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Adaptive reuse in architecture. A typological index
Liliane Wong
Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Mus…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Paperback,
224 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035625639
120 USD
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Basel,
2023,
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224 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035625639
Barcelona. Urban architecture and community since 2010
Sandra Hofmeister (ed.)
Роман Дениса Безносова «Свидетельства обитания» — полифоническое размышление о катастрофе и тоталитаризме. Хор голосов, сотканный из монологов, потоков сознания, кинохроники и пропагандистских роликов, фиксирует историю разрушения. Реальные явления …
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Paperback,
312 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783955536077
125 USD
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Basel,
2023,
Paperback,
312 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783955536077
Die Baumgartnerhäuser
Basel 1926 - 1938
Rebekka Brandenberger (ed.)
Between 1926 and 1938, the construction development company Baumgartner & Hindermann built around 300 apartment buildings in Basel, grouped in five quarters that form a ring around the city center. They are still known in Basel today as the “Baumgar…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
144 p., color il,
(In German)
ISBN 9783035626933
103 USD
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Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
144 p., color il,
(In German)
ISBN 9783035626933
Berlin. Urban architecture and daily life 2009 – 2022
Florian Heilmeyer (ed.)
The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and places characterising urban everyday life in the city …
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Paperback,
312 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783955535919
130 USD
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Basel,
2023,
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312 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783955535919
Brussels housing. Atlas of residential building types
Gerald Ledent, Alessandro Porotto
Modern urban terraced houses or row houses emerged in Europe from the 17th century onwards. Usually two to three storeys high and with a garden at the back, they formed the traditional urban block. In Brussels, this bourgeois form of housing took on…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
304 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035625509
145 USD
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Basel,
2023,
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304 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035625509
Building with bamboo. Design and technology of a sustainable architecture
Third and revised edition
Gernot Minke
Traditionally a building material of the warmer climate zones, bamboo is becoming increasingly popular amongst architects in the northern hemisphere; bamboo has several advantages – it is very stable, of low weight, and highly elastic, in addition t…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
176 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035625707
119 USD
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Basel,
2022,
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176 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035625707
Building with paper. Architecture and construction
Ulrich Knaack (ed.)
Paper and cardboard as sustainable building materials are currently the subject of research and testing. They can be produced inexpensively, are made from renewable raw materials and are completely recyclable. The focus of their application is on te…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
200 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035621532
125 USD
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Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
200 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035621532
Chinese Modern
Episodes backward and forward in time
Peter G. Rowe
Rowe’s third volume on the architecture of the Far East deals with the development of modern architecture and planning in China, with a focus on this development within the broader framework of nation-building. Episodes and periods interrogated in t…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
336 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035626308
139 USD
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Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
336 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035626308
City, climate, and architecture. A theory of collective practice
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Volume 1
)
Sascha Roesler
The publication rethinks climate control – a key concern of the discipline of architecture – through the lens of city climate phenomena over the course of the 20th century. Based on a history of climate control on urban scales, it promotes the integ…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
276 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035624144
139 USD
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Basel,
2022,
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276 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035624144
Constructing architecture. Materials, processes, structures
A handbook. 5th edition
Andrea Deplazes (ed.)
Systematically structured and didactically prepared, the book conveys in one volume the necessary basic technical and constructive building knowledge to enable readers to implement a wide range of designs. or this reason, over the last 18 years, it …
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
608 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035626650
200 USD
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Basel,
2022,
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608 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035626650
Continued building on the village, the settlement, the city
A plea
Albert Kirchengast
In this book, Albert Kirchengast looks at three projects that may serve as models of further construction: Max Dudler, Franz Riepl, and Jonathan Sergison demonstrate an analogous approach to further construction at the scale levels of village, town …
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
128 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035626506
98 USD
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Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
128 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035626506
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
240 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035624212
Designing cities. Basics, principles, projects
2nd edition
Leonhard Schenk
Second and revised edition of the successful edition with new projects. Urban design is based on planning and design principles that need to meet functional demands on the one hand, but on the other hand bring the design elements together into a dis…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
360 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035626117
153 USD
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Basel,
2022,
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360 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035626117
Discovering early Modernism in Switzerland. The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium
Daniel Korwan
An insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland. The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos is a masterpiece of early modernist architecture by the Swiss architects Pfleghard and Haefeli (Scha…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
240 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035626711
110 USD
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2023,
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ISBN 9783035626711
Fluid bodies. Methods for casting new esthetics
Rupert Zallmann (ed.)
Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid materials that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet radical paradigm allows for the exploration of volumetric formations through process-oriented casting and experimentation with a…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Paperback,
192 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035625868
95 USD
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Basel,
2022,
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192 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035625868
Growing architecture. How to make buildings out of trees
Ferdinand Ludwig, Daniel Schonle
A growing, living house, a building made of a plant seems to be a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless, the Khasi in eastern India already knew how to connect the branches of rubber trees to form footbridges, and in southern Germany dance lime trees…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Paperback,
224 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035603323
110 USD
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2022,
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ISBN 9783035603323
Hybrid construction – Timber external walls. Hybrid design: eco-efficient + economic
Oliver Fischer, Werner Lang, Stefan Winter
Hybrid construction of reinforced concrete and wood combine the advantages of solid construction with those of wood construction and thus represent an optimal construction option. Wood is eco-efficient and high degrees of prefabrication ensure an up…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
96 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783955535759
115 USD
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Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
96 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783955535759
Imparting сity
Methods and tools for collaborative planning
Tanja Siems
This practice orientated handbook aims at all urban actors wishing to develop and realise complex urban planning concepts. It sets out a series of techniques, methods and process models that range from analytical approaches and concept strategies to…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
176 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035624137
139 USD
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Basel,
2023,
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176 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035624137
Light, nature, architecture. A guide to holistic lighting design
Ulrike Brandi
In this planning guide, the renowned lighting designer Ulrike Brandi documents all her findings on the topics of lighting design, daylight, sustainability and healthy living spaces. It is a challenge to create holistic lighting design in times of ad…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
160 p., colro il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035624151
110 USD
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Basel,
2023,
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160 p., colro il,
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ISBN 9783035624151
Modern construction handbook
6th edition
Andrew Watts
The Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic of advanced construction literature, not least due to its regular revisions and clear structure with chapters titled “Material”, “Wall”, “Roof”, “Structure”, “Environment,” and “Applications”. Tr…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
504 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035624946
180 USD
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2022,
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504 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035624946
Modern heritage. Reuse. Renovation. Restoration
Ana Tostoes
Modernism is the most defining architectural expression of the 20th century – a movement that transformed built environments around the world in an unprecedented way. Many of these buildings are in need of repair now or their original function is no…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
265 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035625080
127 USD
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Basel,
2022,
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265 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035625080
Mono-Material. Monolithic, homogeneous and circular construction
Till Boettger (ed.)
In response to climate change, architects have been seeking a contemporary expression for durable, solid and homogeneous wall structures made of clay, wood, brick, concrete and recycled materials. This book follows 25 projects to analyze constructio…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
208 p., il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035626063
98 USD
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Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
208 p., il,
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ISBN 9783035626063
Birkhauser
Basel,
2022,
Hardcover,
608 p., color il,
(In German)
ISBN 9783035625820
Re: Action
Urban resilience, sustainable growth, and the vitality of cities and ecosystems in the post-information age
Hani Rashid (ed.)
In his studio, Hani Rashid, co-founder of the visionary New York firm Asymptote Architecture, focuses on architecture that responds to current and future ecological changes. Bringing together projects, texts, and conversations, the book highlights c…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
292 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035627077
199 USD
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Basel,
2023,
Hardcover,
292 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035627077
Reconstructing the future. Cities as carbon sinks
Bauhaus Earth (ed)
The built environment is a critical factor in the climate equation. Approximately 40 percent of global emissions derive from the construction, operation, and demolition of human settlements. The 21st century must be the century of re-entanglement, w…
Birkhauser
Basel,
2023,
Paperback,
248 p., color il,
(In English)
ISBN 9783035626971
105 USD
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Basel,
2023,
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248 p., color il,
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ISBN 9783035626971
