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10x10_3 20th-Century World Architecture:
The Phaidon Atlas
Phaidon Editors Phaidon Editors
Phaidon Press Phaidon Press
9780714862521 9780714857060
21.08.2011 8.10.2012
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Cena: 29,95 GBP Cena: 125 GBP

Like its successful predecessors 10x10 (published in 2000) and 10x10_2 20th Century World Architecture portrays, for the first time, an overview of the
(published in 2005), 10x10_3 is a comprehensive overview of contemporary world finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and
architecture. Generously illustrated, this volume presents 100 of the world's most 1999. The unprecedented global scope of this collection of over 750 key buildings
exceptional emerging architects, selected by 10 esteemed members of the juxtaposes architectural icons with regional masterpiece.
international architecture community.

A Negotiated Landscape: Aalto and America
The Transformation of San Francisco's
Jasper Rubin Stanford Anderson
Center for American Places Yale University Press
9781935195283 9780300176001
21.10.2011 15.06.2012
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Cena: 39 GBP Cena: 45 GBP

A Negotiated Landscape examines the transformation of San Francisco's iconic Aalto built three major works in America that counted among the most important
waterfront from the eve of its decline in 1950 to the turn of the millennium. What in his career: the Finland Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, Baker House at
was once a major shipping port is now best known for leisure and entertainment. MIT, and the Library at Mount Angel Abbey, Oregon.

Achille Castiglioni AIA Guide to the Architecture
of Washington, D.C.
Sergio Polano G. Martin Moeller, Jr.
Phaidon Press Johns Hopkins University Press
9781780750026 9781421402703
20.08.2012 12.06.2012
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Achille Castiglioni (1918 - 2002) was one of the most important and prolific This lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture
designers of the twentieth century. This comprehensive monograph is the only aficionados alike insights into more than 400 of Washington, D.C.'s, most
detailed study of his remarkable career and includes a catalogue of his complete important landmarks.
works from 1938 - 2000 spanning architecture and exhibition, interior and product
design.

Architecture in Uniform: Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca
Designing and Building for World War II
Jean-Louis Cohen Rebecca R. Stone
Hazan Thames & Hudson
9782754105309 9780500204153
15.04.2011 13.08.2012
Cena: 40 GBP Cena: 9,95 GBP

This fascinating book offers a new perspective on the architectural history of the This wide-ranging survey, now established as the best single-volume introduction
Second World War, which in previous accounts has most often been viewed as a to Andean art and architecture on the market today, describes the strikingly varied
hiatus between peaceful periods of production. artistic achievements of the Chavin, Paracas, Moche, Nasca, Chimu and Inca
cultures, among others.

Asinou Across Time: Studies in the Atlas of World Architecture
Architecture and Murals of the Panagia
Annemarie Weyl Carr Markus Sebastian Braun
Dumbarton Oaks Braun Publishing AG
9780884023494 9783037681275
22.04.2013 12.11.2012

The church of Asinou is among the most famous in Cyprus. Built around 1100, the We are living in a time of constantly changing global perspectives. This
edifice, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is decorated with accretions of compendium presents a global perspective for contemporary architecture. It is
images, from the famous fresco cycle executed shortly after initial construction to both a reference work and source of inspiration, with 500 carefully chosen
those made in the early seventeenth century. projects from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas frm the past five years
which are portrayed with texts, drawings and photos.

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Ayrshire and Arran: Baldassare Longhena and Venetian
The Buildings of Scotland Baroque Architecture
Rob Close Andrew Hopkins
Yale University Press Yale University Press
9780300141702 9780300181098
12.10.2012 10.07.2012

Ayrshire and Arran is an area of striking contrasts. Its landscape ranges from dune This fascinating book offers the first comprehensive study in English of Baldassare
-backed sands to rolling pastures to moors. The local architecture is similarly Longhena (1598-1682), the indispensable architect of the Venetian Baroque. This
diverse, marrying natural beauty with industry and modernity. It is the county of lively account is accompanied by more than sixty colour and 300 black-and-white
Robert Burns, commemorated by an exuberant monument at his birthplace in photographs commissioned especially for the book. A complete list of Longhena's
Alloway. work is included in an appendix.

Basics Architectural Design Bath & Spa

Bert Bielefeld Sibylle Kramer
Birkhauser Braun Publishing AG
9783038215608 9783037681312
01.02.2013 3.12.2012
Cena: 29,95 EUR Cena: 45 GBP

The fundamental idea is the starting point of every design. The idea is formulated The evolution from yesterdays’s bathroom to today’s wellness oasis continues to
into the concept; the concept is expressed in the formal language; the form open new frontiers. New spa areas as such can hardly be distinguished at first
requires a particular material; the space is given shape. Architecture is created. glance, and could as easily be taken for lounges, meditation rooms or even
Described in this manner, the design process seems simple and straightforward. museums for modern art. Bath design will be increasingly marked by the identity
But for students of architecture, it is in most cases a difficult learning process. of the user.

Bertrand Goldberg: Beth Sholom Synagogue: Frank Lloyd
Architecture of Invention Wright and Modern Religious
Zoe Ryan Joseph M. Siry
Yale University Press The University of Chicago Press
9780300167047 9780226761404
1.11.2011 9.12.2011

Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs In a suburb just north of Philadelphia stands Beth Sholom Synagogue, Frank Lloyd
for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive mark in the Wright's only synagogue and one of his finest religious buildings. Designated a
modern era. This handsome publication, the first to focus indepth on the entirety National Historic Landmark in 2007, Beth Sholom was one of Wright's last
of Goldberg's life and work, traces his development from an early Bauhaus completed projects, and for years it has been considered among his greatest
training to his notable architectural achievements. masterpieces.

Bookshops: Long Established Building After Auschwitz:
and the Most Fashionable Jewish Architecture
Markus Sebastian Braun Gavriel David Rosenfeld
Braun Publishing AG Yale University Press
9783037681220 9780300169140
1.10.2012 21.10.2011

In the era of e-books and online trade when the classic book trade has come Since the end of World War II, Jewish architects have risen to unprecedented
under increasing pressure, the success of a bookshop is not a foregone international prominence. Whether as modernists, postmodernists, or
conclusion. Booksellers confront these new challenges with very different deconstructivists, architects such as Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Louis I. Kahn,
economic strategies and conceptual measures. Daniel Libeskind, Richard Meier, Moshe Safdie, Robert A.M. Stern and Stanley
Tigerman have made pivotal contributions to postwar architecture.

Building Berlin: The Latest Architecture Building Globalization: Transnational
In and Out of the Capital: Vol. 1 Architecture Production in Urban China
Chamber of Architects, Berlin Xuefei Ren
Braun Publishing AG The University of Chicago Press
9783037681183 9780226709819
26.03.2012 19.04.2011
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Architecture in and from Berlin has established a brand name in the last 20 years. From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of
Berlin architectural subjects and debates are followed with great interest an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by
worldwide. Great buildings have been and are being built by local and architectural firms overseas.
internationally operating architects. What especially characterizes the building
culture of the German capital city is a lively, heterogeneous and innovative.

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Building Seagram Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects

Phyllis Lambert Jeanne Gang
9780300167672 9780300191189
15.01.2013 31.01.2013

The Seagram Building rises up over New York's Park Avenue with perfect lines of One of the foremost architects working today, Jeanne Gang is widely recognized
bronze and glass. Considered one of the greatest icons of twentieth-century for her innovative and independent practice. Studio Gang Architects confronts
architecture, the building was commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, founder of the pressing contemporary issues and seeks to answer questions that exist locally but
Canadian distillery dynasty Seagram. resound globally through architecture.

Canterbury Cathedral Priory Carre D'art
in the Age of Becket
Peter Fergusson Norman Foster
Yale University Press Prestel
9780300175691 9783791345451
4.10.2011 1.09.2011

This fascinating book recounts the extensive building programme that took place Located across the street from one of Nimes' most distinctive Roman antiquities,
at Canterbury Cathedral Priory, England, from 1153 to 1167, during the time when the Roman Maison Carre, sits the Carre d'Art, a media library which also houses
Thomas Becket served as Royal Chancellor and then as archbishop of an impressive art gallery. Designed by the renowned architect Norman Foster, the
Canterbury. Carre d'Art draws from the antiquity of its namesake while ingeniously interacting
with the contemporary demands of an urban environment.

Carson Pirie Scott: Louis Sullivan and Cheshire
the Chicago Department Store
Joseph M. Siry Clare Hartwell
The University of Chicago Press Yale University Press
9780226761374 9780300170436
13.07.2012 2.09.2011

Long recognized as a Chicago landmark, the Carson Pirie Scott Building also This is a comprehensive guide to the buildings of Cheshire in all their variety, from
represents a milestone in the development of architecture. The last large Pennine villages to coastal plains and seaside resorts. Chester, the regional capital
commercial structure designed by Louis Sullivan, the Carson building reflected the and cathedral city, is famous for its Roman walls and black-and-white timber
culmination of the famed architect's career as a creator of tall steel buildings. architecture, its noble Neoclassical monuments, and its unique medieval shopping
'rows' with their upper walkways.

Chicago's Historic Hyde Park City of American Dreams: A History of
Home Ownership and Housing Reform
Susan O'Connor Davis Margaret Garb
The University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press
9780226138145 9780226282107
1.05.2013 13.01.2012

Stretching south from 47th Street to the Midway Plaisance and east from The recent housing market crash shattered Americans' boundless faith in home
Washington Park to the lakeshore, the historic neighborhood of Hyde Park - ownership. "City of American Dreams" is an innovative history of our national
Kenwood covers nearly two square miles of Chicago's South Side. obsession with real estate. Margaret Garb reveals that the aspiration for single-
family home ownership was forged in impoverished immigrant neighborhoods in
industrializing cities.

Coffee Time: Contemporary Cafes Concrete

Michelle Galindo William Hall
Braun Publishing AG Phaidon Press
9783037681053 9780714863542
2.04.2012 3.09.2012

Today it is no longer a matter of taste as to how and which coffee we drink, as it is Concrete takes a fresh look at the world's most versatile and abundant building
even more important where we enjoy it. A multitude of new cafés, coffee shops material. Collating fascinating and beautiful concrete buildings by some of the
and coffee houses around the world honor a centuries old tradition, setting most celebrated architects of the last century, it features familiar projects from Le
thereby new design trends. Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright alongside work from some of the leading lights
of contemporary architecture including Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron.

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Constructing the Ineffable: Convention Centers
Contemporary Sacred Architecture
Karla Britton Chris van Uffelen
Yale University Press Braun Publishing AG
9780300170375 9783037681268
4.02.2011 3.09.2012

Throughout the history of the built environment, there has been no more Public urban spaces vary widely in type, form and size, encompassing plazas,
significant endeavour than the construction of houses of worship, which were squares and streetscapes. They serve pedestrians and flaneurs, accommodate
once the focal point around which civilizations and city-states developed. street life in all its vibrant variations and represent the cities and towns themselves.
"Constructing the Ineffable" is the first book to examine this topic across On the one hand they are transit spaces or crossroads, while on the other hand
continents and from the perspective of multiple faiths, including Christianity. they provide opportunities to linger or stage events.

Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Deconstruction/Construction
Architecture from Catherine De' Medici
Meredith S. Martin Joan Busquets
Harvard University Press Harvard Graduate School of Design
9780674048997 9781934510315
11.01.2011 4.10.2011

In a lively narrative that spans more than two centuries, Meredith Martin tells the The restoration of the Cheonggyecheon River that runs through Seoul, Korea, in a
story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: mere twenty-nine months – transitioning from an outmoded highway into a
the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures - most multipurpose performative infrastructure piece of unprecedented size – merits
famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Marie-Antoinette's Hameau at recognition as a seminal project in contemporary urban design. This remarkable
Versailles - have long been dismissed as the trifling follies of a reckless elite. achievement recovers the biological and social ecology of the city.

Designing Interior Architecture Designing Wildlife Habitats

Sylvia Leydecker John Beardsley
Birkhauser Dumbarton Oaks
9783034613026 9780884023852
01.04.2013 29.05.2013
Cena: 49,95 EUR Cena: 49,95 GBP

In this comprehensive work, an international and interdisciplinary team of authors The vision of a garden shared peacefully by humans and animals is a familiar, but
presents the essential aspects of the various fi elds of contemporary interior elusive, landscape trope. Whether threatened by habitat destruction or climate
architecture and design. change, displaced by urbanization or invasive species, poisoned by industrial
toxins, or hunted to extinction, many wild animals have failed to thrive in the
company of people.

Diener & Diener Digital Landscape Architecture Now

Joseph Abram Nadia Amoroso
Phaidon Press Thames & Hudson
9780714859194 9780500342824
1.03.2011 3.09.2012

Diener & Diener is an international architecture office located in Basel, Switzerland. Despite its importance to place-making, urban planning and the environment,
They are known for their sophisticated, subtle take on Modernism, which landscape design has often played an inferior role to architecture. Architecture
combines intellectually rigorous thinking about urbanism, history and materiality Now", this largeformat, highly visual publication is packed with inspirations and
with an unpretentious, practical approach to design. Diener & Diener are well- new spatial ideas for a world of more beautifully designed outdoors.
known in particular for their simple yet sophisticated residential complexes.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture Dubuffet as Architect
After Images
Edward Dimendberg Daniel Abadie
9780226151816 9780300176612
20.03.2013 22.03.2011

In "Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images", Edward Dimendberg offers Jean Dubuffet (1901-85) was one of the major painters of the twentieth century,
the first comprehensive treatment of one of the most imaginative contemporary but his architectural achievements have commanded less attention until now. This
design studios. oversight is all the more surprising in the light of his being awarded The American
Institute of Architects' medal in 1982.

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Dundee and Angus Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

John Gifford Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen
9780300141719 9780300122374
20.04.2012 14.01.2011

Dundee is the fourth largest of Scotland's cities and has some of the finest From the swooping concrete vaults of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport to the 630-
ecclesiastical, public, commercial and industrial buildings in the country, evidence foot-tall Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the iconic designs of Eero Saarinen (1910-
of its Victorian pre-eminence as a port and manufacturing centre. 1961) captured the aspirations and values of mid-twentieth-century America.

Facades: Design, Construction & Fire, Crime & Accident
Technology
Lara Menzel Chris van Uffelen
Braun Publishing AG Braun Publishing AG
9783037681107 9783037681251
2.04.2012 1.10.2012

The façade is the “skin” of a building. It forms the boundary between interior and Architecture for rescue services has come a long way in the past decade.
exterior, form and function, between user and passersby. In addition to aspects of Buildings for the police, fire brigades and ambulance stations have lost their often
function, construction, design and urban space, increasingly sustainability primitive and shed-like appearance and have begun to strive for recognition as an
parameters are gaining importance. equitable architectural typology since Zaha Hadid’s trailblazing Vitra fire station in
Weil am Rhein.

From Ornament to Object: Genealogies Fundamental Concepts of Architecture
of Architectural Modernism
Alina Payne Janson, Alban
Yale University Press Birkhauser
9780300175332 9783034612616
25.05.2012 01.06.2013
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In the late 19th century, an enduring preference for highly ornamented architecture Architecture is an experience — with the intellect and with all our senses, in
gave way to a budding Modernism of clean lines and unadorned surfaces. At the motion, and in use. But in order to actually discuss and assess it with relevance, a
same moment, everyday objects - cups, saucers, chairs, and tables - began to clarifi cation of terms is essential in order to avoid the vagueness that often
receive critical attention. Alina Payne addresses this shift, arguing for a new prevails when talking about architecture.
understanding of the genealogy of architectural modernism.

Gaudi Pop-ups Gerrit Rietveld

Courtney Watson McCarthy Ida van Zijl
Thames & Hudson Phaidon Press
9780500516508 9780714849430
22.10.2012 5.11.2010

For over a century the fantastical works of the Catalan architect and designer From his first great design masterpiece, the Red-Blue Chair, to his final design for
Antoni Gaudi have enraptured visitors to the city of Barcelona. Gaudis creations the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Gerrit Rietveld created a significant body of
reflected his abiding passion for nature and religion, as well as his meticulous work and left a remarkable legacy. His simple yet dynamic design style has greatly
attention to detail. Perhaps no other architect has become so synonymous with affected international furniture design and has made a significant contribution to
the aesthetic style of a city. "Gaudi Pop-Ups" celebrates the unique style. the history of architecture.

Greece: Modern Architectures in Gunnar Asplund
History
Alexander Tzonis Peter Blundell Jones
Reaktion Books Phaidon Press
9781861893796 9780714863153
25.06.2010 13.02.2012

The picture that usually comes to mind when we think of Greek architecture is one A contemporary of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Gunnar Asplund pursued a
of classical temples and ancient sites. This book takes a look at the Greece of unique architecture that displayed a blend of classical tradition, vernacular
reality rather than of the imagination the buildings constructed since the architecture and Modernism. Above all, he achieved a sensitive understanding of
establishment of the modern Greek state. the relationship between architecture .

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Ham House: Four Hundred Years of Helmut Jahn: Process Progress
Collecting and Patronage
Christopher Rowell Albrecht Bangert
9780300185409 9783038214243
30.04.2013 31.10.2012
Cena: 75 GBP Cena: 89 EUR

Built in 1610 during the reign of James I and remodeled in 1637-9 by the future Helmut Jahn is world-famous for buildings like Frankfurter Messeturm (1985-
first Earl of Dysart, "Ham House" and its gardens have endured through centuries 1991),Sony Center with the Bahntower, Berlin(1993-2000), airport Bangkok
of English history while remaining representative of the styles and culture of the Suvarnabhumi (1995-2005) and the Veer Towers, Las Vegas (2006-2010).
original inhabitants.

Henry Ives Cobb's Chicago: Herefordshire
Architecture, Institutions
Edward W. Wolner Alan Brooks
9780226905617 9780300125757
23.08.2011 18.05.2012

When championing the commercial buildings and homes that made the Windy Rich in new discoveries and fresh interpretation, this fully revised survey is the
City famous, one can't help but mention the brilliant names of their architects - perfect companion and guide to one England's most beguiling counties. A
Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others. profusion of black-and-white timber-framed houses testifies to the prosperity of
earlier centuries, as do the many and varied parish churches.

Holistic Housing: Concepts, Design Imperial Gothic: Religious Architecture
Strategies and Processes and High Anglican Culture in the British
Hans Drexler (Commission for the Investigation G. A. Bremner
Birkhauser Yale University Press
9783920034782 9780300187038
26.07.2012 30.04.2013

Holistic Housing. Concepts, Design Strategies and Processes" is a fundamental The Gothic Revival movement in architecture was intimately entwined with 18th -
reference work on housing construction. The book deals with the issue of and 19th - century British cultural politics. By the middle of the 19th century,
sustainability in a planning context but also analyses a building's usage and ageing architects and theorists had transformed the movement into a serious scholarly
over its 'life cycle'. A system of criteria specially developed in an accompanying endeavour, connecting it to notions of propriety and "truth", particularly in the
research project can be used to compare and evaluate buildings. domain of religious architecture.

Inigo Jones: The Architect of Kings Insuring the City: The Prudential Center
and the Postwar Urban Landscape
Vaughan Hart Elihu Rubin
9780300141498 9780300170184
2.09.2011 18.05.2012

Inigo Jones (1573-1652) is widely acknowledged to have been England's most The Prudential Center anchors the Boston skyline with its tall, gray tower. Though
important architect. As court designer to the Stuart kings James I and Charles I, unassuming architecturally, it is a historical beacon, representing a midcentury
he is credited with introducing the classical language of architecture to the moment when insurance companies such as Prudential were particularly aware of
country. He famously travelled to Italy and studied firsthand the buildings of the how their physical presence and civic engagement reflected upon their intangible
Italian masters, particularly admiring those by Andrea Palladio. product: financial security.

Irony or, the Self-critical Opacity of Italian Home
Postmodern Architecture
Emmanuel Petit Massimo Listri
Yale University Press Thames & Hudson
9780300181517 9780500516256
31.05.2013 28.08.2012

In this fascinating reassessment of postmodern architecture at the end of the This book is a mouthwatering tour of 20 of Italys most beautiful and finely
twentieth century, Emmanuel Petit addresses the role of irony and finds a vitality appointed country villas and palazzos, captured by the lens of renowned
and depth of dialectics largely ignored by historical critiques. architecture photographer Massimo Listri.

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Italy: Modern Architectures in History J. B. Fischer Von Erlach: Architecture as
Theater in the Baroque Era
Diane Ghirardo Esther Gordon Dotson
Reaktion Books Yale University Press
9781861898647 9780300166682
15.10.2011 3.02.2012

Throughout the twentieth century, architects in Italy have attempted to define the Though little known in the English-speaking world, Johann Bernhard Fischer von
role of architecture in a capitalist economy and under diverse political systems, Erlach (1656-1723) was one of the most important and influential European
from the monarchy of the first seventy years since Italian unification, to the twenty- baroque architects. The buildings that he designed for the emperor of Austria and
one years of Fascist control, to the post-World War II parliamentary republic. his courtiers reveal an element of theatricality - an element that author Esther
Gordon Dotson probes in this accessible and attractive volume.

James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist James Wyatt, 1746-1813: Architect to
George III
Amanda Reeser Lawrence John Martin Robinson
9780300170054 9780300176902
1.02.2013 3.07.2012

James Stirling was one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century. James Wyatt (1746-1813) is widely recognized as the most celebrated and prolific
His formally inventive yet historically informed designs inspired a generation of English architect of the 18th century. At the start of his lengthy career, Wyatt
architects in his native England and throughout the world. career. She clarifies the worked on designs for the Oxford Street Pantheon's neo-Classical interior as well
ways in which Stirling understood modernism as inextricably linked to the past and as Dodington, the Graeco-Roman house that served as the model for the
placed his own work in what he termed a "dialogue with architectural tradition". Regency country house.

John Pawson: A Visual Inventory Katsura: Imperial Villa

John Pawson Arata Isozaki
Phaidon Press Phaidon Press
9780714863504 9780714862545
5.03.2012 22.09.2011

John Pawson's career as an architect and designer spans a variety of sizes and A detailed history of Katsura, the seventeenth-century Imperial Palace in Kyoto,
programmes: from bowls to bridges, and monasteries to Calvin Klein stores. In Japan, a pivotal work of Japanese architecture, often described as the
addition to his acclaimed design work, he is the author of Phaidon's successful 'quintessence of Japanese taste'.
'Minimum', a book that paired images and captions to illustrate the notion of
simplicity in a beautiful and inspirational manner.

Kengo Kuma: Complete Works Kent: West and the Weald: The
Buildings of England
Kenneth Frampton John Newman
Thames & Hudson Yale University Press
9780500342831 9780300185096
7.01.2013 3.07.2012

The quintessential Japanese architect of today, Kengo Kuma has forged a modern This classic architectural survey of West Kent has been used by students and
design language that artfully combines the countries traditional building crafts with travellers for more than forty years. Now fully revised and expanded to include the
sophisticated technologies and materials. great variety of buildings added to the landscape during that time, this
indispensable guide offers fresh perspectives on major landmarks such as Igtham
Mote, Sissinghurst, and Hever Castle.

Kevin Roche: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg
Architecture as Environment Architects
Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen Baird, George / Fisher, Thomas / Kingwell,
9780300152234 9783034608282
1.03.2011 1.04.2013

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kevin Roche (b. 1922) is best known for the large, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, founded in 1987 in Toronto, is
bold urban structures he designed in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Oakland one of most innovative architectural offi ces in North America today. They have
Museum of California and the Ford Foundation Headquarters in New York. 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.

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Landscape Infrastructure: Case Studies Latin American Houses

Varia Mercedes Daguerre
Birkhauser Phaidon Press
9783034612722 9781780750002
01.03.2013 23.01.2012
Cena: 79,95 EUR Cena: 19,95 GBP

The successful title on integrated ecological landscape planning Since the early twentieth century, Latin America has been home to some of the
Infrastructure, as we know it, no longer belongs in the exclusive realm of engineers most compelling architecture--from the large-scale and otherworldly civic
and transportation planners. In the context of rapidly changing cities and towns, structures of the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer to the more intimate work of Mexico's
infrastructure is experiencing a paradigm shift where multiple-use programming Luis Barragan.
and the integration of latent ecologies is a primary consideration.

Light is the Theme: Louis I. Kahn Living Modern Tropical:
and the Kimbell Art Museum A Sourcebook of Stylish Interiors
Louis I. Kahn Phyllis Richardson
Yale University Press Thames & Hudson
9780300179408 9780500516409
3.02.2012 28.08.2012

Originally published in 1975 as a memorial to the Kimbell Art Museum's architect, Living Modern Tropical is the ultimate visual resource for contemporary tropical
Louis I. Kahn, "Light Is the Theme" provides an extended expression of the major living, featuring scores of glorious interiors from tropical regions where the
themes articulated in his design for the museum. expression of modern living has found its natural home.

Luxury Minimal: Minimalist Interiors Why Architecture Matters
in the Grand Style
Fritz von der Schulenburg Paul Goldberger
Thames & Hudson Yale University Press
9780500515839 9780300168174
22.10.2012 30.04.2011
One of the worlds leading interiors photographers, Fritz von der Schulenburg Why Architecture Matters is not a work of architectural history or a guide to the
opens his archive to share his stunningly beautiful photographs of minimalist but styles or an architectural dictionary, though it contains elements of all three.
grand interiors around the world.

Manuscript Marion Mahony Reconsidered

Müller-Schöll, Axel David Van Zanten
Birkhauser The University of Chicago Press
9783034613194 9780226850818
1.04.2013 5.07.2011

MANUscript is a reference book sui generis: a combination of inspiration, guide, Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961) was an American architect and artist, one of
and notebook. It explores basic aspects of interior design (ceilings, floors, walls, the first licensed female architects in the world, designer for Frank Lloyd Wright's
doors, stairs) and the relevant materials used (rugs, wall paint, glass, wood Chicago studio, and an original member of the Prairie School of architecture.
products, stone, concrete).

Masterpieces: Material Revolution 2
Roof Architecture + Design
Manuela Roth Peters, Sascha
Braun Publishing AG Birkhauser
9783037681138 9783038214762
25.06.2012 01.06.2013

Affordable building lots in central locations in the large cities and metropolises are The signifi cance of sustainable and intelligent materials in design and architecture
rare. When there are no available gaps in the urban structure, attic conversions has increased enormously over the last two years. Numerous new products have
and extensions are an interesting and favored form of redensification. been introduced to the market and designers’ thirst for knowledge about the
sustainability of new material is as strong as ever, making a sequel to Material
Revolution necessary.

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Michelangelo Mies Van Der Rohe: A Critical
Biography
Giulio Carlo Argan Franz Schulze
Phaidon Press The University of Chicago Press
9781780750057 9780226756004
13.02.2012 16.11.2012

Michelangelo (1475 - 1564), one of the great artistic figures of the Renaissance, is Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography is a major rewriting and expansion of
best known as a sculptor and painter. However he was also an important and Franz Schulze's acclaimed 1985 biography, which was the first full treatment of
highly original architect despite asserting that architecture was not his profession. the master architect and is still today considered the standard biography. In
collaboration with architect Edward Windhorst, Schulze has revisited every page of
the book and incorporated extensive new research on Mies.

Millau Viaduct Mobility of the line
Art Architecture Design
Norman Foster Ivana Wingham
Prestel Birkhauser
9783791346878 9783034608244
15.11.2012 1.04.2013
Cena: 19,99 GBP Cena: 49,95 EUR

Spanning the spectacular gorge of the River Tarn in southern France, the Millau Line is the constitutive moment of every drawing and forms the core element of
Viaduct provides a critical link in the A75 autoroute between Clermont-Ferrand any design — for architecture, art, urban design, or design in general. It cannot be
and Beziers. Commissioned by the French state, the 2.46 km-long viaduct reduced to a purely linear system, but rather takes on complex and dynamic forms
resolves numerous structural and design challenges in an elegant cable-stayed that attract the viewer in various ways, both consciously and suggestively.
form.

More: The Architecture of Lyons Network Living: Architecture
1996-2011 for All Generations
Justine Clark Annette Becker
Thames & Hudson Prestel
9780500500286 9783791352565
18.05.2012 22.02.2013

Lyons, one of Australia's most significant architectural practices, has produced a It is estimated that only 5% of the western hemisphere's current housing stock is
striking body of work over the 15 years since its inception. suitable for elderly residents. Fortunately, today's generation of architects is
working towards increasing the availability and variety of housing for older people.

New Geographies: v. 3: New Geographies: v. 4:
Urbanisms of Color Scales of the Earth
Gareth Doherty El Hadi Jazairy
Harvard Graduate School of Design Harvard Graduate School of Design
9781934510261 9781934510278
1.07.2011 1.07.2011

Color is a ubiquitous yet essential part of the city, creating and shaping urban The first Apollo images of the Earth produced a perspective enabling humanity to
form. Who can forget the whites of modernist Brasilia? The greens of historic act on Earth and its nature as if it controlled it from "outside".
Cairo? The rosy reds of Petra? The terracottas of South America's shantytowns?
The color cacophonies of Times Square and Shinjuku?

On and by Frank Lloyd Wright: A Primer On the Ruins of Babel: Architectural
of Architectural Principles Metaphor in German Thought
Robert McCarter Daniel L. Purdy
Phaidon Press Cornell University Press
9780714863160 9780801476761
13.02.2012 1.10.2010

Few architects shaped the course of architectural history as dramatically as Frank The eighteenth century struggled to define architecture as either an art or a
Lloyd Wright. While Wright has long been the focus of scholarly debate, among his science – the image of the architect as a grand figure who synthesizes all other
other many accomplishments during his long career he was also the author of key disciplines within a single master plan emerged from this discourse. Immanuel
essays on design that have influenced generations of architects. Kant and Johann Wolfgang Goethe described the architect as their equal, a
genius with godlike creativity.

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Orsanmichele and the History and Ove Arup: Philosophy of Design
Preservation of the Civic Monument
Carl Brandon Strehlke NIgel Tonks
Yale University Press Prestel
9780300135893 9783791347318
3.04.2012 15.11.2012

This far-ranging collection of essays - the first book-length scholarly exploration of The founder of the engineering firm, which continues to realize seminal structures
Orsanmichele since 1996 - marks the conclusion of a decades-long campaign to around the world, Ove Arup is widely acknowledged as the most significant
restore the magnificent medieval church and its art, most notably Orsanmichele's engineer of his time.
celebrated niche sculptures.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Persian Art and Architecture

Pelli Clarke Henri Stierlin
Birkhauser Thames & Hudson
9783034608251 9780500516423
1.05.2013 22.10.2012

Pelli Clarke Pelli, founded in 1977 by Cesar Pelli, is an architectural office of Persian art and architecture have a rich heritage that stretches far beyond the
worldwide renown. They are known in particular for their elegant and technically borders of modern-day Iran, from the Abbasid monuments of Baghdad to the
advanced tower designs. These are usually characterized by taut, seamless splendid Timurid buildings of Samarqand and Bukhara.
envelopes without exposed profiles – their visual structure is achieved by subtly
staggered forms or variations in the color or materiality of the façade glazing.

Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Product Development and Architecture
Architecture
Phaidon Editors Pottgiesser, Uta / Strauß, Holger
Phaidon Press Birkhauser
9780714848785 9783034608411
24.10.2011 01.03.2013
Cena: 14,95 GBP Cena: 44,95 EUR

A condensed version of the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture, this In the construction sector, demand is steadily increasing for innovative products.
travel edition is pocket sized and portable, ideal for the holiday or business Product Development and Architecture presents selected examples that illustrate
traveller. Organized geographically and illustrated with global, sub-regional and city how the planning disciplines can contribute to such innovations in building.
maps, the buildings are easily located. Introductory essays comprehensively explain the thematic and methodological
framework.

Renaissance Gothic: Architecture and Residential Architecture
the Arts in Northern Europe, 1470-1540 for Senior Citizens
Ethan Matt Kavaler Chris van Uffelen
Yale University Press Braun Publishing AG
9780300167924 9783037681084
3.01.2012 2.04.2012

This compelling book offers a new paradigm for the periodization of the arts, one Citizens in retirement age are becoming an ever greater but also more active part
that counters a prevailing Italianate bias among historians of northern Europe of of society. Along with this demographic and socio-cultural shift a new emphasis is
this era. The years after 1500 brought the construction of several iconic Late placed on living quality and atmosphere at home beyond functionality and clinical
Gothic monuments, including the transept facades of Beauvais cathedral in cleanliness. In contrast to the general idea of “retirement home“, senior residences
northern France, much of King's College in Cambridge. of today are superbly designed and furnished service domiciles.

Sacred Concrete Schlepping Through Ambivalence
The Churches of Le Corbusier
Varia Stanley Tigerman
Birkhauser Yale University Press
9783034608237 9780300175417
01.03.2013 4.10.2011

Le Corbusier not only designed and built churches; he was also intensely Chicago architect and iconoclast Stanley Tigerman has been called a 'design
interested in religion and faith. Reconciliation) in Berlin by Reitermann & maven who can spit venom like a snake'. Though he is at times sharply critical, his
Sassenroth. Flora Samuel holds a PhD in architecture and teaches design and ability to cut to the core of architectural discourse has opened this insular world to
architecture history at the University of Bath, UK, and is the author of numerous a broader audience. His words and theories are appealing for their candour and
publications. are backed by his long-standing architectural practice.

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Sex and Buildings: Modern Architecture Signs, Streets, and Storefronts:
and the Sexual Revolution A History of Architecture and Graphics
Richard J. Williams Martin Treu
Reaktion Books Johns Hopkins University Press
9781780231044 9781421404943
1.05.2013 9.11.2012

Massive modern skyscrapers, obelisks, towers - all are structures that, thanks to Signs, Streets, and Storefronts addresses more than 200 years of signs and place
their phallic shape, are often associated with sex. But other buildings are more -marking along America's commercial corridors. From small-town squares to
subtly connected, as they provide the frameworks for our sexual lives and act as Broadway, State Street, and Wilshire Boulevard, Martin Treu follows design
reminders of our sexual memories and fantasies. developments into the present and explores issues of historic preservation.

Smart Casual: The Transformation Somerset: North and Bristol
of Gourmet Restaurant Style in America
Alison Pearlman Andrew Foyle
9780226651408 9780300126587
15.04.2013 18.11.2011

Fine dining and the accolades of Michelin stars once meant chandeliers, white This fully revised survey is the essential companion to the architecture of one of
tablecloths, and suited waiters with elegant accents. It was unthinkable that a England's most rewarding regions. The Georgian spa of Bath and the medieval
gourmet chef would stoop to plate a burger or a taco in his kitchen. cathedral city of Wells are deservedly famous, each the finest of its kind in the
country. A separate section covers the port of Bristol, with its rich and confident
buildings of every period and type.

South Ulster, the Counties of Armagh, Stirling and Gowan:
Cavan, and Monaghan Architecture from Austerity to Affluence
Kevin V. Mulligan Mark Crinson
9780300186017 9780300177282
30.04.2013 20.04.2012

The newest volume in the "Buildings of Ireland" series covers the inland counties James Stirling (1924-1992) is acclaimed as the most influential and controversial
of Cavan, Monaghan, and Armagh, an area stretching from the thinly populated modern British architect. His partnership with James Gowan (b. 1923) between
uplands around the Cuilcagh Mountains and the cradle of the Shannon to the 1956 and 1963 put postwar British architecture on the international map, and their
fertile Blackwater valley and southern shores of Lough Neagh. Leicester University Engineering Building became an iconic monument for a new
kind of modernism.

Stripes: Design Between the Lines Support I Materialise

Linda O'Keeffe Dirk Bayer
Thames & Hudson Birkhauser
9780500516690 9783034600408
4.02.2013 1.12.2011
Cena: 29,95 GBP Cena: 40 EUR

The simplest and most ancient of all decorative markings, stripes continue to Wall, support, ceiling, and roof make up the skeleton of nearly every building. This
fascinate. Natural inspirations in the forms of zebra stripes, rippled sand dunes, fourth volume in the series SCALE," "Support - Materialize, takes an in-depth look
and intricately gnarled wood grain have led us to use stripes in every permutation. at these load-bearing structures, covering the development and realization of
sometimes charged symbols have even changed the course of world history. appropriate constructions from idea and design intention all the way to
constructional implementation.

Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove Terror and Wonder:
Architecture in a Tumultuous Age
Nicholas Antram Blair Kamin
Yale University Press The University of Chicago Press
9780300184730 9780226423128
31.05.2013 11.11.2011

The "East Sussex" volume of "The Buildings of England" covers an area ranging For nearly twenty years now, Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune has explored
from the High Weald in the north of the county to the massive ridge of the South how architecture captures our imagination and engages our deepest emotions. A
Downs and the resort towns and ancient ports of the coast. winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism and writer of the widely read Cityscapes
blog, Kamin treats his subjects not only as works of art but also as symbols of the
cultural and political forces that inspire them.

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