Reiulf Ramstad Architects
Reiulf Ramstad Architects

Author: Carsten Thau

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783775733977

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"Reiulf Ramstad is one of Norway's most promising architects and a leading exponent of a new and revitalized Nordic architecture representing some of the classical virtues of the tradition known as Critical Regionalism. Ramstad graduated from the School of Architecture in Venice in 1995 and was influenced by, among others, Aldo Rossi, Carlo Scarpa, and later by Sverre Fehn, whose unique design language, animated use of materials, and sense of tactility he has managed to both carry on and reinterpret. Ramstad has won several international prizes and competitions for his outstanding projects. This exclusive monograph, edited by Danish architectural critic Boris Brorman Jensen, presents the architect's mental landscape and provides an in-depth study of the unique qualities and exceptional contextual sensibility that characterize in his entire oeuvre."--Site Web de l'éditeur.

Project, Østfold University College
Project, Østfold University College

Author: Karl Otto Ellefsen

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9788253033280

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Østfold University College Institutions for higher education are situated in nearly 60 localities all over Norway. Decentralisation and regional development have fuelled the system of modern university colleges from the 1960s, leading to an abundance of commissions for Norwegian architects. Following different spatial models, the projects pursue contemporary architectural ideas and adapt to local situations in various ways, from solitary buildings and campus development to educational institutions within urban gentrification strategies. The multifaceted, complex and well functioning Østfold University College, was designed by Reiulf Ramstad Architects after winning an open competition in 1998.

Nordic Architects - Global Impacts
Nordic Architects - Global Impacts

Author: Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9789187543265

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The theme of the third edition of the Nordic Architects series, Global Impacts, can be interpreted broadly. Referring to the challenges faced by architects the world over to create buildings and cities that are sustainable and inclusive, it is a theme that has particular resonance in the world's northernmost regions, where many look to find benchmarks of innovation and problem-solving. Edited by David Sokol, each of the Nordic region's foremost architectural practices is presented through beautiful original imagery of their most iconic works, as well as insightful conversations with each architectural office.

Edgy Architecture
Edgy Architecture

Author: Agata Toromanoff

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9789401461610

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* Architecture built in impossible locations, drawing from work by the best architects in the world* A beautiful gift and coffee table book for architecture lovers"We wanted this house to embrace its landscape, we designed a house that would not engage with its landscape and become landscape." - Julien De Smedt in dezeen.com. "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." - Frank Lloyd Wright. "I do not think that architecture is only about shelter, is only a very simple enclosure. It should be, to you, to make you think." - Zaha Hadid.This beautifully photographed book of striking buildings in impossibly difficult locations features a carefully curated selection of international projects. In more than 60 case studies, the authors profile houses built on cliffs, steep mountain slopes, and other treacherous places, like X house in Barcelona, Lookout in Norway, and the Capital Hill Residence of Zaha Hadid in Russia. The photographs were taken expressly for this book, and feature interior images and plans.

Snøhetta: Collective Intuition
Snøhetta: Collective Intuition

Author: Snohetta

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2019-04-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714877174

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The first in-depth monograph on one of the most important contemporary architecture practices working today With offices in Oslo, Innsbruck, San Francisco, and New York, and projects all over the world, Snøhetta's architecture, landscape, interior, and branding design projects are created across political boundaries, at all scales, and are fundamentally concerned with the unique interactions between people and places. Through stunning imagery and evocative narrative text, this book showcases 24 exceptional projects – including the 9/11 Memorial & Museum Pavilion and the Oslo Opera House – which, together, illustrate Snøhetta's boundary-pushing and highly collaborative approach to design.

Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture
Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture

Author: Mark R. Cruvellier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 1504

ISBN-13: 1351558099

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This book contains a unique collection of various perspectives on the relationship between structures and the forms and spaces of architecture. As such it provides students and professionals alike with an essential sourcebook that can be mined for visual inspiration as well as for textually rich and authoritative insight into the links between structure, architecture, and cultural context. The chapters address fundamental structural elements and systems: columns, walls, beams, trusses, frames, tensile structures, arches, domes and shells. Each chapter is subdivided into two parts: • The essays – introduce the chapters with the reprinting of a curated set of essays and excerpts by various authors that uniquely address how particular structural elements or systems relate in essential fashion to architectural design concepts. • The model studies – physical models of the overall structural systems of several notable contemporary buildings from Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia are illustrated with large photographs, detail close-ups, and views of their external forms and internal spaces that establish the exceptional qualities of these projects in connecting structural form to architectural design objectives. Mosaic layouts complete the chapters with a collection of photographs of yet more models whose particular details and unique features serve to extend the visual repertoire of the structural type being considered. The combination, juxtaposition and mutual positive reinforcement of these two collections, one largely textual and the other image based, provides the reader with unique and multifaceted insights into how structural forms and systems can be related to architectural design intentions. Conveyed by a strong and deliberate graphical design format, this assembly of materials gets to the very essence of structures within the context of architecture, and will inspire students and practitioners alike to make strategic design decisions for their own projects.

Schneider + Schumacher
Schneider + Schumacher

Author: Schneider + Schumacher (Firm)

Publisher: Prestel Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783791351476

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One of Germany's leading architectural firms, schneider+schumacher has created an impressive portfolio of buildings, as can be seen in this book, which gives an in-depth overview of their projects, including ones that have not been completed yet. One of Germany's leading architectural firms, schneider+schumacher has created an impressive portfolio of buildings, as can be seen in this book, which gives an in-depth overview of their projects, including ones that have not been completed yet. schneider+schumacher rose to international fame through the design of the red "info box" at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, for years the symbol of the reunified city. Since then the architects have executed numerous spectacular projects. Their buildings adapt well to their surroundings while retaining their own identity. This monograph includes texts, sketches and photographs, and covers recent projects such as the Silvertower and the new Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main.

The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings
The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings

Author: Marc Kushner

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1476784930

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The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture. We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define our future. A pavilion made from paper. A building that eats smog. An inflatable concert hall. A research lab that can walk through snow. We’re entering a new age in architecture—one where we expect our buildings to deliver far more than just shelter. We want buildings that inspire us while helping the environment; buildings that delight our senses while serving the needs of a community; buildings made possible both by new technology and repurposed materials. Like an architectural cabinet of wonders, this book collects the most innovative buildings of today and tomorrow. The buildings hail from all seven continents (to say nothing of other planets), offering a truly global perspective on what lies ahead. Each page captures the soaring confidence, the thoughtful intelligence, the space-age wonder, and at times the sheer whimsy of the world’s most inspired buildings—and the questions they provoke: Can a building breathe? Can a skyscraper be built in a day? Can we 3D-print a house? Can we live on the moon? Filled with gorgeous imagery and witty insight, this book is an essential and delightful guide to the future being built around us—a future that matters more, and to more of us, than ever.

Solid Wood
Solid Wood

Author: Joseph Mayo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1317587499

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Over the past 10-15 years a renaissance in wood architecture has occurred with the development of new wood building systems and design strategies, elevating wood from a predominantly single-family residential idiom to a rival of concrete and steel construction for a variety of building types, including high rises. This new solid wood architecture offers unparalleled environmental as well as construction and aesthetic benefits, and is of growing importance for professionals and academics involved in green design. Solid Wood provides the first detailed book which allows readers to understand new mass timber/massive wood architecture. It provides: historical context in wood architecture from around the world a strong environmental rationale for the use of wood in buildings recent developments in contemporary fire safety and structural issues insights into building code challenges detailed case studies of new large-scale wood building systems on a country-by-country basis. Case studies from the UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia highlight design strategies, construction details and unique cultural attitudes in wood design. The case studies include the most ambitious academic, hospitality, industrial, multi-family, and wood office buildings in the world. With discussions from leading architectural, engineering, and material manufacturing firms in Europe, North America and the South Pacific, Solid Wood disrupts preconceived notions and serves as an indispensable guide to twenty-first century wood architecture and its environmental and cultural benefits.

The Noise Landscape
The Noise Landscape

Author: Benedikt Boucsein

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 9789462083554

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"The expansive areas around large airports, affected by noise, infrastructure, and transient forms of architecture, have until now not been researched as a phenomenon. But these noise landscapes are emerging worldwide, often surpassing the neighbouring city in size, and sometimes rivalling it in economic importance. On the basis of eight European case studies (Amsterdam, Zurich, London-Heathrow, Frankfurt, Munich, Madrid and the two Paris airports) this book provides the first account of how these landscapes emerged as the result of technical determinations, what is taking place in them, and how they can be interpreted."--Back cover.