This Building Type Basics book provides an accessible guide to the essentials of designing these specialized environments—including the underlying issues of financing, feasibility, and the diverse roles of the design and construction team, sponsor, banks, impresario, and manager. Complete with a wealth of de*ive floor plans, diagrams, photographs, and case studies, it features need-to-know information on design including such technical topics as lighting, acoustics, and materials.

“clearly organized and very well written，This book is a treasure，and is a pleasure to read”Ethology。 “Hansell’s book contains loads of information that will be both helpful to the scientist and interesting to the enthusiast，it is thorough，engaging，and fun to read。Hansell’s book will be enjoyed by students of ornithology，animal behavior，ecology，and evolutionary biology。It will become a valuable part of the collections of university libraries，professional ornithologists，and those generally enthusiastic about all things avian。”Auk “Well written，provides and excellent overview，Of interest to anyone with a passion for evolutionary biology，the book describes fascinating works of engineering and architecture，bird nests are beautiful and serve their purpose well。 The same can also be said of this book。”Nature “This is a comprehensive and stimulating volume for students and professional researchers in ecology，evolution，and ornithology at m

This book demonstrates clearly that ancient Chinese principles of feng shui are not just compatible with good architectural and interior design--but that the two may be carefully engineered to be mutually sup- portive on many different levels. Presented here are some of the most interesting and beautiful homes and interiors designed along feng shui principles in both Asia and the West to enhance the wellbeing and prosperity of those who use them. The beauty of this book lies not just in itsdepictions of energizing living environ- ments, but in the heightened awareness and appreciation that it brings of how feng shui can be made to work when designing highly functional and attractive contempo- rary living spaces. The feng shui techniques covered include simple Eight Mansion feng shui, the placement of Water Dragons, inte-rior and exterior furnishings and align- ments, and the calculation of intricate Flying Star charts. Examples range from the grand 19th century mansion belonging to one of the last and richest

This book presents a total of 44 individually designed summer villas and saunas in Finland. Representing the best of recent Finnish summer home and sauna architecture, each site is presented in detail through photographs, plans, and text by the architects themselves. Harri Hautaj rvi's fascinating text discusses the history and trends of villa and sauna architecture and life, as well as the challenges of sustainable development to holiday-home buildings of the future.

VOA Associates Incorporated , founded in 1969, is a Chicago-based firm with offices in North and South America, and more than 200 design awards to its credit. VOA's emphasis on establishing a close working relationship with each client has resulted in numerous projects that incorporate unique innovative design and planning solutions. The firm strives to develop humanistic working, living, learning and healing environments that represent enduring design qualities that are not dated, but rather are enhanced and admired over time. The firm's unique, personal approach to problem-solving has contributed to its success in commercial, education, government, healthcare, hospitality and interior design projects, many of which are featured in this well-deserved monograph.

The role that religion has played in the development of artand architecture is unquestionable. The religious factor is as oldas humanity itself and throughout history constructions have beenerected with the aim of extolling the gods. Everyone has heard ofexamples such as the Egyptian or Aztec pyramids, the Christiancathedrals or mosques like the famous Blue Mosque. These are allexamples of sacred buildings which also represent an undeniableartistic and architectural value. The construction of religiousbuildings seems to have been forgotten by the masses and replacedby other more modern and popular architectural typologies, such aspublic or corporate architecture. These pages show recent projectsthat will bring us closer to contemporary religiousarchitecture.

This sixth volume features Day Spa, New York City and New Museumesque Store, Stuttgart, as well as the very latest in spatial design from around the world. Features a variety of categories such as the Department Store, Museums, Hotels, Restaurants, Bars and Boutiques etc., each with spectacular photographs and drawings. Includes projects from: USA, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the UK. Text in English and Japanese.

This volume in the DesingSource series illustrates a number of inspiring pools created by architects, designers, and pool owners from around the world. The varied aesthetics of the pools shown in Pools DesignSource display numerous design ideas and examples for those who wish to create a pool of their own, or enhance their existing pool. These pools—whether simple and minimalist or extravagantly decorated—offer design solutions to create an attractive and personalized pool.

A new breed of public interactive installations is taking root that overturns the traditional approach to artistic experience. Architects, artists and designers are now creating real-time interactive projects at very different scales and in many different guises. Some dominate public squares or transform a building’s fa ade – others are more intimate, like wearable computing. All, though, share in common the ability to draw in users to become active participants and co-creators of content, so that the audience becomes part of the project. Investigating further the paradoxes that arise from this new responsive media at a time when communication patterns are in flux, this title features the work of leading designers, such as Electroland, Usman Haque, Shona Kitchen and Ben Hooker, ONL, Realities United Scott Snibbe. While many works critique the narrow public uses of computing to control people and data, others raise questions about public versus private space in urban contexts; all attempt to offer a

Con piu di 288 pagine a colori e piani dettagliati di ciascun progetto, il libro ostra una selezione esaustiva dei parcheggi pubblici pi~J interessanti in tutto il mondo. Un ampio resoconto dei cambiamenti sperimentati negli ultimi anni da questi spazi urbani. Avec plus de 288 pages en couleurs et plans detailles de chaque projet, ce livre resente une selection exhaustive des parkings publics les plus interessants au niveau international. Une large vue d'ensemble sur le changement opere dans ces espaces urbains ces dernieres annees.

This book contains information and instructions for the design of genuine Finnish saunas, with sections on sauna rooms, components, seating platforms and furnishings, and the planning of the related heating, ventilation, and electrical installations, as well as the specialities of sauna stoves and their selection. It also includes a special chapter on building a traditional smoke sauna. This book is all the reader will need in order to successfully plan and build a Finnish sauna.

The quintessential Japanese architect of today, Kengo Kuma hasforged a modern design language that artfully combines thecountries traditional building crafts with sophisticatedtechnologies and materials. Associating a deep understanding andrespect for native construction techniques with a more globalizedoutlook than many of his compatriots, Kengo Kumas work represents asignificant generational shift in a country rich with contemporaryarchitecture. From his iconic Glass House (1995) to the Nezu Museumin Tokyo, this is the complete record of Kengo Kumas built work,comprising twentyfour projects to date. Architecture historianKenneth Frampton frames Kumas work in the context of post-warJapans flourishing architecture scene and influential figures andoffers a perspective on the international acclaim of Kumas ideasand buildings. Projects are organized by the material themes thathave come to define the architects output: Water and Foliage; Wood;Bamboo and Grass; and Stone and Ceramics. Kuma develops a person

In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin tracesthe history of western architecture from the earliest times inMesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-firstcentury. The author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of theClassical language of architecture, underlining the continuitybetween, say, the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens andthat of McKim, Mead and White in twentieth-century New York.Authoritative, comprehensive and highly illustrated, this fifthedition has been expanded to bring the story of westernarchitecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapteron twenty-first century developments, including computers andarchitecture, and sustainability and the environment.

Living in the country means enjoying peace and calm far away from urban stress. The country retreats we create for ourselves reflect this difference. A measure of the value we place on our rural sanctuaries is the attention paid to every aspect of their design and construction. Today's rural retreats are far more luxurious, with a greater emphasis on rich and exceptional materials. Yet these dwellings are still quite different from their city counterparts. The houses featured in these pages embody a simpler yet no less stylish attitude towards life. Country houses all over the world have been selected for their distinctive architecture and interiors. ? A lavishly illustrated, round-up that spotlights the best house designs for country settings ? Inspiration and ideas for all who would like to upgrade a country retreat, as well as for those who would like to create one.

Asia’s Legendary Hotels features some of the region’s most historically significant hotels，from The Taj Mahal in India to the Raffles Hotel in Singapore to the Railway Hotel in Hua Hin。The result is a showcase of unique establishments where the past is not only present，but celebrated and where one can discover what it was like in the golden age of travel when a hotel was more than merely a collection of rooms and a restaurant or two。 作者简介： William Warren has lived in Thailand since 1960 and has designed gardens in Bangkok，Chiang Mai and Phuket。He is the author of more than 50 books on architecture，tropical gardens，and history，among them The Tropical Garden，Balinese Gardens，and Singapore: City of Gardens。

With a complete statistical record since the 1896 founding of the modern Games—including medals won and times, distances, or scores recorded by the top eight competitors in all events (from staples such as the marathon to long-discontinued competitions such as the tug of war), this encyclopedic tome contains anything anyone could ever need or want to know about the modern Olympic Games. Far from a dry compendium of names, numbers, and scoring systems, this book also contains a summary history of every event at each of the 26 modern Games, enriched with an extraordinary wealth of Olympic lore and anecdote. The authors provide thought-provoking analysis of issues and controversies from shamateurism to drug-taking and corruption, and they have sieved through more than a century of Olympic history to assemble a mind-boggling collection of stories that range from the inspiring, through the comic, to the bizarre. Such long-forgotten characters are included as the boy who was plucked from the streets of Paris

This book gives hundreds of practical examples, extensively illustrated and analysed in detail, to enable you to plan, organise and decorate your home skilfully, whether it is a small loft apartment, a large house or a country cottage. Discover the weak points in your home, learn how to eliminate them and enhance the most outstanding aspects, taking maximum advantage of the knowledge of the best contemporary interior designers and fine examples of their work.

What do architects do? What are the educational requirements for architects? What does an architectural internship involve? How does one become a licensed architect? What is the future of the architectural profession? Get the answers to these key questions in Becoming an Architect. This completely up-to-date guide to today's careers in architecture provides a clear and concise survey of the field and offers advice for navigating a successful career. Filled with interviews and insights from leading architects, the book covers everything from educational requirements and design specialties to registration requirements and the many directions in which a career in architecture can go.

With more than 500 ravishing full-color photographs, Asian Style Hotels brings you to the best hotels in Southeast Asia. The super-deluxe establishments included here are all at the cutting-edge of hotel design and management. Each property has been hand-picked according to a set of criteria that includes a strong design aesthetic, architectural integrity, and a sense of individuality a million miles away from the cookie-cutter approach of chain hotels. Asian Style Hotels is the definitive guide to Southeast Asia's finest places to stay。

Simplicity isn’t just a matter of taste in Japan—it’s a part of the culture. But within that aesthetic there’s a lot of room for diversity. This photographic sampling of some of Tokyo’s most exciting and beautiful apartments displays that diversity in surprising and innovative ways. The clutter-free rooms are filled with warm, muted colors and natural objects; they make use of such traditional materials as rice paper, tatami, wood, ceramics and stone. Yet in every corner is a wonderful surprise: a whimsical chair, a rock garden set into the floor, an Art Deco flourish in the bathroom, a rustic bamboo ladder propped on one wall. Gleaming high-tech lives in congenial harmony with old and traditional, and gentle hues are punctuated by bright spots of color. Photographed in full color and from vantage points that accentuate the seamless transitions between them, these dwellings exude a nourishing calm that belies the city’s frenetic energy. Floor plans and text round out this visual tour of 50 apartm

This collection brings together buildings that inject a fresh dose of creativity into any architectural project and set the tone and pace for architects around the world, surveying the range of different styles, functions and needs that make each project a unique challenge. Along with the iconic, definitive buildings of the era are lesser-known projects that are no less creative or surprising. Illustrated with a wealth of photographs and floor plans, and supplemented by lucid, ightful text, this is an inspiring reference no architect or client can do without.

An extensively updated new edition of a classic architectural text Today's most comprehensive compendium of architectural drawing types and methods, both hand drawn and computer generated, Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods remains a one-of-a-kind visual reference and an outstanding source of guidance and inspiration for students and professionals at every level. The Third Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect a wider range of techniques and styles than ever before, including: * 1,100 illustrations by today's most noted architects, including Tadao Ando, Rebecca Binder, Mario Botta, Lord Foster, Massimiliano Fuksas, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Ricardo Legorreta, Richard Meier, I. M. Pei, Cesar Pelli, Renzo Piano, Antoine Predock, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, and Venturi Scott Brown * Over 250 new drawings 30ew and revised material A new, more user-friendly structure "This volume reveals how architects approach draw

A comprehensive survey of the major historical periods of interior architecture and decorative styles, History of Interior Design & Furniture, Second Edition features more than 175 new illustrations, including over 150 full colour photographs. From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles that characterise the Victorian age, furniture and design are placed within the broader context of social, political, economic, and technological perspectives of each period.