Architecture and Automobiles

Dostępność: na zamówienie Architektura Christiana Kereza, pomimo charakterystycznej redukcji elementów do niezbędnego minimum coraz częściej opiera się na zasadzie złożonego programu projektowego. Zasada ta została uwidoczniona podczas jego wykładu w Zurichu "Wszystkie prace przy których jestem zaangażowany jako architekt nie starają się upiększać, zmieniać i poprawiać wizji świata, lecz bardziej szukać nowych spostrzeżeń oraz nowych zakresów wiedzy".

Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier dominated twentieth-century architecture much the way Picasso dominated painting. His outstanding achievements, his vision of a harmonious machine civilization, his paintings, drawings, sculpture, architecture, city planning, and writing together compose a portrait of the architect as "protean creator." Le Corbusier and the Continual Revolution in Architecture is a fascinating study of this genius.

Dostępność:na zamowienie "Contemporary World Interiors" takes the reader on a global tour of the best and most provocative interior design and architecture projects of the past 25 years, presenting the characteristic traits, influences, and enduring ideas of the contemporary interior. Rather than simply charting passing trends, author Susan Yelavich, a veteran New York-based curator and critic, describes some 450 specific projects by famous designers and promising newcomers alike, in countries as far-ranging as Russia, Israel, Chile, South Korea, and South Africa, as well as more familiar locales in Europe, Japan, and North America. A carefully edited selection of more than 1000 color photographs and plans illustrates the book, all reproduced at a generous format.

Dostępność:na zamowienie "Urban Eco Chic" shows how we can all recycle materials, use sustainable products and become increasingly energy-efficient in our own homes, without compromising our sense of style. The fact that we must become more eco-aware of the way we live is not in question; the issue is how can we do so without sacrificing the level of comfort and luxury to which so many of us are now accustomed.

Dostępność: na zamówienie On the Japanese island of Naoshima, star architect Tadao Ando has developed a new museum building designed especially for spectacular works by Claude Monet, Walter de Maria and James Turrell. One of the most recent achievements in the brilliant career of Japanese architect Tadao Ando is a spectacular structure composed of basic geometric forms. Situated on the island of Naoshima off the picturesque coast of western Japan, the Chichu Art Museum provides a congenial setting for the presentation of an exquisite selection of undisputed masterpieces of artistic reduction, including a monumental sculpture by Walter De Maria, meditative light installations by James Turrell, and a series of Claude Monet's incomparable Water Lilies.