Munich's Alte Pinakothek houses a collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th century. Founded in the 16th century by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria, the collection is now housed in a neoclassical building, built under the auspices of King Ludwig I. Maximilian I acquired eleven of Durer's works, so the gallery boasts such paintings as the Four Apostles and the Paumgarten Altar. To Elector Max Emanuel we owe the beginning of the Rubens collection, which is now the largest in the world. The Ital...
Tadao Ando born in 1941 in Osaka is one of the most important contemporary Japanese architects. He developed a radically new architecture characterised by the use of unfinished reinforced concrete structures. Using a geometric simplicity which reveals a rich and subtle approach to space, the buildings share the serenity and clarity that characterise traditional Japanese architecture. This book focuses on the Japanese influences upon Western architecture and presents three buildings of Tadao Ando...
Discover the past history and future possibilities of airport design in this extraordinarily delightful book packaged with a special Z-binding. Open one side to explore history, current trends and pop culture imagery...flip the book over to soar into a world of possibilities in a visual voyage through the Airport of the Future. A book of high design, soaring humour and elevated ideas, it is the perfect way to discover a building type that most have experienced but few understand in detail. Feat...
In this beautifully produced and illustrated architectural history focusing on the commercial and residential buildings designed by and for a single American family over the course of a century, four generations of the Stimson family are traced from the forests of Michigan in the 1840s to Chicago in
Terry Farrell, a world leader in urban design and one of Britain's foremost architects, has worked on high-profile building schemes and masterplans in cities as diverse as Seattle, London and Seoul. The large body of work generated by his practice in 35 years comprises art galleries, exhibition spaces, museums, commercial and retail developments, banks, housing, industrial buildings and transportation centres. This volume focuses on the work of Terry Farrell & Partners from 1991 to 2001. Each of...
Max Dudler: Geschichte weiterbauen / Building on History
Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) / Bilingual edition (English/German) "Das Baudenkmal fuhrt uns vor Augen, dass wir von der Vergangenheit getrennt sind. Zugleich erinnert es uns daran, dass es unsere Aufgabe ist, eine Beziehung mit der Geschichte aufzunehmen. Darum fuhrt mich gerade das Bauen im Bestand auf die Suche nach einer Architektur, die die Geschichte fortsetzt. Diese Suche nach dem Neuen, das ohne das Alte nicht moeglich und denkbar ware, nenne ich Weiterbauen." Max DudlerMax D...
"From the very first editorial meetings, it became clear to us that we didn't want to convey our approach to architecture through a straightforward overview and a series of photographs. We have always been interested in the (sometimes highly critical) ways that others view our buildings." Thomas Knerer and Eva Lang Since the foundation of the Knerer und Lang office in 1993, the perception of architecture has changed. The importance of design and functionality is increasingly being forced into th...
On the evening of May 16, 1958, architecture alumni of the University of Washington converged on Seattle from all over the country. The event was a banquet to celebrate the founding of their alma mater's new College of Architecture and Urban Planning. One by one, the dean introduced the college's faculty members. At the name of Lionel “Spike” Pries, one alumnus recalled, “there was a special charge in the air. . . . Everyone rose and cheered and clapped; it appeared to go on forever.” But within...
Architecture and Micropolitics deconstructs two widespread prejudices: that architects nowadays are no longer important for the overall construction process, and that design is a linear process with a fully formed architectonic vision from the outset. Farshid Moussavi, a renowned architect and professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, shows how the specific character of contemporary architecture involves enriching the pragmatic aspect of creating architecture with random elements and s...
The third publication to come out of the renowned firm, Ronald Lu & Partners celebrates the breadth and creativity of their work in honor of their 35th anniversary. Rather than a retrospective since day one, it illustrates both their recent works and the people that make RLP what it is today. The book shares their projects, the stories of the people that work there and the changes they have experienced over the past ten years. With raw and un-edited interviews from members of the firm, the book...
McIntyre House (UBC SALA: West Coast Modern House)
by Sherry McKay, Michael Perlmutter, and Leslie Van Duzer
The genesis, development and life-long occupation of the McIntyre house, built in 1972 as part of a multiple-dwelling subdivision, provides possible answers to some very pressing contemporary design questions. How might one live near the city and be respectful of nature? How might efficiently built dwellings also be spacious and dense site occupation still allow for privacy? This history is recounted through text augmented by photographs and site diagrams, house sections and plans. They r...
From a house without walls to exhibition spaces in shipping containers, Shigeru Ban has constantly challenged architectural rule and expectation. In the age of the "starchitect," he has also demonstrated a commitment to humanitarian practice: Over the course of his esteemed career, his inventive, elegant designs have been applied as much to private commissions as to emergency relief work at the sites of natural and man-made disasters around the world, from Kobe to New Orleans. For the Pritzker...
In this book, A Taliesin Legacy: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices, the foremost authority on the work of the Taliesin apprentices, Tobias Guggenheimer, eloquently unveils the spectacular accomplishments of the disciples of the greatest architect in American history. With dramatic photographs and revealing interviews, this monumental book traces the careers of dozens of architects who apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright at the Wisconsin and Arizona campuses of Taliesin. Guggen...
An alluring overview to the thirty-year, award-winning output of Brininstool + Lynch, whose rigor, vision, and elegance has distinguished their diverse projects since its founding. Brad Lynch and David Brininstool of Chicago-based Brininstool + Lynch feature their most exemplary built works from over the course of their thirty years in practice. Founded in 1989, their office has become known for modern works that are rooted in the exceptional architectural culture of the American Midwest but al...
As demonstrated by the hauntingly beautiful drawings in this book, Tchoban has spent much of his adult life looking at architecture around the world. Buildings function for Tchoban as crucibles of beauty, as objects of desire and fascination, and, most powerfully, as talismans with which he focuses and channels his creative energy into intuitive and sometimes mystical realms. Hand-drawn perspectives and atmospheric images envisioning the ideas behind architectural projects today represent a rar...