Архітектура

From the contents:

* New Building in Brione, Switzerland (Markus Wespi and Jérôme de Meuron)House in Mühlgraben, Austria (Maaars Architektur)
* Molly’s Cabin in Pointe au Baril, Canada (Agathom Co.)
* Chalet C6 in Lon Andes, Chile (DRN Architects)
* House on the Mountainside in Hyogo, Japan (Keiichi Hayashi Architect)

The typical country homes of mountainous regions, chalets are gaining in popularity around the globe. Implemented in contemporary styles, they offer a refuge in nature from the hustle and bustle of daily urban life. The natural settings offer challenges and opportunities at the same time. The designs have to accommodate the topography of the landscape, combining regional typologies and modern styles.

Whether high mountains, canyons, or cliffy coasts, Masterpieces: Chalet Architecture + Design presents contemporary 61 projects in which well-known architects and innovative designers pay their respect to nature – through sustainable construction methods and an esthetic style that appreciates and highlights the beauty and uniqueness of each landscape.

445 illustrations

* Bellevue Hospital in New York, USA (Pei Cobb Freed & Partners)
* Agatharied Hospital, Germany (Nickl & Partner)
* Rehab Basel, Switzerland (Herzog & de Meuron)
* CHA Women's and Children's Hospital, Korea (KMD Architects)
* Woodbury Dermatology Clinic in Memphis, USA (Archimania)

Architecture and design are playing an increasing role in today’s approaches to treatment and recovery. This trend affects not only the construction of hospitals and health care facilities, but also the planning of spaces for patients, staff and visitors. The most important topics in this development are the use of natural light, careful selection of colors and materials, priority to flexible room concepts, and concern for the environment.

Masterpieces: Hospital Architecture + Design presents 61 buildings developed by international hospital specialists and architects that approach the task from an outside perspective. All projects, however, were developed with the focus on Man and human needs.

From the contents:

• Philological Library of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (Foster + Partner)
• Deusto Univesity Library in Bilbao, Spain (José Rafael Moneo)
• Tama Art University Library in Tokyo, Japan (Toyo Ito)
• Fleet Library at the RISD in Providence, RI, USA (Office dA)Viana do Castelo Library, Portugal (Álvaro Siza)

Because of the increasing requirements of multimedia the demands placed on libraries have grown enormously in the past decade The institution went through a true image transformation, from an introverted hoard of knowledge to a globally networked information vendor and communication broker. The architectural realization of this anticipated demand profile makes for an extremely complex and simultaneously exciting building task.

Whether new buildings, conversions or extensions, this title shows the diversity of this task with the requirements of cutting-edge technology and cultural demands at the same time. With the aid of texts, photos and plans, 69 projects are presented from around the world.

* Click 3 x LA in Los Angeles, USA (Pugh + Scarpa Architects)
* ZEAL Picture Europe, Germany (GRAFT)
* Young & Rubicam in Sao Paolo, Brazil (NPC ARchitecture Group)
* Global Hyatt Corporate Headquarter in Chicago, USA (SOM Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
* Cocoon in Zurich, Switzerland (Camenzind Evolution)

The modern business world, characterized by efficiency and technological progress, challenges ever more the creativity of architects and interior designers. The task is to develop prestigious buildings and interiors that are not only functional and motivating, but also able to communicate the company’s image and to integrate the latest ecological standards. Masterpieces: Office Architecture + Design presents 61 exceptional and different projects from all over the world. The featured office buildings and designs are by world-famous architects as well as promising newcomers.

The villa stands for sumptuous home decor and upscale lifestyle. However it is more than a large urban mansion with a piece of land: The villa offers its residents an urban country seat, combining the best of city and country life: impressive architecture and high quality materials, surrounded by green, yet in the midst of all the city has to offer. It esteems quiet and seclusion, without relinquishing its tie to the city. For architects involved in the planning or conversion of a mansion, reinterpreting a classical building in a contemporary context is an exciting challenge. With the aid of texts, pictures and plans this volume of the Masterpieces series presents the works of famous architects as well as those of younger newcomers.

This is a book that connects material to designer. For all interior, product, graphic and fashion designers, for anyone connected with packaging, design, architecture or the environment, and for artists and sculptors Material ConneXion will be essential – and inspiring – reading. The high-tech industries of today are unleashing hitherto undreamt-of creative possibilities. This brilliantly illustrated volume identifies the key trends in the field, looking to the future and highlighting materials with the most potential for development. The authors define substances according to their base compositions rather than their current uses, which leads the reader to a clearer understanding of each material’s potential and applications. metals - glass - ceramics - polymers - natural and naturally derived materials - carbon-based materials - cement-based materials -

Material Innovation is an ambitious new series identifying and examining the new and innovative materials that are transforming art, design and technology practice

Clearly structured and illustrated with carefully selected images throughout, this book will connect material to reader and will inspire both students and professionals to pursue the optimal material for each specific application.

This volume focuses on specific categories of materials – glass and ceramic, altered naturals, high-performance composites, digitally fabricated metals and polymer films – applied to an extensive range of projects, from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision to the Ordos Art and City Museum in Mongolia. Seven specially commissioned ‘visual narratives’ by such architects as Zaha Hadid are also included.

After a century dominated largely by discussions of space and form there is now renewed interest in the material aspects of architecture.

Backlashing against the digital and virtual wave, there is a fresh emphasis on the material qualities of buildings while, ironically, it is the information technologies that allow the architect direct control over what happens on the building site once more. The early chapters of the book survey the field historically and explore the theory of materials and form. These are followed by seven thematic chapters and a well-illustrated discussion of the future of materials, with examples chosen from contemporary architecture.

The book aims to encourage students and architects to take more interest in this often neglected aspect of architecture. It counters the tendency to think of materials as a technical issue by addressing the subject historically and critically, linking cultural ideas to technical means.

Книга посвящена работе в 14-й версии популярного математического пакета Mathcad.
Издание имеет формат учебного курса и состоит из четырех частей. В первой части содержатся сведения, необходимые для начала работы в Mathcad и решения большинства практических задач. Вторая часть посвящена возможностям программы, здесь на конкретных примерах рассматриваются особенности использования встроенных функций, основные приемы и способы вычислений. В третьей части рассматриваются возможности подготовки документов Mathcad, а четвертая содержит перечень примеров решения инженерных задач в Mathcad.
К книге прилагается компакт-диск с электронной книгой, содержащей 56 примеров инженерных расчетов в Mathcad. Кроме того, на диске находятся приложения к книге, а также демоверсия самой программы.
Данный учебный курс рассчитан на начинающих пользователей Mathcad и будет полезен, в первую очередь, студентам технических вузов.

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Melding rational forms with poetry, Mathieu Lehanneur has become a rising star of a new generation of designers.

In only a short period of time the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has established himself as a rising star of the global design community. He creates breakthrough work at the nexus of design and the human body, bionic structures, geometric forms, and both the rational and irrational sides of science. Lehanneur shapes aesthetic objects that provide astounding insight into the complexity of organic systems as well as cleverly address and comment on social issues.

This first monograph is a cutting-edge collection of Mathieu Lehanneur’s creative explorations in the areas of interior design, product design, and art. The featured work includes filtration systems of interior air by plants, a recuperative sleeping space based on physiological studies of sleeping disorders, workshop rooms for children at the Centre Pompidou, ceramic jars created from population data provided by the UN, and the stunning redesign of the chancel of a Romanesque church that is as modern as it is timeless.

The book includes an extensive conversation with the designer by Hans Ulrich Obrist as well as texts by the Museum of Modern Art’s Paola Antonelli and Ross Lovegrove, and others illuminate the incomparable visual language that make Mathieu Lehanneur one of the most celebrated and sought-after designers working today.

Cet ouvrage a pour ambition d’explorer les matières dans ce qu’elles ont de plus beau et de plus original. Précieuse, une matière peut l’être à de nombreux égards, par sa rareté, sa noblesse, sa pureté. Dans les mains d’un artisan, artiste et créateur, il arrive qu’elle devienne exceptionnelle. C’est à cette rencontre que nous convie l’auteur.
Avec plus de 1 000 photographies, ce livre compose une source inédite d’inspiration, comme autant d’invitations à découvrir des matériaux méconnus, des ateliers d’art, des créateurs passionnés. Ces images, en grande partie des gros plans, cherchent à capturer l’essence esthétique des matières, à mettre en lumière la beauté d’un détail, leur éclat.

Sommaire :
albâtre, béton, bois gougé, bronze, cristal de roche, écaille, galuchat, marqueterie de paille, mosaïque, nacre parchemin, verre…

170 colour and 40 b/w illustrations

Founded in Delfi in 1984 as a collective for public housing design, the Mecanoo studio has developed into one of the most significant entities on both the Dutch and international architecture scene having created numerous projects in the fields of culture, higher education and urban planning. Under the guidance of partners Francine Houben, Henk Doll, Michel Tombal and Aart Fransen, Mecanoo has developed  a personal revision of the modernist approach to architecture applying experimental design and urbanistic innovations to their projects.

The book examines 24 of their most important buildings and projects divided into four critical themes - The Redefinition of Living, Functional Hybrids, Tectonic Multiplicity, New Territories - which illustrate Mecanoo’s contribution to the creation of new types of collective residences that are geared towards integrating functions other than those of mere living within the home; their use of different structural forms and materials; public spaces, functional integration and the inclusion of elements of landscape as new relational territories.

This publication demonstrates what effect high-qualtity and mordern architecture has on hospitals, doctor's offices, pharmacies and other health institutions, and what the future-oriented tendencies are for health sector buildings. The book offers a qualified selection of more than 60 projects around the world. Using photos, diagrams and floor plans, it illustrates the significance that a humanitarian architectural language will have in the modern and ever-changing health field. An index of contact information of the designers and architects is enclosed.