The facade is the building?s interface with its environment. It is here that building physics parameters such as heat, humidity, sound and light interact ...
The publication presents an analysis of 16 contemporary Swiss concrete buildings in scales 1:10 and 1:1 using large-scale detailed isometric drawings. The buildings represent ...
The Elbphilharmonie is Hamburg's new landmark and is already an icon of contemporary architecture. In this book, Herzog & de Meuron document their project: ...
How has Berlin's urban landscape changed in its remarkable transformation from divided city to creative capital? Despite the monumental heritage and grand development projects, ...
Architecture and film have many things in common they have formed a symbiosis since the beginning of cinema. Conversely, film with its multifaceted changing ...
Some time ago, Walter Benjamin and Asja Lacis used the term "porosity" with reference to Naples? urban characteristics ? spaces merging into each other ...
Health and environmental compatibility are key topics in contemporary society. The book shows how the built environment can be aesthetically pleasing, modern and, at ...
The aesthetic and constructive quality of a building is also significantly determined by the careful design and implementation of details. Detailed drawings are developed ...
Catalogue of contemporary design methods and techniques Discourse on current and future requirements and possibilities in architecture Edition Angewandte - Book Series of the ...
Complexity in architecture, construction and material manipulation is constantly increasing due to our present ability to design, calculate and fabricate an extending range of ...
In this publication, paintings by Rudolph (von) Alt are juxtaposed with photographs by Stefan Olah, The artists' positions- and their lines of sight- are ...
Architecture is energy. Lines drawn on paper to represent architectural intentions also imply decades and sometimes centuries of associated energy and material flows. Form ...
Architects are used to designing visually. In order to expand their basic design tools, this book explores the interactions between sound, space, hearing, and ...
The much noted international architects' practice, Berger + Parkkinen, was founded in 1995 by Alfred Berger and Tiina Parkkinen, with practices in Vienna and ...
