"A resource that can be revisited over and over again, one that will arm the current and future designers of our built world with the knowledge they''ll need to address the issues they have yet to even confront."-ArchDailyArchitecture is a compelling mixture of stability and flux. In its solid forms, ...
Le Corbusier is widely acknowledged as the most influential architect of the twentieth century. As extensively researched and documented as his works are, however, they have never been exhaustively surveyed in photographs until now. Photographer Richard Pare has crossed the globe for years to document ...
Kniha představuje vůbec první pokus o souhrnný přehled české monastické architektury od středověkých počátků po josefinské reformy a výběrově zahrnuje i 19. a 20. století. Početný autorský kolektiv různorodého zaměření (archeologové, historici, historici umění, památkáři atd.) přinesl v řadě případů ...
O skupině UB 12, do níž patřili významní představitelé českého poválečného umění jako například Václav Boštík, Jiří John, Stanislav Kolíbal, Adriena Šimotová a další, zatím nevyšla žádná publikace. Skupina byla oficiálně zaregistrována v roce 1960, ale její základ byly položeny již v roce 1953 v ateliéru ...
Publikace vydaná při příležitosti znovuotevření Bílkovy vily (nové expozice Galerie hlavního města Prahy) obsahuje texty významných českých historiků umění, kteří ozřejmují pozadí doby a souvislosti spojené s projektováním pražského ateliéru na Hradčanech. Stať Petra Wittlicha přibližuje Bílkovu grafiku ...
A duty to beauty: Building landmarks for Berlin and beyondWith an eye for detail as much as expanse, Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 1841) made his name as an architect and urban planner, a painter, and as a designer of both furniture and stage sets. His work was so admired by King Frederick William III ...
The third illustrated monograph from Loft Publications celebrating the very latest work of the Barcelona-based interior, commercial and industrial designer whose award-winning work is based on the adventurous use of space and its geometric proportions. Rife''s career as an interior and industrial designer ...
The Architect''s Apprentice is a dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul. ''There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together.'' Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing ...
Text za odborné spolupráce Ludvíka Kolka a Františka Svobody sestavil Petr Vrbacký, duchovní správce farnosti při kostele sv. Tomáše. Publikace je v českém jazyce s anglickým překladem.
This overview of innovative landscaping solutions for urban spaces shows a range of approaches to one key conundrum: making urban spaces livable. Whether echoing a primeval forest, suggesting the slope of a mossy glen or evoking the wondrous shapes of a child’s toy box, these environments bring a new ...
From weekend homes to get-away cabins in the mountains, by the sea, or in the woods, this architecture embodies our longing for lounging in nature. For the first time in the history of humankind, more people live in cities than in the country. Yet, at the same time, more and more city dwellers are yearning ...
100 of the best projects to have been proposed since the turn of the millennium. Includes projects by by the world’s greatest architects, from UN Studio, Foreign Office Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Zaha Hadid to such up-and-coming stars as J. Mayer H. Architects and Asymptote. The book is ...
Like its successful predecessor, Spacecraft 2 showcases international projects by architects, artists and designers that meet the changing spatial needs of our modern lifestyles and that are simultaneously expanding our current understanding of architecture. This sumptuous volume further documents a ...
Publikace o olomoucké historii. Inspirována je nedávno objevenými leteckými fotografiemi města z 20. let minulého století. S ohledem na jednotlivé lidské osudy, ale i kontext evropských dějin se věnuje zejména urbanistickému vývoji města v 19. a 20. století - nové mosty, nové ulice, ulice zaniklé, významná ...
An authoritative - and fascinating - investigation into the spatial and social dynamics of cities at a global scale Shaping Cities in an Urban Age is the third addition to Phaidon''s hugely successful Urban Age series, published in collaboration with the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Alfred ...
In the tradition of the bestselling Where Chefs Eat: the definitive global hotel guide by the real experts who know - architects. No one appreciates a building quite like an architect - and now, for the first time, more than 250 of the world''s leading architects share insider tips on where to stay, ...
Exploring the art, architecture, and design of memorials around the world from the late twentieth century to today Memorials hold a special position in the cultural memory of communities, and collective consciousness of communities, cities, and countries. In Memory Of presents an extraordinary and moving ...
The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, ...
