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Sustainable Architecture in Vorarlberg
The successful combination of a regional building style of sophisticated simplicity with sustainable construction methods has made the architecture of Vorarlberg (Austria) a model for the rest of the world. This book presents particularly successful projects from recent years involving various building types and portrays their development from design idea to built detail. The documented structures by Cukrowicz Nachbaur, Christian Lenz, Oskar Leo Kaufmann + Albert Rüf, Hermann Kaufmann, Dietrich Untertrifaller, Baumschlager Eberle, Marte.Marte, and Martin Rauch place the focus on their energy strategy and formally ambitious construction methods. All of the plans and detail drawings were specially prepared for the book, which makes it easy to compare the projects.
Symbolism, Its Origins and Its Consequences
The notion of the symbol is at the root of the Symbolist movement, but this symbol is different from the way it was used and understood in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. In the Symbolist movement, a symbol is not an allegory. The Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck defined its essence in an article that appeared on April 24, 1887, in L’Art moderne. He wrote that the notion of a symbol in the Symbolist movement is the opposite of the notion of the symbol in classical usage: instead of going from the abstract to the concrete (Venus, incarnated in the statue, represents love), it goes from the concrete to the abstract, from “what is seen, heard, felt, tasted, and sensed to the evocation of...
The Architecture of Red Vienna, 1919-1934
Encyclopedic in its coverage, this seminal work focuses on the architecture of Prague from the turn of the century to the end of the Second World War: a rich matrix within which to place the figures who created the powerful, innovative spirits of modern Czech architecture. The book documents the architects, structures, and theoretical underpinnings that helped to shape Prague's cultural heritage and present-day artistic spirit.
New Book Design
New Book Design showcases the most interesting, influential, and accomplished book designs from the last ten years.It features over 100 titles published around the world, each chosen for their outstanding design qualities, from the publications of large mainstream publishers to those of small independent companies -- and even those from individual artists. Included in its pages are lavishly produced books with unconventional formats and unusual print techniques as well as less flamboyant publications produced for various different markets. A wide variety of books are featured, from paperback novels to architectural monographs, from text-based to profusely-illustrated books. Divided into four main sections -- "Packaging," "Navigation," "Layout," and "Specification" -- the book examines each facet of book design: cover design; contents and structure; image usage; grids; typography; paper; printing; and binding. Clear photography captures each featured book, and interviews with prominent book designers, art directors, and publishers provide extra insight. New Book Design is sure to provide a rich source of inspiration to book designers and bibliophiles alike.
Design Dialogue: Jews, Culture and Viennesse Modernism
The Design Dialogue anthology is a remarkable exploration of the decisive role of Jewish patrons, professionals, architects, designers and authors in shaping modern Viennese architecture, design, and material culture. Leading cultural historians, museum curators, art historians, and architects present cutting edge research examining how famous and less known protagonists created new cultural languages, identifications and networks, engaged in social debates, and contributed to the cultural renewal of Vienna, a major capital in Central Europe, between 1800 and 1938.
LP Architektur
LP architektur has created a richly varied body of work in the ten years it has existed. The office’s breakthrough came at the Winter Oympics in Turin with the emblematic Austria House. The Salzburg office’s buildings have become beacons of regional identity that now reach beyond the borders of Salzburg. This selection of 23 buildings complements the works presented in the first monograph published in 2006.
Architecture in Vienna
The book-map Architecture in Vienna offers a representative overview of the architectural quality of historical and contemporary building in the city. The locations of the selected objects are indicated on fifteen fold-out extracts from the city map. Precise addresses make the objects easier to find. 345 illustrations and explanatory texts document a total of 350 key buildings from all epochs. Additional general maps give information on the public transport network, the most important main- and through-roads, on protected areas, pedestrian areas and public green spaces and on the development of public housing. This book is an indispensable guide to architecture in Vienna.
Klaus Kada
Auszeichnung als eines der 12 schönsten Bücher Österreichs 2000! Klaus Kada zählt heute zu den renommiertesten österreichischen Architekten mit internationaler Ausstrahlung. Er verbindet in seinen Bauten präzise kontextuelle Analysen mit kraftvollen Raumkonzepten, technologische Innovation mit poetischen Details. Seine gestalterische Maxime ist die Luzidität von Programm, Struktur, Raum und Bewegung - eine wechselseitige "Durchsichtigkeit" aller gestalterischen Faktoren, die über die rein technische, wörtlich verstandene Transparenz hinausreicht. Seine Architektur sucht nicht die expressive Bauplastik, nicht das Drama von Licht und Schatten auf der Materialität der Volumen. Sie for...
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This volume features 100 homes of different architects.
Spaces of Intensity
The focus of the Hungarian architecture practice, 3h architects, which was founded in 1994 by Katalin Csillag and Zsolt Gunther, is on the sensitive transformation of urban spaces and historic buildings. They set spaces with great intensity and complexity against a world that seems incomprehensible, often linking them with interrupted strands of history and creating unmistakable space effects using daylight and artificial lighting. Their work covers offices, housing and educational buildings, as well as castles and churches, and has already attracted a number of awards. The monograph documents nine completed and five not-yet-completed buildings. The essays by various authors focus on the practice’s key interests in the context of Hungary’s architectural culture: space and light, typology, context, and ornament
