the latest technopolymers today. This publication features over 120 landmark designs, from Wells Coates iconic AD 65 radio to Konstanin Grcic's MYTO stacking chair, that reveal a breathtaking profusion of colours and forms as well as inventive imaginations fuelled by utopian aspirations.
Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, Drawings highlights the work of key contemporary figures who have, through their drawn work, affected the course of architectural thinking. Bringing this together is a chapter-by-chapter series of essays that broadly charts the forward movement and expansion of drawing iconography, techniques and methodologies. Thus it will move from such conditions as Victorian romanticism; Modernist heroics, Minimalism, Diagrams, the representation (and inspiration) of movement, technology and motive power; through to notions and examples of digital automatism.
Confessions captures Jan Kaplicky 's professional views on the future of architecture and his personal observations and reflections on society, design, politics and beauty. This book is a tour de force of words and images, packed full of innovative buildings and design ideas. It provides a fascinating insight into the creative process of one of the most innovative architects working in Britain today.
