$84.50
(available to order)
Summary:
Produced at a rate of five billion cubic yards per year, concrete is the second most widely consumed substance on earth, after water. It is ubiquitous and easily taken for granted as the stuff of sidewalks and roads, power plants and parking garages. Concrete is also, however, a favored material of cutting- edge architects and engineers, who value not only its versatility(...)
Materials and Lighting
March 2006, New York
Liquid stone : new architecture in concrete
Actions:
Price:
$84.50
(available to order)
Summary:
Produced at a rate of five billion cubic yards per year, concrete is the second most widely consumed substance on earth, after water. It is ubiquitous and easily taken for granted as the stuff of sidewalks and roads, power plants and parking garages. Concrete is also, however, a favored material of cutting- edge architects and engineers, who value not only its versatility and strength but its unlimited potential for imaginative expression. A hybrid substance made from cement, water, sand, and mineral aggregates, concrete–or liquid stone–has no intrinsic form. In the hands of talented designers, its ultimate appearance is dictated by the framework into which it is poured and the color, texture, or pattern applied to its surface. In a series of essays by top architects, engineers, and scholars, " Liquid stone " explores the nature of concrete, its past and future, from technical, artistic, and historical perspectives. Over thirty buildings by leading international architects including Jean Nouvel, Herzog – de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Norman Foster, and Santiago Calatrava are presented through detailed descriptions, photographs, and technical drawings.
Materials and Lighting
$99.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A design guide to the detailing of exposed steelwork in buildings. Written specifically for architects, this guide offers technical guidance, general principles as well as examples of best practice.
Materials and Lighting
September 2003, London / New York
Architectural design in steel
Actions:
Price:
$99.95
(available to order)
Summary:
A design guide to the detailing of exposed steelwork in buildings. Written specifically for architects, this guide offers technical guidance, general principles as well as examples of best practice.
Materials and Lighting
$67.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Luminous wallpaper, curtains that produce electricity, or self-cleaning windowpanes, more than ever before innovations in surface technologies are influencing and will continue to revolutionize the use of materials in architecture, interior design, and design. The new smart surfaces expand considerably design possibilities for architects and designers. Their use leads to(...)
Smart surfaces, and their application in architecture and design
Actions:
Price:
$67.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Luminous wallpaper, curtains that produce electricity, or self-cleaning windowpanes, more than ever before innovations in surface technologies are influencing and will continue to revolutionize the use of materials in architecture, interior design, and design. The new smart surfaces expand considerably design possibilities for architects and designers. Their use leads to new typologies and concepts that can also do justice to changes in expectations for buildings and design.Smart Surfaces brings these design fields into the creative focus of planners and designers, and emphasizes concrete possibilities for applications. Planning fundamentals, including cost-benefit analyses, and questions related to building, including details of constructions, are presented in a clear and intelligible way.
Materials and Lighting
Pierre sèche
$54.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Des sites, sélectionnés dans le monde entier (France, Grèce, Grande- Bretagne, Espagne, Allemagne, Suède, Cap-Vert etc.) permettent d’appréhender divers types d’aménagements élaborés au fil des siècles et de comprendre comment les techniques s’adaptent aux paysages. L’accent est mis sur les murs à travers plusieurs exemples de construction détaillés étape par étape. En(...)
Materials and Lighting
April 2008, Manosque
Pierre sèche
Actions:
Price:
$54.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Des sites, sélectionnés dans le monde entier (France, Grèce, Grande- Bretagne, Espagne, Allemagne, Suède, Cap-Vert etc.) permettent d’appréhender divers types d’aménagements élaborés au fil des siècles et de comprendre comment les techniques s’adaptent aux paysages. L’accent est mis sur les murs à travers plusieurs exemples de construction détaillés étape par étape. En complément de cette approche pratique, des spécialistes de la pierre sèche apportent leurs connaissances et leurs expériences dans un langage accessible.
Materials and Lighting
Brique. Brick
$18.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Vous vous familiariserez ici avec l'histoire, l'équipe et les services de L.M. Sauvé - Canadian Masonry Corporation (CMC). Nous vous proposons ensuite une promenade à la rencontre de dix des projets complétés par la compagnie dans sa ville d'origine, comme la Cathédrale Christ Church, Travaux Publics Canadea, Bell Canada. Suit un survol des réalisations actuelles de la(...)
Materials and Lighting
September 2008, Montréal
Brique. Brick
Actions:
Price:
$18.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Vous vous familiariserez ici avec l'histoire, l'équipe et les services de L.M. Sauvé - Canadian Masonry Corporation (CMC). Nous vous proposons ensuite une promenade à la rencontre de dix des projets complétés par la compagnie dans sa ville d'origine, comme la Cathédrale Christ Church, Travaux Publics Canadea, Bell Canada. Suit un survol des réalisations actuelles de la compagnie à travers le Canada, comme la Baie à Toronto et à Vancouver.
Materials and Lighting
$87.95
(available to order)
Summary:
The city at night is defined by light. A well-lit urban space can be inviting, giving visitors a sense of well-being and security. A successful nighttime lighting design can also give a city its own identity and accentuate certain architectural qualities. At the same time, an overabundance of light sources can result in light pollution and spatial confusion. In Light Zone(...)
Light zone city : light planning in the urban context
Actions:
Price:
$87.95
(available to order)
Summary:
The city at night is defined by light. A well-lit urban space can be inviting, giving visitors a sense of well-being and security. A successful nighttime lighting design can also give a city its own identity and accentuate certain architectural qualities. At the same time, an overabundance of light sources can result in light pollution and spatial confusion. In Light Zone City author Christa van Santen uses her many years of experience as a practitioner and teacher of lighting design to articulate basic planning rules for the outdoor lighting of buildings, traffic routes, and squares. In preparation for this guide to urban lighting design, she visited ten European cities—including Paris, Brussels, Berlin, London, Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam—with different urban conditions. Light Zone City presents different planning and design tasks systematically and uses each to illustrate specific solutions. Van Santen also explains new artificial lighting systems and outdoor lamps through numerous examples.
Materials and Lighting
$99.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Speaking of their concept of light and colors, the author describes the essence and beauty of Japanese architecture in the most precise sense.
A+U special edition: Light in Japanese Architecture
Actions:
Price:
$99.00
(available to order)
Summary:
Speaking of their concept of light and colors, the author describes the essence and beauty of Japanese architecture in the most precise sense.
Materials and Lighting
$59.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Bois met à l’honneur la beauté de ce matériau polyvalent, révélée par 170 constructions édifiées au cours du dernier millénaire. Organisé par thèmes, telles texture, juxtaposition ou lumière, cet ouvrage souligne les multiples usages et les qualités uniques du bois. Il est servi par des textes et photographies de maisons, cabanes, églises, monuments, espaces culturels et(...)
Bois
Actions:
Price:
$59.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Bois met à l’honneur la beauté de ce matériau polyvalent, révélée par 170 constructions édifiées au cours du dernier millénaire. Organisé par thèmes, telles texture, juxtaposition ou lumière, cet ouvrage souligne les multiples usages et les qualités uniques du bois. Il est servi par des textes et photographies de maisons, cabanes, églises, monuments, espaces culturels et constructions d’architectes de renommée internationale, comme Le Corbusier. Des édifices marquants d’architectes contemporains tels que Renzo Piano, Peter Zumthor, Sou Fujimoto ou Snøhetta sont également présentés.
Materials and Lighting
$76.95
(available to order)
Summary:
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 examples of the diverse methods available for using concrete to build contemporary architecture. Series of images on the construction processes and texts on the architectural / construction methods,(...)
Made of concrete: current Swiss buildings by Olgiati, Christ & Gantanbein, Kerez and others
Actions:
Price:
$76.95
(available to order)
Summary:
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 examples of the diverse methods available for using concrete to build contemporary architecture. Series of images on the construction processes and texts on the architectural / construction methods, and a systematic overview of the construction principles of building envelopes, provide the reader with a new, deeper understanding. The book is the result of in-depth research by the authors at the Architecture Department of the ETH Zurich. It demonstrates the innovative strength of Swiss architectural production, which combines current technical requirements with sophisticated building culture.
Materials and Lighting
Roof: protected open space
$29.95
(available in store)
Summary:
Eight questions are posed to fifteen architectural offices from around the world, beginning with 'What is the favourite roof you’ve designed and why?' From there the mini-interviews go on to tackle a range of considerations involving the basic architectural element of the roof from the perspectives of design, region, renovation, culture, and more.
Roof: protected open space
Actions:
Price:
$29.95
(available in store)
Summary:
Eight questions are posed to fifteen architectural offices from around the world, beginning with 'What is the favourite roof you’ve designed and why?' From there the mini-interviews go on to tackle a range of considerations involving the basic architectural element of the roof from the perspectives of design, region, renovation, culture, and more.
Materials and Lighting