Архітектура

German architect Hans Scharoun (1893-1972) studied and practiced architecture his entire adult life but did not build a major building until 1963 when his impressive Berlin Philharmonie finally came to life. The fact that he stayed in Germany during the Second World War prevented him from realizing grandiose projects and caused him to concentrate more on interiors than exteriors for many years. Nevertheless, Scharoun`s sculptural designs, influenced by the expressionist-utopian circle "Gläserne Kette" of which he was a member, did not go unnoticed and were among the best of his generation.

About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features:

• approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans
• introductory essays exploring the architect's life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects
• the most important works presented in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes as well as construction problems and resolutions
• an appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography, and a map indicating the locations of the architect's most famous buildings

Hailing from Vienna, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887–1953) emigrated to Chicago in 1914, like his lifelong friend and rival Richard Neutra. Eventually hired by Frank Lloyd Wright to work in Los Angeles, Schindler took cues from notions found in Cubism and the International Style to shape his unique vision: a style he called “space architecture,” combining geometrical shapes, bold lines, and materials such as wood and concrete, with space as a medium in its own right, one to be controlled just like colour or mass.

This radical approach earned Schindler little recognition in his lifetime — but today, he is hailed as one of America’s most important Modernist pioneers. Discover such key projects as the Wolfe House, nestled in a steep hillside; the tree house-like Falk Apartment Building; the Lovell Beach House, recognized as one of the foremost examples of the Modernist canon in America; the Schindler/Chace House, Schindler’s most crucial work and his personal practice and home, which he shared with his family and that of Neutra.

From private homes to small commercial buildings, Schindler’s groundbreaking designs heralded a new era of contemporary construction. This collection is complete with a map locating all of the architect’s most renowned projects, detailed entries, floor plans, as well as crisp photography of each structure and its interiors.

About the series

Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture series features:

- an introduction to the life and work of the architect
- the major works in chronological order
- information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
- a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
- approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)

In the recent ten years in China, with the nationwide strategy of 'invigorating the country through science, technology and education', the implementation of compulsory education, and the rapid development of economy, educational architecture including universities, colleges, middle schools and primary schools has been growing at an unprecedented pace.

Projects included in 'School Buildings' are accompanied with colour photographs, plans, sections and elevations, as well as numerous construction details. There is also a descriptive text and in-depth information for each project.

Gilles Perrault, ancien restaurateur des musées nationaux, nous offre ici un livre de référence sur la sculpture sur bois, une somme couvrant tous les aspects cette technique décorative, qu’il s’agisse de l’histoire ou des procédés mis en œuvre : dessin, modelage, moulage, connaissance du matériau, outillage, taille et ornementation.
Les techniques sont abondamment documentées par un millier d’illustrations : documents anciens, chefs d’œuvre tirés de musées ou de collections particulières, artisans au travail, ateliers, sculptures photographiées pas à pas lors des différentes étapes de réalisation, schémas et figures des principaux motifs ornementaux.
Le professionnel trouvera dans ce livre la réponse aux questions qu’il est amené à se poser dans l’exercice quotidien de son métier. L’amateur, pour qui la maîtrise des problèmes techniques est la condition préalable à toute création artistique, y cherchera de quoi enrichir ses connaissances pour accroître son plaisir.

Sommaire :
Historique : De la préhistoire au XXe siècle
Le dessin : techniques et moyens d’expression, ombres, perspective, géométrie
Le modelage et le moulage : matériaux, outillage et technique
Le bois : propriétés, défauts, abattage, séchage, collage, assemblages, essences
Les outils : évolution, outillage manuel (manches, affûtage), machines
La taille : processus, coupe, tenue des gouges, planisculpture, remplages gothiques, copies de pièces anciennes et exemples modernes (Henry Moore, Marta Pan, André Affolter Condé, José Subira Puig, Christian Renonciat)
L'ornementation et ses déclinaisons : moulures, ornements géométriques, végétaux, feuilles d’acanthe, palmettes, rosaces, fruits, coquilles, rocaille, cartouches, rubans, bestiaire ornemental.

Living by water appeals to an almost universal desire to become one with nature.

Whether it’s an exclusive villa on the Costa Brava, a modern holiday home in Cape Town, a beach house in southern Europe or an idyllic residence in Australia, the owners and their (interior) architects always go in search of the essence of what it means to live in close contact with the sea: a relaxed way of life, simple and pure, modestly in keeping with contemplation of the constantly changing natural elements and the infinite horizon.

"We would like to take you with this book on a journey to some of the most beautiful and purest places on the globe. Skies are cerulean blue. Follow us as we set sail for distant, dreamy shores."
Diane Dorrans Saeks

Coastal dwellings around the globe that will inspire your life and dreams

"We would like to take you with this book on a journey to some of the most beautiful and purest places on the globe. Skies are cerulean blue. Follow us as we set sail for distant, dreamy shores."
Diane Dorrans Saeks

A house on the sea is something that many people dream of. This book takes you to the most beautiful locations in the world where the dream became true: full-page colour photos show places such as Øresund, the beaches of Mykonos, the dunes of the Hamptons and the coast of Brazil. Villas designed by famous architects like Poul & Hanne Kjærholm are presented, but also low-budget paradises built by the owners themselves, including a kind of Robinson Crusoe hut hidden in the tropical jungle on the coast of Costa Rica.

Selection of 29 architectural projects that contain an auditorium.that have been finished from the year 2000 until the present, that is to say, within the first decade of the XXI century and located in Europe, (Spain, France, Luxembourg, England,...), and also North America, South America, Asia and Australia. The buildings are introduced with a brief general description, with high quality floor plans and photographs, concentrating on providing details about the auditoriums, their interiors and furnishings. The book starts off with a brief illustrated overview on the evolution of theatres and auditoriums throughout the history of architecture, from ancient times to the present day. There are also some brief interviews with various creators who explain their own design process. There are projects belonging to outstanding architects such as Jean Nouvel, Norman Foster, Ricardo Bofill, Rafel de La-Hoz, Estudio Cano Laso, COX, MBM, Oscar Tusquets, Navarro Baldeweg, and Cesar Pelli amongst others.

In Secret Gardens, readers experience the magic of discovering beautiful, intricately planned and meticulously cultivated hidden worlds.

More than 200 spectacular images showcase 14 private gardens, extraordinary examples of landscape design that are inaccessible to the public, and which have never, or very rarely been featured in any publication.

From France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Caribbean, and more, these gardens offer a dizzying range of horticultural and conceptual diversity. The designers reflect on the steps that went into bringing the garden to life, and the book concludes with biographies of landscape architects whose work is featured within, explaining the creative vision of some of the most respected design professionals working today.

Landscape gardens featured include: - Fernando Caruncho, Majorca, Spain - Jinny Blom, Hertfordshire, England - Timothy Vaughan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Louis Benech, Pays d'Auge, France - Geoff Haughey & Richard Cadness, near Auckland, New Zealand - Ludwig Gerns, Germany - Dominique Lafourcade, Provence, France - Vladimir Sitta, Sydney, Australia - Erwan Tymen, Finistère, France.

London is a city of hidden gardens, a place where few ever glimpse the colourful secrets behind the sober townhouse facades. But the gardens are there, and beautifully revealed in this lovely book.

These gardens go beyond convention; they range from the large, classical and formal to tiny jewels. There are gardens on roofs and gardens in basements, gardens with water, English cottage gardens and modern gardens. There are gardens of artists and gardens of practical enthusiasts, collectors’ gardens, passionate plantsmen’s gardens, gardens restored, revived or reclaimed.

Thanks to the shared dreams of the owners and the ingenuity of London’s finest designers, this intriguing selection of unique places will delight and inspire anyone with an interest in gardens and gardening – and in learning one or two secrets along the way.

Explore the fabled beauty of Sera Hersham-Loftus's renowned interior decorations. The innovator of the seductive boudoir trend, Sera shows us the best of her design style adapted to a wide range of settings, including her own home, which has become one of the most popular locations for fashion, celebrity and interiors photo shoots. She has transformed everyday rooms into dream-like parlours and intimate hideaways, drawing on the idea of seductive meeting places for romantic rendez-vous as inspiration. Sera's elegantly Bohemian and hedonistic atmospheres are laced with an edgy rock'n'roll feel, attracting a cult following for her style all over the world. Intoxicating mixtures of crumbling antique furniture alongside huge blown-up black and white photos of her favourite rock stars fill the space. Both dark and light salons take on an air of seduction once decorated with Sera's trademark touches, from the enchanting soft lighting created by her 'Rude' lampshades - fashioned out of lingerie laces and trimmed with exotic chandelier drops - to her exquisite handmade wallpapers, inspired by opulent Parisian style. Including stunning photography by Gisela Torres, this provocative book perfectly epitomizes the spirit of Sera's seductive interiors - intensely sensual, delightfully playful, sublimely elegant and always filled with soul.

The 5th edition of the Spanish Graphic Design yearbook is dedicated to the different categories in Graphic Design - editorial, packaging, corporate identity, logos, posters, catalogues, exhibitions, etc. - also including a New Media section featuring websites, video and multimedia projects. The jury members for this years' selection have been: Sergi Arévalo, Laura Armet, Ricardo Bermejo, Ramón Castillo, Oyer Corazón, Pilar Gorriz, Marc Guardiola, Enric Jardí, Jose Mª Morera, Alfredo Olmedo, Ibán Ramón, Sebastián Saavedra and Tilman Solé.

Kim Young-Sub + Kunchook-Moonhwa Architect Associates has been involved in the construction of some of the most significant religious centres in Korea. The firm's work is deeply rooted in a fundamental spirituality, which is also found in Korean culture. Traditional Korean design is about subtle curves rather than straight lines, roofs that reach to the sky rather than remaining flat, and finishes of thick curved pine. These influences are clear in Kim Young-Sub's buildings as is his remarkable attitude towards space, from which he creates churches with large areas, voids, which are about symbolism and landscape. In addition to his religious buildings, a selection of Kim Young-Sub's residential, educational, welfare and commercial buildings is also featured in this superbly illustrated publication.