Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation

In Bill Stumpf's incisive book, he argues that good design is not about fashion, but about quality of life. The ice palace of the title refers to an elaborate construction built in St. Paul in 1992; for Stumpf, this castle symbolizes a sense of community and a love of play that has been lost in the wake of America's quest for speed and efficiency. Among his pet peeves are cramped airplanes, run-down taxis, aspirin bottle caps, malls, burglar alarms, and grocery bags with no handles. Things don't have to be this way, he assures us, as he offers many whimsical and practical...

"CAAD Futures" is a bi-annual conference that aims to promote the advancement of computer-aided architectural design in the service of those concerned with the quality of the built environment. The conferences are organized under the auspices of the CAAD Futures Foundation, which has its secretariat at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

This book contains papers prepared for the 10th CAAD Futures conference that took place at the National Cheng Kung University, 28 to 30 April, 2003. The chapters provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in research on...

• Why are buildings detailed the way they are?
• Why do architects and engineers seem to come to the same kind of solutions to their detailing problems?
• Are we satisfied with such a situation?

With environmental concerns so high on designers' agendas, the answer to this third question has to be 'no'. Collectively architects, engineers and specifiers need to revisit how they detail the built environment, and address the most important and potentially difficult area of the joint between materials and components.

In Principles of Architectural...

Since the 1990s the kitchen has moved into the design spotlight, and this publication examines and reviews its significance in an architectural, cultural, social and economical context. The authors look at developments and revolutionary kitchen concepts of the last decades including standardized kitchens and open kitchen living spaces.

So unterschiedlich Reaktionen auf Farben ausfallen, so lassen sich in Gestaltungsfragen doch allgemein gultige Farbkonzepte aufstellen, die den Erwartungen der verschiedenen Nutzergruppen entsprechen. Dieses Buch bietet einen Leitfaden, der auf vielfaltigen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen beruht und dem Architekturstudenten wie dem Fachmann als qualifizierte Beratungsbasis dient.