Armin Hofmann: His Work, Quest and Philosophy (Industrial Design Graphic Design, Bd. 7) (English and German Edition)

Arts & Photography

Hofmann, Armin

Individual Artists

Birkhauser (Architectural)

Book by Sommer, Degenhard, Stocher, Herbert, Weisser, Lutz

Ove Arup & Partners: Engineering the Built Environment: Philosophy, Projects, Experience

Reference

Sommer, Degenhard

Stöcher, Herbert

Weisser, Lutz

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Light-Tech – dieser Begriff meint eine leichte, fast gewichtslose Bauweise, mit leichten Materialien und Elementen, in eleganten technischen Konstruktionen. Sie ist für die Details von Möbeln und Inneneinrichtungen ebenso anwendbar wie für Wohnhäuser, Bürobauten oder Brücken. Sie arbeitet mit Materialien wie Aluminium, Glas oder Titan und hinterläßt als ästhetische Wirkung den Eindruck von Beweglichkeit, Offenheit und Transparenz. Dieses Buch stellt erstmals die Light-Tech-Architektur Richard Hordens in einer Monographie umfassend dar. Richard Horden war zunächst in der Marine- und Aerospace-Industrie tätig, hat dann bei Grimshaw & Partner und Norman Foster gearbeitet, aber sich auch von Buckminster Fuller und Jan Kaplicky anregen lassen und leitet inzwischen ein eigenes Architekturbüro in London. Aus dem Inhalt: - Innovative Einflüsse - Unterwegs zur Mikroarchitektur - Experimenteller Technologietransfer - Aerodynamik und Architektur - Neue Formen - Strategie der Transparenz - Haus-Studien - Materialien

Light-Tech: Towards a Light Architecture = Ausblick Auf Eine Leichte Architektur

Werner Blaser

Richard Horden

Von Gerkan, Marg Und Partner: Architecture, 1991-1995

Meinhard Von Gerkan

Helmut Richter: Buildings and Projects = Bauten Und Projekte

Walter M. Chramosta

Helmut Richter

As a material, glass allows the creation of an especially elegant and aesthetic architecture. This book shows in detail the latest technological and material developments in glass construction by presenting the most significant built examples of the last five years. Contemporary architecture cannot be thought of without also taking into consideration the utilization of large-scale glass facades. The large, bright halls of the TGV station in Paris-Roissy (Paul Andreu) or the Leipzig Neue Messe (Gerkan, Marg & Partner with Ian Ritchie) owe their existence to this relatively young technology of large-scale constructed glazing. Wherever transparency and natural light are desired, glass facades and roofs are being used, enabling an architecture of great lightness and elegance. The book presents these technically demanding buildings in great detail. Approximately 25 exceptional international projects from the past five years are presented along with their distinctive constructional details. The precise description of the buildings is enhanced with numerous pictures and scaled detailed drawings. The choice of buildings includes diverse types of construction and utilization and presents the full spectrum of contemporary glass technology. In addition to its technical documents, the book offers a comprehensive, technologically up-to-date sourcebook of the design possibilities of building with glass. Among the structures presented are the Kunsthaus Bregenz by Peter Zumthor, the Tokyo International Forum by Rafael Vinoly, the Hotel at Munich Airport by Helmut Jahn, the Graz Airport by Riegler/Riewe and the Forestry Center in Marche-en-Famenne in Belgium by Philippe Samyn.

Glass Buildings: Material, Structure, and Detail

Heinz W. Krewinkel

Architecture

Commerzbank Frankfurt: Prototype of an Ecological High-Rise = Modell Eines Okologischen Hochhauses

Dieser Führer beschreibt sowohl die Villa La Roche als auch die angebaute Villa Jeanneret, Sitz der Fondation Le Corbusier.

Le Corbusier: LA Villa Savoye = the Villa Savoye

Jacques Sbriglio

In 1923/24 Henry Frugès, a Bordeaux industrialist commissioned Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret with a "small workers' housing estate" in Lège and a garden city in Pessac, comprising 130 to 150 houses with shops. These two housing schemes fitted neatly into the architects' research on standardisation and the "machine à habiter", and provided a useful laboratory for gauging public opinion with regard to mass-production techniques in housing estates. One of the most striking features of the Cité Frugès was the use of polychromy on the exterior facades, to, in Le Corbusier's own words, "sculpt the space through the physical quality of colour - bring forward some volumes while making others recede. In short, compose with colour in the same way as we have composed with form. This is how architecture is transformed into urbanism."  Historical documents and drawings make this handy-sized volume an invaluable guide for visitors and a practical introduction for all architectural enthusiasts.

Le Corbusier: The Quartiers Modernes Fruges = Les Quartiers Modernes Fruges

Bauen Fur Die Wissenschaft: Institute Der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Building for Science Architecture of the Max-Planck-Institutes

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