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During many eras of architectural history, builders and architects aimed to construct buildings with pure shapes and clear geometry, while foregoing decorative elements. With the advent of Classical Modernity, minimalism has become a seminal architectural style. However, the approach of architects cannot be limited to Mies van der Roh s dogma of Less is more, but corresponds rather to Less is all you need . Based on a select range of contemporary buildings, this book examines the question of how compelling esthetic impressions and expressions can be achieved with reduced shapes. Representing various types of structures, the chosen examples are mostly based on the concept of a simple comprehensive overall shape, focus on a few main materials as means of expression, and are comparatively simple to implement. Despite, or perhaps due to, the consistently applied limitations, the results are extremely remarkable.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the department store developed from markets and urban arcades, from which the shopping mall evolved in the post-war period. The operators of department stores and shopping centers are coming under increasing pressure from the competition of the continuously growing internet trade. By the same token, however, there is also an increasing tendency for the internet trade to become involved with real shops. The challenge is to optimize the quality of the customers stay. This is accomplished by the interspersing of the offer by cultural institutions, a variety of dining opportunities and exciting leisure activities. The time spent in a department store or a shopping center must be conceived as an experience, separate from the consumption of goods, which engages all the senses. Which is where architectural quality as well as a targeted design can play an increasingly important role.

Protection has always been the most genuine function of architecture. In the context of global warming one of the most needed type of protection is from and against the sun. This necessity has led to an impressive creative outburst of amazing technology.

Like once the main towers of the cathedrals, skyscrapers are the dominant landmarks in the cityscape of today and thereby one of the most prestigious building assignments of creative architects. The design freedom of the contour and the plastic volume of the blob have long since superseded the purely orthogonal towers of the past. A global view to the most significant projects of recent years.

Sustainable livingErscheinungsjahr: 2012w. 380 col. ill.Abmessungen: 190 mm x 250 mmVon Uffelen, Chris vanWer heute ein Haus baut, steht in der Regel immer auch vor der Frage nach dessen Energieeffizienz. Unabhängig von verbindlichen nationalen Vorschriften und optionalen Zertifikaten hat sich ein genereller Konsens von Passivhaus herausgebildet. Innerhalb von wenigen Jahren hat sich dieser Baustandard weit verbreitet. Je nach Klimazone fordern Passivhäuser ganz unterschiedliche Techniken, Eingriffe und Maßnahmen. Diese haben sich inzwischen von dem einst recht uniformen Erscheinungsbild des Passivhauses gelöst und sind nun in ganz unterschiedlich anmutenden Bauten zu finden. Diese Monografie stellt rund 60 Einfamilienhäuser in Passivhausbauweise vor und zeigt die Vielfalt an wunderbarer nachhaltiger Architektur.

Light is the prerequisite for spatial perception, which is why it is an integral component of architecture. Light design in architecture has become more lively and also more colourful in the last few years. The projects selected here show how good architecture is improved with the right light. With interior design, the purpose of the introduction of natural light and the use of artificial light is to create a spatial experience: certain areas are accentuated, spatial units are defined and differing atmospheres are

Kniha Collection: Kanceláře sa zameriava na moderné kancelárske priestory. Jej hlavným cieľom je predstaviť súčasné trendy, ktoré prostredníctvom atraktívneho dizajnu a vyspelého technologického vybavenia umožňujú vytvoriť príťažlivé a pre užívateľa príjemné pracovné prostredie. V 90. rokoch umožnil rozvoj počítačových technológií vznik nových kancelárskych foriem, ako sú neteritoriálne kancelárie s prípojnými bodmi a zdieľanými pracovnými stolmi, centrami pre obchodníkov a pracovnými priestormi, pripomínajúcimi spoločenskú miestnosť. Kompetenčné centrá rozdeľujú oblasti podľa funkcií a reverzibilné kancelárie môžu byť za krátky čas prispôsobené akémukoľvek štýlu (just-in-time office). Zistenie, že spontánne stretávanie sa v neformálnych zónach a náhodné rozhovory môžu efektívne urýchliť pracovné procesy prostredníctvom „krátkych spojení" a spontánnych výmen informácií, uvoľnilo strnulý teritoriálny charakter pracovných priestorov. Výsledkom bolo, že dizajnéri dostali pri konštrukcii kancelárskych budov a priestorov jedinečnú príležitosť prepojiť funkčnosť s čistým štýlom. Či už sa usilujú o minimalistický, rafinovaný alebo bezstarostnejší efekt, majú voľnosť vytvoriť inšpiratívne vnútorné prostredie. Collection: Kanceláře predstavuje najinšpiratívnejšie architektonické inovácie na tomto poli, od bunkových a open space kancelárií po kancelárske krajiny a biznis kluby, od stiesnených úradov s dvoma miestnosťami po rozľahlé 100-poschodové kancelárske budovy. Všetky tieto trendy sú tu zachytené na mnohých príkladoch. Aj zdanlivo zastarané typy kancelárií sú tu vďaka lesku nového moderného dizajnu úplne premenené – sú to miesta, kde je jednoducho radosť pracovať.

Serving as gateways to the cities, train stations were the most important urban building developments at the turn of the 20th century. One century later this building mission is experiencing a fascinating renaissance. On a world-wide basis new facilities are emerging that need to fulfill various functions very often they have to serve as shopping malls. However, even small stations for regional trains, subways and trams belong to the past, if they are purpose-built only. They also have an important influence on the urban identity. Just like the larger facilities, they have to be able to develop in a confined space and in a historically often densely built-up environment. 70 international projects were chosen to present current station architecture both in terms of long distance traffic as well as local transportation structures, including underground systems.

Theaters, concert halls and opera houses are among the most fascinating architectural tasks of today. Large metropolises as well as medium-sized and smaller communities are enhancing their cultural infrastructure with spectacular new buildings and renovated historical structures for the performing arts. As prestige projects, buildings are emerging that first of all offer compelling designs and functions, but also shape and enrich their settings as outstanding individual structures. Masterpieces: Performance Architecture + Design presents 69 contemporary international projects by famous architects and up-and-coming young designers. The diversity and creativity of the projects are presented in-depth through high-quality images and plans coupled with informative texts.

Ecological rethinking and sustainable building concepts have become important topics in contemporary architecture. The use of renewable resources and the intention to build in harmony with nature are characteristic aspects for this development. Apart from the use of ecological building material, the attention is also drawn to reaching a high degree of independence from fossil energy sources and aiming for a high energy efficiency level. This volume presents about 100 of the most outstanding recent projects on this field. A wide selection of groundbreaking concepts from private residences to public business buildings is presented through texts, photos and drawings.

Museums are some of the great architectural hallmarks of any place. Since the discovery of the Bilbao Effect, triggered at the end of the last century by the Frank O. Gehrys building, new museums have been emerging all over the world. The volume presents the most varied forms of exhibition buildings of the last decade and reveals their varied spatial and architectural concepts: from the white cube idea that exists chiefly to display the exhibit itself, to a flamboyant freestanding structure, which enriches the image of the city and involves the works in its dynamic spatial configuration. A broad diversity of museums is considered: museums of businesses and institutes, of technology and toys, of literature and architecture. It is the art museums, however, which represent the principle focus: from collections of the old masters, handed down through generations, to small, private collections of contemporary art. The texts focus on the architecture and design of each museum as well as the collection housed within it.

An important material for many centuries and used in countless diverse ways before being almost despised for a long time in the modern era, wood has now become a source of fascination and inspiration in contemporary architecture. The sustainable and locally available building material is easy to process, structurally very powerful and extremely simple to combine with other materials. It insulates against heat as well as cold, but is also breathable - excellent qualities for a pleasant and healthy interior climate. Along with these practical considerations, it is the unlimited abundance of creative possibilities that accounts for the ever-growing popularity of residential dwellings made of wood. From one-story bungalows to multi-story dwellings, timber houses are at the forefront of the development of contemporary architecture and design. This volume presents the huge creative diversity of individual solutions from across the globe.