Architectural Record 01/2008

Architectural Record January 2008
Peter Zumthor Melds Modernity with History

Features
• Power Player: The Many Lives of Bill Lacy
• A career bridges practice, academia, politics, philanthropy, and art.

Projects
• Kolumba Art Museum Cologne, Germany
• Atelier Zumthor
• A sublime building harmonizes with a collection of religious art.
• Profile: Peter Zumthor
• Tama Art University Library, Japan
• Toyo Ito & Associates
• Inspired by caves, a library showcases a new use of the age-old arch.
• Profile: Toyo Ito
• Museo del Acero Horno 3, Mexico
• Grimshaw Architects
• A new steel museum is forged from a historic blast furnance.
• Profile: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw

Building Types Study
• Introduction: Performing Arts
• Tempe Arts Center, Arizona
• Barton Myers Associates in association with Architekton
• '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Massachusetts
• William Rawn Associates
• Zenith Concert Hall, France
• Bernard Tschumi Architects

Architectural Technology
• Architecture, Hot and Cold
• The CH2 building, Australia?s poster child for sustainable design.

Residential
• Salt Point House
• Thomas Phifer and Partners
• Strickland-Ferris Residence
• Frank Harmon Architect
• Keel Cabin
• Salmela Architect
• Shack at Hinkle Farm
• Broadhurst Architects
• House at the Shawangunks
• Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

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Garden Design - 09.10/2009

Garden Design - September/October 2009
English
Garden Design - design-conscious readers serious & passionate for the beauty of gardening.

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Architectural Lighting - January 2008

Architectural Lighting (January 2008)

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Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the Tropics

Zbigniew Bromberek PhD MArch MBA, "Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the Tropics"
Architectural Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0750657936 |

Eco-Resorts is the first design guide for low-impact, environmentally friendly tourist resorts in the tropics. The book is the first to offer architects practical, detailed guidance in developing resort buildings that work with a tropical climate and meet the needs and expectations of the client and building inhabitants.

The book includes both architectural design and material solutions, supported by theoretical principles, to present a sustainable approach to resort design. It shows how tropical resort buildings do not necessarily require high energy input, in compliance with green building standards. Case studies show how principles of sustainable design have been successfully applied in tropical environments.

* Case studies from the US, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia illustrate international and relevant best practice in resort design
* Gives practical guidance on all aspects of designing a low impact tourist resort, with particular focus on climatic issues
* Author offers industry insider knowledge, due to his many years' relevant experience in architectural practice designing sustainable resorts for the tropical climates

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Southern California - Spaces 2009 - July, August

Southern California Spaces 2009 - July, August

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Step-by-step Landscaping

Step-by-step Landscaping
Better Homes and Gardens; 2 edition | ISBN: 0696230828 | 2007 |

Packed with 408 pages of all-new material from the editors of Better Homes and Gardens® books, this complete landscaping guide has everything you need to know transform your yard. More than 700 stunning photographs and 100 complete step-by-step projects show you how to improve grading, plant successfully, build a deck, and much more. Plus an all-new plant encyclopedia with 95 plant photos! It’s everything you need to know to improve your view.

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Newforma blog

Thought I'd share this with you, but a good friend of mine and ex colleague / manager, Tim Bates has started a blog on Newforma. Tim was never a big fan of blogs, but over the past few years I have managed to win him over; check out his post on I Hate Blogs!. :-)

Tim is well respected in the UK AEC community and helped drive the use of ADT in the UK in the early days on such projects as T5 and Barts in London. Prior to joining Newforma as Director of EMEA Operations, Tim was technical director of Excitech Ltd where he employed me as a Revit technical consultant. He was also a member of the CE Avanti Committee and secretary of the UK AEC Community Group, and has published several CPD-approved articles on technology-related topics in the Excitech Design Productivity Journal. Prior to joining Excitech, Tim founded and managed his own Autodesk dealership, T B Design Systems, based in Bristol, England.

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The Essential Building Product Review - Autumn 2007

The Essential Building Product Review - Autumn 2007
English

The Essential Building Product Review - Online version for building specifiers, contractors and building managers across the private and public sector.

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Gardens on the roofs

AN Titov, "Gardens on the roofs"
Olma-Press ISBN: 5948460495 2003 | PDF | 25 mb | 112 pages | Russia
The book is devoted to the problem of improving the ecological situation in the modern city through the use of empty surfaces of buildings (roofs and terraces), as well as pedestrian trestles over the transport routes and other artificial reasons for placement of landscape architecture. Includes historical sketch of the evolution of hanging gardens from antiquity to the present day and an overview of the most significant contemporary gardens on the roofs around the world, as well as recent achievements in constructive dealing with such objects.

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Richard Meier (Philip Jodidio)

Philip Jodidio, "Richard Meier"
Taschen ISBN: 3822892564 November 1996 | PDF | 265 Pages | 58 Mb

This new title in the Modern Masters series is dedicated to the distinguished American architect, and includes an introductory essay by Kenneth Frampton, one of the most prestigious names in the field of architecture history. This complete monograph presents 89 of Meier's buildings, documenting the principal stages of Meier's career in chronological order, from his early private homes and residential buildings - such as the two large complexes of Twin Parks, Bronx, New York, and the Bronx Development Center - to recent major projects in the United States and in several European countries, including Italy. Among the well-known works in this volume are the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, and the church of Dives in Misericordia, Rome. In the early 1970s, Meier was one of the "New York Five," an informal group of East Coast architects who shared a preference for new and original contributions to the modern tradition and shaped an alternative to the "gray" architecture that dominated highrise East Coast buildings at the time.

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Architecture Now! Vol.3

Architecture Now! Vol.3 (English/French/German Edition) by Philip Jodidio
Taschen ISBN: 3822829358 11-2004 |447 pages | PDF RAR |156 MB

The pulse of architecture in the world today As always, TASCHEN is doing its best to keep up with the fast paced world of architecture by continually producing guides to the world's best designers and projects. For the third volume of our Architecture Now! series, we've included many new and exciting names as well as recent projects by perennial favorites. Illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and website addresses.

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Valode & Pistre Architects

Philip Jodidio, "Valode & Pistre Architects"
Birkhäuser Basel 2006 ISBN: 3764372001 | PDF | 240 pages | 43 MB

The firm of Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, which has been practicing for 25 years, entered upon a new phase of its career in 1992, when the architects — in cooperation with the landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson — received the Equerre d’argent prize of the journal Le Moniteur for the L’Oréal corporate headquarters outside Paris. Their predominantly large-scale projects are distinguished by their high degree of diversity. For some years, Valode & Pistre have not only been practicing in France, their native country, but also maintain offices in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Mexico, China, and elsewhere.

This book contains detailed presentations of 18 projects by Valode & Pistre, with documentation focusing on the specific working and design methods of the architects. Projects presented include the Renault Technocentre in Guyancourt, France; the Las Mercedes business park in Madrid, Spain; a group of office and hotel towers in Beijing, China; and the Hyatt Hotel in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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10x10 - 2: 100 Architects - New Link

10x10 - 2 100 Architects
By Editors of Phaidon Press, zaha hadid, toshiko mori, kurt forster, erwin viray, a. campo baeza
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Number Of Pages: 468
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0714844411
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780714844411

Book Description:
Since the release of the critically acclaimed 10x10 five
years ago, the world of architecture has evolved: Advances
in technology and research continue to produce increasingly
sophisticated forms; advances in communication have
resulted in decentralized, multicity architecture offices;
and an impressive crop of young architects is emerging from
countries with comparatively little previous recognition in
the field, such as Slovenia, South Korea, and China. Many of
the architects featured in 10x10— including Asymptote,
Shigeru Ban, and MVRDV—have become established fixtures on
the international scene, opening the way to a new generation
of talent. With the expertise of a highly knowledgeable and
high-powered group of curators, 10x10_2 picks up where its
predecessor left off.
10x10_2 is a comprehensive and global view of new architecture,
presenting the work of 100 up-and-coming architects in 28
countries, selected by 10 of the world’s best-informed
architectural critics. Organized in A–Z order, the book
introduces each architect or studio on four pages that include
photographs, drawings, and accompanying text written by the
critics. Although some of the architects are beginning to gain
worldwide recognition, others have achieved acclaim in their
own countries for their work over the past five years. The
selection in this volume features more than 250 buildings and
projects, including recently built work as well as those
currently under construction and due for completion. The
effects of the global economy and political shifts are also
evident in the book’s selection, which includes several
architecture studios in Slovenia, South Korea, and China.
Also notable is a widespread move toward multi-location
architecture collectives such as Servo, Ocean North, and
n-o-m-a-d, which take advantage of a network of contacts in
key cities around the world.
10x10 _2 also includes 10 original essays written by the
critics that express their views on current architectural
issues. In addition, each critic has chosen 10 cultural
references—from designed objects to film, theory, and
literature—that exemplify the range of influences on today’s
rapidly changing design environment. The complete list of these
references as well as one reading from each critic is reproduced
in the book, which concludes with complete biographical information
on each critic and architect/firm, as well as an index.

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Interiores 114 - 08/2009

Interiores #114 - 2009 August

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ARQ - 20090804

ARQ - 20090804 (Spanish)

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Frank Lloyd Wright (Treasures of Art)

Frank Lloyd Wright (Treasures of Art) by Rh Value Publishing
Publisher: Gramercy | Number Of Pages: 80 | Publication Date: 1999-08-17 | Sales Rank: 870562 | ISBN: 051716115X | PDF | 59 Mb

The importance of the architect to the quality and character of any society is not usually as widely regarded as it deserves to be. While every past civilization is, to a considerable extent, recognized and judged by its architecture, its creators are in general little known or revered; it would seem as though the buildings which are of such importance to our lives have spontaneously appeared as if by magic.

Civilizations are more widely evaluated by their literature, music, painting and sculpture and other useful artefacts, while architecture is merely taken for granted.
In this century, however, where great and far-reaching developments have occurred which require examination and justification, architects have come to be regarded with a mixture of interest, suspicion and sometimes dismay. All this has served to transform the interest of the general public in architecture and the architect is beginning to be appreciated and valued.
When they have great strength of character, lucidity of exposition and, in the view of the media, an interesting personal history as well, they have become publicly recognized figures of social importance. None more so than the subject of this book whose personality and achievement has, unlike many of his peers, dominated the first half of this century. With such figures as Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, he is recognized as a creative architectural genius. His singular individual achievement, as a native-born American, was to gather together the strands of American historical architecture and create a corpus of work which is both modern and essentially American.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s career, sometimes tragic, sometimes tempestuous—at all times creative—has been examined and re-examined in numerous studies and articles both during his lifetime and since his death in 1959 shortly before his most famous and notorious Guggenheim Museum in New York was completed. And his life continues to demand re-examination as the progress of architectural philosophy inspires dramatic stylistic change. This concise consideration of his life and work offers a careful analysis of this complex, powerful and confident personality as well as the architectural legacy left behind by him.

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Darco 06 01.02/2009

Darco Magazine January-February 2009

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New York Spaces 2009/05-06

New York Spaces 2009 May - June
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Canadian Interiors - 2009/07-08

Covers the business of interior design for professionals, including contract and residential interior design, facility management.

Canadian Interiors (July-August 2009)
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