Thứ Hai, 31 tháng 8, 2009

Eben Interiors - 06/2008


Eben Interiors - June 2008

EBEN Interiors is magazine of decoration, interior and decorative arts, written nowadays. Contemporary design, reports of housing, latest news... with precision and professionalism.

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Eben Interiors - 09/2008


Eben Interiors - September 2008
EBEN Interiors is magazine of decoration, interior and decorative arts, written nowadays. Contemporary design, reports of housing, latest news... with precision and professionalism.

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Chủ Nhật, 30 tháng 8, 2009

Architectural Record - 09/2009



Architectural Record September 2009
Interiors: Explorations in Space
    Features
  • On Display
    • Stunning new galleries update interiors for the museum world's old guard
    Building Types Study
  • Record Interiors 2009
  • Museum of Design and Fashion, Lisbon
    • Ricardo Carvalho + Joana Vilhena Arquitectos
  • Performance Capture Studio, California
    • Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects/Kanner Architects
  • Derek Lam, New York City
    • SANNA
  • The Energy Foundation, California
    • TannerHecht Architecture
  • Pio Pio, New York City
    • Sebastian Mariscal Studio
  • Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at Caltech, California
    • John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
    Architectural Technology
  • When the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts
    • CNC-milled components bring ceilings and walls to life.
Kitchen & Bath Portfolios
  • House on Lake Okoboji, Iowa
      • Min/Day
  • Casa Y, Mexico
      • Anonimous-LED
  • Hoover House, Arizona
      • Merz project
  • Cold Spring Residence, New York
      • Mowery Marsh Architect
  • Aspen Residence, Colorado
      • Reno Smith Architects
  • Santa Ynez Residence, California
      • Frederick Fisher and Parnters
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    Architectural Record - 06/2008

    ArchRecord2008-06
    Architectural Record June 2008
    Building Texture: Herzog & De Meuron, Gwathmey, Richard + Bauer, Endo
      Features
    • Tales of Turning the Corner
      • How small design offices make the leap to larger-or different-work.
      Projects
    • Glenstone residence and art museum, Maryland
      • Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
      • Designing a private compound with a preeminent art collection.
    • Arabian Public Library, Arizona
      • Richard+Bauer
      • A canyonlike building emerges among its bland exurban neighbors.
    • Miki Disaster Management Park Beans Dome, Japan
      • Shuhei Endo Architect Institute
      • A convex emergency center-cum-tennis arena rises from the earth.
    • CaixaForum, Spain
      • Herzog & de Meuron
      • Transforming an abandoned power station into a vibrant cultural center.
      Building Types Study
    • Introduction: Urban Multifamily Housing
    • The Union, California
      • Jonathan Segal, FAIA
    • PRD845, Arizona
      • Studio Ma
    • Switch Building, New York
      • nArchitects
    • One Hancock Square, Pennsylvania
      • Erdy McHenry Architecture
      Architectural Technology
    • A Sleek Skyscraper in San Francisco Raises the Profile of Performance-Based Design
      • Demonstrating the benefits of a nonprescriptive approach.
    Interiors
    • The Heckscher Foundation for Children
      • Christoff: Finio Architecture
    • Park Avenue Restaurant
      • AvroKO
    • NYU Department of Philosophy
      • Steven Holl Architects
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    Thứ Bảy, 29 tháng 8, 2009

    Architectural Record - 05/2008

    ArchRecord2008-05
    Architectural Record May 2008
    AIA Honor Awards
      Features
    • New Establishment Meets the Next Wave
      • Boston's young and mid-career practices show there's life beyond brick.
    • AIA Awards Introduction
    • Gold Medal Award
      • Renzo Piano: From architectural rebel to cultural establishment go-to man.
    • Architecture Awards
      • Honoring 13 distinct projects, from a sculpture park to an observatory.
    • Interior Awards
      • Vastly different programs result in a variety of innovative solutions.
    • Urban Design Awards
      • From Nebraska to New York, environmental concerns drive design choices.
    • 25 Year Award
      • Richard Meier's Atheneum still stands strong and proud in the landscape.
    • Firm of the Year Award
      • KieranTimberlake?s research-based culture puts the firm in the spotlight.
      Projects
    • Nordpark Cable Railway, Austria
      • Zaha Hadid Architects
      • Four sinuous funicular stations melt into their Tyrolean environment.
    • Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Illinois
      • Kruek and Sexton Architects
      • Bringing Chicago?s downtown street wall into the 21st century.
    • Nicolas G. Hayek Center, Japan
      • Shigeru Ban Architects
      • Like clockwork: The moving pieces of Tokyo?s Swatch building.
    • Agora Theater, the Netherlands
      • UNStudio
      • An auditorium complex shocks with crystalline forms cloaked in fiery hues.
      Building Types Study
    • Introduction: Structures for Cars
    • Citroen C42, France
      • Manuelle Gautrand Architects
      • A legendary carmaker gussies up its image on the Champs Elysees.
    • Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure, California
      • Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
      • Color and character enliven a neighborhood and a mundane building type.
    • Parkit here, Tennessee
      • Archimania
      • Energizing an airport parking lot with simple materials and a tight budget.
      Architectural Technology
    • Let the (Indirect) Sun Shine In
      • A collaborative design process and an in-depth analysis produce daylighting systems for two expanding art museums.
      Lighting
    • 19h04, Centre de Creation Contemporaine
      • PCA Architecture
    • AGC Training Center
      • Takenaka Corporation
    • Homo Lumens
      • Sugar, Benczur, Kara
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    Thứ Sáu, 28 tháng 8, 2009

    Architectural Record - 04/2008

    ArchRecord2008-04
    Architectural Record April 2008
    Record Houses 2008
      Features
    • True Green
      • Taking cues from counterculture architecture of the 1960s and '70s.
      Projects
    • Record Houses 2008
    • Glenburn House, Australia
      • Sean Godsell Architects
      • Like a ship, a rust-red steel box slices through swell of earth
    • Wall House, Chile
    • FAR frohn & rojas
      • From rough core to fine shroud, four sets of walls enclose a house.
    • Palmyra House, India
      • Studio Mumbai
      • Local resources and labor combine to make a sublime abode.
    • Nora House, Japan
      • Atelier Bow-Wow
      • Drawing on tradition to find a suburban housing solution.
    • Maltman Bungalows, California
      • Drisko Studio Architects
      • Reviving the timeworn ?bungalow court? for the 21st century.
    • H16 House, Germany
      • Werner Sobek Engineering and Design
      • A Minimalist house carries forward a Modernist legacy.
    • VH R-10 gHouse, Massachusetts
      • Darren Petrucci Architect
      • A ?big little? residence redefines vacation guesthouse living.
    • Rolling Huts, Washington
      • Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
      • A colony of wheeled shelters dot the landscape like prehistoric RVs
    • Dairy House, England
      • Skene Catling de la Pena
      • A renovation and extension bring new life to an old cheese factory.
    Architectural Technology
    • Rapidly Renewable Materials? Complex Calculus
      • The involved process of evaluating alternative building products
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    Landscape Architecture - September 2009


    Landscape Architecture - September 2009 | English

    Landscape Architecture
    - the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects provides timely information on built landscapes and new techniques for ecologically sensitive planning and design.

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    Eben Interiors - March 2009


    Eben Interiors - March 2009 (Spanish)
    EBEN Interiors is magazine of decoration, interior and decorative arts, written nowadays. Contemporary design, reports of housing, latest news... with precision and professionalism.
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    Surface Architecture Summary



    Surface Architecture Summary By David Leatherbarrow, Mohsen Mostafavi
    Publisher: The MIT Press 2002-08-15 ISBN: 0262134071

    Visually, many contemporary buildings either reflect their systems of production or recollect earlier styles and motifs. This division between production and representation is in some ways an extension of that between modernity and tradition. In this book David Leatherbarrow and Mohsen Mostafavi explore ways that design can take advantage of production methods such that architecture is neither independent of nor dominated by technology. Leatherbarrow and Mostafavi begin with the theoretical and practical isolation of the building surface as the subject of architectural design. The autonomy of the surface, the "free facade," presumes a distinction between the structural and nonstructural elements of the building, between the frame and the cladding. Once the skin of the building became independent of its structure, it could just as well hang like a curtain, or like clothing. The focus of the relationship between structure and skin is the architectural surface. In tracing the handling of this surface, the authors examine both contemporary buildings and those of the recent past. Architects discussed include Albert Kahn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Alison and Peter Smithson, Alejandro de la Sota, Robert Venturi, Jacques Herzog, and Pierre de Meuron. The properties of a building’s surface--whether it is made of concrete, metal, glass, or other materials--are not merely superficial; they construct the spatial effects by which architecture communicates. Through its surfaces a building declares both its autonomy and its participation in its surroundings.

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    Emerald Architecture: Case Studies in Green Building



    Emerald Architecture: Case Studies in Green Building (GreenSource Books) Summary By Greensource
    Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional 2008-04-21

    Improve Your Green Design Skills with 24 Full-Color Case Studies of Sustainable Structures and Facilities!

    Turn to Emerald Architecture for a full-color collection of 24 in-depth case studies of sustainable structures and facilities.

    Packed with more than 200 design-inspiring photos and illustrations, this beautiful architectural guide presents design data and specifications from a wide variety of projects, including schools, offices, labs, libraries, government buildings, and even a summer camp.

    For each case study, the book gives a description of the building, how it works, and how successful it has been. In addition, each case study includes architectural details, elevations, and floor plans…photos and illustrations…site plans…product sources and credits…key building parameters…charts for tracking climate and rainfall…and LEED scores and ratings.

    Written by the experts at GreenSource Magazine, Emerald Architecture provides:

    * A one-stop source for green architectural data and design inspiration
    * 24 in-depth case studies of sustainable structures
    * More than 200 beautiful photos and illustrations
    * Details, plans, charts, diagrams, and elevations
    * Key parameters, such as location, square footage, cost, carbon footprint, and energy use
    * Charts for tracking climate and rainfall to forecast energy needs
    * Source and product information to maximize research and planning

    A vital tool for everyone who wants to capitalize on the latest advances in sustainable design and construction, Emerald Architecture presents an abundance of “hard” information on the planning, design, and methods for green structures.

    The sustainability movement in architecture is gaining tremendous momentum every year, especially now that buildings can be rated with LEED and their operations tracked for effectiveness. However, the building industry is still in need of “hard” information about the planning, design, products, and methods for sustainable structures.

    In order to help meet this crucial need, Emerald Architecture offers you a full-color collection of 24 in-depth case studies of green buildings that are as attractive as they are sustainable.

    Using more than 200 beautiful photos and illustrations, this timely architectural guide presents design data and specifications from a wide variety of projects, including schools, offices, labs, libraries, multifamily housing, and government buildings.

    For each of the cutting-edge projects included, Emerald Architecture provides a lucid description of the building itself…how it works…and an evaluation of how successful it has been.

    Written by the experts at GreenSource Magazine, this invaluable design tool features the following information for each of the 24 case studies of successful sustainable structures and facilities:

    * Comprehensive architectural details, elevations, and floor and site plans
    * Numerous full-color photos and illustrations of the project
    * Carbon footprint and energy use
    * Accurate product sources and credits to aid in research and planning
    * Key parameters, such as location, square footage, and cost
    * Handy charts for tracking climate and rainfall to understand energy use
    * LEED scores and ratings

    In addition, this all-in-one green resource contains a comprehensive introduction to concepts of sustainable design…time- and money-saving material on new building technology…the international aspects of sustainable design and construction…innovative new green products…and many forward-looking design ideas and techniques that are currently being used to enhance the beauty, viability, and management of sustainable structures and facilities.

    An essential, skills-building reference, Emerald Architecture presents a state-of-the-art compendium of “hard” information on the planning, design, and methods for green structures and facilities.

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    Thứ Năm, 27 tháng 8, 2009

    Architectural Record 03/2008

    ArchRecord2008-03

    Architectural Record March 2008
    Coop Himmelblau Defies the Sky at BMW
      Projects
    • Museums after Bilbao
      • Small cities design museums to put themselves on the cultural map.
      • Small cities design museums to put themselves on the cultural map.Coop Himmelblau
      • An exuberant ode to car culture packs a massive punch.
    • National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum, Washington D.C
      • Foster+Partners
      • A canopy shrouds the courtyard, creating a striking new space.
    • Phoenix Art Museum Expansion, Arizona
      • Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
      • Like the city around it, a museum continues its rapid growth.
    • Normandy American Visitor Center, France
      • Smith Group
      • Far above Omaha Beach, a new building honors those who died.
    • Prado Museum Expansion, Spain
      • Jose Rafael Moneo, Arquitecto
      • A landmark receives a contemporary but respectful intervention
    • Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado
      • Adjaye Associates
      • Adjaye eschews icon making for his first public U.S. commission
    • New Museum, New York City
      • SANAA
      • An off-kilter beacon rises for an anti-establishment institution.
      Architectural Technology
    • Learning to live on Alternative Energy
      • Three projects integrate renewable-energy strategies.
    • Mutsuro Sasaki
      • The Japanese structural engineer discusses the evolution of his work.
      Interiors
    • BMW Welt restaurants
      • FG Stijl
    • Patent Office Building
      • Hartman-Cox Architects
    • Arario Gallery New York
      • Adjaye Associates
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    Eben Interiors 12/2008

    Eben Interiors - December 2008

    EBEN Interiors is magazine of decoration, interior and decorative arts, written nowadays. Contemporary design, reports of housing, latest news... with precision and professionalism.

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    Thứ Tư, 26 tháng 8, 2009

    Dwell - October 2009

    Dwell - October 2009
    Dwell is the unique modern architecture and design magazine for people who believe that good design is an integral part of real life.

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    Architectural Record 02/2008


    Architectural Record February 2008
    America: 2008 New York Times Headquarters
      Projects
    • American Architecture Today
      • Six critics weigh in on the state of the nation?s architecture.
    • The New York Times Building, New York City
      • Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE
      • The Gray Lady makes her mark on the New York skyline.
    • Liberty Memorial/National World War I Museum, Missouri
      • ASAI Architecture
      • A memorial is revived and a new museum is carved out beneath it.
    • The Gary Comer Youth Center, Chicago
      • John Ronan Architects
      • An architect helps bring optimism to the city?s tough south side.
    • Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine
      • Machado and Silvetti Associate
      • With an addition, a dialectic is established between new and old.
    • Friends Meetinghouse, Texas
      • Lake/Flato Architects
      • A design reflects the quiet and humility of the Quaker community.
    • Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Wyoming
      • Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
      • The Grand Tetons serve as a muse for a new visitor center.
    • Hodgdon Powder Company, Kansas
      • El dorado Architects
      • Quonset hut with a twist: offices settle into a time-honored structure.
      Building Types Study
    • Introduction: Libraries
    • Hercules Public Library, California
      • HGA Architects and Engineers in association with Will Bruder + Partners
    • Mulberry Street Branch, New York City
      • Rogers Marvel Architects
    • Cesar Chavez Library, Arizona
      • Line and Space
      Architectural Technology
    • Looking Back and Moving Forward
      • Postoccupancy evaluations help point the way to better buildings.
      Lighting
    • National Museum of Singapore
      • W Architects; Lighting Planners Associates
    • National Museum of Singapore collection
      • Lightemotion; GSM Design
    • Hiroshi Sugimoto
      • Mark Cavagnero Associates
    • Take Your Time
      • Olafur Eliasson
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    Thứ Ba, 25 tháng 8, 2009

    Architectural Record 01/2008


    Architectural Record January 2008
    Peter Zumthor Melds Modernity with History
      Features
    • Power Player: The Many Lives of Bill Lacy
      • A career bridges practice, academia, politics, philanthropy, and art.
      Projects
    • Kolumba Art Museum Cologne, Germany
      • Atelier Zumthor
      • A sublime building harmonizes with a collection of religious art.
    • Profile: Peter Zumthor
    • Tama Art University Library, Japan
      • Toyo Ito & Associates
      • Inspired by caves, a library showcases a new use of the age-old arch.
    • Profile: Toyo Ito
    • Museo del Acero Horno 3, Mexico
      • Grimshaw Architects
      • A new steel museum is forged from a historic blast furnance.
    • Profile: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
      Building Types Study
    • Introduction: Performing Arts
    • Tempe Arts Center, Arizona
      • Barton Myers Associates in association with Architekton
    • '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Massachusetts
      • William Rawn Associates
    • Zenith Concert Hall, France
      • Bernard Tschumi Architects
      Architectural Technology
    • Architecture, Hot and Cold
      • The CH2 building, Australia?s poster child for sustainable design.
      Residential
    • Salt Point House
      • Thomas Phifer and Partners
    • Strickland-Ferris Residence
      • Frank Harmon Architect
    • Keel Cabin
      • Salmela Architect
    • Shack at Hinkle Farm
      • Broadhurst Architects
    • House at the Shawangunks
      • Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
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    Thứ Hai, 24 tháng 8, 2009

    Garden Design - 09.10/2009


    Garden Design - September/October 2009
    English
    Garden Design - design-conscious readers serious & passionate for the beauty of gardening.

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    Architectural Lighting - January 2008

    Architectural Lighting (January 2008)

    Chủ Nhật, 23 tháng 8, 2009

    Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the Tropics


    Zbigniew Bromberek PhD MArch MBA, "Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the Tropics"
    Architectural Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0750657936 |

    Eco-Resorts is the first design guide for low-impact, environmentally friendly tourist resorts in the tropics. The book is the first to offer architects practical, detailed guidance in developing resort buildings that work with a tropical climate and meet the needs and expectations of the client and building inhabitants.

    The book includes both architectural design and material solutions, supported by theoretical principles, to present a sustainable approach to resort design. It shows how tropical resort buildings do not necessarily require high energy input, in compliance with green building standards. Case studies show how principles of sustainable design have been successfully applied in tropical environments.

    * Case studies from the US, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia illustrate international and relevant best practice in resort design
    * Gives practical guidance on all aspects of designing a low impact tourist resort, with particular focus on climatic issues
    * Author offers industry insider knowledge, due to his many years' relevant experience in architectural practice designing sustainable resorts for the tropical climates

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    Thứ Tư, 19 tháng 8, 2009

    Southern California - Spaces 2009 - July, August


    Southern California Spaces 2009 - July, August

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    Step-by-step Landscaping



    Step-by-step Landscaping
    Better Homes and Gardens; 2 edition | ISBN: 0696230828 | 2007 |

    Packed with 408 pages of all-new material from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens® books, this complete landscaping guide has everything you need to know transform your yard. More than 700 stunning photographs and 100 complete step-by-step projects show you how to improve grading, plant successfully, build a deck, and much more. Plus an all-new plant encyclopedia with 95 plant photos! It’s everything you need to know to improve your view.

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    The Essential Building Product Review - Autumn 2007


    The Essential Building Product Review - Autumn 2007
    English

    The Essential Building Product Review - Online version for building specifiers, contractors and building managers across the private and public sector.

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    Thứ Ba, 18 tháng 8, 2009

    Gardens on the roofs


    AN Titov, "Gardens on the roofs"
    Olma-Press ISBN: 5948460495 2003
    | PDF | 25 mb | 112 pages | Russia
    The book is devoted to the problem of improving the ecological situation in the modern city through the use of empty surfaces of buildings (roofs and terraces), as well as pedestrian trestles over the transport routes and other artificial reasons for placement of landscape architecture. Includes historical sketch of the evolution of hanging gardens from antiquity to the present day and an overview of the most significant contemporary gardens on the roofs around the world, as well as recent achievements in constructive dealing with such objects.

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    Richard Meier (Philip Jodidio)


    Philip Jodidio, "Richard Meier"
    Taschen ISBN: 3822892564 November 1996
    | PDF | 265 Pages | 58 Mb

    This new title in the Modern Masters series is dedicated to the distinguished American architect, and includes an introductory essay by Kenneth Frampton, one of the most prestigious names in the field of architecture history. This complete monograph presents 89 of Meier's buildings, documenting the principal stages of Meier's career in chronological order, from his early private homes and residential buildings - such as the two large complexes of Twin Parks, Bronx, New York, and the Bronx Development Center - to recent major projects in the United States and in several European countries, including Italy. Among the well-known works in this volume are the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, and the church of Dives in Misericordia, Rome. In the early 1970s, Meier was one of the "New York Five," an informal group of East Coast architects who shared a preference for new and original contributions to the modern tradition and shaped an alternative to the "gray" architecture that dominated highrise East Coast buildings at the time.

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    Architecture Now! Vol.3


    Architecture Now! Vol.3 (English/French/German Edition) by Philip Jodidio
    Taschen ISBN: 3822829358 11-2004 |447 pages | PDF RAR |156 MB

    The pulse of architecture in the world today As always, TASCHEN is doing its best to keep up with the fast paced world of architecture by continually producing guides to the world's best designers and projects. For the third volume of our Architecture Now! series, we've included many new and exciting names as well as recent projects by perennial favorites. Illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.

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    Valode & Pistre Architects


    Philip Jodidio, "Valode & Pistre Architects"

    Birkhäuser Basel 2006 ISBN: 3764372001 | PDF | 240 pages | 43 MB

    The firm of Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, which has been practicing for 25 years, entered upon a new phase of its career in 1992, when the architects — in cooperation with the landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson — received the Equerre d’argent prize of the journal Le Moniteur for the L’Oréal corporate headquarters outside Paris. Their predominantly large-scale projects are distinguished by their high degree of diversity. For some years, Valode & Pistre have not only been practicing in France, their native country, but also maintain offices in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Mexico, China, and elsewhere.

    This book contains detailed presentations of 18 projects by Valode & Pistre, with documentation focusing on the specific working and design methods of the architects. Projects presented include the Renault Technocentre in Guyancourt, France; the Las Mercedes business park in Madrid, Spain; a group of office and hotel towers in Beijing, China; and the Hyatt Hotel in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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    Thứ Hai, 17 tháng 8, 2009

    10x10 - 2: 100 Architects - New Link

    10x10 - 2 100 Architects
    By Editors of Phaidon Press, zaha hadid, toshiko mori, kurt forster, erwin viray, a. campo baeza
    Publisher: Phaidon Press
    Number Of Pages: 468
    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
    ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0714844411
    ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780714844411

    Book Description:
    Since the release of the critically acclaimed 10x10 five
    years ago, the world of architecture has evolved: Advances
    in technology and research continue to produce increasingly
    sophisticated forms; advances in communication have
    resulted in decentralized, multicity architecture offices;
    and an impressive crop of young architects is emerging from
    countries with comparatively little previous recognition in
    the field, such as Slovenia, South Korea, and China. Many of
    the architects featured in 10x10— including Asymptote,
    Shigeru Ban, and MVRDV—have become established fixtures on
    the international scene, opening the way to a new generation
    of talent. With the expertise of a highly knowledgeable and
    high-powered group of curators, 10x10_2 picks up where its
    predecessor left off.
    10x10_2 is a comprehensive and global view of new architecture,
    presenting the work of 100 up-and-coming architects in 28
    countries, selected by 10 of the world’s best-informed
    architectural critics. Organized in A–Z order, the book
    introduces each architect or studio on four pages that include
    photographs, drawings, and accompanying text written by the
    critics. Although some of the architects are beginning to gain
    worldwide recognition, others have achieved acclaim in their
    own countries for their work over the past five years. The
    selection in this volume features more than 250 buildings and
    projects, including recently built work as well as those
    currently under construction and due for completion. The
    effects of the global economy and political shifts are also
    evident in the book’s selection, which includes several
    architecture studios in Slovenia, South Korea, and China.
    Also notable is a widespread move toward multi-location
    architecture collectives such as Servo, Ocean North, and
    n-o-m-a-d, which take advantage of a network of contacts in
    key cities around the world.
    10x10 _2 also includes 10 original essays written by the
    critics that express their views on current architectural
    issues. In addition, each critic has chosen 10 cultural
    references—from designed objects to film, theory, and
    literature—that exemplify the range of influences on today’s
    rapidly changing design environment. The complete list of these
    references as well as one reading from each critic is reproduced
    in the book, which concludes with complete biographical information
    on each critic and architect/firm, as well as an index.

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    Interiores 114 - 08/2009


    Interiores #114 - 2009 August

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    Thứ Năm, 13 tháng 8, 2009

    Frank Lloyd Wright (Treasures of Art)


    Frank Lloyd Wright (Treasures of Art) by Rh Value Publishing
    Publisher: Gramercy | Number Of Pages: 80 | Publication Date: 1999-08-17 | Sales Rank: 870562 | ISBN: 051716115X | PDF | 59 Mb

    The importance of the architect to the quality and character of any society is not usually as widely regarded as it deserves to be. While every past civilization is, to a considerable extent, recognized and judged by its architecture, its creators are in general little known or revered; it would seem as though the buildings which are of such importance to our lives have spontaneously appeared as if by magic.

    Civilizations are more widely evaluated by their literature, music, painting and sculpture and other useful artefacts, while architecture is merely taken for granted.
    In this century, however, where great and far-reaching developments have occurred which require examination and justification, architects have come to be regarded with a mixture of interest, suspicion and sometimes dismay. All this has served to transform the interest of the general public in architecture and the architect is beginning to be appreciated and valued.
    When they have great strength of character, lucidity of exposition and, in the view of the media, an interesting personal history as well, they have become publicly recognized figures of social importance. None more so than the subject of this book whose personality and achievement has, unlike many of his peers, dominated the first half of this century. With such figures as Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, he is recognized as a creative architectural genius. His singular individual achievement, as a native-born American, was to gather together the strands of American historical architecture and create a corpus of work which is both modern and essentially American.
    Frank Lloyd Wright’s career, sometimes tragic, sometimes tempestuous—at all times creative—has been examined and re-examined in numerous studies and articles both during his lifetime and since his death in 1959 shortly before his most famous and notorious Guggenheim Museum in New York was completed. And his life continues to demand re-examination as the progress of architectural philosophy inspires dramatic stylistic change. This concise consideration of his life and work offers a careful analysis of this complex, powerful and confident personality as well as the architectural legacy left behind by him.

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    Darco 06 01.02/2009

    Darco Magazine January-February 2009

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    Thứ Tư, 12 tháng 8, 2009

    New York Spaces 2009/05-06


    New York Spaces 2009 May - June
    English |
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    Canadian Interiors - 2009/07-08

    Covers the business of interior design for professionals, including contract and residential interior design, facility management.

    Canadian Interiors (July-August 2009)
    English |

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    Thứ Hai, 10 tháng 8, 2009

    Chủ Nhật, 9 tháng 8, 2009

    Thứ Bảy, 8 tháng 8, 2009

    Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design

    Kingston Wm. Heath Ph.D., "Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design: Cultural Process and Environmental Response"
    Architectural Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0750659335 |
    A governing principle of sustainable architecture is that buildings need to reflect upon and respond to the environment they are placed in. Through a series of international case studies, Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design re-examines vernacular architectural theory and looks at what gives buildings a sense of place.

    The book equips the professional architect with the tools to realise socially responsible principles as part of the design process. The case studies of contemporary architects' work provide real examples of how the study of vernacular architecture can contribute directly to practice in sustainable design. It considers architecture and design as integrated social processes, not just technical or aesthetic exercises, thus showing how local building traditions can become part of a wider architectural and social fabric.

    Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design will appeal to professionals around the world in the fields of architecture, architectural heritage and urban design.

    * A series of international case studies demonstrates the place of vernacular architecture in the design process for a wide selection of contemporary architects' work.
    * Offers a clear analysis of the vernacular building tradition, placing architecture in its social context.
    * Introduces a new, socially and environmentally inspired approach to sustainable design.

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