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A key issue for building in existing fabric The role of art in building reuse In-depth analysis of international examples Aims and Scope Design interventions for the reuse of existing ...

Friedrich Kiesler - Life Visions introduces a visionary of the Viennese Moderne movement. The artist, designer, architect, stage designer, and exhibition designer Friedrich Kiesler (1890-1965) influenced European and American architecture ...

Norway-based Todd Saunders is one of the most important contemporary Canadian architects working internationally. His simple yet powerful architecture incorporates elements of his home countrys vernacular identity - including the ...

China is not only a playground for international architectural practices, but has its own active architectural scene between international influences and China's rich building tradition. Twenty-six projects focus on this ...

Cities in China are extremely dynamic and experience high pressure to grow, transform and adapt. But in what directions, on what basis and to which goals? The authors and their ...

Second and revised edition with updated texts, bibliography and six new essays Strategies for planning and developing urban centers in the twenty-first century Second and revised edition with updated texts, ...

Architecture as an act of responsibility A book on the works of the co-founders of Brad Pitt's "Make it Right" foundation Thinking global - acting local: Good design is not ...

All important aspects of construction in six main chapters All illustrations in neutral 3D drawings Current state of the art Aims and Scope Modern Construction Handbook has become a modern ...

A book about the late oeuvre of the Austrian architect, designer and theorist Josef Frank, whose seminal work has generated new interest following the successful exhibition at the MAK in ...

This bookoffers architects and students a thought-out planning tool, in which two main sections reciprocally complement one another: the spaces and the typologies between which the planner can flexibly oscillate ...

Fantastic Infrastructures deals with media architecture and digital infrastructure. In concrete terms, with the relationship between different dimensions as well as the materiality of buildings and the intangibility of data. ...

A documentation of 40 recent projects built in Norway within the last 5 years Essays, texts, poems, and interviews with Norwegian architects Aims and Scope Norwegian architecture has been in ...

All important aspects of construction in six main chapters All illustrations in neutral 3D drawings Current state of the art Aims and Scope Modern Construction Handbook has become a modern ...

A glimpse of what lies behind the work of an internationally successful designer The sketching process as an incubator of ideas Design without the "practicality filter" of production Aims and ...

Increasingly, innovative construction design relies on interdisciplinary cooperation between architects, engineers and the construction industry. GAM.12 - Structural Affairs takes a look at the mechanics of cooperation in the dynamic ...

The "haus 2226" project was completed in 2013 and received an outstanding response from the media. The reason is the clever design of this office building - it manages completely ...

Over the last 30 years, interest has grown in using clay as an environmentally friendly building material that has proved its ideal sustainability for centuries. Light earth constructions, where a ...

The integration of nature in architecture is a key concern of sustainability. However, all too often sustainable design is reduced to improving the energetic performance of buildings and the ornamental ...

Insights into the genesis of Herzog & de Meuron The development of these globally active architects out of this local milieu, with reference to selected historic buildings in Basel and ...

Contribution to current discussion in the context of big data In-depth analysis of three exemplary case studies: Ryan Air, Amazon, FedEx Aims and Scope BOOK ARCHITECTURAL In the 19th century ...