Автор: Thomas R. Ryan, Edward Allen, Patrick J. Rand Название: Detailing for Landscape Architects: Aesthetics, Function, Constructibility Издательство: Wiley Год: 2011 Формат: PDF Размер: 58 Mb Язык: Английский The new industry standard on landscape architectural detailing Detailing for Landscape Architects takes the reader on an educational journey across three major areas of landscape architectural detailing—aesthetics, function, and constructibility—to demonstrate how powerful design

Автор: Chris Wise, Arthur Andersson Название: Natural Houses: The Residential Architecture of Andersson-Wise Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2010 Формат: PDF Размер: 43.3 Mb Язык: Английский For Arthur Andersson and Chris Wise, the fundamental elements that give buildings meaning are found in nature.Imbuing day-to-day activities with poetry and awe, their designs address both pragmatic needs and the psychological yearning for refuge and contemplation, centering and escape, joy

Автор: Avi Friedman Название: Narrow Houses: New Directions in Efficient Design Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2010 Формат: PDF Размер: 23 Mb Язык: Английский Since the beginning of the housing boom of the 1950s, the size of the average North American house has steadily grown while the size of the average family has decreased. Today, a growing number of homebuyers seeking smaller, more efficient residential designs are rediscovering a centuries old housing prototype: the

Автор: Elizabeth Ranieri, Byron Kuth Название: Kuth/Ranieri Architects(New Voices in Architecture) Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2010 Формат: PDF Размер: 28 Mb Язык: Английский Byron Kuth and Elizabeth Ranieri have split their time over the last two decades between teaching, building, and research, and have produced a broad spectrum of work, from small-scale objects and installations, to uniquely detailed residential and institutional buildings, to large urban design

Автор: William Morgan Название: Yankee Modern: 10 Houses By Estes/Twombly Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2009 Формат: PDF Размер: 11 Mb Язык: Английский Architects James Estes and Peter Twombly have described their nearly two decades of work as "quiet modernism." Their Rhode Island-based firm, Estes/Twombly Architects, builds modestly sized and geometrically precise houses that are unique to their New England locale without being style-driven. These award-winning

Автор: Sarah A. Lappin Название: Full Irish: New Architecture in Ireland Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2009 Формат: PDF Размер: 24.8 Mb Язык: Английский From Georgian cities to modernist masterpieces, architecture in Ireland has a long history of excellence. The last fifteen years, however, witnessed more social, economic, and cultural change than any previous period on the island, leaving a dramatic mark on the country's architecture. A new commitment to design quality by

Автор: Keith Moskow, Robert Linn Название: Small Scale: Creative Solutions for Better City Living Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2010 Формат: PDF Размер: 118.9 Mb Язык: Английский Think big, design small. This is the rallying cry of a new generation of architects and artists who aim to improve the lives of city-dwellers through small-scale public design projects. Using the city as an open-source platform for ideas, these visionaries create "urban interventions" to

Автор: Scott Murray Название: Contemporary Curtain Wall Architecture Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2009 Формат: PDF Размер: 24.9 Mb Язык: Английский Recent years have seen a rapidly growing interest among contemporary architects in the use of curtain walls to create innovative, attention-grabbing building facades. With new concerns about the environment and affordability, the curtain wall represents a microcosm of issues important to architecture: climate responsiveness and

Автор: Botond Bognar Название: Material Immaterial: The New Work of Kengo Kuma Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2009 Формат: PDF Размер: 39 Mb Язык: Английский In our 2005 monograph Kengo Kuma: Selected Works, celebrated architect Kengo Kuma boldly declared that his ultimate aim was to "erase architecture" so that his buildings became one with their surroundings. In recent years he has pursued this goal by focusing primarily on imaginative and unexpected use of

Автор: John Lund Kriken Название: City Building: Nine Planning Principles for the 21st Century Издательство: Princeton Architectural Press Год: 2010 Формат: PDF Размер: 122.5 Mb Язык: Английский Good city building is not created by complex statistics, functional problem solving, or any particular decision-making process. Successful cities instead come from people advocating easily understood human values and principles that take into account the sensory, tactile, and sustainable qualities of