Abitare – 02/2011

Abitare – February 2011
PDF | 172 pages | English/Italian | 113 MB

Case da Abitare - is the magazine of design, interiors, lifestyle and more for people who wants an international look on the world of interiors. In each issue, houses and furniture are shown through exclusive features, interviews, reportages from the world together with analysis of industrial developments. All with a more international approach, but at the same time with a great attention to recounting Italian excellent . Case da Abitare speaks to both an Italian and international audience, for this reason, each issue feature an appendix in English.

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Modernity and Continuity: Architecture in the Islamic World

Modernity and Continuity: Architecture in the Islamic World
Thames & Hudson | 2001 | ISBN: 0500341850 | English

Of all the major architectural prizes, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is perhaps the only one that, in addition to celebrating the finest fruit that embellishes the tree of Architecture» encourages the roots that nurture the plant. These dual concerns place the Award in a truly unique position; for in order to make its selections, the Award must of necessity be concerned not only with product but also with process and the issues that generate that process. Thus, since its inception almost twenty-five years ago, the Aga Khan Award has been an extraordinarily inventive and courageous enterprise, seeking always to understand the fundamental issues of the societies it addresses and to identify those subtle but pivotal watersheds that shift our perspective and open up a world of new possibilities.

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Natural Architecture

Alessandro Rocca "Natural Architecture"
Princeton Architectural Press | English | August 30, 2007 | ISBN: 1568987218

Never has the relationship between art and nature been more complicated and more fragile, but also richer and more fascinating. The artists and architects in Natural Architecture have transformed the act of building into an art form capable of sparking new relationships with nature, landscape, and the environment. Though far from basic or primitive, these creations are built from humble elements branches, twigs, pebbles, straw, stone found at their site. Fulfilling a wide variety of intentions sometimes structural, sometimes sculptural, sometimes sacred the works presented here inspire a sense of awe and reverence for the forces of nature. From a bridge in Tibet connecting an orphanage and a nearby village, to a hut fit for mythical creatures, to a pavilion in Iceland with a roof made of water perpetually frozen in an exuberant shape, each project resonates with a sense of purpose and innate beauty.

Natural Architecture presents sixty-six site-specific installations that use raw materials, manual labor, and natural stimuli to create truly green architecture that is as organic as the materials with which it is created. Projects by Olafur Eliasson, Patrick Dougherty, Nils-Udo, Ex. Studio, Edward Ng, nArchitects, and many others are shown together for the first time. Selected for their commitment to the use of raw materials, manual labor, and natural inspiration, these works are vividly displayed in photographs, drawings, and models. These fantastical creations allow the changing landscape to naturally overtake each structure until it finally decomposes. Each project is accompanied by a series of photographs, drawings, and models. The rugged and surreal beauty of the projects in Natural Architecture question the wisdom of our ever accelerating construction processes and point a way forward, toward a new organic simplicity of structure and form.

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The Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes

The Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes: Using MASTERSPEC to Evaluate, Select, and Specify Materials
Publisher: Wiley | ISBN: 0471227668 | edition 2002

Based on research culled by Architectural Computer Services, Inc. (ARCOM), this book presents objective, in-depth specification information representing material from hundreds of standards and manufacturing organizations. A non-manufacturer source of comparative building product information, this book is invaluable for choosing the best finish materials to meet varying project goals such as affordability, environmental concerns, fire- or water-resistance, and aesthetics.

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Club Design

Club Design (Daab Design Book)
daab | English | July 30, 200 | ISBN: 3937718087 | 354 pages

The nightclubs started out as secret dens with little more than a record player in sight. An emphasis on the interior design of these spaces was already patent by the sixties and seventies, when effects like strobe lighting and objects like the disco ball came to be considered emblematic of disco culture. Since then, nightclub design has co9me a long way; today club venues come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colours and flavours, combining past styles with new ones, of configuring entirely novel spaces through imaginative, cutting edge design. "Club Design" offers a selection of some of the best designed clubs around the world, putting on display the creations of both renowned and up-and–coming designers that have gained international recognition for the quality and impact of their designs.

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New Commercial Spaces

Carles Broto "New Commercial Spaces"
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai | English | February 2000 | ISBN: 3931884554

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New Housing Concepts

Carles Broto "New Housing Concepts"
Gingko Press | English | December 2002 | ISBN: 1584231262 | 360 pages | PDF | 105 MB

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Numerous conditions affect the residential typology and raise challenges that are often difficult to solve. Factors such as scale, services, local regulations, budget cuts and typological and formal demands of clients are only a few of the limitations that force architects to work in a very narrow margin of action and make it difficult to offer audacious solutions to the changing needs that have arisen. The projects in this volume intend to illustrate contemporary tendencies in collective housing, and provide answers, solutions, unexpected points of view and proposals that should influence the conception of residential architecture in the 21st century. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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