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Helmut Jahn : process progress
Helmut Jahn is world-famous for buildings like Frankfurter Messeturm (1985-1991), Sony Center with the Bahntower, Berlin (1993-2000), airport Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi (1995-2005) and the Veer Towers, Las Vegas (2006-2010). In a luxury edition this book shows in large scale and high-quality photos by the well-known photographer Rainer Viertlbèock the increasing international reach of Helmut Jahn's oeuvre, starting in Chicago and the United States in the 1980s and expanding initially to South Africa, then to Europe, with the focus on Germany, and from there via the Middle East to China, Singapore, Japan and Korea. The photos are combined with a comprehensive collection of Helmut Jahn's impressive design sketches. They provide inspiring insights into the development of the buildings and the underlying design process.
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A new sculpturalism : contemporary architecture from Southern California
A comprehensive overview of Southern California's most experimental architecture, showcasing the highly expressive work of famed architects such as Frank Gehry and Thom Mayne, as well as the best of the new guard. This is the first critical examination and history of what was first identified as the \"L.A. School\" in the 1990s, which has influenced much of American architecture in the last twenty-five years. This expansive new book examines contemporary Southern California architecture from 1987 to the present, exploring its experimental nature, sculptural tendency, and exciting evolution.
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Convergent Flux
Convergent Flux illustrates the contemporary architectural and urban planning developments in South Korea in the context of the country's considerable urban density.In recent years South Korea, which long stood in the shadow of the superpowers Japan and China, has surged in economic terms.
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As seen : exhibitions that made architecture and design history
\"Exhibitions have long played a crucial role in defining disciplinary histories. This volume examines the impact of eleven groundbreaking architecture and design exhibitions held between 1956 and 2006, revealing the different ways they have shaped how these disciplines are understood and practiced today. Featuring written and photographic descriptions of the shows and essays from noted curators, scholars, critics, designers, and artists, As Seen: Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design History explores the multifaceted ways in which exhibitions have reflected on contemporary dilemmas and opened up new processes and ways of working. Providing a fresh perspective on some of the most important exhibitions of the 20th century from America, Europe, and Japan, including This Is Tomorrow, Expo '70, and Massive Change, this book offers a new framework for thinking about how exhibitions can function as a transformative force in the field of architecture and design\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Driving Desired Futures
Headed by the slogan \"Design Thinking,\" a debate has unfolded over the last ten years about design methods, which goes far beyond the specialist boundaries of design disciplines.Executives and business owners today recognize the potential for economic innovation lying in the creative and analytical mindset of designers.
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Rolf Mèuhlethaler : fragile ordnung = Rolf Mèuhlethaler : fragile order
\"Rolf Mèuhlethaler is an award-winning Swiss architect whose approach is characterized by a comprehensive analysis of local and historical contexts in combination with a deep conceptual understanding of structural elements, symmetry, simplicity, and repetition. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience - twenty with his own Bern-based firm, Rolf Mèuhlethaler Architekt - he carefully designs and crafts his buildings with an eye toward balancing these concerns, or creating a fragile order. Published to accompany a major exhibition at Architekturgalerie Luzern, 'Fragile Order - Rolf Mèuhlethaler' presents the first comprehensive English-language look at Mèuhlethaler's complete body of work. The architect has realized projects for both publics and private clients, including single- and multi-family residences, schools, studios, and office spaces, as well as conversions of historic industrial buildings. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs that capture all stages of the process, from design sketches to completed projects, Fragile Order - Rolf Mèuhlethaler will be of interest to architects, as well as structural and building engineers.\"--Amazon
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Toward an Integral Practice of Architecture
The task of design is to integrate functional requirements, contextual conditions and technological means into the creation of a work of architectural culture.After twenty years of practice, a team involving Ignacio Dahl Rocha, Kenneth Ross, Christian Leibbrand, Manuela Toscan and others of the Lausanne-based Swiss office of Richter â Dahl Rocha.
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Eva Choung-Fux: Continuing Connections
Eva Choung-Fux ist eine zentrale Künstlerpersönlichkeit der Wiener Szene seit den 1960er Jahren. Ihr umfangreiches Werk ist zum einen durch den meisterlichen Umgang mit druckgraphischen Techniken gekennzeichnet, zum anderen durch ihr enges persönliches Verhältnis zur asiatischen Kultur. Die vorliegende Publikation bietet einen ersten umfassenden Überblick zum Oeuvre und begleitet eine Ausstellungstournee durch mehrere europäische Städte.
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