Main entry:

Kronenburg, Robert.

Title & Author:

Portable architecture : design and technology / Robert Kronenburg.

Edition:

New ed.
Completely revised edition.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser ; London : Springer [distributor], 2008.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, facsimiles ; 30 cm

Notes:
Previous edition: Oxford: Elsevier/Architectural, 2003.
Works: Exhibition and Commerce: IBM Travelling Pavilion, Japan Pavilion, Nomadic Museum, Spirit of Dubai Building, Pacific Century Cyberworks Connnect Kiosk Shops, DIM Mobile Retail Unit, Uniqlo Pop-Up Store, Big M, Unipart Structure, Smirnoff Cube, Airtecture Air Hall, Airquarium, Dyson Mobile Exhibition Pavilion; Entertainment: Screen Machine 2, Bathing Ship, U2 Vertigo Tour Stage Set, The Rolling Stones Bigger Bang Tour Stage Set, Superbowl Half-Time Shows, Harley-Davidson Machine Tent, Valhalla; Shelter and Residential: Portable House, Micro-compact home, Caravan of the future, Mobile Dwelling Unit; Arts and Education: Mobile Museums, Classroom of the Future, Animaris Rhinoceros Transport, Karaza Theatre; Military and expedition: ISS TransHAB, Halley VI, BHP Geological Survey Camp.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-157) and index.
Exhibition and commerce -- IBM Travelling Pavilion / Renzo Piano Building Workshop -- Japan Pavilion ; Nomadic Museum / Shigeru Ban -- Spirit of Dubai Building / Tectoniks Ltd. -- Pacific Century Cyberworks Connect Kiosk Shops / James Law Cybertecture -- DIM Mobile Retail Unit ; Uniqio Pop-Up Store / LOT-EK -- Big M ; Unipart Structure ; Smirnoff Cube / Inflate -- Airtecture Air Hall ; Airquarium / Festo -- Dyson Mobile Exhibition Pavilion / FTL Design Engineering Studio -- Entertainment -- Screen Machine 2 / Toutenkamion -- Bathing Ship / AMP arquitectos/Wilk-Salinas -- U2 Vertigo Tour Stage Set ; The Rolling Stones Bigger Bang Tour Stage Set ; Superbowl half-time shows / Mark Fisher -- Harley-Davidson machine tent / FTL Design Engineering Studio -- Valhalla / Rudi Enos -- Shelter and residential -- Portable house / Office of Mobile Design -- micro-compact home / Richard Horden -- Caravan of the Future / Paul Burchill and Hervé Delaby -- Mobile dwelling unit / LOT-EK -- Arts and education -- Mobile museums / Public Art Lab -- Classroom of the future / Gollifer Langston Architects -- Animaris Rhinoceros Transport / Theo Jansen -- Karaza Theatre / Tadao Ando Architect and Associates -- Military and expedition -- ISS TransHAB / NASA -- Halley VI / Faber Maunsell -- BHP Geological Survey Camp / Weatherhaven.
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Summary:

"This book discusses the forerunners, context, and technology of portable architecture. It documents numerous international examples - organised by areas of application - such as Shigeru Ban's Nomadic Museum in New York made of shipping containers, Marc Fisher's event architecture for concert tours by the Rolling Stones and U2, Richard Horden's micro-compact home, Tadao Ando's Karaza Theatre and NASA's TransHAB, a mobile space habitat. The book presents a broad array of concepts for the design of mobile structures of all kinds, suitable even for use in extreme situations, such as the Antarctic or in the aftermath of natural catastrophes."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9783764383244 (pbk.)
3764383240 (pbk.)
9783764383220 (German language ed.)
3764383224 (German language ed.)

Subject:

Buildings, Portable.
Space (Architecture)
Constructions transportables.
Architecture Innovations.
Espace (Architecture)
portable buildings.
Mobila byggnader.
Mobile Architektur Beispielsammlung.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257892
Call No.: BIB 188443
Status: Available