Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Buildings - General

I. W. Colburn: Emotion in Modern Architecture "chronicles the career of one of Chicago s most influential mid-century modernists. Colburn s houses, institutional buildings, and religious structures feature a highly refined blend of structural expression and deeply embedded elements of traditional architecture. Colburn was an independent architect whose sculptural buildings were controversial in his time, but whose mastery of proportion, materials, and space have gained wide recognition 50 years later.

Colburn s architecture was extremely influential to architects in the mid-twentieth...

Sich wandelnde Altersbilder, verschiedenartige Lebenslagen und Lebensstile erfordern neben der Entwicklung neuer Wohntypologien auch eine kleinraumige Verknupfung von Wohn- und Betreuungsangeboten im Quartier. Die in diesem Buch vorgestellten Beispiele umfassen daher ein breites Spektrum an Planungen auf unterschiedlichen Massstabsebenen: angefangen bei der Gestaltung von Freibereichen und Innenraumen bis hin zur Konzeption ganzer Siedlungen.

Der Bautypus Museum und der architektonische Raum fuhren seit dem fruhen 19. Jahrhundert eine komplizierte Beziehung. Einerseits konkurriert die Architektur mit den Ausstellungsobjekten um die Aufmerksamkeit der Besucher, andererseits nimmt sich die Architektur zuruck, um dem Museum seine inhaltliche Entfaltung zu ermoglichen. Zwischen diesen beiden Polen setzt dieses Handbuch an. Es richtet sich an den Entwerfer und zugleich an den Nutzer. Die Publikation hat den Anspruch, als Kommunikationsmittel im Planungsprozess eines Museums zu dienen: wahrend der Konzeption, des Wettbewerbs sowie...

The pavilion is the architectural form of the moment, enabling emerging architects to make their mark. Often ephemeral and orientated to a specific function, they are less expensive than their more permanent architectural cousins, which allows for more experimentation or inventiveness than in larger structures.

Tents, bandstands, displays, places for sitting, listening, seeing, and being seen, pavilions have myriad forms and as many functions. For architects and designers, they offer unique opportunities to experiment with form, construction, material, structure, surface, and...

Provides a full overview for students and professionals, examining each stage of the development process. There are new chapters on planning and sustainability, continued focus on appraisal techniques with worked examples, updated content on sensitivity testing and funding mechanisms, and new self-assessment questions with model answers.

Hospitals as a building type have undergone a substantial evolution in the past years. This publication explains the principles and requirements for the planning of hospitals and other health facilities. An international case study section documents 40 best-practice projects in six categories: general hospitals, children s hospitals, specialized clinics, outpatient clinics and health centers as well as rehabilitation clinics.

The contents of the book will highlight the differences between the design and engineering disciplines - strengths and flaws. It will also illustrate examples of interdisciplinary interactions. Any false dichotomies will be revealed and the many non-linear processes borne out of challenging conventions between traditional and new modes of practice will be revealed. Projects based on a body of experience spanning many years will be selected to support experimentation that goes beyond an undisciplined search for originality, innovation and creativity. In addition to writings from Hanif Kara...

Design for Health: Sustainable Approaches to Therapeutic Architecture Guest-Edited by Terri Peters

This issue of AD seeks out innovative and varied sustainable architectural responses to designing for health, such as:

• integrating sensory gardens and landscapes into the care environment;
• specifying local materials and passive technologies;
• and reinvigorating aging postwar facilities.

Contributors include: Anne-Marie Adams, Sean Ahlquist, Giuseppe Boscherini, Robin Guenther, Charles Jencks, Richard Mazuch, Stephen Verderber,...

"Vielleicht wird es unausweichlich sein, unsere Gesellschaft und unser Bildungssystem massiv zu verandern. Die Bedeutung der Schule ist wichtiger geworden, so Bundesprasident Gauck. Diesen Geist atmet das neue Gymnasium in Diedorf. Innovative padagogische Ideen und partizipatorische Planungskultur bilden ungewohnte Raumgefuge, ambitionierte okologische Ziele leiten die Konstruktion, Sachlichkeit und Inspiration pragen die Architektur. Bauherr und Forderer, Nutzer und Planer, Fachleute fur Baurecht und technische Gewerke dokumentieren die Entstehung des Gebaudes, erganzt durch Plane und...