Drawing on the format of the urban guidebook, A Guide to the Dirty South-Atlanta generates a new discourse about the architecture of the American South. By guiding readers on a tour of Atlanta, this project seeks to reclaim a regional identity for cities otherwise deemed to be a "backwoods" by the East and West Coasts.
The form, function and future of the artist's studio is the central focus of the collaboration and of this publication. Studios for Artists presents, through a series of written and visual essays, the design and construction of an award-winning studio building and the establishment of a sustainable graduate studio program.
"Founded in 1946 by Sir Ove Nyquist Arup and with offices in 37 countries worldwide, Arup has become one of the most progressive creative forces behind many of today's most innovative designs in the built environment, including the Sydney Opera House, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, London's 'Gherkin' ...
Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of the practice, craft material detail commemorates the innovative architectural firm. Included is an overview of projects that highlight the practice's considered approach to form, sensitivity to the environment, construction expertise, innovative use of materials and high-quality detail and workmanship.
RZLBD Hopscotch, the first monograph on RZLBD's work, focuses on its built projects over the last five years, while including a selection of past works and polemical writings that set the foundation for the practice.
Eric Parry Architects 2 closed with a glimpse of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square; volume 3 opens with a thorough overview of this major scheme.
Wotton, in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, has been dealt many blows and survived them all. Today it is a blossoming country house with the mark of Sir John Soane's essential reconstructions after fire struck in 1820. In 1953 after being employed as a boy's boarding school the house was left empty. ...
Offers a guide to the world's leading design innovators - from Alvar Aalto and Joe Colombo to Charles and Ray Eames and Zaha Hadid. This book covers all aspects of design, from architecture, automotive design and heavy industrial design to product design, as well as key styles, themes, movements, technologies and materials.
From the iconic Routemaster bus to the Dyson vacuum cleaner, the graphics of Penguin bookcovers or Vivienne Westwood garments, Britain has been at the forefront of design practice. In this book, the author examines the culture as well as the products of design in Britain.
Articulating Design Thinking contains a collection of thought-provoking papers from researchers based in eight different countries around the world Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Israel, UK, USA, Australia and Turkey that all deal with articulations of design thinking from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. ...
Cities are responsible for three-quarters of the world s energy consumption. If we are to reduce our demands on the planet s resources how can we make our urban areas more energy efficient? One way is to refit existing buildings with more thermally efficient building materials. But such retrofitting ...
Looking at how stone barns have developed to meet the needs of ever-changing farming practices, revealing clues about the rich rural history of the Cotswolds.
Cairo, 'Mother of the World': its vividly diverse neighborhoods and building styles reveal its cosmopolitan energy and reflect the myriad of economic, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the city over the centuries. So impressed was Khedive Ismail after a visit to Haussman's 'new' Paris in ...
