Архитектура

This volume in the DesingSource series illustrates a number of inspiring pools created by architects, designers, and pool owners from around the world.

The varied aesthetics of the pools shown in Pools DesignSource display numerous design ideas and examples for those who wish to create a pool of their own, or enhance their existing pool. These pools - whether simple and minimalist or extravagantly decorated - offer design solutions to create an attractive and personalized pool.

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 - Provides a comprehensive look at different pool-design strategies, engineering concepts and landscape designs
 - Will appeal to landscape designers, architects and home builders looking for new ideas in pool architecture and other landscaping concepts
 - Features high-quality photography of projects from around the world, from sprawling estates to compact inner-city courtyards. Each project will be accompanied by detailed narratives, under the general umbrella themes of Modern, Natural, Rustic, and Indoor styles
 - Stands out from the competition as a comprehensive reference title as well as a visually stunning pictorial guide of pool trends. The book will include detailed floor plans in relation to building structures, information on the pool builders, or the manufacturers of the pool's various technical systems, measures, materials and explanations on how the pool systems work

The pool is an aspirational motif that recurs across the history of residential architecture, no matter which era or location. From the impressive palace baths of Europe and the magnificent pools of luxurious mansions and country estates, to the stylish and contemporary designer terraces and the humble, tucked away inner-city courtyards of the average home in all structures the themes of style, engineering, and design are standard.

In Pools: Design and Form with Water, renowned photographer Miquel Tres spectacular full-colour images and detailed narratives showcase a wide selection of pool designs from around the world. This book features a multitude of examples in a wide range of styles: natural chemical-free pools with purifying systems; rustic pools which use local materials and natural depuration methods in sometimes rural settings; contemporary dazzlers and designer pools for interior and exterior spaces, including illuminated designs and other modern features.

Pools will help the aspiring landscape or interior designer to determine the latest trends and to consider strong garden contexts and landscape planning, outdoor pool-site plans, materials and furniture.

About the Author:

Miquel Tres is a travel photographer who more recently has specialized in interior design and garden photography. He has travelled extensively since 1999, taking images of private residences, landmark buildings, public and private gardens, swimming pools, sports facilities and wellness resorts. He has published many books on gardens and architecture. His images are published regularly in Spanish, Italian, German, French and English magazines.

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This book explores the work of Popo Danes, one of Indonesia's leading architects, whose buildings represent perfect harmony between contemporary design and local culture and art.

With over eighty architectural projects completed since 1986, Popo Danes's reputation stretches far beyond his native Bali. Popo's signature buildings--private residences, boutique hotels, villas, and resorts--are located in many places across the world but are concentrated on the island of Bali. His work celebrates local heritage through a contemporary aesthetic. Popo is known for designing beautiful buildings that have been carefully shaped for a tangible balance between human and nature. As an architect, he has always been concerned with functionality, ensuring his buildings are aligned with the natural surroundings and that there is a strong connection between the property's architecture, interior, and landscape.

The book explores Popo's body of work by surveying his unusual approach, his inspirations, and his way of working, showing the uniqueness of his creative process.

About the Author:

Diana Darling is a highly regarded writer on Balinese culture and society who has published numerous essays in books and periodicals. Rio Helmi is a photographer based in Bali who has worked for national and international media in Asia for four decades. He is currently working on his TV series Swadaya.

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Since the earliest people lived as nomads, their buildings were portable, constructed in a way that allowed them to be rebuilt as they moved to new locations for better living conditions as the seasons changed.

This book discusses the forerunners, present context, and technology of portable architecture. It documents numerous international examples, organized by areas of application, and offers a broad array of suggestions for practical design.

In the Arts and Culture section, Shigeru Ban’s Nomadic Museum, made of shipping containers in the USA and Japan is examined, as is Mark Fisher’s event architecture for concert tours by the Rolling Stones and U2. Suggestions for flexible living include Richard Horden’s micro compact home and the Container Home Kit from LOT/EK.

The design of mobile structures used in extreme situations, such as the Antarctic or in the aftermath of natural catastrophes, is explored. Exhibition and entertainment facilities are other typical areas of application for light, mobile structures.

Demountable, temporary structures allow for exciting architectural experimentation which can then be prototyped for regular use.

Итоговый результат работы архитектора не всегда зависит только от его таланта. Слишком много факторов должно совпасть, чтобы реализация была хотя бы вполовину так хороша, как проект. Однако удивительные интерьеры Бориса Уборевича-Боровского - вовсе не результат совпадения. Его стиль, выработанный за последние два десятилетия, вполне узнаваем: это чистейший, отточенный минимализм. Именно поэтому к интерьерам, созданным Уборевичем, стоит подходить с мерками не дизайна, а архитектуры внутреннего пространства: когда в доме все на своем месте, нет нужды прятать ошибки за декорациями. Многие более или менее успешно пытаются повторить его работы или сделать дизайн "под Уборевича". Казалось бы, что тут сложного - белые стены, деревянные полы? Но пока никому не удалось раскрыть секрет его успеха. Возможно, читатель этой книги сумеет приблизиться к разгадке. Нужно всего лишь, пройдя по следам Бориса Уборевича-Боровского, найти нужное соотношение между щедростью и самоограничением, роскошью и аскетизмом, тяжелейшим трудом проектировщика и свободным полетом фантазии художника. Внимательный - увидит.

Published to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the opening of Portmeirion. The first book to concentrate on all aspects of Portmeirion, the village, the gardens and the pottery.

The radical ideas associated with Postmodernism swept through the arts in the 1970s, but have always been hard to summarise.

Postmodernism: Style and Subversion presents the movement as not merely an aesthetic vocabulary, but also as a subversive attitude a new way of looking at the world. Bringing together practitioners, theorists and critics, this groundbreaking book assesses the impact of the phenomenon on all areas of art and design. It covers architecture, interiors and urban planning; product, graphic and furniture design; the fashion and style industries; and photography, film, television and video everything from MTV and Grace Jones, to White Noise and Bladerunner, Thierry Mugler and Commes des Garcons.

Potsdam, designated a World Heritage Site in 1991 for its unique cultural landscape, is a magnificent synthesis of dream and reality. The historical and natural wealth of Potsdam and its surroundings is the subject of this book. Almost half of the book is devoted to the wide-ranging Potsdam cultural landscape with its castles and park grounds. The rest of the coverage is evenly divided between the historical city center together with its development, and the 20th and 21st century architecture.

Highlights

• Exclusive photos, with completely new perspectives
• Breath-taking zoom optics in large format
• 100 historical and modern highlights: castles, park grounds, churches, towers, bridges, monuments, mansions, media location
• Includes Potsdam, Babelsberg and the environs (Peacock Island, Sacrow and much more)
• In cooperation with the Foundation of Prussian Castles and Gardens

200 color photographs and 25 plans

Nancy Power is to landscape what Frank Gehry is to architecture, or Bunny Williams to interiors - a master, a visionary, a seasoned professional at the very pinnacle of her craft. The designs Power creates - whether for parklands, playgrounds, or private sanctuaries - reflect the meticulous attention she pays to each place’s particularity and to the desires and living patterns of those who will use and enjoy her gardens.
From residential gardens in Beverly Hills and Malibu to street planning for downtown Los Angeles and play zones for the Pasadena Children’s Museum, the selection of Power’s work in this beautiful book reveals her multidimensional aesthetic. Her approach can range from the lavishly leafy to the meditatively restrained, from the comfortably homey to the superlatively (though always quirkily) formal. But no matter what the look, no matter who the client, each of her projects reminds us of the power that gardens have to refresh the body, center the mind, and liberate the spirit.

About the author
Nancy Goslee Power is a celebrated garden designer based in Santa Monica, California. She has spent the last 30 years in the field of design, first as an interior designer in New York, then as West Coast editor for House Beautiful and as contributing editor to Food & Wine. For the last twenty years, she has been passionately involved in garden design. Her firm, Nancy Goslee Power & Associates, has designed countless private landscapes in the United States, Australia, France, and Germany.

A comprehensive practical guide to creating a garden that suits your needs, personality and budget. Packed with advice, ideas, hints and tips on designing and adapting your garden plans as well as practical considerations for dealing with difficult sites.

This book aims to be a portfolio of ideas that showcases houses from all over the world, designed by contemporary, international architects and interior designers.

Each project uses specific materials or concepts that stand out from the rest of its design. Throughout this book, we feature houses made of concrete, stone, brick, metal, wood and lightweight or recycled materials, which have become the hallmark of the project. Sometimes this choice of material was based on the geographic region and climate: wood plus insulation are used more often in colder climates, while tile, concrete and stone are more commonly used in warmer climates. Furthermore, the illustrations are accompanied by practical interior design tips that will help readers create their own style and personality.

Prairie Skyscraper traces the history and evolution of Wright's recently restored nineteen-story-skyscraper masterwork, which takes its place beside the S.C. Johnson Wax Research Tower as one of Wright's only two vertical structures-and, at 221 feet tall-his largest.

Built as a multi-use skyscraper in 1956, the building is now a luxury hotel and arts center, featuring collections of the works of Bruce Goff and Frank Lloyd Wright, and soon a new museum facility designed by Zaha Hadid.

Now, with all-new colour photography, we are given access to this extraordinary architectural gem and the Wright-designed furnishings custom made for it.

The amazing story of the prefabricated house. Your brand new home, delivered on a trailer

A Prefab is a mass-produced house, constructed in a factory and assembled on-site in a few days or weeks. Once regarded as a cheap, easy solution for urgent housing problems, the prefab has evolved to become a synonym for ambitious design and sophisticated detailing solutions.

The amazing history of prefabricated houses started in England in the 1830s with a building kit for emigrants moving to Australia. Even today, prefabricated houses provide a high percentage of living spaces in many countries of the world. This book covers prefabs from the USA via Europe to Asia and Africa, giving insight into the various industrially prefabricated components, the difficulties of delivery to the building site, and the intricacies of assembly and completion. As well as tracing the liaison between modernism and industrialization that evolved to produce the latest prefabricated solutions, it also features a unique compilation of one-off prefabricated houses by well known international architects, as well as successful dwellings manufactured off-site for everyday modern living.

Readers will also find contact details for relevant suppliers and manufacturers.

About the editor:

Peter Gössel runs a practice for the design of museums and exhibitions. He is the editor of TASCHEN's monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra, as well as the editor of the Basic Architecture Series.

About the authors:

Arnt Cobbers studied art history, history and musicology, and did his PhD in medieval church architecture. He lives as a freelance author in Berlin, and has written several books, mainly about history and the architectural history of Berlin. His monographs about Erich Mendelsohn and Marcel Breuer were published by Taschen Verlag. He is also the editor of music magazine Concerti.

Oliver Jahn studied literature, philosophy, and linguistics. He has worked as a freelance writer for Die Welt, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Rheinischer Merkur, as an editor at Suhrkamp Verlag, and as design and architecture editor at Monopol magazine. Currently he is director of architecture and design at Architectural Digest magazine.