Архитектура

Architects featured: AEDAS, Tadao Ando, Asymptote, Atkins, Behnisch Architects, Frank O. Gehry, Gensler, Zaha Hadid, HOK Sport, Kazuhiro Kojima+Kazuko Akamatsu/C+A, KPF, Greg Lynn Form, Jean Nouvel, OMA/Rem Kohlhaas, ONL, Carlos Ott, I.M. Pei, RNL, Hadi Simaan, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Studio Pei Zhu

TASCHEN’s new architecture series brings a unique perspective to world architecture, highlighting architectural trends by country. Each book features 15 to 20 architects—from the firmly established to the up-and-coming—with the focus on how they have contributed to very recent architecture in the chosen nation. Entries include contact information and short biographies in addition to copiously illustrated descriptions of the architects’ or firms’ most significant recent projects. Crossing the globe from country to country, this new series celebrates the richly hued architectural personality of each nation featured.

Wood has unique qualities, yet is undervalued or ignored in histories of architecture. However, leading designers around the world are increasingly drawn to it to satisfy social and environmental needs.

Will Pryce is an award-winning photographer who trained as an architect and photojournalist. His pictures have made him the most admired architectural photographer in Britain. Intensely dramatic but not over-dramatized, technically flawless, but not merely documentary, they convey all the excitement of encountering these amazing structures first-hand. He has travelled the world seeking the famous and the obscure.

In the substantial text he shows how the wooden heritage of Japan grew from its Buddhist history; how Russia’s carpenters determined its iconic domes; how Norway’s stave churches contain clues to her pagan past; how Turkic tribes brought the yali from Asia; how the settlers of New England would use a provincial English tradition on the new continent; and how, today, sophisticated architects such as Peter Zumthor and Renzo Piano are inventing an eloquent new wooden architecture.

Fifty of the world’s most important buildings seen through specially commissioned isometric illustrations and detailed photographs and plans, providing the perfect introduction to architecture for students and anyone interested in buildings.

Taking readers behind architecture’s facades and finishes, this charmingly illustrated book explores how some of the most important buildings in the world were constructed. Specially commissioned isometric drawings present the essential structural elements of the world’s masterpiece buildings that are not visible to the naked eye. These illustrations are displayed alongside plans, details, and photographs, all of which are clear and accessible, yet accurate and elegant enough to satisfy the most discerning eye.

This fascinating book explores the thinking and expertise behind architects’ designs and offers a means by which to better understand buildings already visited as well as those on the must-see list. Selections range from domestic structures such as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and skyscrapers such as the Chrysler Building, to iconic classics such as the Louvre and Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia Cathedral. The buildings have been chosen for their importance and interest, their role in the development of architectural thinking, and the structural secrets that intricate 3-D drawings can reveal.

About the Author:

John Zukowsky is an architectural and design historian with more than four decades of experience. While curator of architecture for the Art Institute of Chicago from 1978 to 2004, he organized a number of award-winning exhibitions accompanied by major books. He has recently authored Building Chicago: The Architectural Masterworks. Robbie Polley is an architectural illustrator with more than twenty-five years of experience. His drawings have been featured in thirty books.

Contemporary residential architecture is a clear reflection of social and economic change. Leaving aside the familiar terraced homes found on so many housing estates, this architectural field is producing novel, innovative designs showing technical advances in construction technology applied to single family homes. This book offers a comprehensive selection of family residences from all over the world, original, personalised constructions which reflect ther owners' requisities and preferences. In today's home, anthing is possible. The residences reviewed in this volume show how a very wide range of materials can be used to adapt costructions to their surroundings, and not vice-versa. It portraits original solutions and novel techniques for blending architecture with its entrourage or conversely creating a powerful visual and aesthetic contrast. Each of the homes in "Architecture Inspirations" are comprehensive projects where exterior and interior design carry equal weight. This book aims to present the latest trends in residential architecture and interior design, propose a variety of styles, and serve as a source of inspiration to readers. On about 720 pages 75 houses will be presented in chapters where projects are grouped by geographical location as city and suburban, village, country, mountain or waterfront to allow a maximum clarity and so that readers may identify instantly with the works illustrated.

Кол-во фотографий: более 400
Кол-во схем и рисунков: более 50

This volume presents the best of architecture in the world from 100 contemporary architects.

The fine line between art and architecture is rapidly becoming harder to perceive. With the aid of sophisticated computer programs, today's most innovative architects are working on designs so conceptual they could not be realized in the physical world. Nevertheless, these sorts of forward-thinking projects are an important influence on the architectural climate.

At the dawn of the 21st century, architecture is entering a paradigm shift; no longer can it be completely distinguished from art. Be they built from bytes or bricks, the projects in this book represent the imagination of the planet's most talented and creative architects. For all the latest and most important architectural projects and trends, look no further than this volume, the follow-up to our popular and groundbreaking book "Architecture Now!"

Including:

Allmann Sattler Wappner, Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban, Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Santiago Calatrava, Alberto Campo Baeza, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Neil M. Denari, Diller & Scofidio, Jean-Marie Duthilleul, Frank O. Gehry, Sean Godsell, Nicholas Grimshaw, John Hejduk, Steven Holl, Toyo Ito, Jakob + MacFarlane, Michael Jantzen, Jones, Partners, Rick Joy, Rei Kawakubo, Waro Kishi, Rem Koolhaas, Greg Lynn/Form, Samuel Mockbee and Rural Studio, Morphosis, Marcos Novak, NOX, Pei Partnership, Harry Seidler, Snøhetta, Julie Snow Architects, Philippe Starck, Jyrki Tasa, James Turrell, UN Studio, Koen van Velsen, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Tod Williams, Billie Tsien & Associates

As always, TASCHEN is doing its best to keep up with the fast-paced world of architecture by continually producing guides to the world’s best designers and projects. For the third volume of our Architecture Now! series, we’ve included many new and exciting names as well as recent projects by perennial favourites. Illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.

Featuring:
Hitoshi Abe, Vito Acconci, David Adjaye, Werner Aisslinger, Asymptote, Shigeru Ban, Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Santiago Calatrava, Cook/Fournier, Charles Deaton, dECOi, Neil M. Denari, Diller & Scofidio, Olafur Eliasson, Masaki Endoh and Masahiro Ikeda, FOA, Frank O. Gehry, Gigon/Guyer, Sean Godsell, Alexander Gorlin, Gould Evans, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito, Wes Jones, Anish Kapoor, Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Kengo Kuma, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Meier, Meyer en Van Schooten, Oscar Niemeyer, Jean Nouvel, NOX, plexus r+d, Dirk Jan Postel, Werner Sobek, Philippe Starck, Jyrki Tasa, Akira Yoneda, Carlos Zapata, René van Zuuk.

«Architecture Now 3» была признана лучшей книгой по архитектуре и дизайну 2004 года. «Architecture Now 4» продолжает традицию и включает новые имена и уникальные проекты более 70 лучших архитекторов всего мира. Среди множества проектов: “Nomadic Museum” Шигеру Бан; New Museums Франка О. Генри; BMW Central Building в Лейпциге Заха Хадид; Wedding Chapel в Японии и многое другое. Работы сопровождаются кратким техническим описанием, представлены биографии архитекторов и дизайнеров. Architecture Now! Volume 3 was the winner of the prestigious Saint-Etienne Prize for the Best Architecture and Design Book of 2004.

Volume 4 proves that the best keeps getting better, with new names from all over the world and the most exciting and unique buildings and designs. As always, easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses. Here are just a few of the projects that are featured in the new book: • A shelter for the needy made out of sandbags • Nomadic Museum made by Shigeru Ban out of shipping containers • A tree house in Germany • New Museums that have been built by Gehry, Mansilla and Tuñón, Richard Meier or Herzog & de Meuron • The BMW Central Building in Leipzig by Zaha Hadid • Klein Dytham's amazing Wedding Chapel in Japan • Design hotels in Berlin, São Paulo, and Cerro Paranal, Chile • The new masterpiece by Rem Koolhaas/OMA - the Central Library in Seattle • Private houses in Mexico City, São Paulo, Corsica, and Great Mackerel Beach, Australia • Mix Las Vegas by Patrick Jouin • A tower that will grow like a tree in New York • With-it architects like David Adjaye, Caramel, Graftlab, Jakob +MacFarlane, Asymptote or Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis • Artists who take on architectural space like Anselm Kiefer, Frank Stella and Bill Viola, or architects who are interested in art, like Peter Eisenman.