Outdoor Living

Presents 30 current projects through photos, plans and diagrams that communicate a modern language of form, helping to create and shape contemporary living spaces. A provocative plea for genuinely barrier-free building and an illustrated commentary on the DIN 18025 norms round off this new standard work.

Fachowa publikacja przeznaczona dla leśników i pracowników terenowej służby ochrony lasu, umożliwiająca prawidłowe oznaczenie najważniejszych szkodliwych owadów leśnych na podstawie różnych postaci rozwojowych szkodników i obrazów ich żerowania. W atlasie, obok plansz i licznych fotografii umożliwiających łatwą identyfikację szkodliwych owadów, zamieszczono zwięzłe informacje dotyczące występowania, roślin żywicielskich, morfologii, biologii, charakterystyki wyrządzanych szkód, a także metod profilaktyki i zwalczania szkodników leśnych. W opracowaniu tym przedstawiono 195 owadów roślinożernych występujących w naszych lasach.

Dostępność: na zamówienie Open-minded designs and undefined spaces of radical architecture "Coop Himmelb(l)au is not a color but an idea of creating architecture with fantasy, as buoyant and variable as clouds." So the architecture group itself defines its name and design concept. Beginning with inflated bubbles and interactive installations in the 1960s, the group, consisting of the architects Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky and Michael Holzer, began to create harsh interventions in the urban context under the headline "architecture must burn." The designs of the buildings are like oversized sound boxes, with dancing silhouettes and collapsing lines that are always rushing and echoing.

Dostępność: na zamówienie Arquitectonica is one of the most prestigious international firms practicing today. Based in Miami, it now has offices in Los Angeles, Paris, Manila, Lima, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. This monograph covers the firm's groundbreaking work of the past 20 years, documenting recent work with insightful project descriptions, lush full-color photographs, and representative architectural plans. Early on, Arquitectonica virtually created a new Miami with their signature modernism, in which the International Style is brought to life with color and vibrancy. They have since taken their work global, with major projects worldwide.

Status: nakład wyczerpany "Jedna z 10 najlepszych książek o mieście 2014 roku" The Guardian Jak wyglądają dzisiaj modernistyczne miasta przyszłości? Czego architekci mogą nauczyć się od mieszkańców slumsów? W połowie XX wieku europejskie marzenie o modernistycznej utopii przeniosło się do Ameryki Łacińskiej i odtąd to miejsce jest poligonem doświadczalnym dla najbardziej nowatorskich i odważnych pomysłów urbanistycznych.

In a world without walls: balinese homes in harmony with nature Loved by travelers for its lush, tropical scenery, and charming people, Bali is considered to be one of the most magnificent places on earth. Spirituality and nature are integral parts of everyday life for the Balinese, so one can easily see why the island's traditional architecture has a peaceful presence to it, mimicking its surroundings and sometimes blending in with them. When it comes to Balinese houses, walls are not compulsory, wood is everywhere, earth tones are dominant, and thatched roofs abound.

This collection of outstanding projects for public spaces is an excellent overview of current trends in urban planning; new forms of social existence have led to an increased interest in the definition of urban space. Our cities have already crossed the dividing line between space to inhabit and habitable space and, at present, it is difficult to conceive of a good urban development plan without an equally good plan of the public space involved.

Dostępność:na zamowienie After decades of being banished from residential areas, water is now becoming an increasingly significant feature in urban design. Whether it is the integration of natural water courses into the built environment, rainwater management, the incorporation of water elements in urban areas for climatic purposes or the creation of oases of tranquility or drama such as pools or fountains – all these aspects are not only encountering renewed interest among architects and urban planners, but they are also greeted with appreciation by the general public.