Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> History - General

Materialitat und Stofflichkeit von Gebauden und Konstruktionen sind ein wichtiger Aspekt des architektonischen Entwerfens. Der Umgang mit Materialien und deren Einsatz ist ein grundlegender Baustein der Architekturausbildung.

Helmut von Werz founded his architecture office in Munich in 1946. He was later joined by Johann Christoph Ottow, who became his partner in 1952. Erhard Bachmann and Michel Marx joined the firm as partners in 1971.
The spirit of post-war architecture is visible in his work, which was defined by moderation and preservation, while remaining receptive to the influence of the avant-garde. This long overdue monograph documents 26 projects.

The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As we decorate these spaces and fill them with objects and friends, they shape our lives and become the backdrop to our sense of self. one day, the structures will be gone, but even then, traces of the stories and the memories they contained will persist. In this dazzling work of imaginative reconstruction, edward Hollis...

Buildings are not benign; rather, they commonly manipulate and abuse their human users. Architectural Agents makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly.

Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies. The violence of some sites is rooted in historical trauma; the unhealthy spatial behaviors of other spaces stem from political and economic ruthlessness. The places examined range from the Cloisters...

Das Schreiben wird in der Gegenwartsarchitektur zu einem immer wichtigeren Bestandteil der Architekturpraxis. Selbst literarische Texte wie utopische Erzahlungen, Comics oder Stadtromane eroffnen der Architektur imaginative Raumkonzeptionen, die uber rein geometrische oder funktionale Prinzipien hinausgehen.
GAM.11 Archiscripts versammelt aktuelle Positionen und Analysen des architektonischen Schreibens und Publizie-rens.

Urbanism in dictatorship has been discussed from the national view only, but urbanism has always been an instrument to gain recognition by other states. The book analyses dictatorship in Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany and the Soviet Union, discusses the current state of research and presents new research. An overall view helps to understand the characteristics of each country and prevents to oversimplify the understanding of dictatorship.

To use a phrase from Shakespeare, castles are "stories in stones." They remained the architectural landmarks of 1,000 years of British history. They have also provided the setting for some of the most dramatic deeds in British history in war and political conflict. This well researched and vividly illustrated book explores the story of England's castles, featuring many of the most colorful examples, as well as a timeline, glossary, and list of castles.

A brilliant exploration of architecture through ten of the world's great buildings.

We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces we inhabit. We are born, work, love and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent it and squat in it, create and destroy it. These aspects of buildings--economic, erotic, political and psychological--are crucial if we are to understand architecture properly. And because architecture molds us just as much as we mold it, understanding architecture helps us to understand our lives and our world. Through ten...

Analyzing "totalitarianism from below" in a crucial area of Soviet culture, Hugh Hudson shows how Stalinist forces within the architectural community destroyed an avant-garde movement of urban planners and architects, who attempted to create a more humane built environment for the Soviet people. Through a study of the ideas and constructions of these visionary reformers, Hudson explores their efforts to build new forms of housing and "settlements" designed to free the residents, especially women, from drudgery, allowing them to participate in creative work and to enjoy the "songs of...

Loadbearing systems are the basis of any structure. In order to provide architecture students with an easily understandable introduction to the field of supporting structures, this volume begins with the fundamentals of loads and forces and then moves on to building components and finally to loadbearing systems, together with their characteristic attributes.

Wir kennen Starken unterschiedlicher Stadte, was wissen wir uber die Qualitaten des kleinsten gemeinsamen Nenners ? Die Gene der Stadt: das ist das Thema von A Quantum City. Dieses kolossale Werk ist eine Liebeserklarung an das Stadtische in allseinen Facetten: intellektuelle Hochstleistungen werden teils obskuren, teils profanen Ereignissen gegenubergestellt. Ein neuer und inspirierender Blick auf die Stadt in uns und um uns herum.

This reference book explains the current state of research on contemporary methods and procedures for dealing with historic timber structures. It summarizes the results of a buildings researchers' conference in late 2014 in Prague, which was dedicated to the three main aspects essential to dealing with historic timber structures: construction, architecture history, and repair and maintenance.