Download or read book Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects written by and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, founded in 1987 in Toronto, is one of most innovative architectural offi ces in North America today. They have made a name for themselves both for their integrated design process embodying collaboration with experts, clients and future users as well as the diversity of their aesthetically refined and finely detailed designs. The work ranges from cultural institutions such as the Toronto International Film Festival and Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis to ecologically innovative concepts such as Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg, developed with leading climate engineers Transsolar of Stuttgart. A respectful approach toward the integration of heritage buildings is also a characteristic feature, illustrated by the designs for the Royal Conservatory and the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. Finally, educational and research facilities are also a strong focus in KPMB’s work exemplified by the Centre for Innovation and Governance Campus in Waterloo, Ontario, and the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in Toronto, as well as future projects for the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and Princeton University in the United States.
Download or read book The Architecture of Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg written by Phyllis Lambert and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, founded in 1987 in Toronto, has risen to become one of the most prominent architectural offices in Canada, where they have realised numerous projects including the Kitchener City Hall (1990), Queen's University Library in Kingston, Kanada (1992-1995) and the Hilton Hotel Toronto (2000). In addition, they have built up a reputation in the fields of interior and retail design, and the creation of upmarket single-family furnished housing. In Europe KPMB have made their mark with Zurich airport's Star Alliance Lounge and the new Canadian embassy in Berlin, scheduled for completion towards the end of 2004. This monograph presents 20 of their recent and current projects.
Download or read book Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects written by Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects and published by . This book was released on 2004* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Kitchener City Hall Competition written by Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Architects for the New Millennium written by and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of architecture from around the world profiling todays leading firms. The top one hundred firms.
Download or read book KPMB written by and published by . This book was released on 2011* with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Competing for Excellence in Architecture written by Jean-Pierre Chupin and published by Potential Architecture Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travel guide for those in search of architectural quality, this book can be browsed in many ways. Written in a clear and concise manner by about thirty authors, it features a collection of editorials from the Canadian Competitions Catalogue (CCC), a large online digital archive open to the public since 2006. The editorials explore more than sixty Canadian architecture competitions held in the last seventy years. Especially in recent years, both public and private institutions have organized competitions across Canada, producing hundreds of architectural, urban planning, and landscape design projects. Together these proposals, most of which remain unbuilt, constitute a fantastic treasure in our tangible and intangible common heritage. Given that competition organizers, designers, juries, and critics never operate alone, there is no doubt whatsoever that this book results from the collaboration of a myriad of people, contributing to and competing for excellence in architecture. Includes 497 illustrations and analytical tables.
Download or read book Integrated Design in Contemporary Architecture written by Kiel Moe and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author takes a comprehensive look at projects that exemplify approaches to this field. From museums to residences, from office buildings to universities and yoga centers, this book showcases 28 examples of integrated design that cut across building types, budgets, climates, and locales.
Download or read book Architecture For Science written by Michael J. Crosbie and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features facilities for ersearch and education in medicine, marine biology, biochemistry, physics, general science and technology and others.
Download or read book Almanac of Architecture Design 2006 written by James P. Cramer and published by Greenway Communications. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Innovations in Behavioural Health Architecture written by Stephen Verderber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***WINNER OF A NAUTILUS 2018 SILVER MEDAL BOOK AWARD*** Innovations in Behavioural Health Architecture is the most comprehensive book written on this topic in more than 40 years. It examines the ways in which healthcare architecture can contribute, as a highly valued informational and reference source, to the provision of psychiatric and addictive disorder treatment in communities around the world. It provides an overview of the need for a new generation of progressively planned and designed treatment centres – both inpatient and outpatient care environments – and the advantages, challenges, and opportunities associated with meeting the burgeoning need for treatment settings of this type. Additional chapters address the specifics of geriatric psychiatry and its architectural ramifications in light of the rapid aging of societies globally and provide a comprehensive compendium of planning and design considerations for these places in both inpatient and outpatient care contexts. Finally, the book presents an expansive and fully illustrated set of international case studies that express state-of-the-art advancements in architecture for behavioural healthcare.
Download or read book A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto written by Margaret and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto provides a comprehensive look at the resurgence of city-building in Toronto over the past 20 years. Each project is featured on a two-page spread with a concise descriptive text, project information, photographs, and drawings. The projects are organized by neighborhood and allow the reader to take a self-guided tour. Maps at the introduction of each neighborhood provide context, and an index provides easy referencing of projects throughout.
Download or read book Canadian Modern Architecture written by Elsa Lam and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) President's Medal Award (multi-media representation of architecture). Canada's most distinguished architectural critics and scholars offer fresh insights into the country's unique modern and contemporary architecture. Beginning with the nation's centennial and Expo 67 in Montreal, this fifty-year retrospective covers the defining of national institutions and movements: • How Canadian architects interpreted major external trends • Regional and indigenous architectural tendencies • The influence of architects in Canada's three largest cities: Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver Co-published with Canadian Architect, this comprehensive reference book is extensively illustrated and includes fifteen specially commissioned essays.
Download or read book University of Toronto An Architectural Tour The Campus Guide 2nd Edition written by Larry Wayne Richards and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: University of Toronto: The Campus Guide, second edition, portrays the dramatic growth and development of Canada's largest university while it showcases some of the finest architecture and landscapes in eleven curated walking tours. Founded in 1850 and built in a pastoral setting outside the city limits, the renowned university now has more than 90,000 students at three distinguished campuses: the downtown Toronto St. George campus, the University of Toronto Mississauga, and the University of Toronto Scarborough. Extraordinary new photographs and beautifully illustrated maps bring to life the university's historical evolution, from the nineteenth century to the present. University of Toronto is the newest addition in the acclaimed Campus Guide series of leading colleges and universities in North America.
Download or read book Toronto Architecture written by Patricia McHugh and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toronto has been hailed as “a city in the making” and “the city that works.” It’s an ongoing project: in recent years Canada’s largest city has experienced transformative, exciting change. But just what does contemporary Toronto look like? This authoritative architectural guide, newly updated and expanded, leads readers on 26 walking tours—revealing the evolution of the place from a quiet Georgian town to a dynamic global city. More than 1,000 designs are featured: from modest Victorian houses to shimmering downtown towers and cultural landmarks. Over 300 photographs, 29 maps, a description of architectural styles, a glossary of architectural terms, and indexes of architects and buildings pilot readers through Toronto’s diverse cityscape. New sections illustrate the swiftly changing face of Toronto’s waterfront and design highlights across the region. Originally written by architectural journalist Patricia McHugh and enhanced with new material and insights by Globe and Mail architecture critic Alex Bozikovic, this definitive guide offers a revealing exploration of Toronto’s past and future, for the city’s visitors and locals alike.
