#libros #arquitectura | Fran Silvestre Arquitectos : escenarios para la vida = scenaries for life : 2005-2017

Fran Silvestre Arquitectos : escenarios para la vida = scenaries for life : 2005-2017 / coordinación de esta edición = editions coordination Guillermo Rubio, Pablo Camarasa.
Valencia : General de Ediciones de Arquitectura, 2017.
224 p. : principalmente il.
Serie: TC Cuadernos
ISBN 9788494742163
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos.
Arquitectura Siglo XXI España.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72SILVESTRE FRA
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055607148

Esta monografía reúne en 224 páginas las obras más significativas realizadas por el arquitecto valenciano Fran Silvestre desde la fundación de su estudio hasta la actualidad. Se recogen sus principales obras de viviendas aisladas como las ya conocidas Casa del Acantilado, Casa Balint o la Casa entre la Pinada, reunidas todas y bien desarrolladas a nivel de planos por primera vez en este volumen. Aparte de sus trabajos en el campo de la vivienda también se incluyen sus cuidadas y destacables obras de interior y rehabilitación junto con otras de mayor escala donde también se empieza a desarrollar la carrera de este joven estudio.

El reconocido crítico de arquitectura David Cohn desgrana en el prólogo todos los puntos de su arquitectura: “Los diseños de Fran Silvestre no son simplemente soluciones a problemas de diseño dados. Absorben y sintetizan los innumerables problemas de programa, lugar y contexto, estructura, tecnologías de construcción y demás, subsumiéndolos en el juego de espacio y forma que podría entenderse como el verdadero protagonista de su arquitectura. La audacia estructural de Silvestre, sus planos flotantes y las paredes transparentes de vidrio, así como la sublimación insistente de la materialidad en superficie y línea, dan a sus diseños una calidad de ingravidez sin esfuerzo que es casi futurista.”

#books #architecture | Yearbook landscape architecture and urban design in the Netherlands 2017

Blauwe Kamer jaarboek : landschapsarchitectuur en stedenbouw 2017 = Yearbook landscape architecture and urban design in the Netherlands 2017 / [tekst en redactie = text and editing Mark Hendriks ... (et al.)].
Wageningen : Blauwdruk, 2018.
148 p. : il.
ISBN 9789492474940
Arquitectura Siglo XXI Holanda.
Arquitectura del paisaje Holanda.
Ciudades Renovación Holanda.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-711.4.025 BLA
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055607992

This yearbook showcases 17 exemplary design projects that reflect the current state of Dutch urban design and landscape architecture. An independent selection committee sought projects that highlight designers’ new skills and approaches, and projects in which architecture has played a key role in addressing contemporary problems. But above all projects were sought that shine out for their simplicity and design. Lavishly illustrated, and supplemented with expert analyses and interviews, this book offers ample proof of designers’ value for society.

#books #architecture | Allied Works Architecture : dwelling

Allied Works Architecture : dwelling / [texts Brad Cloepfil, Joseph Becker].
New York : Rizzoli, 2017.
223 p. : il.
ISBN 9780847860326
Allied Works Architecture.
Arquitectura doméstica Estados Unidos.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72ALLIED ALL
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055606545

Drawing on examples of his own instantly recognizable user-friendly modern design, Brad Cloepfil, principal of celebrated firm Allied Works Architecture, demonstrates how to create serene havens for modern living. 'Allied Works Architecture: Dwelling' is dedicated to the renowned firm’s residential works, which are laboratories for experiments in form and building craft informing the firm’s growing portfolio of large-scale projects around the globe. Guided by principles of craft and innovation, Allied Works creates designs that resonate with their specificity of place and purpose. Using a research-based approach, Allied Works distills the elemental principles that drive each of their projects and transforms these into material, shape, and structure. This book presents new and recent innovative spaces for living, either in breathtaking rustic settings or the urban centers of the Pacific Northwest and New York City. Here is a portrait of the most forward-looking spaces for contemporary living, all perfectly suited to twenty-first-century lifestyles.

#books #architecture | David Chipperfield Architects : architecture and construction details

David Chipperfield Architects : Architektur und Baudetails = architecture and construction details / herausgener = editor, Sandra Hofmeister.
München : Detail, 2018.
168 p. : il.
ISBN 9783955534035
Arquitectura Siglo XXI.
Chipperfield, David, 1953- .
David Chipperfield Architects.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72CHIPPERFIELD DAV
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055601269

David Chipperfield's architecture stands for clarity and minimalism, for a successful combination of proven ideas and innovation. He aims for architecturally, socially and intellectually sophisticated solutions - which is why Detail has regularly published reports, interviews, discussions and many project documentations since the foundation of his practice in 1985. As customary, this monograph of publications in Detail by the David Chipperfield Architects practice takes a closer look behind the scenes, describes processes and shows above all: many construction details.

#books #architecture | Metamorphism : material change in architecture

Metamorphism : material change in architecture / Ákos Moravánszky.
Basel : Birkhäuser, 2018.
319 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035610192
Construcción Materiales.
Arquitectura Detalles.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-691 MET
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055606908

Materiality is a recurring and central issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are "constructed", how they become cultural substances. Metamorphism investigates the complex relationship between natural materials and technology, science and sensuality. Gottfried Semper (1803–1879) made the notion of Stoffwechsel the key element of his theory. With this concept he intended to explain how a structural form originally bound to a method of processing is transferred from one material to another, liberated from its original function. For the first time, the book investigates the subject from a historic point of view whilst reflecting on current interdisciplinary research. Examples from Aalto to Zumthor illustrate the specific aspects of historic and contemporary material concepts.

#books #architecture | Krueck - Sexton : from there to here

Krueck - Sexton : from there to here / Krueck & Sexton Architects ; with an introduction by John Morris Dixon.
Mulgrave, Victoria : Images Publishing, 2017.
271 p. : il.
ISBN 9781864707403
Arquitectura Siglo XX Estados Unidos.
Arquitectura Siglo XXI Estados Unidos.
Krueck-Sexton.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72KRUECK-SEXTON KRU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055601991

Chicago firm Krueck + Sexton Architects has made its mark with designs that draw from classic modernism as well as from current architectural discourse. Partners Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton both studied architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where they were steeped in the pure modernism of Mies van der Rohe. From this foundation, they developed a distinctive visual language influenced by art as much as by architecture, as evidenced in their impeccably designed and constructed buildings. As Krueck and Sexton write in the introduction: "The path of our work was advanced by the making of our work. It established the understanding of the connections the space that was required between the parts and delineated the proportion and scale." This oversize volume covers the full 40 years of the firm's work. It includes 22 projects, from the seminal Steel and Glass House to the enormously popular Crown Fountain in Chicago's Millennium Park, to a 375,000-square-foot federal office building in Florida.

#books #architecture | Nordic Architects : global impacts

Nordic Architects : global impacts / Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss.
Stockholm : Arvinius + Orfeus, 2017.
536 p. : il.
ISBN 9789187543265
Arquitectura Siglo XXI Escandinavia.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038(48) NOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055606470

The third volume in the esteemed Nordic Architects series focuses on the global impact of urbanisation and the escalating climate crisis. Architects all over he world face the challenge of creating buildings and cities that are sustainable and inclusive. The ability to respond to challenges will define the architecture of the 21st century and foster a new wave of innovative and critical designs. This has particular resonance in the world’s northermost regions, where many look to find benchmarks of urban innovation and problem-solving through design. Edited by Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss, this book presents the Nordic region’s foremost architectural practices via original images of iconic works and insightful conversations with each architectural office. Included in the book are projects from 60 Nordic architecture studios, among them Bjarke Ingels Group, Reiulf Ramstad, Snøhetta and Utopia.

#books #townplanning | Radbahn Berlin : future visions for the ecomobile city

Radbahn Berlin : future visions for the ecomobile city / Paper Planes e.V. (ed.).
Berlin : Jovis, 2018.
144 p. : il.
ISBN 9783868595260
Tráfico urbano.
Urbanismo Aspecto del medio ambiente.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-711.7 RAD
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055602170 

In the global discussion regarding the future of sustainable cities, a 9 km covered bicycle path running through the city core is practical, tangible, and simultaneously innovative. Radbahn will transform the forgotten space beneath Berlin’s famous U1 elevated subway line into a major urban thoroughfare and create a space for contemporary mobility, innovation, and leisure. Catered to Berlin, Radbahn redefines underutilized public urban space, reimagines it into an inclusive bicycle superhighway, and reinterprets the role of infrastructure. This exciting project shows enormous societal and transport potential for the booming city of Berlin. Because investing in cycling not only has a positive impact on our health and the environment, but also brings significant benefits to the economy, urban development, and culture.This book challenges us to radically rethink cities. It is a visionary travelogue, a call for a new mobility policy, as well as a guide to the planning of ecofriendly, human-centered, and livable urban spaces.

#books #guides #architecture | Architectural guide : Yerevan

Architectural guide : Yerevan / Tigran Harutyunyan ; with additional contributions by Yuri Avvakumov ... [et al.].
Berlin : DOM, 2018.
295 p.: il.
ISBN 9783869223575
Arquitectura Guías.
Arquitectura Armenia.
Yerevan (Armenia)
Sbc Aprendizaje A-(036)72(479.25) ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055606283

Yerevan and Mount Ararat – which is within clear view – occupy significant places within Armenian culture, even allowing that today’s capital once lay elsewhere prior to the devastating earthquake of 1679 and also that Mount Ararat now falls within Turkish territory. Natural cata s trophes together with the genocide of 1915 are etched deeply into the identity and consequently the architecture of Armenia. This architectural guide traces the history of Yerevan on the basis of street outlines which played such a decisive role in determining how construction would develop. Armenian Constructivism, the national style, Soviet Modernism and the role of the Armenian diaspora are all themes which find expression in narrative form. An additional excursion takes the reader off to Spitak which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1988 and was supposed to be rebuilt elsewhere as the last model city of the Soviet Union. This architectural guide therefore concludes with questions about the essential nature and character of the modern Armenian city too.

#livres #guides #architecture | Guide d' architecture : Paris

Guide d' architecture : Paris / Jean-Philippe Hugron.
Berlin : DOM, 2018.
311 p. : il.
ISBN 9783869226552
Arquitectura Guías.
Arquitectura Siglo XX Francia.
Arquitectura Siglo XXI Francia.
París (Francia)
Sbc Aprendizaje | Referencia A-(036)72(44) GUI
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055604459

Ce guide d’architecture présente plus de 250 réalisations, érigées depuis 1898, se situant à Paris et en banlieue. En dehors des sentiers battus, cette sélection invite tout un chacun à réévaluer l’importance de constructions parfois injustement oubliées. Paris n’est pas seulement une mégapole de douze millions d’habitants, elle est aussi un territoire de conquêtes et d’expérimentations architecturales.

L’auteur, Jean-Philippe Hugron, conduit ainsi le lecteur vers des lieux connus, mais aussi surprenants, de la capitale française. «Croiser l’ombre de Ricardo Bofill à Noisy-le-Grand et la main de Dom Bellot à Vanves. Approcher les ensembles modernes et brutalistes de la première couronne. Revivre l’enthousiasme des Trente Glorieuses et sa folie verticale ou encore l’ambition des Grands Travaux mitterrandiens. Partir aussi sur les traces des premiers projets des deux seuls Pritzker français, Christian de Portzamparc et Jean Nouvel...»

#books #guides #architecture | Architectural Guide Münster/Münsterland : Buildings and Projects since 2006

Architectural Guide Münster/Münsterland : Buildings and Projects since 2006 / Anke Tiggemann ; edited by Peter Bastian... [et al.].
Berlin: DOM, 2017.
285 p. : il. planos, ; 24 cm.
ISBN 9783869226057
Serie: Architectural Guide
ISBN 9783869226057  
Arquitectura Guías.
Arquitectura Siglo XXI Alemania.
Müsterland.
Münster (Alemania)
Sbc Aprendizaje | Referencia A-(036)72(430) ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1011619022

With its over-1,200 year history, more than 300,000 residents and an attractive old city, Münster is a modern industrial centre and a university city as well as the regional hub of the Münsterland area, bearing great influence on the region and beyond. In its dialogue among citizens, politicians and the administration, Münster has never lost its characterisation as a truly European city: The historical centre is still legible, streets and squares shape the public spaces and the various functions of the city centre are tightly intertwined.

On the basis of 170 buildings and projects, this volume recounts the latest architectural history in Münster and Münsterland since 2006. Many of the objects presented in this architectural guide are competition prizewinners, others have been distinguished with architectural awards and not just a few of them are well-known beyond the region. They all bear witness to a lively and fruitful discourse between architects and developers, above and beyond regional architecture and the aspirations of building culture.

#books #guides #architecture | Architectural guide Caracas

Architectural guide Caracas / Iván González Viso, José Rosas Vera.
Berlin : DOM, 2017.
271 p. : il. / Bibliogr.: p. 266-268.
ISBN 9783869225791
Arquitectura Guías.
Arquitectura Siglo XX Venezuela.
Arquitectura Siglo XXI Venezuela.
Sbc Aprendizaje | Referencia A-(036)72(87) ARC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1055604241

Little is known about Caracas, the capital of Venezuela which has been beset with a host of problems, chief amongst which are protests spilling into public spaces and violent political unrest. The deep-seated division of society into poor and wealthy is just as commonplace a feature as the grandiose buildings bequeathed by modernity. 

Caracas is primarily a city of contrasts which is reflected within the contours of the country itself: although the oil reserves in Venezuela are the largest in the world, more than 75 per cent of its population live below the poverty level. This architectural guide thus illustrates the complexity of a Latin American city founded in 1567 which, however, forges a coherent identity with the Ávila mountain range and the coastline, where different scales, geographies, architectural styles and natural and urban landscapes converge. This title outlines the city’s history with reference to its most striking architecture dating from approximately 1600 up to the present day, including the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas which was designed single-handedly by Carlos Raúl Villanueva between 1940 and 1960. 

Architecture and urban spaces found in ten zones throughout Caracas are delineated, as well as those concepts propounded by architects and urban planning experts – such as Federico Vegas and María Isabel Peña – regarding future initiatives that could transform and enhance the city. The major exhibition charting Latin American architecture since 1945 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York led to a focus being placed on Latin America among architects, although knowledge about Caracas and Venezuela continues to be low. Architect Bernard Tschumi once stated that: “Long standing tensions between urbanisation and nature, informal and the formal economies and the needs and interests of regional infrastructure and local neighbourhoods [...] are now more acute than ever.” Although this statement may be traced back to roughly one decade ago, it, too, continues to be more relevant than ever.