A fascinating look at one of the most important engineering achievements of recent times. This book chronicles in detail the various phases of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, which is the third to co
Although new technologies appear poised to alter it, the library remains apowerful site for discovery, and its form is still determined by the geometryof the book and the architectural spaces devised
A comprehensive and stunning new architecture monograph on Centerbrook's work on Quinnipiac University. Highly illustrated throughout, the project's development is charted across four decades.
The brightest and best of retail design from China, Indonesia, India, UAE, Australia, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, among others.
This new edition of John Illingworth's popular book provides a thorough introduction to the selection of construction methods, their planning and organization on site. Thoroughly revised and updated,
Considered the crowning achievement of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan is often called iconic. But it is in fact iconoclastic, standing in stark contrast
Der TWA-Terminal am New Yorker JFK-Flughafen ist eine Ikone der 1960er-Jahre. Fliegen war die Zukunft, Fliegen war aufregend und glamourös. Dies wollte der finnische Architekt Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) mit dem exklusiven Gebäude für die Trans World Airlines (TWA) ausdrücken. Bis heute fasziniert die einzigartige Gestaltung jeden Betrachter.Obschon eines der bekanntesten Bauwerke New Yorks, fehlt bisher eine Monografie zum TWA-Terminal ebenso wie eine kritische Baugeschichte. Denn obwohl als Ikone des Düsenzeitalters vermarktet, erwies sich bald, dass das TWA Flight Center den Anforderungen nicht gewachsen war und dass die schnell wachsenden Passagierströme darin nicht bewältigt werden konnten. Seit 2001 ist der denkmalgeschützte Bau geschlossen und wartet auf eine neue Nutzung.Kurze, fundierte Texte sowie rund 150 überaus attraktive Bilder und Pläne machen das Buch für Architektur- und Designliebhaber zum Muss. Es zeigt den TWA-Terminal erstmals umfassend im Spannungsfeld von Architekt
As a part of the debate on penitentiary architecture, this book proposes a critical interpretation of the conceptual elements and design approaches involved. This proposal, more than others, may "
Building on his pioneering work on the management of technology and innovation in his first book, Managing the Flow of Technology, Thomas J. Allen of MIT has joined with award-winning German architect
This is a one-stop book for knowing everything important about building structures. Self-contained and with no prerequisites needed, it is suitable for both general readers and building professionals.
This is a one-stop book for knowing everything important about building structures. Self-contained and with no prerequisites needed, it is suitable for both general readers and building professionals.
Design for healthcare is one of the most complex areas of design, involving rigorous clinical testing, high risk and sometimes litigation, health and safety issues for professionals as well as patient
Spurred by ideals of individual liberty that took hold in the Western world in the late nineteenth century, psychiatrists and public officials sought to reinvent asylums as large-scale, totally design
Laboratories are both monasteries and space stations, redolent of the great ideas of genera- tions past and of technologies to propel the future. Yet standard lab design has changed only little over r
Someone lucky enough to live on Milwaukee’s near north side between 1888 and 1952 could experience the world without ever leaving the neighborhood. Nestled between North Seventh and Eighth Streets and
