France's premier architect designs his own monograph The work of France's internationally celebrated contemporary architect—and recipient of the 2008 Pritzker Prize—in a book designed by the master himself. Jean Nouvel is widely regarded as France’s most original and important contemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970, he assisted influential architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio, before creating his own practice in Paris.
Wyjątkowa publikacja na temat jednego z największych amerykańskich architektów
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) jest postrzegany jako amerykański architekt wszech czasów – jego prace zapoczątkowały erę modernizmu i do dzisiaj, ponad 50 lat po jego śmierci, mają niebagatelny wpływ na współczesną architekturę. Trzytomowa edycja wydawnictwa TASCHEN prezentuje niemal wszystkie jego projekty (w łącznej liczbie około 1100), zarówno te zrealizowane, jak i te, które pozostały w fazie planów. Książka przygotowana we współpracy z Frank Llloyd Wright Archives w Taliesin w Arizonie stanowi hołd złożony niezwykłemu życiu i wybitnemu talentowi tego twórcy.
Frank Lloyd Wright to jeden z ojców współczesnej architektury, jego twórczość przyczyniła się do zdefiniowania ery modernizmu i wciąż ma ogromy wpływ na kulturę. Przedmiotem niniejszej monografii są dojrzałe lata jego twórczości, włączając w to projekty nigdy nie zrealizowane (np. Rysunki domu dla Marylin Monroe i Henrego Millera).
This title deals with the Wright stuff. This is the definitive publication on America's greatest architect. Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is widely considered to be the greatest American architect of all time; indeed, his work virtually ushered in the modern era and remains highly influential today. His wide-ranging and paradigm-shifting oeuvre is the subject of Taschen's three-volume monograph that covers all of his designs (numbering approximately 1100), both realized and unrealized. Made in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives in Taliesin, Arizona, this collection leaves no stone unturned in examining and paying tribute to Wright's life and work.
Dostępność:na zamowienie La Corbusier to jeden z najwybitniejszych twórców XX wieku w dziedzinie architektury. Urodzony w 1887 roku w Szwajcarii artysta, właściwie Charles Edouard Jeanneret, był nie tylko autorem najważniejszych i najbardziej imponujących budynków 20 wieku ale także malarzem, rzeźbiarzem, projektantem mebli, urbanistą i pisarzem. Jego praca i teorie pozostają dominującą siłą w świecie architektury i designu.
Norman Foster Works 3 focuses on projects realized from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, including Stansted Airport outside London, Bilbao's subway system, and the Millennium Tower in Tokyo. This volume examines each project in depth, featuring numerous photographs, original sketches and computergenerated drawings. From airports to underground transit stations, from museums to office towers, every building designed by Foster and Partners is a study in the synthesis of a structure's individual elements: its foundation and use, the quality of its materials, and its relation to the skyline or
cityscape. Students of architecture, professionals in the field, and enthusiasts of Foster's work will find much to inspire and educate them in this substantial and attractive volume.
Winner of the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, Norman Foster is one of the most innovative and forward-thinking architects at work today. This volume features approximately 1,400 plans, sketches, and photographs of some of Foster""s most renowned and celebrated international projects, including Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong, Expo Station in Singapore, the Valencia Congress Centre, The SageGateshead, the Millau Viaduct in France, and the Swiss Re tower in London, along with numerous other outstanding works. Also included here are examples of Foster""s striking product designs and furniture.
Winner of the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, Norman Foster is one of the most innovative and forwardthinking architects at work today. This volume features more than 1,000 plans, sketches, and photographs of some of Foster's most renowned projects, including London's new Wembley Stadium, Germany's Dresden Station, and Beijing's new international airport. These and other important structures, along with lighting systems, furniture collections, and memorials, reveal the enormous range of Foster + Partners' work. In addition to offering insights into individual projects, this volume contextualizes Foster's work, identifying themes and connections, discussing influences and inspirations, and invoking a host of historical, cultural, and architectural references.
HADID COMPLETE WORKS 1979-2009 Zaha Hadid jest jedną z najbardziej znanych architektek świata. Urodziła się w Bagdadzie, kształciła Anglii, gdzie później powstała jej pracowania. Przez wiele lat, pomimo zdobywanych nagród i przychylności krytyki, nie mogła zrealizować swoich prac. Niektórzy mówili nawet, że są niemożliwe do zrealizowania. W ostatniej dekadzie jednak wiele z nich powstało, m.in.: Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Rosenthal w Cincinnati, Centrum Naukowe Phaeno w Wolfsburgu w Niemczech, czy budynek BMW w Lipsku. Te śmiałe i futurystyczne projekty przyniosły jej międzynarodową sławę - dziś Hadid należy do elity świata architektury.
The architecture and design of Wood Marsh Architects has been judged as possessing great conceptual strength and clarity. Contextual issues of locality and region are used as a foundation for ideas that bring bold and sculptural architecture to our communities. This beautifully published book showcases a selection of their best public and private projects.
Dostępność: na zamówienie "The array of buildings by Renzo Piano is staggering in scope and comprehensive in the diversity of scale, material, and form. He is truly an architect whose sensibilities represent the widest range of this and earlier centuries." Such was the description of Renzo Piano given by the Pritzker Prize jury citation as they bestowed the prestigious award on him in 1998. Whereas some architects have a signature style, what sets Piano apart is that he seeks simply to apply a coherent set of ideas to new projects in extraordinarily different ways.
From the early days as a member of the New York Five, Richard Meier has been a central figure in contemporary architecture in the United States. With the Getty Center and more recent buildings such as the Jubilee Church in Rome, the New Yorker has cemented his reputation as a truly international figure who has expanded the horizons of contemporary American architecture while maintaining his rigorous approach to design and detailing.
Zaha Hadid jest jedną z najbardziej znanych architektek świata. Urodziła się w Bagdadzie, kształciła Anglii, gdzie później powstała jej pracowania. Przez wiele lat, pomimo zdobywanych nagród i przychylności krytyki, nie mogła zrealizować swoich prac. Niektórzy mówili nawet, że są niemożliwe do zrealizowania. W ostatniej dekadzie jednak wiele z nich powstało,
Zaha Hadid is the most famous woman architect in the world, and the first to win the Pritzker Prize. Having achieved international recognition through her striking images and design, the Iraqi-born, London-based architect is now of the profession's most sought-after figures. Her buildings are now appearing across the globe, from Europe to the United States, in China and Japan.
The Tadao touch Ando's complete works to date Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip Drew calls his buildings "land art" that "struggle to emerge from the earth." He is the only architect to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. His name is Tadao Ando, and he is one of the greatest living architects.
Dostępność:na zamowienie The experimental art of Olafur Eliasson Studio Olafur Eliasson is an experimental laboratory located in Berlin. Led by renowned Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, it functions as an interdisciplinary space, generating fresh dialogues between art and its surroundings. This rich sourcebook enables the reader to delve into the corners and crevices of the Studio’s diverse projects.
Published in concomitance with the major exhibition curated by Germano Celant at the Triennale di Milano, this volume brings together all the projects realized by Frank O. Gehry since his pivotal stylistic metamorphosis of 1997, embodied by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, until today.
Following the success of Ken Tate's three previously published books by IMAGES, this volume adds new depth and insight to the work of one of America's most gifted classical architects. Featuring nine residential projects, A Classical Vision reveals the extraordinary range of styles that this firm has produced over the last 20 years.
