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Dostępność: na zamówienie This unprecedented series of discussions between architecture students and principals of leading American and Swiss architecture firms investigates the role research plays in the building process. Anyone from a practicing architect to a general reader interested in modern architecture and education will take away a new depth of understanding of the process of design. These conversations evolved from a seminar sponsored by California College of Arts and the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.
Dostępność: na zamówienie This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its second, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities. Organized into chapters on "Raw Materials/Building Materials (Modules)," "Building Components (Elements)," "Building Methods (Structures)," and "Buildings (Examples)," the book now includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass. The chapter on "Building Elements" now includes a discussion of facades, and the chapter on "Structures" has been expanded to cover "Principles of Space Creation."
Dostępność: na zamówienie Opening to critical acclaim in April 2005, the Walker Art Center expansion was the culmination of an extraordinary partnership between the institution and Pritzker Prize–winning architects Herzog & de Meuron. Expanding the Center chronicles the five-year effort to create a truly 21st-century arts center, a place where contemporary artists, art forms, and audiences meet.
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.
Dostępność: na zamówienie Understanding the relationship between design and technology is critical to the understanding of architecture. Aimed clearly at architectural students, this book provides an accessible introduction to all aspects of architectural technology: structural physics, structural elements and forms, heating, lighting, environmental control and computer modelling. As well as providing a clear grounding in these topics, it will also help students to integrate their design thinking with appropriate structural and environmental solutions.
