Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Study & Teaching

'The Transparent State' studies how the idea of transparency, a metaphor borrowed from political thought became an analogy for democratic architecture in postwar West Germany & led to the prevailing belief that transparency in governmental buildings can be equated with openness, accessibility & greater democracy.

Modern architecture has become extremely complex and its study has been made more difficult by changes in fashion and a proliferation of design modes. In this book, Geoffrey Baker develops a methodology for design analysis that reveals the underlying organisation of buildings.
Part One explains the nature and role of architecture in a wide-ranging discussion extending from geometry to symbolism. Part Two demonstrates the analytical methodology by reference to cities and works by modern masters such as Aalto, Meier and Stirling.
In this second revised edition, Dr Baker has added a...

This study explores the relationship between the way we see and the way we draw architecture ideas. The text deals with sensory experience of space, the spatial cues represented in architectural drawing and the relationship between drawing type and design intent. Forms of drawings provided by new technological aids such as animated computer graphics and virtual reality are also addressed.

A complementary sequel to Relating Architecture to Landscape, this volume of essays explores further areas of interest and debate in the field of landscape/architecture, and offers contributions from a team of well-known researchers, teachers and writers. The choice of topics is wide-ranging and features case studies of modern and contemporary schemes from the US, Far East and Australasia.

This book is full of examples of what designers can do once they learn the basics. This book presents an overview of the structural design process for designers with limited backgrounds in engineering analysis and mathematics. Included is information on structural systems and materials, the development of the general form and basic elements of a specific system, and construction plans and details. Included are examples of eleven different structural systems, each with an explanation of the design and a sample set of construction plans and details.

The historic breakthroughs in the science of metallurgy over the last quarter century have produced an array of new metallic building materials. Architects and designers now have a far broader palette of metals to choose from than at any other time in history, and metal is fast becoming the star building material featured in some of today's most exciting new building projects.

A book whose time has come, Archi-tectural Metals is the first comprehensive guide to the metals and metallic finishes currently available for use in architecture. Learn from a fourth-generation expert in...

This revised edition includes new illustrations and computer-generated images to address its applicability to digital and other communication media. It covers the basic skills of freehand drawing, the construction of representational drawings and graphic note-taking - all in the context of contemporary architecture and design.

This is a reissue of an influential work with acute observations on the English urban landscape. Townscape is the art of giving visual coherence and organization to the jumble of buildings, streets and space that make up the urban environment.

Bio-Architecture studies the natural principles of animal and human constructions from several different perspectives, and presents a great part of the knowledge that gives origin and shape to built form. This title gives an informative overview of the drive towards organically informed design, both intrinsically and aesthetically, using a wide variety of international examples.

This handbook focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical, where the skills required for designing at undergraduate level are clearly demonstrated.

Die acht Bande dieser auergewohnlichen Edition, die zwischen 1929 und 1970 veroffentlicht wurde und seitdem immer wieder nachgedruckt wurde, zeigen die groe Bandbreite des Werks von Le Corbusier. Sie dokumentieren das Werk des einflussreichsten Architekten des 20. Jahrhunderts. In direkter Zusammenarbeit mit Le Corbusier in uber 40 Jahren entstanden, bildet das Set eine einzigartige und erschopfende Bestandsaufnahme seiner Gebaude, Projekte, Skizzenhefte, Manifeste, Zeichnungen und Texte, welche die Welt der Architektur nachhaltig verandert haben.

An introduction to the work of one of the most important architects of the 20th century.

Research carried by IAAC and The Observer Design Group on Taipeis unique urban configuration over a ten-day period, measuring and reading the city in order to get the precise information to register the uniqueness of this urban configuration, is chronicled.

Basics Architecture 02: Construction & Materiality is an in-depth exploration of the key materials used in modern architecture. The book covers materials including stone and brick, concrete, timber, glass, steel and composites. It examines their history, development and practical application in contemporary architecture.

Discussion is supported by a variety of case studies and examples of work taken from the best of contemporary architecture, as well as practical student exercises and resources.

Illuminating examines central aspects of light planning. General characteristics and fundamental principles as well as subtle facets of an intelligent treatment of daylight are discussed and critically examined within an expanded architecture- and cultural-historical context.

Authors: Hugo Bachmann, Walter J. Ammann, Florian Deischl, Josef Eisenmann, Ingomar Floegl, Gerhard H. Hirsch, Gunter K. Klein, Goran J. Lande, Oskar Mahrenholtz, Hans G. Natke, Hans Nussbaumer, Anthony J. Pretlove, Johann H. Rainer, Ernst-Ulrich Saemann, Lorenz Steinbeisser. Large structures such as factories, gymnasia, concert halls, bridges, towers, masts and chimneys can be detrimentally affected by vibrations. These vibrations can cause either serviceability problems, severely hampering the user's comfort, or safety problems. The aim of this book is to provide structural and civil...

This practical guide explains to architects, engineers, designers and other consultants how to establish press plans for firms and for individual projects, and how to actively develop reputation by getting work published in the architectural, engineering and construction press.

With quotes, advice and opinions from the industry's key journalists - including expert image generation and selection advice from Gareth Gardner, photo-journalist and past editor of FX and Features editor of Building Design - Effective Press Relations for the Built Environment, offers...

Collage City ist eine Kritik der modernen Architektur und zugleich der Aufruf, Theorie und Praxis von Planung und Stadtebau zu uberdenken. Colin Rowe und Fred Koetter erklaren die moderne Architektur als Heilsbotschaft und den modernen Stadtebau als Versuch, eine Idealvorstellung von totaler Ordnung zu verwirklichen.

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Explores what it takes to become an expert designer. This work examines the perception of expertise in design and asks what knowledge, skills, attributes and experiences are necessary in order to design well. It is suitable for students, teachers, practitioners and researchers in architecture and design.