Libros de RASCACIELOS

A vertical celebration of New York, this book offers magnificent views of the citys tall buildings as well as city streets, lush parks, and opulent penthouse gardens. BOOK ARCHITECTURAL This ...

The old and the new life in the modernist highrise Johannesburgs mundane skyscrapers as contemporary witnesses of politial history The publication Up Up'Stories of Johannesburgs Highrises presents a selection of ...

Tall buildings are oftentimes the subject of admiration only for their sheer height or skyline silhouette, and oftentimes criticised for their poor environmental performance (and not without justification). This book ...

Designed by Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, the Win Sing AIT Residential Towers create a new gateway for the prestigious Neihu District of Taipei, directly across from the future ...

We are entering a new era of sustainable design where the pressures of changing climate patterns and dwindling resources have led to a burst of creativity in green technology. Perhaps ...

In collaboration with the Design Research & Innovation Laboratory, Professor Jin-Ho Park helps students to review the theory behind the design of a vertical ecocity of 100 storeys The Foreword ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is the worlds foremost authority on tall buildings. This book chronicles the annual awards process, in which the CTBUH recognizes outstanding ...

Thirty recently built skyscrapers from around the world are celebrated by the 10th anniversary of the International High-Rise Awards. Every year it seems another 'worlds tallest building' is planned or ...

The visionary projects by architect Vasily Klyukin. As skyscrapers emerge in large numbers, only the most beautiful of them become symbols of the cities that host them. This book presents ...

This publication is entirely centered on the design and delivery of Al Bahr Towers. With 300-colour images, it is highly visual with specially commissioned photography by Christian Richters. An illustrated ...

For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period ...

This is the fifth volume of a series of monographs dedicated to iconic buildings designed by Renzo Piano. London Bridge Tower, also known as the "Shard", was completed in July ...

Gathering a wide range of art from around the world, Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity explores the enduring human desire to build farther and farther into the sky. Examined ...

La torre Galfa viene realizzata a Milano tra il 1956 e il 1959, su progetto di Melchiorre Bega, per ospitare gli uffici della Sarom, società petrolifera per l'estrazione, la lavorazione ...

Every two years, the German Museum of Architecture (DAM) introduces the worlds best high-rises from the previous two years as part of the International Highrise Award. This years nominees, 26 ...

Best Tall Buildings 2012 contains overviews of the nominees and winning projects from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats annual awards. The book provides vital statistics, images, plans ...

Una selección de 300 de los mejores proyectos que abarca 6 capítulos y 1.223 páginas Establecido en el año de 2006, el Concurso eVolo Skyscraper Competition se ha convertido en ...

Like once the main towers of the cathedrals, skyscrapers are the dominant landmarks in the cityscape of today and thereby one of the most prestigious building assignments of creative architects. ...

The Twin Towers were a proud symbol of New York's dynamism, energy, and vital importance in international commerce. When they fell on September 11, 2001, killing thousands, a city was ...

This concise work provides a general introduction to the design of buildings which must be resistant to the effect of earthquakes. A major part of this design involves the building ...