Архитектура

В издании рассматривается жизненный и творческий путь двух выдающихся архитекторов и общественных деятелей второй половины XIX — начала XX века В. А. Шретера (1839–1901) и И. С. Китнера (1839–1929). Новые данные и материалы, собранные автором в процессе работы над книгой, убедительно иллюстрируют вкл    ...

The orthodox concept of the Modern, as it was passed down from the 1920s to the post-war era, has been in a state of crisis for quite some time. This is particularly visible in the fields of urban planning, architecture, and design. Theorists and practitioners have either fiercely defended it as a crowning historical a    ...

Builders have never been so prolific as they are today. And never have there been so many technical and design-related options available to architects. Yet contemporary architecture often creates a sense of unease. In their book, Sergei Tchoban and Wladimir Sedow show how the balance between prominent buildings and the    ...

Amsterdam, oft als »kleinste Metropole der Welt« oder »Venedig des Nordens« bezeichnet, bietet auf überschaubarer Fläche eine faszinierende Mischung architektonischer Glanzpunkte. Zwei Konstanten ziehen sich durch die Geschichte der Stadt: das allgegenwärtige Wasser und der immer     ...

This handbook on architectural photography gives an in-depth look into many issues surrounding the art of graphic documentation, from how to technically use equipment to tips in how to succeed as a professional in this field. It provides an explanation of design composition, a variety of post-processing techniques, col    ...

The rendering is the most potent means of communicating an architectural design. It provides a complete image of a building in its planned setting. Unlike a physical or computer model, an elevation or plan, it speaks in a direct and accessible visual language that will enable any viewer to immediately picture the archi    ...

In no other place in Europe have changing ideologies and differing urban planning models left such a far-reaching mark as in Berlin. The German capital enables the reader to make a literal journey through history. In the shape of four excursions, this guide presents prominent architectural highlights from Kurfürs    ...

France, arguably more than any other Western nation, played a central role in the emergence and development of modernism across a variety of disciplines, with its architects in particular creating some of the most iconic buildings of the twentieth century. Yet few histories have attempted to grapple with the continuiti    ...

In den vergangenen rund zweihundert Jahren hat Hamburg sein Gesicht radikal verändert. Anstelle der beinahe spurlos ausradierten mittelalterlichen Handelsstadt steht heute eine moderne Metropole. Der Architekturführer Hamburg zeichnet die städtebauliche und architektonische Entwicklung der Hansestadt nac    ...

Creativity is a pervasive feature of this northern pilgrimage site for devotees of well-designed buildings, such that Finnish architecture has continued to cement its international acclaim in recent years. Furthermore, award-winning Finnish designs have contributed towards the reputation of Helsinki as a world capital     ...