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Nearly everyone collects something, even those who don't think of themselves as collectors. William Davies King, on the other hand, has devoted decades to collecting nothing--and a lot of it. With Collections of Nothing, he takes a hard look at this habitual hoarding to see what truths it can reveal about the impulse to accumulate.

Part memoir, part reflection on the mania of acquisition, Collections of Nothing begins with the stamp collection that King was given as a boy. In the following years, rather than rarity or pedigree, he found himself searching out the lowly...

Vitruvius's De architectura is the only major work on architecture to survive from classical antiquity, and until the eighteenth century it was the text to which all other architectural treatises referred. While European classicists have focused on the factual truth of the text itself, English-speaking architects and architectural theorists have viewed it as a timeless source of valuable metaphors. Departing from both perspectives, Indra Kagis McEwen examines the work's meaning and significance in its own time.

Vitruvius dedicated De architectura to his patron Augustus...

Aufstieg, Boom und Krise einer neuen Stadt der globalisierten Okonomie: Dubai Stadt aus dem Nichts gibt einen aktuellen Zwischenbericht anhand von aufschlussreichen Essays, etwa zur Situation der Gastarbeiter in Dubai, und Interviews mit in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten tatigen Architekten und Kulturschaffenden.

Generously illustrated with concept development sketches as well as site plans, section drawings, full schematics, and photographs of finished buildings, this engaging volume focuses on "organic synthesis," the creative process that is architect Gunnar Birkerts's methodology and philosophy.

Birkerts likens his organic approach to listening to music: the music must be heard as it unfolds; an attempt to perceive it all at once would reduce it to noise. Organic synthesis occurs as all aspects of a project present themselves: the building site, the building program and budget, available...

Owning and operating a small architectural design firm can be challenging, with tight project deadlines, on-the-fly meetings, rush proposals, and fluctuating workloads as part of the firm's day-to-day activities. To help small firm owners cope with the chaos and prepare for the unexpected, here is The Architect's Guide to Small Firm Management, a no-nonsense guide to repurposing daily demands into workable, goal-directed solutions.

Crucial topics such as self-aware...

Der Architekt Rudolf Olgiati ist durch die Verzahnung traditioneller Elemente mit der Architektur der Moderne Vorbild fur zeitgenossische Architekten wie Peter Markli. Unter dem Einfluss von Le Corbusier entwickelt er in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren eine eigene, pragnante Architektur, die in den letzten Jahren auch uber Graubunden hinaus zunehmend Beachtung erfahren hat.

The murals of the Saint Francis Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico were dedicated in 1918 when the Museum of Fine Arts was the subject of great festivities held for the grand opening of the building, financed by private capital and State money. The murals themselves are in excellent condition and effectively grace the handsome auditorium. Their meaning is not obvious; in only three of them does Saint Francis appear. One inevitably wonders why the other subjects were selected; who made the decisions as to the subjects; who gave the commission and when; what artists...

Valerio Olgiati arbeitete als Architekt in Los Angeles, Zurich und seit 2008 in Flims. Er unterrichtete als Gastprofessor an der ETH Zurich, der AA London und der Cornell University, New York. Seit 2002 ist er Professor der Accademia die architettura in Mendrisio, ab Herbst 2009 fuhrt er in Harvard den Kenzo Tange Chair. Seine Bauten finden aufgrund ihrer unverwechselbaren Geradlinigkeit und Eigenstandigkeit inzwischen internationale Aufmerksamkeit.

Im alten Ortskern von Flims liegt das Grundstuck der Familie Olgiati. Rudolf Olgiati (1910-1995) hat das Anwesen Dado" 1930 erworben...

Innovative ideas, concepts and solutions for facade design, all exceptional in terms of urban development, architecture, technology and function, are presented using around 250 international buildings and projects from well-known architects, including Richard Meier, Daniel Libeskind, and Gehry Partners.

Das 1990 gegrundete Buro Palmbout Urban Landscapes kann gegenwartig als das fuhrende Stadtebauburo in den Niederlanden bezeichnet werden. Palmbout Urban Landscapes hat ein eigenes Profil entwickelt, nicht nur auf dem Gebiet der Beziehung von Stadtebau und Architektur, sondern vor allem bezogen auf die gegenseitigen Wechselbeziehungen von Stadtebau, Landschaftsanalyse und -entwurf sowie Infrastruktur.