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Publisher
The Taunton Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
So long McMansions and rambling square footage small homes are in! Easier to maintain and more affordable in hard economic times, small houses are gaining popularity in the housing market after nearly 60 years of trending up in size. Small Houses capitalizes on this shift with an all new collection of small houses from Fine Homebuilding magazine. The featured writers, well respected authors in their fields, look at houses ranging from less than 1,250...
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Concrete? That characterless stuff of parking lots or Communist tower blocks, right? Well, yes. And no. Concrete is actually a name applied to a remarkably wide range of building substances, and, when properly handled, is one of the noble materials of contemporary architecture. A kind of "liquid stone" at the outset, it is malleable, durable, and capable of prodigious feats of engineering. This two-volume book highlights the best work done in concrete...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Architectural practice today goes far beyond the design and construction of buildings--the most exciting, forward-thinking architecture is also found in digital landscapes, art, apps, films, installations, and virtual reality. This remarkable book features projects--surprising, beautiful, outrageous, and sometimes even frightening--that break rules and shatter boundaries. In this timely book, the work of award-winning architects, designers, artists,...
Publisher
The Taunton Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this new collection of small houses from Fine Homebuilding magazine, the authors look at houses both new and remodeled, traditional and modern, urban and rural, by the water and in the mountains. The houses exude as much style as homes many times their square footage, and all are as big as they need to be to fit the lifestyles and aspirations of the people who live in them"--
Publisher
Actar
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The 'Self-Sufficient City' has stimulated a worldwide debate on the future of our cities. The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and HP are inviting reflection on how we will live in the near future, in the light of the social, cultural and technological changes in which we are immersed. This book presents more than 100 proposals, from all over the world, envisioning the habitat of the future. --Book Jacket.
Author
Publisher
New Holland Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
At the advent of a new millennium, architects have pushed the limits of invention and originality. Boasting breathtaking skylines of sail-shaped buildings, dancing towers and twisting skyscrapers, the audacious architecture makes many of the world's finest cities a delight to visit for architects, designers, photographers and travellers. Author Barry Stone brings to you the audacious visionaries whose creations are all about shock and awe ... the...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
"A collection of more than one hundred twenty-first-century buildings of particular interest for study by students and professionals. Third in the series of Key books, this volume offers newly drawn plans and color photographs of a wide range of buildings by out-standing architects arranged by plan: centralized and radial plans; linear structures; terraced houses; stacked plans; orthogonal and eccentric courtyards; special cityscape responses; and...
12) Off the radar
Author
Series
Publisher
Wiley-Academy
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Off the Radar presents work from countries as diverse as Iceland, Portugal, Chile, India and Guinea and features contributors who are successfully designing and building at the very edges of the world. * Successful "off the radar" contributors bring a refreshing change to the discussion on architectural design today Presents new work set in unfamiliar surroundings, much of which has not been widely published before. It features interviews with well-known...
Publisher
Images Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Introduces advanced design concepts and international standards for SMART Landscape design. SMART Landscape' is a significant contribution to the conversation on sustainable landscape design, providing energy efficient models and water saving landscape ideas. There are many factors that would help realise energy efficient landscapes, including (but not limited to) the use of energy saving lamps, such as LED; the integration and adoption of renewable...
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be in diminutive in their dimensions, but which are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese cities, where large sites are hard to come by, or at the frontier between art...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Links International
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This collection brings together buildings that inject a fresh dose of creativity into any architectural project and set the tone and pace for architects around the world, surveying the range of different styles, functions and needs that make each project a unique challenge. Along with the iconic, definitive buildings of the era are lesser-known projects that are no less creative or surprising.
Series
West Arch volume 1
Publisher
Jovis Verlag
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
This exhibition journal takes a look at twenty-five architectural practices from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, primarily characterized by their experimental and unconventional approaches to contemporary demands on architecture. The focus is on the specific and speculative aspects of a new generation of architectural thought and strategies. Planned and potential projects have been included alongside built structures. Production factors such...
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Along with plan and elevation, section is one of the essential representational techniques of architectural design; among architects and educators, debates about a project's section are common and often intense. Until now, however, there has been no framework to describe or evaluate it. Manual of Section fills this void. Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis have developed seven categories of section, revealed in structures ranging from simple...
Publisher
Actar
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"Total Housing Is A Selection Of 61 Exemplary Multi-Family Residential Projects Built In Europe, North And South America, And Asia During The Real-Estate Boom Of The Last Decade, Total Housing Provides Evidence Of The Desirability Of Dense, Urban Living, It Is An Antidote To Sprawl, Total Housing Projects Are Accessible, Compact, Connective, Diverse, Economical, Flexible, Responsive, And Sustainable, Total Housing Is Compiled And Edited By Actar."--Jacket....
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