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Apartment architecture has come a long way since the days when functionality took precedence over aesthetic conditions. Today, the two concepts go hand in hand. Each project in this volume goes that extra step beyond meeting basic requirements to providing qualities which add texture and beauty to daily life. As but one example: the building with entire facades of double layers of glass encasing living plants within. Photos, texts, ground plans and construction details all help provide thorough understanding of each project.

Including in-depth technical explanations and hundreds of colour photographs, this work is as attractive as it is practical. With dozens of new proposals for house design, each project is accompanied by a comprehensive analysis of each phase in the design and building processes. It also includes a breakdown of the materials and techniques used, making this a necessary volume for architects and designers.

Functionality and aesthetics come together beautifully in this volume, featuring a wide-ranging selection of outstanding renovations and additions carried out by internationally-renowned architects. The designing architects themselves share their expertise by directly contributing their own commentary on each project, making this the most highly-informed guide to innovations in renovating available.

Contents:
Corporate
008 2000 Avenue of the Stars
020 Blue Forest
028 Da Vinci Shiba Park Building
036 Lite-On Electronic Headquarters
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Plazas, Streetscape and Transportation
064 Chattanooga 21st Century Waterfront
072 Hangzhou Hubin Commerce&Tourism District Master Plan
084 New Street Square
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Parks and Recreational Facilities
126 Parc Du Sausset
136 Tokachi Ecology Park
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Culture
164 Blue Stick Garden
168 Seattle Public Library
176 Shanghai University
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Resort
212 The Ritz Carlton Bali Villas
224 Casa Morada Resort Hotel
232 Novotel Hotel
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Residential
248 Chasse Terrein
252 Gate City Osaki
264 Junqueira OAP Assisted Homes
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290 Credit

While a spatial division between kitchen, living room and dining room was originally implemented, today and eating area is often integrated into the living area. Interior areas designed in this way are open and create large spaces, which promotes social interaction. Decisive here is the shape and size of the table, as well as the choice of lighting. If there is a smaller space available, a simple and unadorned round table combined with a round lamp suggests itself. If the table is very long , optimal lightning can be achieved by several lamps installed in a line above. To create an especially bright illuminated interior space, it is best to use materials like glass or PVC.

Rem Koolhaas has defined architecture as a chaotic adventure. Nothing could be more true than that of the last two decades. Never has architecture been so unbridled and so extraordinary: the architectural cast has never been so wide and their works so diverse. What though if you are new to the subject? How is it possible to make sense of this seemingly unruly architectural landscape? There are so many different types of architecture, so many designers with such varying and even contradictory approaches.

This book is a much needed navigation guide for anyone interested in modern architecture. Organised chronologically, it enables you to find your way through one of the most prolific periods of building design. It looks at buildings in often contrasting styles that have been built almost simultaneously across the world with their roots in very different tendencies and schools of thought. A loose but effective framework is provided, which pulls all these multiple threads together, while key buildings are described individually with a unique clarity and precision.

* Covers seminal works, such as Guggenheim Bilbao and the Jewish Museum in Berlin.
* Features key architects: Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel and Renzo Piano
* Illustrated with more than 220 colour images

The entrance to a house acts as its visiting card. Its conception has changed enormously over the years, as has its social uses, and the space that was once considered indispensable for receiving guests and keeping the house away form view on first contact - whether out of a desire to preserve privacy or a belief that it was bad taste to put living space on display - has changed to such an extent that it is on the verge of disappearing from many homes. In fact, in many cases the entrance is the axis around which the space will be used to greater advantage and the layout of the various areas will follow a logical order; in contrast, a misguided placement results in an erroneous starting point for a residential project. So, we are devoting these 192 pages to solutions for entrances, of various shapes and styles, belonging to different types of homes from all over the world, drawn up by a wide range of architects.

NEW Environment & Landscape Annual
The series introduce a variety of selected completed works to provide a general view of the present landscape architecture.

The work of renowned international architects has driven forward the boundaries that define the best of todays exhibition design. Alive to the demands of the ever-evolving field, plans, sketches, full colour photographs and detailed explanatory texts provide insight into each of the featured projects. Architects and designers as well as students will surely find this volume a stimulating source of information and ideas.

This is an exceptionally well-explored and exhaustive study of the treatment andapplication of facades from the conception of the design to the final execution of the project. Each chapter focuses on a particular material, the wide range of design possibilities it offers and the relevant construction details. Full-colour photography, floor plans and explanatory texts accompany all the featured projects ensuringthat the reader has an authoritative guide to this area of architecture. Ground breaking works combine with eye-catching aesthetics to make this publication an indispensable reference.

Over the course of time designers have managed to optimise fireplaces to avoid problems such as smoke and smells. However, heating the home is no longer the sole aim of chimneys and heaters. They create cosy, warm atmospheres, allowing us to enjoy the magnetism of their flames. This book presents designs of both wood and gas fuelled chimenys and heaters, made from a variety of materials and original designs.

A collection of the latest in comprehensive design solutions for food retailing such as restaurants, cafes, sweet shops, and fast-food eateries. One of the key to the success of restaurants, bars, and other like establishments is creating the right ambience, and then styling the staff and interiors to complement the chosen concept. Shop cards that customers want to take home, gift boxes that endow just a hint of special status, these are all visuals that add to the customer’s experience. New Food Shop Graphics offers a comprehensive overview of food and beverage establishment design, via a varied selection of around 100 outstanding examples from Japan and abroad, all chosen for their superlative design sense. This book contains many examples of design - menus, shop cards, coasters, etc. - not usually accessible without actually visiting the premises. With the addition of the shop’s exteriors and interiors, these visuals provide a total introduction to shop design.

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Created by The Plan, one of Europe’s leading architecture magazines, 'New Forms' does what most books on cutting-edge architecture do not: it reveals the details of a building’s design and construction.

Most architects today are savvy to the power of digital renderings and media, but few can present drawings in a manner that can be understood by those working outside the project. These drawings reveal what images and photographs cannot: how some of the world’s most challenging buildings have been constructed.

• From double-curvature shapes to geometrically demanding structures, twenty projects by the world’s most exciting practices are shown in exacting detail through specially created plans, sections and elevations.
• Includes detailed plans of such buildings as Rem Koolhaas’s Casa de Musica in Porto, Norman Foster’s Chesa Futura apartments in St Moritz and UN Studio’sVilla NM in upstate NewYork.
•The information has been culled and created in close collaboration with the architects, with a view to highlighting each building’s particular innovations.