Särskilda arkitekter & arkitektfirmor

This publication is dedicated to projects by Marie-Jos Van Hee from small interventions and furniture to award-winning outdoor spaces. Nine key projects are examined in detail, while various essays and an interview provide a comprehensive overview...

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Hans Nickl's and Christine Nickl-Weller's designs are tailored to human needs. As a result, the architects' work follows a simple principle: promoting the users' well-being, optimizing the functional interaction of flexible spatial structures, and...

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True North takes a look at contemporary Alaskan architecture. Extreme climatic and geographic conditions like the cold, the strong winds and earthquakes set very challenging conditions for sustainable solutions. The featured projects respond intel...

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In the past five years the culturally diverse and historically rich Asian countries have seen a revolution in architecture. The world of architecture has been witnessing the emergence of independent designers and a number of new stars - and above ...

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Landscape architecture covers the entire range of outdoor design: the fascinating scope of this field ranges from open space planning near, on or even inside buildings to self-sufficient creations in residential areas or in the open nature, and La...

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Berlin is not just the capital city and largest metropolis in Germany. It is also characterised by its most varying architectural landscape. This architecture guide, now in its third expanded and updated version, creates an access to this spectrum...

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Since the release of "1000 x European Architecture in 2006", the world of architecture has gone through some major changes: in the midst of a seemingly unstoppable building boom the banking crisis descended on the world economy in 2008, ...

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Bruno Taut (18801938) is generally considered the leading housing estate architect of the modern era. Utilizing the latest architectural techniques and concentrating on the needs of the people who were to inhabit his buildings, he made a lasting i...

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Berlin war schon immer besonders. Rau und kantig, weltoffen und lebendig - die Stadt ist ein Anziehungspunkt für Kunstschaffende und Kreative aus der ganzen Welt. Hier vermischen sich Aufbruch und Erbe zu einer eigenständigen, dynamische...

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Wie wird die Architektur in den kommenden Jahren und Jahrzehnten aussehen? Sind neue Trends und Tendenzen in Sicht? Dieses Buch stellt junge Architekten und Büros aller Schulen und Stilrichtungen vor, die unsere gebaute Zukunft gestalten können - ...

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In almost no other European region the connection between nature and design is as pronounced and at the same time as varied as in the Scandinavian countries. The rugged wilderness and dark days require comfortable in - teriors with warm colors; wh...

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China gehört zu den derzeit innovativsten und experimentierfreudigsten Architekturländern der Welt, bemerkenswert kreativ wird mit Materialien und Gattungen umgegangen, mit Formen und Funktionen. Zugleich bietet das Land die Möglichkeit, auch die ...

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Seit jeher sind die Menschen von den Bergen fasziniert. Sie sind eine Quelle der Kraft und Symbol für die Freiheit, der perfekte Ort für eine intensive Auszeit, zur Selbstfindung, für ein großes Abenteuer oder die sportliche Herausforderung. Jense...

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Urlaub auf einem Gutshof am Deich, über dem Meer auf einem Kran oder in einem schicken Loft in Kopenhagen: Die Ostsee hat in den letzten Jahren als Reiseziel rasant an Bedeutung gewonnen. Immer mehr Menschen wissen die Vielfalt urbaner Designer-Ho...

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Berlin ist nicht nur Hauptstadt und größte Metropole Deutschlands, Berlin zeichnet sich gleichzeitig durch seine vielfältigste Architekturlandschaft aus. Der nun in erweiterter und aktualisierte Fassung vorliegende Architekturführer schafft einen ...

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Wer ein Faible für Design hat, stellt auch an die Ferienunterkunft hohe Ansprüche. Der neue Band aus der Reihe Where Architects Stay widmet sich der Atlantikküste im Westen des europäischen Kontinents mit seinen einsamen Buchten, idyllischen Fisch...

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Swiss architect Theo Hotz has been raising large, industrial and institutional structures since 1949. Working predominantly within the Swiss landscape, he has been in the international spotlight since 1988, when the American institute of Architect...

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Die Bauten von Le Corbusier sind unverrückbare Ikonen der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sein Schaffen als Buchgestalter und Autor ist im Überblick kaum bekannt und wurde bisher wenig gewürdigt: Le Corbusier hat von 1912 bis 1965 über vierzig B...

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Meet Le Corbusier--book designer. Coined the "Architect of the Twentieth Century," Le Corbusier's buildings have long been a part of the canon of modern architecture. He was a challenging figure who mainly designed based on his "fiv...

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Si les A(c)difices de Le Corbusier sont des emblA]mes A(c)tablis de la (TM)architecture du XXe siA]cle, sa production A(c)ditoriale na (TM)est guA]re connue et na (TM)a jusqua (TM)alors pas A(c)tA(c) apprA(c)ciA(c)e A sa juste valeur. En effet, en...

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Cet ouvrage considA]re le vivre en milieu urbain en explorant de nouvelles approches pour intA(c)grer des projets de construction da (TM)habitations au sein de la ville existante. Tokyo et Londres sont confrontA(c)es A des problA]mes de dA(c)velop...

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It was not by chance that Louis Kahn's move into his profession's spotlight coincided with the crisis of modern architecture: representing, as his work increasingly did, those aspects of space which modernism had so ambitiously removed from its pr...

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After the successful conclusion of the centenary celebrations of Andrea Palladio's birth, there are still many unanswered questions about his work. Antonio Foscari retraces Andrea Palladio's life and offers new perspectives on the architects built...

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Using a typological structure (landscape, park, square, garden, promenade, etc.), Gunther Vogt describes the theoretical foundation on which the successful projects of Vogt Landscape Architects are based. In recent years they have realized interna...

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This is the second publication of Steven Holl's legendary watercolours, following 'Written in Water', 2002. 400 watercolours represent the creative process of this famous and influential American Architect. The watercolours show Holl's highly indi...

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In this publication, the current work of New York-based Steven Holl-an outstanding representative of contemporary American architecture-is the subject of a detailed examination that is orientated by a focus on archetypical aspects of visual percep...

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Five North American Architects - An Anthology brings together five architectural practices which, while all distinct, share a particularly sensitive feeling for the impact of craftsmanship and climate on the generation of form, as well as an equal...

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The monograph provides a sharply focused insight into how Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer understand architecture. The various concepts as well as the different constructions, materials, forms and colors that they employ in their projects are present...

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From 2008 to 2010, Madrid-based architects Mansilla + Tunon taught at the Princeton University School of Architecture. The Mansilla + Tunon Studios 2008 - 2010: Between Rules and Constraints brings together the essential ideas of the studios held ...

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