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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.

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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.

Over 25 years in business, covering architecture and interior decoration, the Collection Privée team has completed a multitude of projects - houses, apartments, boats, aeroplanes and offices. As well as the Côte d'Azur where they have their stronghold, Gilles Pellerin and Nicolette Schouten work both in France and abroad. London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lyon, Saint Petersburg, Ibiza, Gstaad, Zurich, Moscow... they take on all styles and all settings. All their travel has made them flexible and capable of adapting to any situation.

Human beings have been transforming Mediterranean landscapes into art for at least 30,000 years. Millennia of human negotiations with the land prove that to "tread lightly" on the earth need not be at odds with our interface with nature.

Today's landscape architects, designers, land artists, sculptors, and gardeners are taking inspiration from age-old materials, skills, and sites to produce landscape designs and art that celebrate living in this multifaceted region. All involve a strongly graphic vision of the landscape; are site-generated; and observe the logic of place as determined by climate, geology, flora and fauna, architecture, and land use.

Contemporary landscape designers and land artists from Nicole de V‚sian to Fernando Caruncho, Heidi Gildemeister to Paolo Pejrone, Andy Goldsworthy to Gilles Cl‚ment, and Jacqueline Morabito to Ian Hamilton Finlay are featured.

The Mediterranean coast is attracting a growing number of people from all over the world, both holiday-makers and other visitors, some of whom eventually decide to settle in one of the countries that enjoy its unique environment.

The benign climate, with its dry summers and mild winters, as well as the stunning tapestry of bays, rocky coves, sandy beaches, lush mountain ranges and strong red earth have all conspired to create a unique Mediterranean architectural style. Exceptionally beautiful houses, apartments and estates, many of which have been meticulously restored, all reflect their surroundings.

The bright colours, the terracotta tiles of the roofs, the white-washed walls and interior details are still the most typical design elements but reinterpreted in a thousand different ways. The residences featured in this book are fine examples of the splendour and enchantment of Mediterranean architecture.

They have been selected to pay homage to the various cultures that contribute to resplendence and to illustrate the perfect fusion between tradition modernism.

The Mediterranean lifestyle is as multifaceted as the cultures that have evolved around the Mediterranean Sea. It has absorbed African, Arab and European influences and incorporates the various local architectural styles. A common element of Mediterranean design is living in harmony with nature – the climatic conditions in particular have always affected the residential culture around the world’s largest inland sea.

Light and breezy layouts, cooling materials, and shade providing constructions are complemented by terraces, patios and gardens. Mediterranean Living shows rural dream residences made of natural rock as well as airy apartments at the heart of metropolises and ultra-modern villas. It takes us on a journey from Spain via Greece all the way to Morocco and Israel.

From the contents:

• House of the Infinite in Cadiz, Spain (Alberto Campo Baeza)
• Fobe House in Tassoulante, Morocco (Guilhem Eustache)
• House U in Dubrovnik, Croatia (Studio 3LHD)
• Bodrum Residence in Bodrum, Turkey (Emre Arolat Architects)
• House Olivi in Treia, Italiy (Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects)

Mediterranean lifestyle is the envy of the world.

A fusion of interior style, glorious landscapes and bold architectural design, Mediterranean Modern presents twenty-five of the most desirable houses of the region in a format that speaks directly to the increasingly design-savvy.

It presents twenty-five houses – from southern Spain to northern Africa, from Greece to the Balearic Islands – which, though differing in their locations and styles, are united by clean lines, open-plans and seamless indoor-outdoor living.

With fabulous photographs and work by internationally established architects such as Alberto Campo Baeza and Rudy Ricciotti, the design and content of this book will inspire anyone interested in interior design, domestic architecture, DIY, or contemporary building.

About the Author:

Dominic Bradbury is a writer and freelance journalist specializing in architecture and design. He has written over 20 books, including Mid-Century Modern Complete, The Iconic House, and The Iconic Interior. He contributes to magazines and newspapers in the UK, US, Australia, and internationally, including The Financial Times, The Times, Telegraph, House & Garden, World of Interiors, Wallpaper, and Vogue Living.