Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Architects' and Builders' Magazine
Author: Architects' And Builders' Magazine; Volume 34
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021547330
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This magazine provides insight into the field of architecture and construction, with articles on topics ranging from design to construction techniques. Whether you are an architect, builder, or simply interested in the field, this magazine is a valuable resource for keeping up to date with the latest trends and innovations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Architects' and Builders' Magazine
Author: Architects' And Builders' Magazine; Volume 32
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020973482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A monthly journal providing architects, builders, and other construction professionals with the latest news, trends, and innovations in the field. With features covering everything from new building materials to cutting-edge design techniques, this publication was an invaluable resource for anyone involved in the building trade. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Architectural Forum
Author: The Great Builders
Author: Kenneth PowellPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500776652
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history. Here is Brunelleschi, who built the unbuildable dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a design for the Crystal Palace, London, on a piece of blotting paper; and James Bogardus, an early American evangelist of the opportunities offered by cast-iron architecture. Rapid advances in industrial production inspired experiments with new materials and techniques, gradually allowing a whole new architecture to emerge: reinforced concrete, plate glass and steel were central to the creations of Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret and Mies van der Rohe, for instance; and, in the High-Tech architecture of the present day represented by Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, among others computer-aided design has seemingly tested the boundaries of the possible.
Buildings Without Architects
Author: John MayPublisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847833610
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A wonderfully informative reference on vernacular styles, from adobe pueblos and Pennsylvania barns to Mongolian yurts and Indonesian stilt houses. This small but comprehensive book documents the rich cultural past of vernacular building styles, from Irish sod houses to sub-Saharan wattle-and-daub huts and redwoods treehouses. It offers inspiration for home woodworking enthusiasts as well as architects, conservationists, and anyone interested in energy-efficient building and sustainability. The variety and ingenuity of the world's vernacular building traditions are richly illustrated, and the materials and techniques are explored. With examples from every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressively handmade finished products through diagrams, cross-sections, and photographs. Unlike modern buildings that rely on industrially produced materials and specialized tools and techniques, the everyday architecture featured here represents a rapidly disappearing genre of handcrafted and beautifully composed structures that are irretrievably "of their place." These structures are the work of unsung and often anonymous builders that combine artistic beauty, practical form, and necessity.
SURFACEDESIGN
Author: James A. LordPublisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN: 1580935508
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The first book to present the work of Surfacedesign, an innovative San Francisco landscape architecture and urban design firm with major public and private projects throughout the Bay Area and in Hawaii, Mexico, and New Zealand. This monograph explores the design philosophy of the three partners of Surfacedesign, who are committed to solutions that emerge from the site itself and challenge conventional approaches to landscape. The work is informed by the vast openness and frontier spirit of the West, expressed in rugged materials and sustainable planting. Surfacedesign focuses on cultivating a sense of connection to the built and natural world, pushing people to engage with the landscape in new ways. The design approach emphasizes and celebrates the unique context and imaginative potential of each project. The studio's process is rooted in asking novel questions and listening to a site and its users, a process that has led to engaging and inspiring landscapes that are rugged, contemporary, and crafted. Twenty-five projects are presented, ranging in scale from the landscape approach to Auckland International Airport in New Zealand to intimate residential gardens in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Featured are Anaha, a Honolulu residential complex overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Land's End Lookout in the Golden Gate National Recreation area, Barnacles, a community gathering space on the Embarcadero, restoration of the Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma, the first commercial winery in California, and the landscape for the Museum of Steel in Monterrey, Mexico, a repurposed foundry that now incorporates the largest green roof in Central America.
The New Builder's Magazine, and Complete Architectural Library for Architects, Surveyors, Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, &c. As Well as for Every Gentleman who Would Wish to be a Competent Judge of the Elegant and Necessary Art of Building. Consisting of Designs in Architecture, in Every Style and Taste, from the Most Magnificent and Superb Structures, Down to the Most Simple and Unadorned: Together with the Plans, Sections, and Elevations, Serving as an Unerring Assistant in the Construction of Any Building, from a Palace to a Cottage. Exclusive of the New and Elegant Designs, Ample Instructions are Given in the Letter-press, Concerning All the Terms of the Act, Unsed in Every Branch of Building. Also, Under Proper Heads, the Laws for the Regulation of Buildings--the Substance of the Builders' Act, &c.--and a List of the Prices Allowed by the Most Eminent Surveyors in London to the Several Artificers Employed. The Whole Forming a Complete System of Architecture in All Its Branches; and So Disposed, as to Render the Surveyor, Carpenter, Bricklayer, Mason, &c. Equally Capable to Erect a Cathedral, a Mansion, a Temple, Or a Rural Cot. Embellished with Upwards of Three Hundred Elegant Quarto and Folio Engravings
Author: Andrew George CookPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Welcome to Your World
Author: Sarah Williams GoldhagenPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062199188
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
One of the nation’s chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and argues that we must harness this knowledge to construct a world better suited to human experience Taking us on a fascinating journey through some of the world’s best and worst landscapes, buildings, and cityscapes, Sarah Williams Goldhagen draws from recent research in cognitive neuroscience and psychology to demonstrate how people’s experiences of the places they build are central to their well-being, their physical health, their communal and social lives, and even their very sense of themselves. From this foundation, Goldhagen presents a powerful case that societies must use this knowledge to rethink what and how they build: the world needs better-designed, healthier environments that address the complex range of human individual and social needs. By 2050 America’s population is projected to increase by nearly seventy million people. This will necessitate a vast amount of new construction—almost all in urban areas—that will dramatically transform our existing landscapes, infrastructure, and urban areas. Going forward, we must do everything we can to prevent the construction of exhausting, overstimulating environments and enervating, understimulating ones. Buildings, landscapes, and cities must both contain and spark associations of natural light, greenery, and other ways of being in landscapes that humans have evolved to need and expect. Fancy exteriors and dramatic forms are never enough, and may not even be necessary; authentic textures and surfaces, and careful, well-executed construction details are just as important. Erudite, wise, lucidly written, and beautifully illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs, Welcome to Your World is a vital, eye-opening guide to the spaces we inhabit, physically and mentally, and a clarion call to design for human experience.