Multilingual Edition. ... The most exciting new buildings today are almost all environmentally aware, sustainable, and conceived to consume less energy than ever before. Discover the best examples of green projects from the Architecture Now! series in this handy Bibliotheca Universalis edition. Celebrated architects like Frank Gehry and Norman Foster are presented alongside young up-and-coming creators from all over the world. Filled with plans, renderings of proposed projects, and stunning architectural photography, this is nothing short of an encyclopedia of eco-design. From a water treatment facility to an art museum, ... |
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Big ideas simply explained. Discover the key architectural concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings and structures. The Architecture Book goes beyond other architecture books to analyse not just buildings themselves, but the ideas and principles that make each of the featured structures key to the history and evolution of our built environment. From ancient and classical architecture through Medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance buildings, the explosion of Baroque and Rococo, and the 19th-century battle of the styles, to the emergence of modernism, postmodernism, and the glittering skyscrapers of the 20th ... |
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Multilingual Edition (English, French, German). ... A survey of Japan's contemporary architecture scene. Japan's contemporary architecture has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer than eight Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize. Since Osaka World Expo'70 highlighted contemporary forms, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. Tadao Ando's geometry put Japanese building on the map, bridging East and West. After his concrete buildings, figures like Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Kazuyo Sejima pioneered a more ... |
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Koprivshtitsa is a picturesque little town-museum and is also a re serve of architecture and history, tucked away amidst the pretty rounded ridges of Sredna Gora Range. It is located at a distance of 100 km east of Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria) and offers to everybody who vis its it an unforgettable stroll into the kaleidoscope of the past. The me andering, cobblestone-paved little streets that squeeze between the tall stone-wall fences, the heavy wooden gateways with little built-in doors, and the beautiful wooden houses - symbol of wealth and prosperity of their owners, the wonderful arched bridges over river ... |
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With more than 280 entries, this architectural A - Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period spanning the 19th to the 21st century, pioneering architects are featured with a portrait, concise biography, as well as a description of her or his important work. Like a bespoke global architecture tour, you'll travel from Manhattan skyscrapers to a Japanese concert hall, from Gaudi's Palau Güell in Barcelona to Lina Bo Bardi's sports and leisure center in a former factory site in São Paulo. ... |
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The book profiles postgraduate Master of Architecture Programme, organised by the Department of History and Theory of Architecture, Architecture Faculty at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia. The Programme contains 15 Discipline Modules covering the wide range of multidisciplinary tasks of contemporary architectural theory and criticism, outlining the current horizon of the architectural culture. The programme courses, constructed and held in English language, are covered by leading architecture and art critics and historians, practising architects, curators, sociologists, linguists, etc. ... |
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Изданието е двуезично - на български и на английски език и съдържа образци от 1920-те, 1930-те и 1940-те години. ... Обществени сгради - фамилни къщи - апартаментни сгради - индустриална архитектура. Изминали са около 80 години от апогея от апогея на Модерното движение у нас, но въпреки това този сравнително близък период остава твърде непознат. Темата е сравнително добре проучена, но въпреки това ценните сгради не са добре познати на широката публика, а понякога - и на самите изследователи. Целта ни бе да открием достоверна информация по тези въпроси - изследвахме архиви, местен и национален периодичен печат, книги и ... |
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Мястото на архитектурата в нашия живот. ... Луксозните изданията се предлагат на български, английски и френски език. При вариантите на английски и френски език, книжното тяло е с кант в сребрист цвят. "Често съм се питал защо толкова малко хора се интересуват от архитектура и защо училищната програма не включва изучаването на някои генерални принципи или основни факти. Повечето книги на тази тема се четат трудно, като че ли авторите им се отдават на изискания стил и сложния изказ. От друга страна редките издания адресирани към широката публика са често прекалено елементарни и на границата на поучителното. За жалост, ... |
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Най-мащабното изследване на Джордан Б. Питърсън! Защо хора от различни култури и епохи изграждат своите митове и вярвания по сходен начин? Какви изводи за човешкия ум можем да си извлечем от тези прилики? По кой начин структурираме светогледа си? Как разбираме кое е морално и кое - не? Авторът на 12 правила за живота: Противоотрова срещу хаоса - Джордан Б. Питърсън е създал провокиращо изследване, което търси връзката между древните ритуали и религиозни притчи и начина, по който функционира човешкият мозък. Това е ключовият труд, който задава рамката на всички последващи изследвания на Питърсън. Канадският ... |
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This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophical scientific guide. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. The book celebrates the joy of discovery."Here, on ... |
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The Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with prototype modern homes that could be both easily replicated and readily affordable to the average American. Concentrated on the Los Angeles area, the Case Study Houses included 36 model homes commissioned from such major architects of the day as Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, and Ralph Rapson. Their criteria included "using, ... |
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Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable. During the latter years of her life, Hadid's daring visions became a reality, bringing a unique new architectural language to cities and structures as varied as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, hailed by The New York Times as the most important new building in America since the Cold War; the MAXXI Museum in Rome; the Guangzhou Opera House in China; and the London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre. At the time of her ... |
