Buildings are not conceived solely with average people in mind; they offer a protective shell for everyone. Basics Barrier-free Planning improves our understanding of ...
The Refurbishment Manual closes the gap between basic constructional literature and one-sided, highly specialized technical literature. it constitutes a practical planning aid on the ...
On site presents pioneering projects and strategies in landscape architecture from Berlin to Bordeaux, from Akkarvikoden in Norway to Evora in Portugal. The projects ...
This book presents the most common load-bearing systems, such as plate, massive, and skeleton construction, and describes their impact on the structure as a ...
Alexandre Chemetoff, architect, urban planner and landscaper, is committed to practising his trade freely. He develops his projects by visiting the sites, walking them ...
This competition, organized by the Bundesamt für Kultur (Federal Office of Culture), is one of the most important instruments for the promotion of design. ...
This practice-oriented volume provides expert planners and architects but also interested developers with practical knowledge on the subject of acoustics in high-rise architecture, beginning ...
Living individually while feeling comfortable within the framework of a collective building: this lifestyle trend is becoming increasingly evident. This inventory of new forms ...
The international creation of typefaces after 1950 was decisively influenced by the Swiss type designer Adrian Frutiger. His Univers typeface and the machine-readable font ...
For Agence Ter (Henri Bava, Michel Hoessler, Olivier Philippe), the ground itself is material. It obeys the laws of the natural sciences, holds water, ...
Our planet's resources are finite, and the engineer's work must take this fact into account. Sustainable elements should be foremost at every stage of ...
