Download or read book A Critical History of Contemporary Architecture written by Elie G. Haddad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1960, following as it did the last CIAM meeting, signalled a turning point for the Modern Movement. From then on, architecture was influenced by seminal texts by Aldo Rossi and Robert Venturi, and gave rise to the first revisionary movement following Modernism. Bringing together leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive, critical overview of the developments in architecture from 1960 to 2010. It consists of two parts: the first section providing a presentation of major movements in architecture after 1960, and the second, a geographic survey that covers a wide range of territories around the world. This book not only reflects the different perspectives of its various authors, but also charts a middle course between the 'aesthetic' histories that examine architecture solely in terms of its formal aspects, and the more 'ideological' histories that subject it to a critique that often skirts the discussion of its formal aspects.

Download or read book Basics Modelbuilding written by Alexander Schilling and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Models make it possible to visualize an idea in three dimensions. Designing with models and presenting ideas is an important step in the development of a consciousness of design. Themes: Levels of abstraction and degrees of detail Model typologies Typical working tools and techniques Materiality of models Presentation possibilities

Download or read book The Fall written by Heitor Abreu and published by Editora Autografia. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: \"I do not remember the date. All I know is that it was the fall of 1978 and I was 14 years old. It was not like I had the habit of using seasons to remember important dates. Actually, it isn’t even a Brazilian trait. Maybe we have this perception because of our geographic condition, in which Brazil shuffles wind, heat, rain and cold in the same day. In fact, the arrival of my favorite season was announced by the cloudless turquoise blue sky, the thin air that breaches into my lungs, the fresh breeze that blows over the artificial lake created from damming the waters of Rio Grande, towards the riverbanks, making it rough. The wind fondles my face as it wipes the tears from my eyes. In my stoic reality, dense and heavy tears were my only concession to the great pain that I felt for my mother’s unpredictable death. Our young caretaker, Celestino, brought me the news. He humbly adored my mother, so he could not help crying and, at first, his eyes told me about the tragedy, so, finally, his mouth told me everything. My maternal grandparents used to look after me when I went to the ranch. They were in no condition to tell me anything. They were in shock in the wide living room.\"

Download or read book Daniele Marques Wohnh user Houses 2x2 2 3 written by Architekturgalerie Luzern and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der 1950 in Aarau geborene Daniele Marques studierte an der ETH in Zürich bei Aldo Rossi und Dolf Schnebli und gründete schon 1977 ein eigenes Architekturbüro in Luzern. Neben seiner Entwurfstätigkeit war er Dozent an verschiedenen Architekturschulen; seit 2000 ist er Professor an der Technischen Universität Graz. Die vorliegende Monografie analysiert eingehend fünf Wohnhäuser, die in den letzten fünf Jahren realisiert wurden. "Die Reduktion, welche die Architektur von Daniele Marques - wenigstens in diesen Häusern - bestimmt, erweist sich als Verfahren, den Dingen Intensität zu verschaffen: indem sie den Augenblick hinausschiebt, in dem sie in bestimmten Bedeutungen einrasten." (Martin Steinmann)

Download or read book Constructing Architecture written by Andrea Deplazes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its second edition: the trailblazing introduction and textbook on construction includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass.

Download or read book Refurbishment Manual written by Georg Giebeler and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning tasks involving existing structures are currently among the most common types of contract, and almost every structure makes different demands and raises individual problems. Reflecting this state of affairs, there are a dizzying number of publications on the market, most of which are quite specialized. The Refurbishment Manual cuts through this jungle of publications. It defines terms and concepts, combines the narrowly focused perspectives of the specialists, and offers concrete approaches to this wide-ranging topic. The Refurbishment Manual closes the gap between basic constructional literature and one-sided, highly specialized technical literature. It constitutes a practical planning aid on the subject of refurbishment, providing a basic introduction to the relevant aspects of building physics, fire protection, sustainability and energy, hazardous materials, construction materials for interior and façade, historic preservation, and technical building equipment. It offers concrete tips on planning steps, methods of building analysis, and cost benchmarks, as well as clear constructional solutions with built projects as examples. A unique feature of the volume is the specially developed timeline, which allows the planner to quickly grasp, categorize, and evaluate a concrete building task and thus obtain an efficient planning overview. Planungsaufgaben im Bestand gehören derzeit zu den häufigsten Auftragsarten und nahezu jedes Bauwerk stellt andere Anforderungen und weist individuelle Probleme auf. Analog dazu gibt es auf dem Markt eine fast unüberschaubare Anzahl Publikationen in meist sehr spezialisierter Form. Der Sanierungsatlas möchte Licht in diesen Publikationsdschungel bringen: Er definiert Begrifflichkeiten, vereint die fokussierenden Betrachtungsweisen der Fachleute und vermittelt konkrete Herangehensweisen an diese weit gefächerte Thematik. Der Sanierungsatlas schließt die Lücke zwischen grundlegender Baukonstruktions- und sehr einseitig spezialisierter Fachliteratur. Das Buch stellt eine praktische Planungshilfe zum Thema Sanierung dar – und zwar in Form von relevanter Grundlagenvermittlung zu Bauphysik, Brandschutz, Nachhaltigkeits- und energetischen Aspekten, Schadstoffen, Baustoffen im Innenraum und an der Fassade, zu Aspekten der Denkmalpflege ebenso wie zur technischen Gebäudeausstattung. Er liefert konkrete Hinweise zu Planungsschritten, Methoden der Bauanalyse und Kostenkennwerten sowie anschauliche Konstruktionslösungen am Beispiel gebauter Projekte. Einzigartig ist die speziell entwickelte Zeitschiene, mit deren Hilfe eine konkrete Bauaufgabe schnell erfasst, kategorisiert und bewertet werden kann – und die dem Planer somit einen effizienten Planungsüberblick verschafft.

Download or read book Spiritus Loci written by Bert Daelemans, S.J. and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spiritus Loci Bert Daelemans, who graduated as an architect and a theologian, provides an interdisciplinary method for the theological assessment of church architecture. Rather than a theory, this method is based on case studies of contemporary buildings (1995-2015), which are often criticized for lacking theological depth. In a threefold method, the author brings to light the ways in which architecture can be theology – or theotopy – by focusing on topoi (places) rather than logoi (words). Churches reveal our relationship with God by engaging our body, mind, and community. This method proves relevant not only for the way we perceive these buildings, but also for the way we use them, especially in our prophetic engagement for a better world.

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Download or read book 9 x 9 A Method of Design written by Dietmar Eberle and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal design is site-specific, which is the only way architecture can create or connect with a specific sense of identity. This requires addressing the structural and local circumstances. This method handbook offers a playful way in which to systematically ascertain a complex framework and use it for your own design. The "9 x 9 method" takes all relevant factors and their alternate interaction into consideration: location, structure, shell, program, and materiality, all which, in a matrix with various intersections, produce exactly 9 "fields of action" for the design. The individual "fields" are not only illustrated visually with meaningful and eidetic pictures, but are also discussed in texts by leading specialists. For this book, the "9 x 9 method" was completely re-worked and redesigned. Authors: Florian Aicher, Jia Beisi, Adam Caruso, Dietmar Eberle, Franziska Hauser, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Michele Lanza, Arno Lederer, Silvain Malfroy, Adrian Meyer, Marcello Nasso, Fritz Neumeyer, András Pálffy, Miroslav Šik, Laurent Stalder, Eberhard Tröger.

Download or read book Great Spaces Small Houses written by Daniel González and published by Gingko Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features 30 case studies of small houses efficiently designed to maximize their limited space, with thorough information on every aspect of the design process from the ground up. There is in-depth technical commentary on each project contributed by the architects themselves, including Ban, Siza, Gray Organschi, Godsell, MVRDV, and Souto de Moura.

Download or read book Innovative policies for Alpine towns Alpine space small local urban centres innovative pack written by David Bole and published by Založba ZRC. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knjiga Inovativne politike za alpska mesta predstavlja rezultate projekta CAPACities, v katerem smo preučevali vlogo mest v alpskem svetu. Pri tem smo se osredotočili na definicijo malih alpskih mest, njihovo vpetost v policentrični razvojni koncept, bistveni poudarek pa je bil na njihovi konkurenčnosti in privlačnosti. Teoretske podlage smo nadgradili z analizo razpoložljivih podatkov, še pomembnejše pa so bile aktivnosti v pilotnih območjih, s katerimi smo skušali ugotovitve prenašati v prakso. Predstavljene specifike pilotnih območij in tam izvedene aktivnosti so nam bile v pomoč pri izdelavi smernic in orodij za spodbujanje razvoja malih alpskih mest.

Download or read book Architect written by Paulhans Peters and published by Axel Menges. This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text in English and German. Franz Riepl is the outstanding exponent of the architecture now called 'the other architecture'. Housing was the dominant architectural theme of his entire working life. Riepl has always gone his own way, not attaching himself to the general trends of the day or to ideologies. Instead, his housing is distinguished by its humane form, and outstanding suitability for normal daily life inside it: calm, without exclamation marks so to speak. It is part of that other Modernism, which is austere but comprehensible without being populist. This also includes the disciplined building details, in many cases improved industrial products. The characteristics of Riepl's buildings are durability, flexibility, sustainability and reticence. The book also intends to show that they do not become obsolete in terms of use, nor do they become old-fashioned. At the same time, lively respect has to be paid to Riepl's buildings because of their surroundings. A second area of his work is building in the country. His buildings there show up-to-date, hence topical handwriting, fulfilling today's functions and fitting in with village and landscape without borrowing from folklore, local styles or even modernisms. All of them suggest and indicate that the country is an important space for current building as well.

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Download or read book Thinking Color in Space written by Kerstin Schultz and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interaction between color and architecture determines our perception of space, and defines the tectonic relationships. The fascinating spatial potential of color, and the multi-layered dimensions of interpretation in the experience of color are design and communication means which, however, are often not fully used – color oscillates between autonomy and functional purpose, and should be understood as a distinct "material" that can be used as part of the design. The book focuses both on the tangible aspects and design criteria of color, and on its indeterminate nature and its experience value. Using examples in art and architecture, the spatial interdependency of color is illustrated, as is its interaction with structure, light, and geometry.

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Download or read book Switzerland written by Maya Huber and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2001 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By no means exhaustive, this guide to Swiss contemporary architecture offers the reader a glimpse of some especially innovative designs throughout the Helvetian Confederation. The examples depicted are set in stunning Swiss landscapes.

Download or read book New Concepts in Housing written by Jacobo Krauel and published by Links International. This book was released on 2005 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With in-diep technical explanations, 51 cutting-edge programs and over 1500 glossy color photographs, this collection is as attractive as it is informative. Each proposal is accompanied by a comprehensive analysis (contributed directly by designing architects themselves, Tadao Ando, MVRD, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Vincent van Duysen...) of each phase in the design and building processes, as well as the original ground plans and sketches. All projects are completed with a breakdown of materials and techniques employed, making this an absolutely necessary work for all professionals in the fields of design and arqchitecture.