The use of glass as a building material was encouraged in particular by garden design, as the protection of exotic plants required the construction of greenhouses and orangeries. In a record time of just five months, Joseph Paxton, himself a garden designer, put up the Crystal Palace in London`s Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. A totally glazed exhibition hall, of gigantic proportions by the standards of the time, it was a milestone in the history of building in glass. The result was a totally new spatial quality and a new aesthetic, as interior and exterior could now enter into a quite unique mutual relationship. Since then, architecture without glass has been inconceivable, and glass has been used as a construction material...

ISBN: 978-3-8365-0405-8
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

A chronological survey of 500 great buildings, from Turkish prehistoric cave dwellings to a 21st century Tokyo store. Each building includes a photograph, but the top 50 selections are double spreads. Captions provide specifications and brief history.

ISBN: 9781554073580
Дата выхода: октябрь 2008

It might surprise some to hear that Spain has a vibrant culture of contemporary architecture. Delayed by the Spanish Civil War and the ensuing dictatorship under Franco, the emergence of modernity in Spain may have been late in coming, but today`s young architects are making up for lost time in a spectacular way. Original personalities like Cesar Manrique Cabrera marked a move toward the modern in the 1960s, while Richard Bofill`s innovative work in the `70s helped bring Spanish architecture to the world stage. In the 1990s, architects such as Rafael Moneo and Santiago Calatrava began to create the look of contemporary architecture in Spain as we know it today. From a modern interpretation of a bullring to cutting-edge green...

ISBN: 978-3-8228-5261-3
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

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ISBN: 978-3-8228-1396-6
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

ISBN: 9781408276280
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: январь 2008

Now in its fifth installment, the "Architecture Now!" series is an ongoing project documenting the work of the most innovative and influential architects across the globe. Volume 5 features famous names and newcomers alike, and this time around a number of designers are also included, reflecting the new ways in which design and architecture are coming together. Since architecture also extends beyond walls, landscape architecture makes its appearance as well. Easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and web sites. Издание на английском, немецком, французском языках. Формат: 20 см х 25,5 см.

ISBN: 978-3-8228-1810-7
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

This new series in a square format sends the reader on a journey across European metropolises. Thereby, the attention is focused not on prominent buildings at large but on ingenious and extraordinary details. Each title focuses on a different constructional element. The first three volumes present doors, windows and facades from all architectural epochs and styles. Every one includes about 700 photographs that illustrate the diversity of European art of building. Whether new or old, nice or bizarre here the reader will find an architectural kaleidoscope of a special kind.

ISBN: 978-3-938780-37-4
Издательство: Braun
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Wood is organic, it is regarded as warm, as making human surroundings cosy. In addition, it can compete with any hi-tech material: wood has an extraordinarily good weight-to-strength ratio, has outstanding acoustic and insulation properties, and when properly deployed and looked after, it is also durable. Timber buildings have always achieved low-energy standards, they are climate-neutral to erect, and environmentally friendly to demolish. Those who recognize and exploit the natural qualities of wood have a wonderfully versatile material which can be brought to life in the hands of a creative designer and builder. With the help of more than 300 illustrations and architectural drawings, this book presents 25 proprojects from all over the...

ISBN: 978-3-8365-0403-4
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

Since its inception in a provincial town outside Paris some eight years ago, ArchiLab has established itself as one of the world`s most important showcases of young architecture talent. Published to coincide with the major exhibition at Tokyo`s Mori Art Museum, ArchiLab`s Urban Experiments presents the very latest projects of the rising avant-garde alongside the pioneers of radical architecture. Featuring hundreds of seminal and influential works by ninety architects, ranging from the groundbreaking experiments of Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook, Daniel Libeskind alongside a new generation of rising geniuses, including Asymptote, NOX, UN Studios and Greg Lynn, this ambitious publication assembles several generations of visionary...

ISBN: 978-0-500-34208-4
Дата выхода: июль 2011

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ISBN: 9789812454072
Издательство: PAGE ONE
Дата выхода: январь 2010

For more than thirty years, the Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded annually to a living architect who has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. This book presents all 33 recipients of the prize, and captures, in pictures and the recipients own words, the essence of each architect. Each chapter showcases four to six major works, and includes hundreds of photographs, blueprints and CAD drawings.

ISBN: 978-0-500-34265-7
Дата выхода: август 2011

Taschen`s new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects-from the firmly established to the up-and-coming-with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects` or firms` most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured. The words of Frank Lloyd Wright, written near the end of his long career, speak of buildings inevitably linked to nature....

ISBN: 978-3-8228-5260-6
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

Taschen`s new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects-from the firmly established to the up-and-coming-with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects` or firms` most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured. Издание на английском, французском, немецком языках. Формат: 24 см x...

ISBN: 978-3-8228-5257-6
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

Star architects from Zaha Hadid to Herzog & de Meuron have shaken up the formerly staid world of museum architecture, bringing bravura to new buildings and extensions. But the trend for new museums to opt for bold contemporary architecture goes well beyond the stunning work of Renzo Piano or Tadao Ando. Many less well-known architects have also designed remarkable places to exhibit art and artifacts. Some have provoked controversy, such as Mexican architect Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon`s University Museum of Contemporary Art on the sprawling UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) campus. Others have been warmly welcomed, like the sweeping, light-filled Art Gallery of Ontario Extension by Toronto-born Frank О.Gehry, his first...

ISBN: 978-3-8365-1224-4
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: май 2010

Nicholas Grimshaw is one of the pre-eminent figures of the British architectural scene, responsible for some of the outstanding buildings of the last decade. This volume covers the years 1965–88, a period which saw Grimshaw establish his practice and his reputation worldwide as an architect of great subtlety and a master of detail. Colin Amery charts the line of Grimshaw’s development from his student days at the Architectural Association onwards. He gives critical insights into Grimshaw’s thinking and design methodology for a family of buildings, from the 1965 Service Tower for student apartments to his 1988 Grand Union Walk housing and Sainsbury Superstore in Camden Town, North London.

ISBN: 0714839345
Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002

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ISBN: 978-3-8365-0193-4
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy`s Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area. Detective Erlendur`s investigation soon unearths the tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland`s outwardly liberal, multi-cultural society, while the murder forces Erlendur to confront the tragedy in his own past.

ISBN: 978-0-09-954232-2
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012

ISBN: 9780099583455
Дата выхода: январь 2014

ISBN: 9781405916202
Дата выхода: январь 2013

A foundered Victorian ship looking for the fabled Northwest Passage holds a secret in its icy When Dirk Pitt of NUMA is almost blown to pieces in a lab explosion, he suspects sabotage. The lab in question belongs to a scientist hoping to use a rare mineral to combat greenhouse gases - but who would want to destroy our one chance to save the planet? But there are those who will do anything to control such a valuable prize. Pitt`s investigations take him to the Arctic in search of a clue to the origins of this precious mineral. There, he and NUMA colleague Al Giordino must battle for survival against the hostile elements and an evil megalomaniac who is about to plunge the North American continent into war.

ISBN: 978-0-425-23348-1
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011