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Ag4 mediatecture company first developed the idea of a transparent media facade as early as 1992. In order to be able to realise this idea and put it into practice, LED technology had to advance to satisfy the special requirements of a media facade. Around the same time there was a rising demand for the number of projects requiring facades to act as communicative interfaces. ag4 thus increasingly faced the challenge of having to motor the development in this direction. However, it was to take eight years until the appropriate ideas could be put into practice and a further four years until the first project of a transparent media facade was realised. Maintaining transparency while being able to medialise large areas in an economically...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

The dream of flying has preoccupied man since time immemorial. The fascination of discovering distant destinations and overcoming distances quickly resulted in the demand to optimize traveling times from the aspect of comfort. Meanwhile, airline companies offer their passengers a wealth of on-board possibilities: Releaxing sleep in a bed above the clouds, internet connection, or bars. Functionality only turns into a finished contemporary interior as a result of the designed shapes, materials and colours. Starting with the choice of material to the development of an artificial starry heaven inside the cabin, which counteracts against jetlag, everything is taken into consideration while designing the cabin, making the time the passenger...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

This book shows the progression of Interior Design of the Arabian countries. In contrast to many countries modeled according to the Western traditions, the Arabian culture is closely tied to religious and social values. The current discussion regarding contemporary architecture broaches the subject of the importance of tradition and deals with the Arabian identity. The architects have various viewpoints on the subject: Besides those who represent an international and global architectural language, there are also numerous planners that incorporate historical elements such as arches, domes and columns into their designs and interpret them in a contemporary fashion. Arabian Design presents the projects of renowned offices and young...

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A surprising trend can be discerned in museum building since the end of the 1990s, one that still seems to be going strong today: an unprecedented number of grand-scale projects have been undertaken in recent years, ont only by private sponsors, but in many cases made possible instead by public funding. This book not only shows new museums , galleries and exhibition venues for the fine arts, but also features unusual buildings housing special collections, as well as museums exhibting material from other fields of knowledge. One central focus of contemporary architecture can be traced particulary well in the examples illustrated in the book: new surfaces that enable the creation of new forms. Astoundingly, parallel to this development...

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"Architecture & Design Australia" is a new survey of Australian architecture that takes an expansive look at over 50 buildings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today. The world`s smallest continent, Australia has a topography and breadth of landscape that is immense and plays an important part in the dynamic architecture produced. It includes rainforests and vast plains in the north, snowfields in the southeast, desert in the center and fertile croplands in the east, south and southwest. About one-third of the country lies in the tropics and more than one-fifth of its land area is desert. Australia is a place where being...

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In recent years society has created innumerable fashionable bars - the result of cutting edge interior design. This volume has a selection of the best bars in the world, from New York to London, Shanghai and Bucharest. The book includes the recent work of the most internationally renowned architects, accompanied by color photos and plans which help with technical understanding of each project. The projects will be presented in alphabetical order of the designers. An index of contact information of the designers and architects is enclosed.

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Дата выхода: июль 2009

Barcelona is the cultural center of Spain. A tourist`s hot spot and one of the most frequented cities in summer. There is a lot more to Barcelona`s architecture than just Gaud?. Since the Olympic Games in 1992 international architects began to shape the capital of Modernism with numerous contructions. Norman Foster, Frank O. Ghery and many more have left their footsteps. The Forum of Cultures 2004 provided another opportunity of city planning. Slowly Barcelona has been transformed into a an artistic reference: it has an insatiable appetite for new design and innovations, but still highly values its rich architectural past. Old and new are close. Like this it became a model that other cities may choose to imitate due to its cosmopolitan...

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Apart from being one of Asia`s largest metropolises, Beijing is an ultimate visual challenge. The country`s growing economy and construction boom has attracted the attention of the world`s finest architects eager to create masterworks in this city. The new is rapidly replacing the old in the country`s political, economic and cultural center. When Beijing won the bid in 2001 to host the 2008 Olympic Games, the city started a somewhat controversial transformation. Olympic-driven developments - from sports and cultural infrastructure to business buildings and commercial facilities - have transformed a city once characterized by conservative Communist architecture. Now the emerging Chinese middle-class can live, work and play in...

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Born 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Fabio Borquez currently lives in Germany. In Buenos Aires he studied art, photography and architecture. He won various scholarships for India, Columbia and Germany and has taken part in many exhibitions. His work spans over various areas of design. This book exclusively presents his female nude photography.

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Дата выхода: май 2012

Broadcast design and television branding bear an important prominence in our world today. Audiovisual design, in terms of content and technology, is fast-paced: the TV landscape faces great changes in distribution channels and different content models. Those changes demand a strict strategic brand development, which should be suitable for the on-air designs as well as for a range of other media channels and merchandising. With Broadcast Design Bjorn Bartholdy introduces the corporate design of ten selected international TV channels like BBC, FOX or arte. It gives examples of on-air design positions, introduces the collaboration between channels and design agencies and features interviews of the channel`s representatives. Enclosed is a...

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From the Neolithic age on ceramic material was used as a building material through out the world: in the Empire of China as well as in the Islamic and Mesopotamian civilizations. With its natural qualities and adaptability to various circumstances combined with technical innovations in the manufacturing process, ceramic is regarded even nowadays as a superb material. It is fire resistant, waterproof and hypo-allergenic. Ceramic ages with dignity and its style is timeless. In this book around 40 Designers and manufacturers are presented with outstanding projects and innovative designs on ceramics which range from exterior solutions such as facades to interior design on walls and floors. The content is arranged in alphabetical order of the...

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In this book of Chinese Design, we are pleased to introduce a wide array of different architectural projects, and the various designers, architectural ateliers and developers that have made these works come to light. The distribution of the book has been done in three chapters according to the three main geographical areas - Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong - where most of these projects are located. A fourth chapter covers the architectural projects located in other parts of the Chinese mainland. Like the Great Wall, which with its 2.400 km is the only built structure on earth visible from outer space, China is so huge and profound, that to make an attempt to analyse its design is practically impossible. The basic principle, however,...

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Today, concrete as a building material has a solid place in the designs of architects and engineers. The times when it used to be regarded as "cold" and even "brutal" are long gone now. On the contrary, the improved image of concrete is trendy and chic, but simultaneously unobtrusive and timeless. Thanks to new technologies, in recent years it has also been used both outside and inside as a building material for facades. Considered an esthetic, high-quality material which is functional yet can still be decorative, it is the building material of our age. Concrete is used and valued throughout the world and across all cultures. The Western nations, as well as Japan and South America, are famous for their sensitively designed and...

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The landscape architect shapes the terrain and the space around a pre-existing construction or a developing urban or regional project. His aim is to offer the most poetic transcription of the language associated with a given architectural calculation. These professionals work with animated and inanimate physical structures which spring from geographical and social contexts, as well as from technical and economical conditions. Their imagination is the motor behind the creative, competent and playful solutions. The fifty projects presented in this book primarily show the designs of new spaces and successful restoration of others, which had previously had completely different uses, like a quarry or an industrial center. An index with...

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The architectural discipline of urban design falls into the broad category of landscape architecture and is applied as a social and esthetic means for interpreting the shape of cities and towns and their public spaces. The structure of a city is not the sum of its architectural shapes but the integration of these shapes into a specific and dynamic understanding of space. Public spaces become gathering points and recreational areas where neighbours can meet and contribute to socio-urban interaction. The presented projects in this book cover everything from new large neighbourhoods to the installation of street fixtures or the illumination of a small square. Формат: 23 см x 23 cм.

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It is true that our society is evolving at an increasingly rapid pace. Our way of life is changing along with our needs. Our tastes are under transformation. In recent years the climate has also been changing in a way that is perceptible for the first time in human existence. Society is becoming aware that our way of life will impact the environment in the long term and is doing so now, as well. All these realities are configuring change. New building materials, groundbreaking techniques or simply a return to traditional ways of building, together with carefully studied systems for saving energy and making the most of the resources afforded by nature, are conforming contemporary architecture. Because of their exposure to the media and...

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Дата выхода: январь 2010

Формат: 23,5 см x 23 cм.

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"Das F-Prinzip" is an architectural 3D board game which encourages a playful examination of the letter F. This concept is based on a constellation of four equally formed F-shapes modelled on the walls of a rectangular room. The short lower bar of the F may serve as a partition. Purpose of the game is to explore the manifold, sheer endless possibilities of creating floor plans and three-dimensional constructions. As a connector between language, shape and function, "Das F-Prinzip" enhances spatial thinking. "Das F-Prinzip" is the result of the artist Feyyaz` constant development of his own art environments. It compacts the idea of space into a recurring principle with numerous variants. Each set consists of four wooden F-shapes and a...

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