Монографии и сборники работ известных архитекторов

Islands - real, artificial, and metaphoric - have always fascinated people. Buildings near, or even in water transcend boundaries and merge concrete, familiar structures with flowing visions to create symphonies of water, light and stone. Examples of the mastery of this interplay of elements are provided by Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat museum island, artificial city suburbs such as Crystal Island in Moscow, and even entire new cities such as Island City in Japan. Apart from such dynamic urban centres, Dubai's luxury islands or the world's most expensive hotel, the Burj al Arab, are also architectural highlights. Visions of the future by renowned architects such as Jean Nouvel, Frank O. Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Foster & Partners are also presented. This illustrated work is a fascinating journey through the island worlds of today, tomorrow, and the day after.

Highlights:
• Einleitung zur Historie der Insel-Architektur
• Detaillierter Überblick über Entwicklung und Trends im 20. Jahrhundert
• Umfassende Bestandsaufnahme der spektakulärsten Projekte
• Ausblick auf zukünftige Projekte
• Qualitativ hochwertige Foto-Aufnahmen
• Informative Begleittexte

Inseln – tatsächliche, künstliche und metaphorische – faszinieren die Menschen seit jeher. Gebäude am oder gar im Wasser überschreiten Grenzen und verschmelzen feste gewohnte Strukturen mit fließenden Visionen zu Sinfonien aus Wasser, Licht und Stein. Dieses Spiel der Elemente beherrschen beispielsweise Mur Island in Graz, Abu Dhabis Museumsinsel Saadjat Island, künstliche Stadteile wie Crystal Lake in Moskau oder komplett neue urbane Entwicklungen wie Dubais Luxusinseln meisterhaft. Neben solchen spektakulären Zentren bilden das Oslo Opera House oder das teuerste Hotel der Welt, das Burj el-Arab, architektonische Glanzpunkte. Vorgestellt werden auch die Zukunftsvisionen renommierter Architekten wie Herzog & de Meuron, Waterstudio.NL, Zaha Hadid und Foster + Partners. Dieser Bildband ist ein faszinierender Streifzug durch die Inselwelten von heute, morgen und übermorgen.

Stressing total quality in all aspects of architectural practice, the J.J. Pan monograph features a rich collection of building types. According to Taiwanese architect, Joshua Jih Pan, such total quality includes at least design, service and delivery which many other architects find diffuclut to maintain in balanced proportions. This publication is fully illustrated with photographs and plans of many of J.J. Pan's most interesting projects.

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The British architect James Frazer Stirling (1924-1992) stimulated impassioned responses among both supporters and detractors, and he continues to be the subject of fierce debate. He earned international renown through such innovative and frequently controversial projects as the Leicester University Engineering building (1959-63); the History Faculty building at Cambridge University (1964-67); the Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (1977-84); the Clore Gallery at Tate Britain (1984); and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University (1979-84). Stirling was also a visiting professor at the Yale School of Architecture where he trained and influenced many of the current leaders in the field.

Fully illustrated with previously unpublished documents and new photography from the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, this book allows for a close examination of design drawings, photographs, and models spanning Stirling's entire career. These materials deepen our understanding of the influences, early formation, approach, and process of an architect whose work resists labelling. Filled with in-depth analytical and critical presentations of exemplary projects and their reception, the volume reveals Stirling to be a remarkably informed and consistent thinker and writer on architecture.

James Stirling was one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century. His formally inventive yet historically informed designs inspired a generation of architects in his native England and throughout the world.

"James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist" is the first in-depth, book-length analysis of the architect's work. Amanda Reeser Lawrence focuses on six of Stirling's projects from the early 1950s through the late 1970s, offering detailed formal analysis of the buildings and drawings while also mapping his relationship to a broader architectural and cultural context.

Though it is widely held that Stirling took a mid-career turn toward postmodernism, Lawrence shows that he was undeniably modern throughout his career. She clarifies the ways in which Stirling understood modernism as inextricably linked to the past and placed his own work in what he termed a "dialogue with architectural tradition".

Jan des Bouvrie has been one of the most famous and most successful Dutch designers for many a decade. He has created hundreds of striking buildings, designed interiors and a whole range of different objects and furniture. Starting from a very specific use of colour, he puts the spotlight on sober and stern interiors. "Jan des Bouvrie, Learning to Look" pays a tribute to a man celebrating his sixty fifth birthday. Thirty pioneering projects teach the reader how to look at form, colour, space and structure. Magnificent pictures by top photographer Cees Roelofs and a sublime layout by De Heeren van Vonder turn this book into an unmissable experience.

Nouvel by Nouvel. France's premier architect designs his own monograph

The work of France's internationally celebrated contemporary architect - and recipient of the 2008 Pritzker Prize - in a book designed by the master himselfю

Jean Nouvel, the winner of the 2008 Pritzker Prize, is widely regarded as France’s most original and important contemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970, he assisted influential architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio, before creating his own practice in Paris. His first widely acclaimed project was the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris (1981-87). Since then, he has completed the Lyon Opera House, the Euralille Shopping Center, Lille, and the Fondation Cartier, Paris. His major completed projects since 2000 include the Culture and Convention Center in Lucerne, Switzerland, the spectacular Agbar Tower in Barcelona, the extension of the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nouvel won the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Gold Medal in 2001 and the Pritzker Prize in 2008.

Jean Nouvel worked for five years with author Philip Jodidio on this prodigiously illustrated TASCHEN monograph, a book commensurate with the architect’s talent. Two 400-page hardcover volumes give the most complete overview to date of Jean Nouvel’s career, including works in progress such as the new Louvre in Abu Dhabi, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the MoMA extension in New York. The book’s graphic design and images were conceived and selected by the architect; in addition, the transparent printed dust jackets mimic the architect’s own tendency to play with contrasts and overlaid patterns. This publication is Nouvel by Nouvel, inside and out.

About the author:

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, Building a New Millennium, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

Recipient of the 2008 Pritzker Prize, Jean Nouvel is, without any doubt, France’s most original and important contemporary architect. From 1967 to 1970, he was an assistant of the influential architects Claude Parent and Paul Virilio, then creating his own office in Paris. His first widely acclaimed project was the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris (1981–87, with Architecture Studio). Since then, he has completed the Lyon Opera House (1986–93), the Euralille Shopping Center, Lille (1991–94), and the Fondation Cartier, Paris (1991–94). His major completed projects since 2000 include the Culture and Convention Center in Lucerne, Switzerland (1998–2000), the spectacular Agbar Tower on Barcelona’s Diagonal Avenue (2001–03), the extension of the Reina Sofia Museum, (Madrid, 1999–2005), the Quai Branly Museum on the Seine in Paris (2001–06), and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apart from receiving this year’s Pritzker Prize, Jean Nouvel won the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Gold Medal in 2001.

Jean Nouvel worked for five years with author Philip Jodidio on this prodigiously illustrated TASCHEN monograph, a book that will finally give the full measure of the architect’s talent. Two 400-page hardcover volumes give the most complete overview to date of Jean Nouvel’s career, including works in progress, such as the new Louvre in Abu Dhabi, the Philharmonie de Paris, and the extension of the MoMA in New York. The book’s graphic design and images were conceived and selected by the architect; in addition, the transparent printed dust jackets mimic the architect’s own tendency to play with contrasts and overlaid patterns. One can truly say that this publication is Nouvel by Nouvel, inside and out.

In many regards, the architecture of the 21st century has to fit a square peg into a round hole. It should be energetic and meaningful and yet be as sustainable as possible in all details. It should offer ample and proportioned space for its inhabitants, but also fit harmoniously into its environment. Architect Jean-Francois Koenig has been meeting these requirements for four decades. With the goal of improving the life quality of the inhabitants and users of his buildings, he sets out elaborate aesthetic designs that also include infrastructure and transport connections. The projects in Jean-Francois Koenig’s portfolio — including offices, private houses, hotels, public buildings, and schools — reflect his enhancement and integration of the many facets of urban life. When he won the third prize in an RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) competition in 1979, with Norman Foster as judge, Koenig was the only student amongst the winners. Even at that stage, his drawings for a pedestrian link between Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square demonstrated his sense for the city environment, not to mention his outstanding graphic talent. One of Koenig’s many esteemed projects is the Mauritius Commercial Bank on the island of Mauritius, Koenig’s native home, where he continues to reside.

JEAN-FRANCOIS KOENIG was elected one of the “100 Architects 2012,” a competition organized by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the Korean Institute of Architects (KIA). In the 1980s, he worked with the RIBA Gold Medal Award architect, Sir Philip Dowson. At the 2011 UIA World Congress in Tokyo, under the heading “Sustainable by Design 2050,” his Mauritius Commercial Bank was amongst the best of the architecture of Africa. Koenig has worked in England, South Africa, India, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Madagascar, the Seychelles, La Réunion, and Mauritius for the last 30-plus years.

- An architecture book for all those excited by contemporary, innovative building design and development
- Richly illustrated with a broad spectrum of architectural photography, drawings, and sketches
- A look behind the scenes with one of the world’s leading architects

Jean-Michel Frank was perhaps the most influential Parisian designer and decorator of the 1930s and 1940s, inspiring such varied talents as Andree Putman and Bonetti and Garouse. Frank established his reputation and signature look with the design of the Paris apartment of the Vicomte Charles de Noailles. The Noailles were leading progressives of their day and patrons of the major painters of Paris.

Frank’s style of understated luxury — vellum-sheathed walls, bleached leather, lacquer and shagreen — perfectly complemented the Picassos and Braques on the walls. Frank’s blocky, rectangular club chairs and sofas have been endlessly copied and produced by many admirers. He is credited for the design of the modern Parsons table, a stark form that Frank embellished with the most luxurious finish.

Admiringly described by the French "le style Frank," his look continues to exert its influence through the powerful combination of the simplest forms and the most exquisite materials to produce objects that are truly noble and utterly modern.

Книга, у якій представлені проекти японського архітектора та дизайнера Джо Нагасаки, з уявленнями про його ідеї та процеси проектування

Еволюція процесу проектування Джо Нагасаки представлена ​​в унікальній публікації про його практику. У цій книзі розповідається історія Schemata Architects, що містить у собі суть роботи студії. Висвітлюючи методи та процеси в серії есе, дизайнер пропонує зрозуміти, як розроблялися концепції для реалізації широкого портфоліо Schemata Architects, представленого в книзі.

Нагасака часто звертає увагу на втомлені, знайдені об’єкти або невикористані місця. Досліджуючи сучасні рішення та новаторські методи зміни призначення, йому вдається перетворювати інтер’єри та повертати життя об’єктам. Його проекти варіюються від великомасштабних інсталяцій та інтерактивних інтер’єрів до продуктів меншого масштабу. Розкриваючи погляди на його спосіб роботи, книга підкреслює нові відкриття про те, як дизайнер здатний охопити суть своїх думок і пов’язати ключові аспекти проекту творчим та інноваційним способом. Статті наголошують на концепціях дизайнера, надаючи унікальне розуміння процесу фірми з точки зору дизайнера.

Про автора:

Джо Нагасака народився в Осаці та виріс у префектурі Тіба в Японії. Він вивчав архітектуру в Токійському університеті мистецтв і після закінчення заснував офіс Schemata Architects у Токіо. Портфоліо студії, яке постійно розширюється, охоплює такі проекти, як інтер’єри житлових і торгових будинків, виставкові стенди та художні інсталяції, меблі на замовлення, готелі та громадські установи.

особливості:
- Читачі отримують повне уявлення про методи роботи Джо Нагасаки, засновника компанії Schemata Architects у Токіо, Японія.
- Детальні особливості різних проектів, починаючи від виставок і меблів до роздрібної торгівлі та житлових приміщень.
- В нарисах зосереджено увагу на особистому шляху Джо Нагасаки до реалізації проектів його студії, які в хронологічному порядку перераховані у другій частині книги.
- Статті наголошують на концепціях дизайнера, надаючи унікальне розуміння процесу фірми з точки зору дизайнера.
- Великий вибір красивих проектних фотографій, які візуально ілюструють трансформацію простору або меблів.