Pure plastic ; new materials for today's architecture

The design of open spaces around or within the premises of companies is an increasingly important focus area of landscape architecture. Their conceptual design depends on whether the company garden is open to the public or rather dedicated to employees only. On the one hand, these projects are representative of the respective firm and constitute part of the corporate identity. On the other hand, in times of the increased awareness of work-life balance, flexible working and communication structures, as well as global networking, they are an integral part of innovative workplace concepts.

Company Gardens - Green Spaces for Retreat and Inspiration

The sunny side of life

Theaters, concert halls and opera houses are among the most fascinating architectural tasks of today. Large metropolises as well as medium-sized and smaller communities are enhancing their cultural infrastructure with spectacular new buildings and renovated historical structures for the performing arts. As prestige projects, buildings are emerging that first of all offer compelling designs and functions, but also shape and enrich their settings as outstanding individual structures. Masterpieces : Performance Architecture + Design presents 69 contemporary international projects by famous architects and up-and-coming young designers. The diversity and creativity of the projects are presented in-depth through high-quality images and plans coupled with informative texts.

Performance Architecture + Design

Offrant un large panorama des manières dont l'homme habite le monde, cet Atlas de l'architecture mondiale convie le lecteur à repenser son rapport à l'architecture. Elément essentiel de notre quotidien, elle est omniprésente tout au long de notre vie : de notre habitation aux infrastructures et bâtiments publics (écoles, hôpitaux etc.), de nos bureaux et espaces de travail ou encore aux lieux de loisirs, de culture ou aux édifices religieux. Couvrant les cinq continents à travers 250 projets, cet ouvrage met en valeur le talent de ces architectes contemporains qui façonnent notre monde, se jouant de la modernité et des traditions, travaillant les matériaux locaux durables à l'aide d'outils innovants. Doté d'une riche iconographie permettant de saisir le processus de réalisation de ces ensembles architecturaux (plans, dessins et photographies), chaque projet fait l'objet d'une notice explicative.

Atlas de l'architecture contemporaine

Who wants to live how? A wide variety of life patterns and life concepts is reflected in the way individuals design their homes. Whether interiors of apartments, bungalows, villas, townhouses and lofts, whether for singles or couples, for small or big families, or any other form of cohabitation - there is a suitable living space for every identity Architects and interior designers need to engage accordingly with the individual character of their clients; it is their job to understand how their clients want to live and to translate this into their spatial concepts. This book celebrates life in all its diversity through creatively designed living spaces. With carefully selected interiors from around the world, this volume is also a cultural history of contemporary lifestyle.

Lifestyles today : interior design around the world

In Tokyo today, in Barcelona or San Francisco tomorrow: pallets are the universal symbol of globalization and internationalism. Their design is simple, their material sturdy and their utilization functional - characteristics that inspire architects and designers to remodel, reuse and recycle them in ever more ingenious ways.

This volume presents numerous projects from around the world to demonstrate the limitless possibilities of engaging creatively with pallets : Used for buildings they undergo spectacular architectural transformations, while in art they are reinterpreted in surprising ways and cleverly deconstructed when utilized as a feature of interior design.

All of the creations have in common an aura of uncomplicated modernity that expresses itself in a stylishly unconventional esthetic. There is no doubt that pallet constructions are a fascinating and sustainable accompaniment to our times.

Pallets 3.0. ; remodeled, reused, recycled ; architecture + design

Passive house homes

Street furniture

The esthetic aim of minimalism is to achieve a compelling functional and design outcome by focusing on what is essential and at the core of things. The longing for clarity has been a perpetually recurring topic of art and design history. Beauty ideals were influenced on and off by this approach for centuries. Today especially, the design concept of "less is more" is seen applied to the handling of space and light, rhythm and texture, shape and color. This volume presents residences from around the world in which this principle holds true. These minimalist designs focus on the essence of living, of purely being, while placing the residents at the center of the creative process.

The beauty of space

Les pays scandinaves se distinguent par la synthèse riche et variée qu'ils réalisent entre nature et design. Aux longues nuits d'hiver et à un environnement sauvage répondent des intérieurs confortables dans des tons chauds, tandis qu'un design minimaliste et intemporel va de pair avec des paysages remarquables et les longues soirées d'été. Le présent ouvrage rend compte de la grande diversité du design d'intérieur scandinave, une production d'inspiration locale qui connaît un succès mondial. Il montre en particulier comment les artistes de ces pays savent s'inspirer de la nature et de ses formes et utiliser des matériaux traditionnels en les associant à la technologie moderne afin de créer les concepts qui font l'unicité et le succès du design nordique.

Nordic Style - Warm & Welcoming Scandinavian Interiors

What will architecture be like in the coming years and decades? Are new trends and tendencies emerging? This book presents architects and companies of all schools and styles that could determine the future of construction - and highly likely will do so.

With a few already implemented buildings, they have caught the attention of the sector experts and opened the eyes of the general public to what is coming. Short portraits of the protagonists and their respective design principles are complemented by the presentation of individual works. This gives the reader an insight into the architecture of tomorrow along with an understanding of the design principles on which it is based.

Young visionaries ; the new generation of architects

Musées, architecture

Une maison au bord de la mer, entourée de dunes, de falaises et de vastes plages, est une vision heureuse pour de nombreuses personnes. Cette situation privilégiée au bord de l'eau détermine tout naturellement le mode de construction : Les maisons de plage doivent protéger du vent et des vagues, tout comme elles doivent offrir un espace à l'expérience de la nature en tant qu'architecture de nostalgie. Cet ouvrage invite à redécouvrir et à redéfinir la vie au bord de la mer. Les projets présentés montrent les possibilités de planification et de construction pour faire face à ces conditions particulières. Sont présentés des concepts créatifs d'aménagement et d'espace d'un habitat de rêve, détendu et savoureux du monde entier : ouvrir la porte et aller à la mer.

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