Download or read book Luca Selva Architects written by Christoph Wieser and published by Park Publishing (WI). This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luca Selva, born 1962, graduated in architecture from ETH Zurich, where he also worked as a research and teaching assistant before establishing his own studio in Basel in 1991. Single family houses have been among Selva s chief interests from the beginning as means for research on questions of space, typology, design, and architectural phenomenology in general. Specific topics and problems are investigated for the first time with this type of building, and solutions found are picked-up again and developed further in other projects of varied kind and dimension. Since 1991 Luca Selva Architects have realized a range of highly interesting projects, including semi-detached double-family homes, a house for an art collector, a house with artist s studio, or a multi-generation home. The new book presents comprehensively and compares a large selection of these buildings. They are documented with images, floor and site plans, sections, and elevations. The essays look at the single family home as an architectural task and discuss questions of design in the context of historical and contemporary positions. "
Download or read book Regarding Space and Spaces written by Luca Selva and published by Park Publishing (WI). This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The architectural principle of the cellular compartment floor plan is as simple as it is economical, yet it allows for spatial and combinable freedom that can be interpreted in ever-new and ever-different ways. The resulting self-contained units or spatial sequences are suited for residential purposes as much as for office buildings, museums, or schools, with the floor plans providing highly dynamic and surprising traffic patterns and views. The cellular compartment floor plan is the generating principle in many buildings, projects, and competition entries by the renowned Basel-based Luca Selva Architects, who have been continually developing this typology in their practice, modifying it and adapting it for new applications in different projects. The cellular compartment floor plan is therefore the ideal focus of this new book on the work of the prolific firm. Numerous plans and photographs are supplemented with a theoretical essay by Christoph Wieser and a conversation between Luca Selva and Patrick Gmür. Shedding light for the first time on this surprisingly sparsely researched topic, this comprehensive book will have significance for the discourse reaching well beyond the exemplary designs by Luca Selva Architects.
Download or read book Luca Selva Architekten written by Luca Selva Architekten and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Luca Selva Architekten written by Heinz Wirz and published by Quart Architektur. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reichtum und Originalität des Raumes, der Materialien und der Formen sind bis heute Leitthemen des Basler Architektenteams um Luca Selva. Sie begegnen uns bei verschiedenen Wohnanlagen rund um Basel. Alle sind mit einem aussergewöhnlichen experimentellen Impetus und einem Reichtum des Raumes entworfen und resultieren so in Klarheit und Grundsätzlichkeit. (Quelle: quart.ch).
Download or read book ETH Zurich LEE Building written by Christoph Wieser and published by Park Publishing (WI). This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ETH Zurich s new building LEE is an extraordinary project from both an architectural and urban planning perspective. Located on a slope above the heart of town, it sits very prominently close to the historic main buildings of ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich that form the crown of the town . In terms of construction, Zurich-based architect Fawad Kazi has been breaking new ground. Accordingly, this new monograph is structured in three sections focusing on these three aspects: integration into urban context, construction and materialization of the precast concrete structure, and a comprehensive documentation of the entire building with images and plans. Thematic essays look at specific aspects of the project. Contributions by the architect, the engineers, and by their client round out the book, which offers a comprehensive insight into the creation of a building appearing at once plain and highly complex. "
Download or read book Building Globalization written by Xuefei Ren and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork, historical research, and network analysis, Building Globalization closely scrutinizes the growing phenomenon of transnational architecture and its profound effect on the development of urban space. Roaming from construction sites in Shanghai to architects’ offices in Paris, Xuefei Ren interviews hundreds of architects, developers, politicians, residents, and activists to explore this issue. She finds that in the rapidly transforming cities of modern China, iconic designs from prestigious international architects help private developers to distinguish their projects, government officials to advance their careers, and the Chinese state to announce the arrival of modern China on the world stage. China leads the way in the globalization of architecture, a process whose ramifications can be felt from Beijing to Dubai to Basel. Connecting the dots between real estate speculation, megaproject construction, residential displacement, historical preservation, housing rights, and urban activism, Building Globalization reveals the contradictions and consequences of this new, global urban frontier.
Download or read book Inside written by Sibylle Kramer and published by Braun Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary interior design is largely defined by the creation of diverse spaces that can be experienced with all of the senses. One aspect in this regard is the original use of materials. This also serves as the conceptual base of the two complementary volumes Inside that are part of the series Architecture in Focus. The two books show how varied, and sometimes quite unusual, the range of applications and combination is, done by wellknown and (still) unknown architects, designers and artists. Inside can be used as a real reference guide and a source of ideas: because materiality is the guiding principle of this book, every picture has captions with a detailed listing of the applied materials and design elements. While the sixty projects of this title are all made from the softer, diaphanous materials colour, fabric, glass and light the complementary volume Inside. Interiors of Concrete Stone Wood is devoted to the more classical and durable materials.
Download or read book Luca Meda Architecture design drawings Ediz illustrata written by Luca Meda and published by Silvana Editoriale. This book was released on 2021 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luca Meda was a leading name in industrial design and Italian architecture between the 1960s and 1990s. By mixing vibrant objects with melancholy architecture, domestic landscapes with urban interiors, he was able to leap over the barriers between art, industrial design and architecture. A wise designer and an inventor-artist, he managed to prolifically intertwine the world of industrial production with the world of figurative art. His designs sublimely illustrate the close bond that the corporate culture has formed with the inventive force of its craftsmen, its architects, its artists.0This volume is the first monographic publication dedicated to him. It offers, for the first time, in fact, a critical analysis that delves into all the various aspects of his work, an accurate biography and a complete annotated catalogue of his works.0.
Download or read book A U architecture and urbanism written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Architectural Publications Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hand List of Books on Architects in the Reference Department William Brown Street written by Liverpool (England). Public Libraries, Museums, and Art Gallery and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bruno Zevi on Modern Architecture written by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Venetian Vernacular Architecture written by Richard J. Goy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an introduction to the vernacular (or "minor") architecture of the villages of the Venetian lagoon, excluding the historic centre of the city itself. It is intended as a companion volume to Dr Goy's "Chioggia and the Villages of the Venetian Lagoon".
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture written by James Stevens Curl and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present day. It also includes concise biographies of hundreds of architects from history (excluding living persons), from Sir Francis Bacon and Imhotep to Liang Ssu-ch'eng and Francis Inigo Thomas. The text is complemented by over 260 beautiful and meticulous line drawings, labelled cross-sections, and diagrams. These include precise drawings of typical building features, making it easy for readers to identify particular period styles. This third edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture has been extensively revised and expanded, with over 900 new entries including hundreds of definitions of garden and landscape terms such as Baroque garden, floral clock, hortus conclusus, and Zen garden-design. Each entry is followed by a mini-bibliography, with suggestions for further reading. The full bibliography to the first edition (previously only available online) has also been fully updated and expanded, and incorporated into this new edition. This is an essential work of reference for anyone with an interest in architectural and garden history. With clear descriptions providing in-depth analysis, it is invaluable for students, professional architects, art historians, and anyone interested in architecture and garden design, and provides a fascinating wealth of information for the general reader.
Download or read book A m s t written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Architecture of Modern Italy written by Terry Kirk and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2005-06-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Modern Italy”may sound like an oxymoron. For Western civilization,Italian culture represents the classical past and the continuity of canonical tradition,while modernity is understood in contrary terms of rupture and rapid innovation. Charting the evolution of a culture renowned for its historical past into the 10 modern era challenges our understanding of both the resilience of tradition and the elasticity of modernity. We have a tendency when imagining Italy to look to a rather distant and definitely premodern setting. The ancient forum, medieval cloisters,baroque piazzas,and papal palaces constitute our ideal itinerary of Italian civilization. The Campo of Siena,Saint Peter’s,all of Venice and San Gimignano satisfy us with their seemingly unbroken panoramas onto historical moments untouched by time;but elsewhere modern intrusions alter and obstruct the view to the landscapes of our expectations. As seasonal tourist or seasoned historian,we edit the encroachments time and change have wrought on our image of Italy. The learning of history is always a complex task,one that in the Italian environment is complicated by the changes wrought everywhere over the past 250 years. Culture on the peninsula continues to evolve with characteristic vibrancy. Italy is not a museum. To think of it as such—as a disorganized yet phenomenally rich museum unchanging in its exhibits—is to misunderstand the nature of the Italian cultural condition and the writing of history itself.
