Книги издательства Braun

Competitions are among the most exciting occurrences in the field of architecture. It provides designers unique opportunities to pitch their work across the globe. This title features entries of different typologies for various individual competition...

Concrete is the building material of our time. Celebrated on the one hand, stigmatized on the other, hardly any other material combines such contradictory associations. Its vast potential cannot be overestimated, ever new applications and possibiliti...

The poetic aspect of a construction material – about 70 projects from the last five years present how architects “knead” concrete structures, which amazing qualities can be developed by exposed concrete and that concrete does not ne...

The Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank O. Gehry was the magnificent catalyst of a building boom at the end of the last millennium. Since that time, the architecture itself, whether new buildings, renovations or reconstructions, significantly contrib...

Prefabricated houses are the current trend – module construction and the use of prefabricated building elements have been experiencing a very interesting revival lately. The main reasons for the popularity of this type of residential design inc...

400 illustrations From the contents: * Atelier House Meier in Soglio, Italy (Ruinelli Associati architetti) * Penthouse in New York, NY, USA (Studio GAIA) * House Kekkapäa in Espoo, Finland (POOK Architects Ltd.) * St. John's Wood Kitchen in...

In New York, Berlin and Tokyo, night is the new day, and life is celebrated in some of the most unusual clubs around. With unique style and creative design, a culture of its own is staged. Modern club design demands spectacular gestures, innovatio...

Architects have always drawn inspiration from the magical ambience and unique conditions of the desert. Current predictions of climate change have made the issue of building in particularly hot climatic zones more relevant than ever. Desert Archit...

Doctors’ practices have become a new frontier in construction. Architects and designers around the world have risen to the challenge, successfully creating environments that are as innovative and inviting as they are functional. The patient fin...

The bar is the architectural embodiment of the night. Light, materials, forms and colors in the right mixture can become a kind of intoxicating cocktail in themselves. Drink! is an architectural excursion through the world's most extraordinary ba...

 2nd edition We eat with our eyes, as the saying goes: The right lighting, selected materials, and matching furnishing to create the desired atmosphere are just as important as the culinary delight itself when we dine out with our business pa...

Combining sustainability and environmental awareness with ground-breaking style is one of the most exciting tasks of contemporary building design. Architects meet this challenge with breakthrough creative concepts which transformed ecological innovat...

Doors in Paris, windows in Berlin, columns in Rome – details of all ages and styles are the focus of this volume. European Architecture in Details takes you on a journey through the plazas and streets of the most splendid 21 cities of Europe...

The greening of façades gives back a piece of nature to the built environment. Thanks to the vertical garden concept, the centuries old idea of a green wall emerging from the architecture itself has become a trend topic in the 21st century. ...

The facade is the visible surface of the building shell. It separates the interior from the exterior, form from function, users from passers-by. In addition to functional demands, the surrounding urban space and aesthetic appeal, sustainability param...