This fascinating sourcebook presents the most remarkable, beautiful, and innovative building façades in contemporary architecture.
A building's façade sets the aesthetic tone for its entire design while serving a variety of functions, from regulating light and protecting against the elements to providing insulation for temperature and sound. This absorbing book details hundreds of examples of interesting and progressive façades from around the world. Presented in colorful double-page spreads, each façade is photographed from different angles and includes engaging texts that describe their significance. Readers can learn how traditional mashrabiyas in Abu Dhabi are being engineered to respond to light and to regulate heat, how a hospital in Mexico City has been constructed with "smog-eating" tiles, and how a "bio-adaptive" façade in Germany uses algae to generate energy and provide shade. Informative and accessible, this compendium is a highly useful resource for architects, engineers, and designers.
- ISBN10 3791385178
- ISBN13 9783791385174
- Publish Date 26 November 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Prestel
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 448
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9783791385174