BIRKHAUSER VERLAG A.G.

In larger projects these days, architects are often purely service providers: under the control of those responsible for the project or the general contractors, the architecture is cut and trimmed ...

For some time now, school buildings have represented an important field in architecture, and there is an enduring interest in the challenges this design task presents. This publication explains in ...

The requirements for the energy-efficient design of new and existing buildings are being made more stringent all over the world, and it is reasonable to assume that architecture in general ...

In times of rising prices for raw materials and energy, sustainable architecture is more relevant than ever. Clay construction has gained acceptance and attractiveness in recent years, becoming a worldwide ...

Plastering is very significant in contemporary architecture. In the wake of more stringent insulation and energy-efficiency requirements it is used above all in facade insulating systems. Often these are based ...

Although he was one of the most important figures of the Modern Movement in emigration Karol Schayer is little known outside Lebanon. Using a wealth of previously unpublished original documents ...

When designing small residences, Japanese architects play with the boundaries of space, employ unusual materials, and develop new concepts for living together. The creativity of Japans architects is revealed by ...

When turning a design concept into a realizable plan, landscape architects are constantly switching back and forth between two levels: on the one hand, the general planning standards and parameters ...

Project Area: Exhibition Design is a fundamental work for all designers, architects, and museum professionals who conceive, design, plan, and produce thematic exhibitions: With its explanatory and practical hints, however, ...

Gardens inside buildings represent a sustainable vehicle for a host of ecological and economic advantages. Factors such as improving the indoor climate and the workplace situation and hence increasing quality ...

Integrating the entire spectrum of sustainability into the process of design and planning is the most important question in architectural debates today. This book presents in structured fashion the different ...

The requirements confronting our workplaces have recently undergone a dramatic transformation. Constantly shifting workspace populations and varying uses of workspace call for flexible spatial structures, and so do new professions ...

How is space shaped, what elements are employed in that process, and how are the components that shape space defined? The fifth volume of the SCALE series, Furnish | Zone, ...

The new volume in this series on contemporary landscape architecture is concerned with how life quality can be increased by improving our living environment through planning and raising the quality ...

Gardens and parks are important open spaces within urban space. These urban landscapes are becoming increasingly important in the wake of the rapid increase in urbanization worldwide. At the same ...

Landscape architecture can be a discipline of planning that creates everyday worlds just as architecture does or it can assert its position as an art form and produce extraordinary works ...

Kongjian Yu and his office Turenscape are beyond doubt the foremost landscape architecture firm in China today. The vast scale of China and its apparently boundless growth have enabled Yu ...

Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is now being increasingly discovered by architects of the northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, ...

Italian interior design has been distinguished for decades by its innovative power and cour- age, not only on an aesthetic level but also in its use of new materials and ...