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Dostępność: na zamówienie "JA46" is a special edition devoted to architect Hiroshi Naito. The works gathered here, ranging from his early buildings to projects now in progress, are selected from a period of some twenty years. Throughout this span of time, Naito’s design stance has been constant and characterized by a breadth of vision encompassing dimensions from "1/1" to "1/2,000". "1/1" means the design issues studied in the building at scale: its components and detailing. "1/2,000" means the building’s environmental context and landscape.
Dostępność: na zamówienie This landmark publication documents the extraordinary impact that elevators, escalators and moving walkways have had on the urban landscape, building types and culture worldwide. The mid-nineteenth-century invention of the elevator safety break, in conjunction with other developments such as the steel frame, facilitated the construction of the skyscraper and so helped to transform the appearance of our cities and the places in which many of us live and work.
Even in this age of varied home entertainment and fast-paced mass media, immense creative energy is being directed towards new space for live performance. Profusely illustrated with photographs, computer renderings and architectural drawings, Performing Architecture explores fifty of today’s finest performance spaces, as well as recently refurbished, restored and transformed buildings.
Architecture 09 is the official guide to the work of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and all RIBA Awards presented in 2009.The featured awards include the prestigious Stirling Prize, awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution in the past year to the evolution of architecture and the built environment, and the Royal Gold Medal, conferred on a distinguished architect.
