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Book Synopsis Process and Expression in Architectural Form by : Gunnar Birkerts
Download or read book Process and Expression in Architectural Form written by Gunnar Birkerts and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generously illustrated with concept development sketches as well as site plans, section drawings, full schematics, and photographs of finished buildings, this engaging volume focuses on "organic synthesis," the creative process that is architect Gunnar Birkerts's methodology and philosophy. Birkerts likens his organic approach to listening to music: the music must be heard as it unfolds; an attempt to perceive it all at once would reduce it to noise. Organic synthesis occurs as all aspects of a project present themselves: the building site, the building program and budget, available materials and technologies, emotional or intuitive content revealed through architect-client interaction.
Download or read book Gunnar Birkerts written by Jānis Dripe and published by Axel Menges. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The building of the National Library of Latvia is a landmark of the capital city of Riga, a spatial symbol and architectural icon, created by one of the 20th century renowned modernists--the Latvian-born American architect Gunnar Birkerts. It is one of the largest cultural buildings in Northern Europe in the 21st century and acquired a symbolic and meaningful name: The Castle of Light. The pyramidal structure which rises 68 meters high is a place of cognition equipped with state-of-the-art technology where up to 8 million units of national printed materials can be stored.
Download or read book Michigan Modern written by Amy Arnold and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan Modern: Design That Shaped America is an impressive collection of important essays touching on all aspects of Michigan’s architecture and design heritage. The Great Lakes State has always been known for its contributions to twentieth-century manufacturing, but it’s only beginning to receive wide attention for its contributions to Modern design and architecture. Brian D. Conway, Michigan’s State Historic Preservation Officer, and Amy L. Arnold, project manager for Michigan Modern, have curated nearly thirty essays and interviews from a number of prominent architects, academics, architectural historians, journalists, and designers, including historian Alan Hess, designers Mira Nakashima, Ruth Adler Schnee, and Todd Oldham, and architect Gunnar Birkerts, describing Michigan’s contributions to Modern design in architecture, automobiles, furniture and education.
Book Synopsis Gunnar Birkerts and Associates by : William Marlin
Download or read book Gunnar Birkerts and Associates written by William Marlin and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts by : Kay Kaiser
Download or read book The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts written by Kay Kaiser and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gunnar Birkerts has designed some of America's most innovative and distinctive architecture. A member of the Modern Movement's postwar generation, he has shown that modernism can accommodate lyrical, emotional, dynamic, and regional influences within its abstract construct. His design concepts, which grow from the individual character of site and client, defy stylistic categorization. Over his career he has won more than fifty major awards. The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts not only presents the architects work, but also explores the influences of his background, design methodology, and philosophy on his buildings. -- from book flap.
Author :Ernst von Meijenfeldt Publisher :Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 13 :9783764369088 Total Pages :276 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (69 download)
Book Synopsis Below Ground Level by : Ernst von Meijenfeldt
Download or read book Below Ground Level written by Ernst von Meijenfeldt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-10-25 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any space that involves descending from our typical aboveground environment is a provocation to our sensory perceptions. Such hidden spaces evoke latent mythical images and confront us with the clash between nature and artifice in our built environment. This book explores the character, use and design of underground space as a space of its own. International examples of commercial premises, restaurants, sports facilities, subway stations, museums, churches, libraries, concert halls, houses and other building types form the core material. Interviews with many renowned designers including Norman Foster, Floris Alkemade (OMA) and Francine Houben (Mecanoo) convey the architects' own views on the subject. Essays reflect on the cultural aspects, planning conditions, design considerations, technical requirements and sustainability aspects of building below ground level. Chapters include: Urban Development, Architecture, Functions, Perception and Cognition, Constructions, Energy and Interior Climate.
Book Synopsis The Structure of Design by : Leslie Earl Robertson
Download or read book The Structure of Design written by Leslie Earl Robertson and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Structure of Design, Leslie Earl Robertson recounts a storied career in engineering which has generated among the most innovative and formally daring buildings of the modern era, as well as his extensive collaborations with several titans of the practice: Minoru Yamasaki, Philip Johnson, Max Abramovitz, Romaldo Giurgola, I. M. Pei, Pei Partnership, KPF, Kiyonori Kikutake, and Gunnar Birkerts. Robertson’s large-scale projects with some of the leading sculptors of the day, including Richard Serra and Beverly Pepper, display the range of this engineer’s craft. As a restless student from modest origins, Robertson’s first encounters with engineering were almost accidental, yet he would go on to be lead engineer of the landmark IBM buildings in Pittsburgh and Seattle while still in his early thirties. Immediately thereafter he embarked on what would become his most renowned project, the World Trade Center, to be followed by scores of major buildings around the world. The Structure of Design is a personal and accessible chronicle of the partnerships and problem-solving that have forged classics of modern architecture, and a privileged look at how the key discipline of engineering influences design, as told by a genius and poet of structure.
Book Synopsis An Architecture of Immanence by : Mark A. Torgerson
Download or read book An Architecture of Immanence written by Mark A. Torgerson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torgerson begins by discussing God's transcendence and immanence and showing how church architecture has traditionally interpreted these key concepts. He then traces the theological roots of immanence's priority from liberal theology and liturgical innovation to modern architecture. Next, Torgerson illustrates this new architecture of immanence through particular practitioners, focusing especially on the work of theologically savvy architect Edward Anders Sövik. Finally, he addresses the future of church architecture as congregations are buffeted by the twin forces of liturgical change and postmodernism.
Download or read book Modern Schools written by T. Hille and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 1349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Schools: A Century of Design for Education is a comprehensive survey of modern K-12 schools from Frank Lloyd Wright to Morphosis an in-depth design study that explores the fundamental relationship between architecture, education, and the design of contemporary learning environments. Its focus is on the underlying design themes and characteristic features that support and enhance basic aspects of learning and, in the process, create an architectural expression that is both meaningful and lasting. The breadth of its scope includes influences of contemporary educational ideas and practices, related design concepts and strategies, and most importantly, the resulting impact of both on real environments for learning. This remarkable survey and project study the first of its kind is an essential and important sourcebook for architects, school planners, educators, and anyone else interested in contemporary school design. The body of work presented, which is international in scope, underscores the unique architectural potential of this important project type, and highlights design themes that remain fundamentally relevant for architects and designers today. Presentation material includes more than 900 contemporary and historical photographs, mostly in color, and more than 200 detailed architectural plans drawings of schools by many of the outstanding design architects of the modern era. Modern Schools: A Century of Design for Education features the work of more than 60 architects worldwide, including twentieth century masters Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, and Eliel and Eero Saarinen, as well as contemporaries such as Morphosis, Coop Himmel(b)lau, Behnisch & Partners, and Patkau Architects, among many others.
Download or read book AIA Detroit written by Eric J. Hill and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully designed resource that takes readers on a tour of greater Detroit's many architectural wonders and special landmarks.
Book Synopsis Architectural Records by : Waverly B. Lowell
Download or read book Architectural Records written by Waverly B. Lowell and published by Rittenhouse Book Distributors. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Architecture and design records are exciting resources for historical research and vital for documenting and maintaining the built environment. Yet their temporal nature often makes them difficult to preserve, and managing collections of these records can be a challenge. In addition to addressing preservation issues, this resource helps archivists, curators, librarians and researchers understand how to assess the value of architectural records" -- Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Michigan Modern by : Brian D. Conway
Download or read book Michigan Modern written by Brian D. Conway and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan Modern: An Architectural Legacy takes readers on a privileged tour of iconic buildings and interiors designed by some of the world¿s most renowned and celebrated architects and interior designers. Each of the 34 selected projects is carefully documented to record its place in art history and the story behind both its architect and client.
Book Synopsis Architecture and You by : William Wayne Caudill
Download or read book Architecture and You written by William Wayne Caudill and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you're looking for a book to introduce you to the pleasures of architecture; if you want to be able to enjoy buildings, just like music and art; if you want to learn how to appreciate the buildings you experience every day, as well as the ageless masterpieces, but you don't know where to begin, this is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a book that explains how to experience and appreciate the spaces and forms of architecture just as you experience a painting or a symphony. Written by practicing architects whose buildings are used by millions of people throughout the world, this down-to-earth, easy-to-read text answers the fundamental question: what is architecture and how do you perceive it? The authors communicate their love of architecture and take the mystery out of buildings so you can learn how to enjoy their magic. Richly illustrated with 280 photographs and line drawings and summarized periodically with memorable aphorisms, the text begins by defining the term "architecture appreciation" and shows why architecture is "a personal, enjoyable, necessary experience." and shows why architecture is "a personal, enjoyable, necessary experience." Then the authors cover the basics of space, form, and total-form. The "envelope" is analyzed: wall, roof, floor, window, structure, materials, connections. Style is described through such concepts as proportion, scale, and composition. Physical environment, including site and light, and psychological environment, consisting of ownership, symbolism, and color, are explored. The book shows the impact of societal needs on architecture, and the concept of economy is evaluated in terms of simplicity, cost, and energy. Time quality is defined in relation to history and technology. The authors conclude by discussing the idea that "design reconciles function, form, economy, and time," and then they review all the preceding chapters in a final brief wrap-up. This book will lead you to a new awareness of architecture and a new pleasure in your environment. You can enjoy buildings every day of your life." --
Book Synopsis Dialectic VIII by : Michael Abrahamson
Download or read book Dialectic VIII written by Michael Abrahamson and published by Oro Editions. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The VIII issue of Dialectic asks the reader to imagine possible ways to subvert architecture. Or to employ architecture as means of subversion. In this issue 7 articles from international authors and 2 guiding editorials invite the reader to reflect upon the various ways, of how architecture, normally conceived of as expression of power and elites, undermines and undoes exactly this taken-for-granted affirmatively. Divided in three sections the articles in the first part explore lessons from scholarship and design from the "field school" in Milwaukee, from social housing in Brussels, and from informal open-air bazars in Ukraine. Section two critiques instrumentalized architectural knowledge, such as sustainability and the medium of drawing, particularly from an indigenous perspective. Finally, section three wrestles with fundamental concepts of the architectural discipline, with the male, normalized, de-sexualized body and architecture's relationship with the ground being two of the most fundamental ones.
Download or read book Patkau Architects written by John Patkau and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Source Book of American Architecture by : George Everard Kidder Smith
Download or read book Source Book of American Architecture written by George Everard Kidder Smith and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey provides a unique overview of 1,000-years of architectural development.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture by : R. Stephen Sennott
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture written by R. Stephen Sennott and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A balance of sophistication and clarity in the writing, authoritative entries, and strong cross-referencing that links archtects and structures to entries on the history and theory of the profession make this an especially useful source on a century of the world's most notable architecture. The contents feature major architects, firms, and professional issues; buildings, styles, and sites; the architecture of cities and countries; critics and historians; construction, materials, and planning topics; schools, movements, and stylistic and theoretical terms. Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
