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Dostępność: na zamówienie Svobodnaya planirovka - 'free floor plans' is the term used in adverisements for flats being offered for sale in Moscow's elite apartment buildings. Literally all flats for the rich in Moscow are currently sold without interior walls - 'shell-and-core', just as offices. The only remaining difference between an office building and an apartment building is the presence of balconies or glazed veranda's and multiple stand pipes that enable a variety of interior solutions. This phenomenon is radically transforming the practice of housing design.
Dostępność: na zamówienie Following on from Global Danish Architecture #1, this volume focuses on housing and presents a panorama of the Danish housing sector today. Global Danish Architecture #2 examines a variety of housing types from blocks of flats to terraced houses to housing for young people and for the elderly from 21 of the most exciting Danish architecture studios. As well as creating inspiring solutions for housing in Denmark, studios including JDS Architects, Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter, schmidt hammer lassen and Studio Ludo are also involved in housing projects around the world.
Dostępność: na zamówienie Architectural work on existing structures has become enormously important in recent years. For the majority of architects, this is where future market opportunities will lie. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field and is thus addressed to all practitioners, students, and building sponsors whose interest goes beyond an initial encounter with this wideranging field of activity.
Dostępność: na zamówienie a+u (Architecture + Urbanism) wraz z JA (Japan Architect) wydawane przez The Japan Architects Co., Ltd. (prawa autorskie Shinkenchiku-sha) to jedne z najbardziej znanych czasopism związanych z architekturą na świecie. Obie serie wraz z GA (Global Architecture) tworzą trójkąt najciekawszych japońskich magazynów branżowych. a+u jest miesięcznikiem, choć wydawane są też okazjonalne obszerne monografie zajmujące się poszczególnymi zagadnieniami świata architektury, omówieniem danego projektu, konkursu lub biura architektonicznego.
Dostępność: na zamówienie Images of the Mediatheque have widely circulated in architectural media since 1995, when Toyo Ito's competition project revealed a new structural prototype (or archi-type) that expressed the will to incorporate the notions of mobility and fluidity into space and structure. Second in the series of Verb monographs, this book presents the process of design and construction of Ito's prototype during the six years between the building's initial design through to its completion in 2001. The Mediatheque aspires to integrate real and virtual worlds - or, in Ito's words, “the primitive body of natural flow and the virtual body of electronic flow”.
Dostępność: na zamówienie Featuring over 100 of the most significant and influential houses of the twentieth century, this book includes classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas and Glen Murcutt. For each of the houses included there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially drawn for this book and are based on the most upto-date information and sources.
Dostępność: na zamówienie For many, eco skyscrapers are synonymous with Ken Yeang. In more than three decades of practice, Ken Yeang has almost single-handedly pioneered and developed this building genre. This book presents Ken Yeang's work on the design of ecologically responsive skyscrapers, and includes his essay on applying green-design principles to the skyscraper typology, as well as a preface by Steve Featherstone, an introduction by David Scott (Chairman of The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) and a critique by Professor Ivor Richards.
Dostępność: na zamówinie The work environment is experiencing an upheaval – offices that com-bine personality, functionality and just the right atmosphere are currently in demand. To fulfill the demands of office design and construction, architects and interior designers have developed all kinds of ideas for places of business, setting new standards for corporate architecture.
Dostępność: na zamówienie This book is a compilation of some of the more interesting town houses which have been recently constructed. If we had to highlight one characteristic from the projects presented here, it would be their ability to make the most out of their space in such creative ways. Within the basic typology of flat between parallel walls, a world of possibilities open -- space full of light, endless staircases, curtain walls, facades which spread completly out to the street or contrarily enclosed into mysterious gardens and interior patios.
Sustainable architecture is gaining in popularity as people develop an ever-greater commitment to preserving the Earth s resources. This practical new guide contains an illustrated reference section covering all aspects of sustainable building and decoration, from insulation to solar panels and from light bulbs to kitchen countertops. Thirty case studies, featuring sustainably built homes from around the world, from an ambassador s official residence to a rooftop extension, offer inspiration.
Dostępność: na zamówienie The last decade has witnessed major changes in the design of higher education institutions, keeping pace with the demands of broadening curricula, changing student expectations and the increasing importance of technology on campuses. New pathways forged in scientific research present a particularly exciting challenge to architects, who have responded with unprecedented and inventive laboratories and workspaces.
