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Fire, Crime and Accident: Fire Departments, Police Stations, Rescue Services
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2012 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20152015-09-10
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Architecture for rescue services has come a long way in the past decade. Buildings for the police, fire brigades and ambulance stations have lost their often purely functional and shed-like appearance and have begun to strive for recognition as an equitable architectural typology since Zaha Hadids trailblazing Vitra fire station in Weil am Rhein. This building type certainly is a challenge as there are numerous conditions to be taken into account in terms of functionality and especially security. The examples chosen for this title show an amazing diversity of emergency architecture. The buildings presented frequently house more than one institution, using the latest technology and communication techniques to successfully combine different functions under one roof. The projects included range from the rural two-bay ambulance depot to police headquarters and airport fire departments.
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Convention Centers
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2012 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20152015-09-02
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Although convention and conference centers are in high demand, the competition is tough, so new concepts are constantly being developed. They come in a range of forms, shapes, sizes and contexts. They can form part of a hotel, an airport, a skyscraper, a mountain-chalet or stand completely on their own. This wide range allows for an exciting variety of stunning architectural and design possibilities that in combination with state-of-the-art technology make a convention center a successful enterprise. The criterion for the project selection for this volume is to cover the entire spectrum and provide a well-founded overview of the current trends. The buildings selected are by acknowledged specialists for convention centers as well as architects, who approach the attractive planning task from different perspectives.
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Urban Spaces: Plazas, Squares and Streetscapes
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Braun Издательство: Braun Год: 2013 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20162018-08-03
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Public urban spaces vary widely in type, form and size, encompassing plazas, squares and streetscapes. They serve pedestrians and flaneurs, accommodate street life in all its vibrant variations and represent the cities and towns themselves. On the one hand they are transit spaces or crossroads, while on the other hand they provide opportunities to linger or stage events. This volume features recent projects from all continents, showing the different approaches and solutions to this sophisticated design task at the intersection of architecture, landscape design and urban planning. Hardly any other area of spatial design offers so much freedom and such functional and formal diversity as does the design of urban spaces.
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Paris — The Architecture Guide
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Braun Издательство: Braun Год: 2012 Страниц: 344 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20162014-10-21
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The series of Architecture Guides creates an access to the varying architectural spectrum of European capitals. Proven experts lead the reader through all the historical architectural eras from the beginnings to the present day. The chronological sequence and the high quality colour photos clearly reflect the typical characteristic of each metropolis. Instead of meticulous description of details the text are easy to read and provide an understanding of the building in its time and location. In addition to approximately 500 buildings, the most prominent architects and every era are introduced and portrayed. Several route suggestions provide direction to the interested city wanderer of Berlin, Paris and forthcoming Vienna.
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Malls and Department Stores
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2009 Страниц: 424 Дата загрузки: 11 июля 20102012-09-24
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Retail trade has recognized the opportunity of qualification and individualization through high-grade buildings. For a long time commercial architecture was linked exclusively to the city center: markets, passages and, starting in the 20th century, Department stores. In the postwar period, shopping malls made their appearance at the urban periphery, introducing new approaches that included space for leisure activities and gastronomic amenities. In the next step self-contained mega-malls sprouted in the open countryside, making shopping facilities completely autonomous from urban structures. The richly illustrated volume, provided with detailed planning material, shows the latest tendencies in shopping architecture worldwide as seen in 101 projects in the cities, the periphery and outside.
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Apartment Buildings
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2013 Страниц: 424 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20172014-06-25
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The apartment house is the most typical form of urban living space. Creating layered living spaces is therefore one of the most important and multifaceted tasks for contemporary architects worldwide. This concerns not only the provision of housing facilities for the urban and suburban population but equally important also the shaping of streets and cityscapes. The selection includes buildings characterized by contemporary adaptions of traditional floor plans as well as individual floor plans on every floor, space-efficient and functional single-bedroom units as well luxurious accommodations with six and more rooms plus several bathrooms. Furthermore, exterior building design is also covered: from different types of repetitive facades, to building-shells that reflect the specific urban context and exteriors with a design that work as an eye-catcher in the urban fabric.
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Creating Shade
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2013 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20162018-08-03
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Protection has always been the most genuine function of architecture. In the context of global warming one of the most needed type of protection is from and against the sun. This necessity has led to an impressive creative outburst of amazing technological developments for all kinds of roofs without walls. These come in all forms and sizes, in a wide variety of materials concrete, fabrics, fiberglass, wood or plants, to name a few. This volume features serial productions as well as individual designs. These shadow-providing devices range from elegant sun blinds and canopies, to fancy pergolas and luxury tents as well as small pavilions in public parks, wide covered piazzas, and even entire buildings shielded by independent overlapping roofs. With texts, facts, drawings and photos the presentation of the projects focusses on the design as well as on the constructive aspects and technical features.
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Offices
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2013 Страниц: 424 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20172014-06-25
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The demands placed on office spaces and office buildings have intensified considerably in the 21st century through the digital revolution and the new realities of the internet age.
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Green City Spaces: Urban Landscape Architecture
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2013 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20162018-08-03
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Green areas of all kinds have gained significance for contemporary urban planning. In addition to the importance for the structure and appearance of urban spaces, these areas have a wide range social, ecological and economic functions. For instance, they can serve as relaxation and communication rooms, or as habitats for flora and fauna they can have an extremely positive influence on the micro-climate, not to mention the increasing attention they receive from the real estate business as a factor in site evaluation. This volume presents a broad spectrum of green areas in cities like urban parks, public roof gardens greened facades, and city squares. The interplay of international trends, regional characteristics and local traditions is especially interesting. The selection of projects shows the various tendencies of this discipline at the junction of landscape architecture and urban planning.
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Facade Greenery: Contemporary Landscaping
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2011 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20152014-04-25
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The greening of facades with plants gives a piece of nature back to the city. But a green facade is much more than a charming view: Thanks to its insulating effect, it evens out extreme swings in temperature, protects against UV radiation and improves sound insulation. In that regard one does not have to always rely on the usual ivy. Other evergreen or fruit bearing plants and even exotic flowers can be used as facade decoration. In that way varied and creative greening can be created which lend a colorful aesthetic tone to the cityscape. The 50 projects presented here give an overview of this current trend in landscape architecture.
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Corporate Architecture
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Braun Издательство: Braun Год: 2014 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20172019-08-11
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From the 1930s, Olivetti, the manufacturer of business products, was widely regarded as the pioneer of corporate architecture. During the 1990s, the concept became firmly established as a basic component of a corporate identity. Architecture and design are used to control the interior and exterior image of company headquarters and office buildings, to production sites and store interiors. Corporate architecture includes both individual projects ranging from high rises to trade fair booths, as well as company-wide design schemes such as that of the Apple stores around the world. The vitalizing and expressive power of architecture as a business card made of stone intends to reflect the self-image of a company and a brand s identity with the aim of expressing the corporate philosophy through architectural symbolism and constructional cultural qualities. Representing very different approaches, the examples from around the world gathered in this book present the whole scope of this extensive topic.
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Living in Style: Architecture + Interiors
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Braun Издательство: Braun Год: 2015 Страниц: 455 Дата загрузки: 17 октрября 20182016-06-15
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Individual life scripts are most clearly reflected in a persons home. The home s envelope and the arrangements within it represent its inhabitants character and identity; sometimes each component on its own, sometimes as a complementary or contradictory combination, and sometimes as a synthesis of both. The focus can be on the spaces created by the walls, the ceilings, the floors, to the distribution and partition of rooms, to the furnishings and details like sorting the spines of the books on the shelves by color. This volume presents single-family houses, apartments, villas, chalets, townhouses and lofts for singles or couples, for small or big families, or other forms of cohabitation. Featuring more than 100 projects, the most different kind of habitats from around the world are displayed. It shows that indeed every home and every living style is very special and unique.
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Extreme Minimalism: Architecture
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2014 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 декабря 20162017-09-20
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During many eras of architectural history, builders and architects aimed to construct buildings with pure shapes and clear geometry, while foregoing decorative elements. With the advent of Classical Modernity, minimalism has become a seminal architectural style. However, the approach of architects cannot be limited to Mies van der Roh s dogma of Less is more, but corresponds rather to Less is all you need. Based on a select range of contemporary buildings, this book examines the question of how compelling esthetic impressions and expressions can be achieved with reduced shapes. Representing various types of structures, the chosen examples are mostly based on the concept of a simple comprehensive overall shape, focus on a few main materials as means of expression, and are comparatively simple to implement. Despite, or perhaps due to, the consistently applied limitations, the results are extremely remarkable.
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500x Art in Public: Masterpieces from the Ancient World to the Present
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2011 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 июня 20132014-09-02
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Works of art make a substantial contribution to cultural identification. When they are placed in a public place this function is enhanced. However the artworks also acknowledge other tasks: they figuratively announce content in their traditional role, standing as the image of a ruler or at least serve as decoration, while in the Modern period they become increasingly space defining or shaping. In this volume around 150 works present the history of this species of art. By referring to important contemporary works, the development of contemporary art in public places during the last decades, which dominates the volume with about 350 examples, can be traced. Succinct texts locating the work, the artist and the style, concentrate on what is special about the works and explain the effect they have every day on passers-by according to Paul Watzlawick's axiom that One can not not communicate.
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Pedestrian Zones: Car Free Urban Spaces
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2015 Страниц: 248 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20172019-03-24
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In 2009, plans by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to transform part of Broadway including Times Square into a pedestrian area caused a sensation, not just in the city but internationally. Urban areas where pedestrians have right of way over vehicles are becoming increasingly important in the modern city and have enjoyed growing popularity since the 1950s. Not only do they increase the quality of life of the residents, they also become an increasingly important locational factor. In general there are two types of pedestrian zones: the first serves primarily as an alternative transit route without cars, while the second is dedicated to shopping and entertainment in the form of traffic-free shopping streets and open pedestrian areas within shopping malls. Based on a careful selection of projects this volume presents the functional and design variety of these popular urban spaces.
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Toy Design
Автор: Chris van Uffelen Жанр: Thames&Hudson Издательство: Thames&Hudson Год: 2009 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 20122012-02-19
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Toys, fulfilling as they do one of mankind's most basic needs, have existed for as long as we have. From the earliest times both adults and children have used toys to simulate reality or simply to pass time. Renowned designers, artists and architects have always tried their hand at creating toys: from Frank Lloyd Wright's work with Frbel's building blocks to Josef Hartwig's Bauhaus chess set that is still produced today. Gerrit Rietveld, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Breuer and Andy Warhol also designed toys. However, most often it was craftsmen and women — such as the seamstress Margarete Steiff (Steiff teddy bears), the carpenters Christiansen (Lego), or the cabinet-maker Hans Beck (Playmobil) — who designed the most successful and enduring toys.
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