BIRKHAUSER VERLAG A.G.

From 1970-1990, architecture experienced a revision as part of the post-modern movement. The critical attitude to the functionalistic Moderne style and the influence of semiotics and philosophical trends, such as ...

Ecological refurbishment to Passivhaus standard requires know-how and experience. For this reason, the book has been produced as a design tool which systematically covers existing solutions. Examples relating to building ...

Dietrich | Untertrifaller are outstanding representatives of the second generation of the New Vorarlberg Building School. Their buildings are always sensitive and, at the same time, confidently developed from the ...

Building in existing fabric requires more than practical solutions and stylistic skills. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses ...

Faced with man-made climate change and the need to provide housing for a growing world population, society needs to rethink the way future buildings are made. Wood is a truly ...

Motherland and Progress" ("Haza es haladas") the motto of the 19th-century Hungarian reformers reflected the programme the country embraced in its drive to define its identity and shape its future. ...

A student's companion on building technology Whereas all textbooks assume some basic knowledge, the BASICS series starts at zero. Consistent didactic concept Student-friendly price Aims and Scope BOOK ARCHITECTURAL As ...

Wood is usually perceived as a "traditional" material. However, the properties of this material have now for some time made it possible to design free shapes and highly complex structures. ...

Garden festivals are often a testing area for new ideas for landscape designers. On a small scale designers can experiment with innovative materials and explore emerging tendencies. The International Garden ...

The global success story of the Basel architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron has local roots. This book traces these origins while identifying the essential ideas, professional ethics, and ...

First monograph on an Austrian pioneer of digital architecture Fascinating visual material With a foreword by Joseph Giovanini (New York Times, AD, Architect) Aims and Scope Plottegg is one of ...

Current topic concerning the political dimensions of architecture and urbanism Attractive and modern design Aims and Scope This publication explores the contested territory between the state and corporate drive to ...

From 1960-1980, both eastern and western Europe experienced a construction boom of new dimensions. Cybernetics, the science of planning, and sociology, as well as the new possibilities offered by technology ...

After the Second World War, a divided Europe was much affected by a period of reconstruction. This was influenced by the different political systems - in the socialist East and ...

In the context of tight budgets, complex geometries, high energy efficiency, and flexible user functions mean that the requirements for technical details, and their execution in modern buildings, are very ...

In the context of tight budgets, complex geometries, high energy efficiency, and flexible user functions mean that the requirements for technical details, and their execution in modern buildings, are very ...

The space we live in, reduced to a minimum, has been fascinating us for generations - the writer Thoreau lived in a self-built hut in the forest from 1845 -1847. ...

Numerous sketches, drawings and photographs from the time of the construction of the building Extensive building log book of the refurbishment process and current architectural photographs Aims and Scope The ...

This spectacular building is at the crossroads of dominating architectural trends: parametrically designed, it features a Diagrid structural frame and an innovate structural core, allowing it to be the worlds ...

Martin Kohlbauer founded his practice in Vienna in 1991. Previously he had studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, in the Master Class of Prof. Gustav Peichl, for whom he ...