Manuelle Gautrand Architecture is a Parisian-based architecture firm founded by Manuelle Gautrand in 1991, sited in the Bastille neighbourhood of this exquisite European city. The firm's key aim is to 're-enchant the city' of Paris by evoking emotion, reinventing spaces, and garnering renewal and innovation - to be bold and definitive. At the core of Gautrand's creativity lies the approach to each new project through the spirit of a blank canvas, with no à priori. Yet, each of the project that t...
Bernando Gomez-Pimienta
by Bernardo Gomez-Pimienta and Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas
IOA Studios. Hadid Lynn Prix (Edition Angewandte)
Die Buchreihe der Universitat fur angewandte Kunst Wien Edition Angewandte, herausgegeben von Rektor Dr. Gerald Bast, erscheint themenabhangig in den Verlagen Birkhauser und De Gruyter. Veroeffentlicht werden Sammelbande, Dokumentationen und Monografien aus den Bereichen Architektur, Bildende und Mediale Kunst, Design, Kunstwissenschaften, Kunstpadagogik und Kunstvermittlung. Die seit 2007 bestehende Reihe wird als mittlerweile in der OEffentlichkeit stark etablierte Plattform fur relevante Vero...
Das Architekturburo nps tchoban voss mit Standorten in Hamburg, Berlin und Dresden gehoert zu den wenigen deutschen Buros mit internationaler Prasenz. Das traditionsreiche Buro, das 1931 in Hamburg gegrundet wurde, zeichnet sich durch eine an der Moderne orientierte Haltung aus, die den Entwurfsprozess von der stadtebaulichen Einordnung bis zum mit grosser Sorgfalt entwickelten Detail bestimmt. Die Entwurfe sind geleitet von der oekonomischen, oekologischen und asthetischen Verantwortung, die de...
Architekturwelten - Architectural Worlds
Drawings of architectural worlds continue to fascinate viewers and Sergei Tchoban is no exception. Architect, virtuoso, draftsman and passionate collector of drawings by European architects and painters, Tchoban holds a broad selection of works from ancient, baroque to classicist architecture. His own works extend to drawings from his hometown of St. Petersburg marked by the play of water and light, to travel drawings fantasies, and visionary studies. In this book Sergei Tchoban discusses his co...
This monograph on the Australian and New Zealand architects, Architectus, presents 25 buildings with photographs, plans, sections and some details. Architectus was formed in 2001 based on a collaborative design partnership between Patrick Clifford in Auckland, New Zealand and Lindsay and Kerry Clare in Sydney, Australia. The work of Architectus spans more than 20 years of practice. It demonstrates a deep concern for making low-impact environmentally sound buildings, and applying this environment...
PRIVATE ESTATES is a rare jewel in the world of architectural monographs, welcoming the reader behind the gates of some of today's most inspiring residential estates. Whether it is a contemporary manor, a French chateau, a beachfront villa or a modern mountain chalet, the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Landry Design Group has skillfully designed each project with an exquisite attention to detail and a keen understanding of their clients' unique lifestyles. The firm's ability to cre...
This project is also the exploration of "another world", seemingly remote: the Pacific and the culture of ephemeral, the encounter with the great Kanak people and his history suspended between past and future. An adventure that ends with the discovery of an unsuspected affinity: "I'm more Kanak than you are", Renzo Piano will say. Just like the previous monographs, the presented material is unpublished, retrieved thanks to the research and classification in the archives of the Renzo Piano Found...
Pattern Place Purpose: Proctor and Matthews Architects
by Peter Blundell Jones, Alan Powers, and Jeremy Till
In their 20 years of architectural practice, Proctor and Matthews Architects have developed a reputation for being at the centre of Britain's urban regeneration debate. Pattern Place Purpose: Proctor and Matthews Architects takes a close look at the company's body of work, examining its working practices in detail. Established in London, the practice has worked with regeneration agencies across the UK, as well as in Europe, the US, New Zealand, and the Caribbean, providing practical and innovati...
In Engadin there is a thriving architecture scene, which includes the architectural couple Mierta und Kurt Lazzarini. They have already made a significant contribution to the lively architectural culture with several school-, industrial- and residential buildings in the southern part of Grisons.
Studio Fuksas, led by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, is one of the most outstanding international architectural firms in the world. With offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen, the past 40 years have seen the company develop an innovative approach through a strikingly wide variety of projects, ranging from urban interventions, airports, museums, cultural centres, spaces for music, and convention centres to offices, private houses and interior design. Fuksas has an international reputation and has...
The work of Kohn Pedersen Fox is international in scope, collaborative in design, and a product of individual voices focused on a single objective - making an architecture, of our time, which creates strong bonds with the the specific place it occupies. While William Pedersen founded the firm, with partners Gene Kohn and Shelley Fox, he never aspired to be a 'director of design.' They had the components with Gene's entrepreneurial drive, Shelley's management and Bill's design leadership - to b...
An authoritative and insightful study, surveying the life and work of "the greatest of the English artist-craftsmen" This study of the renowned designer-maker Ernest Gimson (1864-1919) combines biography with analysis of his work as an architect and designer of furniture, metalwork, plaster decoration, embroidery, and more. It also examines Gimson's significance within the Arts and Crafts Movement, tracing the full arc of his creative career, ideas, and legacy. Gimson worked in London in the 1...
A lavish volume on the stunning interiors and houses of this award-winning design and architecture firm, best known for its exceptional craftsmanship and refined sophistication drawn from the founders' Mexican heritage. Ezequiel Farca and Cristina Grappin challenge stereotypes and think globally, designing luxury vacation homes in Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, and Cancun, Mexico, and more recently Southern California and Europe. Their studio focuses on creating holistic spaces, which ar...
Time and Place: Media Architecture
Essentially this is a lavishly illustrated report on the Los Angeles-based German artist Christian Moeller, showing his extensive body of work from 1991 to 2002. "ARC.DE" describes a fascinating balancing act between the analogue and digital worlds, performed by a trained architect operating as an experimental creative force. This balancing act is the formal theme of the publication. It is the first monograph consisting of both book and internet pages. Printed matter and time-based elements link...
Martin Kohlbauer
Martin Kohlbauer founded his practice in Vienna in 1991. Previously he had studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, in the Master Class of Prof. Gustav Peichl, for whom he also worked for several years. In that function he took responsibility for project managing the building of the art and exhibition hall in Bonn. In addition to the design of exhibitions, his own oeuvre includes primarily large projects in which his architectural strength becomes apparent - high-density housing, a hospital, a we...
The MG.6 projects selected, demonstrate how wood and new wood products adapt to unique environments and shape an architecture focused on human experience and happiness, in stride with environmental performance. Each MG.6 project offers a unique story of Green s process of engaging context and meaning through the life stories of clients, inhabitants, and communities. Green believes that adventure is the single unifying characteristic of his firm and his work. Green s adventures exploring new idea...
Shaped Places of Carroll County New Hampshire expands upon an award-winning speculative urban design project by the architecture and design practice EXTENTS, led by McLain Clutter and Cyrus Pen arroyo. The project investigates the complex reciprocity between who we are and the shape of where we live; between identities and the built environments that support them. In doing so, Shaped Places creates a dialogue between seemingly disparate discourses spanning from critical geography, to formalist a...