Архитектура

No other material is as deeply embedded in the history, culture and the lives of human beings worldwide as wood. A global increase in environmental consciousness adds to its significance as a renewable, thus sustainable resource. Wood offers unique qualities of lightness and elegance, plays of light and shadow and countless color tones. It may be used to assemble imposing, bulky structures, as well as to erect delicate, undulating forms that seem filigree and transparent.

The many possibilities for use of this natural building material as well as the innovative construction techniques which have extended these possibilities are shown with texts and facts, photos and drawings. The architectural species diversity ranges from energy-efficient passive houses to multi-story academic facilities and fashionable bars that prove that nothing matches wood in versatility and beauty.

From the contents:

- Martinsried University, Germany (Auer + Weber)
- Helsinkis Seafarers’ Center, Finland (Ark-House Architects)
- Mei Li Zhou Church in Hangzhou, China (Tsushima Design Studio)
- Culinary Art School in Tijuana, Mexico (Gracia Studio)
- Sleepbox in Moscow, Russia (Arch Group)

Wood presents a comprehensive survey of international wood architecture highlighting the incredible versatility of this building material and the environmentally friendly possibilities of using it in residential construction and design. Wood as a material evokes alternate images of warm comfort or sleek cool modern design, and its many special characteristics are explored through the selected projects, interiors, and furniture detailed in this book.

Wood provides a unique opportunity to examine contemporary wooden architecture as a global phenomenon rich in cross-cultural influences and universality. It also illustrates the diversity in the use of this material in different climates, cultures, and countries.

The book is divided into four main chapters: a short historical introduction; a compilation of different projects shown as a whole, and typologically catalogued according to the use of wood; a compilation of interior designs, arranged like the different spaces of a house and combined with wood furniture; and a catalogue of the most commonly used woods and their properties.

WOOD presents a global survey of the most outstanding works of contemporary wood architecture from around the world completed in the last five years. Organized typologically, the book illustrates more than 60 different housing projects, and includes most of the actual tendencies in wood construction around the world. It also includes fine interior designs, decorations and furniture, always showing the widest variety. Each project is illustrated with colour photographs, line drawings and a descriptive text.

A follow on from the successful Life in Oak- Framed Buildings and Timber Framed Buildings, author Ivo Pauwels describes the many different realisations of wooden structures - from garages and terraces to gardens sheds, pool houses, guest houses and home offices. Timber-framed buildings are becoming ever-more popular across Europe, and this book provides an excellent source of inspiration, illustrating a traditional building style combined with a modern way of living, working and relaxing.

Contemporary office design is a balancing act between meeting functional and technical requirements and creating a unique and comfortable atmosphere. Starting with traditional cubicles, on to custom-designed work environments, and ending in open team spaces and interaction areas, Work! presents all kinds of new space concepts and offers a unique glimpse of an emerging world of innovative and elaborate design concepts.

Creativity is given no limits, an exciting interplay of color and light, strict steel-and-glass structure or the self-aware building of the natural material. Presented are 40 projects in the most contrasting styles and designs from around the world.

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Cafe! Best of Coffee Shop Design

Drink! Best of Bar Design

Dance! Best of Club Design

Eat! Best of Restaurant Design

Move! Best of Gym Design

Relax! Best of Spa Design

Shop! Best of Store Design

Swim! Best of Pool Design

The concept of the office is far more diverse than it used to be; gone are the days of factory floor-style expanses and monotonous cell-like structures. Now offices function as both a company’s individual calling card and an inspiring work environment. Office architecture has flourished into a complex discipline that is continually developing new problem-solving approaches that put the distinctive needs of individual employees front and centre and, in doing so, foster communication, motivation and achievement.

This volume presents over 100 projects from around the globe, incorporating local and firm-specific examples of office architecture and putting the newest insights of research into the workplace to the test: from the creatively designed workspace of the start-up, via the multifunctional office separated into flexible zones and devoid of fixed work places, to elaborately furnished and prestigious offices. Each of these office worlds is also a habitat, a source of unique fascination and inspiration. 

- Analogfolk in London, United Kingdom (Design Haus Liberty)
- Red Rock HQ Sydney, Australia (Rolf Ockert. Architect)
- Optimedia in Moscow, Russia (Nefa Architects)
- Bosco in Tokyo, Japan (Makoto Yamaguchi Design)
- Zalando Berlin, Germany (de Winder Architekten)

The idea of transforming the working area into an integrated part of the domestic space is now a familiar concept, and freelance professionals often opt to establish their office at home not only for financial reasons but also for the opportunity to work within a personalized space that is both attractive and comfortable. This book has gathered projects from around the world that represent the latest trends in working space design - each project is the work of a contemporary architect, interior designer, or homeowner who has used striking and ingenious ideas to create a distinctive working area

Clever and sometimes even breathtaking, these new spaces promote new forms of work, creativity, and collaboration.

WorkScape reveals how trailblazing companies from around the world are redefining where we work and how we work together. The book showcases office spaces by innovators such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, Monocle, KPMG, Red Bull, and Urban Outfitters that promote new forms of work, creativity, and collaboration.

In addition to presenting architecture and interior design, WorkScape also explores more unconventional parameters that can make going to and being at work more attractive and satisfying. The forward-thinking offers featured here include company-run childcare facilities, bike share programs, communal vegetable gardens, and fully equipped health and wellness facilities.

In WorkScape, office environments from global players are shown alongside compelling examples from smaller enterprises, temporary ventures, and freelance endeavours that all shake off the cubicle culture of the past. The book’s careful pairing of stunning images with in-depth project descriptions and detailed floor plans make it an invaluable reference for anyone looking to redefine their workplaces, impress their partners and clients, and inspire their staff to think outside the box.

The way we work is currently undergoing fundamental changes. Thanks to globalization and digitalization on the one hand and evolving corporate cultures, collaboration methods, working procedures, and hierarchical structures on the other, a range of new opportunities are opening up for both employers and employees. These promising possibilities, however, bring along significant challenges for the architecture of our workplaces — and those who would like to use them.

WorkScape reveals how the architecture of our working world is changing to keep up with these new developments. The book features an outstanding selection of examples from world-famous architects, who are implementing projects for large, innovative firms and pushing architectonic and aesthetic boundaries in the process. These include Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle for the Urban Outfitters’ campus in Philadelphia, Hofman Dujardin Architects for the Eneco’s headquarters in Rotterdam, and 3XN for Saxo Bank in Copenhagen.

This comprehensive survey showcases individual workplaces from executive suites to open-plan offices as well as conference rooms, spaces that facilitate teamwork, representative foyers, and functional surfaces. The book includes key locations for the more informal exchange of information including kitchenettes, lounges, and break rooms. In addition to documenting working environments, WorkScape also explores unconventional parameters that can make a workplace more attractive and that reflect new developments in the business world such as company-run childcare facilities, lunchrooms serving organic food, and corporate parking lots with charging stations for electric vehicles.

WorkScape features compelling examples from global corporations, innovative medium-sized enterprises, and small creative studios. The book even includes extensive documentation of the specific features of temporary structures such as incubators for start-ups or co-working spaces for freelancers.

Its thought-provoking overview of working environments for today and tomorrow makes WorkScape an invaluable reference for architects, interior designers, and product designers as well as companies and employees, who are looking to redefine their workplaces, impress their partners and clients, and inspire their staff.

This is a selection of works from fifty-one architects from around the globe. It includes approximately twenty works from each architect, every one accompanied by explanatory text.

The architecture of the pharaohs represents some of the most impressive creative work ever produced in Egyptian art and yet it has never been completely assessed.

Dietrich Wildung, Curator of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, gives a compelling account of the breathtaking architectural achievements in the Valley of the Nile during one of the oldest architectural eras: from the earliest royal tombs from c. 3000 B.C. to the pyramids of Giza and the temples of Karnak and Luxor.

This volume provides a fascinating insight into a civilization that has caught the imagination of countless generations since its demise, elucidating not only 3000 years of architectural history, but also outlining the related visual arts, reliefs and wall paintings.

With more than 250 color illustrations, computer-aided reconstructions, plans of famous buildings and clear chronological tables that place architectural developments within the context of historical events, this publication makes a considerable and highly readable contribution towards a more profound understanding of Egyptian culture.

From the superb mausoleum of Mausolus in Halicarnassus, stop by the shrine to Apollo at Delphi with its famous oracle, or pass through the imposing Lion Gate in Mycenae. This "picture book journey" takes us through all the important architectural sites in ancient Greece. "Noble simplicity, quiet proportions" was how the distinguished archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann once described Greek culture, and the beauty of classical art certainly lies in its simplicity.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the architecture of perfect harmony and proportion, and a journey into the splendid art of the Mediterranean.

"Modern architecture is not a new branch of an old tree - it is an altogether new shoot rising beside the old roots." Thus Walter Gropius, one of the pioneers of modern architecture, on the radical departures of the 20th century. In the 1930s, the term International Style came into use to describe a new form of architecture evolved from Bauhaus and its conviction that "form follows function". Until the 1980s, International Style set the standard in modern building, with its logical formal idiom and rational solutions to construction problems.

Combining steel, glass and concrete, it established an aesthetic founded on the sheer thrill of pushing to the limits of technical and economic viability. Hence the exhilarating skylines of metropolises worldwide - but also the desolate anonymity of modern suburban environments.

This book traces the exciting evolution of a style while examining the individual and regional forms it took, and analyses the ideals and realities of architectural visions of utopia.